St. Mary's beacon., 1858-03-11

STATE squrt grants, the sight n s,izepship, not
iuiisiaIIy, not as one OF the officers OF the Fed
eraf Government. but merely Us :spssoaa Eies-
sigRafa''- person cSsnnliAionef foF that
special purpose by act FOf Congress, precisely
in the same manner as the commissioners ai'-
pointed under the fugitive slave law are con-
sidered as acting administratiyegy, and not Ji-
dicially in drecting, she return slave to the
cnstosly of his master. The allssiged exerise
Of jndeial .power by tllevefnmissioners has been
urged as an argument to show. the suRennstital-
tisnality Of this law aql the fact that such
exercise OF power IS administrative merely
is the ground suf is;sny dechiozss 81 Is favor.
Though the Supreme Court lasnot been cal
led on TO make DECISION on any, case arising
under the act Of 1902, it has virtually settled
the question By its decision m the case or Camp
bell vs. Gordon and wife, IN o. cnahelks Be
pofus, skT6, arising under the act. Of l7a5ys in
which the same designation, OF cotris il made
as IN the act of 1902. In that case the natu-
radiation of foreigner under said Act of ff95,
was dstfaFed valid. % ,iRlf.Ilsrs9 att - 5soE
In the case of Prigg agairist the. Coshm0n-
wealth of Pennsylyapia, in;lG Peters, 6s2, Chief
Justice Story said - 50 - fTHs' "a - :
As.tS the asthorit,F 50 go mcoaierrci Upon j, State
ma sistrates, while . difference, cf opinion. has
existed aud may still exist on the pont, in dii-
ferent States, whether State magistrates. are
6daiad to act under it, none il entertained by
this court that state, magistrates may ssif they
choose, exerciss tliat aathoFty unless Erohibited
by State legislation nta levy rs t-s.s8s .is.1.
There has been no legislation in aay State
of the Onion forbidding the State courts to act
Gnder the Federal naturalization laws. On the
contrary, there has been niuch legislation ex-
pressly in recognition Of those laws. -, 3
!, The supreme courts Of several States have
expressly recognized the jurisdiction of atise
State courts in the naturalization OF alieIs nos
example, the supreme eourt OF New Xork, IN
the case of John Clark, tlS BaTbours Reports,
444 i and the supreme court Of Arkansas, in
the case of the State against Pennsy, Is ing
fish Reports, 62l1 In the latter It was said
There can be no doubt as to the, rightfu;
jurisdiction of the State courts in such cases,
until extinguished By some act of Congress
aud such appears t. have been the uniform aEa-
derstanding upon this point a-.s
y Nerly lately, Judge Goodloe of the Fayette
circuit court of Kentucky, decided, in the eslst
of Morgan against Dudley, that naturalization
by the State courts was Aot valid. The court
OF appeals, however, at once reversed the decis-
| i'm, unanimously declaring such naturalization
in pursuance of the act Of Uoslgress, valid 81 as I,
conier citizenship. .- u r -~.... nj
About three years ago, q for.gner, residing
| in Yolo, California, applied to the supreme cour
Of that State 10 be nataralized. fine etaektibs
as TO right Of the e6urt TO grant his peti.iUr
was made by one Of the judges, and coinsc
! were appointed 10 argue the question on
both sides; but no decision was made. 4 h
consequence of the withdrawal, Of thc Sppli
cants petition before the point had been arsu
ed. = a., ;is.r IN, ,b-.,r5,ir,ss v,,sT.
This question seems now set at rsst;. ,unles.
some difer,nce in the designation of State eU,srt
be found between the lawsuf I 7e5, under whicl
the decisions Of the Supreme Court. have beer
made, and the later law of 1902. We hayi
presented the entire subject, We believe in all il
bearings As far as it has been argued hitherto
in order that our readers may examine and iuiig
Tor themselves oil the true state Of this interest
ing inakter. 'h 80 - ~ aA6' ,A.haBS~y
The Women ofthe Reyolution--A Lecture
Matthew Hale Smith delivered the cL,sir,s
lecture Uf the course at the Ice Avenue Church
Brooklyn, on Tuesday evening. Subject = A'.I'hs
Heroic Nomen Of the Revolution."' After m,
general remarks upon our reyo yolutionary histor,
the LECTURER said he would not detsact from aaIy
thing which had been said OF t..e, heg-i----av y
the Rerolutien; but history -Souldsliot be eosn'
plete ualtil :swonaen took their proper, paac.
i a,n,mr the brsveSt assa best IN that great strug
! rlp,s Inc raya1ss Of war fell not sobeavii,
,,nor, any. etheS class Of persons AZ uEon tl,
women = Nfstiy of them werc from the. bcs
families or the old world, shnrtured under al
the ilifiusnces % rpositiop and weald but the,
\ knew what Would be expected Of them in then
,new hvrps and ,,ere willing to,Rssrs their par:
ThoseJ <ssnen- threw arouad the siTugxle Of taC
r. %dlatioI the charm Of lsslae ;stheY Iw6re th,
teslnncTs their husbands or brothers bOres =.
I lie mentioned the case Of Wid0w Aussersou
seasrih her old age ami her pcvertss seGIt her
oafy 93ii to jcin Ere army; Mar%sr4 4Safbtff4t
Sh6, when her husband fell al FeFt Scutt ton
lbs place at the guns and servrt during tn
Campaign Mrs. Hayward, who was Crslc1%
|; BY EEIfish officers to have her has<e
ed, but - byr fiEaaness PrVScEted It, declaHne
it cosalai snlrHie done lSy walking oserhes dea
i0iy Elizalasth llanzexs who rose <1rola Sbel
bed! a< her quick car heard the first soInsi fFssi
the slrss at l,nfkcr Hill raslilng In her night
dress u the gh:irtcrs of soiir tiitia rnen, wifc
where about Sitting lowH to theit refreshments
and crying out, WHY on earth dorft syot
nlarch,-dont yfln hear, the guns at CHARLES.
toxn!sTEie speke .at c0nslderable length upon
sthe eharaeter II Jhe inotheEQf N Naslsipgton, and
upon that on s2kntha vNasaapetes. sAisiasi
Adams aciaiinofs sshaEs, .Uf Slsfeniion, and d,
ecite,lrhrmss6GslyUth sesfs, uf her anasriage.
r. Next 70 ffe ifffiehse Sf women IN tlles resu.
luton vas thas 6f ..clcfgI1nen . gWashiBgtos
had declared in his letters, that II, the rIcrgy-
nled Had hof tITown thar ihflnenee irr its favol
the cst:ise Would have been ruined. If viz
eisIssed her ,huslmhd, jeining the. ranks; doe
deFgyman interiered iD,fagor OF hin ,goias.-
II lnaiiea, desired to retain her lover at hsme
: theEiergy leclarea he wound MOS marry
them il he did not go. and nDbofyg else Rsalsi
FdaFsdb N.t iswas customary vi bsn ascompany
a nscti were raisctl, ard were abcnt % march
against tie e0erf u dfak u1 before fhs hosise
.cf the 'dsnaini" and get his blessing, One ,sf
the Besston clsrsssnsen had prayed aitef this
lashi,,ra |: 20, Lodi -four enemies viii gghRs
lst thm hase 6ehfps enough II Hawc strppr
come oser, IDrdssink them; Apd the .0ssig-
resaticn sespoAdul, xe& hOrallsf al,em all &c
sunk w.sMsfIs'
The lecturer spoke Of Catherine ScIln.l r. Nbo
bar 1cl oyeg IysF wbeat-Eelds tisak- tlsE .EyaGil