Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-05-07

leads up to his house.
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B The STATE DEMOCRAT Of yesterday
morning, with its usual accuracy, states
| that | said that John Johns was the author
OF the communications in the News signed
Citizen When asked who was the au-
thor, after denying the authorship myself,
! told West that he could ascertain that by
asking Mr.. Johns There are other state
ments in the DEMocRAT's article untrue. but
it is useless to controvert them, for who
touches pitch will be defiled. G.EH.
With fear and trembling we take up our
pen to deny the accuracy Of the assertions
made by that we'll known fnanc cial attor-
ney, Geo E. Hubbell. the initials of whose
name are appended to the above extract,
taken from the Ners of yesterday morning,
and at the same time, we wish it distinctly
understood that if Hubbell sees fit to serve
US with blue pill, a Ia Key. that this must
be taken as dying declaration.
Just after we had taken our dinner, last
Wednesday, and had become composed in
our chair with view of indictihg sundry
paragraphs for the forthcoming morning
paper, we were called upon by that pink Of
morality, (he is church member,) Geo. E.
Hubbell who gave US to understand tn en-
and there that he would stand NO more
abuse from us. Bless our stars we had
no idea that Hubbell could be abused, as we
understood that coal had long since ceased
to make . black mark upon him. Well,
after wildly tossing about his specter like
limbs, and by one blow Of his fist driving
4 ~ railing post six inches through the
floor, he sm6sidedi From this scene out,
Hubbell acted quite rational. He told Us
that he had never written . comm unication
for the Nescs that he did not sign his name
to; and his well known reputation for ve-
racity forbade our doubling this assertion.
Hubbell then said that he knew who did
write the articles signed Citizen" and
asked us if zoe would like to know. We as-
sured him that nothing could give US more
pleasure. and he then told us that they ,cere
not soritten outside tho Ness editorial room !
From this We very naturally gathered that
they were written by Johns. Guess they
were. too! Of course it would be some
what mortifying to chivalrous gentleman
like JohnA to have An imputation Of the
kind cast upon his character, and We do not
wonder at his endeavoring to make 1t ap-
pear that he had nothing to do with it
The ASSAULT AND BATTERY Gaze
We learn that one of our Oldest and best
known citizens. Mr.. Ira Brown, WAS indicted
by the Grand Jury for assault and battery,
alleged to have been committed on Mr.. Nat
Van Tuyl. The facts out Of which the
difficulty arose. We have learned. after con-
siderable inquiry. to be - follovs: two
butchers. bearing respectively the names Of
John Theds and Louis Lorenason. bought .
horse Of Mr.. Brown, and gave him mort
gage upon it to secure part Of The purchase
money. They then exchanged that horse,
and one Of their own. With Mr.. Van Tuyl Tor
another horse. and wsrs drsadfally cheated
In the trade. It va expressly sgrssd BE-
tween Mr.. Brown and the butcher, that the
horse they got Of him should not be cold or
unchanged by them or taken from the coun-
ty.and Thsds protests thst at the time Oft
trade. he told Nr. Van Tuyl thst Mr. Bssvn
had . nertgass for Aty dellAs - one If
ths hogssa, asd that Il sauA - b ssnsvsd
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