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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

AN EPISODE IN "HIGH LlFE-Mr Cramer
editor of The Wisconsin, in recent letter to
his paper from New York, gives the following
facts in relation to a piece of scandal that has
caused a good deal of gossip among the upper
ten" of Gotham:
Fashionable society is just now profoundly
stirred by an elopement-in so-called high life.
1t is the talk of even in this great city-for the
circumstances are most extraordinary and dis
tressing. As the affair has got into the prints,
few words may not be amiss The hero is
Major Kearney, who lost his right arm in the
Mexican war. He is married man, and the
father of family, but is separated from his wife
on account of the brutality of his temper She
lives in Washington. Major Kearney is man
OF large property-rated from $500, 900 to $780,
600, and on account of his large means and his
rank in the army, continued to be received in
the best society Some three years ago in Paris
he met Miss Maxwell, then only sixteen years of
age, a daughter of Hugh Maxwell, Collector of
the port OF New York, and known as an eminent
lawyer and one of the most esteemed citizens of
New York. He there commenced his attentions,
and after he returned to this city, persisted in
them notwithstanding his obligations as a mar
red man. His great wealth allowed him to be
pertnaclous, and he has finally so corrupted this
fair young girl-after three years of pursuit
that few days since they sailed for Europe.
She is about nineteen-very pretty, and sings
like Syren. He is forty-fve-as our inform
ant remarked, ugly as sin" and brutal in his
temper. Yet this glrl, so highly bred and rela-
ted, has abandoned parents, wealth, friends,
home, and all, to follow this man as his eman
1t is one of the most distressing cases that ever
occurred in this country. 1t has created
startling sensation. The truth is, the admira-
ton of money has become so excessive that it's
mere possession has aowedmen, who are pirates
in heart, to be kindly received, even in religious
families. This sad case has made even fashion
able people think, and perhaps they may de-
mand character as we'll as wealth as a passport
to the sanctties of their domestic privacy If
so, good will come out of this evil.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

New York, July 5th
Advices by Black Warrior from Havana state
that the Spanish sxuadron cxpacted from Spain
had not arrived at Havana when they did it was
reported they would be despstched to Mexico to
bring the latter government to terms.
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W. Albany, July D.
Wheat sales 5000 busl1els 81 so for choice
white Canadian. Corn soles 10000 bushels; So
a54 for western mixed. Oats 39a4O. Malt sales
1000 bushels spring at 81 As.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

sIGsIF1cANr.-We published, yesterday, the
proceedings of the National American Club ON
Saturday night This Club was organized some
time since, and has been one of the most efiec-
tive agents of the N. X. Party in this city. 1t
numbered some 1000 members, made up from
the various City Councils; and has been under
the active leadership of its President, Mr.. Van
Ripper. On Saturday night-after the nomna-
ton of Fremont by the Republicans and Ameri-
cans, Mr.. Van Ripper, exercising a power ex-
pressly conferred upon him by the Constitution
of the Club. announced his purpose to abandon
Fillmore and support Fremont, and appealed to
the Club to sustain him, or not-as they nigh.
see tit. He was unanimously sustained. This is
a movement of good deal of significance. It
shows conclusively enough that the intelligent
portion of the American party see clearly that
Mr.. Fillmore has no chance whatever OF being
elected, and that his being candidate can serve
no other pupose than to divide and weaken the
opposition to the present Administration; and
It also shows that the great mass of that party
feel that the paramount issue of the canvas is
the question Of extending Savery.-N. Y. Times.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

Ne" 1Ork, July 8.
A dispatch from Washington to the Tribune
says:
The Mormons have decided not to urge the
admission of Utah into the Union, until after
the Presidential election, believing the present
opposition to be only for party effect.
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ANOTHER REcRuIr.-The Milwaukee Wiscon.
sin, one of the Oldest Democratic papers in Illi-
nois, hoists the names of Fremont and Dayton.
In taking this stand Mr.. Cramer says:
while taking this stand, we have been the
most PANIED from the consciousness that we may
differ from many of our old friends. We have,
in unison, supported Andrew jackson, we have
stood together unfaltering even in the trying
days of 1S40-we gave our labor and our infia-
ence in order to carry the vote of Wisconsin for
Lewis Cass. We supported franklin Pierce I'M
der the hope, which has been most sadly blasted
that he would be the President of the whole
country. But we feel that our consistency, our
honor and duty-willnot permit us to give q sup
port to continuance of that dangerous admins
tration. We trust that we shall not sever from
old friends, for there are tens of thousands Of
democrats who gave their votes for Franklin
Pierce, who win now give their votes for j. C.
Fremont as the best and truest democrat, in life.
character and principles Of all the candidates
for the sufferages of the American Peo-
ple = ~
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Il ~ II our friends Of the Davenport Gazette
would print their papers before they are folded,
i would 81 good deal easier ssudying out their
contenH
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

