Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-08-14
Card from ar. Bradley.

HENILEMkN. l nave nuherto forhorne to
take any notice of the various misrepresep.a-
tons which have been inc ustrio u.iy circui .ted
IN the public prints in regard to my alteration
with Judge Fisher on the ID o. July last, aad
Wonla stu! forbear If consulted nv own
will and judgment only. In yielding TO the
statement. rs@ IT" -
In the course OF that alteration. Judee
tlsner SAID he was then sick, but knew where
to IND him, OF words to that effect and he b Id
himself Responsible in every form for what he
SAID or did. We were then engaged in a trial
Involving mans life and told him would
wait. After he had given me this plain init
nation, he applied TO me the most offensive
and opprobrious epihets.
/ waited till that trial was over, and he had
recovered bis health, when delivered } him
On Saturday last note, OF which the follow.
ing is a true copy:
WASHINGTON, August lse7.-Hon. George
+. FiSher:-SIR: In the alteration which occur
req between US. when You returned to the
courtroom after the adjournment on the I'd of
July last, you observed that you were tGen
sick, and were pleased to add, ssYou know
were to find me, and hold myself respous ible
in every form for whatever / say or do" or
words to that effect, after which you applied
to me the most opprobrious epithets. There ia
bur one Interpretation of such an intmation re.
ceIyed among gentlem IN.
/ told you l could wait and am grRt,fied
to find you have recovered, and thai the trial
of the then pending case being now closed, we
are both at liberty.
That no time may be unnecessarily lost, beg
You will let me know. as soon as you con veni-
emily can. when it will suit you to meet ms out
OF this District, that we may arrange to our mu.
tual satisfaction the points Of difference be-
tween us, without the risk and odium which
might accompany any controversy here or in
public.
With the same view, L take the liberty to
hand you this note in person.
AND am, Sir. your most obedient servant,
Jos. Il. BRADLEY
Since then l have not heard from him. and
row feel myself at liberty to make it public.
l have only further to add, that the alteration
10 which be refers. in his judgment expelling
me from the bar, dio not take place until after
the court had adjourned: he had left the court
room, and. as believe, the court when
ne returned, and we met casually. OF this
fact ! have indisputable proof Nor did l
offer him any insult or indignity IN approach.
ing him; nor did he make any explain alton, or
offer any, or say that he did not intend to in
suit me; nor did l threaten or even think of
offering him any personal indignlty or chas-
tIsement. He complained Of being sick. and
no man who knows me will believe that I
would have touched him. 1 believe he was
sick, for he challenged me to go out and fight
him, and repeated it. He certainly would not
have done so if he bad been we'll. He seems
to have acted under a strange delusiou or mis-
derit ..-I
The bar having, without my nowledge ana
az a'nst my will, taken charge of the inves STU
gation OF the Facts, 1 shall await their report
before 1 present my statement to the public,
or the proofs by which it can be supported
In the meanwhile l know my friends Will
take my word for it, that l have neither said
Nor done anything which l have to regret, and
l request those who do not know me to sus
pend their judgment until the facts are known
JOS. IL. BRADLEY.
MANNER OF LEvYING AND COLLECTING
SPECIAL TAXEs.-The petition of True Put
ney, presented in the Board of Aldermen by
MI Barr, on Monday evening, and referred 10
the Finance Committee, sers forth that
Iour memorialist feeling aggrieved at the
unPqual and, III your memoTiaiIst's opinion
unjust laws gard the manner of their opera
non) respecting the levying and collecting of
taxes for paving carriagewavs. alleys, and
sewerage IN the city OF Washington. would
respectfully call your attention to the matter
th n the mehsd and present plan of levying
and collecting might be so altered and modi-
fed as to work more justly and eunaIly in re-
gard to property. Your memorialist has here
tofore endea vored in behalf not only OF him.
sell, but OF many other property b olders like
wise situated to represent this matter to vour
earnest consideration, bnt has failed to cause
any modification whatever from the present
method of levying and collecting said taxes
neyerthe less. he deems it but Justice to him.
self and those for whom he feels authorized to
speak. that he should again bring the subject
to your honorable notice.
"Ieur memerialist, owning lots Nos and
Z, IN square PSI, corner OF 18th and NJ streets)
would under the present system OF Lowing
and collecting, have 10 pay for sewerage, as
per estimate. If carried out according TO the
hill which passed the Board OF Aldermen and
council last year-say, :or a sewer on 18th
street, from to N. not less than S69i5O, and
for paving the carriageway on 18th and NJ
streets, lot would be taxed not less than
1891 %. Your memorialist has pa we'd the side.
walk in front Of his dwelling on 18Th street. at
an expense to him OF 1886 25, and has been
taxed for paving alley on lot 7, $500.
Square No. PSI contains 1880 square feet,
and bounded north and south by M and N
streets, east and west by 18th and 18th streets
Lot No. :, owned by memorialis', contains
y rn foo cit oyad - -
and NJ. and runs back 100 feet on 18th street,
to all.y Is feet) lot fronting "a feet inches on
nj street. If sewer similar to the one on
1lIh street should be constructed on 18th and
18Th streets, and smaller ones on M and NJ the
whole qnare would be equally benefited At
(rstimateo) 81 per lineal foot Tor large sewer
would be S6,i63. Equally divided it would
cost the property holders 2-1O cents per
square foot: bnt, under the present system, let
No would have to pay 1904 so. or "a cents
per square foot. Now, suppose you have the
carriage-way of streets bordering in square
2el-estimated cost per lineal foot on 18Th
street $3.50, on 18th street St15O, NJ and N
streets $40 per lineal foo; total cost for square
PSI SO $685.. Equally divided between prop
erty -hoiders (who are all equally benefitted,)
it would be 1910 cents per square foot; but,
have to pay 1891 25, or 50 cents per square foot
Lots Nos. J, 2. 3, 4, S, and 6, the same size as
lot :, under the present laws, would paw for
paving carriage,way and sewerage only 40
cents per superficial or square foot"
BASE BALM onday, the Pioneer Club, of
Al-xaDorIa, bad an excursion to Carln's
Springs, which was attended by several mem
bers OF the clubs In this city. In the morning
a match game was played by the first mines Of
the Eagle Club, of Washington, and the Os-
ceola Club. of Alexandria, which resulted In
a victory for the former, by a score or 81 to 49,
A silver goblet, the prize commended for, was
presented 10 the victors by Mayor Latham, in
a snort ano happy address, in which he hoped
that nothing stronger than pure water would
ever be quaffed from it's brim Later in the
evening game was commenced between the
n monumental and Eagle Clubs. of WASHINGTON
but ri the closing OF the first innings " was
suspended, In order that the contestants might
make the railroad connection in time to reach
their homes before morning.
On Friday evening next, at Ok O'Clock. the
first NINE OF the Old Dominion Club, OF Alex.
andris. will play match game with the first
nine OF the Jefferson Club. OF this city, on the
grounds south OF the Presidents Mansion.
TEMPERANCE MRETINS-Laet night at half
past eight O'Clock, q meeting, composed prfn.
elpaily OF eolored people, assembled at the
Church, corner Of 10Th and l streets, to hear
MAJOR General o. o. Howard, ]. M. LanRston
and others speak. the topic being temperance,
and the object being to form a temperance
lodge and swell the ranks of the cold water
army. The speakers Interested the Assem- blaze
upon the subject under consideration for more
than an hour, using the most cogept ar9u-
ments to fix the principles OF the temperance
cause upon the minds of their hearers The
necessary steps were then taken TO establish
the lodge, and although somewhat Of a pre-