Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-27
STATE NEWS.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF I'M
MIGRATION.

Report of Commissioner BOkum.
m At meeting of the State Board of liz
Dr. migration, which was held yesterday
the capitol, it was resolved that the pape
9 of the city of Nashville be requested
publish the monthly report of the Con
missioner, which is as follows:
. REPORT.
- The efforts which have been made sine
my last monthly report for the develop
II ment of the resources of the State, and
s which the duties Of my office have require
me 10 take part, are Of great interest, bu
a In the space of this report L can refer .
f them but briefly. On the 18th of Februar.
l took part in an immigration meeting il
y the town Of Marysville, in Blount county
Q On the 18th attended meeting held by
t the Industrial Association Of Knoxville
organized for the purpose of disseminating
Information concerning all industrial sub
jects, and of enlisting business men and
capitalists in the encouragement of homf
industry, Op the .24th j attended the
| meeting held al Chattanooga in the inter
ests of the navigation of the Tennessee
river, movemrnt Of such wide-reaching
importance that immigration wonld share
in the powerful impulse which its success
would give TO every branch of industry.
90 the 25th in the course of an excursion
TO Trenton, Ca, on the Wills Valley rail-
road, | had an opportunity of acquaint-
ing myself in some measure, with
the important results which the COM
pletion of that railroad will have
with regard to the Southwestern portion
of Tennessee, and especially with regard to
Chattanooga. On the 10th of March l Wis
tied the Etna Mines, in Marion county.
On the 18th / addressed the citizens of the
same county, at Jasper, on the subject of
immigration. On the 18th | visited
Tracy City Mines. The somewhat thor
ough examination have thus made, and
what is intended to interest capitalists as
we'll as Immigrants have published in a
series of letters. On the 23d | visited
Chattanooga and took part in movement
which aims at the organization of an in
dustriai association similar to the one
which has done 30 much good in the city
| of Knoxville.
From the extracts of my correspondence,
which | hereby submit to you, it appears
that | am beginning 10 gather some of the
| with whom have corresponded have come
to this State, and many others are pre-
pairing TO come this spring. In my last
| report refer to the fact that the immi-
grants who have come TO Middle Tennes-
see have been greatly Influenced by the
energetic labors of individuals, but the
preference given to Middle Tennessee is
also owing TO the fact that those immi-
grants come principally from the Western
States, and that the journey to Middle
Tennessee is less expensive than that 10
East Tennessee. There has been little dis
position shown TO emigtste to West Ten
nessee, because the impression extensively
prevails that society is less settled there |
than in the two other sections of the State.
L have used every means in my power to
correct Interpretations whenever / |
found them to exist. 1t ought 10 be kept |
in mind, however, that an increase of pop |
ulation in one part of the State is benefit |
ing the whole State, not only because it in- |
creases Its revenue, but also because those |
immigrants, when once in Tennessee, be- |
come familiar with the resources of other |
counties, to which immigration ought to |
be directed
From the General Land Office docu.
ment has been received stating that in a |
cabinet set apart for that purpose collec- |
ton OF specimens of the resources of each /
State IN the Union is to he made, and that |
an alcove in this cabinet ia to be assigned |
to tennessee. | have prepared a circular |
on this subject, which, if approved by the
board, propose to send 10 the several
counties In the State, inviting their CO.
operation in so important measure.
The plan of Issuing excursion tickets at |
two cents per mile to those who desire to |
explore the South in the interests of i'm |
migration, is likely TO draw to the South a
great number of visitors.
The cooperation Of individuals, without |
regard to political differences, for the |
purpose of advancing the material inter |
ests of the State, is silently but efectually
laying the foundation for that spirit of |
harmony which the State 30 much needs. |
The time may soon come when the antag
Onisms which for go long time have inter
fered with the prosperity of the State will
exist no more.
l have endeaVOred TO co Operaie with
respectable individuals and societies in
terested in the cause Of immigration as
far az could be righifully expected in my
position AZ Agent of a Board of the State.
10 conclusion | cannot bat refer with re-
greet 10 the fact that the General Assembly
have declined making an appropriation
for the objects recommended by the Board
in pursuance with the suggestions con-
tanned in my annual report. | still am
persuaded that these recommendations are
deserving Of attention. 1t is difficult 10
appreciate sufficiently the value of immi-
grafton which is now coming to this State
from the North they are farmers with
their improved implements of agriculture
and their habits of thought, manufactures,
and who furnish US at our doors with
many of the articles which we have been
compelled to obtain from the North, and
many others engaged 10 many branches of
the mechanic arts.
Yet to a certain extent the Northern i'm
migration is but change Of residence on
the part of Northern men from the North
| to the South. We need an accession from
Europe, such as has given to The North
| west much of its present power and great
| ness, and this population can only be OBJ
tanned by placing an agent in Europe. who
10 connection with an agent in the city of
New York will direct portion Of the cur
| rent of that Immigrant population to the
| State of Tennessee.
The General Assembly Of Georgia
have appropriated $4,000 to the cause Of
| immigration, and have elected one Com
missioner for the State Of Georgia, and
another for Europe.
An immigration association has been
| formed in Monroe county, in this State.
Hermann BoKUM,
| Commissioner of Immigration.
The Proposed Board of HeaIIh-Ob-
| jectiOnabIe Features Discussed.
To the Editors of the Union and American.
The following justiiiable and potent OF =
lections are urged against the passage OF an
ordinance, pending the action Of the City
Council, entitled "An ordinance 10 eatab-
lish Board of Health, and TO repeal GER
tain other ordinances"
First. Its necessity is entirely obViated
by the existence OF practical and ample
measures for the protection of health, and
authorizing Board Of Health, which has
been rendered obsolete by the Metropolitan
Sanitary Police.
Second. The proposed ordinance levi
IDENTIFY copied, 10 part, from some old
English health cOde) is a rare production
of old togyism, and does not contain a sim
gle feature consulting the wants or credit
of this or any other free and enlightened
! community. 1t fixes an unconstitutional
penalty-for trivial nuisances at 500 fine
, and ninety days imprisonment, or both, at
the discretion of any magistrate having
jurisdiction within the city limits; as also
determines the assessments of costs for
cleansing, a lien against the property.
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