IMMIGRATION.

Evening Star, Issue 3458, 23 March 1874, Page 2

IMMIGRATION.

■ , s f ß ' way in which the medik. conducted at nowiaa acknowledged fact But what are the causes of sbVinSoS fiwflSS among.emigraSSeW g% thai Bach r 6hcald ? de»yThe^bek^ those neWcoincrS d^V*in , B s^ > « 1 oU» rt ab'p'port? ■ *Afc all our ships of jof tact, ability, and-BdbriefcyPTCe&W immediate attention. .Weimav UMrtM. •as answer* to the above tiuestiohs* aOTS doing »» ttay'say hahl jthe hard things we could aay? TKei* £ Si «wtae, and it often leads ! 'mWlfe& *.!£( judgments of their to avoid rashness, and stick closely tHJF and we'will direct bti* vices than men. What only reflect creditably, to serving immigrant, conscientious aurgeott. ( ' ?• / 5' *» the* ! . "I got George*^ write *>Ay^''iV> nii sißterbrlastmiU~»irS2*i JS* *°" *? second oabux. anSJS 1 - 'W* yx thr

I wonH with;!'it, w&f a. shame to put ’em along with tM*^«ll > ,> -^v^biae / to something that wants remedying. jj© r are inch comp raintk rare, or confined to any one ship. -They are; generally to be elicited from those who have occupied berths in the married compartments,' as single men and women have very summary ways of disposing of such offenders. . f*

. The cause of such complaints consists in the introduction of;,a few bad. persons in the maned compartment, who by their filthiness, foul language, and bad conduct, destroy the comfort of the rest,, .and introduce much sickness aboard.

Considering the fact that so many varied natures come suddenly together—some of whom have never been restricted in choice of language or action, accustomed to the freedona of their own homes, with desires little curbed by consideration for the wants and feelm? of others—it is not surprising that several should be found,; who,: to use the words of Dr Peatherston, u are not amenable to an appeal to good sense and proper feeling. .. .1. - •

the worst members of this class snodld be tanght those essential qualities by the Government 1 , before'being allowed to .-settle down in the land.among J!® orderly people. ~ The least indiscretion or carelessness on the part of a captain or his officers results in imprisonmenb- and■ suspension or loss of - certificate • therleast neglect of a patient hy a is followed; by Toss; of gratuities,. and the oblsquy.nf beipgjheldl up-to public condemnation by the bnt the acta of a- vicrous immigrant,, .who !by r: hiat or. her. laziness,, filthiness, .foul language, bad and other miaconquct, [ upsets the • happiness of'other unmigrants, obstructs the officers 4u their dnty, apdin ,sqme>■cases indirectly assists in causing death, are overlooked and winked at by the Goveymßonfr; >v. ; r

