Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-06-03

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Editor Star: In your issue of today notice
card signed by Jos. F. Brown, the secretary of the
Of from the TRPd Wsrd s.s sopea
that "Munchansen" had been effectually silenced,
on but to give to tbs pTbc
another leaf in the history of this notorious indi
MIR. Brown announces himself as the .sonly regt-
jarly selected candidate for Alderman in the ward
peter The subonsd ' estt aSsf from the
the was made is that Is
convince every candid mind that under the circum-
BY being Content With Whsn hs eTo
cess indicated in the last clause Of extrscts they
could have had any amount of suffrage necessary to
{" Brown, e; Shepherd, 43; Angus. 10; Moore AZ;
Larner 81; Eberly, Al; skirvins, To- Williams, 60;
The following was then declared the Ward ticket:
For Angus James
ski1ving. and W Williams.
When the tellers were counting the votes they
found ght tickets for Mr.. Joseph F. Brown in one
This fact thus stated taken in concession with the
further fact, viz that there not seventy Third
must cause ou5t in the 1 minds of It's citizens
to the genuineness of this nomination. The ticket
nominated has never been announced by Mr..
Mr. Brown in " his card states that he intends to
MGw that ar s6a
MI, Brown that he wili cast his vote for Mr; Wal
ZACH. when considered in connection with the
servations of his friends. renders his position
scmt,chGt eqnivocal 1t may be that he intends to
T0fe Tor Mr. ~ lach and support mis- ntagonist in
when Mr.; Brown voted an open ticket for Colonel
while at the same time, in fulhIment of bar gain
msds in order his sgeSn xthog op
eighty votes efthe Gas C9mpany's. employees for
for him the
pie who cognizant of all the circumstances, even
s this late day inyoluntarily smile when remind
consistent BroSn ss failed led to
defeat the map for whom he voted, coolly ad.
party which he Viz 1.-the law and
Mr. Brown ysthat he has served seven years
in The councils and ito use his sSn wo1dsl that
my official position to crafty private prejudices
or personal an imosties-nor given vote that
Iidualy and collectively" If Mr.: Brown had
M as hsse of the s
e Of g 1b As it is he must have
forgotten the official commu nication o. Mayor
VIII Ss Ss H. i S% %e wh bs
Company had charged this cityI and had been
Id rates az ss Ike
the PRICE he city that was paying At the
rate OF IS cents per hundred, while the Govern
cents per hundred feet. In all probability this
guardian of our city's interests would have con-
tnued to charge at these rates, had not Mayor
Wallach, with his usual care for the interest of
our citizens, detected this gross overcharge and
called attention to it. =,
Is Mr.. Brown advancing his constituents inter
ests when he uses his position q city legislator
to increase the price of gas to consumers. which
| effort he expects to succeed during the present
weekly .,.. II -..I.'| =
Did Mr.. Brown advance the interest of his con-
stituents, when he spent several thousa dollars
of the ward funds on the " H street sewer" to
benefit his property the square in which he re-
sdes-snd then aasr the bill to cover up his tracks
For full particulars see National Intelligeneer of
July 9Th, 1859. s-L ~.
Did not Mr.. Browns private prejudices'' pre-
vent the City Councils from doing homer to our
glorious General Grant on his first visit here, when
he prevented the passage of resolution of well
come to that distinguished officer, by moving an
adjournment Of the Board of Aldermen while the
su bject under consideration, thereby prevent
ing their adoption, and this because the resolu-
tons introduced by mef
1t were idle to attempt to recapitulate the con-
slant and innumerable tergiversstions of this
principled and aspiring man. False to friends,
well as foes; INSCRIPTIONS in the means to be ap
piled to obtain any favorite ohject-ever prefer
ing falsehoOd to trntll-constantly making public
interests subservient to his private ends it is to be
hoped that the day of retrbution has come-that
the mask of hypocrisy is at length to be drawn
aside, and this embodiment of deceit exposed to
the pu bic gaze in all the hideous deformty of his
nature. (3tJ ALEX. II. SHEPHERD.