The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-07-19
Old World Topics.

The tide of emigration from Ireland
may be said to have ceased to flow. Emil
grant vessels depart from some of our ports
without single emigrant. 1t appears from
the report of the Emigration Commissioners
that the emigration from the United King.
dom in 1860 was only l2s,469 persons.
Though this was 8,037 more than the pre-
vious year, it was 1869 less than the aver.
age Of the preceding five years. Of the ag-
create number IL 500 were from Ireland-a
small proportion with former years. Among
the Storage passengers by steamers there
was but one death in the year, and there
were but three in the sailing vessels. This
fact presents q gratifying contrast to the
mortality that prevailed in emigrant ships
in past times, with which, no doubt, the
overcrowding had much to do. The re-
turned emigrants during the year numbered
24,434, of whom the large proportion of
1873 came from the United States, and
only 1,098 from Canada. The remittances
from settlers in North America to their
friends in Ireland, during the year 1860,
amounted to G676,932.
The London Times, of June 10, says
ave have now to announce that, in conse.-
quence of events which have convulsed the
American Republic and arrayed the mil.
lions of the North against the millions of
the South, it has been determined to rein.
force the garrison Of Canada with brigade
of British infantry. Of course there is no
calculation of forces in the matter. 1t has
been thought that if all America should fly
to arms, maraudiDg parties might possibly,
in the heat of national effervescence, swarm
here and there over our border, and there.
fore the most exposed points of our lake
frontiers will be provided by these means
with few companies of troops for their
protection" These troops, about 5000 in
number, arrived at Quebec on the 9th, in
the Great Eastern.
The official publication of the importa-
ton of breadstuffs into Great Britain for
the first four months of 1859.'60-'61 presents
some novel facts. In 1859, France sup
piled England with 2913 per cent. of its
wheat importations, while the United States
sent3O1s per cent. Of the whole amount.
With flour the change has been still more
remarkable, since the French supply in 1859
was 80 per cent. of the whole, the United
States figuring only for two per cent. while
this year England has had only Is per
cent. from France, and from the United
States the quantity has been IS per cent.
Accounts from India state that Eng
land is building railroads into the interior,
so that the cotton crop, very soon, can be
moved as fast as it is produced to the sea
shore and the ship canal across the 18TH
mus of Suez, from the Red Sea to the Medi-
terranean, shortening the distance 5000
miles, will be flushed in twelve months. 1t
is said that, if the American troubles con-
tinue five years, India will export 100000
bales--rather a large figure, but there is no
doubt that great efforts will be made in that
country to supply the English manufac.
turers independent of the United States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dickens, after their long
separation, are once more living together.
sensible woman, without any literary tastes,
and possibly, has not read the whole of her
husbands novels. This is just the sort of
wife that htterateur should have, but
Dickens thought otherwise, and sees, in Sir
Edward and Lady Bulwer proof of the
happiness which must arise when an author
and authoress are united. But Dickens is
getting Older and therefore wiser.