Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-29
IMMIGRATION
Meeting OF the Board Of Immi-
grafton.
Report of State Commissioner
BOkum.
A Card Giving Railroad Tmmi-
grafton Agents.

From the Nashville Union and American.l
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS BoKUM.
At q meeting Of the State Board o.
Immigration, which was held yesterday
at the capitol, it was resolved that thu
pspers OF the city Of Nashville be re.
quested to publish the monthly report OF
the Commissioner, which is as follows
the efforts which have been maze
since my last monthly report for the de-
~vel0pnent Of the resources OF the State,
and in which the duties Of my office
have required me to take part, are OF
CREST interest, but in the space Of this
report 1 can refer TO them but briefly.
On the 18th OF February, [ took part Ia
sn immigration meeting in the town of
MsTysviile, in Blount county. On the
18th, l attended 8 meeting held by the
Industrial Association OF Knoxville, or
gsnized for the purpose OF disseminating
information concerning all industrial
subjscts, and of enlisting business men
aud capitalists in the encouragement of
home industry. On the 24ih, l sttended
the meeting held ut Chattanooga, in the
interests OF the navigation Of the Ten
nessee river, 8 movement Of such wide
reaching importance that immigration
would share in the powerful impulse
which its success would give 90 every
branch of industry. On the 25th, in the
course CT an excursion to Trenton, Ga,
On the Wills Valley Railroad, l had an
opportunity of a~cqusinting myself. in
some measure, with the important re-
suits which the completion of mat rail
road will have with regard to the South
western portion Of Tennessee, and es-
peeialiy with regard to Chattanooga. On
the 10th OF March l visited the E5na
Mines, ! II Marion county. On the 18th I
addressed the citizens of the same county.
at Jasper, Oh the subject Of immigration'
On the 18Th l visited Tracy CITY Mines
The somewhat thorough examination 7
have thus made, and what is intended tn
interest capitalists as well as i'm migrants
l hsve published in a series of letters
On the 23d l visited CHATTANOOGA. ana
took part IN 3 movement which aims at
the organization OF An industrial sssocis-
ton similar to the one which has done
so much good in the city OF KuoxvilIe-
From the extracts Of my correspond
ence, which l hereby submit to YOU. il
appears that l am beginning to gather
some of the fruits Of my lsbors. A num-
Der Of those with whom l have CORES
ponded have come to this State, and
many others are preparing to come this
cBAAIEs II ny 1851 AOpOIt Il REFER To the
fSet that the immigrants who have come
to Middle Tennessee have been greatly
influenced by the energetic lsoors of in
dividuals, but the preference given to
Middle Tennessee is also owing to the
fact that those immigrants come princi-
pally from the Western States, and that
the journey to Middle Tennessee is less
expensive than that to East Tennessee.
has been little disposition shown
to emigrate 70 West Tennessee, because
the impression extensively prevails that
is less settled there than in the
two other sections Of the State. 1 hsve
used every means in my power to cor
rect misapprehensions whenever 1 found
them to exist. 1t ought to be kept in
mind, however, that an increase of pop
in one part OF the State is bene-
fitting the whole State, not only because
It increases its revenue, but also because
those immigrants, when once in Tonnes
see, become familiar with the resources
1f other counties, TO which immigration
ought to be directed.
From the General Land Office q docu-
nent has been received stating that in a
set apart for that purpose a col
ection Of specimens OF the resources Of