New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-18
The following sales Of Insurance Scrip were made
aucticn 70 day by Simeon Draper:
COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION.

This Board met yesterday afternoon at Castle Gar
den, President VERPLANcK 10 the char: From the
weekly returns it appears that "a 26l emigrsnts have
arrived at The port since the let of January last. The
number Of arrivals last year during toe came period
was GA 1877. Arrivals last week, ,063 Aggregate re.
ceipts exclusive Of oyerdraft s24 443 a. Dlsourse-
ments $2l6,672 79. Balance in bank, 1910 90.
communication was received frooc the Department
of Charities and Corrections relative TO the indebted
ness Of the Commiss Of Emigration for the sup
port Of emigrants in tho Alps-House and Hosoita's.
1t was referred to the Committee on Disputed Cnns
communication was received from John + Dew
p retu ming the papers forw AIDED by the Utica Orphan
Asylum 70 the Commissioners. hr. Devlin set forth
the csse as follows:
lived at this port with family Of six children the youngest two
Of VIII twins ard AGED about tgo yesrs About Ausa
the went 10 Utica to reside and
in thin 6esuon they received inmates in tbs Utica
Gh Ai9 sDG 5sTs T tasas Of s Asylum
bill Of 1899 6 for their support Neither private per-
by agreement against the ouers aid support
those hssesbe the EiTsut Fund The statutes
de Commissioner either 20 support these persons or 70
reu buIse city county Of the State which be
making tie Commissioners responsible to any Asyu or other
institution"
Mr. JELLIsGHAUs after thu transaction of the regu.
lar routine business said that he desired once more TO
revive an old subject which he considered matter of
great importance and that relative 70 the booking
system.
Mr. Carrigsn here retired, and the Board was left
without quorum. 80
Mr.. JrLiISGHAUs said-Mr. President: To-day it is
nv psinful duty again. ray painful and mean It
10 call the attention of tb Board TO the crying evil OF
the eMigrait booking system.
A number Of ssveGe complaints have been brought
before me during this Summer aud Fall season. The
last one made by the Binder family Az their passage
interim ticket shows this family, consisting OF niue per-
sons contracted with the agent OF Henry NJ. weed az
Uavre for their passage from New.York TO Detroit,
Mich by the Ee9-York and Erie Railroad, their pas
sape TO cost $40 So of which amount Binder paid 10
advance at Hsvro sl5 the balance, S3i So to be paid
to Henry M Weed here.
x Now, Sir these people arrived in Characterization on
die 18th of September by the sang vessel Glad lid.
inos from UaVre and although they had intended TO
90 to Detroit bat fndiog that they had not means TO
paw their balance, obliged 10 remain here, aud
The reinforcement of the advance of SIS having bean
rein ed 10 them applied 70 the German Society for as
ss,ance and relief would ask, Mr. President, what
are such advances made for They are made to hll
the pockets Of agents and 1t If, at the same tne the
which they receive from their principals
But if there is no necessity for securing passage
ticket in Europe for the trp from New YORK 10 De
trot what are these called booking officers estab'
lisbed for Our aonual report OF 1858 contains some
ar swer TO their dues ion Speaking Of the system OF
imposition upon emlgTants II says "
fve much had been dcDe by judGSn and oysss
abuses until the eaes in this system Of imp9s ion hndng
these obstacles the way 10 t' 90 ue atop
whence the eng arts chiefly e@bk sa also IN s s aaa
noI infect IL the OF suffering sihs Ine
r,.kiga of The
ri, nrrs Families ard iudiSieu 4. ", h.d Setn s e
E,r fy distant f. aud points in thu United states wee re
Rv grosy oserchargcd upon genuine tickets and often I'M
aossJ ~ by faudule tones ebe WhouEs so OF
,nsJ All OF their inland ouues They were 10 nan! w
nce ais other eOnederstes 10 ti country! ana
thus posed 20 continued depreciation r;s. &c ,ha
German Soil almost u years now, nave iCu
that th,re ha dly exists more Thurman more ao' u
Unable traffic than this booking system, as carried Oh
in EnrooeaD ports; il is not lag but obtaining money
npder fe aud fraudulent representations Is Woree
tDap highway robbery, Sir ,t.o ,bo bs,,
agents for their employers for thoy never SHRINK o.
hesitate from using the mott dab 'cal mea as Tor Tue
Accomplishment of their nefarious schemes lhey au
Via emiOrsnts IN pntebase or secare their passage
tickets in Europe assuring them thai wi'h euSn Ghes
in hsud they would be forwarded directly 70 he 'ceS
of their desn a;ion inetead Of having to wal ior s
era days after their arrival in Nswfork they assure
them even that, i'll case they should not have meeeg
enough TO ply tho balance remaining due 10 ,ue
creator here, al they have to is to hpPy 70 .nel
COpsul or 10 the German Society. tho latter having
been established for such purposes. by every msso1