Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-11-13
Am NEW york CORRESPONDENTS.
New York, Nov. /, 1881.

-.r,l wards OF this clty, Tor the purpose or Sc
'..;,r the election Of men to all Offices in the
"A i the people. who will use their influence
!. =. laws passed making il crime to sell Ii
81, either by wholesale or retail. These "alli-
.,e..r may have some effect upon this election,
:. perhaps even upon two or three successive
.,...;on,, but their influence cannot by any pos
AMY last long. On the contrary, think that
i. mixing q seetotalism a political movement
!. al only extremely well calculated, but even
-, 10 result, ultimately in general indifference
!, ne success Of the cause. and in sovereign
.,uasupt for its leaders.
deem Il not only inexpedient and impol't'c,
$. .l.o urphi,osophical. to elect man to GER
3, oiBce, for any other main reason than his ma
~, and acquire, capabilities for performing
4. aote, q the station il is proposed for him to
....,r II he have other excelencies not i'm
,,.dniely and obviously necessary in his pros
,..,;ve pcsiticn, well and good; but they should
I. n,de subscrvient, in our estimation Of him,
!. ,,.;h Of character Of relative primary impor-
49,. cannot, Of course. in ''letter from
w. York, nargue this point at length, or enforce
- v;sws with proper illustrations; but think
A., Z what have said is good as far as it goes.
-, readers cannot fail to perceive that. not he.
~ men have but one idea, and that idea is tee
,,.,rsn, can they ever be expected, for any
,.,s4A 81 time. 10 vote for man merely or
sAeay because he is teetotaller. or to refuse to
s,lefor nan who is not one.
Matters are quiet-wry quiet, now. in this
Elm, md every body is waiting for next Tues
l.. 9Th breathless interest that denotes the
;nportan, stakes 10 be played for. On the one
Md. ; employment for 10000 mechanics, for a
.u.nber q years; and, on the other, the total
aestrsctiou Of every thing like work for this
neat mass. The feeling among the working
ncn in all tie lower counties, drumming to the
highlands Of the Kadson.) is, that their work is
Nv preearious and at least $4,000 OF them,
NV employed in stone-yards, quarries, &C.. ex-
p,ct b be thrown out Of work before the first
Nv q January In that event, the State is the
,oly resource left for them 10 fall back upon
IA he election about to take place will decide
whether that resource shall be left open 10 them.
rnos Mechanical labor has been at a premium
b thi STATE, for the last year and half; but, at
,he present moment, the signs OF universal
sickness and falling off IN the demand for labor,
. Everywhere exhibited. This fact our laborers
re veil aware Of and they win show, BY their
vo,ss next week, that they will sustain that par
n which will sustain them. As an evidence Of
"a he Seventh Senatorial District, which gen.
s,ny s;ves from |. 500 TO $500 Democratic ma
jeiJ, WIN pretty surely give small majority
II ~ Wing State ticket; or, at least, for the
Wesking men. ticket which comprises the
Whig Canal Board.
twas announced some time since, that Col
Deatoa was preparing notes of his public expert
go Tor publication; but, believe it is not gen.
sally known that Martin Van Bnren is engaged
! writing record Of his career. It will not be
printed until after his death. A friend who has
Id peep at some parts of the manuscript as
ares ne, As indeed should have readily sappo-
I'd, that II is full Of revelations as to the private
naaouvering and w;re-worklngs Of the L,cofoco
leaders for the last twenty wears; and when the
little Magician" does shun. ofthis m,rtal col
Ind his historical and biographical writings come
% light, great deal Of snoise and confusion"
aay Be anticipated Perhaps Prince John may
~ an iniactioa upon the publication if it seems
kelly to cond;ct with his persoaal asgrandize-
nent While mentioning books in embryo. I
mast not forge: to tell YOU that Fitz Greene Hal
leck, the distinguished wit and poet, some of
shose poems are admitted even by the snrly
British critics to be among the finest things in the
English language, is now occupying himself in
IS retirement at his native town Of Guldford,
in writing the memoirs Of his life
md times He hal been leader in fashionable
nd literary society, for the past thirty wears, has
rsvelled much both in Europe and America, in
innate with most Of the eminent men of the pres
1t, Is he vas with those Of the past generation,
md Il he ciH. he can, make the most delightful
Iook Of the kind that we have ever had. II will
y better worth reading than either Ben.on's or
Vm Buren's.
Tie organs Of the Monarchial party in Europe.
observe, are receiving and inviting all inds of
Iaa1srs against Kossuth, in order, if possible, to
sheek tAs popular ovation which awaits the Hun
e1ian hero, among the Liberals Of England and
n the United States. The Cattolico, an Italian
p9printed at Genoa, asserts that in July, 1919,
kossuth addressed letter to the Concordia of
Fssia, in which he repelled the epithet .sDemo-
sfsts a. applied to the M,gvars, and asserted
mat MS aim was to preserve sacerdotal and aris-
toefat'c institutions--that he also accused the
uesocrats Of having always and everywhere ru-
'oed and lost the cause of Nationality an, hide
pendeace, and especially Of having ruined and
lost 7, q Warsaw, in 1s32-and tina, his letter
@rnleaeed with the followin. words sTne Mig
y1ss 1smscrets! But, do you know with what
We'as Y he Hungarian language, the term ''De-
.oc5at," e synonymous? In my country, that
efe signifies an insensate and ruined nan, a
seed-tcf-no,hing fellow, or a spy" If the above
.aasaent Be- true, it may interest your readers to
know il.
~ nave been hearing some lectures lately on
- Missions Of the Moravian Church. The rev.
ad doctor in divinity who delivered them,
'peaking Of the Missionaries in South Africa, and
!aat he called s'the dreadful haraships" they
- y endure, said they were actually ''obliged
Aeor BY the day, for their bread" That must
= dreadful! Why don't the charitable sub
Iie''oe literally. 50 that these poor fellows may
We without labor?
while am in religious train Of thou sht, let
aspve you little incident of the conversion,
* merely Of an individual, but of a whole firm.
10 you ever see an edition Of the "A,e Of R.a-