The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-03-25

Howard Association
AN ASSAULT UPoN THE DEPUTY MARSHALL
Deputy Marshal Manly was leaving the Holiday
Street Theatre on Tuesday night, he observed two
men beating an Italian sailor on the corner of Hol-
llday and fayette streets one of whom named ohm
Diamond he arrested and was conveying him off
when the accOmpice of Diamond, man named C..
+. Brooks, struck him the right side of the head
with 'bily;" the blow however deadened by
the heavy cap he had and therefore had little eff
feet The Marshal Immediately grasped his assail-
ant and conveyed both to the Middle District Sta
ton house where they released by Justice
Mearis in the of $500 to appear and answer the
charge.
GARDEN FOR THE AGED WoMEN's HoME-The at
tention of the benevolent invited to the proposed
plan for improving the grounds attached to the
Aged Women's Home, to be found in this morn
ing's paper. Several benevolent gentlemen have
undertaken the matter, and they solicit the aid of
the charitable in the accomplishment of their enter
prise. To render in any degree pleasant the decln
ing days OF the helpless is only gratifying and brings
its own reward. We commend the matter to pub
lie attention with the strong that the aid
asked for will be freely extended.
A BOGUS LOTTERY VENDER-A German named
Martin Burnheim yesterday arrested by off,
GERS Hause and Favier, S. d. p, on the charge of
vending bogus lottery tickets, purporting to have
! been issued in Bremen, Germany. He was taken
before Justice Showacre, who released him in the
sum of 81, 900 to answer at further examination,
which is to take place tomorrow afternoon.
CHARGE OF INCENDIARsM.-Deputy Sherif1s Leo
nard R. Wooden and James E. Afford yesterday af-
ternOon arrested in the southern section of the city,
a colored man named George Thomas the
charge of setting fire to a dwelling house near An
| napolis in Anne Arundel county. He was commit
ted to jail for further examination. His wife had
been previously arrested on the same charge, and
is now in Jail in Annapolis.
Trcr Ann
four O'Clock Yesterday morning two story frame
building, situate on the Hookstown road, owned oy
Mr.. ID. Patterson and occupied by German named
Leitzenberger pottery, set on fire and al
most entirely consumed Loss about S300-cover-
ed by insurance in the Relief Office of New York.
man named Phillip Crowley, was seen by wo-
man in the act OF setting the building on hre, and
the facts being made known to Sergeant Bartholow,
of the western district police, he effected his ar
rest. In the afternoon he had hearing before
Justice Logan who fully committed him to await
the action of the Grand Jury.
ARRIVAL OF THE JOSEPH WHITNEY.-The steamer
Joseph Whitney, Capt. Solomon Howes, reached
here at one o'clock yesterday morning, having put
into Norfolk with draft of marines for the United
States practice ship Portsmouth. The whitney
brought full and valuable cargo, and to the pro-
prietor of Rims Saloon, on Pratt street, prime
lot of Holsters and maninoes-the latter rare arti-
Gle in this market
RAILROAD ACCIDENT.-On Tuesday morning as
train OF cars was passing west of Pattersons creek,
near Cumberland, on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road, craftsman named Thomas Price, becoming
alarmed from seeing the steam whistle of the en-
CINE blown out, and supposing an explosion was
about to take place. suddenly jumped from the ten
der ON which he was sitting, and unfortunately re-
ceived fracture of the leg. He resides in Cum
berland, towhich place he was taken, and the SER
vices OF Surgeon secured.
STATISTICS OF THE METHODIST Episcopal CHURCH.
A table showing the membership and the value of
church property and parsonages during the year
1851, was prepared during the session of the East
Baltimore Conference of this church, recently held
in Baltimore. The total white membership of the
six districts then embraced within the bounds of
this Conference, viz:-East Baltimore, Frederick,
Cumberland, Bellefonte, Northumberland and Car
Isle numbers q 607. The total value of he church
property is estimated at S65s 1913, and of the par
sonages at S65,775.
CAsUALTIEs.-A few days since two accidents of a
| serious nature occurred in the neighborhood of
Canton, in one of which man named Herman
Sacks, baker, residing Eastern avenue, suffered
a compound fracture of the left thigh by being
thrown from his wagon in consequence of another
vehicle coming in contact with his own. The other
was that of man named Ring, who was driving
across bridge near Canton, one side of which was
not rallied in, and his horse accidentally walked off