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Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08
Pink Rnad NIeaIinn

At public meeting held at the Court House, IN
Fort Madison. on tuesday afternoon last 1ssh
APRIL lin pursuance OF notice published in the To-
Statesman last week. to take into epraideratnn
the matter of Plank Road from Fort Madison 10
West Point and Salem. Peter Miller Esq, cali
ed to the Chair and J. H. Little, appointed Secrss-
ry.
The following resolutions were offered tr Ed
ward Johns ton and adopted.
Resolved, That committee of five peFsans W
appointed to Get in conjunction with Committees
from West Point and Salem TO draft articles Of As-
ISOLATION for the organization Of company 10 con
struct Plank Road from Fort Madison TO West
Point and Salem.
Resolved, That said committee is HEREBY a.
structed to correspond with the citIzens VI Hfts
Point and Salem and request the anrosninsni gu
similar committees i'm those places and TO m 80
time and place for public meeting 10 eonsidsf
and adopt or modify the Articles of Assoriahoh "
be drawn UP and presented ~ said committees 80
for such other action may ard the proposed wrfA
Resolved, That the Mayor and Aldermen o. foit
Madison hereby requested TO cooperate VIA
the first above named committee.
The following persons were selected as TIE co.'s
mittec under the first resolution. to vii:
Vim Leslie, DIR Cattermae, Edward Johnstohti<'
III. Little ana Charles Brewster.
On motion, adjourned
PETER MILLER, rresiesrt.
J. II. LITTLE, Secretary.
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Duhuane Awake.

The Tri-weekly Herald OF last Saturday is in &C.
stacies, in consequence of the action Of its citizens
relative to the construction of the Dubuque and
Keokuk Rail Road. The citizens, it will be seen,
have subsc 1898 shares Or $1os,so0. To effect
this on the evening previous twenty patriotic citi
zens had greatly increased their subscriptions.
The same paper contains the Engineers Report.
Mr Mexican gives an estimate of the cost of the
road fer 81 l-a miles, from Dubuque to Cascade
For grading. the cost is set down at slss, o25 So
Completed, it is to cost, when ready for the cars,
1871 ,4s7 s. the total for the q - miles, or
about average of $4,000 per mile, exclusive of
Cars and Depots. Cascade is on the North Fork
of the Maquoketa river, on the south lue of Du-
buqae county. ... .... s....
1t has been further proposed to have the city SUBJ
scribe $4,000 to the same work, and from indica-
tons, it will be done.
The above, as important as it appears to the citi
Gems of Dubuque, does not begin to compare in i'm
portance to this place with the Rail Road contem-
plated from here to Peoria. Before the Dubuque
main branch of the Maquoketa, the wsbsepinicon
and Cedar Rivers, and after it reaches there, it will
hardly be half way to Keokuk. A more expensive
road could Iot well be conceived of in this part of
the country; and yet the energy Of friends WILL
we hope, secure its completion. If they can &C.
compish such a work, with so many obstacles in
the way, how easy will it be for the friends of the
Peoria, oquawka and Burlington road to finish
theirs. If the Dubuque road can be made ready for
the cars at an average of $4,000 per mile, surely
the road from here to Peoria need not average more
than $1,000 per mile. We hope our citizens win
profit By the example set by Dubuque, and sstrke
while the iron is hot.,.
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A RifIi Lem.

