Weekly American. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1858-1858, 1858-05-29


upon the superstition having crushed out the patriotic
Americans o. baltimore but grand mistake They
but g. eoy s s.as ar he
OF that patriotic organization win down. accompanied
By the sf'T rss sass Ah
Claremen and Blood Tubs" all nrst-oass fellows
Gentlemen who Contribute literally for their support This
tale for Marines but viii prove true at the next ese
but as they would have fought TO the lead
ers advised a postponement to ANOTHER DAY.
The above article was written by a Demo
crat of Baltimore, amember of the press Of that
city, who was present in Washington on the
first of June last" Bloody Monday"--and
witnessed the bloody acts of that day, by which
he doubtlesshoped that the Americans of WASH
ington were crushed out of existence. The
people of our city know that the story which
was SO industriously circulated by Democratic
aspirants after Office, and by the press Of Wash
ington, generally, that Plug Uglies came on
from Baltimore and intcrfered in eur municipal
election on that day, and that on that account
Il became necessary to call out the Marines"
(by whom so many good Democrats were shot,
is false And the writer Of the above knew 1t
to be false; but to give color to the tale, and
to ret the impression abroad that things might
have been worse, he penned and published the
article alluded to, after advising and consulting
with prominent Democrats here
Soon after the publication Of the Star on the
day in which the article appeared, Democratic
Justice Of the Peace issued warrant for the
arrest Of the author, and being ignorant ofhis
name, gave the warrant in blank, to a consta-
Bile to be filed up. The officer succeeded in
ascertaining the name of the party when, 10,
and behold he turned out to be Democrat!
a Democrat from Baltimore! What was he
doing here on that daya He was evidently
much interested in the events OF that day lie
was not here alone. He was not the only Dem
ocrat from Baltimore, in Washington on that
day Of blood. He was here for purpose, and
the Empire Club Of Baltimore was here fora
purpose! Where did the one hundred and ten
marines come from2 How many Empires"
swelled the number? This fellow may have
been one of them--he is SO fond of DISCUSSES
But what became ofthe warrant The patri-
otto alderman thought he had poor Rnoao-
Nothing" in his toils-a person dangerous to
liberty. Such sentimentsand publications must
be suppressed and the author of them arrested
and punished, whoever he might be. Well,
the constable is authorized to tU the blank
with the NINE, and arrest the person OF its
owner. Why did he not do. it9 Because ne
turned out to be a Democrat! A Democrat
may write and publish seditious articles with
impunity. What people of Washington, will
become of you and your children, if Demo-
cratic dynasty is entaied upon you? There
were other inquirers after the name of this
Baltimore Democrat, learning which from some
of his Democratic friends, he thought it pru-
dent to leave Washington at a double quick
STRANGERS IN w AsHINGToN, AND WHAT THEY
SEE.-We met stranger on Tuesday las, at
the Post Office, and entered into conversation
with him. Among other things that he had
seen during his visit, he told us that ON that
morning he saw sight which made him feel
bad all day long, and though it was only
dumb beast, whose sufferings he had witnessed,
vet the sight had made SO vivid an impression
upon his mind, that he could not rid himself
of the recollection.
He was on his way to the Monument and
while crossing the mall lying between the Smith
sonian and the Monument grounds, he saw
horse living in a most unnatural position, and
concluded that the animal was dead but, as
he passed along toward the object he thought
IL singular that dead horse should be suffered
to lie ia one Of the public reservations, through
which people were constantly passing on their
way to and from the Smithsonian and Wash
ington Monument, and he looked again at the
animal and thought he saw slight movement
of the head. He went Immediately up and
saw that the horse was alive. He was lying
on his back in a gully, in such position that
il was impossible to help himself How the
animal came there is a mystery; but there he
was, and whilst lying in that helpless position,
the dogs had eaten and torn away the flesh
from his neck above the shoulder and from his
flank, in pieces that would have ghedpounds,
leaving the arteries and veins of the neck ex-
posed to view, some Of which had been bitten
in twain. He was literally eaten alive. Poor
beast, you merited better fate; but such is
sometimes the lot Of animals as well as men.
This stranger won our heart by the sympathy
which he so feelingly expressed for the suffer
ings Of the poor horse. The mcrciful man is
kind to his beast.
PUBLIC ScHooLs.--In tho House on Tuesday
Mr.. GoopE reported, from the committee on the
District Of Columbia, tho following resolutions:
ResoJped, That the Clerk be and he is here
by directed to place at the disposal of the pub
lcshools ofthe cities Of Washington and George
town, for the use Of the public schools in their
respective cities, the chairs and desks lately
used by members in the old hall Of the House
Of Representatives.
Several members suggested that they were
unfit for that purpose
Mr.. JONES wanted to know II 1t would be in