Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-12-05
wAsIllNGTON B. G. MONDAY DRCENBER 5, is

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A writ was issusd IN Sspssmbsf f6rmy street.
COZ libsl While on NY WY % surrender N.Y.
self, friend Informed me that gang of kill
srs we're At tie door Of the ceart Eeen tonaim
son, Of the Daily NsWs, had Jest bssn nearly
killed, I deemed it - No b. sarrsudsr NY
sslf bat % lesve the city Af1sr wandering
for several weeks, I resolved 10 rstarn 10 New
York, and having no money for lodging, I
pa1sed the night on the Battery in thsoold I
bad no food f0r nesrlytvc dsys, snd went % .
. says opIT e. - & :sc snS .S
no second shirt, and have worn ny stockings
fve weeks. 4 hare cried over thess haraships,
and weep while write But although am
no thief or assassin, yeti think deserve my
fate, for my abuse sud derision Of public men
In my FIRE and police reports, and In the Alli-
gator and Daily Hand. Z most huinbly efave
.as Rssso9 - 9 - "a sa1n - is haze .sne'f s.d
fsrsd and injured mysslf more than them, that
they VIM ehesrfnlly forgive ne. Ny health d
bad; have no home, and my best apparel il
at the paWnbroker'g aud I implors all whose
feslings hsve wounded and outraged to per-
NIT me to 60 TO work aad strive to acquire the
means to render me comfortable now aud inmy
old age, which viii soea be upon me. a. ann
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more for public men, nor for public Journals,
nor visit the City Hall, but mind my own busi-
ness, which ! regret did not do long since,
instead Of abusing and deriding some Of the
b ct men 0f Ne York ard wash ngton Ny In
formation was chiefly received from eminent
citizens. and all who desire their names can
have them, With the sipulation that they shall
net BE-. n, ,e.sst,d, q publishsd their informa-
ton, and therefore, should be solely respond
ble. 4 deeply regret that ever wrote word
"against either sax" Of the human family, and
my future career shall prove the sincerity Of my
sorrow. All NOW desire II 10 bs permitted to
embark in some useful pursuit, and acquire
sufheient TO redeem my apparel from the pawn
srossr sand pay my board II soms rsspectasle
Gus cinsens, win the regard Of those whom I
have most shamefully tradueed, and slowIy
march to an honorable grave; and with sha
tered fortunes and broked heart, and copious
tears and . common ruin, I do trust that my
prayer will reach the breasts Of an whom /
have most cruelty abused and dsrided. II pro-
founder penitenee and humility and stonsment,
snd more gushing and burning tears, are 70.
quired than are here evinced, j am prepared
to vouchsafe them to those vhose hearts I have
70 brutAlly lacerstsd, and who never gave me
cause for my obscene derision. and profane de-
TRACTION, and bitter maledictiou. With sacred
sincerity .Ycl.ssls sxvss sSrRPakn.H. BRANcu. 4
There are several indictments pending
sgainst Branch-a dozen, We believe, and We
suppose most Of those who have commenced
suits against him care only to know By whom
he Was induced to utter Tie groes libelshs pub
lished npon their characters. IL he viii give
that these indictments win be qusshed It Il
very easy for Branch TO acsonplish this point
By sending the names 10 each party libslled by
him.4N y Herald. - g : :. 80 q