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lit* rarcfcjji* Kirmi'iitTh' reports from the Census Hitrenu fm-nUli rainy int''fo*tma: particulars io repaid to the foreign popud it urn. A-* of peeulmrat this thm* both to foreign and n/t- h tivo born, we pabUth togdhm* tho ftsl- f! lowing facts concerning the fuve*gn (dement fi as it pt‘rails amongst our population; »tThe Irish immigration is hi yet the largest. The G -man, which nearly pijmls it is nAxf. Nest (join 3 tho English. n xt the j Smtdi, next the French, n xt tin Cana titan, the SntS'lt;i th mi the Shmil-h, then the IVuss'an, aft'T thit th1 Dutch, after th it the S«rtr*‘«i lu, then the VV*sfc Indian, th»n the,’ W Eh, ami *u«J *ssU(dv th* So mt-h, iulia'*, 1 Port 14'v*, Kusmhii, Cbm,,'»e! £«•„Th whole n of Imtm/iHttit tn the /Ututm ut -,Jtf,hhb The i.tr^rk«t number,* th tfc lt;ver anivf'tl in one \ ■ ar w w in 17 2— i J7-,72n The 1 irgwst nu idun irom any on*’ ) coon try in that umv was fntu (.r^huid, 137,- | , o-iis. rhn su t licit number from any one i r eoimTy was three Tuika. |The total imimgiAtta*' \* iecr ’ lain*; a few \1 th xi'jind# every year. Tho lush immigration | ’ k sleci eashj. It was bargest in i?0 , v\b‘M{ I17,U.hH irul *d at Now York The jf.nigrohon from Protestant coimti to** sd.mm- j ' ist.tfij;, i/msmg irelaiul out, the Prote'-tunt j emigr tiiou every jtw largely exceeds tbo * , b'tUhnisc. jflu Irish settle in the comtn^rrt d tow***, j \ and along the great thorong.ifa.es, chi * ly on thj Atlantic ooa«t, in N. w England and I the m:ddl« States. They beiorac iauivns, iM Hum hands, laborers mi railways, lt;itree s* I' cmal*, ttderripbs; brickl ivers, poi tcrs, os-j tiers, boatmen, sailor*, and sol ii is, and' tom‘t nies prof(‘'sSo«al wi' n, seldom mor- -ehaots, except groc *i *, and rarely me th m-1 K’s, unless blaoksmi tbs. Tho hcimaw **£-1 i\' twiHt u\ the country, in IVnn^lvitnia,\ ■ Now Yenk, Obit) Michigan, Wiscoim n. Uwa Illinois, Indian», and the new ’IWr lories.3 boyar* by a largo majority, farm rs and { firm labor.r«, tbou tb ta the towns a eon- * * stderabtd portion arc miclmus s, luitms, \ ' plndemtis, cabimt makers, wmkers in gold 11 stiver, iron, bum topper e», and a *uiail j p9ttton tnerehmtt* The EngHsh settle most! ui town^ nr m tlteir neighborhood on cu’ci-1 i ja ed I a nUst T h mr a \ o tat ion s at o Uk o th j^c 1 of both It ish and Gennan’, The scotch ate found most 1 ugely in New Engl ad and Xi*w * York, though scattered \ud dv thiongh alt, tbft Northern States; they arc merchant*, j car pcnU.r’t, brotter#, teachers, wo in rs prin- ty c.pally, and Invo a largo portion of clergy- j men th m any other elThe French sk* | U^a’raivM ete'uaively incit'es, and becomes me eh n s, luvVyers. art.st»* mU' 01 s and 4*t*l0T'v in greatest propor mn, ‘J a Wol-h p uuo Peuiityhanta.New Yoik, tscon* », : low a, Kentucky and T ‘imesse b into the womb and mines they are mo »tb turn ••vs md fafmer-j, and ohoa'»e g* .he vou„hetand rno-jt itupiom^iag looking pi *cc-v to bo 1 Rta at. The Sure bw and N^rwegiam* stru mamly agrUulturat in their put suits. Tho ib’wiss become merchants, tfatclimnkor^, jew - ! *lws or farmer* on p vsture lands. The nth- j iora are rmy few m number. j!As torsitgiua, the Getraans are pfioeipul- j w butherans and Gatbobes; the Insii C'ath-j ehcs andi^resbytertuns; tho English Epn- j ppahans and methodi^ts; tin* .S' otih, Pre«- . Oftfirians; the Fmicb and Cauudime* fbvi-AkUiPtsrceu fb’OtPStaut-* »nd CaUiohosi tbo!S*vde8, Nbfrwegmns, Piu-eiahS Sw*m aod jHttteh; bitthoruns or Calvinists* Icensus reports show tbafc mi* j fnttiea froir the United Kingdom is dbmn* j Mnn%, jn ^9 it in liKU it Ibat *.sy,037* In 1851 only about 13**^,- j ^Kmigration statistic arc not kept on hw continent.For those who fear we mny sum0 day bocrowded out*? by foreignt*rlt;i, the fact tlmt menitive birthh in (he Union annually nnm-. r or about double the number ofand that the disproportion every jcar ioerqases, is full of suggostive consol a-
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Burlington Tri Weekly Hawk Eye
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 08, 1855
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