Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-05-09
NEWS ITEMS.

J The Know Nothings and the Wise Men
are at it fiercely in Virginia. The Wise
ones however, are badly scared. The
Know Nnothiugs are offering to bet two to
one upon Wise's defeat, but the wise fellows
are two wise to hazard their money upon
such terms. Sans tramp in Virginia is tre-
mendous. His appalled, enemies mistake his
every step for an earthquake.
journal.
The Great Provincial Council of Roman
Catholic Church commenced in Baltimore on
the 9th of May and will continue until the
18th The Archbishop of Baltimore will
preside. There will be an attendance of
Bishops from Richmond, Wheeling, Pitts
burgh, Erie and Phiadel phia--the Sees of
Savannah and Charleston being vacant by
death. This is thes Grst Provincial Council
since the division Of the U. States into sever
al Aarchbishoprics.
MovISC SICHr.--We have never seen so
many persons emgrating in one body as we
did on Saturday last. Over one thousand
men woman and children. all en- route to
Iowa Missouri and Kansas. They were main
| ~ from our State. The severe winter lust
past has sickened them Of their cold Ken
lucky Home''-hence they leave us for a
home in the West. They were generally
sprightly, good looking people. louisville
Democracy.
| Mr.. Longworth doesn't find single peach
bud winter-killed at Cincinnati He says
the Charter Oak grape, sent to him from Con-
necticut, is of no value, unless for bullets in
time of war when lead is scarce, yet the roots
are sold for So to s..
Tom Hood defines public sentiment as
s'the average prejudice of mankind.'
Geologically speaking, says Hood the rock
upon which hard drinkers split is quartz.
SHoRT.-It is said that man in Ohio, to
save time and paper, writes the n ,me of his
county thus-Y &.-Wyandott.
1t is said that sufficient calico is daily man
ufactured in Rhode Island to make each fe-
male in the State dress.
isis the opinion Of the doctor that the law
yer gets his living by plumber, while the law
yer thinks that the doctor obtains his by
piH-a
II has been satisfactorily ascertaned that
come out for sun-dry motives.
z ssMr. Smith, said little fellow the other
evening to his sisters beau, 81 wish you
wouldn't praise our Ann Maria's eyes any
more. You made her so proud now that she
won't speak to cousin Laura, nor help moth
er the least Bit"
The copper ore in Polk county, Tenn. is
about three mil long and two miles wide.
Within that space eight or nine veins have
been opened, from which alone might be rails
ed three millions of dollars worth of ore an
nuallv, if there could only be provided the
means of Transporting it to market.
The English papers state that clergyman
in England is now suffering the severe penal
ty of IL months Imprisonment. for marrying
a couple ut half past six in the morning, when
ecclesiastical law forbids that such GER
cmony shall take place before s a. m.
The British Government has offered to an
mex their colony Of Sierra Leone to Liberia,
and the proposition, SO highly compliment
airy to the American colony, will prob bly,
be accepted.
The Empress of the French has made
present to the Empress Of Austria of lace
dress, which will be seen at the Exhibition
of Paris, and the pattern Of which was de-
signed by the Empress Eugene herself. The
value of this dress is estimated at 1000
francs.
A DAMP RExpRzvoUs.-An old soaker in
Boston, being found in the gutter on a rainy
night, the water making clear breach over
him from head to heels, was asked by pas
cor what he was doing UOh.S r,rlied the
nebriatc. 81 agreed to meet a man here"