We have just heard of the richest piece uf ssIlaay
ever executed IN these aigaiHs. A VERY fer aass
since two men in a wagon when within . couple 81
miles of Joneshora, Union county Illinois, asked
farmer who the heaviest mef I'm that town.
The farmer mentioned SEINE merchants and amoag
| the number spoke of Mr. Dishon. They drove their
wagon up to Rshon's store and requested him IN
permit them 10 place box (Which they had I'm their
wagon) in hrs store for the night. AFTER Hrrfnx
some objection, Mr. D. finally consented TO take Inc
box in his store room. The men then put their
horses UP for the night, and early the following
morning had their wagon at DIS store eoor TO get
their box and start on their journey. MIR ID. then
missed . bolt OF fine broadcioth from his counter.
His suspicion being -oused he examined his aesk
end discovered that five hundred dollars bad bees
stolen during the night. He thcn told the men thss
the box must not he taken from the store until vas
examined. They swore that he might 70 to h-i,
for they would take their box. and o. they rushed
to take hold of IL Dir D. stepped Of the door and
locked them in. Having obtained assistance the
door was opened and the men taken. The lid Of the
box was knocked OF, when stout daring Focking
man sprang forth, as a nend from the earth. ready
for any deed of desperation. He. however tnrnea
States - and declared he had long scnrhi
an opportunity 10 leave the other that to have
left them voluntarily would have brought thsir
deadly vengeance upon him that he had been e.
gagged in many such operations, but had nerrr been
detected before; that he remained with them oay
because he was compelled to do so to preserve lis
lfe that there were six hundred men I'm the United
States engaged IN the same business; and that the
last time he was al the general money detost St.
ton, the company had over fifteen tsshes Of nr0
and gold. He would not be put into the same rcea
with the accomplices. fearing they would kill bin-
what Is remarkable, the two men swore 10 the en-
GERS, that il folly put tn Jail fof Their had
money and friends, aud il would take al least crs
hundred well harmed men To guard them and rotthea
them that they could not possibly be detained three
weeks.
We neglected to remark in the proper place that
thn 1rlf n rtN Af UsNM
were found in the box. wen dark lantern and
several little tools Cairo Sun loih inst.
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Rail Road Meeting.

A large number of citizens met at the Court
Room in the city of Burlington on Friday evening,
and organized by appointing Lyman Cook, Esq,
Chairman and Oliver c. Wightman Secretary.
James w. Grimes, Esq, being called, briefly
stated the objects of the meeting, and introduced
A. c. Harding, Esq, of Warren CO. H., who re-
sponded by n most able and eloquent address, and
was followed by II. w. Starr, Esq.
James w. Grimes, Esq, offered the following
resolutions which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the construction of the Peoria
and Uquawka Rail Road is demanded by the wants
of the country through which 1t passes, but emf
nently by the people of Southern Iowa, and that
the energies of every citizen Of Des MONIES county
should be directed to the consummation OF this
Improvement and necessary work.
Resolved, That this county should furnish pri-
vate subscr options to the amount of one hundred
thousand dollars at least, and we hereby pledge
to secure this amount of private stock.
Resolved, That the interests of the company and
the wants of the country demand that the road
should he constructed i'll as straight line from
Monmouth 10 this place, through the southern
portion of Henderson county as the topography of
the country will admit Of.
Resolved, that committee of six be appointed,
three north and three south of Jefferson street, to
obtain subscriptions of stock to said company in
this city, and a committee of two in each town
ship in the county, and that they be requested to
discharge said duty and report to the agent of the
Commissioners.
II. w. Starr, Esq, offered the following resolu-
tons, which were also unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that this meeting take this occasion
to assure the friends of the Burlington and Peoria
Rail Road that no supineness exists among our cit
liens as to the completion of said road.
Resolved, That we tender the thanks ofthis meet
ing to MIR Harding for his able and satisfactory ad
dress on this occasion.
The Chairman then appointed the following gen.
tlemen to solicit subscriptions to the capital stock
Of the Peoria and Burlington Railroad:
South Of Jefferson street-Messrs J. l.. Corse,
Thomas Sperry and J. +. Tallant.
North of letters on street-Messrs A. w. Carpen-
ter, John G. Foote and Thomas Hedge.
On motion Of Geo. FraZee. Esq, Resolved. That
the Chairman Of this meeting appoint the Town
ship Committees at his leisure.
On motion of J. e. Hall. ESQ.,, Resolved, That
the proceedings of this meeting be published in all
the city newspapers.
The meeting then, on motion Of VIM. F. Cool
baugh Esq, adjourned to meet again at this place
On Saturday evening, May nth, 1851
LYMAN COOK, Chm.
Q. 6. WIeHTMAH, Sec'y.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

hALAf HSnIf Nis
Drummond the man who was arrested aDo.
month since a charge Of participating In iHe le
rible murder Of the Cusden family in kenf county
on the 27th Of February. has made eoniessann,
vuging the true perpetrators Of the crime ~ -
that five men named Murphy. shelton, foFr, 49,
and Taylor, were the perpetrators OF thr Haisel.
denies that he had anything 10 DO with ". he -
knew OF the conspiracy OF the others for the 49,
miss sion Of the crime. The four first mfhton'
Murphy, shelton, Ford, Stills, have been srrestea =
Havre de Grace Taylor however, was still -.
Webster, the uaele Of Mrs Cosdsn. who has pseA
suspected il not implicated I'm Drummrnd's ccniss-
sion. lie also iHsinuates that. in case some y -
Cosden family had escaped and gwen the sisFn' .
was the intention of the murleTers to have ioh.~
ed up their work of plumber and massacre W 80
families in the neighhorhood against whem ~.
had feelings of hostility. The disclosures 'as.
made add deeper dye to the already tfrrinie go
which has caused great excitement in the eommaD'-
" where II occurred.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08
Frauds In the Legislature.