When a person in the old country, or on the Continent,' interferes with: the comfort and jeopardizes the lives of railway passengers by an act, hS it’brought before the bar of- justice, and fined or imprisoned severely, SrihrioaSe ifaay be,", arid such punishment, TOth an . a ? c ???t of the circumstances .which led' to - it,- is printed on small' ’ posters, and these are to bo seen, in abundance on the placard,. boards of railway, stations : arid in other prominent places, warning evd-dis-perfeonS 6F the results •o! i - , Bniih l &^' *tf4rtiaent.: T ™Takh do a ' companies* .intimated his poiritmerit to' ! a Shi’p carryirig* ’Nfew“ Zeatmla antrnmcn worse by all accounts;” is ah expression only too "true, fudging from what ®h,e in ( newspapers, and .by .other immigrant' lodge *a ’ cofc 1 pmmt, ahd'toen ,activity is dw PMIAv:’ betide that 1 iirilncliy ; officer rigiinst is iniade V police litigation events prove, insults'^with6uy7Mdresß“await^rm. A man may strike his pregnant wife aboard WP-; vA pan may,ill-treat.hia wife.and- tell he*, as she, ,pp:her.death-bediwking'fbt a •* -“M the;——. rot.” A bother may pany .of the piippipaljules and regulations, such as use foul language; lie in bed heyond.ihdnrs.; ) keep foul arid filthy mattrie im biased;; bo so dirty in - his habits as to'give riseto maohsiokaeas- in adjoining punks, the occupants of which are generally Cpildrenj threaten P&hj aiid,y«(tthey ( receivp the ponj-iderate; treatment ,?w the good*, the clean; and.'; charitable-feeling • of, the! immigrants. t,t hef. surgeoa attempt; tp pull a/iuan , out <^ c bed,>;who,.besprid.;the bad example he # ;hpß ihradjacent bunkerr. with impropriety,, referred to some obscure section of the pas-. Senger. apt; and recommended jfor the future ur>; .Thm. | adviser, forgot that cfeMdrfri pf (other riapiUea occasionally: sleep tw.banks ot laay couples, , ,v : y--^ : y From fche same 'quarter, ijudging framthe> I Qdriisp pdrauedv theevidbnee printed, .arid j whatlwe heard orie : day when present,'the i followingis to be adopted by officers in cases: ; of emetgency:-—:r .■•;} ' fp 'believe one emfi- ! I gittni iritendstAdesiroy 1 another you are 1 rioV • to interfere until blood has 1 been spilty arid * UofprptiibiV'as laid ; down ; ”T tnfef ■ abstract ' "*6f y \he. order in' * sec: 18 arid .10 Viet., &s'• | 119, Beo. LX. ■ You l are to exact you are tomairitein life and;health, buttle 5 bate you do riot; take; any 1 push ‘ whit *We cbmiriarid; yon;s elto ’We \HIF 1 pNaeorite you,‘ ~l ; i *'• ->< ! .!s*' lemsjatprs I Ipst to„ tne.offioers ?. ; ; , lazy and.filthy,; two or three families m ’fifty are sufficient, . -t ,r aT I that product , of;filthiß^B f ;vi. \ tiated ventilation; and irregular feeding;. • OftOri-spreeds :frOm : thoae on; whom, the tnfn- i ishmPUfeshouldfcpleJyfall,, to the innocentand-! PSfPlyi.Qfhftdjace*it bunks, n- ,n !

many a- little? i wwr.aljAj-.his hdt;|roWri'pale,'mariy plutrip 1 (meat < fiattfened' {(rein this cause alonfe?' It 1 m&tucesiMb-vietim' arid it paVea the Way foi* { ■epidfemics. - Such as' sekrlatina. ' 5 fjl , en as stepped iri l ,broil'-* cbitMjtillthe’bsiritthhaaheenoV'er.weightea,' itohas;4ri«ppefi/ 'rin*d J it fprodueed lc£ ; i’ the> waters: 1 "Is’thb stirgedri, ’th^riV 1 tow OfhSSde > aguinßt‘st6^ddi' ; np ’uriemptlsd pails, SurikS ' staffed' with clothes, personal uucleaulififess- ’arid • sluggardisfa'f - Sorely it is time 1 to’do sorrie- . ifi g i, ?«B»ißst this Stlnshpess and;laziness ;of:a,few, when a mother ppUs. { f omoriff .her child’s, back an Undcr-sbirt so with Uce,.that.dirty it., Or when t *•1*?®!?“ . G “°® Ppteirved on an emigrant shipibound to another boriritry) standing beai4 e . actually attempted to waah. her chilfis^;jfaoe-fc by' spittle dropped j on to % # VI hanf .Then, what ek'd W than to hear men, u eripeqally women, .using. } :^;.may:^tenM found tb emanatp from thu samu fe\y., Laziyfpes/go hanA.in hapd ~au4 •s'‘Will. ■ thpsprow. j^o.pradicatfi the gppd /immigrants tp ; ' teat their,, associates op board ship wejp.. such as tp Muderj the .with all its Ape. joag, healthy, and pleasant n ® e# Fhibh: they pan. confidently tp. thpir ;relatipna, at. Bbmer-ia, best efforts of tbp . *fA* T^®PPrid - : Bpt do eliminate the obthey .prpdnqe disease ; , they rrpuld be a just rotribureaped its fruits. They to I_tho 1 _ tho effort ß °E the officers, clS 1 harmony of the honest. apd respiKstable emigrant, and aie to, the interests of the Colony; < Give ns numbers 1 send them by, thou- "^ ft . What' care we whether seeps -to betoe. policy ,? God uot turn out ? ; j ‘ 1 ■ ;' f O^SEKy»Ei; -j

P.S, • in emigrants, captains, and surgeons must be held over !or : a future letter, r jit would be valuable to have the. evidence of the Mongol commission printed. .