New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MORE ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS.
LARGE ARRIVALS AT CASTLE eARDEs-rHE sToRIl

LARGE ARRIVALS AT CASTLE GARDEN-THE STORIES
OF SOME OF THE NEW coMERs.
The arrivals at Castle Garden Yesterday were I'M
usually heavy, but they included the imm giants
from the vessels which came In on wednesday ana
which did not land their Storage passengers he,
Holiday ,.' The v arrivals were as follows by the
steamers remed Leasing, 991 passengers; Abys-
snia, 2l7; Bolivia, $685. yincenzo Florlo 81;
aud i1 Australia 1 ga; total, s'sii immigrants.
OF the 53S immigrants by the BoliyIa, OF tne
Anchor Line, 1873 were assisted" They were
taken on board at Londonderry n.y. and came prnS
Donegal Leitrim and Fermanagh, Ire,
land The party was copUs sra ta afge of the
fact that the poorhouse authorities had paid the
passage of the immigrants besides giving most OF inc
adults drafts money-orders for sums ranging
from ten shillings to several pounds sterling. only
one case was discovered where the Immigrant nad
beer in the poorhouse. Bridget Higgins made her
mark to an affidavit that she was iorty-tw9 years
Roscommon She was in the workhouse In Boyle
in that county, for about one year as = helper.
sb DG from m' the Guardians OF the Poor The
woman went away with her brother, Dominick
Higgins who made affidavit that he was a iaoorer
doing work at North Orange n j.. where ne
had lived for nineteen years; that he was fully able
to give his sister good home: and that no mad
come to the city on receipt OF letter iFom , ner
Mary MCGOWAN a widow with two children, from
County Leitrim, in her affidavit. said that she
thought she had been IN the WOiknOuSo "non quo
was very young. but she had always worked Tor
her living since that time Another assisted imml-
grant, Sarah Gallagher, age twenty-four, native
of County Donegal, said that her husband was
private soldier IN the British Army. The last time
that she heard from him was in August last, Sne
heard that he had gone to Egypt ana was Ei lee
there in the war withyArabI Pacha. letter OF IN
quiry was sent by her to the British War Ohce put
no answer was returned. She received money lot
her passage and Patrick Gion. her father also re-
celved free transportation and money
order for "a los. Glllon swore that no had wife
and son in Lee, New.Hsmpshirc, his wife owning
two acres OF land aud house. The two were al
lowed to 60. Mary Mckinley, with her husband,
who Is deaf and dumb and five children, ages re,
eDectively twelve, eleven. nine, seven ana 1our ana
q baby five months DID, came from Doe, In Comfy
Donegal, in the Bolivia. A telegram from Mrs;
Ann Mcbride of Hestonville Penn, was recelved
by Superintendent Jackson stating that she would
take charge of her brother. John McGlnley.
All of the assisted immigrants had friends
or relatives who agreed to take charge OF them aud
most Of them were permitted to leave the Garden.
few of the Oldest and most helpless were kept In
theGarden until their friends should personally call
for them.
Complaint was lodged Yesterday with Superinten-
dent Jackson by the Hbernian Society OF Philadei-
phia, that Hannah Calaghan, who arrived az TINS
port as assisted passenger by the Anchor Line,
on Nav 81, isinsane She has been employed as a
domestic servant in Philadelphia by Miss Cecilia
Carr . -
Another question has arisen in the Treasury De-
partment In connection with the assisted 1mmi-
grants. Several days ago the City OF Richmond ar
rived here with seven pauper immigrants on board.
They were landed at Castle Garden and the steam
question to be decided is as to the disposition to bs
made of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to send them
back to their own country by another vessel or 10
allow them to remain In this country.