Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-01-30
3:0ietps, &octtits, etc.
PAUPERs FROM GERMANY.

"German Society Of N. York" undertook
to contradict the account OF Consul List,
that paupers and criminals were shipped
from Germany to the United States, and
denies that any SACK letter had been acrit-
ten, and in proof, of 1t produces letter
from the State department, informing him
that no such letter is on file.
The National Intelligencer answers
this statement of Mr.. Leopold Bierwith as
follows:
alt May be, and doubtless is, very
true, that no communication of the char.
ncter of that attributed to Mr.. List has
ever been received at the Department of
State io the sufficient reason that the Let
ter Of Consul List which has been refer
red to, was not addressed to that but to a
different Department Of the Government.
!, is not "false," however but true, that
a Letter was addressed by Consul List to
this Government, not through the De.
partment of State, but through the Depart.
of the Treasury, from which letter the
above extract is taken. This letter will
be found printed inthe Executive Docu-
ments" for the I'd session Of the 25th
Congress, Vol. 10, Doc. $40, pages Is
and ID. 1t is dated at the Consulate of
the United States Of America, Lepsic,
March 8, 1887, and is addressed 10 the
Hon. Levi Woodbury., Secretary of the
Treasury.
The letter in question was communica-
ted to the House Of Representatives on
the 18th Of May, 1888, by the President
of the United States, with number OF
Others to the same effect, some from the
State Department, and others from the
Treasury Department, III answer to call
made by the House of Representatives on
the 30th of April preceding"
The letter of Mr.. List referred TO is as
follows:
81 have made inquiries with respect to
the transport Of paupers from this country
to the United States, but State affairs be-
ing in ,hia country not so openly conduc-
ted as might be desired, have not been
successful until oil late, when, by con6den.
tial communications, haze learned things
sehich ,cW require energetic measures on
the part of the United States 10 be coun-
teracied. Not only paupers, but eren
criminals, are transported from the inter-
or of this country to the seaports, in order
TO be embarked there for the United States.
"a Mr.. De Stein, formerly an officer
in the service Of The Duke Of SAKE Goathe,
has lately made propositions 20 the small
lest States of Saxony FOR TRANSPORTING
THEIR CRIMINALS, to the port Of Brennan
AT sEvENTY-FIvE DOLLARS A READ.
,rhtch has been accepted By several of them.
The first transport of criminals, who, for
the greater part, have been condemned to
hard labor for life, (among them two no.
torious robbers, Pleilor and Albrecbt,
will leave Golha on the 10Th Of this month
/ and it is intended to empty, by and by,
all the iails and workshouses ofthat coun-
try in this manner. There is little doubl
that several other States will initiate their
nefarious practicel In order 10 stop it,
have sent an article to the General Ga
zette of Augsburgh, wherin | have at
tempted to demonstrate that this beha
viour was contrary to all laws Of nations
and that 1t was a shameful behaviour
towards a country which offers the bes
market to the German manufactures.
"It has of late become general prac'
lice in the towns and boroughs OF Germa'
ny to get rid of their paupers and vicious
members 5y collecting the means for Il
fectuaiing their passage 10 the United
States among the inhabitants, and by sup
porting them from the public funds"