Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-04-20

"S "su HiAds such pIosTesS as Tar
ely 70 admit OF their escape.
ukIliNG MARRIED 'oS THE cH. .Are.
An individual from Mound City, re-.
Gently went to Jonesboro' 10 get mar
ned, paid a dime ior riding to ia.
town, paid the clerk two bits tor H.
cense, IA bad bill being rei,lsed,) gave
the minister bad dollar bin, tired to
pay his hotel Till with a counterfeit
i've when that was refused, said hc
hsoh any more and wound up by
waking to the station. AS tar a.
heard FROM his marriage cost linn
thirty five cents. Economy il the moth
er ofweslth. Curo Times.
HEAVY DAMAGIs foK SlA>phR.-
In Greenville, 5. &. jury ha. avar-
ded to young lady $4,000 damages
against = citizen of that place for Sian
der. After paying the lawyers fees the
plaintiff devoted the remaining sum to
benevolent purposes.
What fools men are, to worry be-
cause they are not rs well of "as that
fellow across the street" The richest
man in town will be forgotten in fifty
years from now, as the mason who built
the Rocky Mountains. In ls43. We
attended the funeral of millionaire
We visited his grave recently, and
what do you suppose we saw four bob
tailed pigs, roofing the sod from his
grave. And this was the end Of all
his emincnce-aneglected grave, with
four stubtailed pigs, roofing up the soil
$50 passes the glory OF the world"
WoMAN.-l have heard woman OF
the world say
The state of widowhood Is inconven.
tent, tor one must assume all the mod
esty OF young girl, without being
able to feign her ignorance"
THE CoLD SNAr.-The severe cold
weather of Monday and Tuesday morn
lngs damaged property in this State,
probably to the amount OF hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars; and throughout
the entire South and West, the losses
from the same cause, have been unusu.
ally heavy. In Kentucky the fruit
crop is almost entirely destroyed. and
tobacco plants are injured to nn extent
that cannot he repaired In this vi
cmty the grapes and late apples are
yet uninjured Some cherries and
peaches, IN hight situations, which had
been kept back by the cold weather in
March, and the buds OF which had not
yet began to open, are also unnlured
- Louisville journal.
Tfoui m. 81 Louie News, Aprls
The Orig innl Drcd scott u NesIdens OF
~ L0uis sketch of his History
The distinguished colored individual who
has made such a noise in the cass Of Scott
w. Sanford. aud who has bee one So tang led
up wilh the Missouri Compromise and 9TH
er great sublects-Dred Scot, IS re>neht
hot d ci,i1en--oi s.. LouI- III J. Nell
known 10 macy OF our ci,iirh-. ard NAV
frequently be seen passing along Third
street. Hc Is all Did inhaintamt, having
come 10 this city thirty years ago
DTed Scott was born IA Virginia, whcte
h. belonged to Captain Peter Blow, the f.
ther ct Henry {. Blow and tvler Blow, Of
this city. He was brought b, ms master to
ST. Louis about thirty ,eais ago. asid ia tnc
course OF time became the properly OF Dr
Emerson surgeon III the army. whom he
accompanied on Nat tnp 10 Rock Isl, nd
and Fort Smelling. on the ground OF which
he based his CLAIM Ia freedom. lhe " ts
OF Dc Emerson was formerly Mis-. Sanford
and is now Ms. Chaifee, wife Of Hon Mr..
Chsfire Ma saehuseiis. He has been mar.
ried twice, hls first wife, by whom he had
no cnldr'n having been sold from hlin. he
has had four chl!dren by his pre-rht wie,
two boys, both dead, two gitl> both lNn.s.
Dred vas at Corpus Chr.s,i a. the breakln ing
out OF The Mexican war, a. the servant ot
Capt. BainbI hige, Ahom he -prAh, OF a, A
"gocd man.'
On hi. return from MeNico i- aipi.rd Q
his mistress, Mrs. Emerson, ,L.L living hear
81. Louis. TOR tie purchase oi himself and
family, Offering t. pay part OF III. money
down AID gave All eminent citizen Of ) LoI
- an ofhcer n the Amy, as ruiiy fo' the
payment og the Temaihdet. His mistres.
refused the proposition, am Dred berg IN
formed that he was eniilied 10 his ir-edom
by the operation of the laws regulating the
Northwest Territory, forthwith brough has
suit for Il. The SUIT was conmeace Ell about
ten years ago. and has cost Dred $500 ~
cash, besides Ia Dor 10 nearly equal ano>
unt. /; has given him "heap o. tsoub!e'
he hat n b. a L -,
swlue TO last so long" he would not have
broughtit IT, The suit was defended BY Nj.
John Sanford, as executor OF DIR. Emerson,
will.
Dred ooes not appeai 10 BE- d, all d,sc..u
Tagged by the issue Of the celebr atsd c Sc
although IL dooms him 10 slavery. He talks
about the affair with the ease Of. yetcr. u
itigaht, 'hou-h not exactly IN i.c .hic al l4L-
guage, aud Is hugely tickl.d at The Idea OF
findirg himself r-rsotaye Of such lmIo
tance. he does no, take Oh airs. however
but laughs heartily when ,alkin., OF "ae
fuss dey made dat u Washington bout Il.
ole nIgger.'
He is about fifty five years old we should
think, though he does not know his own
age. He is of unmixed African blood. e. d
As black as piece of charcoal. For two or
three years past he has been a, large, no
o4e eNel Giving owner ship over him. or pu'.
ing any restraint upon his movements. 1t
he was dispose 10 make the at,emp, he
could gam his freedom al a much less cost
Than even ohelenth OF the famous suit. He
viii not do SO, however. il sistirg on abiding
BY the principles involved In The dec,s,un
OF The SUIT. tie declares that he will stick
10 his mistress as long as he lives HIS
daughters Eliza and Lucy, Jess conscientious
about the matter, took advantage OF the ab
sence OF restraint on their movements. a
year or two since, TO disappear. and thei,
whereabouts remains my stery