case in which a vessel shall be fitted out and armed, or in which the force of any vessel of war, cruiser, or other armed vessel shall be increased or augmented, in every case of the capture of a ship or vessel within the jurisdiction or protection of the United States, as before defined, and in every case in which any process issuing out of any court of the United States shall be disobeyed or resisted by any person or persons having the custody of any vessel of war, cruiser or other armed vessel of any prince or State, or of any colony, district or people, or of any subjects or citizens of any foreign prince, State, or of any colony, district or people in any such case, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof, for the purpose of taking of and detaining any such ship or vessel with her prize or prizes, if any, in order to the execution of the prohibition or penalties of this act, and to the restoring the prize or prizes in the cases in which restoration shall have been adjudged. SEC. 8. And be it futher enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he shall empower for that purpose, to employ such part of the land and naval forces of the United States, or of the militia thereof, as shall be necessary to compel any foreign ship or vessel to depart the United States in all cases in which, by the laws of nations or the treaties of the United States they ought not to remain within the United States. SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That offences made punishable by the provisions of this act, committed by citizens of the United States, beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, may be prosecuted and tried before any court having jurisdiction of the offences prohibited by this act. SEC. 10. And be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit citizens of the United States from selling vessels, ships or steamers built within the limits thereof, or materials or munitions of war, the growth or product of the same, to inhabitants of other countries, or to Governments not at war with the United States: provided that the operation of this section of this act shall be suspended by the President of the United States with regard to any classes of purchases, whenever the United States shall be engaged in war, or whenever the maintenance of friendly relations with any foreign nation may in his judgment require it. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That nothing in the foregoing act shall be construed to prevent the prosecution or punishment of treason, or any piracy or other felony defined by the laws of the United States. SEC. 12. And be it further enacted, That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act or inflicting any further or other penalty or forfeiture than are herein before provided for. The acts forbidden herein are hereby repealed. WITH THE POPULATION OF EACH DECADE FOR HALF A CENTURY. Dis. Colum. 131,706 750,80 51,687 43,712 39,834 33,039 Territories. 288,161 184,497 72,927 Total Union. 38,538,180 31,443,321 23,191,876 17,069,453 12,866,020 9,638,191 New Mexico,.. .86,122 TERRITORIES. Washington,.. .23,925 Dakota,. .70,000 Montana.. 20,594 Arizona,. Colorado,........39,681 Idaho,.... ..14,882 Wyoming, ...... Utah,. CENSUS OF 1870. POPULATION OF 100 LARGE CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES. OFFICIAL-From the Advance Sheets of the Census Bureau, at Washington, D. C. 1. New York, N. Y. 5. Chicago, Ill.... 298,983 55. Salem, Mass.. 24,117 6. Baltimore, Md.. 7. Boston, Mass.. 250,526 57. Manchester, N. H.. 23,536 58. Harrisburg, Pa.. 23,109 9. New Orleans, La. 191,322 59. Trenton, N. J.... 22,874 |