The native American., 1840-05-23
MIS- G Ell L a r.,

Naturalization An Inquirer asks rs if
foreigner who arrived in the United States
when he was but two and Il half years Of age,
is entitled to vote without being fliduralized1 J
1t has been decided that lie is not, unless he IS
the son of an American citizen who has not
eXpatriated himself by swearing allegiance to-
a foreign state or potenta'c. Another question
asked, is whether the law requires tht son 20
benaturalizcd whenthep has resided inthe
country nineteen years, and has exercised the
privilege ofvoting? So far as our knowledge
extends, it does, if theson was bora i'll foreign
country before the naturalization of the parent.
i Bali. Sam.
The President has granted pardon to Mr.
Mackenzie, who has been confined in tho
Rochester Jail for some time past.-He was
set at liberty on the 1lth inst. Mackenzie
was sentenced to Is months imprisonment
from the Goth eflast June The Argus states,
that Rensselaer, Van Rensselaer,, who was SEN
fenced to months imprisonment in the
Albany Jail, and a fine Of $3.50, has also been
pardoned.
Entuaed Estate-Every man who desires
to entail valuable and enduring inheritance
upon his children, which cannot be docked
on which the sheriff can't levy execution, aud
which they can't ALLEVIATE by a general assign
ment, may accomplish his wishes by bringing
them mp in habits Of perseverng industry in
any useful calling, by instilling into them hab-
its Of sound economy, and above all by i'm
buing their minds with correct and practica.
views of moral and religious obligations.
47ncricGn TraueUers-Th London Atile-
neun ian article on this subject says, ,"Wheth-
en- like Messrs Wills, Fav and Thatcher they
move about pencilng European society and
distinguished persons, or like Mr.. Stephens.
they intcrwcave the interest of their advcn-
tures with the distant butnot dim associations
which hallow every inch of the eastern land,
or like Irving they bring to the Old conntryriCe
scholarship, ready to appreciate, and poetical
enthusiasm waiting but to be kindlea, Ameri.
cans are among our pleasantes, travellers"
Tile largest Gun Tet.--There was
cast at the works of the West Point Foundry
Association, Cold Spring (N. " on the 30th
ut.. cannon Of i2inches bore, torprojecting
either shells or solid shot, the former weight
100 and the latter 240ll1s The gross weight
fthis, the largest casting ever made in this
country, is l3 l-2 tons. The time required
in pouring was 12a minutes, and the operation
was witnessed by hundreds of persons. 1t
was cast by order of, and for account of, Cap
tain Robert F. Stockton y. S: n.
Steam F1Igate-We witnessed with
much qualification the other day the casting
of part of the machinery Of one of the steam
frigotes now preparing at the extensive iron
works of Messrs. Merrick g. Towne. The
weight Of iron melted Oh the occasion was,
VIC learn, between twenty and thirty thousand
pounds. The establishment is very active in,
the production of this machinery, which occu-
pies a vast number of hands, and will require
some months for it's completion. The na-
chinery of the other frigate is in progress the
West Point Foundry. Gazette
Pauity of Elections and Of Cowts-A
correspondent Of the New York American
makes the suhjoined statement, which goes
far to show how parties are enabled to carry
elections in that city:
IA gentleman who is ready and willing to
make his charge good states that in the spring
election of 1884, bout 800 were naturalized
in the Marine Court. of whom 26 were made
citizens upon the oath of one man named
Latourette, and three were naturaized upon
the testimony Of 4 convict from Sing Sing,
whose oath could not legally have been taken
in court of Justice; and the strong feature Of.
the transaction is, that the Judge of that
Court could hardly have been ignorant that
the witness was convict"
Itnmv be added that the Courier Il Enqui-
rer adduces proof, that many votes wero
received at the last charter election i'll that
city, from persons who were conducted out
of the common prison in order to vote, and
then led back to their cells.
Mr.. Clayton's Trip ovcr the Nounty2i,as.
MIR. Clayton, the great balloon man, is in
the city, and we understand he will in a few
days ascend in balloon called the Erie
Mail Packet, and endeavor to cross the noun
tains in his fight--of which due notice will
be given Harris Pittsburgh Int
From the 1st of April to the lst of May,
there arrived at New York from Europe, T.
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