, 1865-02-03

Tbs supply committee reported the ezpenditu1
Of seal.N lor the month Of January. They HI
IT, s to toe e t4s
commtttee for Fehsuary;
:, Mr. Raymond reported that the act Of incorpor
The donations % ior thc new buildlns were r
The meeting then adjourned
THE Law COURTS.
umED STATES D1sT1cr couR7-Betort 10,
Thor. DSsr,snond.-The only matter OF Lrblfc /,
terest IN Inc United States District CONT yest.,
day. was the trial OF the. somewhat celebrate
IT,, ase entitled sse1s9n Nsl
certain patents ohta:ned BY. tie former s for IN
p7o7cments in erain-eeperstors. The ntsint,a M
s residents Of Jsnsssie, Wlscoasn, ii aad ii
ants charged that was using he imprn1t
js,ss.5; ssS s'a'%ss ve,$ss Ri;9
ihe improvements so }or witch Iii: sp%d n3sinttt9
secured patent are not their invention. Rnt 1rer
,fnea '!6m aa printed book published ii Eagan,
a. thc Invention Of plaintiffs, was inycnted by on
Daniel Glow; that smother Improvement paten;e' @
fbat ~ n fSsas w. not The one used defend
ha11s 1f TIE CONTROVERSY are covered By a. paten "a co
70 y. =. NANNY, "hich has priority over tie on,
ssnea 10 that the several letters pa,en
ought to he cancelled, because fhe soecidcat,ou,
gre opscufe and a1nhiguous, contrary to the act o
hone1ses, thH , approved July 4, 1855; and dnay tsa
oyReres,imated R BY plaintiffs.
y agreement, the cause was tried hy Judge
d,rI fnr 9h Without lsIy, and resulted IN yer
INC ca1ae entitled Gould ct al, rs, M1nson yas
conunned tor further argument.
.,n 9ec5ee was also rendered IN the cause en-
n,nV :. S1nnechcut @an Mutual Lille Insurance Com
The Court then adjourned until Monday morn.
Ing next A'1@1' '.o-1
y. 5. CoMa1ss1oxEn's CouRr.-Before Com.
dong business at No. $40 west Randolph Street
@ Mas y.tc1day exaaincd before CommIssionor
as required By act Of Congress. N III, T Dowe % vas
so1no guilty Of three distinct odenses, and fntd
S1O and costs for each otIensc. One half Of the
penalty WIS paid to the tnformer.
Thomas S. Ethrington, a har.iceper in the "a.
tahilehment EnoWn as ''undeI the Willow" was
Yesterday brought before The Commissioner,
Snargsd With yiosttng The aet uf Congress entitled
forcet, and for othef purposes" The psrticuias
oasnse with which be vas charged, was giving
held to hail in he sum Of 500 to answer, and
committed IN default.
C1Ecu1r CornT-Btfor< Judge HIHioms-seve-
herd, ct a., chancery, was argued hy Counsel and
considered by Judge Williams, The bill in this
cause was fled to haye certain deed, dated Sept.
d HaTC
reconveyancc Of the land. The property In cues
uon Is a tarm in Northfeld, in This county, con
ta!ntng about llo acres; and worth 5000.
The complainant tn 1851, made The decd In quee-
ton TO bis brother, the pf1ne1pal defendant. II
was wsrrantee deed, reclting payment Of 81. 900.
ns the consideration. On the same day, and aa 4
ntas yi1 as hs r t. the
ing him Of the execution OF tic deed, stating that
he was embarrassed, and desired to rat.e tho
1nesns Of dischasstng the, embarrassment, md
: ri n n1e nfo1t1 ffnAT g. .
consideration for the making Of this deed, yonr
good y. WISHES. snd sneh other ar1sngcments a we
bat on deed
cxnded the request for a loan of morey,
alledGing his own embarrassments, bat
g. e aas It It 1s IT. S,s4 : b Ess ead
plairant is bachelor and for many years was
much broken In health. Not receiving the aesis-
tanse be applied fo.. he worked through his difi-
cu.ties, hut allowed the decd to remaln IS 1t was,
It being understood between the brothers that the
ude ahonl1 be held by defendant in tnst, to be
sisposed OF a As complainant should direct; A let
dant expressed dcsirc to remove to the West
aud oeGupy ne larm az tenant, Q! II that should
TT suit tho complainant to continue to hold the
Northfell in December, 1877 md acted a. AGENT
for bis brother in MANAGING the farm Tor several
months, and afterwards BEGAN to set mp claim to
present smt.-
The defense conoistcd Of dcnlals OF the facts set
81 Il as that gse was
snch.
The carsc was before the Court on motion to
dissolve IN Injunction granted on nlin; tho bill
asniust alternating the land or committing waste,
The point submitted to the Court was the real
character OF the deed, and transactions Of which
it formed part
The defence connndcd tlat the deed WIS an ab-
solute conveyance. Iecitns fall paYment of the
meant n sernre 1nsn on ieniei +h,I anron5,t y.
held the land in trust.
The complainant held that being originally de-
ri'y for its repaymcrt, The deed was merely a
mortgage: that such would have been its chnrac-
ter had loan actually been made; and that Its
to e III sa5 % 4na
and to be set aside, or rtconveyance executed;
that having been made originally upon this trust,
tntpie arrangements, a expressed IN the letter,
considered as forming p.rt Of the orlcinsl deed,
as sa4 ea s Z G 4be .na IN sss
defendants letters, including the one before re-
5e1red to. were relied on 10 show that the land
%ss to Be 70 e r.
Plaintiffs benefit and .ul,}cct 10 his direction.
Tho doctrine q trusts, their nature, md The cvl
isa1ssa!s and leo.aea.,9 asseasssa e eun1s UT
reserved b.: decision The defendant was repre-
sS1 By GRafS G. W1deg 5egers0 and the
"
The jury in the cause entitled Willard s. Quinn
rs. Seneca Wright returned Terdict yesterday
1norpiI for the plaintiff. and assessed their dam
aEcr Ut $500. Judge Willfams, on receiving the
verdict. remarked to the jury that this was the
drst fnstnncc since he had presided on the bench
where Jury had declared plainly that lawyers
were set Of peTurcd Villains.
The cause entitled Dennis Kelly rs States Sa-
wing Institution, garnIshee Of G. D. B. Organ,
was tried yesterday By the Court, and Judgment
rtnt cred for plaiutf, with damages at $51i.11.
The cause entitled Clifton Ang1uve rs Bnrwell
& NJant, Enrn1shcc. ETC., Was on trial before
jury ut the adjournment OF tho Court last evening
The tacts in this case are briefly these: Messrs.
Nurwcll W}cnt were indebted to E. Stone s.
Co., who assigned the Indebtedness to Stone &
usil, end afterwards became iusolyent. Dnrwell
D. yan, paid the money into court, and the pres
cut action Is to determine whether the sama be-
lorE. to the creditors Of E. Stone d Co. or to
EtonfE Hall.
6p3S71 CoCE7-BJore Judge BrcdutN.-In
the Matter Of the estate Of the laie Richard $. Bar
nun. Amelia julicttc Rarnum {w1dow) and
Charles Il. StailWeathcr were appointed ndmln1s-
traitors on bond Of E1G2 COO.
In the mntt.r OF the estate Of Mary uadway, On
petition, It wAs ordered that the executor bury
the deceased and purchase lot and suitable head
etoDe.
U. S. Christian CcmmIssion.
The Northwestern Branch Of the Christian Com
mission acknowledges the recent OF the following