Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-04-07
Negro Mortality ena Foreign Immrsrn.

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Welearn from the st. Louis Republican
that Senator DooHttle delivered an able
speech al a recent johnson meeting in
New Haven, in which be ave his esti-
mate Of what the late war had cost Of
negro lie. He stated that Gov. Aiken,
/ Of South Carolina, expressed to him at
Washington, a few days before, the con-
viction that at least one million had per-
ished. This, the senator said, was also
the estimate Of the Hon, Randall Hunt,
Of New Orleans, and Of Capt. Haines, Of
the Union army Of Louisiana, who had
always lived at the South. Their opin-
ion was that perhaps $1,000 had died in
battle, or Of their wounds; while small
pox and other. terrible diseases that fol-
low the march Of armies have prevailed
among them to an awful extent from the
Rappahannock to the Rio Grande, sweep
ing away hundreds OF thousands. Mr..
DOolittle said he had mo doubt that
when we came to take the census Of 1850,
two-ifths Of the whole colored popula-
ton wiz have persisted -
These are appalling facts, and the ques-
ton naturally arises, how this immense
loss oflabor is to be supplied? The Bal
timore Sun says:
The report Of foreign emigration to this
country during the past year shows the
number Of persons landed st New York
for Southern destinations to be much
larger than had been anticipated, and.
the inducements now held out, will, it is
hoped, tend greatly % increase the throng
Of emigrants seeking homes in this quar-
ter during the present year. The attrac-
tons are great, not only In Maryland,
but further south, Notwithstanding the
yet unsettled condition Of the Southern
section, In view OF the great desire for
reliable labor, and the productive lands
there 20 be flled IN the growing Of most
remunerative crops,
The total number Of Europeans who
arrived at New York last year was
2OO,OSI, Of whom 1o,s25 were destined
Southwark, as follows Missouri, 50l6;
Maryland, 1888; District Of Columbia,
1923; Kentucky, 1880 Virginia, 500 {;
Tennessee, 1913 Louisiana, 288 Della
ware, 149; South Carolina, n; Missis-
sippi, 81; Texas, Al; North Carolina, 81;
Alabama, 27; Georgia, % Florida, s.;
and Arkansas, 4 The largest number Of
emigrants TO a single Northern States is
set down 10 New York, at 9s,433 during
the year, though it is not likely that all
these permanently settled there, In the
same period 22,z76 settled IN Pennsylva-
MIA 17,I74 in Illinois; and about 10000
in Ohio, On these figures the Sun
remarks
While in comparison, the number al
ready gone South is really small, it must
be remembered that before the war the
foreign emigration to that section was
little or nothing. But with the changes
that have been wrought by our late strife
and the new aspect given to things, and
the radical transformation in the South
ern system Of labor, the future affords an
encouraging prospect fer avery consider
able turn OF the tide Of emigration to-
ward ourselves and all the South. The
genial climate and a certainty Of gain for
Industry, and the disposition 10 divide up
the lands on terms favorable to their ae-
QUESTION BY persons Of limited means,
offer unsurpassed inducements 70 the
emigrant whether American or foreign