The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-06-13

NEW YORK June 1.-The street-preachng troubles bid
fair 10 break orth to-day both IN this city and Brooklyn
with renewed violence and the police on duty in great
strength 10 check the FIRST outbreak that may take place
In Brooklyn, especially renewal OF the scenes of last
sunday are anticipated and great excitement prevails IL
is rumored that the know-nothngS" ofhis city going
across IN great numbers this afternoon.
At late hour Friday night some OF the Brooklyn
police having been informed that firearms secreted in
house on Main street Cathanestreet ferry procured
warrant and entered the house discovering mus
kets loaded heavily with shot The occupant the house
rshnan was arrested, and admitted that the muske
privately conveyed to the house for the purpose of
sepreseryaon as ne expected that attempt would be
made TO tear ms house down on Sunday by the know
nothings There was good deal Of excitement in that
part OF Brooklyn last night and IL thought that more
| firearms were concealed.
/ [SEooSD DESPATCH 1--NEw YoRK June ll--There was
street preaching again at Brooklyn to-day several riots
The Angel Gabriel held forth the corner of Hoy and
Atlantic streets All was quiet until the close when dis
turbance commenced Two three lrishmen arrest
ed by the police and attempted during which they
were badly beaten by the officers
Later in the afternoon another disturbance occurred at
the corner OF Hicks and Atlantic streets Several shots
were fred-supposed by the police Two three said
to be severely wounded strong force of extra police
out and the fourteenth regiment under the City
Hail.
In this city there has been no disturbance as yet Mayor
Weservet has made ample arrangements quell any riot
an extra poce force having been appointed and regi
ment OF national guards held in readiness with six rounds
of ball cartridges.
[THRD DESPATCH l-NEw York, June lila, P. m.-There
number of wild reports here about the riots Brook
lyn, but nothing that reliable ~
The BoSros RIor.-A despatch from Boston, dated the
10th, states
g The Rev. T. w Hgginson, Of Worcester was arrested
in that city last night by Boston officer charged with
being engaged in the the when Bacheder
was killed lie was arraigned in the police this morn
ing but examination was waived and he held to bail
in $4,000 for trial.
The Homeopathic convention at Albany N " have
adopted the following resolution:
ResoLpsd That we regard the Hompona,;c law ma On
extensive with disease and that any other means
than those pointed out by the lawsimilia sinAbusis
the result in part of the ncompeeness of mcco
but mainly the result of of sufficient knowledge on
the part of physicians Of those remedies already
possessed by our school, and not nsuciency of the
homeopathic law.
The Portsmouth a. H. Journal under the head of ira
dictionary sketches, publishes the following Of
model jury Of the olden time:
About eighty years ago came TO his end by
casualty at the Isles Of Shoals and coroner from Ports
mouth visited the island to make inquest Twelve
jurors We're summoned from those who first with
and directed to sit on the body They into the house.
and of them returned and informed the coroner
that he would hold but sir. They were again instructed
and sent in They reported that he drowned They
were again sent back for further investigation. In due
time they returned with the report that they had noched
on one stick all his good deeds they could find and on
another all his bad The latter numbered most and
therefore they their verdict that he had gone the
wicked place One of his good qualities reported TO
be that he could of flip at arms length around
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Lord Elgn met with handsome public reception at
Portland on Friday and in the evening left for Montreal
An Arkansas paper states that less than hundred
horses have been killed in Union county by the gnats with
in the past two or three weeks.
Three murderers have been sentenced at New
Patrick Finn and Mario Arqullo the penitentiay for
life and Frank Smith to be hung Two of them were
victed for killing their wives.
VIM. H. Warren, of Lockport, Erie county, Pennsylva-
MIA while in state of mental arrangement took his only
child nfant about six weeks old by the feet and dashed
its head against the floor till it literally crushed to
pieces.
ATRocous auRDER-An atrocious murder was COM
mitted the night of the 27th in McDonough county H.
linos at place three miles from Fountain Green upon
tho person FLAMES Dye About o'clock at night the
murderer went to the house got into it, and placed pistol
to his breast and blew large hole through his body Dye
sprang up in his bed and then he received blow upon his
forehead with hammer, which killed him His wife is
said to have been lying In bed with him. the side next
the wall The alarm was given and neghbors soon re-
paired TO the house. Next day a coroners inquest vas
held and Stoaklcy Rhea Burrows sort of preach
err and Rebccea Dye arrested for the murder The
circumstances are stated with much detail in the Carthage
Republican and point to these parties as the guilty ones
Dye had previously had difficulty with Rhea and
Burrows on account Of their intimacy with his wife
John II. Dunn editor Of the San Francisco Police Ga
zetie recently stabbed death by printer in his en-
ploy named Foley
KISS AMONG PURITASs-In 1850 a trial took place
in Connecticut under the section of the blue laws prohibit
ing kissing The offenders Sarah Tuttc and Jacob
Newlice II appears that Sarah dropped her gloves and
Jacob found them When Sarah asked for them, Jacob
demanded kiss for his pay and the demand did not
seem 10 Sarah exravagant she adjusted it forthwith The
facts clearly proved and the parties were each fined
twenty shillings
The amount Of tea raised in China annually Is 200
pounds, Of which Great Britain consumes 5ooooooo
pounds
A RETRIEVE IN THE TINE THE Fredericksburg
a Herald of Thursday says The three negroes belong
ing TO Captain Haney Of Northumberland sentenced TO be
hung for attempting to poison their and His family
came very fulfilling the demands of the law by reason
OF proraced delays in reaching the scene with repreyc
1t seems that messenger despatched from Richmond
" Gov Johnson with repreve two weeks ago The
messenger landed by steamboat the wrong place
and several days elapsed before he could get off, Next he
carried to other point Returning he landed
rightly but found the streams swollen that he could not
reach Northumberland Courthouse he desired Final
y last Friday morning the day on which the negroes
wercto be hung the messenger with the repicve found
himself twenty-five miles from the scene and reached
only hour and half before the time the wrciches would
have been called upon expate their lives for the oence
The gaovs had been erected the shrouds prepared
graves dug, all Of which those under sentence saw and