The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-07
the whole open to O searching examination.
Notbipg else will satisfy the community.

Applications directly anu Indirectly were made
TO nae to interfere personally, whicn OF course
declined 70 dc, having no power TO control in
any way the Judge regularly assigned to hold
proper under all the circumstances, 10 tsle.
graph Judge Agnew and Judge Williams. who
New York, TO come TO Philadelphia. which they
did. Judge Agnew arrived on saturday and
Judge Williams on SUNDAY morning; but we
After q careful examination Of the acts OF AS
sembly we were unable to discover any autho-
rity to convene a special session of the Supreme
Court. The Court in banc having risen in July
meeting, as prescribed by law, will be at Pitts
burg on the third Monday of the month.
sI d Ta sa eo
right 10 interfere with them, Judge Williams
not having taken the oath of Office, for reasons
which when made known will be perfectly
satisfactory to the community, his opinion is
not uike that OF Judge Agnew and
We all three regard the prac Lice OF naturaliza-
tiOn pursued in the Nisi Prius, however old or
by Whatever Judges sanctioned, as contrary to
the plain words OF the acts of Congress, and is
therefore illegal
animation Of the applicant and his witness or
voucher should be conducted by the Judge
This was the practice OF Judge Agnew when
President Judge and is the uniform practice OF
the District Court OF the county of Allegheny.
Judges of the Supreme Court whenever Judge
Williams takes the oath of office.
opinions, or those OF Judges Agnew and Will
liams were 1t not necessary that they should
be known to you and Brother 5hars wood, and
through you TO the community.
You win oblige me greatly by having this
read in open Court
am, very truly yours,
To Honorable James Thompson, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court
(A.)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20, 1868,
No. lll9 Chestnut street.
My Dear Brother:-Since our conversation
this morning have learned that In the COURT
of Quarter Sessions the naturalizatfons since
Sep ember II. 1868, are about S24; each petition
is approved and signed by the Judge, and every
day before the Office closes. each paper Is folded,
endorse d, and handed 10 a clerk for index. or
these S24. "a number came from the Democratic
Committee.
tember first 100. The Judge signs every paper.
District Court-Naturali lizations since Sep
tember first, 800, of which 100 were from Democra-
tic Committee The Judge himself In errogates
each applicant and the voucher, and many are
rejected.
This Information Is public, not private. I
have requested our PrOLhOnOLary TO inform me
how many have In this month exclusive OF
Yesterday been naiuralized, and how many
were naiuraliZed yesterday.
The Information has not been given to me,
and am therefore obliged To rely upon COM
mon report, which gives the naturalizations of
yesterday at 720. and before at 1000, making
single day, therefore, ,outnumbers the whole
naturalization In two courts, and nearly equals
them in a third.
on the Judge of personal examination, aud
that the practice of the District Court seems
the nearest approach to q proper execution of
the acts of Congress.
am very truly yours,
JOHN M. READ.
Hon. George Sharswood, Supreme Court.