Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-11-20
To The Editor Of the Hr~k- Ew.

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Dcar sir II take pleasure I'm having II I'm w
| power to say to your numerous readers that rs
are now daily and hourly, with The greatest pas-
sible anxiety looking for the arrival i'm our midst
| OF the very distinguished-not K1ssuth. but the
| most distinguished Gen. F--not s.Van Srufrt- IA
some men Of small minds have vaf-arlr caEl-l
! him-but Gen. Van Antwerp, hlIaseIf, late eti-
tor of the ''iowa City Capital Reporter, = and Il
present Superintendent OF the Des Moines River
improvemen';-ani the great question with n
here at this time i to know what il tn b. done
with him when he does arrive. Heretofore &
las quietly domiciled on '.Codfaa HH;--but u
is not supposed, since his great achievements u
the Federal City, that so insignificant locality
As even Scottish HILL" or the city OF heokHk;-
not even ''The Desmoines Republic itself, CD
contain SO distinguished parsonage. The State
is not even large enough. What. think cf lcw1
the Insignificant State of Iowa. pretending u
claim a. hers, the services of mar who In -
short space OF few months has done more for
the State than Dodge, Jones, Letter AMI Thonp-
son, backed by the Legislature Of the Stale, hare
been able to do in years. 1t i true that DcAge
l. Co, did get the Bill passed through Congress
under which the yalicnt general Gets the million
acres OF land that he has Just forced the Cahinft
to allow hinl:-hut who ever thought of &C. gzaf
extending above the Raccooa forks2 NJ one
The Governor, nor the Commissioners It'll &C.
or they would not have closed at tint point
Dodge 4 Co, did not, or they would hare sasis ~
at The time. Then who did conceive The siea =
extending the grant tn the sources of IT, EFFrfe
Why the distinguished ex- Editor; and no &C. c.
until he beat into their thick heads In tafa,
10! and behold out comes Dodge 4 Co. aM
say, 1--WE are the ones who did this and Wai'
did they do2 Why they tried to hare tht -saas
extended; and hammered al the matter faE stsef-
al years, until NIL OF their own party evea, C. ~
confidence in their ability to 10 any thing Ihsas
1t was that Gen. Van Antwerp cane Up aiaflr
ly 10 the rescue Of his country - H. dAd m sse
Mexican war CD and went at once To Masain
ton during the recess, nj time when he weo'a
not be tranmellcd with the unPo?asarifF
Dodge. Jores 4 Co. ami dill the work u aafs-
He made the Cabinet OF Mr. Fillmore -afs
mously" acknowledge The right OF Iowa !" =
lands claimed. That il they were NIL -aaa'i
nous" except three-Wehster. who was ho
sent, Crittendcn who was 80 .'ah>nFd W.
here to his first opinion after Cen. Van Ans"af
had told him hetter-and Secretary Ssaln
told General Van that his own opinion oi -
construction OF the GRAFT renamed ahcn.Ar
All this was done too, in spite or Bastsrhe
that horrible Butterfield, who wante1 u ~ -
thing and could not come it. They A. - ..,t
knock under when our--yes our, Gen. van
them I'M hand. =. h.re
inte nIed when | commenced wiring 70 q.
advised Dodge to resign, and let our Geaf y -
appointed in his place, SO that tn rign. I. ~
people wouia be attended to, and bhF,inS
other towns above might get tn -ocks - -
out of the Rapids; but have not un'e ~, ~. Ia
sides being satisfied that the people = ~ ~
will not let the matter remain nnai'e.ie4 :"
will stop. Your most 9arr' No ..