There was evidently foul voting in the House at
the hallotngs Wednesday and on the first ballot
on Thursday. On the former, it was apparently on
the side of Mr. summers friends: indeed one of his
supporters was detected in putting into the box
two votes. On Thursday. the fraud looks on the
face to have been perpetrated by his opponents
Every possible measure should be adopted for the
discovery of the perpetrators of these foul cheats,
and whoever they may be, they should be prompt
ly expelled from the House, and as summarily dis
graced otherwise as may rghtfully be done. 1t is
pretty evident that there are some persons in the
State House who are strangely out of place. They
would ado,n The cells in the State Prison at Charles
town better than seats in the Legislature of the
Commonweal
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

INsuRANcE.-The LEGISLATURE Of kentucky
passed a law imposing tax on all Insurance Com
panies of other states. having agencies In that
State, and at the same time exempting its own In
surance Companies from a similar tax. One agent
refused pay the tax, on the ground of its uncon
stitutionality. The case was tried, and was de-
cided by Judge Buckner against the law, as conflict
ing with that provision of the Federal Constitution
which declares tshe citizens of each State shall be
entitled TO the privileges and immunites of the
citizens in the several Statcs.o The New York
Legislature had similar measure before ii, at its
last session, but whether it was swamped in the
closing storm We do not remember.-ISpringfeld
Republican.
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Filming a Man.

A singular genius has been engaged in peddling
an article which seems to be no more nor less
than the colored paper used in the manifold letter
writer's. The principal use to which he put it was
to take impress sions from leaves Of trees. These
impressions were very pretty and natural, but as
some Of those who bought the article that he sold
could not produce similar impressions, it is tho't
he must prepare the leaves beforehand to produce
the effect. After beng here several days, he was
arrested on the complaint of citizen for peddling
without license. His defence was that the Mayor
had told him that it required license to sell ar
ticles manufactured in the State, and claiming to
De the manufacturer Of the article he Sold he was
NOT aware OF having violated any City Ordinance.
AHer nearing both sides the jury returned YER
dict asalnst him and fined him according to the re-
q"'remen's Of the Ordinance, twenty dollars; in
oelaq's :" the payment of which, he was sent to
Jail,
On the same evening the City Council reduced
the fine to FIVE dollars. He is now at large.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

How often do We see verdict awarded to the
plaintiff in this case At public meetings and al
avery Gathering, MERIT simply files his dec,ar,.
ton, and knowing the equity ofhis claim con6dins.
" leaves with the Court OF Public Opinion to de
eide ~ to ts justice. BRASS comes in, and al.
though he has no just cause Of complaint and can.
not show that his position authorzes him to main.
tain suit, neverthelsss busters and busies him.
seifto such an extent a. to worry out the opposite
counsel and their client, and thus surrepti,iousy
obtains verdict to which he is not entitled, Thi,
encourages asPirants to public favor, who have No
claims thereto, to be the most forward and bu.ie.,
- keeping merit in the hack ground. Their sue
cess enooldens them. They continue to push their
claims until In many cases, they are reluctantly
acknowledged, and thus the verie u demssoeue, be-
come popular, and brass is held At premium.-
Thsss 10 too much determination, and there ha,
been too auch experience on this subject. .mona
oar citizens, TO make mere prs,enson pass current
Win -. Many such pretendcrs have been starved
oss IN Burlington, and more will be, IL we are NOT
MistskeA.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08
A Great Haul.

