The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-12-09

The Castle Gard ON Immigrant Depot.
CFrom lie Albany journal, Dec. IL Il
Castle Garden has upon its western eide q dock al
which the steamboat barge loaded with the emi
grants who have bssn taken OF the passenger vessels
marrow gangway II made by movable fences, through
which the entire number Ia passed for medical inspection
This very rigid In good weathsr It tai place in the
vios fo cases for hospital treatment and to discover
Who from extreme ago chronic disease orphanage
pregnancy unaey or idccy are liable TO become public
bnrthens The shippers have 70 these risks and
provision Is made for them under the Communication.
The inspection ended the emigrants are admitted
the body Of he Castle and marcned up to squars the
aed OF tue out.ide with two noes lead
ing to the right and the other to the left The first
Is for those who speak German Frenchhe second for
those who SPEAK only English. lnsice the square
clerks standing at desks facing the rails and ready with
lsdgers open before them, to register the new
when written up, show the Of The heads of m-
hes single persons the vessel they by its cap
tSe smouns d nn they b and Inc reSes ths,
peviou ly had In this country Passed by one with
II the alley to the registering clerks and then passed
fasion When finished the heads of families and the inii
yduals Intercepted bout their choice of routes
their destinations counter extends on three sides Of
the square, and on this are exposed maps Of all the ra
read and steamboat routes in the United States. The
fullest intoi nation is given, and complete impartsy
shown by the clerks between competing lines. An At
tempt at undue influence the enigrants choice,
would be punished by discharge fsom employment.
While the registration and the sslScon OF routes il
taking place the luggage OF the grant has passed
from the barge or steamer by the forward gangway on
the rouesay to the West-has been selected the party
receives printed slip telling the weigh master how many
railroad ticke he requires to- say Nil vauke the price
the charge per hundred FIR their weight fifty pounds
This signed with the contracting agents name and il
asen b"ek to hs ocs Il s Sss Ths
ages are identified put onto the scales and weighed One
Of twenty large thin bound volumes, marked ''Mlwau
kie is opened and the inner margin is entered full
description Of the packages, their weight freight &C.
Next to this margin printed coupons yellow
the route Of transportation left blank the party has
four packages oue Of these coupons cut off, filled
ann M 10
to him. This is his baggage receipt Then the printed
slip which he brought into the weighing Office Is fed
up and he is sent back with it to the cashier in the
,ral Office. He takes pay for the passage and freight
What luggage is TO remain In the Ca tie night is
rocm ard there registered and labelled With conspcu
GUS blue tickets receip. In blue is given for it. by
number and designation Of the pieces
ing rooms, each fifty feet by twenty in size. On side
OF the rooms ia bath large enough or dozen at
to roll in and splash about The Crston stands in it two
feet deep. On two other sides is large wide trough
with the water flowing rapidly in at one end and out at
the other avwhch any iy sour people can be scrubbed
and sweetened in short order Abundance of towels
Lung conveniently and soap only suggestive
handy but has got to be used. Every emgcant land
ing at the Castle well enough to stand the process in
evtaby il washed clean before he she gets out In
the two bathing the Of kept sepa
rate.
Ii the vessels arrive early in the day SO as to land their
Passengers the Castle before O'Clock in the afternoon
The Commissioners generally have them out and comfort
This despatch isl they have stay over for any cause
the for comfortably shelteying them ample Three
" eased on fresh and excellent provision Bread cheese
coffee and milk be bought in the Castle in any guam
titles, and at Wholesale prices. When ship is tee.
graphed the baker employed notified, aud batch
aordinary immediately goes into the From per-
sona inspection vouch for the ,st excellent
quality Of ali This ocd. The rsmparts Of the Castle,
and he vas b,ldy III a inna irc10
fee to the emigrants Tor exercise pleasure.
In cold weather it is perfectly warmed and at all times
the fountain is in play throwing very high jet
Its purifying influence upon the atmos here is per-
be by the women where they can cook anything
hey may want. Runners and boa ding house kee oers
,eidly excluded ON eight Of the emigrants
They i hully cared for, that If liquor Is SNUG
eed in through the gates and Is found it Is taken from
them and poured upon the ground before their eyes
within the Ca tile walls All immoraities all disorders
supp eesed vigorously but kindly
IL next fact interesting to the registration clerks and
he public the oierent modes With which the egrants
meet the inquiry into their cash means" The Irish
uby stae it, They afraid Of being robbed
impression that they are needy or destitute
they sways conceal their money less.
ihe Germans also uniformly anderstste their cash re-
sources but not to the extent the Irish DO they
afraid they will be robbed probably and taxed ertanly
The Fnghn just Invariably overstates his pecuni
Any resources the German and rishman understst
heirs The Scotch, the Hollanders and the Swedes,
ru,hfuly and frankly tell how much money they have
and il the statement received with doubt ready 10
pull out their belts or purses, and shox thu pile"
from this II will be that the amount Of gold and
liver coin, and bills of exchange, brought into the
try by emigration, is much greater than statistics
show /, TO be.
From Germany come females than males. From
Ireland vastly any The entire emigration fur
nisbes us with twenty five per cent females than
males This fact will interest economists and suggest
Item more ,hfn subject OF speculation.
The moven ent of this addition to population after
arIivaits distribution through the Unions different
from what it is COMMONLY supposed to be- Puritan New
England receives most Of the Irish Catholics Massa
cbusetts than any of her sister States pennsyl
vania mostly takes English and Welsh; New York IA
great deal of everything" informant said New
Jersey, ditto; Ohio, Irish and Germans; Wisconsin,
swedes and Germans Iowa, Germans almost exclusively
Connecticut, Iiish Minnesota Germans Maryland Iish
and Germans Indiana, all nations, the Germans prepon
nearly al Scotch and English. Tue that induce
migration very much decide the distribution of the
giants Demand for labor and wages may redistribute
thcm-but primarily they seek their friends and
atrots The following table of the apportionment OF
20 00o of them, arrived during the past summer
will be found interesting 1t includes statement Of the
amount Of they took to their several destinations
given by themselves II Is much less than the actual
sum in nearly every item