New-York tribune., 1868-10-08
NATURALIz4TI0N IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WHOLESALE PERJURY ILLEGAL ACTION OF
THE PROTIIONOTARY-OPINl OF TIE ST.
PREME COURT JUDGES.

THE PROTHONOTARY-OPINlO or THE ST.
PREME COURT JUDGES.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Judge Read, of the
Supreme Court Of this State has written letter taking
ground against the utterancc OF naturalization papers in
blank by the Supreme Court, and dseredng the report
that papers of naturalization IN blank have been Issued
to the number Of 5000 lie is sustained by Judge
Agnew, and by Judge Williams who appointed by
Gov Gcary TO I'LL the vacancy created by the resignation
of Judge Strong The letter says that this will be the
opinion of a majority OF the Court when Judge Williams
takes his The Court will sit in Jae on Monday next
at Pittsburgh The following is Judge Reads letter:
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 1868, ! b
No. Ill9 Chestnut-st. )
MY DEAR BROTHER: In the carly part of the week end
ing Of September last, heard casually that
the number Of naturazatons IN Nis Prius was very
large and Saturday informed that some persons
arrested for naturalization frauds IN that Court
This arrested my attention, ana wrote a hole 10 my
brother SharswOOd who holding the Court, suggest
i'm the cifv of NeVYork giving facilities TO any citizen
to know who was naturalZed the preceding day, his
residence and the aud residence oi his voucher OF
witness The suggestion was only partially adopted.
Monday tho 28th, 10 stated To me that i2O per-
had been DatuDized on that day, aud mat there
w., strong suspicion of fraud That evening wrote and
delivered TO the Proh0notary note requc sting him to
give the number naturalzed each day IN sepieu-
ber including the 2sth The morning called on
brother SbarswOod and finding his views were so dfer
eut from unc wrote him letter which was delivered
Complaints being made that all the natuIali
papers orecords refused to respectable eit
Zens the next day havng received from the PfothO-
notary list lad asked f0 wrote another note To
my brother sharswo0d
In the proceeding before Alderman Better, Col snow
den testified his duty TO attach his name t. the
papers when brought TO him by the upstayes OF the
t,crJ to mem xitno1t their having been sworn to-"
Tie ciicr of the Ms, PIus said, or Mr. sehe swear
TIC petitioners or vouchers bat do not mark the papers
80 mai we can recognize them ! have administered,
within the last ten days from 1900 10 1900 Oaths" ono
of fnc urrsops uaturazed named IuHingcT, sWOre
was la the Rebel army from sG9 90 1865; scnDzc asked
me how long had been In the country and told him
he asked me haa any citizen paper and said no. and
he said 1 could get 10 without much cost we went 10
Nos tg5 and 4g1 North Thrd-st, TO Democratic Com
mittee; he put his paper and paid ten cents,
and col tickei We then to the Court Schultlci
also sNorr George Meulch; he sad taking an oath
yvas uothug nt Leckfcdts he said can swear tfty
,i,,,." f,r !, bass of bccriD
,.th.r ,,.tnr4tlad persou named MullOck said,
,r,v'n rc,rs nd. 6aye been at LecAoldt's fourteen
n",,s. cyywc there from Work: "a man named
s,y,re ( resided here over one year Immediately
5 ,',,lo tho onplicatlon never saw him before,
,,r 49, + .rcu him Since"
o." Sai,,,In c,nd nor recocutze any Of the men II
a Ion, mon tIat fhe whole urtc ra part uf uatural1a-
10 t,vo ftpsftves ,yn. gH Monday. l.th
of s,rteu,cr made 100 citizens
bnll7 "a - 'cr, . 40 ,ycr, ,fu3,ilizid durus The
H', ',,a..'I .'I ' " ~ '
'' m Dort,p,es for fraud are therefore vastly null
~ "P' i ,,,, 80 i,nt,,,r~ snerd in cr.atiu,
uleu OS ,n, ~ , ,,Ir.t,d M Fi,lsh Very inner
Mo y,tiiril co,srarelcc is that frauds are com
t,.i H a. ii. t,rnces. of ntturalztou and pauers are
a. - 49, G Lciicyld ~ he f1r.sric but lr. s0 well
executed that the PrOthoLOtary cannot say positively
~ rrfr. clearly the duty OF the ProthOnOtary TO
f,t nt these frauds by every means in his power, aud
49, yiJ' rec access 10 ll respectable citizens to exam
ne fhe Naturalization records and papers order 90
sst IN their detection The Prothonotafy OF me highest
technical objection. but throw the whole open to
searching eNalnIHauoH N"''"s e'9o WIN s"''S'S '''0