The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1839-09-26

WIN. LtrlIy YdHuaiid, LII. oJ,VoS
SITE. Scott, Jackson, Miss. 1875 o
J.III.. Daniel, spelousas, La. 1880
J.ET. Pollock, Ora 8fordsville, Ia 1881
MI. Neville, Cincinnati, 1881
All II. Allen, Tallahassee, 1891
n II Brown. SPRINGFIELD. iii. $500
SUB TREASURER G. t.
Hiram Whittemore, P. NJ at Exeter, N.
Ell. bad long been suspected of purloin,
ing money from letters, and recently Mr..
Smith, P. M. at Dover, by permission Of
the P. M. General, set trap to catch
him. Mr. s. deposited in the P. O. Al
Epping four packets directed 10 Dover,
purporting to have been mailed at differ.
ent Post Offices in Vermont and New
Hampshire. They contained letters to
ain editor by the name Of Burr, who had
frequently failed to receive money sent
him Mr. Smith went with the mail from
Epping to Exeter, and after it had been
shifted, again resumed his seat on the
mail stage. Having left the village, and
before reaching the next P. 0. he opened
the mail bag, and taking out all the packa-
ges directed to Dover. he examined them.
lie found two of the packages which he
had deposited at Epping, from one Of
which one dollar bill had been taken
bnt the other two were missing He i'm
mediately returned to Exeter, procured a
warrant, had Whittemore arrested, found
on him the identical one dollar bill, and
the other two packages thrown among the
cast off wrappers, with the money alb
stracted. The money. two fves, was af-
forwards found in his possession. w.
was put under GOO bonds on y, which
he forfeited, and it is said he has G. T.
which the knowing ones say means gone
to Texas 1t is also said, that his loco
foco friends are willing to foot the bill,
and pay the bonds.
DAVID CIR oCKETT ALIVE.
We learn from gentleman Just arriv-
ed from Cincinnati, that great excitement
exists in Tennessee on account of report
that DAVID CROCKETT was still alive, in
the mines Of Mexico.
The circumstances as related to US are
as follows:-A gentleman of high respec-
liability and one upon whom dependence
can be placed has lately arrived in Ten
nessee, who states that himself and Da-
vid Crockett were taken prisoners at the
battle in which it is supposed that Crock
EFT fell, and was carried to Me leo and
confined in the mines to hard labor
From this deplorable situation he sue
ceeded in making his escape, and fled to
this country to tell the sad tale of their
fate to his countrymen, leaving the ever
memorable David Crockett still in servi.
tude.
We further learn that the report was
generally credited and as the story goes
it was generally believed that an army Of
tvenfy thousand men would be forthwith
raised in Texas with the aid of 'Tennes-
see and other southern States. and march
into Mexico under the Texian flag and
conquer the republic We give the re
port as it was told to us. This is one way
for Texas to take Mexico.
The Gazette concern wish to convey
the idea that they are very important per-
sonages, truly! They profess to think it
was on their account that our publication
was deferred few hours beyond the usu-
al time They knew better. One who
did not know them, might suppose that
they were most powerful antagonists, and
that through their proves and penetra-
ton they had succeeded in accomplishing
some wonderful things. But this is ali
moonshine and braggadocia. Their ego
tistical self-complac ncy is well under
stood by the democracy of numbers in
these parts.
There was great cry made recently
about large amount of specie being
drawn from the Bank of Missouri to ,.ay
the Sac and Fox annuity. From those
who attended the recent payment of these
Indians, we learn that instead of being
paid in specie, every dollar they received
Or more than $500 was paid in Mis-
souri, Bank paper. It may have all been
right, but why endeavor to mislead the
public!
The story on our first page although
written by the original Jack Dowing,''
occupies more space than we intend to