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DEVOTED TO JVEIfS, POLITICS, LYDUSTRY, MORALITY, LITERATURE, AXD AMUSEMENT. Volume VI. LAWRENCEBURGH, (INDIANA;) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1830. Number 40.

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From the U. S. Telegraph. BLACK LIST. Nj. 14. Abuse and violation of lav. An act of Congress, passed March, 3d, 1809, declares, that, 'Exclusively of Paymasters of the Army, and Pursers of the Navy, and o'her officers authorized by law, no other permanent agents shall be appointed, either for the purpose of making contract?, or for the purchase of supplies, or for the disbursement in any oilier manner, of moneys for the use of the

military establishment or of the Navy of the United 6 lutes, but such as shall be. ap pointed by the President of the. United Stales, with the advice and consent of the Senate " Mr. George Macdaniel, aClerk in the 4th Auditor's Office, was appointed, many years ago, as Special Agent for the Navy Department, for the purpose of p lying rn ill claim. He was never nominated to the Senate, and nver gave security. Oa his disbursements he was allowed one per cent, as compensation. The business done by him increased little by little, so that hh disbursements were, during Mr. A Jams' administration, from 40,000 to 90,000 per year. His commissions, us alFor 1825 after 4th of March, $354 33 Fur 1826 836 34 For 1827, 738 47 For 1823, and up to Walkins' removal io 1829, 1,111.27 S3, 190 90 During his whole agency fie was a Clerk in the 4th Auditor's Office, and for the years above named, received a salary of!,400 per year. The whole business of this agency was dane during office hours, and som times occupied his entire attoti-vi for days. His accounts, as a disbursing officer, w-re generally examined and stated by himself, a an accounting officer. In addition to this, he kopi the bonks of the Navy Pension Fund, for which he was allowed a salary of 250 a year, besides his regular salary aud his commissions. This allowance originated in the following account, made out b) himself: " The JVavy Pension Fund To George Macdaniel, Dr. ''For compensation for adjusting and keeping 'he accounts of the Fund, and particularly x examining and adjusting the accounts of the late Cunmissioneis of Loans, as agents for paying pensions previous to the balance being tranfrred to the baek from 1st July, 1817, to 1st July, 181 8, (two hundred ad fifty d-llars.) 250 00 "Respectfully submitted to the honorable Secretary of the Navy for his approbation; to be paid and charged tethe contingent account of the Fund. 'Allowed: "B. W. Crowninshield." This has been considered sufficient authority for paying him a regular salary of 250 from that time to the close of the late administration, which has enabled him to receive out of that Fund .2,979 1G. This business win also done during office hours. Mr. Macdaniel was also employed from time to time, as agent to purchase stocks for the Navy Pension Fund, and for this service he was allowed a commission. Ho also disbursed mojicys for the Fund, on which he was allowed a commission. The commissions allowed to him on these accounts, mounted to 1,210 77, and he claims $672 more. Though so liberally paid for "adjusting and keeping the accounts of the Fund," the accounts of some of the Agents had not, upon the late change cf the administration, been settled since 182G. He made out the reports of the state of the Fund to Congress, which in 1828 were so framed as entirely to conceal both the neglect of Mr. Hay, in suffering so large a sum of money to remain uninvested, and his own delinquency in not settling up the Agents accounts. Not deeming it expedient, that an accounting clerk should be a disbursing officer, and believing the agency itself, as then held, incompatable with law, the present 4th Auditor directed Mr. Macdaniel to close his agency and prepare his accounts for settlement. A portion of the services were transferred to the Captain of the Navy Yard at Washington, whose special duty it is by law to perform them; another par- ( tion is done by the public officers. All commissions and the allowance for keeping the accounts of the Navy Pension Fund, have been discontinued, that being conquered a part of the regular duties of the 4lh Auditor1: Office.

