Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-19
EUROPEAN

EUROPEAN EMIGRATION.
At present there is almost II genuine
mania for emigration, especially among
the poorer classes of Germany and Great
Britain. OF course, tbeiS eyes are all
turned Westward, to the land Of homes,
and breathing-room, and independence.
They reach our shores in swelling vol
umes, and other volumes follow hard
after. Just now it is the Germans more
than the Irish who are flocking hither,
though the latter also arrive by thous.
ands. OF the entire number OF emil
grants (ll,2ss) who landed at one OF
our Eastern ports during the month OF
April, fully oue-half were Of the Teu-
tonic racc-,hrifty people-cnergetic'
economical and intelligent, tue best ele-
ment in Europe upon which we could
draw. The German journals are awake
to the matter. One of them lately said
that in 4 single day fifteen hundred OF
the peasant;y were conveyed by rail to
the city OF Bremen; on the next day two
thousand of the same class-all Of them
awaiting debarkation from that port.
Evidently the poor people have no mind
to become targets for needle-guns and
Chassepots consequently, if Bismarck
intends to measure strength with the
Frenchman, he had better open the ball
quickly. The German Emigrant Society
reports that the increase this year is
about thirty per cent. over the arrivals
for last year. There are more than five
times the number of Germans landed
monthly ut this time than during 1864
and 1865. There is one fact connected
with this German emigration, which
makes it extremely valuable and graft
flying. Upon arrival, they do not
liurer or settle in our over-crcwded
seaport cities, but hurry to the West,
10 the districts which need men,
invite their coming, and hold out bright
prospects Of comfort and competency
to the Industrious poor. But from tue
| British Isles, also, the stream wakes
| stronger. There are unmistakablc indi-
cations that the emigration from Queens
town will this year be unprecedcutcdly
large. The steamers which call there
are absolutely unable to accommodate
the passengers who throng their offices,
Notwithstanding the Cunard aud lnman
lines dispatch one or two extra vessels
II week. So heavy is the tide setting
from England That q movement is on
foot to effect n regular and systematic
organization of the emigration from that
country. II appears that leading trades
unioaists, aided by liberal capitalists
aud politicians, such as Mr.. Morley, NJ.
p. for Bristol, have turned their atten-
ton to the encouragement of emigration
among the poorer classes, the artisans
thrown out Of employment and the ngri-
cultural lahorers who annually spend
several months in the poor houses. 1t
is confidently believed TIM, several thou
sands of the spiunerS and miners now
on q strike and locked out ut Pres
ton and in Yorkshire, will be induced
and aided to emigrnte to this country.
The Pail Mali GG=cas says that the emi-
grafton of these workmen sis, perhaps,
the wiscst movement they could have
adopted. They are skilled artisans,
who eau find no employmcntin England,
and are likely to be in demand in the
United States" Let them come. We
invite them, aud proircr them "dvnn-
tnges they could never hope to obtain
in the countries Of the Old World. But
let them not remain on our Atlantic sea-
board. The South and West is their
especial place. They will aid in resene-
rating the former, and crowd the Indians
away from the track Of the great Pacific
Railroads which traverse the latter.