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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

REcRBrrs FOR WAIKgR's ARxr.-The Cncin-
matt Commercial, in writing under this caption,
says - Walkers position is now the rallying
point for flIbusters, and is valued Is fulcrunl,
upon which leverage will be brought 70 bear to
conquer the entire group Of West Indies, and all
sGsptral America and Mexico, then to absorb our
aso.tcn growing States, and build up q prodigious
nation. -preaspa Of place IN history beside Her.
nando Cortez, of accomplishing al that Aaron
Burr was accused Of aspiring to, Of winning and
wearing the diadem Of 4 Gsntrai American Enl-
pire land all the stupendous e1trAsagances in
cident to such annbition--are evidently almost
ayowedly teeming in the brain of Walker But
the climate will probably be his worst foe and
NIP in the bud all his grand prospects, by de-
voufi@g the men Of the North on whom he de-
pends. Providence holds the fevers in reserve
for the wild and desperate spirits known as fill
busters, who desire to make for themselves
fame as the Buccaneers did Of the nineteenth
century. ea5sa Hfk tpis@sE
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

{ tag- The N. Y. Freeman's journal is conyin-
ced that Bishop O Reilly was on board the Paci-
fc, and shared the fate Of the rest Of the passen
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

COLUMBUS CRY CouRrER.-We have received
the first number of a paper bearing the above til
tie, B. G,NEAL, NJ. D., Editor and hailing from
Louisa county. It is Independent in politics,
and when fairly under way, doubtless will be-
come valuable acquisition to that young and
growing city. as G:is len 5z
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

80. = s.s. ,sess5sss s-T-sg,S 81
q Arrif l41fI, 1885,
Fses..s-- -The Mayor, md Alaermen Cazpen
ser. Haskell Hssef. Hersehief, McC.sh. Postie
swait Ray, Rand Soett Wallbridge and Wight
man. IA q
s Apetis;on VAS received from Lake Hugkes
asking permission 10 quarry Stone ID riith, sssti
of Division stTees, md rcSefred 70 Internal I'm,
Il proyemsnt Conaaittee, q whom was granted
discretionary power in the matter.
Ths petition Of Fred. schreh requesting the
City to refund the money paid BY him for 1 Ics
bought atpublic sale, - tho. deed from the city
was worthless, was received and referred to
Committee on Claims. g Z s's. 81
| C. J. johnson, City Engineer reported that
the streets in Bodemann 4 Co.,saddition to the
city do not conform 70 either streets 10 the city,
! either IN width OF exact iinsa Some explaLa-
lions were made By Nj. Bodemann, and the ad-
dition WAS annexed; after making the requisite
alterations. a
Communications were received from E. W..
Clark, Dodge 4 Co, Of New York, and E. W.
Clark 4 Co., Of Philadelphia, enclosing coupons
Of the city cancelled 81
The guttering on Court street, between Fourth
and Main, was ordered to be repaired. sd
So The city engineer was instructed to establish
the grace Of Sixth street, between Division and
Vine
A number Of small bills were ordered paid,
amounting to s66,5o. IN.
The Mayor was ordered to pay interest falling
due, May Ist, on B. Mt. P. Railroad Bonds
Mr.. Riddle was allowed SIS in. full for his.
Judgment against the city for damages sustained
by him, to his horse falling through one Of. the
city bridges. 49,,
The recommendation of Police Committee,
to employ four Night Police, was not agreed to;
and the Mayor was instructed TO discharge the,
present secret police man. II %ss
The City Solicitor was ordered to draft an or
sdinance, requiring persons fined for violation of
City ordinances, to work out the amount and
costs upon the streets of the city. @
The sidewalk in front Of Marion Hall was or
sdered to be repaired immediately
The Gas company was ordered to put sthe
streets through which they had laid gas pipes in
as good condition as they we're before their pipes
were laid. 8s 5t
The Mayor was ordered to purchase full set
Of instruments for the use Of City Engineer.
The Council then adjourned until Wednesday
evening . M
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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

q eB- THE RIVER is rising quite rapidly at
this point. st5ts q 5{AE1SG #3sF
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

