The New York herald., 1865-01-06
CHAMBER or comaaERcE.

Oapture-Report OF the Conns1tteo-Aisn
sSr the Savannah Sufferers, &c.
sns regular monthly meeting Of the Chamber Of Com
held ~ O'Clock yesterday afternoon, the
President, Mr. A. A Low, In she chair.
Aessn James Kelly and Harvey Warrington were
sected members Of the Chamber
DUTY ON EXPORTS.
recommendation was received from the Exscuuve
Committee as 10 concurrence the resolutions adopted
Nv the Philadelphia Board Of Trade in relation 70 an
amendment 10 the constitution Of the United States levy
ing duties ON exports
Action on this matter postponed for month
EMIGRATION.
An interesting and volumnous report was read by Mr.
Low on the subject OF emigration committee TO In
suire into this matter appointed last April The
following gentlemen compose that committee -Messa
4 A. Low A. q. Richards, r. A. Witthans and Samuel
- Rnggles
The following are few extracts containing the i'm
rhe events Of the war have served 70 multiply and
enlarge the inducements which were manifested in times
ef peace The withdrawal Of more than million OF men
from the active pursuits OF fe for the suppression Of
most wide spread rebellion, has created demand for
Abor In the country such as Was never experienced
before.
Vast armies have had 70 be supplied with food and
clothing and those who we're once producers have been
consumers only Along extended seacoast and over
Inland territory thousands OF miles In length these
great bodies Of have moved to and fro, taxing
10 their utmost capacity oar railroads. steamboats, and all
seher OF transport known to large armies moving
by land and water For horses mules, ambuIances and
wagons, and all camp equipage, the demand has been
unccasing and insatabe proportoned 10 the waste Of
war; space Of country to be aversed and the
exhausting Of battles waged the broadcast scale
The requirements OF the navy have not been less
nctng than those Of the army As in the outset our
army lacked and all the munitions Of war; so the
navy lacked Sailors ships and guns vessels OF wood
end vessels OF iron had TO be constructed and every ma
chine shop and every machnist on the seaboard have
been brought into requstion The workers in wood and
ron the carpenters blacksmiths sailmakes, riggers
Ill who contribute 70 the equipment OF iron clad steam
and have made their terms. Under the new i'm
pulse Of has increased in four years from
sixty seventy vessels to five or six hundred The de-
unand FOR and material TO create and supply, is
coeded by constantly recurring call for officers and
sailors 70 and employ In truth, everywhere--in
our agricultural fields, In our mines, In our manuac
tories and In all the varied and numerous departments
of industry there has been demand for labor, which 1t
has been impossible fully meet The drain Of men for
Che army and navy, fill the ranks which have been
1hnned by disease and casualties Of battle, by sickness
and DEATH has aggravated other difficulties with the pro-
traction Of the
The advance wages has kept steady pace with the
depreciation Of currency and Notwithstanding this
depreciation labor never better paid or more indie
pendent than
II was under these circumstances that Congress- at its
haet session. passed the law ito encourage emigration
which has been alluded TOTO protect those who seek
shores quest Of peaceful employment against the
claims Of war, enacting as follows VIZ
THAT emlgrant 10 the United States who Shall ar
i've after the passage Of this law shall be compusory
enrolled for military service during the existing insur
Socon unless such shall voluntarily renounce under
oath his allegiance to the country Of his birth and de-
clare his intention to become citizen Of the United
In Is47 Commissioners OF Emigration were appointed
~ the State Of New York, who authorized TO pro-
vide for the destitute helpless and SICK whose care over
This class Of people the utmost limits of the
Btate They have always under their charge at Wards
Island where commodous hospitals have been erected)
nix hundred or one thousand men, women and children;
and at one time the number was very much larger.
