Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-09-03

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Qacation Settled.
q We find the following article in the Connc
Blnfs Ghronosvpe Of August 10Th. We beg ou
readers to bear in mind that Council Bluffs IS th
residence of THoxAs II. BrxroS, Js-, the broth
4 erin-law Of the Col. Brant mentioned below
1 and heretofore prominent Democrat in Iowa
They will also see that the editor of the Chrome
i type makes his statement s.upon the Rosf s.n
qnestionabie asfhoyify,n and from which there
is no violence in presuming chat Col. T. Il. Ben,
ton, Is his authority, gentleman who must
be perfectly conversant with all the facts. And
we more readily believe the article to have been
either written or dictated in substance by him.
from rumor to which VIC are disposed to give
credit, that Col. B. has signifed lis intention
Of supporting the Republican nominee at the
ing Presidential election:
Is FREMoNr 4 SLayEHoLpERe e-This question
has been asked, and is often denied by the Black
Republicans, who are willing 10 ego it blind, =
for any man, in opposition to the Democracy
u r. Miller, wrote q letter few weeks since to
Greeley on the subject, and Greeley, of course,
stated that Fremont was NOT Stakeholder
The following iron, the Rock Island (Ill) Ar.
gus, settles the question. Read it,:
The fact that Col Fremont is, or has till re-
Gently been STAKEHOLDER, can no longer be de- |
MED. A gentleman now residing in ST. Louis, !
who is well known in Penn Yam, n r., writes to /
a friend in the latter place.
"Witlin the past year have had occasion to /
transact business with, and frequently been at
the house of Col Brant, and several domestics
fS, tod
's the slaves of Col. Fremont, and these are not
III either, as he owns many others males and fc-
males, hired out in various parts of the city,"
The house of Col. Brant is the place at which
jol. Fremont makes his home when in st. Louis.
The writer Of the above paragraph says:
"Gol. Brant is a particular friend of Hine /
islt his house frequently. He is man of great
'ealth, and married, as you know, sister of
'ol T. Il. Benton, who also makes it his home
here since Mrs Benton's descease."
The above extract has been going the rounds
the democratic papers for some time. We (
ave made it our business to inquire into the ,
lets, and we assert upon the most unquestiona- +
lie authority, that Col. Fremont neger had any
ares at Col. Braafs, and further, that he mere. i
ad any slares IN the State of Missouri. There
another beautiful specimen of>history in this
ufhfM extract 1t asserts that Col. Brant,
arried "a sister of Col. T. H. Benton who also =
axes it his home there since Mrs Benton's de. !
'ase." The fact is that Col Brant married a .
ece, instead of sister of Col. Benton. We
ention this last item simply to show the gno- a
nee of this particular friend" concerning !.
ings about which he has made the most posi- u
ge assertions, and that, too, on the ground that
1ol. Brant is Il particular friend of mine" The z
cts show that the whole thing is a mere fabri-
ton, and the utter ignorance of the author of
e events to which he refers, renders the state Fl
ent doubly infamous. :.
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