Morning chronicle and commercial and shipping gazette, 14 mai 1875, vendredi 14 mai 1875

[" COMMERCIAL AND SHIPPING GAZETTE.VOL.XXIX.QUEBEC.FRIDAY.MAY 14.1875.No.10.973.A PLEA FOR POOR JACK IN SICK \u2018 BAY.\u201cTkare\u2019s » sweat little cherub that sita up aloft To watch over the life of Poor Jack.'\u2019 if I**' Tfflh PKOFI.K* (7*0 the Editor oj the Morning Chronicle.) Sis,\u2014When I addn ased the letter to voa a lew dsys ago npoa the subject of »he \u201c Diamond Harbor Calamity ^md,, I did no anti-eipgte nor did I kok tor a rep\u2019y through yoor editorial colunits, but from the Tieiturer ot the Committee who is tin proper officer to famish the information asked tor.As far as we can glean from *he «-jplaustions ifiven, it would appear thtt the mout-ya so far disbursed have been devoted to the f rSoUiea of the de-C'S-ttd, the opening of a grave, cerUin offices connected with the pieparatiou of the Jodies for inurmett, and s turn ct $25 for r> ligious remets All other expenrea of baiial were contributed by the JShip Laborers Benevolent Soc'ety, and have not been refund d.The haven of iwst and comfort to hundreds of British and foreign sailors, who, when suffering from the thousand ills that man is heir to, have good cause to remember with gratefulness of heart the beneficent treatment they have received as inmates of that woble institution, the Marine Hospital.Many a time and oft it has been our pleasing duty to describe and eulogise the superior medical treatment, the liberal dietary,.the almost perfection ot supervision and management which distinctively characterises this establishment and oar praises find ready echoes from the lips of the hardy men of the sea who have ever had occasion to come within its walls.Heartily aeknowleding the manifold benefits to by derived from spacious, well-ventilated wards, scrupulously clean bedding and clothing, wholesome food and appropriate medicine, as assisting and forwarding the recovery of a patient, we what we family bare lo aoy portiou of 1», while Hsbil-aod «bo lod his boose snd everyih ng he had in the world, is not the rccipieut of a penny piece.He even at Lis own expense bsd to pay lor the iut rnaent of bis mother, one of the victims The expl itatious so far given are highly DLsatbfastory an 1 in my opinion, only confirm the suspicion that the fond has not been either propwly or judiciously administered.I am, Yours, A tinsse atssa.Quebec, 12th Msy, 1875.THE MJHI l*l*E K - l DETAILS OF THE TERRIBLE 8CTLLY ISLANDS SHIPWRECK.THREE HUNDRED AND LIVES LOST.ELEVEN FORTY-FOUR PERSONS SAVED\u2014ONLY FIFTEEN OF THE PASSENGERS.most however point out what we con aider to be a radical defect in what is I (Special despatch to N.F.Herald by cable ) otherwise a model institution.This want L )-00>\t9\u2014r m.\u2014During the day long is an error of omission rather than of deUiU of the lerriblo catastrophe w^ichotcur-oommiseion, and cannot in any possible r.d to the Germsn steamship Schiller have way be shouldered on to the Hospital arrived at this office from jcarcorreepondeuts authorities, and is simply this ; All that at Ponsance, from the courteous American human science and experience can de- I Consular Agmt at S< illy, Ur.Buxlou, a id vise is brought to bear for the benefit of ftom the ord nary sources of information for the health and limbs of Poor Jack, but the press in Loudon.of hold, time that his body is so well for hie mind and intellectual capa city are left to amuse and direct them \u2022elves as beet they can, and the mental pictures whieh a sailor or anyone else on a sick bed can evolve from the bare, whitewashed walls of a hospital cannot be of the meet inspiring nature or oon ducive to that healthful brain and body vigor which is curtly summarised in the old Intin saying, weens sema in carport' sano.Soothing medicine and painless operations certainly do muoh to leave the body free from pain and the mind in comparative rest, but