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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

c Emigrants number Of times yesterday
contributed quite largely to the general jam ane
crowd upon Jefferson street. !. Long lines O
"prairie schooners" with good deal ofvaluable
stock, passed at short intervals all day. e @
By the way, the grading and McAdamizing up
on Washington street should be pushed forward
Jefferson is now, during business hours SO crowd
ed with wagons, carriages, buggies, drays, carts
etc.. that it is almost impossible to cross it, es
pecially for women and children. s
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

~ Attention is invited to the iadvertise-
ment Of Miss Monroe, Pianist III Burlington Uni
yersity. Miss NJ. comes among US with good
recommendations as . performer and teacher on.
the piano-forte, and any wishing an instructressi
IN this art via probably do wen 10 give her .
call. $3.50, yg,ss s. J
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
HAWK-EYE AND TELEGRAPH.
n Canu.s = Dia.

e. II CaAns4 - sDid
We have regarded with much gsati6caticn TIL
united and vigorous effort put forth By the en-
tefprising citizens oI Burlington, 70 secure th'
erection during the scason. ofdwellng and bus
| iHfss houses, In number suficieut 20 accommo
date al Who might desire to locate here. 3 Va
hail hoped they would succeed, and that no one
would be driven elsewhere from this prevailing
wsns But It is now, st this early day, apparent
thar they are coming very far short Of It Al
though from hasty look over the city one would
come to the conclusion that from the newness
Of their lock, pretty much all the houses were
bnilt last year, and that twice rs many were go
ing up this, yet the person who sets forth in
quest Of d dwelling finds that there is at least
ten applicants for every tenement about to be
completed. Pretty much the worst annoyance
that occurs is the getting into circulation Of
report that an individual has house to rent
The great British Statesman never was more an
noyed by The opportunities of his creditors, than
are individuals by the getting into circulation of
such report # dwelling stands empty two
days between the outgoing and incoming of
tenants the owner is hunted up and annoyed
by more anxious applicants than is at all agree
able. @sa
We therefore give it up as impossible. There
is no probability or likelihood of supplying the
demand for houses here. There is no chance
for the great majority Of newcomers except in
buying Or building. And where persons can
command themeans it is altogether the best poll
cy. Those who purchasedlots and put up cheap
houses last Spring are able to get an advance of
from fifty to two hundred per cent. and the cash
in hand. The experience Of the past is decided
ly in favor Of the wisdom of the policy There
has been steady advance in city property for a
number Of years without q single reaction. Our
city has not grown with the country, has not
kept pace with the progress of the State. It is
therefore fair to suppose that our progress, at
present Railroad speed, will be still onward for
many years. 1t cannot be well otherwise. ~
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
Washington, Wednesday, April 80.

There is no solid foundauon forthe statement,
circulated over the country by telegraph that
forgeries of land warrants to the extent of mil
lion of acres had been discovered here; nor in
deed, has any information been received authori-
zing even such an impression, except upon the
loose knowledge of single fact, which will be
explained. Some time ago, gang of the par
were detected at New Orleans, and their whole
apparatus, with large stock warrants in blank,
were seized and destroyed. No pains were taken
to ascertain their nominal aggregate, and the
opinion that it represented a ''niiion of acres
I-which was casually expressed-:was wholly con-
iectural This is an CID transaction, and was on.
Is revived BIZ a reference to some more recent
disclosures to which it is not proper to allude at
| this time. 1th =
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

Cutting SWELL IN BORROWED DRESSES
The New York Tribune has solved mystery
which it says has pHzzied many why women
should trail through the dirty streets of New
York, costly dresses made several inches too
long for the wearer. These dresses are not so
made for the wearers-thes. we're originally made
for taller women and are borrowed. 4 person
well skilled in all such matters has ascertained
beyond the possibility or dispute that most oi
the women seen in Broadway with costly dresses
sweeping the pavement al their heels, have
either borrowed or bought the articles second
hand at anold clothes shop, where they let oni
such things By The: month, week. day or for .
single promenade. Il asss 81 49, sa8 s.,s5s,s
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

ATTEMPTED SrAMPEDE OF PR1soNERs.-We
learn from Mr.. Wilcox that five prisoners at
tempted to escape from the State prison at Ft.
Madison on Tuesday last. -Four got away, but
were re-captured. One was shot dead while in
the act of scaling the wall. His name was James
Stewart, sent from Lee county.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

