The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-12

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The following letter, addressed ,bS
ine. lion, John n Read, Associate
lJuAnce OF tina Supreme Court to Chief
Jusaces Thompson, will be read with
PHnADELPHIA, October q, 1868. !
| No. ,1i9 oHEsPNUT STREEF. I
Ny Dear Brother-1n the early part
OF the week ending on the 10th Sep
tember last Iheafd Casually THAT the
number fnatura lizations in Nisf Prius
was very large, and on SaturdayI was
/ informed that some persons were arres-
ted for naturalization frauds In that
Court. This arrested my; attention, and
l1Mrotei a. note to, my brother Shars-
wood, who was holding the Court, suR-
costing certain regulations which were
adopted by the courts in the CITY OF
| New York; giving facilities TO any
citizen to- know who was naturalized
on thepreceding day, hisresidence and
the name and the residence Of his
youcher or witness. The suggestion
was only partially adopted. 49,! 80
.On5MondayS the 18th, 1t was stated to
me- that seven hundred and twenty
persons had been natnfaltzed on that
aay' anu mat mere was strong suspic-
ION OF l5and. Ghas evening wrote
| any snAo oetlYeFea 70 tne frothonotary
| q note requesting him ITO give me the
| number naturalized on each day In
September, including the 2Sth. The
next morning called on brother Shars
Ms,9esooCan3 nnulnB nus views Ssefe SO
olneFent from mine, I Wfote MIN let
teF, Mp men was usllNeEeu y, nl ln psIore
,clock OF that gay, e copy % y .sE
~ annexed 10 tnasanole, nafke1 lAJ,11
ComplalnLS oetng Observation-Disclosures
20 the natnEa!l1sllon,PaPs fs OF RECORDS
was refused 70 IesPecIaphe citlzehs, on
the next Jay lnaVing received from the
Frothonotery me Ilst nao asked Iorl1
wrote another noteto my orotherShars-
wood, a. copy OF Whlch ls annexed,
marked (bl ,.ga.s-7I,
IN me proceealngs peiore alderman
Beltlef Colopel SnoWasn resumed his
duty was 10 attach9 his name TO the pa
pers WhenIprongntsitoh nun lpY the TIP,
slaves OIL the court ana ne admitted
that MS ma me on Mt posi- Oily be attach
colo lhenn WaiittNtlout enslI ahYlnR psen
sworn .,IZIhe o erieE ot1lhe5 Nisl REius
saio, II OF e nar. tne pc.
tiuonefsil OF vouchers, 'putuo not marx
| the papers 30 Inat we can recoSnlze
them j-1-naVe administered .Wltnln the
AoSk ~ 800 ltTNSN
SAND oalha." one OF tne persons na-
turaltzed, named dnninger. swore: II
was IN the re5el army from 10 1860;
Schnttzel asked me now long had
been IN the country ana tolo, MIN; ne
asked me II had any citizen papers
and said no, and he said could get
1t without much cost we went 70 Nos.
495 and 497 North Third streettoa DEM
ocratic committee; he put his name to
paper and paid tenoeentafsandsg got
ticket. he then came 70 Inc courts
Schnitzel also swore TO george mein-
/ ichi he said taxing an oatn WIS noth-
ing, at Leckteidts he said i can swear
Another naturalized person named
Mullock said, am torty-two years
old have been at Leckteldt's fonrteen
days. lcame there from New 9oEki a
man named snyder swore ,Zreslaeo
here over one year lmmeolatety before
made the application; never saw
him before, nor nave seen MIN SINCE.
| Colonel SoWden5 conlu not recognlze
any ofthe men. Ills clear, theni that
| the whole practical part OF naturallza'
ton IS entrusted 10 TWO tlpstaVes' VINO,
on Monday, 18th o-SeptemoerI made
seven hundred and twenty citizens.
During tho September Nlsl Prlns six
thousend and eighteen persons were
naturalized, OF Whom Two thousand
eight hundred and seyenty-two were
naturallzeu curing tne iasL week. See
paper appended marked lCl; -
| The opportunities Ior Iraud are tnetfe-
fore, Vastly multiPiled py TINS practlce
many of whom understand md Eogltsh
very lnpefIectly. Ing na. Hii,rs ,',oti IS,
quence Is mat lIauos are iItsu I, IN y
the process OF naturhlizatlSn, ana P ,st
pers are anoat Mhlch are peliegeo 70 ,. % y.
| torgeries, put are so wen e1eculeu tnat
the Prothonotary cannot say posltlVely
that II 10 not MS own name. s.--s a.
1t ID therefore clearly tne GUY oILne
Parliamentary to ferret out these ireuos
by every means IN MS power anu py
giving free access to all respectable clti-
zens to examine the naturalization re-
cords and papers, in order to assistin
their detecttonE--T he=Prothonotary OIL
the highest tribunal IN the state should
not avail himselfot any technical OBJ
lection, but throw the whole open TO a
| searching examination. Nothing else
will satisfy the community. f-ey-T
Applications directly ana indlreclly
were made to me 10 lnterIeEe PERSONAL
~, which l OF course declined 10 90,
having no power to contro! IN any way
the Judge regularly assigned 10 holo
the Court OF Ntst Prlus. l however
thought II proper, under all the cir
cumstances. 20 telegEn pm, j ndge 1AgneSs
and J udge lalns, VINO was hlt sI
ing his sick wife IN the interior OF N i%