The national Republican., 1867-09-09

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taken to the Central guard.house. where he is
held for hearing this morning. The basket
and Its contents has not been reclaimed.
THE COURTS.
ORPHANS CoURT-Judqe PurceH.-The
| Orphans Court met on Saturday at noon, and
transacted the following business:
LAST WILLS.
Tho will Of Enoch Green, made on the 23d
day Of October, 1866, and attested by A. II,
Gawler, David Maull, and H. D. Smith, was pre-.
sented for probate. The testator devises to Ste.
phen A. Green, Of Alexandria, DR. Daniel Nc.
Farlan, and W. 7. Mattingly, esq, in trust for
the daughters Of the testator, Julis, Isabel, and
Mary G. Green, four houses on E street, and the
four-story buildings l7s and ls0 Pennsylvania
avenue the same to be held as their separate
estate. To his sister, Mrs. Sarah FairaiI, he be.
queaths 5000 per annum during her life. The
residue Of his real and personal estate he leaves
TO his wife, and IL she does not sell or apportion
the same during her life, and leaves no will, her
estate then to be divided among her children.
The last will Of John Reed, (colored,) made on
Merriam Ne n. NJ White % and ' XisH. RyaD, " T. wa. a.
presented for probate. The testator names Glib.
| son Brown as his executor, and leaves him $50
In place Of commissions. The balance Of his
property. stocks, bonds, a., he leaves to his
SOD, j. J. Reed, Of Jefferson county, Va, and
MS Ooao'hi paoeh hhOOici VI .
INFORMATION WANTED.
A gentleman had bought some roal estate and
had 1t conveyed in trust for tho benefit Of his
son, not yet Of age. Now the water.tax Is due
upon IT, and the city Is about to sell II for non.
payment The gentleman wanted TO know II he
could sell portion of the lot to pay the tax, and
thus prevent the sale of the whole.
The court said 1t had no jurisdiction to sell
the estate Of infants, except for the single pur-
pose Of their maintenance. Application to sell
for any other purpose must be made to the equity
court.
A colored woman called to inform the court
that her husband had forgot to leave her lot of
ground that he had intended to leave her.
The Court. Where Is the will.
don't know, sir.
Tho Court. Sec tho clerk and got tho will, aud
then can see something about the matter.
The applicant did not come back
LETTERS TEsrAMESTARY.
A. Thomas Bradley and W. A. Bradley, jr,
qualified as administrators Of the estate Of VIM.
A: Bradley, giving bond In tho sum Of $40. .oOO
with james Bradley and Commodore Powell as
suretieI.
Ann Brady qualified as administratrix of
Thomas Brady. giving bond in 81, 900, with John
Mathews and H. McArdle as sureties
Herman A. Voss qualified as administrator of
Lucy A. Voss, and gave bond In $500, with An
thOny Best and Lizette ]. VOss as sureties.
uuhhDlANb AffOlNIfD. |
Henry J. Mclaughlin qualified as guardian of
the orphans of George W. Heating. giving bond
In $4,000, with Bushrod Robinson and Andrew
Goddard, suretiIs.
Charles Smith qualified as guardian to the or.
phans of Charles II. Roder, giving bond in $500, I
with William E. Carr and Alice Barrett as
Iuroties.
APPRAIsEMENrs.
The appraisers returned into court an inven. !
ory of tho estate Of Eburn Bird, valuing the
anne at 1916, that of Elizabeth Thompson,
'alued at $3.50, and Of Louis Vivans valued at
y, ,95s.25. .
THE DEvAUGHN CASE.
The court then resumed the consideration of .
he contested probate of the will of Samuel De.
aughn. o
Judge Moore resumed his argument sgainst =
he probate, quoting Swineburne and Jarman on o
Vils, Gill and Johnson's Reports and other au. Q
horities to show that the fraudulent alteration b
( will, even In unimportant matters by an in.
crested party, or such degree Of undue inau. n n
nee or fraud as prevented the revocation or
hange of q will when It was the testator's In. II
ention to make such change arevocation would B
void last will. He contended that both these
auses Of avoidance existed in this case. Miss vi
Irayfed who seemed to have made herself ad. Q,
de boniJ non of the testator before
he breath had left his body, and whose name g
ppeared in the will oitener than the name OF !,
no LOru IN the nNo DOOhbO OF hOsos, knew Wnoro
1e will was. She also told the person who came
, make new will that her uncle was too i'll to
lake one. The court would do more justice in
sitting the will aside and letting all the blood =
in Of the deceased come in for share Of this
roperty.
She had, It is true, given the trust Of her
outhful affection to the VOWS Of love and al
romise to wed of ssducer but she had fol. g
wed since the injunction of Christ, and "gono ~ ~
I'D sinned no more" 1t must be q weak cause =,
hich caught at such support as could be gotten 5,
ut Of this. Mr. Thompson quoted from Blan.
le's Equity and Gaines VS., Gaines, A. X. n
Iarshals (Ky) Reports to show that the pro. W "
ato OF will could not be prevented by any Of "a
10 facts proved in this case. Mr.. T. traced the
roof Of the proper execution Of the will, and In
intended that It was complete In every respect. 70
could be met only by proof that the will had =, y,
Zen revoked, and that proof authorities showed m
ust be a special act with intent to revoke. v
o such act had been proven In this ease.
i'll was not. Mr. Thompson was not surprised N ~
lat the other side made up in length Of argu. "a
ent what they lacked in testimony for not an
Ia Of testimony to impeach the will had been b
-oduoed. 1t 10 true they have gone out Of the D,
ay to attack a woman. Gallant knights
hat had that baby to do with the probate of "a
is will No more than the babe in the mapgsr