Show CRIPPLING emigration the commissioners of emigration have been notified that fe a bill to impose a tax of one dollar upon each steerage passenger pa landed at new york lias has passed the legislature tile measure was in the hands lands of the governor who had signified his willingness to feign sign it the ostensible object of the bill is to defray expenses of inspection one of two conclusions must be arrived at in relation to tile matter either inspection is a it lavishly expensive commodity or the assumed object is a delusion and a it sham made for the purpose of providing profitable places for public pilferers pilfer ers the emigration to the tile port of new york is immense running its 03 high as in one month occasionally to assume that the real cost of inspecting spec ting these living cargoes would run up to that very large sum suni in ill so brief a time is purely ridiculous besides the gauziness of the expense of inspection subterfuge such measures are calculated to discourage emigration whereas tb alie true genius and spirit of the institutions of the nation are to encourage the peopling of the country true it is stated that the dollar ahead ia is to bo be charged to abi shippers apers but it will have to be paid by tile poor emigrants who are fleeing from european comparative starvation to the broad lands of america the shi shipping P companies will doubt doubtless ce add the extra four shillings to the fare of the passenger I which is already sufficiently high we are afraid the measure is not made in the interest and for the protection of the poor emigrant if such had been the genuine object the charge would have been much smaller and yet sufficient for purposes of inspection hoodlumism SEEMS BE MIS to have readied reached a high degree of advancement in san francisco the call of that city relates the following A custom having obtained among the young hoodlum clement element of the vicinity of the southern pacific depot at fourth and townsend streets of the hats of homebound excursion excursionists i ats and picnickers from tile car windows as the trains arrived at the depot a number of policemen were detailed yesterday afternoon to watch the performances of the tile boys and arrest as many oj them as possible tile excursionists are compelled to run the gauntlet for about four blacks on either side the boys stationed tum themselves selves with long poles with hooks attached with which they dexterously snatch alie head gear of a surprised and disgusted dis sted pas passenger ss enger yesterday aag about t half past seven officer wm win price caught philip cassidy in the act of fishing a fine felt hat from a car window and swooped down upon liim him the lad was warned by companions pai lions and temporarily escaped but was captured A large crowd of persons c n surrounded the officer and n d liis IT Ls olier and demanded the tile release 01 of the latter officer price w was as roup roughly aly candied for a shor t time but bui hustled ins his prisoner rapidly along the street he tools took refuge in ill a cellar cell ar on gilbert street but the mob remained in in front of the place and would perhaps have razed it to the ground but for the arrival of officer wm wilt F burke who kept them then back with a drawn pistol A safe exit was made from front the eel cellar lar and the officers booked their r prisoner for petty larceny tin tim lussiar Ius siAr government has commenced to punish the atrocious villains who took leading parts in perpetrating the late inh dumall outrage rages upon the jewish inhabitants inh of kief the ringleader of the riots has been sentenced to penal servitude for three and a half years with the loss of hid his civil rights some of liis his most active accomplices arc are to be imprisoned eighteen months while a dozen others arc are to he be confined for shorter sli orter terms in view of the enormity of the crimes committed by these barbarous involving the shedding of innocent blood robbery and wanton destruction of property these comparatively light sentences arc are a miserable mockery of justice surely the muscovite government is either in covert sympathy with the rascally raiders or it este esteems eins the killing and robbing of jews as matters of comparatively small moment |