On Friday night special train was sent out
which met beyond Jackson little train, to act to-
gether for the arrest of certain men charged with
being connected with the burning Of the depot and
other railroad property-of tearing up the railroad
track, and endangerng the lives Of the passengers,
&C., and other crimes.
large number of officers and assistants were
engaged for the occasion, and so well were the ar
rangements made and so promptly were they carri-
ed out that thirty. three men, living between Leoni
and Albion, from few rods to six miles off the line
Of the railroad, all arrested about daylight in
the morning, and nearly every one in his night
clothes.
1t is said the per sons arrested had formed reg
ular association for the most diaholica and Grimm
al purposes. One Of their recent designs was to
blow up the track and cars by an ingeniousy con-
nited by the locomotive in passing over IT, and to
explode when the passenger cars should be over
it, and thus to destroy the liyes of passengers.
The Railroad Company and others, have been :
temely active and deserve much credit for ferret
ing out and bringing to justice organized body of
men. bound together for such criminal and outra.
geous purposes.
The persons arrested were mostly from Michi-
gan Centre and vicinity, which town is almost de-
populated of its influential men.
Their names as far as we could learn were as
follows:-
A. F. Fitch, A. Filly, DR. Moulton, - Terrill,
Nathan Cretit, A. Barrit. Lyman Champlin, Nm
Champlin, Erastus Champlin, James Champlin, Hi
ram Heigh. Aaron Mount, Grandson Filley, Les
ter Penheld, Richard Price, f. Price, Minor Lacox,
0. ID. Williams, w. Cerwin, Dr. Z. Farnham, Will
lam Warner, Napoleon b. Lemn, Hart Holmes Dan.
iel Myers, A. J. Freeland, Ira Beebec. - Hill,
Russell Stone, Harry Wakeman. showers, John
Lockwood, John Ackerson and John Farmer.
Washington Gay and Erastus Smith were arrest
ed in this city on Saturday morning. In the house
Of MIR Gay were found a variety Of implements for
setting buildings on tire, which were construct
ed as to burn one hour or three days before set
ting fire to the huilding.-[D Detroit Free Press.
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he Cshan Ex.eAi,,..

Has received qsiss q check ia New Yo,h IT,, :
Marsha Tal'~adss, GOT wad tia, the SEAM, CLAW.
Ia had bsss chartered BY ,Ae.e psy.,..r.m., ava
assss ssAy u sail 10 jsa the expedition The M,,,h,
sssCasasd . Washington. eh.aia.d the a.csn.,y !,
sssy. asd psscssdsd TO his ia.ss~csio.. into
sisa twas reported that the Csopana had ron. a.,v,
the say 70 take o. several Aaadred men. Mr. T.,m.a
chartered sas steamer John Bell and the Revenue Cu.
Me' a@d wssa ID aaest o. the Clsopa,sa AAss cruz.
s"s sssss sems tiss without sueess the Ma,sha rs.ua
- - Tie city. whore he fesad the Cleopatra yag .. III.
wharf, ne iamediasely took possession other ia the aam,
ofshs u Several persons have hssa arrested aud ,bs
esmss are given ia the N. Y. Hssaid.
appears that the bonds Of The New CsLas roysm
that e Be- have bees selling in Savannah A..
% ten costs The dolla:!
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

In our death record will be seen the demise Of Mr.
RoBERTs, who but few weeks since took from our
midst the only daughter of our friend sherfey, with
the hope that as his bride, many years Of happiness
were In store for him, in which to enjoy her socie-
ty. That record shows how futile and baseless
were his hopes. She, who left with buoy ant
spirits and bounding heart few days since. re-
turns heart stricken and detected widow. How
sad9 How suggestivea The scene Of sadness that
opened up on the return to her fathers house no
tongue can describe. Who does not sympathise
with hearts thus made desoate2 It need not be said
that we do. The widow was accompanied to this
place BY the editor of the Ironton Register.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

Mr. BuRGolN, merchant of st Louis, recently
missed a roll of Bank bills amounting to 5000,
from his money drawer, which he supposed to have
been taken by some light-fngerei person. Some
two days since. however, he accidentally discover
ed that the notes had been carried of by mice.
which had used it in lining their nest and recover
ed the whole, except $40 bill which had been de.
stroyed in the operation.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

Inc boston Journal says: .Fears are expressed
that the pocy OF reputation adopted by the Span
ish Government, (which offers to pay its creditors
Two shli'ngs on . ponnd) will prove contagious
Inc majority OF the Governments of Europe will
be forced, sooner or later, to adopt a similar
policy.',
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08
Senli-ldOlatry.

