Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-03-21
News of the Day.

To Sdow III" re.H 0ye 1nd bDdY 81 TIC TINES.
The Leavcnworth Times publishes an ac-
count Of an ARRAY at IIalton, Kansas, grow
ing out Of Il political meeting held i'll pursu-
ance OF call to or@anizea Republican party.
During the meeting a disposition was mani
Tested by persons opposed TO the object. 10
breakup the meeting. At the close, melee
ensurd in which the assailants. SAID n hs
PrH-slav"ry men, we're forced to retire. Re-
solutions were afterwards adrp.cd ordering
the participant, in H." attack to leave tho
Territory, and II company waa organized
to carry the resolution into cffcrt. Juigr
ilalty. Probate Judge of the county. was So
vcrely wounded, and several injured during
the melee
81. Patrick Day passed off in New York.
strange to say, without a solitary slrinkling
of rain--a circumstance which is said u
have but iew parallels in the memory Of the
oldest inhabitant. The celebration. by the
Irish military and civic societies, was very
spirited. and whether as regards the num-
berS cut on parade, or the good order which
was uniformly preserved, from first 10 last.
the procession was vast Improvement upon
anything Of the kind ever before witnessed
in New York.
The Baltimore Patriot reports riot Of
more than ordinary seriousness which took
place in Baltimore county. about three miles
from the city, on ST. Patrick's Day. 1t
states that a. many H. five hundred persons
We're engaged in il, consisting altogether "f
IrShmeu, composed of the opposing bands
Of Fardowns aud Corkoniuns. Working I'M
PIGMENTS clubs, and pistols We're freely
used. and of about hundred who We're
more or less seriously wounded i'll the terri
bic fray. several received injuries that must
prove fatal.
\ converted jew, named Rev. j. TimanS.
who sometimes oificiated Us in + piscupal
minister, died suddenly at Cincinnati, on
Wednesday last, and was buried under such
suspicious circumstances that an inquest was
determined OH. On going tn disintcr the
body it was found to have been removed, and
WAS subsequently discovered in the dissect-
ing room Of Il medical college. Previous t"
his death serious quarrel had taken place
between him and his wife, who wished to
return ~ the lsracitiSh faith.
The Frederick (Mi.) Citizen, in its report
of the proceedings of the Circuit Court Of
that county has the ng:-"The case Of
Col VIM p. Maulsby. who was laid under
rule of court on Tuesday, TO show cause
why he had refused to present Il certain pro-
missorv note iii his possession, IL the grand
Jury, ~ evidence in the case of Joseph \.
Lechlider. WAS disposed of un Thursday by
the court tining him FIVE hundred dollars
for contempt, and committing him to the cus-
tody of the sheriff until the said paper should
be produced
John c. Ten Eyck, esq, just elected L. S.
senator from New Jersey, studied law under
the late Hon. Garrett ID. Wall, and is about
i6 years Of age. He was formerly Il Henry
Clay whig, but at present attached to
the republican party. He is said to be
fine speaker, but very diffdent. Recently,
he was ten Tered but declined seat on the
bench of the Supreme Court in New Jersey.
Capt Zachariah +. johnson, n Captain Of
the United States Navy. and residing on
Lexington street, near Franklin Square. Bal
timore, died quite suddenly about nine o.
clock. on Wednesday evening last. For some
time pas; the deceased had been Complain
ing. and on the evening in question was at
tackled with apoplexy, which soon resulted
fatally.
Counterfeit So notes on the Central Bank,
Frederick, Md, are in circulation. A man
named Hogan has been arrested at Pittsburg,
having in his possession $780, in counter
felt notes. including SG1j in SIS on the York
county PA Bank. and $3.50 in los on the
Northwestern Branch Bank ut Jeliersonville,
Virginia.
Hon. VIM. T. Haskell. Of Tennessee, dis
tinguished rs a brilliant orator, and brave
officer in the Mexican war, died in the luna
tic asylum, Mt IIopkinsyille, Ky, last Sun
day. He was formerly a member Of Con-
gress. and was attacked with insanity year
or 81 ago.
A man calling himself John Martin, but
whose real name is supposed 10 be Thomas
IIudgins, was arrested Ut Pittsburg, On Thurs
day last, with over fifteen hundred dollars of
counterfeit bills on various banks, i'll his pos
session.