A MONEY OPERATIONS The Buffalo Republic
reports an operation in money in that city, not
month old, in which two and lone-third per
cent. day was given for fifteen thousand dol
lars-seven per cent. for three days. This wo'd
be eight hundred and fifty one per cent. per an
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

rH Some days since We inserted the Spring
announcement Of Messrs White6 Waterman, and
in the press of business, and among q multitude
Of new advertising fayors, We neglected 70 call
attention to Il There Is a proneness in the
world, to which, however, We do not consider
ourself subject, 70 overlook and neglect old q and
tried friends, for. the sake Of new and untEied
ones.-Messrs " w, have, on hand 9 very
extensive and varied assortment Of Hardware,
Iron and Nails, and. a very large lot Of stoves,
including almost every pattern, to which the at
tention Of dealers from the West is invited.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
Claiborne Rorer, ESQ.

At an adjourned meeting of the members of
the Burlington Bar held in the Court room on
Monday the 5th inst, the committee previously
appointed reported the following Resolution by
q. B. Darwin the chairman, which were unani-
mouly adopted, viz: r.. - ...
We the committee to whom was given the
duty of reporting resolutions for the occasion,
beg leave to report as follows: e hts sA
Whereas we have just received the mournful
intelligence of the death of a late member of
this bar, Claiborne Rorer Esq, who was killed
in Nicaragua, battling foremost for the rights of
the people Of that State against their desperate
rulers and against the intervention of the hired
assassins of Costa Rica ia a va E.a IN
And whereas, when he was yet with us, among
whom he entered upon the labors, and achieved
the early honors of his profession, he became en-
desred to us, by his generous nature, his AMIGA
BILE disposition, his cultivated mind, his brilliant
promise and his exalted honor; q
Therefore, be it resolved, that we the members
Of the bar, his once companions feel ourselves
particularly urged by considerations of esteem
and by many cherished memories to pay this mel
ancholy tribute to his WORTH and to mourn the
unkind fate that cut him down on the very thresh-
old of career that must have been crowned
with large success and garlanded with distin
guished honor. ss s t,,s~fs Es,sitf +. ss,,4,..
That with the family of the departed we deep
ly condole in this their sad bereavement and that
we beg to tender them the melancholy sympathy
of an earnest sorrow and of an honest tear. .Af5
That we sympathize with the movement in
which as a pioneer he perished, and that while
we deplore his loss, we will yet proudly embrace
the consolation that in the wars of progress and
of liberty, our own circle gave gallant soldier tc
the strife and hero to willing sacrifice. e7
That We wear the usual badge of mourning
during the remainder of this court
That a copy Of the proceedings Of this meeting
be presented for publication to the papers of tht
city, and that the President hereof wait upon tht
family of our departed brother, rendering ou
coincidence and presenting copy of our pro
cecdings. $50. @..ss
| W. nlp
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

I ~ BY note from the agent, Mr.. Rcmick,
1--we learn that the Railroad bridge, tuo miles east,
which some days since broke down, has been
repaired, and that hereafter the passenger train
win leave on time. a1slti's
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
Lpca.fol. 81 the q lfel.

a gentleman recently from Fort DesNoines,
And who is NOT in any way in crested in the cap
itaI question, except acitzen of Iowa. informs
US ff,at be a well pleased with the location made
by the Commissi ioaers and thinks q better one
could not hare been found within the bounds
prescribed by the. acsr Of the Legislature. This
being the case there win be a general acquies-
cence on the part of the people Of the State, 50
much SO as to preclude amy further meddling,
and to prevent any future schemes Of removal
for the benefit Of individuals NJ 80 ~ ssss
The Commissioners have christened it thecity
of DEMONS a34asgsss2
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

~ We are told that it was not the draw to
the Rock Island bridge that was burned but the
two hundred and fifty feet span next to it.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

