Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-16

BE- A CARD hear conflicting statements
in regard to the difficulty between DR.. j. Is,
johnson and Mr. FowIc yesterday evening, and
| thuk it due to Mr.. Fowle, vino is to-day att
sent from the city, thar a correct account should
be given the public.
The difficulty originated from some uucallcd
for remarks by DR.. j. in the Board Of Aldel-
men on Tuesday night, Of which Mr.. towlc
heard on Wednesday evening, aud on the lolluw
iug day, accompanied BY u friend, he called at
Dr.. IS office, aud ringing the bell was answer
ed by DIR. j. himself, who was told by NJ
Row lie that he called TO see him on private buSl-
ness relative to his Or. J.'s) remarks about
him. (Mr. F. on the evening above stated, and
desired to know if that was the proper place.
or did DIR. j. regard that AS his dwelling house.
Dr. j. replied promptly that 1t was his ottlc1
and the proper place TO sec him, aud invited
Mr.. i. aud his friend ill., When they both Gu
tered Mr. Fowle again asked if that Was the
proper place, saying that the Interview might
he unpleasant, aud that he did not desire to
have difficulty in his private house. DR.. }.
again announced that it was the proper place to
have the matter settled MIR. Fow!c thea as ed
Dr. j., if, in his remarks, he was correctly re-
ported by the papers, aud his reply was that he
was. Mr.. +. then asked him his reason Tor MS
ing such language in regard to himself, and Df
j. REPLIED that he thought Mr.. +. was un-
kind to him in making the report he did IN re,
gard to the engine house. Mr. i. then told
him that his action 10 that matter did not call
| forth auy such language, and that he d!d not
allow any body to speak OF him IN that way i;
| whcreupon DR.. }. arose and told Nlr. toWle
that his pleasure was his will and Mr. +. re
picd, my pleasure is to tell you that you are Il
damued scoundrel. Whercupon DIR. }. drew
back to strike Mr.. F., but the latter being a
| little quicker knocked DIR. j. down and kept
| him 50 until he called to MIR. Hunter nr. +. $
friend) to take him off; whcreupon Mr.. llun'Gr
| told MIR. Fowle to let him up, when DR.. a.
rushed into his house and returned with stick
with which he struck Mr.. Hunter, who DID
not return the blow, but told DR.. johnson ne
came only as witness. DR.. j.. then struck
Mr.. L. with the stick, but, with Mr.. RI. as
sistapce, Mr.. F. took the stick from DIR. ):
hand aud could have used it on him, but Mf.
H. advised him not to do So After some cX-
change of epithets MIR. L. and bis friend lett
| DR.. j. > office.
This is correct statement as gotten from
Mr.. E., and would not have been published
except for the statements made on the streets
to-day, which are entirely different from the
above. The writer though trlend OF MIR;
Euvle, is not an enemy OF Dr. johnson, aud
desires to do nothing but give correct version
of the difficulty as it occurred, aud oniy pup
| fishes it in justification to his friends, Capt
Fowle, and Mr.. Hunter, who are absent from
| the city to-day and cannot therefore, Vndicate
themselves from the false assnrtlons made 10
reference to the affair. j. L. BECKIlAM.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, jan l6, 1871.