Evening star., 1867-11-15
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP,

THR PoLLARDs and the Wises have trans.
ferTed their sSreet-shooting operations from
RICHMOND 70 Baltimore. Perhaps the Rich
nond folks have got tired of running the
gauntlet OF chance shots from the miscslla-
neous firing Of the P's ana W - and have ad
Vised these belligerent gentlemen to "move
on 70 some other quarter IL is a feature OF
the street-shooting of these high young Viz
gina gentlemen that they do not seem to care
coopers anathems who is hit. They pop away
a'each other in q crowded street, emptyine
al their barrels 81 random, and as, notwith.
standing their incessant practice their
nring Is not particularly accurate, thew
manage 10 wing" rather mere bystancers.
MEN, women and children, than thsv
do adversaries. We sincerely trust that
they will so improve In practice as to kiI,
or al least disable each other before thsv nm.
dertake 10 make Washington gunnery ground
Our new census shows that we are getting
along pretty well in the matter of growth, but
no rauo OF increase in population can stand
tne numerous execution Of these Virginia
street gunnsrs We hope that Super ntendent
Richards Will vigilantiy watch all the an.
frances 70 the city with q special eve 10 bo.es
OF small arms or hotel arrivals marked with a
s'P" sra a"w-
The "little misunderstanding" between tbess
gentlemen in Baltimore yestsrday seems 70
nave sprung from Pollard's reply 70 ex Gov.
eInOr wise bilious criticism OF his book
Lee ana ms LIeutsnants." In this reply Pol
iaIo useo great deal OF "hash language,
s'yhng wise 1.-The Bombastes Furioso OF thu
"ai' tne"lnetorleal brayoOf the old regime -
'tne only general oficer in the Con tsdsr.,a
service who never obtained a single promo
ucn In four years, and ended with the prsciss
rank with which he began" lone of the So
called Southern leaders who i'm PEELED the war.
and playing the part of rhe etorIcal bal,iss
drove the people into madness and ruin.- xc
&C NO one could doubt the result of this sffp :
sion Ihe young Wises at once took ,ha
helo' a. G, the streets, armed to the taath
Tor Poiiards scalp. Pollard, with a thoupht
iul eye 10 contingencies, like ths Pu-
grim fathers who kept a muskst handy a,
the corner OF the church pew, weut rorth 20
promenade with his wife on one hand and a.,
six-shooter IN ne other. Then followed tina
usual programme, the wild shooting the bpr-
ried setting-avay of the scared pystauders.
TIE interference OF mutual friends" lsftar
All the barrels had been emptied.) and the
promPi baIlIng Of the parties by the same nm
tusl friends Then the successful gunners re-
turn TO Richmond with honor satisfied. h.vins
hat their man. We hear no outcry fron RsIt,-
more on account OF this gunnery practtc. IN
heT streets; her citizens seem 10 take IT As a
matIer-of-eourse SORT of proceeding. But N a
Dickens or Marryatt were TO paint such trans
actions as they strike stranger, all America
would cry out upon it as a carcature
SENSIELE-SOme of our eIose-fsted. sIou
going business men might take a useful hint
ffou late conversation between a merchant
ana an acquaintance. reported by one of our
exchanges. as follows
Why don't you trade with me >"
The reply was characteristic.
You have never asked me, sir. 1 have
locked AL through the papers for an invita-
tion IN the shape of an Advertisement. and
iouna Zone. never 90 where l am not IN
yltec.-