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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
EDITOR OF THE HAwK-EYE:

EDITOR OF THE HAwK-EYE:
In city like Burlington, there is much
that falls under ones observation, that excites
one to say or write something, either in praise
or condemnation. see by your paper of this
morning, that you, Mr.. Editor, can express a
satisfaction at some of the doings in our city.
say too, we are doing fEely on our streets lex
cept in the sooful 6lunder of making the grade
entirely too low in the Valley and not cutting
enough on the Hills of which we shall most
heartily repent some day--the sooner the better)
am gratifed, Mr.. Editor, in believing that there
will be more building and of much better char
ac,er than any season before. am also graft
fed in believing that Burlington contains, as
general thing, good class of citizens, enter
prising business men-but yet we lack much of
| a certain kind Of enterprise, l mean the kind
| that would lead us to advertise to the world
that there is such place as Burlington, and that
it possesses advantages inferior to no city on
the upper Mississippi; that good homes can be
obtained here on the very best Of terms, that in
fact there is no city offering superior induce
| ments to persons emigrating to Western Cities.
Aud then, too, 1 fear that we do not sufficiently
practice on the Bible injunction, "be not for
getfal TO entertain strangers How many are
| there that are ready with conveyances to take
persons who are desirous Of seeing our city, and
| if it pleases them, becoming its citizens. How
many! Echo answers-How many! And yet
We are improving, or rather the city is improv.
ing in spite of ourselves There is another thing,
Mr.. Editor, that hurts our city and retards its
| growth-and that is, We are blessed, or rather
4 cursed with more than fair share of what are
1 termed eroakers--the dog with sore head kind
who are ever whining about whether in the COM
! pany Of strangers or others. They can see moth
[ ing but ruin coming, and SO they predict that
real estate is too high, that it must come down;
that it won't pay to build houses-for they re
member to have seen one empty-thst the trade
4 is falling of-that men are bound 70 fail-and
80 on With list of complaints much longer than
tAeir moral law. They arc men who can make
respectable appearance, and thereby get into
company much better than themselves some Of
4 them are in possession Of considerable money
but their great study is 90 to use it IS to do the
j lesst possible amount Of good II times &c,
HE =
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

JERSEY PEARL FIsH1Na.-The good people Of
Camden and Amboy and Patterson and other
places in New jersey have been greatly excited
by the discovery of pearls in fresh water CLANS.
A poor journeyman shoemaker collected guam
,ity Of clans to sustain life. He first boiled and
then fried them. While devouring the muscles
stony substance was discovered, which upon
being submitted to jeweler was pronounced
pearl of unheard-of size, which if it had not
been ruined by the cooking process, was esti-
mated to have been Of the value of 81, ,oO0.-
The Tribune says: t -@ sss L. .s4.esss - 8.
+ The one thing to be regretted about the mat
ter is that it completely destroys the former
poetry Of pearl fishing. Hereafter when the
romantic belle looks upon the fustrous pearl Of
price which adorns her snowy neck, her
Thoughts will no longer be of the fearless diver
and his pefilons descents to the dark, rnfath-
omed caves Of ocean, > amid the myriad treas
uses Of the deep to the coral forests, the gold
en- sands, and among the green-haired mermaid
ems; braving all unknown and terrible monsters
Of the sea to pluck from its dark bosom q gem
for the brow Of beauty; but she will call to
mind > more real picture, that of q sturdy Jer-
seyman IL India rubber boots, with his coat of
and his shirt sleeves rolled up, wsdng up to his
| knees in dirty water. and pokiRg his long fingers
into the sliny mud to drag ont fresh water
Z ctAtnt @H1 " 1L3F 70 f!istEs .tfstEa tt5i
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ROston NJ,

boston, May D.
There were several failures here Yesterday
among drv goods dealers. Among them are
Whiting, Fenns Co., Shaw, Sampson Bran.
ball, and Chapman, Lord Hale. The failure
of Whiting, Fenns & Co., sa to have been oc.
casioned by defalcation Of confidential clerk to
the amount of 81. 900
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