The HARMONIOUS DEMocRACY-A CORES.
pondent of the Davenport Gazette, noticing the
statement of the Democrat that the proceedings
of the recent pro-slavery Congressional Conven-
ton were characterized by g great harmony and
brotherly feeling" says that Judge Letfingwell
came within two votes of receiving the nomina-
ton, and that, had the two-thrds rule been adop-
ted, Mr.. Letter could not have received the nom.
nation" The delegates from Desmoines and
dubuque counties leagued together and were
finally joined by the Scott county delegates,
with one exception. Delegates from some of
the northern counties boldly declare I" that if
Democracy in Iowa consists in giving to Burlng-
ton and Dubuque all the members of Congress
which that party have ever elected, from our
earliest organization as Territory up to the
present, they will no longer affiliate with it."
Leffingwell expressed in Davenport after the
Convention, his unreserved indignation in re-
gard to the course pursued, and declared that
Letter could not be elected from tbs District p
The correspondent of the Gazette remarks on
the foregoing facts:
"Thus there being disaffection, both among
the rank and file of the unterrifed, they connot
buckle on their armor and come with conf.
dence into the Fall Campaign They must to a
certainty be signally routed, which will give us
Timothy Davis, with his characteristic firmness
of purpose and solidity of judgment as our next
Representative
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PHILADELPHIA Iulv

IT IHhHueIpH1il, July D.
The National American Camp of the u S.
was in session here yesterday, 90 being repre-
sented. The nomination of Fillmore and Dom
aldson was endorsed unanimously.
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She sad IL olnance of the Deep.

ehaye already given an account of the rails
ing ofthe safe of the steamer Atlantic, sunk off
Long Point, Lake Erie, in 1852 OF other extra.
ordinary sights that met the divers gaze, the
Detroit Advertiser thus speaks:
The diver was protected by copper armor, and
was under water forty minutes, during which
time he had some strange adventures. The up
per deck of the steamer lies one hundred and
sixty feet under water, and far below where
there is any current or motion. Every thing is
therefore exactly as it went down. When the
diver alighted upon the deck he was saluted by
beautiful lady, whose clothing was well arrang-
ed and her hair elegantly dressed. As he APP.
preached her, the motion of the water caused
an oscillation of her head, as if gracefully bow
ing to him. She was standing erect with one
hand grasping the rigging Around, lay the
bodies of several Others as if sleeping. Chill
dren holding their friends by the hand, and
mothers with their babies in their arms were
there. In the cabin the furniture was still uns
touched by decay, and to all appearances had
just been arranged by some careful and tasteful
hand
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

Boston, July 5.
The steamer NJ. Sanford from Boston for Ban
gor, went ashore at o'clock, on Thatcher's Is
land, and remains there badly stove
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Nav York .Julv z

.-.a New York, July 8.
ARRIVAL OF THE HERMANN-The Steamer Her
mann from Brennan, by way of Southampton,
arrived here at o'clock this morning. Her
dates from London are to the 18th. She brings
$50 passengers, fifty thousand dollars in gold,
and a valuable cargo of merchandise.
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Philadelphia, July 3.
RESPONSE TO THE MANCHESTER ADpREss.--At
meeting of the merchants, held at the Ex-
change this noon, a committee of five was APP
pointed to draft an address, in response to the
Manchester peace address. ~.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

