New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-01
MR.. HENLEY's CITIZENSHIP.
SHOWN TO BE A NATURALIzED MEXICAN.
mrs APPLICATION TO THE EMPEROR MAHlMiLiAN-
COPIES or OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
r,v TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNR1


COPIES or OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
rny TELEGRAPH TO THs TRIBuNE1
w,su,sGToS. April 3O.-In The Daily ETdnl-
Of san Francisco dated April II. appeared WASH
ipgton dspatch as follows: -.
In regard the charge OF having taken He an said
Naxiuiliap's Government. Representative IN .sis
to-day: elected sixteen years ae1 District
ae Of caonis; e essse Eecor 70
congress- aud each time my poIoaxi oscs has always
onned inter e:ection now when u mas oce~ Tr
kinded by judge Field through sns Cleveland IN
fhe last cainI aign and he most yiruent S oath
Administrator now nave ses'f This have averied
over and over again. As to Tie Roahd Naley me 49,,
they have been settled by Se hars been repeated
and over again to thousands OF PeOpe 4" P" YIN
stump and everywhere ESQ ,,o =, tho saos
nv a somewhat remarkable eoineueoce, oh ''0 o n
a. chat the foregoing dispatch put an type IN san
1ancsco n notary public in the City OF Mexico ahAeu
his signature and seal to the following certlhcae:
lose yilela notary public. hereby certies that the
foregoing Is literal copy of the original docnhen' On
ie ia tie archives OF the called Empire S Tc9 r a,S
deposited in the Department f9eiE ~, am Vim the
which said copy hroui Tue @. uu nj com
of the secretary o. sam ~ Aud az tho
ons, Of the interested party and that II may serve NJ
legal purposes, issue the present oocunie"' d" ~
on this the 10TH day OF April 1889. .Ao
To the certificate of Senior Nillela was appenueu '
ociI certificate of the United States Consu+Genera IN
Mexico The document thus officially authenticated was
sent to Senator Miller. of California ana ooreo' i9
of Il was at the time transmitted 10 an"'"oi
man m California from whom TRIBUNE correspondent
has received it, is paper OF extreme interest anu
Importance as It's head lines show. They read as iof
lows: 49, .ou. .,
translation of the original naturalization papers OF
BARCLAY Henley as a subject OF tie Emperor Maximum
on file In the National archives In tue CITY OF
Mexico.
Then follows this Endorsement;
10 "a Ga December. 1864 Ministry on Foreign
AN,ifs Councillors Department. Barclay Hehley, an
American. applies for naturalization papers They were
s Ssene OF the No. 1885, Palace of Mexico,
Snc%aent relating to the petition :presented by the
American subject, Barclay Henley, III when ne ASKS ~
be naiurazoda Mexican lrans,ea NO " s be neased
70 resolve upon thu matter as soon as poSsl9e 30 ,bo
The Counsellor OF State In charge lac ihI u INC
+. Eion. Cabinet Of the Emperor, No 1887 ls6-
Hext comes the petition of Barclay Henley WHICH
reads as follows:
Tho nndersicned Barclay Henley native of Charles.
ton INDIANA Uned states OF America has me honor OF
very Respectfully stating 70 your ~ in,,inS from his
native country. OF bringing his Iamily anu Its
fortune he become convinced that nndeI inc
~ her new (overnreut Mexico is tue country OF
America that ofprs the greatest ADVANTAGES ann hosl
But the undersigned having all his proty m Cai"na,
Is under The Necessity oil returning there III oer ~
brtng his family and turn iutO cash his nOvabe anu
imlnovable property and then owing 10 strong Isl
ties which have been oeeasioned ny ue tNn snth he
tween the parisans OF the North anu OF Tue soul no
fears on account of his soutbern opinions lal as on
fies Of California with more or less obstacles to bis emil
sr,an While lis character as Mexican subject will
rTefoe takes the liberty Of very respectfully scag
from yonT Imperial Majesty to grant him natiaL1n
and as yoa deigned to do with other oregners m
Topping that bis % ,T De Of renans With the
most profound respect Your Imperial "aJeS' ''i'
numb BARrIAY HENLEY, Itnrbids Hotel Room No 10.
To The Emperor.
Attached to the petition is certificate, signed by
Mariana Degallodo, W. Beniield ana FRANCISCO -du"'
which states that,
We the undersigned are acquainted with Mr. Barclay
Henley American citizen aud know that ne eodnS.s
may be necessary sign this paper in Mexico on te
24;h or Decent er. 1864
Following the words:
December "a, 1864.
Let this be Issued.
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs returned Mr.
Henley's petition with the following Endorsement
ERcel,eDey rs Iessed 70 transmit marked with The
number 1887 must present himself 70 Inis snsnS -,
order TO ill the requisites OF the 10" DO" III io0o
ing 20 naturalization papers.
IL is said that Gwn and several other Aneri
cans were present when Mr. Henley took the oath oil
allegiance 10 the Macmillan Government That ne
promptly and fully complied with the requisites Oh tne
law is shown by the following;
herewith inclose to your Excsllency the MAJ uLaliza
tion pspers which II. NJ the Emperor has been pleased
TO grant in favor of Mr.. Barclay Henley so that your
calls for them al your Office II the said party has al
ready called and left his address, your Excenehes Nh
10
NAV he: but II he has not given his address You VIII
then forward the same TO the ohca iIele0' VI %"
Bias where the Interested party Is ~ 60
Mr. Henley having left the City OF Mexico before re-
eeyne his naturalization papers they were forwarded
In due course as directed will appear from an oc'i
letter to the General Secretary OF the Superior Pocm
Prefecture of the mexican Empire" from the
military commander at San Bias, dated January 49,
1865 which reads as follows:
With your Excellencys official note OF the 9th nave
received the naturalization papers which hs Majesty
the Emperor pleased TO issue IN favor OF MT bIct
Henley who left for Mazatlan on the 9th inst on Dos
the English Zenith. aud shall forward sau
docunIent the mail steamer Almrante winch snls
from this the 22d inst to tie superior frcect VI
said mort who will obtain the corresponding receipt 10
be transmitted to your EKceileneY IN due time.
The foregoing document is officially eertined oy
Mariana Romero Superior Political Preect Oi 'he
District of Guana ,nato which San Bias Dfned part
When Mr. Henley presents himself TO be sworn as
member OF the House of Representatives OF the XLlAth
Congress- objection will be made 10 his admission on the
ground that he is citizen OF the United states anu
therefore Ineligible 10 seat In Congress ana lne
foregoing record viii be offered In support OF the opec
ton.
Mr. KEILEY's NEW MISSION.