Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-02-04


the reputation which his assumption of the
| authorship of the articles in question must
bring him in the estimation Of honorable and
| sensible people, it is quite time that we should
inform the public who this junior is, who,
commencing his distinguished newspaper ca
reer in this city some years ago by (auony-
mousIy) minding DR. Mays cow in the yard of
the lnfirmary, (see note has at length achieved
the highly honorable distinction of writing
fslsehoOds against the business of his cotem-
peraries Of the press, so selfevident as that all
his own readers must necessarily write their
author down to be fool, for injuring his cause
by resort to such weak means of sustaining it.
Professionally, he is the physician under
whose "opinion of the case" the following
publication was made in our talented, truth
full, and ingenious neighbours columns, in
| announcing the accident that happened to
the former Spanish minister here, from whic b
that gentleman after laying at deaths door
for long while, was with difficulty saved by
the skilful and unremitted attention of physi-
clans at the head of the faculty in our midst:
ACCIDENT TO THE SPANISH MINISTER Just
before going to press, the horses attached to
the carriage of this gentleman ran of, and
came dashing by our office with the most ter
rife speed.
There was no one besides this gentleman in
the carriage, and just as ii reached the corner
Of Louisiana avenue and Tenth street, he was
violently thrown upon the pavement, and for
awhile completely stunned.
He was at once brought into our Office, and
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dered him every necessary attention. IN er-
animation sh0,ced that his injuries tcere
slight, and in a few moments he was able to
enter a hack and proceed to his residence
Organ, Nov. q, 1854.
Individually, he is the Mr.. Collapse who
writes the letter conceived in so close imita-
tion of the style of the public's old friend,
BOmbastes Furioso, which will be found in the
following article from a number of the Star
in December last:
SLIGHTLY lRAsCIBLE.-1f there be truth in
the adage that "straws show which way the
wind blows" our readers will conclude from
the following kind, affectionate, moderate, and
good tempered chilly ducks" with which we
were favored this morning by the hands of
some stranger to US, in habiliments reminding
US strongly of the genus office seeker, with
Inauguration of new President that it is
beginning to be shrewdly suspected around
tho office of the Know Nothing paper pub
llshed IN this city, that no considerable num-
Der Of the members of the new House will
touch any one suspected Of identity with it,
In voting for officers, with a forty foot pole
though this fact has long been well known
to all who, possessing common sense, are IA
miliar with the political history of that con-
Germ and the little batch of funny political
aspirants who hoped to clutch something in
the way Of spells through Identification with
1t, up to very recently, they had not taken the
just estimate Of their own political merits 80
universally entertained even by their own
party in this city.
We need hardly add that had the writer of
this note couched it in language that would
admit Of reply, it would have afforded US
pleasure to tell him whether the cap he has
rushed forward so eagerly to wear, Of right,
as II were, becomes his physiOgnomy:
WASHINGTON, Nov. %, 1855.
To Ns Editor of the EUen,ng Star
SIR observe in the Evening Star of this
date the following paragraph:
NATHAN SARGENT, EsQ.-We hear that
this gentleman, who has been so often spoken
of In connection with the Clerkship Of the
House in past years, has been adopted for
Clerk by the little clique who are represented
In the management Of the Know Nothing
newspaper in this city. We are informed also,
that John Wilson, Esq, of this city ex- Com.
missioner of the General Land Office, and
Whllom candidate for the Clerkship, declines
in Mr. Sargent's favor We have not heard
whether Mr.. Robert w. Latham, late of the
firm of Selden, Withers & Co, of this city,
also valves his claims to that position in Mr..
Sargent's favor.
In view of the fact that Mr.. Sargent has
been standing quasi anti-slavery candidate
for House offices for many years past, and al
ways the recipient of very few votes, however
brilliant his "show" may have been before
| the baliotings began, we do not apprehend
that ne will be elected to the Clerkship Of the
| next House by very large majority''
desire to know to whom you aliude by the
words, " the little clique who are represented
! in the management of the Know Nothing news
paper in this city ?" If you allude to me or
to any person directly or Indirectly connected
with me in the management of this paper,
the statement a base, malicious and infamous
falsehood, and demand of you an immediate
and unconditional retraction of the whole
statement.
EditSrially, 1t appears that he is the gentle
man who comes forward to say that our COM
| ments upon the mebdacity and falsehood of
our talented, truthful, and ingenious neigh
| boris effort to injure our business, should have
| been bestowed on him, and not his senior. We
are content that they should make the " honors
easy" between them in this case, not caring
the snap of our finger how they divide them
out in their Office. The concern deserves them
all, richly, and so far as We are concerned,
they are heartily welcome to them. Having
beencaught in the preparation of base fraud
on the public credulity, involving the publ
cation of Infamous falsehoods concerning our
business, our truthful neighbor seeks to get
out Of its scrape by " singing slush" at US, and
telling more falsehoods; for all of which we
are sincerely indebted to it, as it thus con.
tinues to expose its true character to the COM
munity in which it is published. 1t may bark
at US With the pen of Mr.. Collapse by the col
umn, daily; but it shall not, with impunity, lie
about our business affairs