Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-02-02


and the testimony required of witnesses hereinbe-
fore prescribed shall be made In writing and signed
in open court by the applicant and witnesses res
pectiyely and minute thereof be enteredof record
by the clerk of said court and the original papers
be carefully labelled and preserved.
Eighth. That if the applicant aforesaid Yves, at
the time of his arrival in the United States, over
the age of eighteen years, he shall on application
for the benefits Of the act, produce to the court
the official consular certificate hereinafter required,
| OF properly authenticated copy thereof, or In
case Of its loss satisfactory evidence to said court
of the loss thereof and shall file the same with
the clerk of the court at the time Of his admission
| TO citizenship. H&t
| Sec O. And be IL further enacted, That it shall
not be lawful for any owner captain, master, agent,
or commander Of any merchantmen or other vessel
sailing under the the laws Of the United States or
of any foreign vessel coming TO the United States
TO bring into any port, or into the waters Of the
United States, to land on any of the Territories
Of the United States any alien person Of foreign
birth, unless such shall have complied with the fol
lowing provisions Such person, If over the ago Of
eighteen years, shall exhibit certificate, properly
authenticated from the United States consul or
commercial agent Of the port from which such
persons embarked, certifying that such person has
adduced before him satisfactory evidence, by rela-
BILE witnesses, that such person is of good charac-
ter and has not been, within three years next pre-
ceding, an inmate of any JAIL penitentiary, prison,
or other institution for criminals, paupers, in
sane persons And any such owner, captain,
| agent, or commander who may violate any of the
provisions Of this act shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof by any
court of competent Jurisdiction shall be punished
| by fine not to exceed five hundred dollars and
! imprisonment not to exceed six months for each
4 offence. M
Sec. s. Amd 5sis further enacted That any such
al Itl.s..I $3.50
waters of the United States as aforesaid, having
such aliens on board the same, shall be liable for
all costs and charges incurred in the return of such
persons to their country, and all such costs and
charges are hereby declared to be lien on the
said vessel and, in default Of payment thereof,
| shall be liable to confscaton. a
| Sec A. And be ii further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of all consuls and commercial agents
of the United States in foreign countries to make
digent inquiry and examination into such efforts,
if any, as may be made by the authority of the
country or port at which they severally reside to
send to the United States the paupers and crimi-
nails OF such country or port, and to communicate
such information respecting such efforts as they
may from time to time obtain to the State Depart
| ment and it shall further be their duty to exam
| inc the proofs which may be adduced to them by
aliens, DIS authorized in the second section Of this
act, and to grant certificates only in such cases
where the testimony produced shall be clear and
| satisfactory.
Sec. 5. Amd be IL further enacted, That 1t shall
be the duty of the collectors of the various ports
OF the United States to cause to be sent back from
| whence they came all persons who shall hereafter
emigrate to the United States If over the age of
eighteen years. who shall fail to exhibit to said col
lectors respectively, at the ports where such per-
sons may arrive, the certificate of the consul or
commercial agent, a. hereinbefore provided
Sec. 6. And be IL further enacted That wilful
and corrupt false-swearng by any applicant or wit
| ness touching any matter or thing sworn to or af
frmed, under the provisions of this act, shall be
| punished as in other cases Of perjury committed
| under the laws Of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be il further enacted That 1t shall
not be lawful for any court other than the district
and circuit courts Of the United States to take cog
nizance Of applications by aliens for the benefits Of
| this act, and that no such applications shall be
heard at any other than the regular terms of said
| district or circuit courts.
Sec. 8. Aud Be IL further enacted, That all acts
and parts OF acts of Congress conflicting with or
contravening this act are hereby repealed.
Further News by the Africa.
Interssting China and India Ne,ss--D eplorable
Condition Of the Engiish Army in the Cripia
NEW York, Feb. by the arrival Of the Afi.
ca, at Boston, we have received the following ad-
ditional items Of foreign news
EAST INDIA INTELLIGENCE
The India and China mail reached England, with
Calcutta dates to December Is, and Canton No
vember rs; at the former city money was more
valuable and trade was generally duh.
Sir John Bowring had returned from the north
of China, without having reached Pekin, the other
Plenpotentiaries who were stopped by commis-
sioners from the royal court, proposed to meet at
Shanghai in December, to discuss a revision of the
treaty. e
The rebels had captured a large punt belonging
to the Imperial squadron. Quite panic existed
at Canton.
Exchange on Canton, Al IL; Shanghai, go IL !;
at the latter place trade was improving and good
business was doing In Silks at reduced rates Teas
were little cheaper.
In India, the Nepaulese army was on march
through the English territory to attack the forces
Of the Grand Lama.
IRON SOUTH AMERICA
BuEsos ArREs, Dec. All business here IL at
stand still. The invasion of November 9th par
alyzed every thing The government Is now hes
itating between peace or war policy.
FROM THE cRIxEA
letter in The Pays, from Constantinople, dated
january 8, says column Of riAemen had taken
possession of Camara near Balaklava after driving
efNeos@.tS
perenced severe losses and were completely put to
rout. The loss of the Russians at Sebastopol and
the neighborhood during the last days of Decem-
Der are estimated at more than 5000 men.
The London Times, in leading article, draws a
most deplorabe picture Of the state Of the army in
the Crimea- At the beginning Of January, the
army could muster only IA, 900 bayonets. The ar
tllery and engineers had been reduced in the same
proportion, and the cavalry In fact no longer ex-
listed. The deaths amounted to sixty per day, and
the number disabledby fatigue and sickness amount
ed TO 1000 per week.
This ratio, the Times thinks, Is rapidly on the in
crease, and it is computed that out Of the $4,000
men nomnally ft for service only 1000 are in
good health. The army was an army Of invalids
at the beginning Of the month, and the Crimean
winter had not set in.
The Times comes TO the conclusion, that unless
some extraordinary stroke Of good fortune inter
venes, England Is about to lose it's only army, an
agent Of so much PRIDE 80 much deep affection, 30
much tender solicitsde, and asks If the nation Ia
prepared for this disasterY