The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-21
WESTWARD Ho,

WESTWARD HOT 4
Five Thousand Im,aigrants CHARTERED at |
Castle Garden on Monday and Tuesday |
Scene and Incidents. -a1 Trf1H
New York Herald di |
It has not happened for many years that |
4 600 immigrants have srrived at that |
modern Piy mouth Rock called Castle Gar |
den, in two c1ntecutive days. Yeitsrdsy |
ana the day before. however, seven ships |
arrived bearing almost their full compile |
ment, and If it had happened, as il fire.
quently does happen, that one of them, hac |
landed one more passenger than the rolls OF |
the ship showtd-if one single prospective
American citizen had made his first appear
ance in the course of the voyage-that mum
Der would have been reached, for the seven
brought $3.50 immigrants The Ariz ma,
arriving Monday. brought S12; the Cas-
tilia, from Gibrnlter. 238 and the Glouc sstor,
from Bristol, thir'y-three. Yesterday the
City of Richmond brought 258; the Donau,
from Brenieu, S5S: the CIcassi d, frons Gil s.
| gov. 724, and the California from London
seveniysix In addition to this unusual
multi ude there were on Monday 800 psssen-
gers by the Baltic, which arrived on Sun
| day, who were unable TO take the westward
IraIns until MoDdsy night. Ga Monday
| and Tuesday, therefore, there were nearly
| 5 600 guess OF the Nation stopping at Csstle
| Garden These guests were lone OF them
| in holiday attire. Their looks betrayed
/ their eIrand without toe need of words and
even a stranger in the city couldeaslly have
| told that the little groups OF wonder stricken
| men and women who strolled through the
downtown streets, gaping at the unwonted
| sights, were foreigners. They themselves
m1de the Queer.st sight OF all to the citizen
used to the tall buildings and clustered
| wires at which the travellers stared
They were clothed. So much
was beyond dispute Not ons
| OF them l1ckt covering. and that covering
bore even a remote general resem blaDce to
clothing that may be purchased and that is
worn in this country. But it was very re.
mote and a very general resemblance. The
stuff was strange and the cut was queer, and
the lower ! art of Broad way Iouked for a
time as though the comic almsnacs were out
for a stroll. Here and there was a group of
Italians, and these were pic uresoue, the
women, with tawDy skin and fl lshirg eyes
being CARRIED IN bright colors, with fancy
kerchiefs and wearing MASSEY gold beads
about their necks, and the men with broad
soft hats and velveteeu caps-mcst of them
showing splash OF color az the Deck-lOoked
| like peasants tit for a picture. But the
Swedes and NoTwegians and Other Northen
eTs were far from beautiful. however useful
they may prove in the great West Brawny
and healthy almost all of them, few were on
the further side of forty, but pretensIODs to
beauty they had none.
IN AMERICAS wAYsIDE TAVERN.
The most OF them had eng tged their pas
| sage at the agencies on the otner sids where
they had paid tor transpor alton through to
Nehrasks. Kansas, Iowa or some other part
OF q Icle Sans great prairie farm. To them
New YORK merely marked stage in the
journey, and they had no care for the won.
ders aud treasures OF the metropolis They
had to stay here till the train should stsrt,
and CasIie Garden. with its cheerful heat
and shelter, was better in their eyes than
the air outside. So the most of them STAYED
under the great dome that has sheltered
millions of their kind and waited patiently
for the summons to board the train Thew
| did not need to go outside for food; they
had shelter there, and the most OF them had
} bedding at hand, so they found it easier and
! every way be ter to stay inside than to stroll
| around the city.
"How do they compare with immigrant.
genersllY2" asked the reporter of one of the
D veteran clerks in the Office.
, "Fhey are tine lot. They don't seem tC
have very much money, al though none o.
them are poor. They have little, but ar,
| lot as we'll off as some lots we have, such. a
8 | the Mennonites. But they're ell healthy
A strong and intelligent looking and they Iool
1 like temperate people. But you can see To-
yourself"
' There's one curious thing about thes,
/ Swedes and Norwegisns, as we'll as most O
q | the Northern people," continued the clerk
, They don't come around asking questions
8 They are all in bands or CON panies, and eacl
!. company has a leader. sort of chief, whC
y knows just what TO do and does it, and al
r the rest follow him, and do Just what b.
g says They don't seem to want to know
. anything excepting just what he tells 'em.
And do the others?'
o do they? Well, | should say they did
N And they ask too. There's nothing bashfu
g aoout 'em. They ask all the questions the
Z want to-"
b What do they ask about?'
The clerk looked bewildered "What d.
they ask about?" be repeated, slowly
well, mostly all sorts of things-thing
that don't concern 'em in the least"
At least a thousand men, women and chil
dren were in the rotunda at the time an,
\ | the picture was one of the greatest interes
as study. though an artist would hav
!, turned from 1t in despair. The faces wer
= of hopeless mediocrity, with hardly an ex
: ceptlon. The struggle of life with them wa
: evidently no more than q struggle to live
= | and the contrast between the faces of the
I little ones and the faces of the ne xt genera
|, ton TO come was something for the humani
= tartan TO hope for. A part of the tide O
| humanity rescued from the ebb of the Oh,
? World was hJwing TO the West, and, setlin
= to westward, was following the course of tn
. world The old Will never know except b,
!, gilt OF prophecy the blessings they viii
; reach, but future generations will bless then
4 for coming. Wrapped in such meditaiions
= the reporter turned to leave the Garden
= and heedlsssly stepped upon a baby. HI
: then changed his mind about the peaceabl
. nature of the immigrants and fed.