GOods by this line utItvcfcu 70 the CohSIXne0
WITHOUT CHARGE F0R ORA YAGE.
The saving of insurance goods by this line is equal
% 60 or 20 per per 100 s average stocks Of
Merchaadise The Company having $3.50
TRCSTY MINAGERS WIIH EACH TRAIN
lock after the and the goods entrusted hen
goods lgh In better order and With greater dis
patch than any other line.
Shippers by this line will have
qr-s PROMPT REPARA 710N MADE
for any loss or damage while In our charge and
will not be sent 70 the Railroad which the damage
may have occurred for redress.
For further Information apply to
arr A-bpSu FEAR 4 HAGER, Agents, \
Water ST., Burlington. Iowa. 3
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Nnm Ynrlr NJ

Z View ork, May 8.
The Jury in the Burdel murder case was
sworn in last evening. The trial will proceed
this morning.
The steamship Kangaroo with the same dates
as those recorded by the Indiana at Quebec, is
coming up the bay.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
General Land Agency Office.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. IS,

nEXT TER e.. II l. q q M Il R ,
IL ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR.
win promptly attend to Land Agencies, Investing
Money, Lecatin aud Selling Land Warrants, Paying
Taxes, Selling Real Estate, and all other branches Of
the Land Bnsness in Western Iowa and Nebraska.
mar 7-bptf. f
DEAL Estate in Council Bluffs aud
~ OnM Mha.-Persons desirous of securing Real
Estate In either Of these fourishng towns will do well
70 Send their ordcrsto d. G. BL0OMER,
mar 7-bptk. Land Agent.
Council Bluffs, Io9A
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Dogmalica..
Judge Allen. Of Oswego. Eew York lately h

| Judge Allen, Of 0swego. New York lately hs'
. dog case before him on an appeal. His decis
ion Of the important case is thus reported IN TIL
papers
i At general term OF the Supreme Court a
Ossego IN July last, an appeal was brough. from
q jui iymens Of the 0nieda County Court afr
ming that Of Justice Of the peace. The actor
was originally brought TO recover damages fol
alleged injuries received BY plaintiffs dog in d
/! fight with dog or dogs belonging to defcn
dant. ,ssses 23~ i
i Judge Allen delivered the opinion in the case
and it was concurred 10 by his associates on the
bench, Justices Pratt and Bacon. He says:
| This Is the first time have been called upon
TO administer the law in the ease OF pure dog
fight, or iight in which the dogs instead OF The
| owners we're the principle actors.
| am constrained to admit total ignorance of
the code duello among dogs, or what constitutes
| just cause Of offence and jas,ifics a resort to
arms, or rather teeth, for redress; what Violate
Of the rules of etiquette entitled the ininred
beast to insist upon prompt and immediate sat
is;action know not and am glad to know that
no nice question upon the conduct ofthe conflict
on the part OF the principle actors arises in this
case.
1t is not claimed upon either side that the
struggle was not in all respects dog-like aad
fair. Indeed, was not before aware that any
law, human or divine, moral or ceremonial, CON-
mon, or statute, undertook to regulate these
matters, but supposed that this was one OF the
few privileges which this class of animals sin
retained in the demesticated state tha, it was
one of their reserved rights, not to be surren-
dered when they enterered into and became a
part of the domestic institution, to settle and
avenge, in their own way, all individual wrongs
and insults, without regard to what Blackstone
or any other jurist might write, speak or think
of "the rights of persons" or the rights of
things" have been firm believer With the
poet in the instruction, if not semi-divine right,
of dogs to fight, and with him would say
LET dogs delight to bark and bite,
For God hath made them so," &c.
The evidence is slight that the dog died in
consequence of this fight. But as this question
is left in doubt by the evidence, the judgment
of the justice is conclusive to the cause Of the
death. / can however see no just grounds for
the Judgment: 1t can only be supported upon
the broad ground that when two dogs fight and
one is killed, the owner can have satisfaction for
his loss from the owner of the victorious dog;
and know of no such rule. The owner of the
dead dog would, l think, be clearly entitled to
the skin, though some less liberal, would be dis.
posed to award it to the victor, and this rule
would ordinarily be fair equivalent for the
oss; and with that, unless the evidence differ
from that in this case, he should be |
content. ...t..-... .. ..
Thejudgment of the County Court is revers-
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

