Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-25
WASHINGTON, August Is, 1853.
To the Editors of the Evening Star:

To the Editors of the Evening Star:
GENTLEMEN On looking over YOUR paper
last evening, 1 find the following paragraph,
which pronounce base and malicious false
hood
" Sounds Of an Outrage considerable
crowd was attracted last evening by the alarm
ing voice of a female in the house occupied by
Mr. James h. Plant, in ID street, near the Ar
ington House. Mr.. p put his head out of a
window and said he had nothing to do with it.
but still the noise went on not an officer ap-
pearing to officially see into the cause Of the
alarm, and those present not being aware that
when murder is cried they have q right. and
indeed it is their duty. to ascertain the cause
Of it, and to 60 the rescue if such interference
is needed. Report says that the cries came
from a white orphan girl, who was being beat
en- severely by somebody on the premises.
Those present say it sounded very shameful,
whatever might have been the cause
The facts of the case are these: My brother
had hired a small black boy who sleeps in the
first story. While asleep on Tuesday night. a
cat jumped on his breast, which so frightened
him that he sprang from his bed, and ran up
stairs shouting murder, fire. &c. This so
alarmed my mother, (who is of a very nervous
temperamenn that she raised the window and
repeated similar language, and Immediately
fell in fit, and made such q noise that it at
tracted a crowd This is a true statement,
which can be verified by creditable and le-
spectacle citizens. Now, sirs, ask you to
compare it with the statement copied from
your issue of yesterday.
Seeing Soran, your reporter. enquired of
him where he obtained his information to
make such report, when he informed me that
n Mr. Sullivan gave him the particulars
Now, if SOran felt DESTROYS of giving the real
facts, why did he not call upon some member
Of the family TO learn the truth. But no, this
would not have eOmported with his habits. and
he therefore called upon congenal spirit
like himself, man named IiaH Il bar keeper
at grog shop only few doors above my
residence, who, he says, furnished him with
the foregoing.
Now, sirs, few words about the q thing
that would thus assail the character of a re-
spectacle citizen he does not know but must
obtain his information from such man as
Hall. l refer to Soran, the penny -a-liner of
the Star, n man that has not the courage to re-
sent an affront even when insulted before
others. Such a man is disgrace to society.
As to Sullivan, / do not know him Halls
enmity to my family, arose from the fact that
we would not sign for his license. and as he
can get no other revenge, nc must tell lies
about us. But let me tell all concerned, they
had better not go too far, as they arc playing
game that may lead them 70 a worse casliga-
ton than can be given with a pen.
Gentlemen, M father left the city for New
York, on Tuesday morning, at s o'clock, and
being absent at the present time, have ans
wered this SANDER on my own responsibility
JOSEPH I. h. PLANT
We publish the above card from Mr.. Plant
remarking that we think his strong language
wholly uncalled for. We, however, give Linn
fba IF I'll, Lo
correcting the error Of our reporter in his own
way. If our Reporter thinks it worth while,
he will, probably, notice this card