Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-10-05
City Itel--

~ In the Board Of Common Cou-A
day Mr.. Easily, from the Committee on 4
introduced an act to make the law regulating tn
license OF taverns binding also upon ordinaries
and retailers This will give majority of the
householders in the immediate vicinity the right
to say whether or not such places shall be opened
16r Last night between nine and ten O'Clock
FIRE was discovered in the paint and oil store of
Mr.. o. Whittlesey, on between Sixth and Sc
venth streets BY the activity of gentlemen in
the neighborhood it was extiuguished, and very
luckily, for it is probable if the discovery had
been made two minutes later, we should have
had to record the loss of life We were informed
this morning by a young gentleman, engaged in
the store, that the fire was the work OF an in
cendiary. A key which had been lost some days
ago was found in the door, the drawer had been
robbed of some small change, and an attempt
made to open the iron chest
Bar GooDs FOR EVERYBODY. going
out to shop, refer to the advertisements of Max
well, Sears & Colley. 1t is not true, as the
readers Of the Baltimore papers sometimes sup
pose, that there are no dry goods stores in Wash
ington.
UNION LITERARY SOCIETY. BY their advertise
ment we perceive that the members of this old
association are to hold their irst meeting Of the
winters campaign tomorrow evening. The meet
ngs of this society have always been interesting,
and their room affords much more profitable
place Of resort than can often be found IN places
of convenient access in this city.
ma AT the FIRE last night fight took place
between some of the fremen, but the timely ar
rest Of one of the parties by the watch prevented
grand row.
H6S~ This morning another evidence of the
necessity for the Maine Law" was given. Three
persons were brought to the watch-house, two
men and woman. Both of the men might be
good citizens, and indeed are when sober. The
woman was so drunk that she could not be taken
out of the hack which brought her there One
man gave security, but the other and the woman
were sent to the farm.
Ike Wymdu, luo FcntIllOqulSt duu uadSlCldu,
is expected to commence series of performances
at Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday evening of this
week. The lights are said to burn blue when
Wyman approaches. He was wonderful rogue !!
The Bank Of North America, a new institution
at Pennington, N. j., has commenced operations
under the general banking law of that State. Its
circulating notes are secured wholly by Virginia
coupon six per cent bonds.
William 7. Barrett, the English Sheriff who
forged bill of acceptance, on the 28th day of
April 1851, in Gloucester, England, for e359 It's.
lid, and who was arrested in this country and
taken back, has been convicted and sentenced to
transportation for period offourteen years.
curious law suit was lately going on in Barn
stable county, Mass, it being claim for DANA
ges for an assault The defendant, it appears,
seized the hand Of the plaintiff to shake it, and
in so doing he grasped it SO tightly as to crush
the bones and thereby cripple it forever. The
hand became liberated, and many of the bones
have been discharged from the wound. We have
not heard the result of the trial.