Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-02-13

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It'd n The Senate By Mr.. Berrisn on Monday, IRON
4 - commiltss on the judiciary. 70 elnend TIE
Nalnfnlinalion Laws. The subject being one " the
hi3hsSl idlotsslto many our Feadegs vshave t0Ii
our eve over the bill, 80 a. 70 enable Us to state
/ briefly its leading features
me bin proposes to enact that Collectors Of the
Revenue, at all the ports Of the U. S. shall open
and keep books Of registry. in which at the request
Of auy alien aFrving IN the U. 81 his names eges
stature Sc, shall be registered, and certificate Of
such registry granted to said alien.
The Clerks Of the Court of the U. S. may at any
time being 1t least three years after such registry.
on presentation Of the certificate thereof record the
declaration Of the intention Of such alien to become
permanently citizen Of the U. S., and grant him
| q certificate Of such declaration.
Two years alter the record Of such declaration,
and years after the registry before mentioned. on
on the exhibition Of the certificates ofregstry and
declaration and the proof Of good character and
attachment to the constitution and Government OF
4 the U. s., such alien may be admitted to become
citizen of the U. S. certain conditions, the most
important Of which appears tobe. that he shall have
resided one year at least preceding the application
| in the State or District in which the Court is held
No duplicate of such certificates Of citizenship or
registry shall ever be issued except upon proof IN
court and public advertisement Of the less Of the
original. Children under 16 years Of age at the
time Of arrival in the country, are not required to
produce certificates Of registry, or Of declaration Of
intention, ifthey are proved to have been years
resident, and otherwise entitled:
The most conservative provision of the bill is
the next in order, viz: That no decree of natnral-
zation shall be made, certificate of naturaliza-
ton granted, withdrawals before the time OF
any election OF President or Vice President Of the
U. s.. or Of the electors thereof, or Within
months Of the time of any general election in the
particular State or District in which the applica-
ton Is made and such decree and certificate shall
confer no right or privilege Of citizenship whatev-
err, except in the State District wherein the same
may be granted, for the term of-months after the
date thereof.
DEGREES and certificates discovered to have been
obtained BY fraud or false pretences, may upon
hearing in court, after previous notice, be set aside;
and all persons concerned in such evasion of the
laws. may be punished as for high misdemeanors.
Persons now in the U. s. may at any time with.
in six mouths after the passage ofthis BILL avail
themselves ofthe general provisions Of tito become
naturalized without the previous registry required
Of aliens hereafter arriving, in the U. s.
. The provisions Of the bill which we have TINS Q.
bridged, passed into law, would, we nave no
doubt, guard against the mass Of the abuses which
are known TO have been perpetrated under the ex-
listing laws, and accomplish salutary and effect
i've reform Of our system Of Naturalization.
~2fi es s,@ National hstelligence.
SCENE IN THE PENITENTTART OF OHIO
On Sunday last, Mr.. Carey, Of Cincinnati. an ell
oquent and devoted advocate of Temperance Re-
form, being in our city, consented to occupy the
morning hour usually devoted to religious service,
in the delivery Of Temperance Address to the un-
| fortunates whose crimes have banished them from
society, and immured them between the strong
walls, the bars and bolts Of the Ohio Pententary
Some thirty or forty members Of the Legislature
and others were present to hear the address and
witness its effects The convcts,s to the number
OF $50 were seated, and alter appropriate opening
exercises, MIR. Carey commenced his address. He
had not proceeded far. before every eye was rivet
ed on him. Chords in the breasts Of the hardened
men were touched that had not vibrated for years.
Every word seemed to probe the recollections OF
the past, and awaken emotions that they sought
ana e the sPsaKef bpsY with elhsE days.
progress Of the occasional and habitual drinker,
commencing his career and sowing the seeds Of
degradation, shame and misery in the very spring
time Of life, and going step by step in bis down
ward career, until the dungeon the scatoid or the
sensblity were broken up, and scalding tears bath
ed the cheeks Of the convicts. They recognized
the picture Of their own experience and fall, and
felt in very truth that the poisonous contents of
the inebriating cup bite like serpents and sting
like adders. The kind hand that lifted the veil
and showed them the melancholy cause Of misery
and crime, pointed them to the remedy, and babe
hope once more live in their hearts. And as they
looked forward to the FUTURE brighter scenes dawn
cd their visions, and stern resolves were formed
to shun the abyss Of wo when, having served out
their painf"l probation, they should again enter
the world. ~
The scene affected deeply the spectators present,
and the tears Of the legislator mingled with those
Of the convict. until there were few dry eyes in
| the whole assemblage. The Warden unused to
such spectacle, could not suppress his emotions,
and wiped away, without attempt at concealment,
the moisture from his eyes. When the speaker
called on those Of the convicts who could traceth
commission Of crime that brought them there, to
the use Of intOricating dinks, to raise the right
hand. more than four;G Chs Of them, a. we learn,
Immediately stretched forth their haads, strug-
Cling at the same time to suppress the emotions
that convulsed their frames Columbus s. Josr.
Interesting Incident --One Of those remarkable
incidents. for which a rejecting mind acquires
more reasonable train OF causes than those Of mere
chance, occurred in this city last Friday Az Mr..
Hartman FIGHT, Decorative Artist. Of No. $50 Pearl
street, native Of Germany, but for ten years resi-
bly, knownas the designer and executor Of the pain
tinys in the floating chapel and other chapels and
churches in this city,) was walking in Broad.
way, he was accosted in French by agentleman a.
bout his own age. nearly sixty, who asked tohe di.
rected TO Broadway. i Mr.. FIGHT replied /" this 10
i !" and looking at the stranger, with faint idea,
that bis features were not altogether unfamiliar
gagged him in short conversation, which ended
BY Mr.. FIGHT enquiring, /" Do you know me r'--
piled, /" Are you FIGHT r. II am! and you are--v"
was the answer, and the two old men almost rush.
cd into each others arms The story is this:
They wereold comrades under Napoleon. They
belonged to theSth Regiment Of Hussars, and fought
side by side in Austria and Prussia and were TO-