The passenger train that left here Tues
day night in backing on toa side track at oquaw-
ka Junction ran over a cow and threw two cars
off the track: Mr.. Garratty, freight conduct.
or, was standing on platform was thrown off, the
cars passing over him and killing him instantly
None of the passengers seriously injured. ots.s
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

cB Did the Keokuk Times get ten dollars
for publishing the Rev. Deans speech which Gen.
Jones read to the Senate 2 II Is none of our.
business to be sure, but We are curious TO know,
whether. that paper is willing to publish such a,
length Of verbosity and egotism for so paltry a
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

seY The new ferry boat, Flint Hills, Capt.
French, commenced running Tuesday. She is
running, in the present stage of the river, to
Shoquokon, six miles below, and makes good
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

~ About o'clock yesterday morning a
fire broke out in the brick building occupied by
Mr. Kupper as stove and tin shop and dwelling
house, but was soon extinguished by the occu-
pants ard neighbors. It originated in the upper
room or garret which was used as sleeping
room and also to store a quantity of corn husks.
The young men who occupied the room went 70
bed and left the candle burning and of course .
fire was the result Of such carelessness .
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
Railroad Bridge DestrOyed-Steamer
Effie Alton Burned, and Three other
Steamers Badly Broken and other.
yvisc Damaged. s312 - sSs5ta4

Railroad Bridge DestrOyed-Steamer
Effie Alton Burned, and Three other
Steamers BADLY Broken and other.
yUisc Damaged. s365}
The R. R. Bridge over the Mississippiat at Day-
export was destroyed by fire yesterday morning.
The steamer Effe Alton in attempting to pass
through the draw got foul of the piers and
swung round against the bridge. The wind was
blowing hard and the current very rapid By
some means she caught FIRE and was burned to
the waters edge. The draw of the bridge caught
FIRE, and was entirely destroyed, the remainder of
the bridge was saved IS
The steamers Tischamingo, Hamburg and Vien-
ma were also much broken and damaged in at
tempting to pass through the bridge. They
we're ahead Of the Effe Alton. The current set
40 strong around the ends ofthe side piers as TO
drive them against the bridge with sufficient
force to break their guards and wheels, and rem
| der them unmanageabIe. The damage to these
boats is considerable and VIII take them some
| days to repair them. as
The Efie Alton had on board large cargo,
which was partially destroyed we were not able to
! learn to what extent. +
sY A gentleman who was at Davenport al
The time of the accident says that when the spar
! Of tho bridge burnt on and fell upon the burning
i boat and loated down. the river there were som'
dozen steamers lying there, and that the bells Q
! al them we're rung and whistles blown, and
i very general and uproarious demonstration .
joy made. Most Of them had been trying for day
1 TO pass through the bridge basasa a
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

A PEAR tree more thar. 200 years old, was cut
down in Haven recentlye IL ssood IN Crown
Street, and was transplantedf from England in "a
the early days Of the colony. s & ], r ~.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

tH The river is now at stand. But it is re-
ported from above that rise of five feet more
is still to come. It is somewhat doubtful how
ever, in our mind, whether this rise actually
eomes along
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

RAPIDS ,oF THE MrssIssrPrI.-Hon. E. B.
Washburne, Chairman of the Committee on
Commerce, has made Report on the subject
Of these Rapids. It goes into q full history Of
the obstruetions which they present to the nayi
cation of the River, and strongly urges on Con
gress the proprietyof their improvement BY the
General Government, sjs. I.as.t Il
Most of the facts detailed would not be new
to our readers. The following is the aconcfu-
sion: s4i - y - & ;s-ss.,
Sin view of all these facts in relation to these
distractions, taken;in connection with the de-
mands ofcommerce in the Mississippi valley, and
the estimates and recommendations Of the propI
er officers of the government running ithrough
a series of years. the committee reported, a bill,
appropriating two hundred thousand dollars for
the improvement of the Des Mones rapids, and
also bill appropriating one hundred thousand
dollars for the improvement of the Rock Island
rapids" s.a4,s. ssl;.g7
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

