Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1845-07-26

JOHN II. SdELTON, Pfes.s q
D. C. SrosEa, Sec. 6.s.si III aa.
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"A day II two aimee, IN African exquis.
ite,f dark . Erebus; and one Of the oppo-
site sex equally ssbony-colored, ,wxrs
brought before the Recorder for disturbing
the peace in st. Claude street, :
From the testimony Of sundry and d.
vers witnesses Of every color, from the
orange-skinned qusdroon to the Sambo u
sooty black, i appeared that a Sunday
evening there, was = colored "swarry''
given at the house Of . free woman Of col
or in the above street. In numbers the
females Of the company predoininated con-
siderably over the males, and amongst tie
latter the prisoner literally shens conspiu-
ously.J He was the observed Of all OBJ
servers "-the admired Of all admirers; in
fact Tom Moore was not ! greater lion Al
the tea-party Of Mrs. fisgig Twas NOS thai
her mnef--than Hannibal Horn twas u
the St. Claude street rout. ssz IA as1
II tells you, ladies" said Hannibal "dat
de intenscerosity oh de SUMS rays to-day
is nuff 10 prosterate do vigorosity Oh a.
most robus,est niggah--whcwl"so folsio
: s'Charmindl''' said one Of his colcred ad.
mirers. b..s ..4,s hi, ..,,aspbvs ,re,a
..Requisite!'' remarked ; second.
,ssAint he berry wintellecteralr' said !
third. 30 s3 niss saa4WiIIffd ~ ~ b1R
He amt muffin elss,n said ! fourth saztl
And he,s y nd h4 Adt1tes. gsm zstzds:
Thus, whatever Hannibal would say, OF
whatever Hannibal would do, was con-
strued BY his aamiring female friends in
to the most profound wit, the most accom-
plished elegance, and he felt not more
proud in receiving the incehcs Of their
iiattery than they felt pleased IN bcstcw-
ing il. Temporal happiness il at best but
eyanescent; in this instance il was Of more
than ordinarily brief duratiea. Hannibal
had condesccncded to take the hand or rath.
err the waist Of Dido De Dobbs iu : waltz,
and had not made more than two or three
eyrations With her round the Aoprs whep 2
black Amason entered, and without Civ.
ing note Of her intent, with vigorous arm
-or pair of them, for she put both into
y-pitched into Hannibal and his part
ner, De Dcbbs- Dido De DObbs. n. 4
Order no longer reigned in St. Claude
street. Instead Of, aaulaiion, executions
from the lips Of the late intruder now fell
thick and heavy, as did her blows on the
head Of Hannibal; and the scene, which
bat q few minutes before was one ofmusic,
and merriment, was now converted into
one Of uproar and riot. The watch was
called, The neighborhood was alarmed;
but in The meantime the stalwart intruder
was not idle. After demolishing Hanni-
bal, as L were, and ssusing up" Dido by
her puxilssio didoes, she lore the frill iron
The neck Of one, the tignor from The head
Of another, and slapped third with he'
own fa.. She was finally captured, how
ever, and in the morning she looked u
Hannibal o il the jealous spirit Of Othsllt
had taken refuge in her BOSOM II LII
uCleo, how came you to behave a yot
did yesterday evening"" asked the Recor
Id.r. ~ 'a't1 "
.siis.I tanks, dis ere mighty meaniniggshfOl
il all,' said Cleo, looking fire and fury ,
Hannibal. .Gor Almighty, Massl Corda
he be SO mean, dat Il him own shadde
Knew him it wouldn't keep him comP'ny
IIvibs him dat ere long -tail-blue lie wears
paid for habin his har Ewcffared in dat r.
scarcely style, glib him dat PanamsT bat, "a
ebery ting, and after al. stead % keep
my sorciely, he goes wild + &c niggahs wo
Amt got no massas Or iniss,ises, y ha'
and Is consequently below dis chile's 70
tice3', This last sentence she closed wit
| disdainful shake 81 The head and y snee
Of supercilons contempt.
!, The Recorder. having by dhis time lsarr
ed the merits Of the case, ordered thai Cle'
4 Hannibal, Dido, and The person ~ who's
-lhouse lie sotreep took place, b hned "
ldsllars, each, and having ssaiecided ne di'
missed the ,case.- Pieayssse.ta tshHsi'ti
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