IS DR.. RICE AND THE SPooss.-We stated, day
or two since, that some spoons had been stolen
from DR.. Rice, at St. Louis, thata portion Of them
had been returned through the influence of the
Confessional, and that the Roman Catholic pa
per of that city had claimed an advantage of the
Roman over the Presbyterian faith therefor.
The Doctor, in the Presbyterian, replies at some
length, and we quote one paragraph Of his re-
ply, as follows:
We begin by expressing our thanks to the
Rev. priest, who politely returned a portion of
the stolen articles. Nor would we withhold
from sacrament Of penance" any credit justly
due in this business. We are free to confess,
that where we have to deal with persons who
will stea it's desirable, since they fear not God
to have them afraid of some honest man, to whom
they feel bound to tell all their iniquities. And
we are as free to say that if Presbyterian sho'd
steal our wife's spoons, we should not be very
sanguine in the expectation of recovering them,
unless through the police. It is the rarest thing
in the world for one bearing the name Of Pres
byterian to steal and when one does so, hav-
ing never conceived the idea Of Christian Mief,
he of course, goes where he belongs-to the
world which tslieth in wickedness. 81,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

~ WHAT Nova dispatch in the Louisville
Journal dated Nashville April Sd, says that the
notes of the Agricultural Bank of Tennessee,
were thrown out by all the banks in the State
The concern is owned, we believe in Chicago. Il
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

Col. FREMoNT's LErTER.-A Boston cores
pondent of the n. Y. Post created quite SEN
sation in that city. He says: .'The feeling is
now gaining ground very fast that Col. Ere
mont can be elected President. We have good
accounts from abroad on this subject, and par,
ticularly from Washington" d
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

4 rBousrY LAND CLAIMs.--Gp the 9Th day Of
April last, there had been fled in the Pension
Office, at Washington, two hundred and forty
thousand, one hundred and three, Bounty Land
Claims under the act of March I'd, 1856. .-suppo.
sing that every one will be allowed, and taking
an average of one hundred and twenty acres for
each. warrant issued, 2s,s12,S60 acres of the
public domain wonld thus be disposed Of, anarea
nearly as great as the sta.e Of New York, which
contains 81 $780, 900 acres. Its thought there
will be shout 100000 warrants issued under the
late act, which, at 12o acres per warrant, will
dispose Of 100000 acres of public lands, or
over 37,Oo0.square miles of Territory an area
larger than that Of theState of New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut 5aiss3 sRSg HHG re s951aas ~ e
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

81 ~ We are under obligations to Mr.. VIM. n.
Anderson for files of Cincinnati and St. Louis pa
pers of late date. a. "a ss. $50 q
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

eB The Davenport Gazette, of the 9th says,
that Mr.. Bradley, nephew Of Hon. Jas. Thoring-
ton, on account of whose illness Mr.. T. was cali
ed home from Washington, died yesterday at
the American House, Rock Island. 9 ~.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

yxo A. DOUGLASS EDWARD FITCH. FREDERICK HANDING
sst;. DOUGLASS, FITCH & Co.,
1DRODUCE, Storage and Comm issiOn
il Mcrchnnts, Dealers IN GRAM, FLOUR, etc lib
eral advances made on Consgnments. A
gals ssp ~ No. 75 Kinsis Street. Chicago
d RErRREScEs :--E. l. Tnkham, Banker T. Granger Ad-
ams, banker Messrs. Munger 4 Armour A, Dickn-
son, ESQ.,, and A. r. Williams, Esq.
" We have ample CELLAR room for storing Butter,
Evg. ~ r. sI s5,ts'tsfss & fmarl bp VII Z. Z
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