CHAs. B. DARWIN,
f. ~ G. II. PHELPS, Com.
& 7" JAMES GREEN,
Oa otion the meeting adjourned sine die.
Attest,
J. TRACY, sec'y. 7. D. CRocKER, Chairman.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

tT MEssRs McKirTERlcK MILLER have for
the last few weeks been receiving and opening
1 the most extensive invoice Of China, glass and
queensware ever brought to the State. They have
received about three thousand packages, which,
in addition to the stock on hand, make theirs a
very extensive assortment andif not the largest,
which we believe, at least one of the largest in
the Northwest Dealers from the West will find
it to their interest to give them a call. gssos.4t
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

yTHOIESALE aud Retail Fur
w Miture Estubl ishfnent, will be-
icund three doors east of Coolbaugh Brooks
Banking House, up stairs, where We viii at allxsk0
tines be pleased to wait customers. We will con-
sasy keep on hand aknds of Furniture such Sofas,
Sabes, Dvans, Spring Chairs and Rockers, Cane Seat
and Windsor Chairs Card and Centre Tables Cottage,
Misses, and common Bcdsteads, breakfast and Dining
Tables Stands Towel Racks Safes Looking Glasses Pie
iarc Frames and host of other things numerous to
nenion--all of which We offer cheap for cash.
METALLIC IND WOOD CoFFINS
kept constantly on hand. ~
eNr Hearse and Carriages furnished on reasonable
ms II required ~ mayl4.tf.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

& A TTORNE'Y AND, COUNSELLOR AT
"A LAW, will attend promptly to all professiona
business entrusted to his care in Des Mones and the
surrounding counties Special attention given to the
curing and collecting Of claims Also to renting and pay
Ing upon real estate and edeeming Of delinquent
iands. s,5s2s tsfs ID 1zsgsi4=s syss8=97itit y;
Office in front room second fsor Of DR.. Henry's
building Third street three doors above the Barret
House, burlington, Iowa. s5iat t dec 1ybp
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W. 7. DAY, n. D. aaa

t8 .a.- .I{es;sftf-saEs 8uf1lm TOM IOWA.
n OrrcR, Corner Main and Jefferson, Talsnt's
Drug Store Residence Third street. betwee Division
and Elm. Jnoy.7 bptf fst& 81
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
!. .L. C ARERCROMRIE Dentist.

JEFFERSON street, two doors from Main, over
J Gays Drug store Burlington, Iowa. Teeth inserted in
the best manner by the latest and most approved mode
Teeth filed without pain and warranted perfect. Al
miner onerations IN Dentistry carefully performed. "
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
3 10 coUNTRY MERCHANTS

CHORT L. RENIICK, Wholesale ErO.
- GERS, BuriINGroS Iowa would respectfully call your
attention 10 their large stock of Sugars Molasses Coffee
and great variety Of other goods IN our line of which
We are receipt Of daily invoices, which wiz be sold At
low figures. SHoKT REMiCh.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

sligo and Tyrone Iron Store.
FOOTE 4 EWING,
IxEALER4 fm tho 6sGE I
l GOLDEN ERA Air.Tigft Cook Stoye; ,f,
'''s PARIdbR, BOX and COAL heating stoyes;s
lii MEEL Of m kndsf 9as tsNA
HARDWARE NAus AND BtAcKsxITn's Toois;
4. Louis Circular Mil and Oress.cut Saws Of all sizes.
l{s,4tA ~ AND HASufACTrRsRs
OF Ill KINDS or TIN WARE;
..oavv JcfYersnn street, Burlington. Iowa. &
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professional GnDs.
c0rsH 4 cor

TyYMO1.ENALE R0oh hsellers & Staten.
wv erN, Jefferson 81 three dooys ~est Of Main /.
BglRLLEG TO.f. IOWA, ,55sEs 4
= ~ DEaLe1s b Paper Hsnstnss, Wrapping papcfy
Bonnet Boards and Printess' Mstcriais., Iap2ai Il
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

vJOmGOPAr1BIFT,B Burlington lows. ~ or
fce Third Street, opposite the Barrett House. over
deuee Of n. d. Drowning, Esq, North nm, fourth door
north Of the square, sasHS p fmay 2. 4
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

