Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-24

A NATURALIZED CITIZEN OF THE UNI
STATES ELFCTEn TO PARIIAMrNr

kLECTED PARLIAMENT.
IL appears that the late John Mitchell who
was elected a member OF the British Parlia-
ment from Tipperary, Ireland, as a subject
of ''Her Majesty, Queen Victoria" was in
fact citizen of the United States as ap-
pears from transcripts of records recently
made in the Office Of the clerk of the Supreme
Court OF the District OF Columbia for the
British minister. 1t is presumed that the
government OF Great Britain and Ireland in
tended to use said transcript to unseat the
''reDel OF i&"
In the records is the application for full
Mitchell made in the Circuit Court of this
District on the sth of May, 1850, in which he
(Mr NJ says that on the 10th OF October,
1883, at the county court of San Francisco.
be being ga native of Ireland, aged about 81
yeas, bearing allegiance to Victoria, Queen
of Great Britain and Ireland having emil
grated from Australia and arrived at San
Francisco, fntenls to settle in the Uni
ted States and in open court reported him.
self for naturalization, and declared on oath
that 1T is bona fide his intention to become a
CITIZEN" &C.
The papers recite that cit. appearing to the
satisfaction of the court by the oath of
Thomas Antisell, a citizen of the United
States, that the said John Mitchell has re-
sided within the United States for five years
last past, without having been out of the ter
ritory OF the United States during that time,
under the jurisdiction of this court and that
during that time he has behaved as a man of
good moral character, attached to the prn-
clples OF the constitution ofthe United States,
ana well disposed to the good order and hap
piness of the same. And the said John Mitch
ell, In open court, here makes oath that he
will support the constitution of the United
states, and that he doth absolutely and en-
tirely renOunce and abjure all allegiance and
hdelity to every foreign prince potentate
state or sovereignty whatever, and partic-
uIafly 10 the Queen of Great Britain and
ireland, to whom he was before a subject IL
is thereupOn ordered by the court here that
the said John Mitchell DE admitted citizen
OF the United States; and he is accordingly
admitted a citizen of the United States !" &c
Some weeks since the English Minister OBJ
tanned from the State department certified
copy of the application OF Mr.. Mitchell for
passport
THE HON. JOHN HICKMAN, of Pennsylva-
mia, died at his residence at Weschester, i'm
that state, yesterday, in the 65th year of his
age. He served in the Thirty-fourth Congress
as democrat, but was one of nine members
OF his party in the House who voted with the
republicans TO break up the deadlock on the
sSpes question by making plurality
alone for Daniel Wells, jr., a Buchanan demo-
crat from Wisconsin, for Speaker. He was
reelected to the House three times in success
sion, declining reelection in 1868, after
serving eight years. Joining the ante-Le-
compton wing of the democracy in 1859 he
wastre-elected in that year by a plurality
candidates, but then Joined the republican
party fully, and in 1880 was the regular can
didate of the party.
SENATE COMMITTEES TO SIT DURING THE
RECEss-The present special session Of the
Senate has authorized the following commit
tees TO sit during the recess: The Special
Committee, consisting OF Messrs. Boutwell,,
Conkling, Allison, Merrimon, and Eaton
appointed to examine the several branches
of the civil service with view to a reorga-
nization of the several departments with
ter oaths. and to cend Tor persons and papers;
the committee to audit and control the con-
tlngent expenses OF the Sera which is
composed of Hessrs. Jones, (Nev.,) Dawes,
and Dennis; the Joint Committee on Printing
Mr.. Anthony, chairman, and she Committee
on Public Buildings and Grounds, Mr.. Nor
rill, of Vermont, chairman. A resolution
was offered by Mr.. Logan yesterday authoriz.
ing the clerk of the Committee on Military
Tor the purpose Of preparing and revising
articles OF war to be presented TO Congress
ID december next, was agreed to, but subse-
quently, at the request of Mr.. Logan, the
vote was reconsidered, and he then Withdrew
III with the explanation that he had learned
that by law passed last session COMMITTEES
clerk clerks can receive no pay during recess
Mr.. Jones, of Nevada, also offered but sub
Sequently withdrew, resolution autfot-
izing the secretary of the Senate to paw to
clerks OF the several standing committees of
the Senate and to pages of the Senate their
usual per diem from the list to the 18th of
April inclusive. Mr.. Sargent explained that
this could not be done in accordan, with the
law, and Mr.. Jones withdrew his resolution.
Heretofore IL has been customary to adopt a
similar resolution at the close of every SEES
sion, but last session clause was put In the
legislative. executive and judicial apprOpri-
alton bill that the pay of committee clerks
snall be six dollars per diem during the ses-
sion Only.