Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-03-21
LEGAL. NEWS.

| fkIuRN OF THECoLoRED CoLoNrsrs -Ssu.
| a,.i niikihson, some days since, in troduc
| l.SSo'uiioh' winch was ad pted by thu Senate,
| caiiiie upon the President for ali the in norma
ioh IN ms possession relative. 10 the exnenII
tsrs .rs @ 81 ene sum OF six hundred thousand dol.
| iafs appropriated by The last Consress for tna
| eoiehl<auon OF colored persons declared free
| oy me acts OF eman cipation aud conf scation
stia,, to,,, n'sms port IN respoase to this
four Hundred snd fifty treed eoior.d per.on
| Q91r hun6Teo and twensy we bsl-ve was IN
=, ft"t IL umosrl @ere unmarried from The vicinity
| lraet With Messrs. FORBES and rtlskermen. n,
NJ " SorB, Tor the Isls OF A-F4eaa, bsIon yin
70 We iepn6lie Of Has 4, and adj acsnt to that
Island, and Il ar Aux Caves. TIE colorei per
scEs seem to have been the subjects of rnisfn-
tone IRON me day Of their departure On their
| voyage, the smallpox hroke ont among than.
| ano they suffered beyeHd escrirton opSnrt1s
The emismanagementof OF those ia charge OF tim
tneif suHerngs We're ifpossibie, In creased as,er
lner srflVal al tie Island OF A. Sacha frnra
| the want OF attention snd proper com moda-
| tons, Their hardsEips were r. pre- sen Ted to be
| 70 ereat. and the prospects OF their ameliora,
non ses med so slight. that Ser tary Usher,
AECer ne o1rs ctfon of tha President Gesnatch-
"a MI. II. &. Donnohue, Of In diana, 10 examine
mo 'helr condition, and MIR Lincoln deter
mined, upon his report, to have them returned
10 THIS country without delay. Accordingly,
The ship Marcia @ Day was sent to the Isle of
a acne during the month of February and
yesterday the vessel returned and cast ancnor
III the Potomac a I. w miles below this city
nesr AleXandria. with he surviving colonists
Low three hundred and sixty-cight Ia n lber,
oil board.
ORPHANS COURT. Judge PurcelL--On SItur.
day, letters of administration wrrs issued tn
Richard Wallach on the est tate of Mrs Louisa
Hunter, deceased; and to Rs!liam O. Force
On .ne ests,e OF Henry Ste varr, deceased.
mary =. bsganhart was app 1intad Guardian
TO the orphans OF John NJ. Deg -nhart
Mrs. Dority Wilstorm fled a petition that
shc is t'e only person emitted to administer on
me rstsfe OF Henry q Wills srf
IL TIE matter OF the will Df no is Raw
a hf leht. Judge Purcell SATURDAY morning
n ade decision. The deceased BEG lpathed to
!. g. Andrrswho had hear living With MIN for
several years, a legacy OF S50G ahd Andre wss
ore OF the ~itnessesto the will. After letters
Lao @ heen issueo Mr. Andre presented claim
winch VSs paid by tbepsecufor. The question
IN L came up could Mr Audre. beng n creii.
'Cr Of he estate and also ! witness 20 the will
receive he legacy, or did the lapatee cont4n.
ptute that he Request should cover ali claims
JnGp. Purcell decided that the law applied to ,
Itai tsla'e and not 10 per -onality, and mas.
ihucb a the debts of the sstIts had been pa I'd
ara surplus rSmsined nor q tins tardIp, al
estate was spoken of in the WILL. tie isg,Sv
fhouid be paid. Judge Purcell base. his de.
cisioh On the opinion OF Sir Iohu N, ,,h,Il in
lhe case OF Bretr apr. Bre.t, dsltyersi in' tho
curt OF canterbury, England is2a. VINO de.
eioed = at ne ACT OF fGeorgs /, which Is in for,e
ntls, TAG reference 10 Wills OF reality aud p1t
personality. ~ .-.-'' :, - ~
ss1irs liquor To soldiers; $40. James ie-ss
Eois nce; So "A Saml: Booth, diseJ. w.,
:. no hu mss iarcs sHy: disgSiaD drunk and
ejetfaari,: Sc 81 ps, !anese, mse, drunk So Chas.
L. So, 20 o3t-Hsnry S;,uter, Grand larceny.
dismissed Thomas Green, DO; bail for nesr.
ire ..,ac Brown. larceny, dtsmissed. James
nj fso1Iey. drunk; miitsry. Susan +. RABBIT,
lradine a iewd and lascivious !ifs r3. Bridg-
et CosfTove, 60 50.
Teztth rreesnct-Pstriek Scally. diserderly;
IS Thomas Eignap, drunk end disorder'y;
dismissed. William O'Bren, drunk; do. J.
Mahoney, assault and battery; sio. Michael
Mahoney. do: bail tor court VIM. % Wnsler'
Dgnsn end Geo. Marshall. drunk anu disor.
Gerry: dsrpissed. .-EE ~
PORT OF GBoRGETowN-En En- tered-Steam.
chip Baltimore, Lewis, New York: steamers A.
Brfsdlsy, Brough ION, FhlladeIphia; schooner
Danas ctis. Church Alexandria, with mer.
,handize isr District merchants. Cleared
ttameIs paion; Thomas, fhiimdelphia, A.
CO.. sshCeners =. Debow. Landen, DeaPs
Island, Kate, Ni.lipg, do; Byinston, Eerrioh,
Balrimors; D. a; Brry. V voorhses, do; Alexioa,
! salisbury: Morning Light, Raush, Sauls Jury;
Frrnette, J ohn son, LsEesvills; E. Waterman,
ShsrIleS, Baltimore; Caai. Ranks, Saulsoury;
u. p. PayIes. GauRe. baltimore. Brigs Sea
Lion, Marshall. Roston; Trenton, Atnerton,
kG. Sleeps Christian, Hall, Chickamuxen,
Flsir Cloud, Anderson, Fort Washing on;
Ed win, Cumberland, Stones Point. Barge
Wild Ranger, Fuller, Matawoman.
FIRE IN THE WooDs.-Testerday afternoon
the cut timber in the woods of Mr.. W. d. 9.
mnrdcck and Hcmiiler, on he heights of
Georgetown, near Tennall town, was set on
fire and together with much OF the standing
tmter was Consumed. 1t is thought that up.
Wsros of one thousand cords of wooi In voiv-
ing the loss Of several thousands OF doila's
were destroyed together with much valuable
tmter. TIE fire originated at abou. noon veg.
terday and burnt until about ten last night. It
msde dense smoke sad created al alarm Of
fire in the city.
FOURTH WARD STATION NCAsEs-Alexander
Moore, grand larcei y; jail for court. Sarah
Brown. drunk and disorderly; S2 so. Peyton