The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1849-05-03

scnrrilous attack upon the character Of the
Second Assistsnt Postmaster General, Co
lionel +. II. Warren Of Iowa, formerly Cit
izen Of Br'nfield, in this State. As the
article will not probably fall under the e,
Of that gentleman, or it it does, will hardly
attract any public notice from him, and US
It is calculated 10 injnrc him in the public
estimation, will you allow one who is per.
fectly familiar with bis character and quail
tiles to sny that the impuiation Of traudu-
lent conduct TO Col. Warren in the case al.
lnded TO, is untounded ia fact and base in
design. Tint he has been, like many 9TH
CT worthy aud respectable citizens, unsuc-
cessiul in business, is not denied; but that
he is, or has been in any sense fugitive
from justice, as the article 10 the Palladium
would imply, is totally and villainously
false. The fact that he has repeatedly Wis.,
tied Brimficld and other towns in the vicin.
iiy, rs business or pleasure prompted, since
the time referred to, including one occasion
within sixty days las. past, and that he hos
never been subjected to criminal prose-
cution as he would have been, if the state.
ment in the Palladium were true, il is q
sufficient answer to the base SANDER upon
bis character.
The head and front Of his offending hath
this extent no more: Colonel Warren is an
ardent, talented, untlinching Wing; and, in
this capacity, has frequently given his po-
liticnl opponents, both 10 lIampdcn county
and in the young State Of his adoption, &C.
casion TO know aud feel his strength.
The affected solictude tor the honor and
dignity Of the President, the Postmaster
General, and the Wing party expressed BY
the Palladium in relation Ia the appoint.
ment Of Col. Warren, will doubtless he mp.
prcciated as il deserves.
Since tho above was prepared for the
r:css we have been authorized 10 CONTRA
dict. unequivoca!ly, the dshonornblc allie
cations referred 10. and which were rei,er.
ated in the Union Of es,erdav. The viru-
lence Of these charges, and their repetition.
mark vindictiv,ness foreign, we believe.
10 the editor Of that print, aud betray an
origin stimulated BY personal rancor.
Nat. Int.
A WICKED FAMlLy.-W Walter Mavthc,
who was lately shot dead during an ntlrny
at Cincinnati, Ohio, belongs 10 family Of
wicked people. The Maythes have long
been known in the West us dcsperadoes
and outlaws. The whole family, male and
female, were Of the most abandoned char
ac,er. They knew no restraint, and fol-
lowed no guide, but their own dcpraved ap-
pe,i,cs. and outrageously wicked propens-
ties. Taking these as their guide, they re-
garded society and its members as lawful
prey. The long catalogue OF their crimes
embraced those OF the deepest dye.
But fearful indeed has been the rctribu-
ton that has fallen upon The whole family.
With one exception the family is now cx.
tinct. Bat not one has died a natural
dealt. They lived by violence and bv vio-
ence they died. The two sisters died a
most miserable death in hospital in Mo-
bile. Smith Mayihs was taken from the
Jail OF Grant county, Kentucky, and hung
by a NAB. Scott May,he was arrested
among gang ofconn,erieitcrs on the Mis-
sissippi river. and tied neck and heels with
a companion in crime and cast into tho riv-
er and drowned. Walter Mavihc came to
his death rs above stated. There is but
one member Of the family living, and no is
m inmate Of the peniten,iary a, this time.
Whnt lesson does the history of this fam.
ily contain! What a fearful warning in
their horrible fate!-Erchangc paper.
Asopg ago as we can emember-andt' it's
not over quarter of century, rs We are
still in our iwentics-ihe mother Of the
above mentioned male and female villains.
was in the habit Of visiting our fathers
house as the recipient Of charity. We re-
member "old granny" well aud many a
time has the little bowed down old lady nte
dinner with us. No. content with supply
ing her immediate wants our excellent par.
ents always sent her away full minded, and
many IL the new bonnet, md dress, and
shawl, tina. our kind mother has bestowed
upon her. At length she died and we as.
sure our readers that our father-wbo is
now in heaven--allowcd her 10 wnnt for
nothing, while our mother smoothed her dy.
ing pillow. ''Old Granny" rs she was
familisrly termed by US children, in these.
her latter days, was member Of the Meth
odis, Church. bu. previously was intemper-
ate and-but the sins of the paren. were
visited upon the children.-ED. GAz.
We clip the following singular paragraph
from the Frontier Guardian--.he Mormon
paper published a. Council Bluffs