IMMIGRATION. The history of Immign: tion, into the United States, furuishes a most curious study. as showing to how many nations of the earth we are indebted for our wonderful growth and prosperity. In the West, the influx has been most constant and marked, and has exercised a commanding influence in the tastes become Americanized. Since the late war, and especially within the last three years, the influx has been immense, and since the emigrants from the Continent of Europe, and in fact all the emigrants, except comparatively few, bring with them respectable sums of money, they not only add to the productive industry of the coun try, but add also to its immediate wealth. Prior to 1820, the number of emigrants arriving in the United States is stated at 250,000; from 1820 to 1830, the number arriving was 151,824; from 1831 to 1840, 599,125; from 1841 to 1850, 1,713, 251; from 1851 to 1860, 2,598,214; from 1861 to 1870, 2,491,451, making an aggregate of 7,803, 856. Of this the total from Great Britain was 3,857,850; 2,700,493 of this number being from Ireland. Germany contributed, 2,276,500; Prus sia, 100,983; Sweden and Norway, 153,928; France, 245,812; other European countries rang ing from 61,572, in the case of Switzerland, to 4,695 for Portugal. Again, from 1868 to 1875, the emigrants arriving in the United States, were, 2,531,596. Of these Great Britain sent nearly four-tenths, and Germany nearly as many.
The entire world made contributions to our population, but except the Teutonic nations, Great Britain and France, they constitute but a small fraction of the emigration. It will readily be seen, therefore that the genius of our civilization remains English and German, than which, there is no higher on the face of the earth. The influx of population to the United States, and the hegira across the country to the West, constitutes the wonder of modern times. The greatest wonder being that peoples of every nation, and of so many varying, tastes, should settle down together and live in quiet aud har mony, and without jarring discord. Its effect on Western production has also been wonderful. In 1850, only five per cent. of the wheat crop of the country was produced west of the Missis sippi. In 1876, forty per cent. of the wheat crop of the country was raised west of the Missis sippi. In 1878, the wheat crop of the United States reached 420,122,400 bushels. Of this amount, 194,046,960 bushels were raised in the States west of the Mississippi. In the same year, 1,385,218,750 bushels of corn were raised in the United States. Of this 510,836,800 bush els were raised west of the Mississippi. With out this material emigration from the enlight ened countries of Europe, the West to-day would be fully twenty years behind its present develop ment.