The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-05

IxcsuAss or IMMioRATion For the four months
Of 1851 ending with April, the number Of foreign
66,7is, This aggregate shows an increase of i'm
migration at that port, over the corresponding
months Of the previous year, Of 30,l57.
BY Tar the largest portions Of these arrivals are
from Ireland and Gcrmany-the former especially.
The New York Journals say that, Of the Irish now
coming 10 this country, large proportion are
landed in state Of most abject poverty and it APP
pears, from statements made in the British House ol
Commons that the condition Of large classes OF the
poor in Ireland 10 one Of unusual distress. pro-
cess Of depopulation seems to be going on in that
i'll governed country. Some Of the lriah journals
speak Of the emigration movement this spring as
The political troubles in Germany, in connoxion
with the ordinary causes which induce emigration
from that thrifty nation to tho United States, will
be likely to increase the amount Of German immi-
grafton this year. The entire aggregate that will
be added 70 our population from abroad cannot but
be largely increased that OF the previous year.
At the rate Of arrival already denoted by the sta
tistics of the last four months at the port Of New
York, that city alone would give some two hun
dred thousand as her quota. The amount Of TO-
reign immigration ut Boston, Philadelphia, Balu-
more, New OrIcans. and other ports. would no
doubt swsll the whole immigration considerably
over . quarter OF . million for the year
Thus we may expect to receive annually from
other countries population sufficient to constitute
principally or CITY the first class. Absorbed
among the masses Of our people throughout the
wide expanse of our spacious territory those niu-
sions from abroad are soon blended into the gen.
eral elements of our system and become component
portions oft. Such IL the quick and vigorous cir
cui.tion of the life blood of our growing and al.
ready gigantic community, that every thing which
comes within the scope Of its vital activity il sub.
dusd TO il and assmilRted with il; whereas in the
sagnant existence Of other countries foreign ele-
ments introduced into the system would remain
inert and stand like accretions upon the body ra.
Their than as elementary parts of il.
Baltimore american.
Coal BRDs IN NEw GRAHASA.--Statemsnt
have been published. from time TO time, of the
istsnce Of large coal beds the Isthmus Of Pana-
ma. The fact il ono of the greatest interest and
railroad across the lsthmus, "a well with the
lines Of steamers established on the Pacific coast
We have seen some extracts from report upon the
subject, made by VIM w. Ridley, esq, a civil en-
gineer Of New York, who was perfectly familiar
with that entire region of the country having been
employed by the projectors of the Panama rail-
road in making survey and exploration oft.
Il will be seen that Mr.. Ridley found bituminous
COAL Of most excellent quality and in the greatest
abundance, upon peninsula of the Bay OF Chiri-
qui, which lies somo distance above the proposed
termination on the Atlantic side, of the projected
railroad. The vicinity, moreover, seems to abound
in the richest productions Of nature vegetable, ami
NAL. and mineral, and. according to Mr. Ridley, 1t
presents rich, and yet an entirely uninterrupted
field for adventurous enterprise.
striking fact set forth in this report is the
isence Of practicable route across the Ishmus, at
some distance above the one which the Aspinwall
road will take. aud which seems to possess many
remarkable advantages. lts extent il stated at
eighteen leagues; it has largo and excellent port
at each extremity, and wagon road may be
opened throughout its whole extent, according to
A1r. r., for the comparatively small sum Of fifty
thousand dollars. Such road has already been
commenced, under grant from the government
Of New Granada, but the work upon It has bsen
suspended for tho want Of funds.
s Panama Star, March o.