Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-04-05

is large oak tree, on beautiful hill, out
Of which gushes as pure a stream Of wa
ter as. was ever drunk by man. You ought
to see that tree. It looks as though it had
been topped about two hundred years ago,
and had never stopped spreading.
AT 10 o'clock the Secretary reads the
bylaws, after which the President rises
and says :"Does any member know Of any
violation Of the laws just read ?'' To
which three times ont Of FIVE, there is no
response and since / have been mem
Der, which is about eight months, there
has been no offence committed, with one
exception, that received higher punish
ment than small fine, or reprimand
from the President.
The exception alluded to was poor de-
vii who was detected in hiding portion
Of the days labor Of his company. The
members thereof, consisting Of nine, i'm
mediately held meeting among them-
selves, gavehim hispart oftheir joint earn
ings, (Which was about So, OOO) and told
him to go, as he knew what would be his
fate next Sabbath. He accordingly went,
and has not been heard Of since.
The penalty for theft is repatriation. -
What we mean BY that is to leave our bor-
ders, and if found In them, the first time,
nine-and-thirty the second, he pulls hemp.
One Of our laws is, sthere is to be no gam
bling Of any description Another is,
''No profane or obscene language shall be
used in the assembly on the Sabbath, nei-
Their of which has been violated in the first
instance since | have been member.
Now where would you go to find l53
more orderly men? and all this, too, with
out any law except common consent to do
right. Not to the St Charles, am sure.
/ mention the St Charles from circum-
stance that took place there during a few
days stay on my way here. walked into
the billiard room with friend, and look
ed on game until played through. Upon
leaving the room, observed to my com
rade that the game keeper was very
careless scorer, or else he designed to cheat
one Of the parties. "Why, certainly" re-
piled he, zone Of the players is a gambler
and the other is countryman. That fat
face, sulky looking fellow was cheating
for the gambler" "Why," said l, "did
not some Of these gentlemen tell him he
was cheated ?" Because" said he, "they
are all gamblers, and all concerned in rob-
bling the country fellow" Said 1, s'that
polite, fine looking, old gentleman, with
gloves, cannot be gambler" "No," said
he, "he has got rather old. His eye-sight
amt sharp enough for the new tricks now;
he's what they call faro broker; that
means roping men into the bank, and his
commission is half the winnings" "But,'
said | Suppose the bank loses ~ "Ah,"
said he, ''that is sot supposable case !:
they don't play those kind Of games."-
VIA. that ely ssseaasfsar ossmsf1 s7Is2aIi'
Yes. He pre,ends TO be dentist-got a
sign up across the way, but Iexpec. nev-
er drew tooth in his life-but can take
'em from any part Of the deck"
Now, | would advise all such abrokers'
and th-pullers, If they have any idea
Of coming to Ell Dorado, not to come about
the "big oak unless they have made up
their minds to abandon their old tricks,
and are disposed 10 make an honest living;
and | would advise all, any where, who
are doing well, to stay where they are !;
though fortunes can and will be made here,
not by picking gold ont with a jack-knife
in four or five pound Jumps, but with
much toll and hard labor. From the best
information can get, the average Of our
whole number per day, for the last eight
months, has been $40 30. So you see
fortunes amt TO be made in day nor in q
season. If you ever saw men at work~on
a canal or a mill race, or digging a foun-
dation for large house in your city, you
have very good idea Of the labor in get
ting gold here. | would not have trou-
bled you with this ill-digested epistle, had
it not been for the accounts l have read
about this country. How it may be in
other portions know not but what | have
told you about our "diggins" is true. |
feel much more safe here from every kind
Of harm than would in your well organ
lied city, or any ether city. But think
there are more villains congregated in N.
Orleans than in any other place in the
world. Goto some Of your billiard rooms
and out Of the multitudes usually there
nineteen out Of twenty are gamblers
What drones upon community! What
a multitude living off Of honest men!
have no doubt many expect to make their
jack out of the gold "diggins'' here, but
if they should squat down about the 'bie
oak" with any such view, they had better
think Of Vicksburg. Yours, SC.
JNO. H. WALTON.
y .s From the Baltimore American.
Ill. Interpretation of the Constitution.
One of the most important passages in
the Presidents Inaugural Address has
been made the subject Of criticism by ar
arrne;t;o,, ;ournal Cen Tavlor declared