The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-05
The Wuttplk gpst.
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1865.
) LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

some more Iun on Friday. Mr.. J. Mar
shall Hanna, the racy editor of the
Richmond Examiner, went forth OF, a
fowling excursion. He was willing 10
expend Ills ammunition upon any sort
of game. He would shoot the fenian
Richard Wesley alias X. ID Orsey Ogden
the Mahony head centre of Virginia
Irishmen. The able reporter Of the
Richmond Examiner gives this account
of what he did and of what Ogden did
to him -
From the Richmond Examiner of Saturday,
"The following card, signed l,v nm.
r. u. Ogden, 's0-called,' appeared vas
terday morning in the Richmond M
qtircr, fit repository of the scurriIoms
excrement of the creeping thing who
signedit: '''
CARD TO THE PUBIIcK-The nsinuatiop conta,,,
in the local column Of the Richmond Eroer Of vsstsr
day. that the propretress Of the New Richmond Theatre
privy to All effort to prevent the actors of Mr. Grs
company from fulfilling their engagements il dsiils,
fasehood, and j. Marshall Hanna knew ii When ne
penned it. The public cannot, any more than do es
pect anything better OF creature who is the nlian
Of any one who Will employ him--who after snono;n
upon the har rooms and faro banks of the city until hi
constant presence was nuisance becomes in the twinh
ling of an eye, an informant against then-who wrote T.
the columns Of the Wing while Mr. Smith was 4, Nm
York, complimentary notice of one Chester q ps, s"
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press whom he o
nounceda gentleman, and to whom he extended edor,
courtesies-who, GU account Of the disgusting b;na
of his person is the jeer of the printers and summed h
fwhe have aiiy respect for room AZ
the Examiner office during the was notorio,sly sd
for purposes at which eeanly Hottenot woul;, sv
revolt, and who, tomorrow to I'D his utter e.t;,
ton of principlein single sentence would take Mace
under Fred Douglass or Fields Cook 1t they had raner
and would advocate negro suffrage and miscepenaton
and exhaust the bllinGsgate which he learned in ths
purlieus Of the haunts ofnimy Of Baltimore and phils
.l,l.,h in ,Siu
If he could thereby enlance his salary few dollars
We have said enough, however, convince those VIM
do not know him what manner Of creature our ylli6ay
Is; and wipe our hands of him, f1ltf'''
RID. OGDEN.
Our attention being called to the plb.
LEGATION, we sought the said Ogden first
at the theatre, at about ten o'clock. A.
NJ. We. were informed by Mr.. LEROY.
the treasurer, whom we met at the
Seventh street door, that Ogden was not
in the theatre. We then sought him at
the Ballard House, but to our surprise
when we arrived there, we were inform.
ed by Mr.. Woods, the clerk, that the
ticket seller of the theatre, (meaning
Leroy had just assembled to Ogden's
room. We gave our name to the servant
and sent him to ascertain if Ogden was
in his room, and, if so, to inform him
that we desired to see him at once. The
messenger returned with word that
Ogden had walked out. We again
sought him at the theatre, and again, in
the course of half an hour, at the Bal
lard House, when we were informed
that he had gone to the office of Mr.. Jas.
Lyons. There we sought him, and,
finally, about ~ NJ, we ascertained that
he was in his private Office at the thea
ire. Not wishing to enter the building
Ourself, We sent friend, who entered by
the Seventh street door, and had an in
terview with Ogden. He told him that
Mr.. Hanna was below, and desired to
see him on important business, and at
once. Ogden replied that he would be
down probably in an hour or so, and di.
rected the attention of our friend to the
clock, as If to mark the time, but refused
to state definitely whether or not he
would come down in response to our re-
quest. Ogden, in this interview. asked
if our friend was authorized to state
what business Mr.. Hanna had with
him. He replied that he was not au-
thorized. 1t was then that the follow
ing note was dispatched to Ogden's
apartment by servant:
.s453 .H' RICHMOND VA, March 2, 1865.
sg:-I am authorized by Mr. j. Marshall Hanna to
state you that he desires to you at once In regard
to card that appeared in tho Enquirer Of this date over
your. signature.
He MIR. Hanna also authorizes to state that unless
You will him at once certainly before one half
hour has passed he will post you as coward liar aud
scoundrel.
am most respectfully
III Your obedient servant,
The above note was returned, without
response, by the servant who bore 1t.
Then we, under the conviction that Og-
den, esconced in the security of his pr.
vate Office, would not grant us the inter-
view desired, was, on our return to the
Examiner office, when Ogden, doubtless
informed that we had Withdrawn, made
his appearance on the sidewalk, his
courage spurred up, as we understand,
by Mrs. Magill. Being informed OF
Ogden's appearance on the street, we re-
turned. Ogden was on Seventh on the
east theatre side, and We returned up the
west side of Seventh street. We hailed
Ogden, and he stopped. We were about
advancing from the curbstone across the
street, when Ogden put his hand in his
right pantaloon pocket and produced
navy six. shooter. We had notyet drawn
a weapon, or signified by any movement
our intention to do so; but seeing Ogden
draw, we responded. Ogden presented,
and fired the first shot, aud we returned
his fire, we being slightly off the curb,
stone in the street, and Ogden planted
against the board fence which adjoins
the theatre. The firing did not occupy
more than fifteen seconds, and after ex-
pending four shots, and Ogden five, the
police, who had gathered in considerable
numbers, arrested the writer, and We
were taken to the New Market ponce
headquarters, where Justice John +.
Regnault appeared, and, after prellml-
nary examination of the case, put US
under .bonds in the sum OF S2Uo, TO
await an examination, and $500 addi-
tional that we keep the peace. we re-
frain from saying more until an lnvesti'
cation is had Of the case. Then we
shall have something more to say OF this
fellow, Ogden, and his woman, LIZZIE
Magill."
What is the reason of this "eternal
war; and will some high-toned man
give good reason for dragging mrs.
McGiip' into the quarrel. 1t is stated,
by an old Roman Consul, that woman
was at the bottom of all vars We dis
agree with the pro-consui. She is an
image fo he adored. But the Richmond
gentlemen know more about these
things than the Chinese, who are very
ancient and polite people, too. me al
fair of the Examiner is SO funny, thas we
must give paragraph or two from the
Dispatch, to further swell the , hls.oiS OF Of