Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-21
Tbe STATISTICS of Emigration.

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II The report of the Commissioners of En-
iigration for the year 1866. which has just
been presented to the Legislature, contains
mich valuable Information. Twenty years
have now elapsed since the inauguration
of this Board, whose beneficent action to-
ward emlgrants can scarcely be Oyerrated.
The tide OF emigration, which set toward
iourshores in such a remarkable degree in
4 lS64-5 increased in volume through the
twelvemonth ending in December last,
Notwithstanding the great alarm which
succeeded upon the breaking out ofaTthe
cholera at sea in the early part of the sum-
mer of that year. We learn from the re-
port that the aggregate number of passen-
gers landed at Castle Garden in 1866 was
294 357, being an increasefiOf 37,066 over
the preceding year, while the number in
1865 exceeded that of 1864 by 13,436.
OF the passengers bronght here in 1855,
E60 939 were citizens of the United States
a-suggestiHe- fact, which ought to arouse
the energy of our merchants to an effort in
the direction of establishing American
steamship lines. Asqit is at present, our
Eown citizens are compelled to patrOniZe
foreign vessels.in keeping up this Immense
international coulmanication.> - ( =
/ Deducting these 60 939 citizens, the alien
Eemigration Of the year was composed of
1.-THE following pationalities = Irish, eS047 ;
Germans, lO6716; English, sc, 1S6, and from
other countries, 22,469. To many these
| figures may appear astonishing, as very
general impression prevails that the Irish
people, more than any other, seek an asy-
lum in our land, on naccount of the indis-
pntable advantages which this country
holds out to the Industrious and deserving
But the Germans would seem to appreciate
these benefits more highly than the, Irish,
there being nearly twice as many of the
itormer as of the latter; while from Eng
land even. the aggregate is only twenty
two Thousand behind that of Ireland. i3tr
i The Commissioners of Emigration ask
Legislative financial aid to enable them to
carry on their work. There have been in
creased claims upon the exchequer OF the
| Board for many objects, not the least iOi
which grows out of the late decision maxi
Ting it incumbent upon them to provide fol
| the support of the children of emigrants
who may be born in their institutions, and
who hitherto were presumed to bethe ben.
efciaries of the Commissioners of Chart
ties and Correction, and also to liquidate
l0ng-accruing demands under this head
The repairing and alteration of buildings
iwhiehowere. necessary to the comfort anG
| welfare of the persons committed to Their
care, have sordrawn largely upon the re-
sources of the Commission, aud the con
stantlY increasing calls upon their bounty
owing to the excessive emigration, the hos
pital expenditures, &C., makes financial ait
Imperative to the proper management o
their affairs. >
The arrivals at Castle Garden show a
marked difference III favor of Transports
tion by steamers over sailing vessels as pas
senger ships. In the former there is moi
any thing like the crowding which is prae-
i ticed on the latter. The consequence il
that on steamers the health of the emigran
is fifty per cent. better than on sailins
vessels. This is demonstrated by the fac
! that of 1863 passengers brought over il
4O1 trips by steamers, Sl6died, against So
deaths among "a, ,S9S persons sswho arrived
in 749 voyages of sailing vessels.
These are the pregnant points of the re-
port, the details of which are full of in
terest, not alone to emigrants, but also tc
the general public.-NeD 7 Tork Times.