| time as long as possible. A
Stranger in a large City like New York would have been rather puzzled but being somewhat accquainted with the city I knew what to do. So the first thing is to ascertain whether my baggage is alright for I have lost sight of it from the start and I am a little uneasy in regard to its safety. After fighting my way through what seemed to me a thousand and one Cabmen expressmen &c all anxious to make a few cents I at last arrive at the bagg- age room and I was aggre- eabley suprised to find that my baggage has arrived the day before it being sent through on Limited Mail when I |
was resting in Ashtabula.
After being assured that my baggage was safe, the next thing to be done was to ascertain whether the Steamer left her dock on time as adver- tised, so leaving my Valise in the Package Room and sending a Postal home to assure them I had arrived safe, I now walk across town through a miserable sleet and wind storm to sixth Avenue and taking the car to Houston Street. I now make my way to Pier 30 North River and find as I had expected the Steamer Ship Spain in which I was to sail had not yet arrived from Liverpool and the Italy another Steamer |
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