The native American., 1837-08-19
DELUDED EMIGRANTS

DELUDED EMIGRANTS
Continue to arrive shores, destitute very often,
and landed in violation of their contract distance
from the city to which they paid their passage.
The morality Of the proceeding, and Of the false rep
reservations by which these parties too often
duced and nvegled on board ship, is, we agree with
the Mercantile Advertiser in thinking little better than
that of the slave trade.
That paper publishes several afdavs this morning.
setting forth the particulars of of these cruel de-
usions and subjons at the time, the following
official notice from the Mayor of this city:-ameican.
NOTICE.
City Of ". y, Mayors Office, Aug. 9Th, 1887.
Information having been communicated to the proper
authorities, that the masters OF commanders of certain
ships and other vessels for the purpose Of evading the
provisions of law of the State Of New York. entitled
"An Act concerning passengers in ssssels coming to
the port Of New York. have lately landed passen-
gers in the vicinity of this city, with the intention of
proceeding to this city.
Notice is hereby given to the owners and cornrnan-
ders Of all ships, steamboats, ferry boats, and other
vessels plying between this city and other states and
to all others interested that the penalties Of the law
will be strictly enforced against all persons who shall
violate any or either Of the provisions Of said act.
| AARON CLARK, Mayor.
| N. B.-The law requires that every ship or vessel,
landing passengers in this city from foreign country
from another State, shall report the name last legal
settlement, place Of BIRTH age and occupation of such
passenger the Mayor of the city within
passenger reported.
Also, that every person, not being citizen of the
United States, coming to this city with intention TO re-
sde shall report himself TO the Mayor within TWENTY
four hours after arrival, under penalty of 500 for
neglecting to do.
The 9th section Of the Act makes the vessel liable
for the penalties. ft5Naa
Imposition at last put dovn.-The Mayor has been.
for days in correspondence with the public au-.
thores of the towns along the Hackensack river, So
cng them to prevent the smuggers of alien passcn-
gers from frauduleny landing them from lighters in
the territories bordering said river, &c. In consequence
of which, after vgiant and persevering attention. they
yesterday observed that the lighter Madison from PERTH
Amboy, Captain Gilman, with one hundred and twenty
of the passengers Of the British brig Rosebank had ar
rived near the Railroad crossing. Whereupon, the
said public authorities and their friends resolutey and
manfuly opposed and prevented the landing of said
passengers, ordered the vessel and passengers back
into the kills, and the captain found he was about
be seized and that he would be required to bond for
all the passengers, &c., he fled away, left his lighter to
the passengers and they went away with her. We
informed that the authorities Of the cities of Newark
and Jersey city have also determined that they will
no longer allow passage through their cities for snug
gers, and that they will not the contnu
of past impositons upon New York by the huck-
sters Of and traders and spectators in foreigners
Nero. Aduertiser.
| The proprietors Of the North River Ferries, have
determined allow any of the passengers of these
foreign ships to cross in their boats New York
The authorities and people of Staten Island will resist
the landing Of them there; and of other places in
the vicinity of New York. Thus it will be difficult,
hereafter to evade the quarantine laws.
Emigrants.-A friend assures us that there is vet
lying at Amboya ship and brig, discharging enigrans.
On Monday there were landed one hundred, with their
bags and baggage, and most of them remaining
there yesterday morning, exposed for two days the
brolng rays of The sun, the heavy showers and the
foggy nights which have intervened besides the tor
ment Of the gallinippers which infest. that coast
The ship fever and the small pox are at SO great a
height that not boat could be found to land these,
wretched passengers take them to any creek in
Jersey Sixty with the latter disorder had been lowed
in scow from point in the woods about two miles
distant where tents had been erected by the Mayor for
, their temporary shelter
| In addition to this, the scarlet fever was raging,
among the children of that place. and the alarm excited
there by the disease Of the emgrants was great that
several houses had been abandoned and closed gs.
man and his wife had died on board the ship, leav-
ing three helpless babes, who were humaney taken
into many different families at Amboy, and melan-
chely relate of the infants has since died, after
communicating its disorder to the lady who had
taken to her house for shelter and nouIlshment The
kind lady is since numbered among the dead, and our
informant attended her funeral yesterday morning.
Il Toadd 10 these scenes of calamity, we regret to-
stale that one hundred moro of these objects of pity
are at quarantine, arrived yesterday from Hamburg@-
4 Gazette. gs4ae ..s
We are informed that thirty forty men, women,
and children apparently just from board ship, passed
over the Fulton Ferry from Brooklyn on Tuesday.