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Show Of a telegrams for tome time patt have been quite full of aczounts of the ; arrival at New York of many destitute Italian emigrants. These emigrants are tuppo?ed o bo tho victims of swindling agents, and considerable indignation in-dignation has thereby been caused throughout tho country. The statement state-ment of tho consul general at New York, given in our columns of to-day, coca to prove that these Italians are the suljecta of no peculiarly severe hardships. Thoy leave their country of their oao free-will, and although it is possible their ideas of the "land of the 'free," great America, may bo somewhat rose colored, thero ia no doubt that in a few short years their general situation will have become eo greatly improved that nothing could induce a return to their former condition condi-tion of comparative destitution and degradation. Tho lazzaroni of Italy can tako no wiser step, under all the circumstances, than to emigrate to the United States, |