In Portsmouth, again, they only stopped so long as was necessary to remove their things on board, for when they arrived, the steamer was on the point of pushing off, and was only prevailed upon to wait for a short time by the prospect of the large number of passengers. Any bargaining for freight or passage-money was therefore out of the question, and before they were aware of it they saw themselves on the broad Ohio, gliding past its picturesquely beautiful banks. "A fine voyage this is!" growled the brewer, when he got time, at last, to seat himself, weary and tired, on the large chest which contained his clothes and linen;--"one eternal driving--one eternal lugging about. How often have I had to haul this cursed box out of one boat into another. Thank Heaven, this is the last." "I'm better off there;" laughed the tailor, "my luggage is soon got across; this little knapsack; the hat-box--the hat lies in the church--and this handkerchief, with the biscuit and sausage in it, are all my riches. But, I say, brewer, between ourselves, who is to pay our passage-money when we've got no more?" "Why, we're nearly there," replied the brewer. "Yes; but at present," said the tailor, pulling a long face, "I'm regularly stumped!" "No more money?" "Not a rap." "Well!" cried the brewer, astonished, "that's a good one; the Committee will look rather glum." "Listen," said the shoemaker, who advanced towards them at this moment, "I've got something on my mind which I should like to tell you." "Out with it," ejaculated the brewer, encouragingly. "I have no more money!" "Come to my heart, companion of my sorrow!" spouted the tailor, in the mock-heroic style, "now I'm no longer afraid; now there are two of us, the thing is getting common." "Well, I'll be hanged if I can see the comfort of that," remarked the brewer, shaking his head; "the best thing you can do is to go to the Committee and let them consider the matter." At this moment they were called by one of the Oldenburghers to the after-deck, where all the settlers were assembled, (for only Hehrmann's wife and daughters and Dr. Normann had taken cabin passages,) in order to confer on an important subject. Five other members of the society had announced themselves to the Committee as no longer possessing any money to defray their further travelling expenses, and had applied for the assistance of the community. They promised to work out every advance so soon as they should get to their destination. The tailor had his name and the shoemaker's immediately placed on the list, and the question now only remained, whether this money was to be supplied out of the funds in hand or by contributions.