would not .their Cers be greatly enhamoed-M-ihe stisnu-of a newspaper, in igihfcin, book of travels or a pleasant pictorial work were supplied to the convalescent, who has to drag out the long, weary, torrid days summer with but little to direct om htsailmeoe*.Take Cor Poor Jack, slipped from the top, stumbled or knocked into the or injured in any of the numerous other ways to which his perilous vocation ex poses him : he is oooveyed with broken leg, fractured arm, or internal ixguriee to the Hospital.Every care is taken of him, and his ulterior recovery is certain, but in the meantime weeks, nay, months of rest and quiet must elapse ere he can quit the cot and ward in Which he lays.Now, the hardy eon of Heptane, alter the novel sensation of passing day and night between clean son drapery, and reposing upon oool smooth pillows, soon begins to find the situation, however comfcktabla, to be sad ly monotonous, and frets and fumes, and we fear sometimes swears at his enforced retirement from the busy life peculiarly his own.Yarning is certainly an accom pKshment lor killing time, at which Jack is proficient, ami in ordinary health he eaa hold out ss long as the Paacha of many tales or the raconteuse of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, but Jack, sick or convalescent, is not half such a ¦pod improtrisalorc, and besides, his au-all mariners, in nearly the same bodiiy condition as himself, are apt to be more critical, interrogative and even dubious of his story when told in the sick bay, than they would when grouped a round him in the forecastle, cabin or sailor\u2019s boarding house.Tne simple and practical way to provide for and dispel the ennui which surrounds the sailor\u2019s sick bed is the introduction into the hospital of illustrated weeklies and periodicals, good books of travel, newspapers, cheap editions of the best novelists and cognate works.Under the existing arrangement the funds provided by the Government and the municipality are hardly sufficient for the more material wants, and all the poor sufferers have in Romance in Real Elle.In New York, in 1796, my store w&s in àla den Un»?, wubin three doers of the store of John tlowalt, ao extensive dealer m shoes.His f r.mau «as John Poluse, whjiat behiod the com.t r, stitching shoes, and «aîtiug on cuetomt rs a-» toey steppe 1 in.Quo day a ccrpse was found m the dork at the lo-t of the -tieot.The Coioutr t >ok the juiymen ;®Wr* Coughs and Colds, when left to themselves, frequently bung on pulmonary complaints, which lead to that distressing and ratal disease, consumption ; bat If attended to In Unie, \u2022\u2022 Bryau1» Pulmonic Wafers\" are a certain remedy.Tkev atop the Irritating cough, and sooths and strengthen the bronchial tubes, allaying all Irritations and tnfla-niatlon.They are also particularly adapted for the nse of singers and public speakers.Sold ey all druggists and country dealers.\u2019 r k_ I ookb *11 urujMiffiw» fiom the nelghbothood, among them John prlce J5 centa ^ -*-*\t\u201c «\u2014-*\u2014*\u2022\tt.»w.Pulnu.'1 ha I\tjn ^nrp by J.MOSSOB W ÜO.W.El Brunet, E.Giroux A Brother, J.E.Burke, B.McLeod.W.H.LaRoobe.J.J.Velden, and Mo«aitaud Ins foreman, John PeiUic.The corpse lay on a table in the centre of tue room.Some of the jurymen remarked that aj soon ai John Pel use looked upon the corps-i ho started, turned pale, and looked as if g.*lug to fdnt.He tallied, however, but his subsequent movements occasioned tome < minus remark*.The jury having rendered a verdict of death by drowning, were dis.barged.Mowatt turn»d round to look for hid for»min, hut bMhold, he was not th re.We rtepped out of doors and all Mndlnlns Dsalars.April 8, 1878.F-dAW \u2022 e 'H/'Y on A\tDAY.agents $0 i vJ $41/Wanted.AUoduBsaof working peopla, of etthsr sex, young or old make more mousy work for ns In their spare moments, or all tbs Urns, than at any.thing else.Particulars free.Peat, card to States costa bnt ons cent.Address.