The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1856-01-03

" two ket deep. On two elflfe h larry vide
troagA with Ne water flowing rapidly in Il
one ead. and out al the othcr; at which any
liity sour people can he scrubbtd and sweeteneSl
In short orviw ABUNDANCE of towcls are hung
convcaisn.ly, sndsoap ID not only most uuVsesS-
lively handy, bud has got 10 be usoi. Every
Emigrnt landing al tho Castle, well enough u
stand the prooss, Inevitably Il washed clean
bcfbr he, she, or It gets cut tn the two bath
Ing rooms the sexss az course are kept spArstc.
II the ve.cls arriv early IN the day, % -
10 land their .pa~sngers at tho Castle belosc l
o'clock In the afternoon. tho Commissioners
| generally have them out and comfortably on
thcir way BY cvcaing What blessing TO
them this dc~patoh ial II they hsvs 10 stay
ever Tor any caase. the room Tor comfortably
shelscriag thum is ampk. Thrce tAossand
people have slept there, amer having previous
" ftasted Oh lfsSh and excellent provisions, -
Dvad, checss co(Iec, ami milk can bc bought
In tho Castle In asy qaeatiuee, end at whelc.
sale pricoa, Runners and boarding hoaec keep
ers are rigidly excluded ffom even sight Of IN
cmigran,s They are 50 faithfully cared fos
that u liquor ID smugglcd In through the sAtss,
and 10 iosnd, II IL taken from than end poured
upon tho ground before their eyw. Thoy Arc
not permitted 70 drink anything Intoxicating
1 Wttutu VtV S0HVN WUlt&. hu uWuVtWUtpSs ~
disorders are asppre~scd, vigorously but kindly.
The discipline u passrnAl, but just.
Many Interesting iacta arc developed at the
IL The motive which sccma 10 impcl the cmi.
desire 10 enjoy tho blessisgs Of Freedom. 80
much as Il Z u rcjoin ussir kindred who have
como before them. The claims of Afection arr
stronger with them than the Turing hopc eI
cheap lands. high wages, or escape IRON "
ranny. ..t
The next fact interesting 70 the registration
clerks and the public. Ii tho different modes
with which the cn,igrants meet the inquiry In.
10 the extent Of thsir "cash means" Tbs
Irish invariably undertake II. Thsy arc afraid
Of being robbed They also fancy they will
get things cheaper, II tEry create tho impr@.
sion that they arr needy or destitute. They
always conceal THAR money resources. moro or
lcm. The Germans also uniformly understatc
their cash means. but not 70 tho extent the
Irish DO They are afraid they will be 70 bod
probably. and taxed certainly. The English.
man Just ~ invariably overstatcs his peouninry
resources, ~ the German and lrishmAn under
state theirs. Tho Scotch, the Ilollandcrs, and
tho Swcdcs truthfully and frankly tell how
much money They have, and u the statement !,
received with doubt. ara ready 10 pull oui
their bcl,s or purses. aud show tho "pilc.'
Another fact ELECTED may explain tho plrnty
there exists Of servant girh In ujseity. Thes
arc twenty-five pcr cont mort females than
males 10 the numbsr VI cmigrapts. Germany
and especially ireland, sends IN vast excess
Of females over the males. The swccthcafts'
at home are dsubtlrss seAtce. The wars. prob
ably. bave thinnei them out, and their proIrl
mates arc left 10 enjoy the miserics u single
blcssedness.
The movement 10 this addition 10 our popa
lation aftrr ar,ival4-.tts distribation thfosel
the Union---is difItueat from what u 10 CON
|, monty supposed ~ b.. Puritan New Englan,
! receives now most oi the Irish Catholics Mas
sachusetA more than any Of her sister States
PcnnsyIvania takes mostly EnglIsh aud Wslsl
New York - great deal of everything r
our informant said Now jersey. ditto---Ohio
Irish and Germans Wisconsin. Swcjes end
Germans Iowa, Germans almost exclusivciy
l--Conpecticst, Irish Minnesota, GcFmans :
Maryland, Irish and qsrmsns -. lndisna, al
nations, the German prepondsrating Aiehi
gan, ditto Illinois, ditto aud Canada ncariy
all Scotch aud English. Very few 10 10 fh'
sIave States. Of ~ 900, Who arrived during
. short period last SIMMER, only % went 4
sostL Carolius, 10 70 North Csrolips. I8 \,
Y Georgia, "a 10 Tennexsec. 10 10 Florida, ~
10 Virginia, ll5 10 Kentucky, and simIlal
proportion 10 the other Southern states whils
New Yorh r-raived i2,2s7. Ohio 7OOl, Penn
sylyaniA 2,BG7, Illinois 2.O25, Wisconsio a.2l7
New Jersey T2s, Canada 2,i07, Masascha
sctts ,325, and other FREQ States 10 the Same
ratio. Of those Who vent 10 Virginia, ths
most we're English and 0efmuns. and nearly
all were bound Tor The cheap farming lands and