The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-08-18

this city, in the extract we mdoe yesteFooy'
He confessed he had baretacedly lied by not
accepting the offer, and quietly submitted to
being called liar He has probably got to
the end of his rope in slandering his betters
in this city, and if he had his deserts he
would have a rope at the end OF him.
The above is from the Journal. We call
ed upon the editor in his office, in person and
demanded the authority for such statement
and received the name of John Ward as au-
thority. We take occasion here to say that
the whole thing is wilful lie-no man ever
asked us the name of the man alluded to-no
man ever offered Us 500 or anything else for
the authors name. The author of the ar
ticle whether it is Saunders or Ward, Is
cowardly liar. We are ready at any time TO
give the name of the author of the language
we used, and give the proof that he SAID IL.
As 10 Ward he is a character too low 10
deserve further notice than this. He Is Mt
companion for the editor of the Journal, VINO
is now justiyng the Louisville murders
is fit representative of Know Nothingism
being now just recovering from gun shot
wound received at bawdy house brawl IN
this CITY, He is fit character for Know
Nothing. Il Enquirer.
We have word or two to say to the above,
acter in what manner he may see fit, simply
remarking, however, that if Mr.. Ward pos
sessed no better character than John b. Hall,
we should not make the simplest statement
on his authority to which his lips might give
utterance. The paragraph to which the En-
duirer alludes, was founded upon statement
made to US by Dir. Ward, and in the presence
of number of other persons. We had also
heard the same statement from other sources,
and we much prefer believing that Ward did
make the remarks to Hall, than Halls asser-
ton that he did not-and so will nine-tenths Of
the community who know the two men,
Mr.. Hall saws hat either Sanders or Ward
is ''cowardly liar" Now we have a re-
mark for this. Last Thursday Mr.. Hall ac-
companied by Maj John Wesley Hughes
called at this office to ask our authority for the
above paragraph. They were mild as sucking
doves and gentle as bleating lambs. We
gave them our authority with pleasure. 1t
was qualification to be able to accommodate
such mild and peaceable and humane locking
individuals. Finding Mr.. w ard himself was
the authority, they very wisely concluded
not to say anything about it to him. If we
had given our little friend Lobenstine as au-
thority, or somebody else actually smaller
than ourself, ne have no doubt these brave
men would have grown furious as raging
lions and as flesh hungry as cannibals, ant
a once proceeded to the individual and PLACED
him in bodily fear, if any body could be places
in this condition by such preponderance o
of flesh over brains and morals. AS 1t wai
they cooled fiat down--dscussed the Louis
+ vile riots-and were generally agreeable
Our lest parting advice was to Urge Hall to a
. once call on Ward and make him retract
Wouldn't he have had happy time of itl--
. But the poor coward started for his office
met Ward on the street without saying
word, and once in his office, had some degre
of the spunk of man again. There he con
, cocted the above article, using language h
had not dared use to the face of the ninety
\ seven pounds of flesh, called Add Sander;
much less to John Ward. AS the languag
cable to US, we having received our informa
ton from Mr.. Ward, and as he himself hu
since stated, reported him entirely correctly
$ why, MIR. Ward must take it to himself.
$ We now wish to state FOR the benefit {
e Mr. Hall, so that hereafter he and his friend
Il may be saved the trouble of calling at OF
il office, and the Office saved from the scands
/. of their visits-that while we never max
). any statements ex cept on good authority, n
). authority need be looked for behind US. w
:, are responsible for all we write, and hav
;. never yet stunned responsibility. And "
. would also suggest, that when Mr.. Hall I
- any other man wishes to make an exhibi,io
:, of bravery at our expense, by calling l
"a "cowafdly liar" &c. the bravery would seeI
J. more like the genuine stuff if the words wei
/. used to our face, and we presume Mr.. War
thinks the same so far as he is concerned.
As for Maj. Hughes, we are sorry he hi
in rot enoue h business in the Crockery line
l. occupy his attention. His continual dabblin
m in politics is a matter of his own business
u but when he descends to act as Mr.. Hall
re "friend'' in calling to see US on formal Tisi
'e we beg leave to say he subjects himself to
IN personal degradation by such intimacy whic
lg may be entirely compatible with his ow
III ideas of Mr.. Halls character and of his ow
e. dignity, but which we and this communi
n. regard with most infinite disgust. We r
1e gard Maj. Hughes as publicly very unil
e, portant parsonage in this political commuh
d. ty, at all events, and therefore we questit
he his private influence in any matter of tn
en- kind. H would do we'll hereafter to atteT
to his own business. We wish none of b