The New York herald., 1872-11-01
NATURALIZATION.


Since September 25-Thetr Birth
places-Dimcultics OF Registration
Turks, Negroes, Cinnamon and Assy-
rians Clothed with the Franchise
Natives OF Alsacc and Lorraine Object
to Being Considered German Subjects.
The total number Of aliens naturalized In this
city since the 25th September was 1881. THIS Is
greatly In excess OF the number admitted to citi-
zenship during the corresponding period in 1871.
The drei ence Ia accounted for by the fact that this
year there is to be chosen President Governor
and Mayor, and the committees of the different
parties having been actively at work to increase
the number OF voters for their respective cand
dates. The Superior Court has had most OF the
work to perform, in which 2,54a persons were In
vested with the rights OF citizenship; the Court OF
Common Pleas comes next having naturalized
1,496, and the United States District only con-
tributed 323 to the total given. The rules estab
lished by the judges were rather more rigid than
on former occasions. For instance In the Court OF
Common Pleas applications had first to be made to
fdayits were reoUred to be taken in his ONCE and
all the evidence as TO the qualifications 0fwitnesscs
prepared beforehand for examination by the
i any was Intended. Ali the Judges Of the Superior
tion, but in the Common Pleas a general term was
held last month"; occupying three judges-one was
IN one aed e a.
ion, which accounts for the lesser number OF per-
sons who % were admitted to citizenship in that
appear, was not much patronized. There were no
certificates Of citizenship issued by either the SUI
! prcme Court or the United States Circuit Court.
DUPLICATE CERTIFICATES.
| In consequence OF the registration officers re-
quiring the production OF certificates OF foreign
born ctziens before entering their names on lists
| IT became necessary for many thousands to obtain
1yph
| It involved the examination of books as far
back In some instances as 1880, to find the original
or witnesses and the date as near as possible.
! This was owing to the , similarity Of names There
named '.He1ry Hotiman natnraiized "I the as same same
year, and the necessity OF giving the names OF wit
nesses was. therefore necessary to proper identi-
fcation. No other persons than the clerks OF the
Courts were allowed to examine records or indices
There were about four thousand duplicate certid
Gates issued altogether.
NATURALIZATION OF CITIZENS MINOR CHILDREN
II became necessary also to naturalize number
Of minors who were entitled to oil the rights Of
citizenship when they attained their majority by
reason OF their fathers having been naturalized
while they were minors. The registration officers
were not satisfied with the sworn declarations or
the applicants. They required the production Of
the parents certificates This 1t was found mpOs-
e,I slbe to do ana & recourse nad to be naa to % the
Many OF the class mentioned had resided in other
States and did net know to what tribunal to make
application. They could only state that their
fathers being citizens bad exercised the privilege
OF voting, and that the law was clear as to their
right to do the same thing. The registration
officers were not to be moved, and . large mum
ber took out at once final papers, having arrived
in the United States when under eighteen years
| old.
NATIONALITY OF APPLICANTS.
Over fOur-nfths OF those admitted to citizenship
| since September 25 were Of Irish and German
BIRTH the former being the greatest in number.
There were some Russians, Greeks, Turks, negroes,
| and even one Chinaman Is recorded as having
renOunced his allegiance to the Brother OF the sun
| and Moon. An applicant who represented himself
| as native OF Assyria, an ancient empire which
| ceased to exist before the epoch at which the
authentic history OF the East Is usually considered
! to commence f0rsw0re fealty to the Grand
Seignor and became . free and independent
| citizen of the United States. There was some
] difficulty with the Alsatians and L0rrainerss who
1 applied for naturalization. They could hardly
| tolerate the idea OF considering the Emperor OF
Germany their sovereign, and felt bitterly that any
act OF theirs would involve his recognition In that
relation. They would ren0unce allegiance 10
Napoleon, to Theirs, or even the devil In prefer
ence, but the Kaiser never if they could help 1t.
AS there was no other way OF obtaining the boon
or citizenship they had to swallow the bitter pill.
The appended table shows the number and nativi-
ties OF the persons naturalzed In the Courts men
Il StA~A afvn Arrs1.A