Mr Macdaniel retains about 1.200 belonging to the Navy Pension Fund, against which he claims to get off the ccmmisssions above mentioned, and a balance of about 370 due him on account of his special agency. From 1822 to 1829, there were allowed to Mr Macdaniel, commissions as Special Agent $4 7-27 89 As Agent for purchase of stocks and pay caeDt of pensioners 1218 77 s salary for k -pping pension account, from 1817 2.979 15 $9 790 90 Thus a favorite subordinate Clerk received at th rafe of two thousand four hundred and forty.srce.ji dollars vr year when ihe salary of the Chief Clerk in (he 4 h Auditors Offic , is 1.700, and iu all the D epartments is 1,000. During (his time he had in his hand an average of at least 15,000 of pohlie rnoney, as hi sttlements show. He laims G92 30 more, as commissiois for the purchase of stock for the Navy Pension Food, in 1323, whitli has not been allowed him. During the same time his regular salary as Clerk amounted to 22,913 50

Total receipts 31.839 32 Of these extras, the sun. of 4,190 90 was allowed by Mr. Adam.' 4th Auditor, iinsrqijrnt to March 4'h, 1 825. In 1826, Mi. Mn dae.iel charged and was allowed 1 63 98 for commission on i 05,594 06 placed in his hands to be forwarded through the Dank of the United States to W. Strickland, of Philadelphia, and John H-ivilund, of Norfolk, for the use of the Navy Hospital. I was s nt in nine remittances of 5,000 to 15,000, one only excepted, and the whob service could not have occupied him an hour. The Secretary of the Navy had before made those remittance? himself, as he does others to Navy Agents, without any charge to the Fund. The motive for making them through Mr. Macdaniel is not perceived; th- effect was to enable him to pocket 16398 of this rbaiiv fund. Let us now sura up again: T. W kins' seven frauds $7,00 S00 Paid in )hn and Leon-trd 11 040 12 Allowed and advaticed to A Binny S6 8 i 9 -SI Commissions to Pursers (oranted in !;st summary) 15 641 67 'aid to, and lost bv. Chares May 13 162 03 Extras Co George Macdaniel 4 190 90 $138 154 18 Here is th snm of ONE HUN DRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND Fir TY FOUR DOLLARS of the people's money corruptly taken, criminally wasted, or carelessly lost, by M'. Adams' 4th Auditor, Secretary of the Navy, or 'heir associates, du;ing his administration. Was there no room for REFORM? In a country which affords a welcome asylum to all whom inclination or oppression may lead to seek its protection, a summary view of the existing state of the laws regulating the naturalization of alien?, can neither be uninteresting nor unprofitable. In this country, all the rights and immunities of citizenship, with the single exception of eligibility to the presidency, are extended equally to the native and the adopted citizen ; and these high privileges are bestowed on the most liberal terms, no more being exacted than fidelity to the constitution and laws de mands. At a future time we propose to notice the subject of expatriation, which is intimately connected with that of which we are now treating, the adoption of aliens as members of our family, implying an equal right in our citi ens, if choice should impel them to abandon it, to become naturalized elsewhere. By the constitution of the United States, power is delegated to con gress "to establish a uniform rule of naturalization throughout the United States' and congress first legislated on the subject in March, A. D. 1790. Since the exercise of this right by emigres, it may be considered that the several states are excluded from all power to legislate on the subject. The first act of congressnow in force, was passed onthe 14th of April, 1 802, and is entitled "an act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal all acts heretofore pas?ed on that subject.55 Since that time five different laws have been enacied, the last of which was passed on the 26th of May, A. D. 1821. We shall now proceed briefly to con;idI er the operation cf these laws.

