The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1883-02-01

According 10 the report u the Bureau
Of Statistics the number 81 immigrants ar
riyins 10 this country during the calendar
year Iss2 Was even greater than that Tor
the proceeding twelvemontb, which was
fsr 10 excess Of tina, Of any previous year.
The namber 81 arrivals At the ten leading
ports WAS Tla.5i2, which is said 10 be
about 81 per cent Of the whole. This
would make the total about 78l 600 against
40. 0i5 in 1851 The tide Of immigration,
which rose gradually in The years follow.
ing the war until tho arrivals numbered
nearly 40. 900 in 1872. fell oil under the
stress Of unfarorable times TO a little more
than $4,000 ia 1877. /, then began to
swell again, slowly nj first, but springing
FROM $50. 600 in 1879 TO over 500, 600 in
1850. Then ia 1851 il went to 720, 0i5 and
10 lss2 10 Tbs. 900 Notwithstanding this
increase for the entire year there was fall.
ling Of IA the latter half not only as CON,
pared With the first halt but a. compared
with the last SIX months Of 1881 OF the
total tor the last year only 270,479 arrived
after the first OF July, showing that the
number for the first half must have been
10 tho ueigbborhool Of 40, 00c. whereas
In 1881 over 32s, 900 OF tho arrivals were
ia the last half Of the year These fig nres
make it probable that there will be "A fall
ling off rather than further gain for the
present year. This is only what was TO be
expected. The unusual prosperity OF the
country in lsS0-sl, especially in the agri
cultural regions, taken in conjunction
with comparatively adverse condition in
Europe sufficiently explains the vigor with
which the tide Of immigration set towards
our shores, and the influences had not ex.
pended their force. But last year was by
no means SO favorable to new settlers in
this country, as tho two which proceeded
while the conditions Of life in Europe were
less discouraging to the class from which
emigrants are chiefly drawn.
The proportion in which our new popu.
lation is drawn from different countries
did not vary materially in 1882 from that
OF the previous year. The Germans
outnumbered nearly three to one the ar
rivals from any other single country, fig
uring at almost 100000 at the leading
ports The next largest number is SO, OF,
set down for Canada. buta very large per-
ton OF the immigration credited to that
country is made up OF persons who simply
pass through it on their way to the United
States. England and Wales sent us IT,
725. which exceeds by more than 5000
the number from Ireland. Next after Ire
land comes Sweden with IS, 472, and then
Norway with 26, 1875. The arrivals from
Scotland were l6. 1863, and from Austria
12,301. For no other country than those
mentioned do the figures exceed 10000
and there was falling off in arrivals from
Italy and other southern countries, nota
bly, in the latter part OF the year. 1t will
thus be seen that the heavy accessions are
from the northern nations, which are allied
in blood with the native stock. Ireland,
which in former times predominated so
largely in our foreign element, now fur
nishes less than one tenth OF our yearly
accession. while nearly athird comes from
Germany. Far less than in former years,
also, does the arriving alien stopto swell
the ranks of the civic population Though
many Germans still seek the larger cities
and towns, the bulk Of them and of the
Swedes and Norwegians settle in the far
West, where they become farmers and ru-
raj workers, They bring considerable
substance and they Immediately become
producers. N y. Times.