Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-12
The Cursc ss sraysry ON Western
&n89 Missouri. s3s31
CHARACTERS or rHr BoRpxR RurYTASs--THEIR
MANNER OF RAisIsG MoSKr--0rixiossA OF AN
lxrELLIaEST SorrHrRSKn--BoRnxa RgYrIAS
CaryALkr--AS ArrEAL TO NoRraxaS MrS.

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tcoHetp'a'eneF - '"e ..s'e'sna lsades1
ispkrsspsses, mo-. rep. -, 1895.
Lass Sunuay morning alrissu Joy. - shis m'sera-
Die towii anu nave ever s'nce, 10 use = anAce
phrase, peeh masking opser 'atons. ine 'oea'
non Oh the town is aamirapie, anu ho.iihs, save
the evii genius OF slavery presehtsit rom taxing
,,s place among the nrst business PAees in 'ne
MesI mpossesses hatara aa'antaSes cquai 70
'nose OF DaSenpoet, OF heokak, OF Da,nas'on
anu now usesh compare Win tnose cities' As
ohar'eston compares win New ork HmaSes
one hear' s'cs ~ scc many privileges thrown
away on 80 ihao'eht ana so''h'ess popuaaon.
Inc place Is no. now VIVA. :. NSa.u oc snaer ,nc
rule oil the red men VINO formerly owned u fuo-
lie opinion would be as hpcrai, ana law would DC
as much respected.
The town contains more than dozen grog
shops, and an equal number oi nan starved law
ycrs, and nearly hundred dfunheh DUNES, VINO
glory in their ragged hithiness, ana spcna tne
day in sort OF sleepy stupor, and tue night amid
riot and blasphemy. There are tcw fespeeta-
Die people here. who, II they dare, would openly
uehouhee Atehson ana all ms ionowers' ou1 'he
larger portion OF the men are ignorant, lazy ana
drunken. AND yet the tone oil pubic morals AZ
independence Is not lower than at any town IN
Its vicinity.
we are IN the MIDST oi terrioie eSci.emehti
l should say, OF dnofher exci.euent, 'or these "h
happy people have been continually excitea SINCE
the passage OF the Nebraska bill. Iney say they
will invade Kansas next spring, ana uFfe the
last Aoolitonist out OF IL Active preparations
are going on In all the border counties, and large
accessions OF men, arms, and money, are expect
ed from the southern States. Ihey expect 10
raise ten thousand men well equipped, and all
intent on destroying the Yankees, as they call
the Free State men. ! have no doubt that they
can raise hall the number Out tney wiz De
drunken disorderly, undisciphned, brutal rao-
BILE, well prepared to murder and rod defence
less people; but no match for q body OK in.clli-
gent ana determined men. They have neither
courage, enterprise, nor money ana rely Tor
arms ana munitions OF war, on the cohtriputions
OF the planters OF the south.
Large sums OF money have already been Tor.
varded to the comittees OF vigilance IN TINS ana
ed. vigilance committee demands AID; hve
thousand dollars are forwarded TO it; all the
rowdies and loaicrs IN the place learn that there
IS money on hand, ana they become outrageous
~ patriotic, and oher there services immedi.
ateiy. Their NAMES are at once enrolled, ana
they are taken INTO pay 10 use a military eA-
pression' ana led ana treated atthe expense Oh
the committee AS ahatural consequence, iarge
numbers OF the recruits are irish; ana most Oh
the committee men are owners OF doggeries,-
When the money becomes scarce they hoid u
meeting; nave grand drunk can upon some
NOISY demagosue Tor speeeh' pass furious res
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