In the first place, we may notice that j

the right to become citizens is granted I to none but "aliens being free white persons." These may be arranged in four classes. First. Aliens who have arrived since the 1 8th of June, 1812. Second. Aliens who arrived between the 14h of April, 1802, and the 13th of June, 1812. Third', Aliens who arrived between the 15th June, 179S, and the 14th of April, 1802. Fourth. Aliens who arrived before" the 29ti of January, 1795. First. An alin who has arrived since the 1 8th of June, 1 81 2, must have complied with these conditions: 1st, He must have declared, on oath or affirmation, before a circuit or district court of the United States, or of the territorial distiicts of the U i'ed State5, or before a court of recoid in any state, having common law jurisdiction, and a seal and clerk or prothonotary, or before either of the clerks of any cf the said couits, two years a! least before his admission, that it was bona ride, his intention to become a citizen of the United Slates, and to renounce for ever, all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly oy name to that whereof he may at the time be a citiz m subject, and a certiticatc from the proper clerk or prolhcnotary, of the declaration of intention thus made, must be exhibited on his application to be admitted a citiz- n, and must be recited at full length on ibe record of the court, otherwise such admission shall be of no alidity. 2nd, He shall at the time of his admission, declare on oath or affirmation, before the court, that In will support the constitution of the United States, and that he will absolntelv and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity in the manner set forth in the first condition, which proceedings must be recorded by the clerk of th court. 3d, The court must be satifid that that he has resided in the Unitnd S ates five years at lea?f, next immediately preceding his admission, without being, during any portion of the said time, out of the territory of the United States, and the court must be further satisfied that doling that time he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the 3ame. The oath of the applicant shall in no case prove his residence. 4lh, In case he shall have borne any hereditary title, or been of any of the orders of nobility in the kingdom or state from which he came, he must expressly renounce such title or order of nobility in the court in which he may be admitted, which renunciation shall be there recorded. 5th, He must have made registry and obtained certificate in the following manner. If of the age of twenty-one years he must have reported him3el, if under that age, or held in service, he must have been reported by his par ents, guardian, master, or mistress, to some one of the courts above named;! and such report mti-t have ascertained his name, birth place, age nation, and allegiance, together with the country whence he emigrated, and the place of his intended settlement. It is made the duty of the clerk of the court to furnish to every individual concerned a certificate under his hand and seal of office, of such report and registry; tor receiving ana registering eaen report of an individual or family, he is entitled to charge fifty rents, and the like sum for each certificate; & such certificate shall be exhibited to the court as evidence of the time of the applicant's arrival within the United States, and must be recited at full length in the record of the court admitting him, and without such recital his admission shall be of no validity. If the certificate of citizenship were obtained prior to the 26th of May. 1824, it shall not be invalid in consequence of an omission to insert therein the certificate of report and registry, and of the declaration of intention. Second. An alien who arrived between the uth of April, 1802 and the 18hof June, 1812. 1st. He must have made a declaration of intention two years before, as above mentioned. 2nd. He must take the oaths, or make the renunciation above prescribed, which must be recorded. 3d. The court must be satisfied, that he has resided within the Unit-d States for five vean at leeMnd within

the state or territory where the court

to which he applies is held, one year at least ; and the com t must be further sat ished that during that time he has behaved in the manner required, as 6et forth heietofore: providedthat the oath of the applicant shall in no case be allowed to prove his residence. 4ih. He must have made registry and obtained a certificate in the manner above stated, and this registry must have been made five years antecedent to his application, and is the onlv evi dence of the time of his arrival. This certificate of report and registry, and of the declaration of intention, need not be recited at full length in the recoid, as in ffie previous class. Third. A i alien who arrived between the 18th of June, 1798, and the 14'h of April, 1802. 1st. No declaration of intention is required. 2nd. 'J ho oath or affirmation and renunciation of allegiance and titles, required in the other cases, must be made. 3d. It must be proved to the satisfaction of the court, that the applicant was residing within the United States before the 14! h of April, 1802, and has continued so to do, which residence, for at least five years, must be proved by citizens of the United States, who must be named in the record as witnesses, and the facts mutt also be set forth therein; otherwise he shall not be considered a citizen of the United States. He must also have resided in the state or territory where the court is held, one year at least, and thp usual proof of good moral character, &c. must be exhibited. Fourth. An alien who arrived before the 29th of January, 1795. He may be admitted to become a citizen on proof that he h.is resided two years at least within the United States, and one year immediately preceding his application in the stale or territory where the court is held he must take the oaths prescribed, renounce his former allegiance and any title he may have held, and make the requisite proof or good moral character, &c. all which must be recorded by the cleik of the court. No person proscribed by any state, or who has been legally convicted of having joined the army of Great Britain duiing the revolutionary war, can become a citizen without the consent of the state in which he war- proscribed. An alien enemy cannot be admitted to become a citizen, but happily none are excluded by this exception, as our coun try is blessed by peace with all mankind. It now rnly remains for us to notice the provisions of the naturalization laws relative to widow?, children, and minors. The children of persons naturalized under the laws cf the United States, or cf those who, previous to the p:is-ge of any law cn the subject by the United States, were naturalized under the law of any state, being under twenty-one years of nge at the time, cf their parents' naturalization, shall, if dwel ling m the United Stales, be considered r.s citizens thereof; and any alien hav ing declared his intention, made report and registry as prescribed, and having died before he was naturalized, his widow and children, on taking the oaths required by law, shall be entitled to all the rights of citizenship: and the child ren of citizens, though born out of the j United States, shall be deemed such, provided that the rights of citizenship shall not descend to any person whose father never resided in the United Slates. Any alien being a minor, under the age of twenty-one years, who has resided in the United States three years next preceding his arrival at that age, and who shall have continued to reside therein up to the time of his application, may, after be shall arrive at the aforesaid age, and shall have resided in the United States five years, including the three years of his minority, be admitted a citizen, without having declared his intention previously, provided he shall make the declaration required, at the time of bis admission, 'and shall declare on oath, and prove to the satisfaction of the court, that for three years next preceding, it has been, bona fide, his intention to become a citizen of the United States; and shall in all other respects, comply with the laws in regard to naturalization. Journal of Luzo. In 1676, the corporation of New York irrposed a Qae i 20 guilders on a" Sabbath breakers,

