The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-06

EMIGRATION TO EUROPE.-Ihc New L Ork COu-
rier and Enquirer presents some statements
which go to prove that the tide of immigration
which has so long flowed without interruption
to our shores, has in a measure begun to cbb !;
and that, though of course the preponderance
Of immigration over emigration is still inn
mensc, yet indications are given that this pre-
ponderance will not be so great during the
next few years. The causes of this change are
various. The great rush of laborcrs to this
country has produced a greater supply ofwork-
ing men than our capital demands while in
Europe the wars and the emigration have re-
duccd the number Of laborers seeking employ
ment till the demand is more nearly equal,
than formerly, to the supply. This fact has in
dUced The belief among many of our foreign
population, that the respective conditions of
the laboring men in the two hemspheres are
not so widely at variance with respect to wages
as formerly. Again, some who have acquired
small fortunes return to the told country to
enjoy them. This is especially the case with
the Act of Parliament in relation to cucumber
ed estates being understood to afford much en-
enlargement to small farmers Some immi-
grants from the Continent are discouraged by
the embarrassment which they meet because
they cannot acquire our Language. 1t is said,
also, that some are driven back in disgust by
the Know-Nothing movement but this we do
not believe for, so long as these men can make
money and have plenty to eat, we cannot sup
pose they will 60 back to their despotisms in
the Old World simply because they cannot
hold Office in the New. Many are said to be
sent back by the Commissioners of Emigration
for various reasons-principally advanced age,
impaired general health, or inability to provide
for themselves.
The Courier gives the following as the num-
Der shipped from New York, during the last
five months and half, by four principal hous-
es May 921, June 1.277, July 95l, August
1866, Septcm Der 1924, October l, 446, Novem-
Der 500 total S,797. Probably the whole cmi-
grafton from the port of New York. during that
period, has been $4,000. The immigration to
that port, at the same time, has been very large,
much larger than for the same period last year
although a marked falling off is shown for the
last month, in comparison with the same month
in 1853. The immigrants arriving, however,
tics as heretofore The increase has been al
most entirely of Germans, while the number
from almost all other nations, including Ire
land, has fallen off.
~ Judge Porter Of Wayne county, Penn
sylvania, has instructed the grand jury to in
dict all the KnOwNothings. He considers the
organization unconstitutional and under the
ban of the law. 1t is said that two thirds of the
grand jury were members of the order, and
that the probabilities were they would demur
to the charge.
No MORE LICENSES IN CHICAGo.-The Com
mon Council of Chicago passed an ordinance
recently 10y vote of II to 8, repeating all en-
actments authorizing the issue Of licenses, and
leaving the penalties for selling without IL
cense in force; so that persons continueing to
traffic in the ardent in that city do so only
without the color of law. but at the risk of be-
ing punished by the authorities.-Er.
~ Three hundred and twenty-six Revolu-
tiOnary pensioners died during the past year.
The number now on the pension roll is one
thousand and sixty.
no The House of Representatives of South
Carolina has passed bill, authorizing State
of one million of dollars to the
Blue Ridge Railroad, and guaranteeing the
further sum of one million more. The South
seems to be waking up to the Importance of
these works of internal Improvement. Charles
ton is trying to reach the West, and to make
itselfa commercial point of more Importance
than it is at present.