81 - = eeen Coso.
q - 1h91 Sxl0 afterpoon tsSn ossI HI
d., determined ntleass sor couple AZ bonss,
y divest ar mind ef the cares and anxieSies
and srssd Mil t.saies Of the oissce.
& y 5unnd the road, 20 lar - il Is buiis, Id N
sexesIlent coaaiiou. The cass and isIls are xide
1.-THE cross ties hewed and of good Width and
bearing, bridges substantial, tack straight with
very few cures. and in an excellent condition
for 4 neg road. The locomotive which drer our
train was dressed With Aags, and polished untli
II vas az bright and gay Is 1 city bell in bah
costume, and full ~ fash AT the various sta
tons crowds Of young gentlemen with their
blooming swcethcarts came abord 10 '.ride up
on rail And from the number Of sturdy
arass that We saw laid protectingiy over lawn
aud muslin, We are satisfied that none Of the
young ladies we're injured BY falling overheard,
for which We and they, as all should be, are
reasonably thankful.
Upon our return we were placed upon the side
| track opposite Danville to allow the excursion
train, chartered by A. D. Green, Esp, and Or.
Roach TO pass, as It did in right gallant style, as
the rate Of forty miles an hour 1t was well
diled, as we judge from the glimpse we got, with
a gay party who we're enjoying themselves
hagely.
| Our Western road in progressing finely. The
| thunder of the lightning train will soon
| awake the echoes as she passes across the Skunk,
and on to the Des Moins.
DoiSGs Upon THE 4TH.-Business houses and
| shops were very generally closed ON Friday.
Almost every body gave up labor and business
| and addressed themselves as their various tastes
| impelled them, to amnsements, pleasure, &C.
Many persons visited the country by rail--and
many persons from the country visited the city
| in the same way. The cars we're crowded all
| day, making six trips to New London.
The various Sunday Schools had pic mic din
ner in Mr.. DiIl's grove where the little folks,
their teachers and many Of their parents enjoyed
themselves II rational way. Several of the
lads made creditable speeches and all the chill
dren sang, as only happy, sunny childhood can
| sing.
The Germania Society were out with band
and had, we presume, celebration Of the day
with appropriate exercises.
The Fireman were ont in full dress, with ban
ners flying
In the evening, the Ladies Benevolent Socie-
ty gave supper with ices, &c, &c., which was
very largely attended, the room being much
crowded.
1 ho nf fro Wars
were exploded and amount of powder burnl
Few drunken men were seen, and we have not
YET heard ola single fight.
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Baltimore, July 3.

n Baltimore, July 3.
LATER FROM MExIco.-New Orleans papers Of
Friday are received here-dates from Mexico to
the 22d. The Spanish contested question is still
unsettled. Some of the papers assert that it was
in course of an arrangement, and others that the
Spanish Minister was preparing to leave. The
Mexican Government was concentrating its for
ces on points contiguous to Vera Cruz.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

SOCIAL AND POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN Car
FoRNIA.--1t is certain that California is in the
midst of an all-peryadng social and political rev
olution. The authority of the gamblers and
shoulder-hitters in social matters is disputed and
their supremacy, as pro-slayery politicians. in
the governmental affairs of the State, is boldly
contested. Until the murder of Richardson bv
Cora, and the shooting of King by Casey. the
6 fancy men " ard sporting circles were Che
ruling power on the Pacific coast. In their
hands was the regulation of public amusements
the making of municipal and general law, and
in part, the administration of justic They con-
trolled, when organised as party called Demo.
cratic, under leadership like that of Broderic, a
born rowdy, and Herbert, the murderer of Keat.
ing, all the important governmental functions of
the State. They dictated the choice of Execn-
tive officers of the judiciary and the Legislature
In word, the gentlemen of the ring. of tho
gaming table and the turf, and the ladies of
pleasure. were the State" 1t is said that moro
than half the public functionaries are the crea.
lures of their making and the servants of their
will. The Marshal vi the United States. apnoin.
ted by the President, upon whom the proper OK.
eeu1ion OF law depends, is a gambler, notorious
along the whole coast
The abuses which such officials have pernetra.
ted, at last became unbearable. The murders
which we have mentioned, committed under cir
cumsfanee OF peculiar atrocity, and upon men
known and respected for their independence.
were the last in a series of outrages which the
and honest men of California have
endured. They aroused the sense of Justice
which was only Knocked by the courts and the
officers of the law. The organization Of the
:" Vigilence Committee the prompt punishment
OF the offenders, the arrest of d few and the
warning OF more followed in quick succession.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

