New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-20
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.

This Board met yesterday afternoon At Castle
Gsrden, President VERPLAsoK in the chair, and 81
the members present.
The weekly statement showed that the number Of
eersnts arrived this year. Ia Oct H. was 81 ~; 10
the ssme date last year, 81, $50. Number OF inmates
in Wards leland 703-beiDg decrease Of 400 in com
parison With the number last year. Aggregate receipts
10 oct. ~, incodipg balance in bank, Jan. |,
$40 7lq Go. Disbursements ana current expenses,
sl.29 37-leavirg 3 balance of 81 ,456 -.
Messrs CARRIGAs ami Cummings the majority of
the Committee on Emlgrant Landing to whom was
referred the application Of Mcdonald a Blschoh,
akpg sid for cobsummstrg the loci pent foreign book
in OF emigr ants by allowing them certain privileges
within Castle Garden, presented lengthy report on
the subject and concluded 10y denying toem such pTlvl
leees The Committee set forth that early sitter the
opening Of Castle Garden as an Emigrant Landing
depot it was sscer6ined that large number OF
book and runners who had heretofore piled their
nesrous trade in this port, had transferred their hed
Of operstions to places IN Europe shere eng ants
for America were likely To pass through or
embark from. In such cases onerous AMI
exravsgant rates Of fare could be safely exacted and
spurious tickets and ckeOrders furnished, only 10 DC
discovered when an ocean separated Victim rom the
hear lees operators and too late for any relief What
ever by legal process The Commissioners IN order 20
supprt - tie traffic sent sgent TO Europe, With IN.
sIuctons 10 lay before the several Governments these
evds of the frauds and extortons practiced oy
those engaged in booking emigrants for America The
German Governments took such prompt and efficient
action that public participation in the odious traffic
entirely suppressed. In England, also, wholesome
regulations we're introduced which had the effect OF
diminishing the amount of evil. Only foreign
Government declined 10 change its established prac
tee contepcng that il not the interest of the
country On emigrant was leaving TO protect him from
"spolistion that 1t the true policy of thai Gov.
"efrment 70 do nothing whereby an en- grant should
" be deferred from leaving as much as possible OF his
" wealth BET ind him."
The Committee set forth that the application OF Nc
Donald & Bischoff is in manner different from such
as may with equal propriety be msde by the werst
description Of ticket brokers, whose operations the
administration of the depot has been directing its
energies TO check and eventually suppress.
In their opinion. Mcdonald 4 Bischof, a. local
agents of railroad company at this port, do not
py any higher grourd while acting the confederate
OF foreign broker than the foreign broker himself,
and the Committee conclude by saying that greater
facilities could with proprlety be extended to them in
such connection than to the most notorious Of opera
tore.
II being moved that the report be accepted and
adopted, Mr. JELLISGHAUs of the minority cOntended
that he Tad been ruled out, and was not allowed to
represent minority report. This remark brought
Mr. PURDY to his feet, and in very emphatic language
he pronounced the assertion to be a fslsehood The
mater settled by laying the report upon tue table
for two weeks, in order to give Mr.. Jellinghaus
opportunity Of putting in his report.
Capt. CRABTREE represented the G. se Of two men
who had been swiDdled in Hayre out of go and that
tbey had been unable to obtain any satisfaction from
Mcdonald y BischCf the agents, who contended that
said amount due to the parties in lsyre for CON-
mission. The matter referred to a committee TO
investigate. The Board then adjourned.