IMMENSE YIELD OF GoLD IN AusrRAIIA.-The =
Australian accounts ria England, are the mos. Z,
interesting, financially, we have had to record
for many months. The clipper ship Red Jacket
brought to Liverpool l00,6 ounces in Gold
Dust, Of the value Of 81, ,013,720." She left Mel
bourne on the 18th January, when the annual 2
Gold statement for 1855 had just been made np.3
The increase of product at the Victoria mines
was such as to place the shipments at Melbourne
at $50, ,57s ounces equal to $53 OH $780, against
2,l22,596 ounces, $42,45l, $40, in ls54.--The 3
product of the last quarter of the year was j
649,225 ounces, against J44O, 798 ounces, the 6
corresponding quarter Of 1854 The report from
| Melbourne, from which these figures are deriy-
ed, adds, shat this year, 1856, will exceed
1865, is not doubtedby any one ? The increase. !.
last year over 1854 was gradual and uniformly
| progressive. The boundaries Of the Gold fields
are said to be extending enterprise is more
ably directed, and the quartz reefs are of such,
an extent ''that for centuries theJ will, in, all
probability defy the power Of man to extricate
their treasures The population. Of australia
in the beginning Of 1858 was a73, GOO The
new year begins with population Of thrce hum
,dred and twenty five thousand. i ,,ssse ysos, y
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14

4 r. B. LOCKWOOD, Notary Public.
QUINCY, ADAMS COUNTY, IOWA. will
~ attend the payment Of Taxes, transferring and
veyanceng Of real Office in the Clerks office in the
Court House. ljuly3
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-05-14
A German ON the Suppression of Intem-
perance by Law. ,tssn }Eiga

The whole Anglo American conception Of
freedom is specifically different from the purely
negative notion which prevails amongst the, rad
icals aud revolutionists on the Continent of Eu-
rope. With the American freedom is anything
but mere absence of restraint, an arbitrary, Ii
centious Indulgence, every one following his nat
ural impulse as the reyolutionists would have it.
1t is arational, moral self determination, hand in
hand with law, order and authority. True ma
tional freedom, in the American view, rests upon
a moral ground work, upon the virtue of self
possession and selfcontrol in individual citizens.
He alone is worthy of this great blessing and ca
pable of enjoying it, who holds his passions in
natural laws, not under pressure from without,
but from inward impulse cheerfully and joytully.
But the negative and hollow liberalism, or rather
the radicalsm, which undermines the authority
of law and sets itself against Christianity and the
Church, necessarily dissolves all social ties, and
ends in anarchy; which then passes very easily
into the worst and most dangerous form of des-
potism. z..3 III .ssaEsta. . 81
A very characteristic proof of our assertion,
that American freedom is different in principle
from radicalism and licentiousness and rests en-
trely on the basis fself-control and sef-resraint
is presented in the really sublime temperance
movement, particularly in the "Maine Liquor
Law, as it is called. = z %.
Think of the 'Maine Liquor Law as we may,
and we would here neither advocate or condemn
it, we must admire the moral energy and self
denial of a free people, which would rather re-
nounce the enjoyment in itself lawful than see it
drive thousands of weak persons to. bodily and
Spirit,al ruin
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u. W. STARR, C. II. PHELPS, GEo. ROBERTSON
STAIR, PHELPS q ROBERTSON,
4frsss Successors Of the Grin OF Starr & Pheps3
A TTORNEYS e. Councillors at Law,
"A Burlington, Iowa. Office, s E. corner Marion Hail.
dec 4. Third Styeet.
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eyrEVENS a. sCATLlN,.a 81 u s-...4
~ PR0DUCE AND CoNNLSsI0N NERCK1S1S
80. 81 Klnxie street near the Gaena Freight Depot
CRIcAce, hllxois. SO .SssssssS fss AZ s9sR
EH- viii make liberal cash advances on Perl, Hour,
GRAIN and any other properly consigned to as for sale IN
this market. - s=E 81 = 81 - =
ccnsknments soliced ana satisfaction saaranseeds--
Try as s.ssssss - Ii, 81 janl suns gs.s 58a
nsSH p sxxyxxs, s.t, ,sss- JULIUS s, cArLIS,
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W w. F. CONRAD, r9s
A TTOHNEY and Counsellor at Law,
III viii give his undivided attention to all professional
business entrusted TO his care. ht a +
0fcs Third street, over Swans Store, opposite the
Barrett Housc, Burlington, Iowa. se [oct2gtEl js
r. Il. CRoCKEh. ID. .. CROKER
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J. g. LAUMAN & BROTHER.
wRsWARDINE and Comnaission Mer-
aSMfAs Corner OF Front and Jefferson str s Bur
Gsss. Ssss Also, wra.ssALE 4 RkrAn. Dealers In nry
Rss sessriss HARDWARE, Qussnswares Boots, Shoes,