MARRIED.-M6 O'Clock A. NJ, July ID, ,.,,
oy the Key doodfellow, Mr.. JANIS Eiiiorx sa, ~
ret Jones, OF this city. 'A'sa-
Cake, delicious in quality and abandan, In o,,,,,.
accompanied the above and ente the bride Ia ON, an
itation on this suspicious occasion, n,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-09

Il The Bremen County Herald, printed at
GAINESVILLE, in this State, is offered for sale.
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COMBINED CIRCUS AND AENA GERLR
"ILk perform In Burlington on "WEDNESDAY
" AFTERNOON AND EVENING, JULY 18TH.
inns establishment has been thoroughly reftted, al
an Immense expense othe Proprietor since their last
travelling tour. They have procured and
traordinary addition Of animals, young, freshly Gagged
and possessing all the characteristics habits Of hefr
native state.
Equestrian Director, Mr.. W. b. CARROLL.
Master OF the Ring DR.. wOOLsTON.
Clowns, H. HOUGH !. WARD.
Among the most conspicuous features Of this Superb
Establishment is the grand of Equestrian
Talent comprised Of most all the leading Stars Of tho
American Arena.
One OF the most brilliant is LA PETITE MARIE, only
ten years OF age the model Of the American Arena.
Mr. J. w. WARD will appear on the Flying Gard &C.
knowledged the best in the World
Madame d. CARROLL, Equal in attraction In her cei-
ebrated act Of the Floating Yell.
LA PERCIIE,
by the LEE BROTHERS, in which balances q Pole
precautionary Twenty five feet In height while the
other climbs IL and performs Efon the per-
Dir, W. B. CARROLL, In his great Two and -Four Horse
Acf carrying Master Charley in various thrilling
la PETITE MARIE will also Enter q lien Of
Wild Animals, and display her indomt able cour-
age, equal TO the celebrated VAN AGHrEs.
The performance will commence with a magnifeenly
Dressed Entrees, entitled the "CRCsADgRs" and close
with a iaughable AFTERPIECE.
formance.
ADMISSION to the Entire Exhibition 80 cts. Per.
open half an hour previously y. SMITH, Agent.
iy2td
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The Nurse and the BABY.


