The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-12


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In THE Cry CouNcns on yesterday afternoon
there was but little done of importance.
In the Board of Aldermen the nomination Of
William A. Mulloy, as police officer for the fifth
district, was rejected--yeas 5, nays g. The nom
nation of William A. Busher as additional po-
lice officer for the same district, was confirmed
yeas IL, nays l. DR.. F. s. Walsh and George
K. Ruff were nominated and confirmed men,
bers Of the Board of Health for the Sixth Ward,
in the place of DIR. s. A. H. McKm and John f.
Bates, resigned. Hanson Brown was nominated
and confirmed scavenger for the Fifth Ward.
A bill was passed appropriatng five hundred
dollars for repairing the damage to the Washing
ton Asylum, caused by the storm ON Sunday after
noon. 5 f
The two Boards assembled in joint meeting, and
held an election for police magistrates, with the
following result:
First District Samuel Dr,lry, %; elected unan-
imousy
Second District-John D. Clark, II; Bates, 8;
blank, g.
Third District-Samuel Grub, %; blank, S.
Fourth District-B. X. Morsell, IS; A. Roth
well, l.
Fifth District-Wm. Thompson, 90; J. W..
Beck, 6; blank, 2.
by, /; blank, l.
Seventh District Craven Ashford, %; unani-
mously.
The Mayor nominated Johnson Simonds as po-
lice officer of the fifth district, which was confirm
|ed-yeas 8, noes 5.
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Weeks was tried on Saturday in the criminal court
for stealing negro slave woman. 1t appeared in
evidence that Mr.. John D. Ward, of Calvert
county, Maryland, conveyed this and other negroes
to MIR. Parran, who shortly after conveyed them
back to Mr. Richard Ward-some directly, others
in trust for other children of Mr.. Ward, and this
particular slave in trust for Benjamin Ward, a
minor. Weeks married the daughter of Mr.. John
ID. Ward, and this negro was suffered to remain
with him for some time to nurse child, when he
carried her to Baltimore and sold her. The elder
Ward recovered the slave and carried her back to
Calvert county. In December last, Mr.. Richard
Ward, the trustee, brought the negro to Wash
ington, and hired her to Mr. Rollins. She re-
NAMED here till some months since, when Weeks
seized her in the street, WHITTIER she had been sent
on message, and conveyed her across the Eastern
Branch, where he kept her till night, when he
brought her to the steamboat wharton the purpose
of carrying her to Alexandria to be there deliver
ed to one John c. Thompson, with whom he had
previously made arrangements for her purchase,
or to whom in fact he had sold her.
Weeks and his wife claimed that the negro had
been given to her by her father shortly after the
marriage; and on this point there was variety of
Il.
place against the wishes of the lady parents, and
caused considerable ill-feelng in the family.
Weeks was tried in 1852, in Calvert county, for
stealing the same negro, and was acquitted.
The case was closed about FIVE clock, and, after
an absence of a few minutes, the jury rendered
verdict of not guilty.
Samuel Cooper, Gilbert Gusts, and Benjamin
Ringgold, free negroes, were convicted of riot,
and were sentenced each to be imprisoned one
week in jail-they having been in Jail for some
time previous.
Mr.. Radcliffe conducted the defence in the
above cases.
Yesterday, Vandora Otez, the Mexican, con-
victed of stealing gold watch of the value of
fifty dollars, was sentenced to the pententiary for
two years !.
Timothy Gainor, Edward Buckly, John Ed
wards, Patrick Sexton, and Charles Parrot, all
conduct. Buckly and Sexton were sent to jail
for three months each; the others, being utterly
Disguised with jury trials, retired from the court
house upon the rendition of the verdict, and will
receive sentence hereafter.
John Lee, a negro, was convicted of an assault
upon fellow darkey on the 4th of July, and was
sent to Jail for three weeks.
Negro George Simms was tried and convicted
in two cases of assault upon white persons, and
the marshal was directed to furnish him with bed
and board at the public expense for six months
AERIAL FLrcHrs.-A friend requests us to say
that in the course of few weeks Mr.. Rufus Porter
will be ready for the upper regions, bound for the
Worlds Fair, in his Aeroport, or Flying Car, and
that the most expensive and troublesome part of
his invention is already finished. Shares to en-
able him to complete the machine are offered for
sale by his agent. An opportunity is thus offered
to our citizens to aid the inventor and to test the
practcability of navigating the air by means of
this continuance The price of 'round-trip tick
ets'' is not yet determined.
THE AUXILIARY GuARD.-The members of the
Guard, by the recently adopted rules for their
government, are prohibited from engaging in any
other business their entire services being required
by the authority under which they hold their
places. As consequence, some of them have
been deprived of extra earnings, and several have
resigned their Office. In view of this condition of
things, it would seem just that the Guard be adc-
quately paid for faithful performance of duty.
The best police can only be secured by liberal
compensation.
In connexion with this subject, it may be stated
that Captain Birch is attentive, prompt, and
teous, and has, since his appointment chief of
the Guard, ESQ far as our observation extends, J