Several papers, in speaking Of LEVIN, the gen.
tleman who has recently discovered the rich lead
in Dubuque, say sssix months ago, there were none
so poor as to do him reverence. The legitimate
inference is that all men now, in consequence Of
his sudden acquisition Of wealth, pay him homage
and reverence. What sad and true picture is this
Of human nature. What humiliating demon stra-
ton Of its frailty. and its subservency to wealth,
This is by no means~a solitary case. Would that
it were. We see its counterpart every day in our
intercourse with men. We saw a notable illustra-
ticn Of it the other day in the Court House. not
ed Banker Of Philadelphia happened to be in town.
subpoena was issued for him to testify in the case
of Fletcher VS.. Garman in reference to the genu.
ineness of written document. When he came iu-
to Court there was quite sensation. Lawyers rose
from their seats, and several s.did him reverence.
We thought at the time that If he had been poor
man, and if ever SO expert in such matters, what
ever might have been his talents, we should have
looked in vain for such defercntial attention. All
such cringing to mere wealth is a sad evidence to
show that Mammon is the god to whom too many
bow in reverence. 1t is a species of idoatry as
clearly forbidden by the genius o: our democratic
institutions, it is by the spirit of christianity
If we are democrats in nothing else, are in our
detestation Of this cringng to the aristocracy OF
wealth. This antpathy has grown with our growth
and strengthened with our strength. Rich men
may laugh at what they may call fastidiousness in
this matter, but they may be poor year hence, and
through mere se!ishness become the yeriest agra
rians, and even rail against the rich through no
higher motive than envy and detraction. Their
last state would thus be worse than the fret. This
would be condemnatory. There should be among
us, especially where fortunes fuctuate rapidly,
where the lahorer Of to-day may be the millionaire
year hence, and where the rich Of to- day may
be N poverty Tomorrow, other aristocracy than
that Of merit, founded virtue and inte lligence
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

HE DIXON TELEoRArH.-This is 4 neutral IA.
per just started At Dixon, H., by Rev. C. r. FISK,
formerly Of Calesburg. The first number is so fill
ca up with the tax list, TO afford very little read
ing matter. Mr. F. can make good paper, and We
wish him success.
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-05-08

The keokuk and Birmingham Plank Road COM
pany let contract Friday last, the 25th ul, for
the delivery OF the plank, at Keokuk, for the con-
struction of miles Of the road. The lumber is TO
be procured at the Moline mills-hard oak lumber
and delivered at Keokuk for Sll per thousand.
The track Of the road is 10 be feet wide.
A number Of other proposals have been received
anu are now uader consideration.-[towaS States
man.
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BURLINGTON


BURLINGTON:
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Tri-weskly Hawk-Eye.
We hope to receive our type in season so as to
be able to issue the first number OF our Tri-Week-
~ next week, At the time proposed. II with len
a those places where we think they would like to
take II, and II, after examination, any should de-
cline subscribing for it, they will please return the
hrst number to the Carrier or to the Office.
TO favor this enterprise, we would be glad if the
business men who have families, and who are now
subscribers to our weekly. would continue the
weekly aud have it left at their houses for the
or their amilies and at the same time take the ri
weekly at their places of business. We shall en-
deavor TO throw much larger amount Of reading
matter in our weekly than We have been able to 40
heretofore.
We put forth these familiar suggestions to those
friends who take interest in our undertaking, in
this shape, because have not the requisite qo'i-
kcasians to appear before them personally to soil.
cit their aid. We have not brass enough to solicit
nan for his custom.
We hope to present paper that will be credita-
lie TO Burlington, and all ask is share OF the
public custom. In 1913 we issued Prospectus
for tri-weekly, but met with so little encourage
ment Is 10 defer the attempt. We subsequently
issued daily slpcontainins the latest telegraph
ic news, hoping that that would be an introduction
10 our more frequent appearance, but it did not
pay expenses, and we had to relinquish it. Since
that time other occurrences have taken place
which have prevented US from earring out our de-
sign. Burlington has reached position in which
she already exerts, among others, potent husi-
aess influence in all departments Of trade on the
surrounding country. This influence may be great
u Strengthened and extended BY the press. To
the business men we shall look for hints and sug-
gestions that will make our tri-weekly acceptable
10 them. We shall use every effort to obtain the
latest and most reliable news, and nothing shall be
wanting On our part to make our paper worth its
full price.
Asthe next weeks issue Of the weekly will close
the i2th volume. we would be glad to have those
whose terms Of subscription close at that period,
20 come forward and liquidate their dues. Such an
oct on their part would be very gratifying.