New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-08
HrW-YoRY IN SLICES.


while during tLC Winter there VII p-u1a1Y noi % 20
many Taxing the whole year together 80 may esti
ms,e that shall receive addition 20 our popuia
tou FROM Emigration sione. Of some three hundred
thousand souls. az This single port oi iais Immense
macs of human beings less known Than oi any oiAef
class OF .nta1fani.-pastly from ihe inl-e'tn-f VI
al le about ulsi does not mucfisicy conce in 'Afl.
selves and rarity from the df--uy OF obtaining fca
be information Jnfi the passagc Of the recent la"
re.uectne fhe licensing of immigrant runners an1
.,sr,. there were over seven hundred persons
engaged in t1e sgsness.-nany If not most o. them
,kns large sums OF money by deceisnz lying 20 and
.uindliug the poor Immigrant. under al sorts Of
.cspsslous preiex.. The main business however
was decoyn. them into chsap boarding houses and
then ,ztortnz extra sgant prices uutl their money
sss nearly gone and nualy defraut.ns them u the
remainder by "a forced ticket Of conveyance through
10 Buffalo, 70 Louis Chicago OF wherever eise ines
wished % 20 aud which would only take them up ine
river a. Jar az Albany. some .ntermed az ian1ns
where they would be let utterly Penniess ana 03'-
tute 90 the shore without friend and "a % posi-
Die mean. Of redress often being unable even % speak
word o. our language 2 is horrible 20 IhnA % 'ne
hundreds Of innocent and conddng people Wiling 10
work and who have sought this land OF ccriy un1tf
tho impulse Of q sentiment OF admiration and conf
dpce which Of i,.ef adds nobility 70 their character
thu, pundered and Jeff utterly helpless 70 'tarve or
beg No wonder they DO not all turn out models Of
intelligence and patterns Of proPriety
The emgrant boarding houses into which these
people are inveged upon their arrival here are Tor ne
most part tolersby fair buildings and deceuty kept
but many Of them are the West snd most a5oininsole
sites ever inhabited by swine They are generally
located n the streets nearest the wharves on either
side Of the cfy-buili Of brick and in the nsrrowesi
and most .ordid fashion-ltteriy destitute OF whole
some space in rear dry cellarage or neediu vent-a-
ton-cut up into little Or rather stalls toor
above hoor into which whole families are thrust 10
swelter and corrode and grow abhorent-overrun
from basement 20 garrett with cockr0aches fess bed
buzs. wharfrats and every other sort Of vermn ind
reuous or possible 70 tie climate, srd never cicansed
from the time they are built until they tumble down
In the ground story s generally family grocery ana
provision store supplied with few msggoty hams
and shoulders halfadozcn bunches Of lard candles
melted into one some strings Of dried onions barrel
No 3 mackerel pipes and tobacco, and above al
two barrels of whisky--one coored red with oak
Juice and sold for frstraie Cognac brandy and the
oher answering with the most Impld assurance 10 The
various demands for gin Monougahela or schnapps-
Down cellar there e. a cooper sshop fence or
coal yard and in front sou can buy for sxpence stale
oysters more than u would eat for an eagle.
Tor the apartments. in these delcotable dwelling
places various prices ere demanded according 70 the
size OF the immigrants pile from three dollars down
., fifty cents "a week-which must be paid Ike the
subscription to q new paper "punctually 10 advance.
The great source OF profit however 20 the keepers o.
these establishments is the store Here whisky
which cost. twenty-five cents gallon i ocal; OUT 40
sixpenco the hafpint with laundering big hump IN
the bottom Of ihe measure all for the good Of The
Temperance Cause) and moasses is dnbbled away by
tie three worth until 10 cost the consumer
dollar and "a hulf a gallon Ia such economical e>pen-
drure and such sumptuous temptation OF course the
immigrants money dnds the level Of the money
drawer ia the grocery, no matter in what story he
may lodge
Ia one OF these wretched abodes scene,
not many days since which can no more be- forgotten
than the pain Of insulting blow. I'M one Of the little
fhy room. we have mentioned up three lights Of
stairs were IN entire immigrant iamily-the young,
stout hearted 1.-The limbed husband and father, now
bowed TO the dust in uuutera5le woe, As be tired Ia
vain 20 weep over the body Of his wife. who had died
an hour or two before with that terrible Immigrant
scourse the ship Feyer-whle little child IT. large
blue ewes ye, rejecting The heaven whence it bad 20
lately come and iis white skin soft and pure amid
tN ilf Nrriih't OlA tioAAA - -'et tf ------
and playing with the stuff and clsmmy tsnsles of ts
dead sher'. hair. There wss-excep, the face Of
Oh unconscious chnd-not feature 70 relieve the
scene OF complete squald desolaie wretchedness. or
TO invest il with hsi decent dignity which alone has
a aims upon the sympaihies OF well bred beneyolence
nothing on either side but loa'Asome misery-to add
which young medical student. who had been sent
out on an splorng chemical expedition among class
IA OBJ.
ius suitily down stairs As We crswled slowly up Tie
had been sprac,cing on the poor immigrants wife
beyond Doubt By snd by he shall have diploma
for dispstching respectable people behind dsmask
crtaussuch are the blessings OF scientific attainment
The sight OF that desd mother and weeping father
,r ium grant,. have hearts snd OF that helpless child
amid this scene Of squslor and nth, enough 10
make one inquire earnestly why such abuses are per
m,ted by the authorities Of civilized and Christian
civ Here are in New.York some eighteen hundred OF
two thousand houses Of this description the keepers OF
which drive regular trade, conjunction with the
scents and runners and wiring from the poor lnmi
grant either ID eNtoronstc charges for the occupancy
oil their wretched dens, for fraudulent passage
uckets. every cent be brings into the country and
which properly applied, would have saved him from
want and given him abundant time and means 70 leave
the city and obtain employment IN the country where
g is so much needed. In fact very large majority OF
the immigrants bTing money enough with them 20 pay
their way; and few Of them would become burdens
upon public charity not for the rasosliy OF those
VINO De in wait for them clutch hold Of them the in
.tsni they SC, FOO, on shore aud never lose sight Of
tacm-as long IS there is sixpence in their pockets
Thus three ousrters OF the foreign paupersm We
hear 90 much about in certain quarters is the direct
consequence of tie vsny OF those who should assist
and protect the honest strangers who seek shores
bringing with them their Aiue store and fully deter
mned 70 labor honestly Tor free and pescefu exist
encc. such as our country practically holds oui the
promise of t. every son and daughter Of Adam
The recent law requiring immigrant agents 10 be
licensed has produced one sood edeei-i has reduced
tie number OF those cororants from seven hundred
ana over 70 less than Two hundred and we also believe
tha, those who remain are generally selection irom
The hes, Of the class. Bat slter s any slight mslo
ration % the poor Immigrants which may be effected
hy the reform vii most likely be bat temporary. As
soon az thc new state Of things gets the hang Of the
.choobouse tberc WILL be as much hard hearted mean.
ness and cold .bloodcd svarice A. ever
What appears 20 Us 10 De iucontesu5y the duty Of
the Municipal Goyernment-or of some govcrument-