The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-10-28


cumbed during the spring pressure were again
under favorable auspices. Messrs.
Whitney Co., of Demarars, largely engaged
In the American trade, were about starting
again. Bridges, Sherlock, & Co., assisted by
the house of Cavan & Co., of London, bad
again commenced. The unhealthy season had
passed by, not without carrying away some of
the oldest and most respectable residents of the
colony, among them William Dallas, Esq, for
thirty years the junior member of the firm of
Baum d Dallas, the proprietors of the Royal
Gazette, of Georgetown.
Hardly newspaper comes to us nova days
that does not contain an account of some i'm
portant will case. Either the probate ia OF
posed, or some questions are raised under it to
defeat or modify it's provisions. 1t is getting
quite rare for will that dispcses of large
estate to be quietly approved, and the property
distributed without litigation. To q great ex-
tent We know this must always be the case
where large estate is depending. The disap-
pointed do not easily surrender long-cherished
expectations. No matter with what care the
testator may consult and employ the best legal
talent, the chances are more than even that his
estate will be in the law. We have seen it
stated, and we believe it to be q fact, that q
London conveyancer, eminent in his profession,
after accommodating an immense fortune, drew
bis own will, and it was ultimately broken.
Three different views are already taken uu.
der the will of the late Thomas Lloyd Halsey,
of Providence, as to where the real estate shall
60. Choate, Curtis, Payne, Hart, Jenckes,
Carey, and Wood, We observe "a lawyers al.
ready in the case, to urge the different construc-
tens. The large residuary estate of the late
James DWolf, now divisible by the expiration
Of the twenty years named in the will, is before
the Supreme Court upon bill of the trustee
for instructions a. to the distribution. Curtis,
r. W. Greene, Jenckes, Payne, and Hart, are
lawyers already 10 the case to assist the court in
finding out the meaning of what the testator nm.
doubtly thought he had made very plain. The
happy or unhappy possessors of large estates
can avoid part of the evil by overseeing a
part of the distribution in their own lifetime
Providence Journal.
A bonnet and shawl were found on Monday,
on the banks of the canal, near Cleveland, sup
posed to belong to young woman, who, it is
believed, committed suicide, by drowning her
self in the canal. To the shawl was pinned q
letter, written in pencil, addressed to " Mrs.
Maria johnson, Tecumseh, Mich" In this
letter the writer, who signs herself Eliza Will
liams, addresses her sister, stating that she fed
from home, about year since, at the solicita.
ton OF q young man, who represented himself
as travelling dentist from Detroit, and with
whom she fell in love. She came to this city,
where he took her to house of i'll fame &C.
complished her ruin, and then left her. She
went to Buffalo and spent the winter, leading
an abandoned life. In the spring she went to
Cleveland, and soon after engaged as a cook
on canal boat, where she was brutally used by
the men. Driven to despair, she resolved to
end her life. This is the substance of the let.
ter, and there lie little doubt that it is genuine,
and that "one more unfortunate" has gone
to her DEATH"
In the case of William Il. Day, colored
man, against John Over, owner of the steamer
Arrow, plying between Detroit and Toledo, the
Supreme Court of Michigan has decided that
proprietors of steamboats, have the right to re-.
fuse cabin passage to colored persons. The
court said:
"The right to be carried is a right superior
to the rules and regulations of the boat. and
cannot be affected by them. If defendant had
refused to carry the plaintiff generally, he
would be liable, unless he could show some
good excuse, releasing him from the obligation.
While this is . right that cannot be touched
by rules and regulations, the accommoda alton
of pasene ers, while being transported, is subject
to such rules and regulations as the carrier
may think proper to make, provided they be
reasonable. The right to be carried is one
thing; the privilege of a passenger On board OF
the boat-what part of it may be occupied BY
him, or he have the right to use-is another
thing"
The character of the present immigration to
this State must be source of sincere pratif
cation to every mar who has the interests of
Missouri at heart. Numbers of farmers from
Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, are daily passing
over our ferry boats, en- route to the interior,
and, from their personal appearance and the
character Of their equipments, it is patent 10
every unprejudiced eye that they are men OF
the right enterprise and stuff for rapidly.
growing State. Yesterday morning we observ.
ed train of six wagons vending their way
along the levee and up Market street, and
learned that they belonged TO Mr.. Ragland, his
two sons, Mr.. Hawkins and Mr.. Tate, all hav.
ing their families, and in all numbering twenty
persons. They are farmers, are from Washing.
ton county, Illinois, and left their homes on the
7th inst They proceed to Springfield, in this
State, and will locate on excellent land in the
vicinity of that town. Another train of wagons,
with about the same number of stalwart men,
and handsome, hearty young mothers, with
lively, clean children, from the same part of
the country, crossed yesterday on the upper
ferry boat, and are now on their way to
southwest Missouri. Are not these encouraging
signs for the future of cur State ?-& Louis
Democrat, Oct. ii.
Collector Schell, of New York, recently seized
a large lot of French China, in conseq uence of
its including number of little China images
pronounced indecent. An appeal was taken,
and Secretary Cobb sustains the decision OF
Mr.. Schell.
The Petersburgh (Va.) Press, Of yesterday,
announces that the Hon. s. Clemens, M. c.,
lately wounded in duel with Mr.. Wise, is Iy.
ing in very critical condition.
Recently, the Charleston Mercury directed
the attention of its readers to the fact that moth
ing but the excessively high rates of freight,
charged upon the railroads from East Tennes.
see to Virginia tide-water, saved the cities of
Charleston and Savannah from the loss of their
trade, which has heretofore been of so much
value to them.-Ak Gaz.
Gen. Duff Green has published q second let.
ter in the Philadelphia North American, on the
subj ct Of banking, DC.
There was q foot race by ladies at Iowa City,
September goth, the prize for which was sill
YER cake basket. The distance was 100 yards,
and there were seven entries. Miss Handy and
Mrs. Cross led the field handsomely, and they
ran 90 even, breast and breast, that when they
came in the judges were of opinion that it was
Q dead heat. Indeed, On measuring their
tracks as imprinted on the score, the heels of
both we're found exactly parallel; but Miss
Hsndy's foot extending by reason of its length
four inches in advance of Mrs. Cross, the prize
was given in her favor.
The carriage mandatory of N. G. Briggs,