The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-26
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THs MAY FESTIVAL annual recurrence Of this
iayoriie ard delightful celebration IL now hand-alrea.
OF the pleasures OF he fete are e with the young and The
gayihe serious are looking Into their purses and all are
hiaahinS ready Tor The gala night
Inc lovely Queen has been chosen her maids Of honor
Tue ehoice 81 the lair and beautiful appointed galaxy o.
Saloon win be present % throw an enchanenl over the
scene The most extensive floral decoraiions under
parere Of egrens Seauy = rom s
q the liberal proprietor, our weLknown rllowcilizen
Mr. carnsi there can be no doubt but that the approaching
May Festival viii exceed in spendor and attraction The
many OF us predecessors.
From The great number Of invitations issued, may vel
be calculated that tie extensive halls will be filed alos
- care, however, we are well assured vii
be taken to promote The harmony and enjoyment Of the
great strength and beautiful display scarcely b,
conceived as judging from the past SO win be the pres
TRIAL OF SINISTER alias Tom HAsp.--On the opening
o. the Criminal Couri, Yesterday morning, the exan
snmed. Several testified the good character OF Will.
Baney; one Of the principal witnesses for the United
dent IN December aud February last acknowledging thai
he had The Government jewels and promising 70 return
lice Gazette the printing Of the Official list Of deserers
THIS was Intended 10 rtbut the testimony offered on Tues
may ahs aesnss produced Witnesses to reout The 'e
Mr.. Key brought TO the stand named John Davis
% prove By him that shnser in the early part u last No
vember, offered TO him for sale certain diamonds
This was resisted by the counsel for the defence on I'll,
ground, mainly that The testimony ought have been
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The Court sustained the objection.
Al few minutes TO O'clock all the testimony hay
ing been elected Mr. Key addressed the jury insisting tia
The evidence was sufficient 10 convict The prisoner
Mr. Radcliffe as earnestly commended that Shusier
titled to All acqutial
Mr.. Carlisle followed on tue same side for fifteen o.
twenty minutes and the case will be concluded to-day
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FuLrmMnsr OF Vow Directly a6er the battle Of Pale
gentleman now in the city, predicted that Genera
Taylor would be The next President VI the United States
So confident was he Of This, that he then vowed thai IL
would not shave his beard until he had the pleasure
shaking by The hand the old Hero aSthe Chief Magistrate
40 may be supposed, he reseinbed Dunknrd. Yeaier
lay he called upon The President, aud shook HIM by III,
hand, and when he returned to his lodgings he applied TN
razor and removed iom his lace the hairy incuinbace
+. E $3.50. - -
jim WEEP IN LiMBo.--According to an observation o
Mr. Radcliffe, In the Criminal Court yesterday this
ioua personage has been committed 70 jail IN some
neetion with the stealing OF the Government jewels
Mr. Radcliffe remarked that Webb would probabl,
be sent abroad Minister 10 Madrid, Tor The New Yorl
Herald says that Of the European powers will maxi
attempt siea the island Of Cuba from Spain, and tina
Jim Webb only can prevent this by stealing fo the Uni
ted States
Impressive EXHIBITION We attended the Magic Ian
tern exhibition at the Methodist Protestant Church. Nav,
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