Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
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Nes York, Nay LIST 1886
Again our city d 10 fsver Of excitement U
4 trrgasd 10 Central American affair, having 81
+ peradded to the Walker Warfhe unfortunate n
OF at Panama OF course you have all the new
ere this, and can form your own opinion Of the
merits Of the case. Here IN the Metropolis
where life is driven on the hign pressure princi
pie the people seldom think long upon any SUP
iect. Events Irrational and politicalinpo portance
follow each other 70 rapidly that the reason
must be active aud the Judgment every ready
that can keep up with them, as to the Panama %,
massacre, though the accounts are still meagre'
there seems to be but one opinion, that the
Americans ought TO have taken summary yen
geance upon the half ci yilized horde whose only
| object seems to have been plander. Had the af-
fair happened in England or Canada, there
| would have been fine case Of international cor
respondence, damages and awards; but as it IS
not a few think the best course would be to hold
the Government responsible, which
into the common tongue - means take imHedi- &c
ate measures, BY force Of arms to put to an end
all danger of the kind, and as a natural corrol
larry to the Government also. Of course these
opinions are extreme; but it is bad scrape at
the best, and may be the course Of great and
important changes in the relations existing be-
tween the United States and New Granada.
As to the prospects Of General Walker, opin-
ions are more varied, notwithstanding the
story of the great victory in which six hundred
Costa Rcans are said to have fallen, it is pretty
generally believed that Walker is in very tight
place, The. climate is against him, he has mere
handful of men, nine tenths ofwhom would seize
the first opportunity to quit the country he has
no money, little provender, except what he can
sieze; short allowance of ammunition, and
miserable arms. The NicaraguaRs who are said
to have invited him to come over to help them
are turning againft him by thousands, and these,
with reasons of less weight, induces many to be-
lese that he will utterly fail in his grand scheme
for great Central American Republic Still he
is active, wary, and hemmed in as he is, must
fight with the energy of desperation. The re-
suit time only can develope. s~-i43has
/, We have just closed the annuel review of the
Ward Schools Of our city. You need not be in
crowning glory. True, they cost an immense
sun; but this shall set value upon the moral
and mental wealth which will accrue to the ris-
ing generation from their training in these noble
institutions. The result of the late examination
has been highly satisfactory. There are many
schools, which, in point Of fact, would outrank
the best Academies ten years ago, and hundreds
and thousands of pupils who have at this mo-
ment more solid, practical education than half
the graduates of the ancient Colleges. Our sys-
TEN of teaching may not be perfect, but it is
equal to any yet known, and not afew of the
principals of the Ward Schools would creditably
fill the chairs Of Harvar or Yale. There is
an immense variety Of text books already in use,
and the cry is "still they come." This is well,
however, the greater the number of forms in
which an idea is received, the more lasting will
be the impression, among the new text books !
notice that d. Appleton & Co. announce for i'm
mediate publication, " Cornell's High School Ge-
ography and Companion Atlas, AN elaborate work
Geographies-its predecessors being the well
known Primary Geography" and intermediate
Geography" books which have already sold to
the extent of something more than one hundred
thousand copies each. The study of Geography
has become a prime necessity to every one, and
the constant political changes, especially upon
this hermit sphere, make modern Atlas quite
as necessary for the school, and as a Dictionary,
Cornell's book is a handsome duodecimo of 400
pages, finely illustrated, and gives in a concise
and compact form, all the facts necessary for
good geographical education. 1t very properly
embraces not only descriptive but Mathematical
and Physical Geography, branches Of the science
too often neglected in schools. The atlas is on
the same plan, giving series of maps of the la
test dates which not only show the political divi-
sions Of the Earth, but its physical constitution.
1t has also very complete pronouncing yocabu-.
larry of geographical names and terms, feature
which will be appreciated by the thousands OF
grown up people who are never certain of the
true pronunciation of such names as Trafalgar
Singapore, and hundreds Of other foreign names.
The more you multiply the series Of text books
the better it will be for the young minds which
are to use them. taa ~ i.sg aa- iearz
Our Spring though very tardy, is at last here
in full feather. The weather is warm and fine,
and the town gay and busy, especially SO to-day,
as this is annual moving day for all New Workers
who change donlicil this year. This idea Of all
moving the same day is an unmitigated nuisance,
and appears to be of service only to draymen
and porters who take advantage of the universal
demand for their labor to make their own terms.
s -E& Sl3 sts3 Fs'-- THINE.
aEt Fast Rail Road. -!eli 9ae
A gentleman just returned from Muscatine
and Iowa City, informs US that the Railroad con-
Meeting these two points is one of the greatest
affairs he ever rode over. Going up the cars
were seven hours on the road and coming down
six, thus making from FIVE to six miles per hour.
The cuts and fills are just wide enough to lay
down the cross ties lengthwise. The late rains
have set the earth to sliding into the cuts, until
they are well filled. At one point they have to
walk around a place Of three-fourths of mile
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