American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-02-04

SnlNgiOn ItlleT. Nc"icludS Pdsstu VIC plLl W Vt
uanze the Territorial Government of Oregon,
by vote Of lao yeas to 80 nays.
NrpomrMhSr,. 1t will be seen by our An
napolis letter that several more appointments
have been made 10y the Governor and con
iirraea by the Senate.
INTERESTING DocrMEEr. We have been
hyorcd 10y the Hon. John Uethered, with a
copy Of the Report of the Secretary OF State,
Gin compliance with resolution OF the senatc,)
IN relation to the practice of foreign govern
Inonts in transferring their criminals and pau
pers into the United States'-to which is APP
pended a statement exhibiting the number of
persons arriv ng in the United States annually,
averaged for the last eight years. This average
snews the total arrivals per annum TO be 49,
al, Of which 3 ms only were citizens of the
United States. SO that we have had an annual
increase Of foreign population for the last
eight yeas, Of more than $1,000 as shewn by
returns to the department of stdte but there
can be no doubt thousands arrive annually of
whom no account is taken. We think that the
total might be safely set down at 100000,
This document proves, that foreign criminals
and paupers have been transported to the Uni
ted States. This practice called forth re-
rnonstrance to the civil authorities by our con-
sui at IEambUrg-and the reply from the po-
lice officer. contains the following sentences.
That III the foregoing summer many indi-
ylduals were detained in the prisons and hou-
ses of correction, consisting mostly OF persons
guilty of 5OY'siI indsGretions, whose time of
Imprisonment was more or less near expiring,
and who begged for their release under the
promise Of leaving the country; which request
was laid before the Senate, who were willing
TO grant it. Such procedure takes place fire.
quently every whore with offenders whose
crimes have not been very great; and it is well
known that such persons, with real good will
mad 1t much more easy 10 gain an honest live
lhuod IN i foreign country than in their own
where their indiscrctious or crimes, and that
they have been imprisoned, is kept constantly
alive in the public mind. Some of these per
sons, who had heard Of conveyance to North
America for n reasonable sum- chose the afore-
SAID country To- 90 10, and agreed for their pas
sage on board the ship Dotothca. Many 9TH
their intention to go into the interior of North
America, to cultivate the land, and to be use
inI to the co!onists, and some to purchase un-
cultivated land
The American Consul at Bremen, in relation
to this subject, recommends, that ''cvety for
elgncr emigrating, &C., to the United States
shall, before his departure from 4 port in EG-
rope, appear before the Consul Of the United
States residing at the port from whence the
vessel is cleared, and make oath, first, to rthe
number Of persons who compose his family,
and whom ne takes with him; and, secondly,
that he is tho possessor Of a certain sum ofmo-
ney, (the amount OF which to be fixed by law,
according to the number of persons which com
pose his family over and above the amount
of his passage money, and what may be neces- |
slry for his expenses previous to embarking, |
and which gum Of money he shall engage him
self by said oath to take with him to the Uni
ted States, and produce the said amount, and
the oath signed by himself, and certified to by the
consul to competent officer, who shall inn
visit the vessel before the same
makes entry; and should any emigrant fail to
produce to the visiting officer the said certified
oath, and the amount of money mentioned
therein, the captain of the vessel shall be
obliged to give bonds, holding himself and sure
ties accountable for all damages and expenses
which may arise from the said emigrant falling
on the charge Of the city where he may have
\ I,o &c thrno
communication money TO be raised to three dol
lars for each individual cmigrant brought in the
vessel, and TO be paid by the captain at the
time Of entry"
These would be wholesome regulations. In .
dependent of the actual criminals and paupers
who are annually sent TO this country at the
expense Of European authorities, there are
numbers OF Others who come over in a desti- !
tute condition, under the erroneous impression
that they can get into profitable employment
the moment they land upon our shores; and
who generally become public charge.
Francis J. Grund, Esq American Consul at
Bremen in 1884, advises that emgrants be |
compelled to obtain consular certificates, to |
prevent criminals and fugitives from justice |
from being transported or coming to this coun-
try--and wewoud recommend that such certifi- !
Gates embrace, among other matters, moral
characteg-so as to exclude the debased and .
disorderly from making this country place of
refuge.
Burrows THEATRE-Froni Street. This
house was, last night graced by large and
fashionable audience, to witness tho first repre-
sentaton Of the celebrated American Drama of
"Putnam," as originally played in the North