Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-11-03

7 OF Brown while in this State. We refer I,
men high 10 social position, and who po.ses
| the wealth TO give material aid to such a.
fairs as The Hsrper's Ferry tragedy. W.
refer to such men as W. Tenn Clarke an,
Senator Grinnell, and other directors of tn
underground railroad in Iowa.
The mul,itcd nous u ass Of letters, etc.
found among old Browne papers. inplica'
ting prominent Republicans. bring to ligL
the fact tina, among his correspondents wer
W. Penn Clarke, Of Iowa City. q would b.
candidate for the Supreme Bench On th'
Republican ticket, and Mr.. Griunell th'
abolition Republican Senator from Jaspe
county. In Browns diary are found mem
oranda such as these: On such . day
wrote to W. Penn Clarke at Iowa City.
"On such day. wrote to J b Grinnell
And these were the men here in lows
aiding and sbetting the poor blind old foo
in his diabolical conspiracy-urging him
on to his fate -countenancing. and CORES
pondng with him Why do they not now
90 on and rescue their dupe?
The famous exploit Of Senator Grinnell
and ". Penn Clarke last winter, in helping
old Brown through Iowa with the negroes
and horses lie had stolen in Missouri, is still
fresh in the minds OF the community, and
especially Of the managers Of the N. NJ.
X. r. Co, upon whom Clarke and Grinnell
practiced the grosse.t deception.
Now Brown and his fellow rioters are
about % 90 TO their long account. while
these II en- here in Iowa, who countenanced
and encouraged them, who corresponded
with them, will live on safely and securely
the idols OF the Republican party, the recip-
tents Of its highest honors and most fulsome
praise. That they deserve, though, the
scorn and contempt of every patriotic, union
loving citizen, must be the verdict Of the
country While Brown adorns some gal
lows tree in oil Virginia. Clarke and Grin
nell aspire to shed lustre on Iowa's history
and rule and direct her affairs. Alas !.
Brown meets a felon's fate, but his confeder>
ates in Iowa, to womenly tears and inglo-
rious sighs, are spared to mourn over his
premature demise.
A Coop HIr.-At the late con-
cert in this city by the Campbell Minstrels,
Frank Howard, who pereonated Sam6o,
made capital hit. which robbed Massa
Greeley. Of the New York Tribune. very
severely. 1t appears that Sambo was en-
ployed in a Bakery where they worked him
twenty fire hours every day, and one after.
noon. his master being out, he dippe3 up
stairs to take a snooze. In the loft vas Q
box into which Ssmbo curled himself 80 as
n OF to be discoveratle, and was soon snor
ing Justify. In the meantime his master re
turned with an egg dealer, to whom he
had cold lot Of the fruit" and the dealer
desiring q box TO pack them in, the Baker
told him to 60 up stairs and he would find
one. The dealer took lis eggs and cats to
the loft, and not noticing the inmate of the
box commenced packing in his eggs, with
covering Of oats over each layer ; when
the man had filled the box, he nailed on
the cover and having consigned 1t to . COM
mission merchant in New York, had it
sent to the depot. In four days time the
box arrived in New York, and the commits
zion merchant thinking it smelled rather
strong. (Samho afterwards said it was
autul warm in dar,) concluded to open il
and see if the eggs were unsound. Accord
ingly he knocked off the cover, when out
sprung Sambo, to the great astonishrpent
and fright of the merchant. As soon as the
latter had sufficiently recovered from his
scare to move, he started down street. hol-
lowing. Greeley Greeley!! Greeley |! !"
A friend, thinking he was crazy. stopped
him and demanded an explanation Of his
strange coud.ct. my dear fellow" said
the frightened merchant, 81 must find
Greeley have just received box of eggs
from Iowa, and every one of them aciU hatch
niyser y
Tue election of officers OF the
"Young Mems Christian Association" on
Monday ev, ming, for the ensuing year, re-
suited as follows:
Presidcn,-Anthony Van Wyck.
Vice Presiden.s-James d. Field, Geo. T.
Chamberlain, A c. Taylor. c. s. Sheeper,A
s. Kissell, Robt. Neely. Jno. N. Boyes and
Jas. Armstrong.
Recording Secretary-S F. Smith.
Corresponding Secretary-S. W. Barber.
7Ieasurer-G. s. Ballord
Board of Dirtctoys-Jas. Gadsbuy jr.
Robt Simpson. H. G. Mcneil, s. L. Mitchell, .,
Rev. G. w. Folwell, A. 5. Kissell. Jas. ArL.
strong, L. S. Viele, Geo. W. Griffin, Robt-
Sickeb.
Council PRocEEDINGs.-Thc city
Dads met yesterday afternoon, but did not
do great deal oi business, % bombshell
was thrown in their midst. in the way Of .
resolution to suppress al Sunday gardens,
dance houses, ETC., within the corporation
limits. This resolution ,as might be expected.
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