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| Life of Stephen H. Branch. | 1 |
| A Primary Election at Peter Cooper’s Funny Little Grocery-Groggery, at the corner of the Bowery and Stuyversant Street, in 1820. | 2 |
| A Precious Fossil. | 2 |
| Editorial Career of James Gordon Bennett. | 3 |
| Fools. | 3 |
| Advertisements. | 4 |
STEPHEN H. BRANCH’S
ALLIGATOR.
Life of Stephen H. Branch.
While Horace Greeley and myself were inconversation over our breakfast at the GrahamHouse, Goss escorted Fred Douglas and ladyto the table, who took seats near us. I knewnot who they were, nor do I know thatGreeley did, but I think he did. They hadarrived the previous night, and this was myfirst knowledge that Goss kept colored boarders,who politely helped them, and took a seatbeside them, and conversed on their favoritetheme of anti-slavery. I stared at Goss andFred and lady and at Greeley, who gave me asly glance, and ate his bran mush and molassesas though nothing unusual was transpiring.I finished my mush, and retired, and felt thatGoss had perpetrated a gross impropriety.And although I was then teaching negroes inthe kitchens of New York, amid slush andkettles and frying pans, and thus evinced mywarm desire to elevate the whole African race,yet my feelings were so grossly outraged bythis unnatural and disgusting amalgamation,that I went to Major Mordecah M. Noah, (whopublished a daily evening paper,) and told himthe whole story, who opened a tremendousbroadside on Greeley, who dared Noah to revealthe name of his informant, although heknew I must be the man. I besought Noahnot to disclose my name, as I did not desireto have a controversy with Greeley aboutGraham bread and Africans. Noah promisedhe would not, but he discharged such causticand unceasing broadsides, and poked so m