Execution at Green Bay. A gentleman from the Bay gives the following description of the execution on the 20tb. ult. of a Soldier condemned for murder-

Ling an otlicer in whose charge with others, he had been placed to aid in building several boats for Government. "The execution, was out right murder of this victim of the law, and may be accounted for in this way: a change of Sheriffs for the county took place about the time of the execution, that ia ihe day of xecution occurred within the twenty days allowed new Sheiiffi to qualify, when the old Sheriff said, 'my time has expired, and I will not hang ; man to go out of i ffice upon,' and his successor said, 'I will not hang a man to go into office upon,' thus there was no exec utioner ; and the Judge wa3 compelled to appoint an executioner and selected a half breed fellow, who knew nothing oflheduty. The day anived, the prisoner was escorted to the gallows, and ascended, and it wafl astonishing to witness with what com posure he met bis fate. Having ad justed the noose, and tried the fastning knot above him, he turned to the executioner and requested more rope, which was denied, when he addressed themr "Gentlemen, I have come to die; my sentence is just, I wish to die, I do not want the rope lengthened that it may break, or that my feet may touch the ground, I waul drop enough to break my neck, I do not want to die by inches." Thi9 request however, was refused, and the victim continued his applications and arguments for some time, but beieg warned by the executioner that his time had nearly expired, and that he must prepare to meet it, with much dignity, assumed an erect position in the centre of the drop and made a signal to the executioner to cut away, which was promptly responded to by a blow which suspended him between the heavens and earth. " The event showed the anticipations of the miserable man, in relation to 'dying by inches, to have been well founded, for he was heard to breathe at a distance of severai rots, for half an hour, and life did not leave the body for three fourths of an hour after the drop; and it was thought he died merely by the pressure of the rope upon the jugular veins stopping the circulation of the blood." We think this circumstance should be a warning to r fficers to whose lot it may fall to enforce the laws, and show them the greatest mercy they can confer upon their victims is to do their duty well Cleavetand Herald. Large Peach. We were presented this morning by Mr. James Givan, with a very delicious peach, which, together with a number of others of nearly equal M7e, he had plucked from a tree in his orchard a short time previously. The one to which we have reference, weighed 17 oz. and 5-8, and measured 12 inches and 3 4 rouud! We might challenge the country to bt at this, but we would e6teem it an honor in the best cultivators of fruit in any part of ihe Union, of no inferior grade, to equal it. Indianapolis Jour, Bunker Hill. A sea captain who chanced to be in London durirg the revolutionary war, met several British officers in a tavern, who were busily discussing American affairs. "Wo should have conquered them long ago," said one, "had it not been for that arch rebel Washington." "With all hiss-kil-ful manu uvres they are the same as conquered already," observed another. The American said nothing, but bia countenance bore marks of honest indignation. "What, Jonathan, are yen from the rebel colonies? ' asked the ( fficers. "Iam from New England j gen tlemen." "Well, what news do yon bring? Will your crops be heavy enough to feed the regulars?" "My countrymen tell me," replied he, "that British blood is the best manure they ever had. Turnips larger than a peck measure are raised on Bunker Hill." It is said that the croup, one of the most dai gerous and rapid of diseases, may be t ff-ctually checked by the external application to the throat of ec.ual parts of camphor, spirits cf wine and hartshorn, well mixed together. The ancient Tower of Whitby Abby, Kent, England, fell with a tremendous crash, the day before the death of the King. It was 105 feet high, and was supported by four lofty pillars