The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-21
LOCAL IHTELLIaENCE.

LOCAL MTELLIGENCE.
q QIss Friday afternoon last,
eight young men entered the bar-room Of Mr..
biness They staggered hercely and drank freely,
but meeting With no opposition, were not abusive
% the proprietor or his people.
Sunday afternoon, eightyoung men-whether
the came or Others we know not entered the par
Tor II Ar. Howard, ct the CoIyer wharf and de-
mand6d cigars. On being informed that the bar
could not b opened on Sunday, they sailed out
and broke the windows Of the bar-room. On see-
ing NJ Howard approaching them, one Of them
lsveled pistol 1t him and threatened to blow his
brains out II he should come step nearer. They
then came up 70 the city but near the corner Of
Pennsylvania avenue and Sd street, percsiving Mr..
Howard-who had kept them in view, in the vsin
hope Of being able to point them out to the po-
lioe-One Of them turned back upon him and gave
him severe blow In the face with stone; after
which, he was obliged to return home and make
the best Of his csse. Nh
We give these cases on the information Of credi-
bic persons, yet not without the fear that Alder
man Bayly, though with kindly regard for our
fealings, win pronounce thsm false and ibelous
Whether 4 would b wise economy on the part Of
our City Fathers to disband the police and give
the city up 70 the control Of rufian and murder.
Gus "rsgulators i for that respectable body to
deteruine. In the meantime, however, We would
commend TO the Board of Aldermen the project
ct appointingN committee to ascertain whether .
state Of lacts exists calling for any Improvement
IN police matters. The Common Council need no
saeh information. They fairly and squarely ID.
mitssd quits ~ much - any newspaper has ever
Said, q their last meeting, and evinced wiling
neas 70 DO their utmost to correct the evils that
surround uas but the President of the Board Of
Aldermen h mot 20 credulous, and, Ike our worthy
Mayor, appreciates the policy fmastery inactivity,
unless 4 Be upon emergencies Of extraordinary
displaE Do bring conviction homo 70 his be-
nighted eomprehsnsion.
4, We oai the sttention Of our readers to the ar
ticls which We copy from the States, Democratic
Journal and which b the only indspsndsrt daily
paper nor publlshed in our city. This paper meets
out 70 N. William F. Bayley. President of the
Board Of Aldermen, that which ID justly due to
him; and We may say in truth, that the half has
not been told. We regard Mr.. Bailey - the head
and front Of the rioting, Awlessness. and blood
shed Ahat now disgraces the Metropolis Of tho
Union. Not that Mr.. Bailey b found in person
leading these acutthrosts, Williams and thieves in
their deeds Of darkness and crime, yet he d their
defender In public and private aud from his chair
IN the Board of Aldermen, asserting, that tho
States d libeIling this precious crew.
An this d easily accounted for. Mr.. Bailey is .
native Of Baltimore. This gang Of rioters, thieves
md murdersrs, which have assumed the name Of
Rseslstora are also Baltmoreans, and who have
fed their native city 10 escape the punishment due
to their crimes some Of whom have found en-
ployment under the General Government. NJ.
Bayley ID an aspirsnt for the Hayoralty, and these
ere the men through whose efforts he expects to
reach the chair Of the chief executive Of this
city, IttFiAg 81
: We slso and, that Dr. Wallace, q member Of
the Common Council from the Fifth Ward, 10 Mr.
BaIsys Lieutenant; as he was pleased to state in
hs place last Monday evening thatal the notices OF
crime and oufiawry, which appear in the columns
Of The Estates 10 SANDER upon the fair fame Of
this city. In reply 10 this learned and redoubta.
bic r. D., No would say, that Il is just - notorious
= hss the san shines at midday, that crime start
ling crime, wn nsys 9ife In our midst, and that
this u known to ev -. nan, woman and child In
The CITY. f'-sA 90 '.' ~. @ a. 1at
= There ere none 20 blind a. thoss who win not
y 't.,,.l,..s.s i. :. !. Ts8 90. 4
- Nv evening" since 2 nae. stopped ~ ',o'. ~
tAs Drug stors o. v. boswell Drues'' IN 'ns
ssvsnth Wsrd, ana four desperate 'ooking crsA
lures dsscended thsrefrom, two OF them armed
with shest nnsksts They walked about peeping
into ne Drug Btoes and various other places sing-
ins, By way of variety the following dirty:
NJ name n Jshie K,sey-
Iv,s born In s,prine oarden-, rEr.a
sal'rm boond 70 DO ! butcher ..
oM ~ the Jssus. or die.
rbey we're Known a Z portion Of those deeper.
- aid Rseulstors.p and among them was
,.,..,,..d ina son Of . distinguished legal func-
sscsrv a Wa.hInston ci,v.
va ~ .vsu,Dss previous. q part Of the sans
b.sd were sesn 10 snser certain sstabEshmsn. on
~. ,S.r,ftoa .bsrt euns or musLsta, which they
1900 bsu,ssh tbeir coats. They then entered
.,Ssck and drov. Of. Come srrsss wss made
,h.s .v.n,n. ar rs.her. n member Of the guard
co. hi, vsspons from them, (ior fear they nigh,
hurt thensslvss) and kindly conducted than "a
thsir hsas H' M
On smother evening, on Seventh street. Seventh
weL ss.s Of The gang were firing pistols In the
sesss, IA broad daylight One Of them stopped