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(jf Hi** l»orl of Hnlllmoro ImnaiKmntH.te There are few things more assuring Ip to tlie permanency of the lines of oeeafi tr. steamers now jlving between this *f port and Europe than the steady in-iy crease in the number of immigrants »y which these vessels bring. As the *.J central position of Baltimore, the fa- 1 iy ! cilities which our railroads otfer for i »? transportation of immigrants to any of I ■ id the Western Slat* -, the shorter route, 1 lt;•d the brief detention, and abo\e all, the I to economy incidental to the whole move- 1 il raent become better known, this know- t edge must necessarilv attract to this port large numbers of th -se, and espe- j ' cially of the German population,whose j ' countrymen have heretofore made c New York their port of entry. It is, 1 of course, difficult to divert a current j fi fu j that has been moving in one direction a **• for quite a number of years. The I *r business of ohfainingemigrants abroad- r ;v lue ting their course, receiving them [ k | on their arrival, and providing for 1 p them temporarily when sick or penni- J ; llt; ss, has grown into a system, which, v ts ! as now conducted at New York, is i * subject to many abuses in spite of the a efforts of the Commissioners to correct 1 them. The fees, also, are heavy, and t within the past fortnight the New s York Commissioners have sought per- t mission of the Legislature at Albany to double the existing charges. From h * he tremendous influx of immigrants v at that port, there is necessarily more u «»r fe-s de»ention before they can be s to floor respective points of des- tlt;. . lit»- and not unfrequently it turn; . ; - i-s port unities f*r .-harj ; ) \ '■ y , ; 11 them. In th-'• r--I ■ ^ . 1 ■ *:: j * i::t ! soil is altogether f -. . . * t v■more .1 favor’ through the i i - . .1 their friends and kinsmen across the r h Atlantic. I dAs an illustration of the fact that j11 e j the advantages of the route, via Bal- j h 1 ’ 11more to the Western .States by the i h r earners from Liverpool and Bremen. | Si ^ j aiv getting to tic appreciated, we have j i | ascertained that recently more than a j o' 1 ! tiioa-:;Tid irn alarums have gone West i-? j on •-te Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, r 1 i i*:d that thev were distributed to tL--rj lib, 11 s, -x: * M - an. 51; Ohio, d j 1 IS; Maine- r •. l!v tVmisvl vania,33;' j Michigan, 5.5. Virginia, 55; Wiscon- t' r ! -in, 138, Nehrasda, 3Y Iowa, 11; e - ! Maryland 9; Kan-as, 3. Texas, l;Ken-f | tucky, 5; Tennessee, 3; California, 10, sc na, 1—1,021. | This is a goo 1 beginning for the sea- h. son, and now that the current is turn a! ing this way, every effort should be I made to improve it. The most strik- j ing thing in the statistics we have j given above, is the number of immigrants bound for Illinois. It must ! uot, however, be supposed that ail these intend to settle in that State.They were doubtless ticketed for Chi cago as the central point of distribution in the interior for the States farther West. We take it for granted, also, that the imm|'rants arriving here for the purpose of making either Baltimore or Maryland their home, and who did not go to their deatin ition by rail, are not enumerated in the above list. But, m any event, the number rein lining with us has, thus far, been comparat'vely small. Many reasons have conduced to this. In spite of the advantages which Maryland otfers 1 , to a class of farmers, farm laborers, and skilled artisans, all our attempts to retain these immigrants have been failures, because we have gone about rhe matter in the wrong way. We have sought to do by agents here what can only by done by agents abroad.When the German emigrant loaves Bremen, or the English or Irish emigrant Liverpool, or Southampton, his point of destination and the route for h m to reach it, have been already fix-**d, either by bis friends in this country, or bv agents at those ports or m the interior If we desire to have uu !and we must mor*over hi ;' | tlu m what they can do in the \\ * »»t* i buying i md.«, or ;. *r •• .’ ! merit wli.m they o;. ,clInSome men at L .. . ■ ■ l etting on the weight of a large mule j w when one man a good judge of the h weight of live stock, got behin i the j ot mule and was measuring his hindqur.r- th ters, when something appeared to ■ loosen up ihe mule. Just before the ! *lC expert died, from the kick in among I Wl his ribs he gave it as his opmijti that ; s*3 if the mule was as heavyiind, I weig from 48,000 pounds and a trifle over, j 111A German peddi.o *.,1 I • in a liquid for the ••x, o a n , . .“And how do you u ** i' / ir ( .;•, I the man after he bought it ‘Ketch the hug, unt drop von little drop into his moufc,” answered the peddler. “The deuce you say !” exclaimed the purchaser: “I could kill it in halfthe time by stamping on it.” “Veil, ’ exclaimed the German, “dat is a good way, too, to kill him.”A Hlli: 111
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Cumberland Mountain City Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sat, Jun 08, 1872
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