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would bring the number, for 1914, up to
100 eco, or one third of the entire popula-
ton Of Connecticut The same Stale Doc
ument from which we take the above fq-
ures giveSlil 1872, as the number Of for
eigners coming into the countr, for the
Ia months immediately preceding the
Both of Sept. last This is at the rate of
%, GOO per annum.
Now, 'ohat is the general character of
This east infar Of foreign Yol~Iction9
Let the facts which We subio;n tell.
1t is fact Of abundant uotorlety, cstab-
lished by lncontroyertablc proof that large
numbers of criminals are sent from the
prisons European nations TO this coun-
try. The United States is the Botany
Bay of some of the Germanic States.
But recently a cargo ofconyicts were Ian
ded in the city of Baltimore Their
irons were knocked of after they arrived
IN The harbor
In the New York States Prison ut
Sing Sing there were on the LIST OF De.
ccnber last SIS conyicts. of these 6s9
were native born and 236 foreigners OF
the GIG native born, DBL were persons
whose parents were foreigners. More
than one quarter, and, more than one
half foreigners, or of immediate foreign
Pareniagc.
In the New York City Peniientiary, at
Blackwels Island, there were on the 9th
inst. 1913 conyicts-of which OaIy 1873
were Americans l-669 were British
born-and 543 (about half were Irish |!
In the City Prison, at the same date,
there were 22l persons-of which all hut
80 were foreigners nearly secen-sights!
Ofthe 49, pauper children which are
in the Aims House, sc, at the expenses
N Y. City Treasury, GIG are foreigners,
and 1876 Americansl
The number of admissions into tine
Aims House at Bellevue, N. York city,tor
the week ending the 9th inst, was 10.
OF these IS we foreignsrs-35 natives.
A of the foreigners were Irish.
The number admitted at the same
place for the week ending the 10Th lust
was l25-of which 7S were foreigners
and A Americans.
or the 900 applications from the 18th
ward, for assistance, at the Aims House
in New Hork, fer the thrre days prece-
ding the 9TH inst i05 were from foreign
ers, and 5 only from natives.
The number Of paupcrs supported in
Monroe Co, n. Y. embracing tho city
ef Rochester, during the year ending
1874, was 3lC6. OF these 81
% were fcreigners-of which 1898 were
Irish. The number Of native born pau
pers was 90. OF the I6G persons con-
yicied of crimes, in the same county for
the same period, los were foreisners--
more than three fffhs
Tn the Philadelphia Aims House, there
were OH the 9TH of Dec. last, 1875 196
Df which, more than one hall, were fO:-
eigners.
The number Of State paupers, suppor-
ted by NASSAU husetts during the year en-
dino Nov. LIST, 1874. was G060-3Cti;; ar
about f,co thirds were foreigners The
cost Of pauperism in Massachusetts for
The same period, was 1886 ,676,23 J
The cast of pauperism in New York
during the last year was $50, 353 :!
or,be 2os con,icts in the State Prison of
this State, a State peculiarly free from
CoreiCn population, no less than =, or ever
one teufh are foreigners
These are few ofthe detached facts
we have been able to gather from docu-
ments within our reach lfthe siatiS-
lies of crime and pauperlsm in this coun-
lry could be procured complete, we
doubt not they would exhibit similar re- .
suits,
We might inquire also what portion OF
this annual 100, 900 influx can read or
writel But the enquiry is unnecessary.
We know that scarcely ore tenta can do
either-perhaps not one tirenHtieth.
We propose not remark on these facts
They need none. They speak for them
lives. and it will be well for US TO heed
them. The part ola wise people IS to
arrest impending danger. The part OF
brave people TO lsok it full in the face
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