Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-09-28
From the States of Saturday
MAGISTRACY AND POLICE OF
llS WASHINGTON.
A ca x ID TO THE PUBLIC.

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ACARD TO THE PUBLIC.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. d, 1857.
In yesterdays Star there appeared wanton and
from a United States mnasistrats, CThos G. Donnj
from no other motive. 4 appears than because in
to complain, IN general terms, of HE neffcency and
corruption ofthe present sy stem of police and mags
resrfed viii show n Do1ns
is not mentioned in 1t. nor any alluson made to him.
any act OF hIs therefore, ms ex planaton oil hav.
ing written this libel IN vndlcation of his course"
is a mere pretext. either to parade himself before
present masstrscy or to crafty petty revenge to-
wards for having once threatened him with the
Wet him of fssehOod in his assertion that he had
written the communication IN the Star to vndicate
have written evidence, in the shape of spond-
ence. which passed some days ago between the fell
alIuson to him in the exposure had attempted of
vice and lawlessness in Washington. The follow
ing are copies of this corrcs pondenoe, which beg
you to append: 80 .t..
SEPTEMBER 10, 1857.
SIR: In the psper called ",The south" published
in Richmond Virginia dated nth inst. there pub
lIshSd a correspondence from Washington CITY,
Of" Ixion:' and as circums lance. cause me to be-
ileve that you are the author of saId communIca-
steps, to ascertain The fact directly of YOU by You
either avowIng or disavowlng the authorship there
should you avov the authorship. l then ask you
II IN your reflections and anmadversIons on the
general charge nte nded to reflect personally on
me?
And if YOU did intend to reflect personally on me,
whether your reflections refer to subject matters
within your own knowledge, or from information de-
And if from your own knowledg is it other than
from the Transaction IN which You and both took
conspicuous parts and which came so near termina-
ting fatally of the parties mte rested the
night and morning of the 18th and 9th of August
And. if from information Of others, who are your
An answer to the above is requested at your ear
hest conyer len ,e which, gent eman, shall anx-
pect without unnecessary delay. ! remain
THOMAS c. DoSx, 40. 6 Louisiana avenue.
To EDWARD A. POLLARD. Esq.
WASHINGTON, d. -Ioa m Sept. q , 1857.
THOMAS G. DoSY, Justice of the Peace,
SIR: was m1cn surprised to reoeive through tSe
post late yesterday evening note from YOU, inqur
mond .S"n,h' of the nth Instant. IN which conn
plsint m.de of the magistracy and police of Wash
ie e chssss the fostering Of the Sce.
of the city by the maadminls ration of police
thess as Soeua and
| ehIsticaI, certainly there is no mention the
ailn.on TO any particular act. But Il it can afford
you any satisfaction. will simply say that am the
Iihnr Of the letter referred to- and while the charge
| 1t makes was intended to apply generally to the
whole number OF persons composing the system of
police and maglstracy Of tins city, 1t is not for
t. that YOU either instance Ofths charge
or an exception to It. II, however, you were called
tnres of my correspondence on public topic of the
day to yourself, you might at least for my instruc
the of the letter calculated to apply to,
or what portion Of your official conduct thought
| Obnoxious to the charges made ] cannot divine
what portion OF the phraseolOgy Of the letter
took to Yourself es.sny there was 10 aus'on t.
past" of any other time. yet know Of no rea-
t" {o%r 5h TO
In your person the championship of the present sys
TEN of police and magIstrac In this city.
EDw'D A. POLLARD.
There was No reply made by II. C. Dom, Of No.
minated The letters, IT will I've observed dated
several days IN advance ol the communication IN
yesterday Star. which processes to he defence,
by Dom, Of his course from puhlic charges winch
this champion Of the stracy committing wIiful
falsehood; using 1t as cloak to perpetrste das
tardy revenge upon me; and taking a miserable re-
fuge in the papers escape the lash Of IndIg-
nation that ne feared to incur by any further
r. c. Donn. of No. o6 Louisiana avenue. in per-
sistns in applying to himself all newspaper censures
of the magistIacy of the city, will scarcely find cred
il with the public he hopes, for his extreme
slbIiity, but will only succeed IN shOriaE guilty
conscience for some hidden portion OF has oficial
guilt.
motion, refers to a transaction of the 18th of Au
gust, in the course of which he held me to bail for
having struck with stuck one Of gang Of yagyqnt
an Insulting remark on the street had not intend
hHyf to the public on
hce IN tins case, and the Prosttude OF Justice at his
10 as e the S 6
has now called for 1t, and makes me ANTICIPATE
fdvics of counsel, had determined to refer to the
| grand inquest, and tn make the subject of memo
70 even hShss D" IN tne Disasa,
columns of the South, ol the SHORTCOMINGS Of the
maftstI "a OF washington; would have sSorned
Whatever to the course 1 OF +. z. Dom personally
SPECIFIC judicial investigations. But he himself, with
aguilty conscience that easily Imagined general
sna into s an
arena Of 70 . IRON h; which am now con
| words of personal explanation.
As far as the weston Of the affair Of the 18th of
actor in 1t. pronounce his statements, unequivo-
ca!ly and unreservedly; in and detsi base
ssy no ore except to engage pubic Of wasS
ingtOn that it shall be proved before jury of my
aS fsaaF 81 the
peril of life. to endure the insults and bravados of
was il no way unworthy Of one on whose ciivaIry
and descent nothing that could stain true gentle
AS TO the conduct of +. c. Dom in that affair.
which make pubic now for the first time, have
few days. 10 furnish to the public written certif-
cate: OF testimony from the highest sources In this
]. liz violated the painest precepts of his office in
| refusing me warrants against three gamblers, who
ready to incur the responsibility OF taking INV En-.
and even offered to produce second icitnsss to the
?; Amer having sat IL. my ease as a nasistrar,
and passed has Judgment against me in the melee in
which the three gamblers referred to Waterman,
Costello, and Dull were implicated, he appeared in
another court as tcithsss dgdfaSt In the
| affair, aud GA the side Of the HANDLERS. To .
s. Although no testified in defence of the gamblers,
yet when appealed to In my case to corroborate by
his observation certain alleged circumstance he
declared fortunately in the he airing Of two most
spectacle w,nesses) that lie kneic nOthins rhate
| rtrcC the affair. -.
If the grossest species of falsehood known to the
law, that of perjury in office-if the high INSIDE
meanor Of refusing warrant at pieasureTif cor
rupt understanding with the vagran gamblers Of the
steet-if the prostitution of Justice to the inmates
Of the cribs and hells" OF Washngtonfs all these,
combinqd and Proved shall not be sufficient to cover
with public disbonor one Of the nagistfacy," and
to secure even at the hands Of the law, the punish
ment of his body by Imprisonment, thon / shall be
greatly mistaken IN the opinion have obtained Of
tuted courts Of this District. SIS
In conclusion, permit me to say that this comlnu-
nicatIon which have risen for few moments from
a sick bed t9writs, il the last on Thu. subject with
shall not notice any further Newspaper attaeks
fall rcff facts al