The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-20

n 4 evident that all neooedcnts Of former
wears are inadequate to represept the 1000
- s,,m,,orssIon now moving from Europe
~ ,ha Ijn,ted states, and coming In man.
ner ca much obscured or disguised that we
oniy Know Whist the numbers are when tney
actually arrive. Less Is made public on tne
other sdc In regard to the unusual numbers
canning than ~ usual In periods OIL Tree
emigration. and we have observed no In
rortant attempts 10 arrest the move
ment on the part OF foreign governments.
n a. repor,ed from the West that Da-
kota alone IL likely to receive an Access
sion Of 100000 TO its population In the
course of the summer from foreign sources,
and some apprehcnsions are expressed that
there NAV not be "Americans enough
among the settlers OF the new districts TO
secure the ultimate assimilation OF these
new comcrs to the body OF our people IN
language aud manners. III Is consplcu'
Gus feature OF this years immigration that,
In addition to the Irish, German, and Scan
dinavIan regular movement, there Is large
accession OF Scotch, English, Poles, Aus
trians, and almost every other nationality,
and with more from the south OF Europe
than we would care TO see. The ltaiian Inl'
migration for the last year has brought some
undesirable elements Of population, appa'
renrly not including any skilled workmeh
or intelligent citizens.
On the other hand, hundreds OF me pest
Swedish iron-workcrs are hndiDg employ
ment on the SchuylkilI, and sllk.weavers
from Maccle.fed emigrate In body 10 ia.
ltersons The land question and the losses OIL
the tenant farmers, II is said, must enu 10 u
large emigration OF both farmers ana 'aooi'
ers, II they can get away, and the people
Of Texas are making efforts to secure
some accessions OF this class 10 tne'r
own State, where they assert there Is room
for millions OF the farming classes. Az
Baltimore il is reported that the Uerhan
immigration is renewed on large scaic
after some years of partial SUSPENSION O'ei
10, 900 immigrants nave arrived at .nas po.s
since Janpary 1, and the German steamers
have large engagements to bring immigrant
Messengers during the summer months. IL
Is reported from 81. Paul that many Of the
immigrants arriving there bring considera-
bic sums OF money with them, and are q
valuable acquisition TO The State. AT chicago
there have been many detained on tneir way
10 the extreme western localities to which
they were destined, and which had IN many
cases been for weeks inaccessible because Oh
SHOWS anu UOUuS. muCu SuhNi'hN Voc
caused by these detention, yet the dlfilcul-
ties are now all removed, and nearly all the
detained emigrants have gone forward 10
their destination.
For the first time since 1878 the passen.
ger traffic on the roads leading to Chicago,
as now reported for 1880, shows any de-
cided improvement, several years having
exhibited decline. from which 1879 gave
slight advance. and 1880 one OF decided
character. The Michigan Central and the
Michigan Southern are alike IN this respect,
the last named increasing its passenger az
create by about 100000 in 1880 over 1879,
and its receipts from that source by the sum
Of $500 900. For the present year the gam
| is sun more rapid, and all the western road'
look forward TO a greatly increased passen'
ger traffic for 1881.
The report OF the Statistical Bureau FOL
the calendar year 1880. just published, gives
some valuable distinctions as TO the coun-
tries from which this emigration comes
which are more detailed than usual, naming
every country OF either hemisphere from
which any have come. The aggregates are
f,I1n atIe II