~ We have examined new corn planter,
invented by !. w. McGaffey, and petented in
April, 1866. The one exhibited, at the room op-
posite our Office, is working model, and 50 far
as we can see, operates to charm It drops
the corn with cxactness, equi-listant. and four
grains in every hill, and is said to Gov er it we'll
In addition it will deposite plaster, any other
fertilizer, in each hill, with pumpkin seeds. The
machine is light and simple in its cous 1ruction,
and can be gotten up cheap. Should 1t work,
practically, as appearances indicate that it vag.
no more labor will be required to plant, corn.
than is in the old way used in furrowing out one
way. Thus one man may plant ten acres in q
day. This is a great saving of labor. The
planter, should it become popular among the
farmers of Iowa, must bevery useful upon the
prairies, where there is no stumps or stones, and
no distractions of any kind. Farmers who are in
the city will do well to calls and examine the
planter.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

eB James Kelso and Hugh Stewart, were.
taken before Esquire Harris by Constable W'.dge,
and fined for disorderly conduct yesterday.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

aeB-aA most singular phenomenon, says the
sandusky Register is now to be seen around the
fsn last fall were cleaned on the docks, and the
offal and spawn thrown into the Bay. This
spawn has "hatched, and now, around the docks,
may be seen millions of miniature white fish,
Here is fact in the breeding of fish whichsthe
knowing ones ought investigate. s3s6l
4 eB- The Cleveland Herald says:--A. deaf and
dumb man, named Hammond, Alias Baker, and
hailing from Buffalo, was arrested in Louisville
the I'll instant, on charge Of being engaged in
counterfeitng He was found to have in his
possession many implements of rascality.3
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

HARPER FOR MAY has been laid upon our table
by Mr.. Moore, who sells all the best periodicals
at his news depot, corner Of Third and Wash
ington streets
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

s L1ABILIrY or FERRYx1S AS ConxoS Can.
RrERs The following opinion was delivered by
Judge Ranney Of the Supreme Court Of Ohio on
December 2od lSS5 -
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23
} Splendid New Paper Hanginga

q H. w. ANDRfSS & Co.
.5sTNIPORIERS 5s Of sEnEltsh, French and
Il American Wn1l Paper, &C., &c.s q Ran.
delphi street. Chicago, ln Orders BY mail will be execu.
Is ted with the attention and promptness though
parties were purchasing In person, and by course Of
straightforward dealing, wc hope to merit very liberal
share ofparonage. kis9aFss.{ - -
IN Country Merchants, Booksellers, Drugglss and
others who deal In Wall Papers, will consult their inter-
ess by calling upon before sending orders East or buy
ing elsewhere. fmay2S.y.] 1f3|iFzs
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

vY "A new article of ladies' dress has made
its appearance in Broadway, and as description
of it may prove interesting to our lady readers,
we give one we find in the Home Journal. That
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

TO, COUNTRY MERCHANTS !! e
cHOIRT NtREMICK. WhOlesale Gro.
- r.. BURLINGTON, Iowa would respectfully call your
attention to their large stock OF Conee
We are in receipt 81 daily invoices which will be sold at
low Acnres s{s 7''esA &f SHORT . REMlCK.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23
!. ALFRED2 ST. EAR +,

Y Fe'N y (Successor to Foot COY =. - y.
FORWARDING and Conalnissien,M ,Mer-
IL lrhans, Water Street, Darlington, lowas-Ine pn-
has taken the house lately occupied BY Messrs foote
Coz for the purpose oftransactng General Commission
md Forwarding business and hopes BY giving his en-
tire attentions 10 merit share OF the public patronage
~ Particular attention paid to buying And selling
nroduce of all descriptiOns. s9t9l ALkkkD SknAk.s
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

MESSRSa CLARK & CHESNUT,
446aqc.f Successors to Michaels 4 CLARK, IL
I'm Foreign inmd Domestic
IL Dry Goods Groceries, Queensware, Boots Shoes and
Ready Made Clothing They Invite the public to call and
examine their assortment They determined to sell
bargains for cash. -Ea-l.- July is.
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The PuIlic .,choolr.

