The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-17
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Warren ReruaSs-- Bzrrh i5.--All was quiet on
Wednesday night no arrests being made BY the
March l6.-Thos, Malone, (whi,e) found drunk
and noisy In the street, and not being able 10 give
security for better behavior, WINS committed 20 the
york house for thirty days.
John T.. Stone, (whis) brought In, charged with
passing acounierteit ten dollar note. After an ex-
animation Of the witnesses no was reqaIred 10 give
1000 which was given BY Mr. John Stone.
Calvin J. Lebtcc (white) brought In for being con.
cerned Ia passing counterfeit money. Committed
70 jail as q witness against John r Stone.
PRrsrxrs TO GrsERJ.I TAvton---An inrIdsns.
somewhat amusing, took place yesterday In ths
company, an old man came in with lot Of backing,
which he highly recommended "a the by -atanders a.
being The very best extant for polishing leather He
came near TO whore The President was stnndine, ana
asked him whether he would take some" The
President probably not being aware of what the ar
iicle was remarked that he could receive no pres
ents Of any kind, except those Of very iriilne char
acter. The merchant politely handed 10 him a box
Of the backing, which the Gen. received with
smile and placed 1t upon the mantle piece.
We were informed that gentleman from Buffalo
presented 10 him fine piece of beef accompanied
with remarks, 10 which the President happily res
A widow Of Philadelphia and Revolutionary
soldier Of the same city have cast In their mites 10
Gen. Taylor In the way Of presents to Mrs. Taylor,
uttu Urn foi NV vthcsN-' i
soMEraINa NEw-- On Monday eyaning nexi, Mr..
he Nshng4s ssisnsde n' axes aa' bsas on
which occasion The Renefcinn will present SPLEEN
did gold pencil 10 the author authoress Of The best
Original conimdrum--nnd silver pencil and gold
pen 10 the anhor authoress nf the Morsf original
conundrn, besides which he offers bill Of rare ex
cellcnce; The beautiful songs of ROSA Lee MARY
Blame, and stop dat knockng, will be sung
here - metal attractive, certninly. Remember
Mnudav 10Th Sao nIu
IspoRrAsr II TauK.--We were informed yes,er-
day morning. BY one entitled 10 respect that prit
yaIe ieegrnphc despatch WINS received In this city,
stating that on Thursday, there wns general QUIT
break in Canada against the existing Government,
lnshgated BY Mckenzie, Papineau Woodruff Suth
ernnd ynnrensalaer and others that the troops, OF
first fought against the popuace, but many OF them
afterwards lfaternized with the people, Il was re-
ported that upwards OF three thousand persons were
killed, and that the Governor was taken prisoner
Weconyersed with q gentleman who received d
letter dated week ago, at which time oil was quiet
in the provinces, but large portion Of The people
were dsafecfed towards the Government
We cannot vouch for The truth Of the intelligence
above stated, i may be another sieve CANNON
affair.
SFiRk.7- Last night about nlno o'clock, coal
wagon was discovered on fire. nsar the Centre Mar
ket. Somebody, ills supposed threw lighted cigar
on tho fodder The bells sounded nm alarm, and the
engines soon suppressed The flames. The extent Of
| horses food 81 IS
ASoTHER. Fifteen minutes affer the above named
occurrence, the alarm WINS again given. Tie frame
stable on Ninth near Z street belonging 10 the Rev
O. B. Brown, was on fire. Tho building was burned
beyond repair, together with the loft Of hay. The
carriage and horse were saved II is supposed that
tho confngration. was the work of an lncendia-
ry. The small frame house almost adjoining occr-
pied by Mr.. Jacob Martin was In danger, but few
gallons Of wafer, seasonably thrown preserved In
fiury.
TnE EerATE or KosciUsKo. The Hon Reverdy
Johnson and Mai, g. Tochmany yesterday filed petit
ton In the Orphans Court ns counsel Of Capt Wan.
kowiz the great grand nephew Of General Thaddeus
kosclusko, and moved the court that Lewis John
son, administrator de bonis non 0fthe Kosciusko
estate, be ordered TO advance TO Capt Wankowiz
five hundred dollars, on account Of his portion. In
support Of his motion, they showed that The estate
exceeds sixty thousand dollars and that there no
membranes except only claim not exceeding ten
thousand dolbrs, and others, which are contested.
Mr. Morft appeared for Mr. Johnson, and raised the
question Of hsirship Of Captain Wnnkowiz; where
upon Major Tochman called for the decree of gene.
aloay Of the heirs Of Koscinsko, and for the deposit
lions which established and proved that decree du.
ring certain proceedings against the former admin
isirntor and In the course Of which, upon the death
Of the former administrator (Col. Bomford) the
present defendant was appointed administrator d.
bons non Of Kosciuskos estate, the request Of the
very Captain Wnnkowiz whose heirship Is now con-
tested. Further proceedings were postponed until
Tuesday next.
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