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

scnrrilous attack upon the character Of The
Second Assis,snt Postmaster General, Co
lionel I. II. Warren Of Iowa, formerly q cit
lien Of Brtnfield, in this State. As the
article will not probably fall under The e, O
VI that gentleman, ar it il does, will hardly
attract any public notice from him, and !. $
II Is calculated to injnrc him in the public
estimation, will you allow one who is per-
fecily familiar with bis character and quail
tiles TO say that the impuialion Of traudn-
lent conduct 10 Col. Warren in the case al.
inded TO, is untounded in fact and base in
design. That he has been, like many 9TH
CT worthy aud respectable citizens, unsuc-
cessiul in business, is no, denied; hut that
he Is. or has been in any sense fugitive
from justice, as the article in the Palladium
would imply, is totally and villainously
false. The fact that he has repeatedly WIS.,
tied Brimtield and other towns in the vicin-
ny, as business or pleasure prompted, since
the time referred to, including one occasion
within sixty days las, past, and that he has
never been subjected to criminal prose-
cn,ion rs he would have been, if the state
ment in the Palladium were true, il is
sufficient answer 10 the base SANDER upon
his character.
The head and front Of his offending hath
this extent no more: Colonel Warren is an
ardent. talented, unilinching Wing; aud, in
this capacity, has frequently given his po-
li,icnl opponents, both in IInmpdcn county
and in the young State Of his adoption, &C.
casion to know aud feel his strength.
The effected solicitudc tor the honor and
dignity OF the President, the Postmaster
General. and the Wing party expressed by
the Palladium In relation To the appoint.
men, Of Col. Warren, will doubtless he np.
prcciaied as il deserves.
Since tho above was prepared Tor the
press we have been authorized to CONTRA
dict. nnegnivoca!y, the dishonorablc ale
cations referred 10. and which were rei,er.
a,cd in the Union of es,erdav. The viru-
lenre al these charges. and their repetition.
mark vindic,veness foreign, VIC believe.
to the editor of that priu,, aud bc,ray an
origin stimulated BY personal rancor.
Nat. Int.
A WICKED FAMILY. Walter Maythc,
who was lately shot dead during an atiray
At Cincinnati. Ohio, belongs to n family oil
wicked people. The MAY thcs have long
beon known in the West as dcsperadoes
and outlaws. The whole family, male aud
female, were ut the most abandoned char.
ac,cr. They knew NJ restraint, and fol-
lowed no guide, but their own dcprayed ap-
pe,,es. and ou.rayeouslv wicked propensi-
ties. Taking these as their guide, they re-
garded society and its members us lawful
prey. The lon, catalogue of their crimes
embraced those OF the deepest dye.
Bu, fearful indeed has been the rctribu.
,inn that has fallen upon the whole family.
With one exception the family is now cx.
tinct. Bat no, one has died a natural
death. They lived by violence and bv yio-
lcnce they died The two sisters died q
INST miserable death in n hospital in Mo-
bile. Smith Mayihs was taken from the
Jail of Grant county, Kentucky, aud hung
by mob. Scott May,he was arrested
amen. gang ofcoan.erieiters on the Mis-
sisslppi river. and tied neck mud heels with
a companion in crime and cast into the riv-
er and drowned. Walter Mavthe came 10
his death as above stated. There is la,
one member Of the family living, and ho is
an inmate Of the peniten,iary al this time.
Wnnt lesson Dies the history of this fam
ilv contain! What fearful warning in
their horrible fa,e!-Erchange paper.
As long ago as we can rememher-and its
not over quarter of century, as We are
still in our tweniies-ihe mother Of the
above mentioned male and female villains,
was in the habit of visiting our fathers
hon-e as the recipien, Of charity. We re-
member ''old granny" well aud many a
time has the little bowed down old lady nte
dinner with us. M, content with supply
ing her immediate wants our excellcn. par
ents ALWAYS sent her away full handed, and
many is the new bonnet, and dress. and
shawl, that our kind mother has bestowed
upon her. A, length she died and we as.
sure our readers that our father-who is
now in aforementioned her to want for
nothing, while our mother smoothed her dy.
ing pillow. ''Old Granny" as sue was
Familiarity termed by us children, in these,
her latter days, was member Of the Meth.
odist Church, bu, previously was intemper-
ate and-but the sins Of the paren, were
visited upon the chidrcn.-ED GAz.
We clip the following singular paragraph
from the Frontier Guardian--,he Mormon
paper published a. Council Bluffs