The Sun. — 1867-01-19 (London, England)

EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—The number of emiHoward, one of the trustees. At this institution grants which have arrived at New York during the preachers, doctors, and teachers will be fitted, the year will closely approach, if it does not exceed, first two professions, it is said, being united. The 230,000; probably a quarter of that number has college will be opened about the Ist of February. arrived at other ports in the same time ;so that the The American Social Science Association has des year's emigration may be roughly estimated at about tided to hold during the year special meetings of 300,000. 'The increase over last year is very conthe several sections into which the society is divided. siderable, and yet, looking to the causes tending The section on education is to meet in Boston on thereto, it is not marvellously large. The producthe first Wednesday of March, President Sears, of ing power of the country is largely increased by Providence, being the sectional chairman, and Hon. emigration, and the tax-bearing strength of the John D. Philbrick, of Boston, secretary. people considerably advanced. It is estimated that A party of miners who were recently coming every emigrant—man, woman, and child—is good down the Missouri river in a mackinaw were at- for an import of specie to the amount of at tacked by Indians near the mouth of the Yellow- least $6O. Many, it is true, bring very stone, and the entire party murdered. little or nothing, except their readiness and We make the following extract from the Nation : capacity for labour; but others have their hundreds, and even thousands, and thus make up the average. —" President Roberts has characteristically enough written to Lynch, one of the condemned prisoners Taking this average as correct, the immigration of t in Canada, expressing his (Roberts's) regret that he this year has added to our supply of hard money, the is not to be hanged, and exhorting him, if he is handsome sum of about $18,000,000. There should be some more efficient provisions than are now hanged, to die bravely. The Fenian farce would hardly have been complete without this little touch. existing, to transfer this great flood of people at Artemus Ward's willingness to have the blood of once to the interior from the seaport cities. In the his wife's uncle shed on the altar of his country is central, western, north-western, and south-western very like Mr. Roberts's devotion to the cause of States, their means and labour can be employed to Ireland. It seems so easy in the Bowery, N2ll more use and profit to themselves; and the cuuutry York, for another man not to be afraid of being at large than in the great cities on the Atlantic or hanged in Toronto." on the Gulf. The labour market in this city is It is said that a new oil has recently been dis- .already overstocked, while the farming districts of covered in some of the shales of Central Mis- i the West and the rising country towns of the souri. It is non-explosive, and reported to be interior afford opportunities unparalleled anywhere superior to ordinary petroleum. About sixty gal- for every one not only to gain a living, but soon to ions are obtained from a ton of the rock. rise to comparative independence. Even for proThe Legislature of North Carolina has passed a fessional men, such as physicians, civil engineers, &es, the advice is best, "'Tarry not a moment bill granting a general pardon and amnesty to officers and soldiers of the United States and of the longer than absolutely necessary in the city where Confederate States, for offences committed against you landed—bend your steps at once to the West." the criminal laws of the State, in the discharge of —New York Times, Dec. 29. their duties. A report of the superintendent of the Mint in The New Bowery Theatre, New York, belonging the United States shows that the coinage in to Mr. Lingard, was totally destroyed by fire on the that country of gold, silver, and copper between afternoon of Tuesday, the 18th of December. the years 1793 and 1867 amounted to 987,500,000 Whether truthfully or not, it is officially an- dollars, of which 845,500,000 dollars was gold. The nounced, through the Mississippi Clarion, that in coinage in Calfornia for eight months of last year that State, freedmen may, and dopurchase and hold was 9,642,000 dollars in gold, and 500,000 dollegally, real estate, and bear arms without a license. lars in silver. There is coloured emigration from South Caro- WEALTH OF AMERICAN MINES AND MANUFACIina to Liberia and Florida ; and white and coloured