The New York herald., 1869-06-24
Immigration-Interesting Facts.

psrstive tables on immigration and Of ex
tracts from the record of immigration for the
thirteen years ending with December, 1868,
recently completed by the statistical bureau
in the Treasury Department at Washington.
These tables and extracts are full of inte-
resting facts. 1t appears that the immigrants
landed at the port of New York from Janu-
ary l to June l6 were l18,6ll and that
from the 18th to the 22d Of June, or in six
days, there have also arrived in this port
1914 immigrant passengers in eleven differ
ent vessels, eight Of them being steamships.
OF these later arrivals there were about
1000 Swedes, about $500 from Ireland and
England, over 1000 from Germany and the
rest from other countries in Europe. OF the
1851 who arrived this year previous to
the 10th of June ''the Germans were the most
numerous of any one nationality, being over
twO-ffths of the whole the sturdy yeomen
from the Green Isle come next; and even
the rock bound island or that portion
below the Tweed, sends us people enough
to be the third ON the list The most re-
markable is the tremendous increase of i'm
migration from Sweden, running up from fifty
in February to over 5000 in May and to
over 5000 for the first half of the month of
June" The entire number of Swedes who
came to this country during the twenty years
from I647 to 1867, both years included, was
26, ,565, and in 1868 and 1869, up to the
last 10th of June, there arrived 20, $40, or
in less than eighteen months there have
come larger number, by nearly 2,4OO, than
in twenty years before that. This sudden
increase Of immigration from Sweden is most
extraordinary.
A comparison between the official figures of
the general immigration from Europe at cor
responding periods in 1869 and 1868 shows in
1868 an addition to our population, through
this port, of 95,05S souls, or about twenty per
cent less than during the same time in the
present year. A similar comparison with the
figures from January to the 10th of June, 1866,
during which time the largest number of immi-
grants arrived at this port of any year except
the present, although the entire twelve months
for 1867 gave the heaviest immigration of any
yet known-242, 73l-gives an immigrant
population Of ia, OS6 souls, or over 1000 less
than this year, which justfes the belief that
the total immigration at the harbor of New
York city in 1869 will be the largest ever
known in the history of the country.
~ According to the record just completed at
the Statistical Bureau in Washington, it is said
that at all the ports Of tue country, beginning
with January, 1853, we have received
100000 immigrants-people of our own
Caucasian race-besides $4,000 Chinese.
''Of the former S45, 900 are from Germany,
EGO, 900 from Ireland, 655,OOO from Great
Britain, 1OS, 900 from British America, $4,000
from Sweden and Norway, $4,000 from
respecting the various occupations Of these
immigrants, the vast majority Of course be-
longing to the working classes.
In addition to the tables and Washington
statistics Of immigration, we published yester-
day extracts from English journals relative to
the rapidly increasing emigration from the
Mersey during the week ending June 8, and
several weeks previous The London Morn
sing Post says:-''Such an outflow of working
men would be remarkable at any period of the
year, but IL becomes doubly so when it takes
place at that season when employment is
generally most plentiful and wages are at their
highest rate. Nor is there any appearance Of
its decreasing, nor reason to believe that II is
a sudden or fortuitous outburst. On the con-
trary, in all parts of the country, save in the
agricultural districts, there seems to be dis
position to systematic emigration and to treat
depletion as recognized cure for the difficult
ties of the working classes" The Morning
Post disapproves Of and deplores this emigra-
zion. But the Liverpool Daily Post says that
-'the emigrants are impressed with their own
condition, and just now they are the best
judges Of that condition" Meanwhile,
America offers to them all plenty Of room,
plenty Of work, abundant subsistence and q
hearty welcome.