Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-09

from the New York Morning Journal


Iss45.- tfrom the NewYork Morning Journal
Inc steerage passengers from the
steamship Furnessia were landed at
Il Sastle Garden about 2 O'clock yester-
day afternoon. The Furnessi sails be-
tween Glasgow, Scotland, and New
York. Half of her 1000 steerage pas
| sengers were natives of the Emerald
Isle. Every one of them had been "as-
sisted" to come to this country by
agents OF the English governments.
Inc generally calm features of Super
1ntendent. jackson assumed An ex-
preston OF the fiercest kind. He stood
in the rotunda, and as each of the 500
entered the Garden he questioned
them. The first happened to be an old
lirishwoman, very glib clifton que. fEHs fs1s8
Where did you come from, my good
woman r. asked the irate superintendent.
"Ol molght hev come from the land
OF the !Sassenach," she replied, "but OF
didn't" ,,-
u am not asking you where you
might have come from" angrilv re-
turned Mr.. Jackson; 81 want to know
where you did come from"
IF it will make you sleep ony aisier
LII tell you: Oi kim from the Coun-
ty Kerry, in Oireland."
Were you ever in the Poor House
there?" ..... -
"Oi wor. I wor in the Work House
for more nor year." 'i' ss.. .i.'
"How old are your" "a. r.
'Oim 70, if OHM day, an I guess
| OHM more nor day old"
The first one whom the Journal re-
porter addressed answered to the name
OF Julia Sullivan.
Il came from the County Kerry, too"
she said. "Most, if not all of my coun-
try people here came from the same
place"
"How is it you were induced to come
| to America @ j
SWELL, suppose you Americans
know the state of affairs in Ireland.
The people are ground down to nothing.
My husband died about six months ago.
He had been thriving farmer, but
when he died the only legacy he left me
was these six little children" pointing
as she spoke to six forlorn-looking little
children who were sitting on the
ground. .f ..,,...',. -. ...'.'..-
after my husbands DEATH" she con-
tinued, 81 tried my best to support my
family, but finally had to apply to Mr..
| O'Brien, the poor law guardian, for
relief. A few weeks ago he. asked me
how L would Like to go to America. I
told him would like to go first-rate,
but did not have the means. He patted
me on the back and told me that I was
a good woman and that my passage was
paid. 1 consented to sail.sil A few days
later he presented me with G5 English
money and passage tickets to America.
He told me to be on the dock at Valen-
cha Bay, off the coast of Kerry, on a
certain day. / was there. So were
many of my countrymen. The second
day after my arrival there large steam
er flying the English flag was signaled
off the bay, We were all put on board
government barge and taken out to
her and sailed for America"
| "Have you any friends in this coun-
tryea asked the
"Yes; have brother in Massachu-
setts. He will care for me-"
Several other of the assisted immi-
grants, when spoken to by the reporter,
told almost the same story.
All of them had their passage paid by
agents of the English government.
They were all supplied with sums of
money ranging from one to ten pounds
sterling. :.
superintendent Jackson told the re-
porter that any or all of the assisted i'm
migrants who had no friends in this
country, would be returned to Ireland.
| Theywil be sent back at the expense
Of the line which brought them. This
is the second ship-load Of the same
class of people who have been landed
at Castle Garden within week. A
great number of the 800 who arrived
L on tho F1ucio boxo Ioo,, co,,4 lxooI~