New-York tribune., 1880-10-31

the sum of S12344 ~. The creditors begged for
tme aud asked for p0stponement OF the sale;
claiming that compromise could be MADE anu
they could receive after the payment OF all expenses
80 cents upon the dollar. Inc goods were eStuateu
to he worth ~ least $36 1000. An adjonrniheht loi
a week was granted, Tor winch the auctioheel, noM
Shol Peter Bowe, received 1IOO. Ieope WY ono no
OF Town. II being IN the summer, a'tu @ @tuo
creditors insisted upon another week, WHICH was
denied Mr. B0we Is one oi the most li,n lio,,huiie r
men III the Anti-1amm9uy organization Whlch mas
named Mr. Truax for Judge. He received Tor sell
inc the goods of the msolvent firm SI2l "a
The reporter talked with a former clerk OF Mccall
lum x Co.. who, being familiar with their business
WAS employed by MIR. IruaX for several months
after the assignment. lie sad that there were only
three or four suits in MIR. iruaXS office IN reference
TO any controversy whatever besides those
growing ont Of the McCallum assignment
AS instance of the in which the affairs OF tue
estate were conducted by Mr.. IruaN. the 1oIIoWine
Is given: 4 cOuSlgnOr of goods III the hands ot Nc
Callum X Co, transferred 10 the assignee callcu
upon the latter with etter from the nfn s'9"aIs @
his title. The goods delivered, hut a chatEo
OF SO was made without warrant of law Dy the
assignee Tor their delivery. ,iuoo.or
A prominent merchant in Wllliam-st., a director
in several banks and Comm ssl9ner ol . E.lIs,1
tiOn waited upon Yesterday py Ins repoi'UI, ~
with member of the firm OF McCaiium a. q 10 70 e ne
stated that he preferred er"IltoI oI 'nc nm
TO the amount of 81 100; that he had been unable
TO secure even a percentage DIVIDEND, anu wlthn
few DAYS. had begun suit to compel the assignee
10 account AMI pay
ISMR. GRACE LEGALLY NATURALIZEDf
GRAVE REASONS FOR BELIEVING THAT THE COURT
WAS DECEIVED WHEN lie TOOK OUT HIS
PAPERS.
Further investigate into the matter OF the nat
uralizltion of William r. Grace. the Democratic
candidate for Mayor, leaves little room for doubt
that the certificate which was granted to
him in December, 1867 was obtained through
deceit practised upon the Court of Com
mon Pleas. Mr. Grace has apparently avoided
making public bis age and in all tine sketches
Of his life which have been published this partlcu-
lar is carefully CLOSED over. HIS seeming effort
TO suppress the information, however, has proved
futile; for, unfortunately for him, the truth has
been recorded officially the margin of his appll-
cation paper which is file in the Clerks Office OF
the Court of Common Pleas 1t was the custom OF
the clerk making ont the application papers
in that court TO mark them with his initials and
also to note on the margin the age OF the applicant
when he came to the country and also his age when
decentralization papers wero issued. Thus, on the
margin of Mr. Grace's application paper. are found
these letters and figures: -. b. 10 35.' Thelet-
ters j b." are the initials Of John Brown, the
clerk who drew up the papers The 10 indicates
that Mr. Grace came to tins country when he was
sixteen Years of age and 50 " was his age on De-
cenber 80. 1867. when the naturalization papers
were ISSUED.
United States Commissioner Deuel. Is probably as
familiar with naturalization matters as any man IN
this country. TRIBUNE reporter yesterday
submitted to him a certified copy Of Mr. Grace's
naturalization papers. the sketches If his lie pub
lshed by the Democratic papers and other docu-
Inentary evidence pertaining to Mr. Graces career,
and asked him for his opinion as to the legality of
his naturalization. Mr. Deuel. made a most careful
examination of the papers. and then said;
According to the figures the nat
Mr. boV
in 1889. and came to this country in 1918.
Itis stated that lac remained here for two years.
returned to ireland TO consult with his father as to
the adyisability of establishing an American house
in Liverpool The idea acted upOn and the
terpIisc was success but Mr. Grace's ambition
was not satisfied, and after few years he sold out
his Liverpool business and returned to America.
From this statement Of facts concerning Mr. Grace
IL IS apparent that when he returned TO Great
Britain ho was eighteen years of age. 1t is stated
that lie was in business there for several years 1t
is therefore extremely difficult for me to comIre-
hend how in 1867 Mr.. Grace could have made the
oath which the records of the Court of Common
Pleas indicate he made namely that he has resided
in the United States three years next preceding his
arrival at the age of twenty-one' 1t Is also
difficult to understand how Thomas T. Husson,
of Jamaica, Long Island. who acted as
witness for Mr. Grace the occasion of his obtain
ing his naturalization papers, could have sworn in
1867 that Mr. Grace had resided in the United
States IN 1852 and 1888. and that during those
years when he was In Great Britain Mr. Grace was
.'attacled TO the principles of the Constitution of
the United States and was well disposed 10 the good
order and happiness Of the same"
Ii must be borne IN mind that Mr. Grace was
natufalzed III 1867 under what Is termed the
'mnoI'. act' THIS act enables aliens who arrive in
tins country under eighteen years of to become
natuialzcd proving five wears residence. which
must include tree years residence Immediately pre-
cedng arrival AT legal age
a -ain II Is shown that Mr. Grace was agent for
the H,ard Of Marine Underwriters IF tins city at
CallaO. Peru. between 1865 and 1871, and he uim-
self does moi clam that he left CaaO tins cOuu-
try before 1863. In 1867, well as now, the law
required applicants for naturalization TO prove that
they had resided for the continued term of five years
next preceding naturalization within the United
States.
Mr. Grace's extreme haste TO be the pOssessor or
a certificate of naturalization has resulted III his
obtaining one. winch upon all the facts before me
in respect of LEGALITY, Is extremely doubtful and,
believe one which would not be sustained by the
Court OF Common Pleas upon review of Its pro-
ceedngs. | believe that under the clrcumst tances
the only way Mr. Grace could have been legally
natuIalIz d would have been to declare his lnten-
tiOns III 1867. and then, two years afterwaId, and
after he had resided in the United States for the
continued term of five years have gone into Court
with the proper evidence
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