Windsor Castle was thrown into bit of aut-
ter last week on receipt of. the following tele.
graphic dispatches from the Tuileries
The Emperor has forbidden the wet-nurse to
kiss the baby II
Scarcely had the emotion of the Castle subsi-
ded, than second despatch was flashed on light
ming wings to the following effect:
"The Emperor has forbidden the nurse to say
eatehy-catchy to the Imperial infant"
A third despatch followed with all possible ra-
pidity
.sThe Emperor has forbidden the nurse to
tickle the child of France, on pain Of instant
dismissal
;ls fourth:
"The Emperor has forbidden the nurse, at any
period, to ride coekdorse to the Prince Impe-
rial under pain OF Punishment to Cayenne
A fifth despatch:
"The Archbishop of Paris has been sent for to
administer the oath to the wet-nurse; who VOWS
she will not kiss the book not to kiss the baby =
A sixth despatch:
1.-THE woman remains ob6arate A detach-
ment of Chasseurs is drawn up in the court yard.
but they fail to shake her"
A seventh despatch
ssHis Imperial Highness is crying for the
breast. His nurse weeps, but is inaexible
ssHis Imperial Highness elenches his fist, and
his face grows az blue as the yiolets of Ia belle
France.
'sThe Emperor commands the nurse to give
the breast to the Imperial infant.
aThe nurse refuses, and folding her arms,
throws up her situiion, unless allowed to salute
his Imperial Hghness, who grows bluer and
blaer.
.sThe father faiters and the Empress melts -
The baby is given TO the nurse, and one kiss per
siseas IS graeionsly permitted. Punch.
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II is idle to talk OF union, or peace, or truce,
with sumner, or summers iriends Catalina was
purity itself compared with the Massachusetts,
Senator, and his friends are no better than he.
They are all I've mean the leading and conspi-
cioas onesl ar0wed ana active traitors. Inc
sending the Congressional Committee to Kansas
was done With the reasonable intention Of aid
ing the rebellion IN that Territory. The Black
Republicans IN Congress are at open war with
Goyernment and, Like their allies, the Garriso-
man Abolitionists, equally at war with religion,
female virtue, private property and distinctions
of race. They all deserve the halter, and it is
vain and idle TO indulge the expectation that
there can be union or peace with ouch men.
Sumner and Summers friends must be punished
and silenced. Government, which cannot sup
press such crimes theirs, has failed of its pur
pose. Either such wretches must be hung or put
in the penitentiary, or tho south should prepare
at once to quit the Union. We would not jeop-
ard the religion and morality Of the South to save
Union that had failed for every useful purpose.
Let us tell the North at once if you cannot sup
press the reasonable action, and silence the
foul, icentious and infdel propagandism of such
men as Stephen Pearl Andrews, Wendell Phil
fps, Beecher, Garrison, Sumner, and their me-
gro and female associates, let Us part in peace.
We would like to see modesty, female virtue,
common morality, and religion independent of
Government The experiment at the South, to
leave these matters to the regulation of public
opinion, works admirably We are the most
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THE Car OUT OF THE BAG.-More than one
innocent soul has inquired when reading ac-
counts OF the atrocOus murders following, each
time, the repeated invasions of Kansas, what
possible motive had impclled Ruiianism to the
commission of such acts. Lieut.. Warren D..
Wilkes, of the South Calolina Bandtti, one of
the self constituted regulators of the affairs of
the Northen men in that Territory, one of the
patriotic destroyers of Lawrence, and a high
way robber in general, answers the inquiry in
the Charleston Nercury: We give his own
words
''The Importance of securing Kansas for the
South may be briefly set forth in positive and
negative form:
81. By consent of parties the present con-
test in Kansas is made the turning point in the
destinies of slavery and abolitionism. If the
South triumphs, aboltionism will be defeated
and shorn of its power for all time. If she is
defeated, abolitionism will grow more insolent
and aggressive, until the utter ruin of the South
is consummated.
"2. If the South secures Kansas, she ,cilt e1-
tend Slavery into all territory south of the 4oM
parallel Of north latitude, to the Rio Grande,
and tbs Of course nil secure for her 1,et ~, H.
situations Of tSaverq ample outlet and restore
her poaer Ia Congress. If the North secures
Kansas, the power of the South in Congress will
be gradually diminished; the States of Missouri,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas, to.
gether with the adjacent territories, will eradu-
ally become abolitionized, and the slave popula-
ton confined to the States east of the Mississip
pi will become valueless. All depends upon the
action of the present momentn
Now, we trust, the efforts to drive every free
man out OF Kansas are accounted for.
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AN EXAMPLE FOR You've MEN-Col Fremont
is the candidate of apoweriul party for the high
est office in the world. He has won this dis
tlnetion by deeds of useful action, that have Civ
en- him, in the whole world an honorable fame
Ill ne should be elected President he will be
just the age OF George Washington when he was
appointed to the command of the Revolutionary
Army, and the previous history OF the two, up to
that age, Is not dlssimilar. The history Of Col
fremont Is an example to young men, to aspire
by noble deeds to honorable distinction.
ma Adv.
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GIVE 'EM JEssIE.'-A Presidential canvass
develops the latent power of wit and song in
manya youth and man who would never be
witty or poetical il they lived where there were
no elections to spur and excite the activities OF
the mind The Presidentialeampaig also gives
rise to pthy and pungent sentences, or plays
upon names, which at once become batte-cries.
About the best of the kind we have seen is
that of which our confrere of the Mirror makes
a note. AT an impromtu gathering of the Free
monters, the other evening, says the Mirror,
an advocate of the Rocky Mountain candidate
put it to the party whether it was net better to
send to the White House one who completed his
humanities by marrying an accomplished wo-
man, than to send there the rusty old bachelor
Buchanan? At this interrogatory a gentleman
present, who remembered the maiden name of
Mrs. Fremont, tJessic Benton shouted, ssWeIl
give EN- jessie" The happy turn drought
down the house. of course, and giving EN-
Jessie promised to be the favorite watchword
through the campaign with Fremonters..
IN Y. Snn