The native American., 1839-01-19


Mary Hay, %
Calharine Steel, Il
The appearance OF these poor paupeFs III the
uniform of Foreign Aims House, attracted. na-
,urally enough, the attention OF some sehuemen'
who brought the subject before the Clly Anthoii-
ties. Upon inGairy, II seems, that a person ol
the name Of Johnson claims them as his dpPfeii-
ices, stating tina, he had brought them mere lor
the purpose Of taking them u an estate ne mas IN
northumberland. <Canadaj where he intended 10
make farmers OF them, DC. The Idiot he says,
was 70 be farmer carttnan, hat what was 10 De
done with tbs Kings Evil Patient, OF seven years
standing, the Deponen voucheth not: ana very
naturally enough the Public Authorities not eN-
act,y co,nprehending this tale, that apprentices
Tins barpained for should be turned so soon loose
upon the world, and that such apprentices should
be selected too for farming purposes, have ordered
him to find bail to the amount OF $1,000 TO answer
TO the penalty Of the Statute which lntlicts, we
learn, fine Of $50 each, for such persons thus
brought here.
Upon further inquiry il turns out that these
Edinburgh Aims House Paupers were first sent
to Glasgow by the Eduburgh Overseers OF the
Edinburgh Paupcrs, and that a House, passen-
ger Broker House, by the name Of Hamilton,
Brothers, g. Co., under their shipment to New
York for g35 sterling. From Glasgow they were
sent to Liverpool, and there being shipped on
board The British Bark Cheflan, were sen, to this
Port. The Captain of this Bark landed them
here and had on board in ALL sixty passengers,
Scotch, Irish, and German, Of whose arrival he
gave no returns to the Public Authorities, for
sph0no he paid no commutation mopey,--and now
on account Of all of which, he is held to bail TO
the amount of $4,000, as we understand, to an
swer to the penalty of the law, which infiicls, we
learn, fine OF $50 each for every person. thus
landed.
This case is one Of good deal of general inter-
est as going TO show once more, the outPourlngs
of the Aims Houses of England, Ireland, and
Scotland, upon our Aims Houses here. The
great mass of these Paupers, told are SHIP
ped to Canada but there is no doubt We have a
very fair proportion here, and that many OF them
who 90 to the Canadas and the Provinces, are I'M
mediately pushed over the lines, and cast upon
very many Of the Aims Houses Of the North and
West, as we'll as of Maine and Massachusetts.
We hope to see the adopted citizens Of this
country take up this matter with lively interest
It mole particularly concerns their honor than the
honor Of Native Americans. The Overseefs OF
the Aims Houses in Great Britain ought not TO be
permitted thus to confound the enterprising and
industrious emigrant, with the refuse Of the Aims
Houses of his country. They thus disgrace the
workingman who earns his own bread by rednc-
ing him TO the suspicion Of being but panper
who has been smuggled into this country because
his countrymen were sick of supporting him at
home.
We know not i'll F." hat proper language to cha
racterize this business Of Paupcr dealing, i'll which
some Lii erpool and Glasgow Houses engage
We beg them To !c; rs hear bit little of the slave
trade, O: slavery; whcn, for few shngs and
pence. they thus transport their white slaves, TO
smuggle them INTO New York, IN defiance OF our
laws, and without leaving them shilling III their
pockets to buy ioaf Of bread TO save them from
starvation. The Liverpool custom Of a few, we
are glad to say. very few, Passenger Brokers Of
advertising ships Of twice the tonnage they have,
and Of accommodations they never dreamed OF
creating, and then of landing passengers at Perth
Amboy, deceived il the beginning and the end,
and horribly treated throughout,) is a barbarous
traffic, aud not a whit better l'!an the CUBA Slave
Trade.
In Justice to the New York Consgnees Of this
ship, it is necessary TO state, they have manifest
ed greatdca of chagrin account Of what has
been done, and are disposed to remedy the wrong
committed as much is possible.
Johnson has been committed, as we understand,
not having procured ball.