The New York herald., 1868-10-24
NATURALIZATION.

The naturalization mills which have been running
for some weeks with great regularity in the Supreme
Common Pleas and Superior Courts are now at o
standstill At late hour last night little grist
was ground between the stones In Judge McCunn's
court, but throughout the day the magnitude OF the
work was not to be compared with many antecedent
sessions. In the Common Pleas up till noon, when
the court closed its labors for the day. but fifteen ap
plicants were admitted to citizenship, and in the
Superior Court, Judge McCunn, about two hundred
as ed for papers and none were refused. In the
Supreme Court, Judge Barnard In the daytime no
examinations were made The Court, however, sat
at night, but with hardly compensating result
1t is roughly estimated for 1t Is Impossible at the
d, 900 and $4,000 citizens have been added to the
voting population within the past six weeks, or
whom not less than elghty-flye per cent will cast
their ballots for democratic State electors OF PreS
dent and Vice President thus adding fully twenty
thousand to the democratic majority Of the county
without this additional vote the majority in the
county over the republicans OF the Tammany party
was fully $4,000. II the democracy next month can
cross the Harlem bridge with q prepOnderance IN
their favor OF 100000 there is on the gubernatorial
question, little doubt as to the result.
The process Of naturalization has been conducted
with considerable fairness this year. There has
been comparatively little swindling. The examina-
tons IN the press OF business have not always been
as rigid perhaps, as they ought to have been; yet
judging from appearances candidates for admission
to the honors OF citizenship seemed prepared to ac
cept Of the most comprehensive questioning as to
residence and morality.
The oath Of naturalization has on many occasions
been materially cut short, as the annexed will
show
frowsy Irishman, accompanied by couple OF
Dutchmen as sponsors, appear before Judge McCunn
and ask to be admitted to citizenship.
"HOw long have you been in the country :" de-
manded his Honor
"Nine year, an little over, yer Honor"
"How old are your
"Twinty-slx, SURF"
every well,n continued the Judge, turning to the
sponsors, .do you know this man to be moral, and
that he has resided, 6c. ~
"Yaw, Shudge; knows der mons. Der name Is
Dimothy 0'Drigger, und he Away trink his visky
sdraight" !" responded Hans.
"Come this way.n cries clerk and "Dimothy
ODrigger,n escorted by his German friends, with
whom he cordially fraternizes, approaches desk.
"Hod up your hand,u continues the clerk, and
"Timothyn In WONDER or stupefed by the peremp-
tory manner OF the interrogation, who has o great
deal OF business on hand, takes the oath Of alleg
ance, administered as follows:-YOu swear to sup
port the constitution Of the United states and take
this paper to room eleven, City Hall-0yer the way,
there-Rnd have tt recorded.
"Faith an will' ia the response and Timothy
leaves the presence In hurry, full blown citizen,
to have the stamp affixed to his paper and the
record certified.
five minutes later and Timothy, with his friends,
Is s.sthanin' his first thrate" as 'fe0wcitizen,f
and an hour subsequent i5 shouting for "Saymoor
am Blair an Misther John Hartmann, as dacent q
candidate for office as iver kim from the ould coun-
try itself, aven II he be q Dootchman, be jabersl
Dye mind that, now, ar it's Timothy OTrigger ses
ftrt