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


Stats court grants the night q citizenship, hos
jidciallTs net as one of the officers u the Fed
eral iosernmcnt, but merely a spsssoAA aSes-
ssfgssGsn's 's-Ms q person c5mzniSsianed fag that
asseial purpose BY act Of Congress- pfeyissly
ifs the same fnanEkw al the Commissioners ug~
pgiiited under tue fugitive slavs law are con
si.leEed as acting asznln rattvely. and na4 js-
aeiaiy, IN fi5r6ctine fhe rzsp & 4 slaSe = tie
sEstodly d Us usastnf lie alIelneH 4xeFEiz.
Of judicial power by the commissioners has been
urged rs an argument TO show the ursconstitu-
tionality ef,this laws apd the Set that such
exercise Of power i administrative merely
Is the ground Of many decisions Ia Its favor. p
Though the Supsene Court has NOT been cali
led On 10 make a decision on any case arising
under the act Of 1902, it has virtually settled
the question by its decisio2 in the case Of Camp
bell VS.. Gordon and wife, in 9 Cranch's Re-
ports, f76, arising under the act of 1895, in
which the same designation Of courts Is made
as in the act Of 1902. In that case, the natu-
ralization of foreigner, under said act of 1895.
was declared valid.
2 In the ease of prigg against the Common
wealth IF Pennsylvania, IN 10 Peters, 6a2, Chief
Justice Story said !: -. -. ,.assl
AS to the authority so conferred upon State
magistrates, while difference of opiniOa has
existed and may still exist ON the point, in diff
ferent States, whether State magistrates arc
hOstnd to act under it, none is entertained by
this court that State magistrates may, if they
choose, exercise that authorty unless prohs sbited
by State legislation. rs - -
There mas been no legislation in any State
/ Of the Union forbidding the State courts to act
under the Federal naturalization laws. On the
,pressly in recognition of those laws. -aas.
. The supreme courts Of several States have
expressly recognized the jurisdiction Of tbs
Stake courts in the naturalization of aliens fol
example, the supreme court of New York, in
the case of John Clark, us Barbour's Reports
444 Il and the supreme court Of Arkansas, In
the case of the State against Penney, is Eng
lish Reports, 62f.l In the latter il was said
''There can be no doubt as to the rightfu
jurisdiction of the State courts in such eases
until extinguished by. some act of. Congress
AID such appearst1 hayesb been the unifoFm an.
derstanding upon this point" - .a q"
Verly lately, Judge Goodloe; of tlIe Fayetts
circuit court of Kentucky, decided, i'm the cas-
of Morgan against Dudley. that naturalization
| By the State cotifts was NOT valid. The coUst
Of appeals, howeves. at once reversed the decis.
4 N, aeelaHng sach nsfNralizakikn
In ptirsuanceof the act vf CpHgFes ssIIid so IS Z
confer citizenship.
4,s About three years ago for agner, fcsiiir,,
in olO, California, applied to thesupFetiie cour
vi that State to 'naturalized.S The question
as to right of the court to grant bis petitior
was made by one Of the judges and cplnsc
7 were appointed to argue the question, os
both sides; but no decision was made, il
Consequence Of the withdrawal of the appli
cants petition before the point had been TaEgu
Fed. -. -. nss. s'1.sf,s - ls5ss-sg
This question seems now set al rest. unles
some difference in the designation Of Statee court
be found betwecti the law of 1795, under whivl
the decisions of the Supreme Court have lbeel
made, and the later law of 1902. We hav
presented the entire subject, We beiievein all it
bearings, as far as it has been argued hitherto
| in order that our readers may examine ard iudg
for themselves of the true state Of this interest
ing matter. ,,. q. = ,s.ls. .as-zl, 50, issss
The Womenofthe Revolution A Lecture
Matthew Hale Smith delivered the closin
lecture Of the course at the Lee Avenue Churri
Brooklyn on Tuesday evening. Subject eth
Heroic Women Of the Reyolution." After sonl
general reinarks upon our revolutionary histor
file lecturer said he would not detract from ans
thing which had been said Of tse heruie men @
the Revolution; but history would not be com
,pletel until women took their proper plae
among the hrayest and best IN that great strdg
gle- The ravages Of war fcl not 50 heavil
upon any other class of persons az ut1or tn
women. Many of them were from the bes
families of the old world, nurtured under al
the influences of position and wealth-but the
knew what would be expected of them i'm thei
new hume, and were willing to hear their part
These ,wonen threw around the struggle Of 4A
! Revolution the charm Of home tlsey wove IA
.baEaess tneir husbands on hrotliefs bose.
80 He mentioned the ease Of Widow Andersos
wire in her old age and in her poverty sent he
/ only son to Join the army Margaret lsarbuFn
!, wllo, when her husband fell at Fort Scutk too
MS place at the guns ard served during I'll
cslissl,ai ssn Mrs. Hayward, who was erderes
BY british officers q. hsve her honse illnnlinat
eli but by jler fiFInhess pEcyenfed Ia, 2declsEin,
il rosll.l suI is d0ne k, wallying 0sef her deal
hslv.; Elizsheshs Daazes$ who rose from he
bsi, issAct quick ear heard the first sound iron
sac saas at Bunker HiiI rushing IN iisr night
dress tj the. quarters of some militia men, wh
where aboSSIt sitting down 10 their refreshments
and crying out, Why on earth. dent 30
hlarch..--zlont You bear tleu guns, At Charles
tgNfr --rk1e AflDkk. AZ EDftst1efADie ieAgt0 utsA
{ the character nf the nsoshcrof W Washington, IN.
upoa that Uf Martha " Washingtoa. - Abigai
I Adalaslriaimed share n attention, a1A b
I rsrisei humoFo,lsly tire stcfy ef her niarnzze
\ Next to the influence Of wursen ID tfe reyo
/. luton was that Of slcrgynen. waxhingto
had declared ii his letters, that If tie clergy
men lad mt thrown thar iniluence in is fayo
!, the cause Hu'ln haze been ruined II Wi
opposed Der husiand joining tie ranks, fll
/, clergyman inssffercd in lAvsF Of him ,gong.--
If maiden desired to retain her lover at hsans
!, the ciefsy man 's;scIArsa he 'wvund mot maff1
T tIicBnif he did nci go, and scbo1y else wo0i
! dare Dc il. StwAs Customary when compaiI,
! ,f men were raised, ard we're about 70 mare
against the enemy, - draw mp before the hons
!. % tho adynini and get his blessing. One q
, the R..stoaa acIeEgyusea had prayed afters thi
!, fashi II !: 90 Lord; ifoE seneInies AwiA fgll
!, lat tlEesn haye 6ehtise ennngh If n1oFsAtsoap
come over, Lord sink Them" ndfhe zeihig
/ tegasion responded, ''Yes, Lore let tksm al 5
! suns. ub E,llSasz nsr q 11sx- ugr stEss z y ~s
/ Tie IeetnreEs af GatheFiie sehnyisrs nis
! hlFI,cd oscr Fer wheas-fislas sklszk 3hns sar=ll