Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-11

language tnat could by any forced construction
he characterized as abusive Thirdly. II had
been charged that, in COMMENTING unon the 20.
ports In that paper Of the debat.s in this board.
he had asserted that which was untrue This
IhaISe was unkind, unjust, and calumnious and
Ie nurleo oack the charge upon its author with
all che contempt such baseness deserved That
nan did not live who could with impunitv
charge MIN with the lie
In reference To what he had lust said he would
remark that after reading the article he had hpen
noticing now. he had addressed intetropator to
three gentlemen, members of the Board of Alder
men, who had com planned on previous occasions
i the unfalrncss Of the reports of debates in this
boa'd: and had received their replies which fully
bore him out IN what he had said of the reports
as be would show by reading them.
MI Nj then went on TO read, first a COW of
letter sent by himself TO Alderman Moore in rela-
ton to the question and that 9entleman's answer:
also the to similar interrOgatOres addressed
Dy him TO Aldermen W ard and Clark: follows
NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON,
Saturday, April :, $780,
ST GU Will greatly oblige me 10y answering
the following inquiries viz:
I. Whether, according to YOUR recollection of
She remarks made by me in the Board of Alder
'nen on Monday evening last, | uttered one word
pro or con, in relation to the Police Target Com
panY?
Whether. on that occasion. I induloed in
any language which, by even a forced construc-
ton, could be properly characterized as abuSjrs
OF the EreniHg Star; and
j. Whether, in your opinion the renorts of tbe
DEBATES IN the Board Of Aldermen upon questions
affecting the present municipal administration,
~hlco nave, from time to time, appeared In the
Erentrg Star, have been ''stfictly i'm partiaI:, or
whether, on the contrary, those reports have not
generally betrayed partial and unjust snirft in
S'azoning forth to the community not only all
What has been said on the floor of the AIdermeu,s
Cuamber against the present Mayor but some
Zines even disparaging remarks which were not
made In that place; whilst what has been said i'm
defence OF the Mayor, and the policy of his ad.
Ininlstration. has been but iinperfsctlv repo,trd
IN tna paper, and in some instances entirely SUD.
pressed. Nf
Very respectfully, F. McNERU,sy.
Please answer by Monday.
WASHINGTON, April ), 1850
Dsn- Sp: In reply to the first qury in YOUR
note of Yesterday, respectfully state that | dis
unctly remember that your colleague OH Monday
night last spoke in depreciation of the Target
Company; but do not recollect that any portion
OF your remarks was devoted to that coInpany
Ana, In reply TO your second inquiry, l have to
saw that for some time past have been impressed
with the belief that the reports of the Star were
not impartial. 1 do not ascribe this defect to the
reporter, but have supposed that his work was
subjected &c the revision of some other hand I
10 not always have an opportunity of reading
tnsse sketches, but have sometimes noticed that
remarks in depreciation of the city administration
We're given with much more force and more at
large than those in its defence | we'll remember
(wlthout, however, being able to state the date)
one occasion, upon which q statement, made by
myself on official authority, in refutation of some
such dispaTaging remarks, not even alluded
TO In the published report though had at the
request of the reporter given him the substance
OF what had said and which would not bavs
occupied in print more than eight or ten lines
The files of the Star will show, ] think that
whilst some members are credited by name with
ali the business they do, the names of others are
frequently omitted. ! ought to add that have
sometimes noticed in the Star very credtabIe
sketches, which faithfully presented the points
Of the proceedings of Monday last
Very truly yours, WIN. w. MOORE
r. MCNERHANY, Esq.
Sir: Yours Of the eth instant propoundino Ger
tain lnterrogatorles, and asking reply received
In reply, shall proceed, without quoting your
queries, TO answer them in the order Dut
In reply to the first, would state tat have no
recollection OF hearing you say one word about the
Police Target Company.
In reply to the second. l have to state that your
language could not be justly characterized as be.
Star
In reply to your third and last question, have
10 state that In reading the reports of the Star
have been impressed with the partiality exhibited
whenever anything was said in reference either to
the Mayor personally or to his policy But know
Ing the hostility of that paper to the Mayor. have
been disposed to make allowances for the unfair
Ness sometimes apparent in the reports.
Very respectfully, your obsdient servant,
EDWARD Nj. CLARK.
Alderman, &c Navy Yard
+. MeNsrhany, Esq,
DEAR SIR " our favor of the eth instant has
bern dulvreceived.
In answer to your first interrogatoty answer
that do not recollect that at any time on last
Monday evening you spoke Of the ''Police Target
Company
In answer to your second interroyatory. I answer
MAT am not aware, and do not recollect that on
last Monday evening you used language Of abuse
to the Er:ntng Star, though YOU did speak in
words Of complaint against the Eusniny Star,
which were just
answer to your last interrosatory, have fire.
Star has seemed to me to studiously avoid every
thing in praise, Justification, support of the
present municip pal administration. For myself |
a n indifferent to all these matters.
Very respectfully, &c.
April o, 1850, WIN I'll. WARD
MIR. Miller asked that the board would next
week give him an opportunity also to make a
personal explanation on this subject. He trusted
be had been endued by nature with sense sufficient
to Keep him from quarreling with such class of
people as reporters for newspapers, whose opror-
tInity Tor ping up fight were so much superior
to his lie must do reporters the justice to say
tnat they often suppressed notices Of speeches of
his which were better suppressed, and thew GEN
orally did him the justice to publish anythin9 he
said that was good, as he thought he had done on
Monday evening last
2 The BALTIMORE ANNUAL CoSFERKNcy Of the
Aftican NJ T.. Church, commences its session in
n, ~ X. 10
Union Bethel Church, on NJ street, near Fifteenth
Rev. Bishop Payne will be the presiding officer
The annual sermon will be preached at O'Clock
in tae afternoon by Rev. j. Mifiin Brown. of
Baltimore. There are about forty ministers be-
longing to this Conference, which is the oldest
Conference in the connection, and was organized
in 1917. IL takes in the District of Columbia
Western and Eastern Maryland, and all the State
Of Delaware. and has about five thousand men,
bers. This will be a session OF some interest az
an election for delegates to the General Confer
ence will take place. According to their dis
ciplne this Conference is entitled 10 a representa-
hon of nine itinerant preachers and seven local
NATIONAL PHARMAcEUrICAL CONVENTION
The committee to make arrangements for the
meeting Of this large body Of medical gentlemen,
delegates from all parts Of the nation. which win
convene in this city on Wednesday, May I'd, have
succeeded in obtaining Willards' Hall, on st
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth, adjoining VIII
lards' Hotel, for their use during the session.
BEAR IN MIND THE CONCERT of the Choir of the
Iiith Baptist ChIrch, at the E-s.reet Baptist
u CD, tris evening, under the direction Of Prof.
Daniel, assisted by the best amateur singers of
Washington. A rich treat 10 expected.