Tho Publfc Sch0OIs. ----s7
At the annual meeting of the School District
in this city on Monday, Oliver Cock and w. W.
White were elected to serve forsthe next three
years. 81.
The public schools of this city will be open
for the reception of pupils this day, and will
continue fourteen weeks Parents are desired
to send their children the first day, that there
may be no delay in the Classification Of the pu-
pills. No child will be received under fve years
ofage.
Mr.. R. J. Graft viii have charge of the North
Hill school house, assisted by Miss Margaret
Ritchie. ,5 st.
Mr.. Lemon will have charge Of the South Hill
school house, assisted by Miss Z. A. Davis.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-23

st3f - 81 hN9 j. L.eCUKSE, as
vITIIOLESALE and Retail Dealer In
w ROOks, stationery & Fancy Articles,
north side Of Jefferson street, between Main and Third
Iewa. aN4 sGG5t - sss56 ~ Isl ss.s
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II Il. Z. BARTLETT 600,

yXYILE. continue the BoRlmission and
j w FOFygn nfdimg bNsfm ess at the old stand
The highest cash prices will be paid for Grain wi
duce on the most reasonable temsa Sales gnaranteed
Coal frnished order by the load by the bushe
either the track viii be delivered 70 order tsj
1870. g.--s.ee tssft 49,, II - ~
The Placer herald., 1856-12-06
The Electoral Vote Of California.

The act of Assembly makes it the duty Of
the Secretary of State to open, on the first
Monday of December the returns of the elec-
ton held in the different counties of the
State, and count the votes received by each
candidate for Elector of President and Vice
President of the United States 1t also re-
oures that on the same day he shall certify
to the Governor the number which each can
ddate shall have received, whereupon the
Governor is required to issue his certificate
of election to the requisite number of electors
having the largest number of votes. The
act presumes that the Clerk of each county
will, by the first Monday of December, have
complied with the duty imposed upon him.
and have forwarded to the Secretary of State
the returns in his own county, This, how
ever. in the present instance, is most vio
lent and unwarrentable presumption on the
part of the act of Assembly-for the Clerks
of no less than nine counties have failed to
send in the returns. These counties--and
we think it but proper that they should 90
upon record-are Colusa, Klamath Marin.
Plumas, San Bernardino, San Louis Obispo.
Siskivou, Tulare, and Yolo. For the Clerks
of Tuare and Klamath there may be some
excuse for their negligence, out for those Off,
GERS in Yolo and Marin there is none. The
effect is that the result is declared and GER
tifcates issued upon the vote of little
more than three-fourths of the counties of
the State. The following is the vote made
up by the Secretary of State, yesterday,
from the returns forwarded to his office
They comprise the thirty-four counties not
enumerated above:
The Placer herald., 1856-12-06
AUBURN, DECEMBER 6, 1856.
The Presidential Contest,

The Steamer news which we publish this week
places the election of Mr.. Buchanan beyond ques-
Han. This glorious result is mainly attributable
to the staunch unwavering democracy of the
free States, who rising above the hopes of per-
sonal aggrandisement- above the SCOTS and ridi-
cule of large proportion of their fellow citi-
zens and with their eyes rivited upon the Consti-
tuition as their guide, and their hearts bound to
the Union-have battled for principle.
All honor to the faithful men of the Middle
States who in this hour of trial. have in spirit
of self-sacrifce sustained the vital compromises
of our coufederacy.
The South had an interest. with principle as an
incident and were not even faithful to that-for
Maryland has cast her vote for Fillmore
To the North belongs the honor of sustaining
the Union sentiment, solely upon the ground of
the inherent virtues of that sentiment One hun
dred and three thousand rotes we're cast in Mas
sachJsetts for Fremont.-then who shall stint the
praise due the 81 900 faithful men who have.
against such odds, remained true to the conserva-
tive democracy of the nation.
Advance your standard, stout old Pennsylva-
nia worthy to be .the Keystone of the Federal
areh;" New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois, stand
loItu eaCH Vi YOU Win your plouu SoulaloHS, mat
not only the nation. but the civilized world may
do honors to the men who influenced by princi-
pie of exalted patriotism, have sustained those
who bore them in the light
Let us hear no more of honors paid, laudatory
speeches made; canes cups. and pitchers present
ed; by the Governor and leading men of South
Carolina, in appreciation of the ruffiany conduct
of Brooks and Keitt. Rather let that would be
chivalry learn new lesson from the ncorruptible
and prouder men of the North, who disregarding
personal interests, devote themselves and their
hopes of the future to the lofty sentiment of the
Union.
The election of Buchanan is the crowning glory
of the great campaign. In the language of a CO.
temporary, we say
He is great statesman, and will do honor to
the Chief Magistracy. Possessed of al
most universal knowledge, with a Judgment ripen
ed by long years Of experience in the councils of
the nation, thoroughly skilled in the science of the
diplomat, remarkable for the frmness and unbend
ing integrity of his character, thoroughly national
in feeling. Mr.. Buchanan will conduct the gov
ernment inteligently and successfully and so as
to command the undivided respect of the world"
The Placer herald., 1856-12-06

