The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-23

OF broom. In fact we want q sweeping
reform.
The Report or tho Commissioners Of
Emigration.
The report of the Commissioners of Emil
grafton furnishes good deal of infor-
nation of great public interest Il shows
that the tide of immigration flows to
the United States with undiminished
force. More than three hundred thousand
persons have landed at this port during the
past year, and well nigh one-third of the
whole number have made their home in the EN-
pire State The increase OF wealth-produoinx
power involved in this large accession to tho
population is valuable gain to the nation.
and the public will be glad to learn that ths
authorities at Castle Garden are alive to the
necessity of protecting the interests of the i'm
migrants. Many thousands of the men who
seek homes in the United States are unable to
speak English, and for these the inter
position of Castle Garden agents is in
valuable in preventing fraud The Germans
and Irish furnish nearly two-thirds of tho
whole immigration, the balance being made
up by contingents from many nationalities-
Provision is made for the relief of the dis
tressed and the care of the sick The Labor
Bureau exercises careful supervision over
the immigrants who remain under their
charge, and during the year obtained en-
ployment for twenty-six thousand per-
sons. With the object of preventing abuses
no one is allowed to employ immigrants of
either sex without presenting satisfactory
recommendations to the Commissioners. In
order to render tho bureau more efficient and
to afford greater protection from fraud to
immigrants, several recommendations have
been made to the Legislature which deserve
attention. The first aims at obtain
ing cheaper transportation rates over
the different railway lines, for both pas
sengers and baggage. Some enactment
is also called for which will prevent the prac.
tice Of switching off emigrant trains, which in
wolves great injustice to the unfortunate
passengers. These recommendations ought to
receive immediate attention from our law
makers. The city and State of New York
have special interest that every facility and
protection shall be afforded to the people SEEK
ing homes under our free institutions, because
immigration affects directly our prosperity.
The TROUBLE IN GRANr PARISH, Louisiana,
last summer, 1t will be remembered, resulted
in the arrest of seven persons, who are still
held under the Ku Klux act No trial has
been accorded them, and they have not been
permitted to give bail for trial There seems
to be no excuse for such delay as this, and it
is in such culpable administration of Justice
by the United States authorities in the South
that return of good feeling towards the gov
eminent is made impossible.
The CIVIL RIGHTS BILL-A PROTEST. FRo1l
GEORGIA. have been passed by
the Georgia Legislature in denunciation of
the Civil Rights bill, now awaiting the action
of Congress The resolutions affirm that the
effect of the passage of the bill (Which pro-
vides, among other things, that whites and
blacks shall be admitted on footing of
equality in public schools) will be to break
up the public school system of Georgia, and
that all appropriations for such schools will
be withheld by the Legislature should the bill
pass. AS this bill closely approaches the
question of social equality between the
Southern whites and blacks, these Georgia
resolutions are simply warning that the
forcing system of Congress may be pushed too
far in the reconstructed Southern States. A
wise government, in its efforts to reclaim the
loyalty and respect of a conquered people,
deals cautiously with the prejudices of race
and caste which for centuries have been the
groundwork of their social system.
Lv1oIABuIrY OF THE MAILs.-That letters
in the Post Office sfiAu be absolutely sacred
from prying curiosity and that any tampering
with them is crime are accepted notions
with the people, and they are good notions to
encourage. If there is any reason to set them
aside it is doubtful whether q mere suspicion
that the letters are the cover to some violation
of the law is good reason, and the deter
mination of the Postmaster, therefore, not TO
surrender letters to the Customs authorities
will meet the public approval. He does all
that can fairly be required when he furnishes
information of the destination of suspected
letters, and the authorities can pursue the
subject as well outside as inside the Post
| Office.
| LECTURES TO LADIEs.-A series Of lectures
is being given to women, under the direc-
ton of q committee Of ladies of the Sorosis,
upon the "Hygenic and Moral Influence
of Dress" This is practical way Of treat
ing the subject of women's rights. Many
women, otherwise intelligent and well edu-
Gated, are compelled by the conventional rules