The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-05

The steamship Wcser OF the Bremen line
landed at Castle Gardsn last week with 1856
Immigrants. The Wcseg 10 lifted up for the
special purpose Of carrying immigrants, and has
irst or second cahins the entire space being util-
lied for steerage passengers. She was ordered
to return al once without waiting 70 take on
cargo of freight. This u OwIng TO the great rush
of Germans 10 this country. It's sate That hun.
dreds are now awaiting transportation at the
principal seaports.
The people of Georgia and South Carolina are
making every endeavor to get immigrants rom
abroad. Two thousand copies Of Mr. Francis
Fontaine's book about Georgia are 10 be printed
in German and distributed In Germany. south
Carolina has succeeded In getting same German
colonists lately, and they have united IN card
published in the DeutseAs ZsstunC, acknowledging
their hospilable reception and recommending
South Carolina, in point Of coil and climate, 70
every immigrant who may be In search OF
home. The railroads offer TO bring the immi-
grants from New York for STAG, but besides
this another offer Is made 10 bring them to
Charleston by water and then carry them 70 Co
lumbia or Augusta for $40. That is pretty cheap.
-Raleigh Nescs and Ooeercer
Further testimony to the rush of emigrants
from Germany Is found in the experience OF the
Netherlands Steamboat Company, which adver.
tises an extra boat daily between Mannheim and
hOtterUAm I'D aCCOulmOuoto tue COutu 0OiuAo~
emigrants who embark in multitudes ~ the
former city. This fact seems at nrst thought
stronger evidence Of great and growing discon-
tent ia the German Empire than would be FUR
nshed by q corresponding emigration from
Prussia where the soil Is less fertile and the eli
mate less genial; but 1t should be remembered
that South Germany has never felt an enthusias-
tic love for the empire, and that many OF the
people would rather belong 70 Austris. Charles
ton Neacs and Courier.
German immigration is the most valuable
which comes 10 the United States. The German
peasantry, from which class this immense immi
grafton is chiefly drawn, are peaceable, quiet,
frugal and industrious; ambitious tor wealth and
social pcsitisn without presumption; economical
without parsimony; religious without bigotry
decent and scrupulously clearly in habit, with
cut being afraid OF any kind Of work. They are
| far more desirable in every way than either thu
| French, Spanish or Italians, and are muct
sought after by the immigration authorities o
| every western and southwestern State.
| Why, then, should there not be some edor
made by Florida 10 secure at least portion o
this immense tide of German immigration an,
turn it hitherward? With fully organized
Bureau, with ample means, lat least for making
a beginning) with nothing lacking save thu
translation of trustworthy reading m after int
German for distribution by agents. and with al
active representative to 60 to New York or te
the German seapors, and do seme good, homes
toork-with all these, 1t would seem as if por
ton, at least, of the vast throng of emigrant
which is now moving northward and westward
from the great centre, New York, could b
| brought 10 Florida