judges of their own domestic institutions:
and certainly it will not be denied that, that
of husband and wife is one of them. So that,
if you regard it as branch of their religion
or one of their domestic relations, it is ex-
clusively within.t the province Of the people of
Utah to regulate it. We have no fears of the
mormons. If their faith is unnatural and
unholy, punishment will follow their practices
and they will themselves work out the neces-
sary reform. =
Another question seems also to engage
the pens of our contemporaries, and indeed
it is one of great Importance to the people
the State. 1t is, as to who shall represent
us in the United States Senate. For three
years past this has been matter of strife,
and in all conscience it should be settled for
the present. Various candidates for the sta
ton are spoken Of by the press. We can
safely say we have no favorites, having
scarcely speaking acquaintance with any of
the gentlemen whose claims are urged. 1t has
been customary we know during these three
years past, to speak of elections in the State
and counties, as having gone for Broderick
or for Gwin; but we know that in the in
stances that have come under our observa-
ton, it has not generally been true. TIE
friends of those gentlemen perhaps thought
so; but the people, so far as our observation
has gone, have acted from more exalted rea-
sons; and we shall be 10th to believe that the
people generally of California, wear any
mans collar. The contest of "a was based
upon Constitutional questions, to which the
interests of Mr.. Gwin was a mere incident,
scarcey y considered by the electors at large.
On the other hand, the friends of Mr.. Brode-
rick considered it as deciding against him,
and in this respect we believe they are par
TALLY correct. They would have decided
in the same way had Mr.. Gwin occupied the
position of Mr. Broderick. The people are
above personal feeling in matter of this i'm
portance. They care only to be properly
represented in the Senate-to have their in
terests intelgently and forcibly urged upon
the consideration of the powers that be, and
he who can do this best, they will endeavor
to choose. As the case stands at present.
we have no hesitation in SAYING that the
public sentiment Of the people of Placer
county, would be better gratified by return
ing to the Senate, Messrs. Gwin and Weller
than any other two men. This we are con-
fident is the sentiment of the people, and
we further believe that our representatives
know it to be so, and will vote in that way.
We want no more division of party upon
this topic. The Legislature must settle the
question and at once We have seen that
the Democratic party is all powerful fer good,
and we must not endanger its usefulness by
blindly following the interested lead of any
man. Our enemies desire us to become en-
tangled in quarrels upon this election but we
feel morally certain nothing Of the kind will
take place, upon whomsoever the choice may
fall.
The Placer herald., 1856-12-06

How DID IT HAPpEN.-The State Jour-
Placer County was not sent to the Secretary
of States office in time to be counted with
the official vote of the State If such is the
case, there has been culpable negligence
somewhere. 1t seems to us there can be no ex-
cuse for this negligence, when Auburn where
the official vote of Placer was canvassed, is
only 80 miles from the Seat of Government,
Who is to blame?