Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-10-15

To raise the price Of niggers.
The Tenth Ward made grand zshov,' and
turned out like the Ninth, hundreds both of
foefmcn and riders IN csrriages Several cars
from ihisS ward we're filed with pretty girls.
representing the States Many OF the notices
were very fnc.
The Twelfth Ward made large turnout and
a very good appearance. We have TO cut our
notices short for want Of space, aud can only
say that every Ward and Precinct was well rep
resented The Sixteenth Ward had many spir
tied devices and mostos. Symmes Township,
well represented. carried the motto. ITO Gin
einnati, twenty-five miles--to victory, one
week"
We were at the trouble to take notes of some
hundreds Of other mottes and designs, but find
that we have no room for more than two or
three samples:
Democratic Piatform-Resolved, that the
administration Of Franklin Pierce has been true
to Democratic principles.
| "A liberty to do right is no liberty at ALL
George Pugh.
Franklin Perceive proclaim our unqual-
TIED admiration of his measures and policy
Democratic Convention.
kansas Laws-Wherc slavery exists as an
institution, laws of that character must be adopt
| ed.'-George Pugh.
This meager detail furnishes but poor idea
of this immense procession, which was calcula-
ted by many persons to number eleven thou
| sand persons, and which in its gorgeous display
of torches and banners, the pertinency of its
mottos, the pungent Justice of its caricatures,
the good taste in many of its desings and its
general enthusiasm was in all respects, the
greatest affair that ever came OFT IN this city.
There were very few boys in the procession and
forty -nine cut of every fifty in il were voters,
csl l.. fhov aud oil
have at stake in the present canvass. Hundreds
who went round in this procession, never
marched in procession before. Those in the
procession behaved with the strictest propriety
and in no case gave occasion tor the continuous
and persistent exhibition of rowdyism that
displayed itself throughout the whole route OF
the march.
The procession was over an hour in passing
our office, though moving by all the time at the
rate of one or two hundred minute
ls RuFFIAN ASSAULTS.
During the whole march the procession was
assailed with groans, Kisses and obscene re-
marks BY gangs Of half grown youths, who stood
on the side walks and appeared in most cases
to be Fillmoreites. Nothing could be more dast-
arily than the conduct of these young men, who
in hundreds of cases tore the torchlights that
were in the procession, frightened the horses,
uttered the most gross obscenity to the women,
and threw stones and other missiles in,o the
crowd. All who marched iii the procession, and
hundreds of other persons, will testify that the
rowdyism was more brutal and shameful than
was ever before exhibited to a procession in this
city. At least twenty ladies were knocked down
by stones thrown at the procession. Two were
badly hurt on the southeast corner of Vine and
Fourth streets, where stone OF over n pound
weight was thrown with great force through a
window of the Railroad Office, and came near
killing child. a'-r--
A young lady standing in the Gazette office
was struck with stone, such blow that, had
it gone couple of inches lower it would pro-
badly have killed her. A Mrs. Levy, who with
her husband was looking at the procession at
! the corner OF Vine and Sixth streets, was
| Knocked down, and so dangerously hurt that it
| was first supposed she was killed. A little girl,
badly hurt by being struck in the face, and was
carried into tue store corner of Race and Sixth
streets. .. .......- A..
A boy, who had small artery cut by stone,
was taken into the drug store corner of Elm
and Sixth streets. Two men were very danger
| ously hurt at the corner of Sixth street and
| Broadway, Two others were badly Injured in
Thirteenth street.
A Mrs. Mitchell had an eye put out and was
badly hurt on Third street. Two men were
knocked down ON Third street with slung shots
and dangerously hurt. 4 little girl OH Broad
way, had her arm broken. A Mrs. Stevens had
her head badly bruised. Many ladies who were
in the carriages in the procession were struck
with sticks and during the whole march we dc
not suppose there was single block gone by in
which some person was not badly hurt; not q
druggist shop passed in which some one that
had been hurt did not go for medical aid.
| Very few who were in the wagons escaped
and some were struck many times with stones
Respectable Fillmore men who CHANGED to sec
such shameless conduct were Disguised, and VIC
| have no doubt hundreds of them will vote fol
Fremont and Freedom. staess --
Ruiiiansm will not benefit the party that re
sorts to it. 1t will drive off good men who
with others to enjoy political liberty. The mar
who defends or excuses such base assaults is a
disgrace to any party, and we do not think any
good citizen of any party could commend the
brutality in which last night many proiesseG
Fillmore men were angaged.
| COL. LANES SPEECH
After the procession had CONCLUDED its march
and Termed around the Park on Eigth street
Col Henry s. Lane, of Charlottesville, Ind, wa:
introduced from the west stand and made mos
eloquent and thrilling speech.
| The meeting was addressed by Mr.. Gurley
candidate Tor Congress; Mr.. Corwine, the Elec
tor for that District, and Mr.. Rodaker-the latter
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