Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-20

the empire is proclaimed in the capital OF
France, December I'd, 1881 IS ~
Supreme Court OF tho United states.
TUESDAY, December l9, 1854. s.
No. g. Grey p. Webb ct al. vs.. lessee Of
| Polly Weatherhead. Error to the circuit court
United States for the middle district of Tennes-
see. Mr.. Justice Grier delivered the opinion of
this court, affirming the Judgment of the said
circuit court in this cause, with costs.
No. 8. Arthurs, Nicholson q Co. VS.. Jesse
Hart. Error to the circuit court United States
for the eastern district of Louisiana. Mr. JUS
| tice Nelson delivered the opinion of this court,
reversing the Judgment of the said circuit court,
with costs, and demanding the case for further
proceedings, to be had therein in conformity to
law, justice, and the opinion Of this court u
No. 2. Pierre Barribeau ct al. vs.. Joshua b.
Brant Appeal from the circuit court United
States for the district of Missouri. Mr.. Chief
Justice fancy delivered the opinion of this
court dismissing this appeal with costs.
The Exchange Bank of Selden, Withers &
Company.
The Washington Globe publishes the deed in
trust from John Withers TO John A. English and
William Bayne, making four columns Of that paper.
assets Of the firm when realized as follows-First,
to all proper expenses Of the trust; Secondly, to
the redemption of the bonds Of the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad Company TO the amount Of
$50, 900, in the hands Of J. T. Sentier, of New
York, agent OF the Bank of Hamburg of Dennis
town, Wood 81 Co., Of New York; and, OF the
Cashier of the Bank OF Commerce Of New York;
Thirdly TO the redemption of the notes issued
payable TO The bearer, payable in the notes of Vr-
ginia Banks, under the name and denomination OF
Exchange Bank notes; and fourthly, 10 all other
creditors, including the Stale OF Virginia, equally.
The classes TO be fully satisfied in the order in
which they are named. The third and fourth
classes to share the fund as between the members
of said classes rateably. Any balances that may
be due to the clerks or employees Of the firm, 10
be taken as part of the FIRST class of liabilities, and
| be paid equally with expenses Of trust.
! Ii is provided that If said partners shall within
| sixty days from the date Of this deed agree with
| the Board Of public works Of Virginia, or other
| persons having authority TO act for the State, on
| any arrangement in relation TO the debt due the
State il shall be the duty of the trustees in such
event upon the call Of said partners TO deliver over
TO the agents Of the Stale the bonds of the Chesa
| peake and Ohio Canal Company, together with
| the interest, coupons and of interest, or
such portions OF them the call Of said partners
shall embrace, in fufment of said arrangement.
Said partners feeling earnest desire TO arrange
the debt due TO the State upon terms satisfactory
TO all and consistent with justice, IL no such
| arrangement be made within the time specified
then the deed is to stand as if no such provision
as this last were contained in 1t.
| A LETTER from Berlin Of the 18th says. :" Sew
eral bankers remarked that during some time
whenever they received orders from their cores
pondents, by electric telegraph, to purchase GER
tain descriptions of public securities, such securi
| ties were bought up before they could execute
their orders, that they had 10 pay higher prices
| than they would otherwise have DONE The bank
ers made declaration TO the police, and the latter
discovered that some employees Of the telegraph
Office communicated to certain banking firms the
dispatches relative TO the public funds before
| transmitting them 10 the persons for whom they
were destined When these dispatches arrived
during stock exchange hours, the employees made
them known 10 their accompices by messengers.
] In consequence Of this discovery several arrests
i were made. Amongst the persons taken are two
employees Of the telegraph Office, three rich Iner-
chants, and banker The affair has caused inn
] mense sensation"
! spmISe THEIR GuNs.-A correspondent OF The
London Morning Herald thus explains the mode
Of spikng guns, and describes the spikes:
The spikes are about four inches long, and Of
the dimensions Of a tobacco pipe the head fiat a
barb at the point acts as spring, which is natur-
ally pressed TO the SHAFT upon being forced into
the touch-hole. Upon reaching the chamber Of
the gun il resumes its position, and II is impossi
BILE 10 withdraw il. Il can only be got out by
dring--no easy task, as they are made Of the
hardest steel, and being also loose in the touch
hole, there is much difficulty in making dill bite
| as effectually as IL should be. It's application is
the work Of moment single tap on the fat
head with the palm Of the hand suficing. This
can be easily done, even ifit be ever so dark.
] CHIoRoFoRm is applicable, il seems, 10 more
than one use. II materially facilitates the opera
lion OF picking pockets, and relieves the sufferer
from all consciousness OF the painful operation he
is undergoing. Lately, as Col. J. w. Berrien, Of
Rome Georgia, was riding in the cars to Augusta,
in company with his family, a stranger took a
seat beside him, and eler some conversation, sue
ceeded in administering 10 him chloroform until
he became insensble. He then cut the buttons
off his overcoat and extracted from his side pocket
package amounting to s6,16O. Not content with
this, he took from the pantaloons' pocket the Co
loners wallet, containing about 81 900, and made
good his escape. AT the last accounts Colonel b.
had not recovered from the effects Of the chloro-
form.
Mr.. FLETCHER WEBSTER is busily engaged in
editing two three volumes of his fathers cores
pondence, that WILDE published some time next
season, uniform in size with the works Of Webster
that have been issued. A whole year and hall
has been devoted by competent person merely
to arrange these letters chronologically for the
editors hands. A rich addition 10 our literature
may be expected. The work Of the editor will
consist mainly Of such historical introductons as
win explain the origin Of the letters of his father
and their answers. Any one would be astonished
to see the vast piles OF materials that have heen
collected from all portions Of the country, the
cream of which is TO be given 10 the public
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