The Commission is composed OF ten members, six Of
ether four are ee ocio-the Mayors of New York and
Brooklyn and the Presidents Of the Irish and Emigrant
Societies OF this city. Letters and remances are for
through the commission TO friends abroad and
friends al home Strangers directed their inland
journeys, and others provided with employment
The United Statee law aims to extend its sheerng arm
Beyond the limits Of the State over the whole national
DOMAIN be II the land On the sea on shpboard or
within its territorial limits commissioner and super
inendent have appointed TO give effect 10 the pro-
OF tho law and the interests Of the emgran have
guaranty Of protection in this action OF the national
Under tho sanctions OF this law society before cstab
rshed now known az the American Emgrant Company"
hAs put operation the necessary measures for bringing
ths country the skilled and other labor Of England and
she asking public confidence II refers TO some
unittee are Of opinion that il has undertaken most
bgaisewothy and important work inaugurating system
6f supply well calculated TO meet pressing and vital
want.
II may be though. by some, that when the rebellion is
conquered and The over when our soldiers return
10 their bones and their wonted tasks the arguments
shob have been advanced 70 prove the need OF more
aborers from abroad will fail Such conclusion would
N tLe opinion Of your comns~ee, De whoDy "Swar-
s true that the army and navy would stimuli
sApeeusy discharge many soldiers and sailors and that
nd various sources Of supply would be suspended
But On the eber hadd, with the return OF peace and
sses Of the South, enterprise hitherto abandoned or
pewly projected will spring INTO le and activity AND
As q % nc,s Of fertile land u; e The he use s
and VIII be the profitable work Of years Of peace 70 re
ssore what has been lost by The ravaSes q war
.gne protection and encouragement ymcn our manu-
nLn md tha
war has neceesitated and hegecYorh, high tariff may
bs regarded the accepted policy Of our country The
Oni,cd States hereafter will have 10 look TO their own
srsndes and looms for the nne well ~ the coarser
lkbrics worn by our people.
The uDwilngness Of the foreign manuiactuier 70 eA-
sebd 10 ihe OF the United States the degree
e credit lhaa he yields 70 private enterprise cuts on
large customer, wboee securities are most welcome At
nome Acting through unfriendly desire 70 pull
Aown A State he contributes 70 strengthen the very
Vsops Of power, making the state se-dependent and
Evidence are multiplying daily that the long looked
for opportunity having arrived, capital 10 not wanting
ecr the disposition TO accep, and improve pro- H. maay s
q home and the skilled labores who are Intelligent
enough 70 discover the opportunity may be expected 70
reoognixe IT, bringing from Great Britain, France and
Germany The handy working power which the United
6ssles WIN 30 freely invite and 10 amply reward
Your committee have surveyed but partially the field
NJ nousry opened 70 their view feebly pre-
ssnted the Inducements which our country holds out at
he present time 70 those Of other lands who seek the
paths Of industry, and would thrive therein.
They have reserved for final notice the call for labor
Shat comes every breeze, from the Rocky Mountains
and the Sierra Nevada from the mountains and valleys Of
PsnnsyIyanis and Michigan, from California, Oregon,
bdaho Colorado Iowa Ohio, Illinois and other States,
where lie buried The gold and oliver, lead, iron, copper,
md beds OF coal underlying the rich prairie lands
and mountains OF the West where, too, found sub
ssYanean repositories Of petroleum, enough 70 illuminate
3 world.
When your committee contemplate the vast stores Of
sinerai wealth In all thess places Of depcst some Of
Ahen hitberto inaccessible provision than ample
seems already and providentaily made for our public
debit whatever may be IL present or future magnitude
~ afl who now engaged in putting down the rebel
Non were employed In wrestling from the rock and the
si their buried treasures 70 he At once applied 70 the
naAlona debt u would MOI long remain unpaid
Your committee will close this report with brief com.
mont on two Of the papers referred 70 Al the commence
uSnk
The letter from Hon. @. Godfrey Gunther, Mayor of
New York addressed 70 John williams, Esq general
o~ent OF the american Emigant Company, the answer
- which IRON Mr williams hereto appended has been
used abroad IN y preiudica, ~ your committee
mink the best interests of the country and which
your committee have read with surprise II lacks thas