New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-28
r-.s~rnnts Abused.

=. ,,h;ch the poor Immigrants from Europe arc
srpossd from the moment they approach our 'no'es
a. H., IN which thew reach their ultimate destination
Generally gnoran; a. well az poor ana nan Oh 'nen
unable 10 speak our language, they are greeoiiy
bounced upon as prey by hock oil harP'es VINO
hover about our port and who never serupe 10 'ak'
,h crns, Of bread from the mouths OF Vanishing
children Il they can thereby pat half It's value into
their own dirty pockets In several recent instances
n 4. nroved that families have paid in our City
,hrougb 10 Buffalo Cleveland Chicago, &c. yet have
been stopped half way by demand Of more money
ss,be only condition on which they could be allowed
20 proceed. or tumbled of on dock, and eft 10
sbift for themseves as they might In other cases
they have been charged extra for luggage in viola
tioo Of their agreements, and still again they have
been swindled by practice termed Hslifaxing
their eHects--that il, making the weight twice the
real amount and compelling them TO pay full charge
on the unjust computation. These are but part Of
the expressions hesped upon class whose povert!
md helplcsuess 1t would seem, mus, preserve them
from the rapacity of any but the most abandonec
villains
Il is notorious that the immigrants have no fair
chance in our port. There ought to be spacou-
dock q, which they should all be landed at which
al the forwarding lines, responsible man from
each. and nobody beside should be admitted to make
proposals respectively for carrying them to Their
places of destination so that the immigrants may
choose the most desirable mode Of conveyance. Ia
stead Of this it is rarely that the agents OF two riva
lines are enabled to see them before they hooked
BY the one who is favored with the first access 10
them often at mos, exorbitant prices In many IL.
stances we learn that six dollars head has been paio
for rough and tumble passages hence to buhno'
though twenty shilings is the usual price. IL VIII
enable q good many to guess how this business
carried on when we merely state the fact that MI
Jonathan D. Stevenson. under the authority o.
Health Officer Van Hovenburgh Is the general over
sasr and manager of il. We believe the amount
which Immigrants will pay for transportation west
ward from our City this year. above what 'hey
sbould paw. will exceed 100000 sum which
would give forty acres of Government land each 10
two thousand families.
Bot tho Immigrants are not robbed only-they
are cruelty exposed and abused. They agree and
pay to be transported by steamboat and canal
hence TO Buffalo, without hearing suspecting that
they are to be thrust cut on the deck OF steamboat
there TO spend night exposed to the dews and iogs
and frequent rains of strange and variable climate
after weeks Of confinement in the sitting Storage OF
q ship. Often as we pass up the Hudson, we find |
hundreds OF them piled in around the forward gang
ways and bar--sck women and tender children |
breathing fumes Of and tobacco enough to stliie
q hog. Night after night throughout the season OF |
navigation there are hundreds thus treated and we
have seen parents labor vainly for hours before
they could make bed for their children where the
water would not drcnch needless feet ramplc on
them. Shall this go on
Going up on the Rochester on Tuesday night, we
found some two hundred Dutch, Welsh and English
Immigrants embarked on her. Their property was
thrown into great heap on the forward deck and
they were piled upon its sides as they best might
During the evening violent shower arose, and they
were Obliged to run little aft under the shelter OF
the upper deck to avoid drenchng. Here the
children were hudded down on little beds, damp
and nader ioo,--,ho parents glad enough to relin-
u,.b all thought of sleep if their children could but
go little. Capt Cruttendcn kindly allowed them
e. vJme InrtncI Dcom (which /, the iimi'
could be asked of him under his contract Bui
those who had shipped these poor people were
shamefully deficient. They should have had IN
agent on board, ready and willing to provide suita
bic shelter for their passengers. Indeed the boats
which carry these poor people should set apart for
them the forward cabin-no longer needed for cabin
passengers. since the construction Of state rooms
above dcck-have il well ventilated, and there lei al
least the women and children have a chance for
shelter and rest If the forwarders will not pay
enough to make this an object, decline their business
No man has a right TO make himself conscnins
party TO the thousand murders which annually
committed by exposing these poor people by hun.
drcds each night to the inccmency of our skies, as
no sensible man would suffer the exposure Of his
corn or potatoes
Bat, after ALL private cupdy affords safe reli
ancc in the premises. and the ministers of the law
should take hold OF the matter. The whole com.
muni,y must suffer if disease is generated by this
exposure the sick must be provided for in the poor
house il not elsewhere the orphans must have a
chance to exist Let no man say This is not ~ =
business; Ills erery bodys business and will in
may come home to every body. Especially should
our City Government take thorough and generous
oversight in the premises. From each OF these I'm
migrants is taken dollar oihis scan,y store-onen
eight or ten dollars from a family-as security
against their possible pauperism. Now let the City
expend at least small share of this money 10 pre-
serrs them from paupcrsm-,o drive away the
sharks who would devour them and start them
promptly their journey the hes, possible terms
thoroughly honest, capable and benevolent agent,
lrmod with the power of the law, boarding each
vesse at the Quarantine. giving all desirable infor
nation and extending all the aid in his power, would
ave the Immigrants thousands thousands OF dol
ara with health and comfort of still greater value
Why does the Corporation hesta,e' The necessity
. urgent, and should be promptly provided for
CASE OF DoRR.-The majority of the Select Com.
ni,tee of the Rhode Island Legislature 10 whom the
nbject of lberatng T. w. Dorr was referred at the
Nay session, made q report on "Wednesday, in
which they express the opinion that his uncondl.
ioaa liberation would tend unsettle the great oonser
stve principle established by the recen, events in the
>istory the State They aude the fact that he has