az Two Barges were loading with Wheat
and Flour Tuesday for St. Louis Yesterday
Front Street was a scene Of great activity
Large shipments we're made Of grain, dry hides,
hair, trees, &c, &c, while goods were re-
ceived, aud many boats were arriving and de-
parting. st =-a sl --s ., .r:,. 3
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

eB One of the most promising among the
inland towns Of Iowa is Ottumwa. Being at the
junction Of the Des Moines and the B. l. NJ. Rail-
road, with u strong probability of southern
connection by the North Missouri road, aud be-
ing centrally located in the great Des Mones
valley, the richest and finest country in the
world, Ottumwa can hardly fail of being, sooner
or later city Of considerable magnitude
These are facts and considerations which will
occur to the most casual observer. The card of
Mr.. Devin, Real Estate Broker will be found
in another column. He is in the city and will
remain few days. And persons desiring to
buy real estate in that town can see him at the
Barret-look at maps and plats, or visit him,
upon his return, at his Office in Ottumwa, and
look over the whole ground.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

UB Just at this juncture the two principle and
leading men of the Buchanan party III Iowa are
Eads and Palmer-the one the evening and the
other the morning star-one going into Office
with pockets emp.y-the other going out with
plenty of money, houses, lands, fast horses, ana
concubines fa -.rt-q. s.sit -yss's. s..s...,7.
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Ros,o,eM.~

!, rh;s ...., Boston, May 9. $50
2 ms evening we learn on v hat we believe to
y. koo' authority, that President Buchan an and
s.,a, R.', me,Ioers Of hi- cabinet, will come TO
Boston ON the approaching June 10 partie;nats
10 the inahguration@of TIE statnte of Gen Wa.
rem ON Bunker H,lIg b.. lI-.,.,.,,.''' -"
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

Thomas Hughes a printer, known to q large
number of our citizens, was frozen to death some.
time in December last, between Wala Wal!a
and the Dalles in Oregon. He was employed
as government expressman, and perished while
in the discharge of his duty. The news of his
de 18th will be received with regret by all who
knew him. Wapello lntelligencer.
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Sapt,uskv. Nav 8

oanIItishv, Nay D.
The Canadian bark, Empire, OF Port Dover
Capt. Milhgan, came ashore yesterday alte,noon
They calne from Toledo with cargo oil Ual
timber The crew, / Ia number, were d. owned
The Captain and passenger were saved
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

A REMARKABLE MlRAGE.-The Oswego Time;
of April 2sth says: 1.-THE phenomenon Of mi
rage on Lake Ontario was witnessed by many o.
our citizens yesterday, to degree we never be-
fore heard of. From the high point near the
Fort, Prince Edwards Island, completely across
the lake on the Canada shore, could be seen dis
tinctly. The Duck and Gallon Islands were SO
plainly marked out that the trees and small 90.
jects on the shore were plainly seen. Even the
ice in stoney Island passage leading to Sackets's
Harbor was visible" The distance from Oswe-
90 to Stoney Island is about thirty five miles
that across the lake must be sixty or more
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

GkNxRous ACI.-HarryT Turner dieu some uuc
ago, leaving $loe, 900 to Levi J. North, and did
not leave any to his own sisters and brother
They attempted to contest the win but gave it
up. Since then Mr.. North has given to each Of
the sisters, check Of 81. 600, 10 Aaron Turner
10000 and the half interest in his circus which
Harry Turner formerely held, and to Gen. STAN
ford, counsel for the brother and sister $4,000.
NJ. North i every inch man.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

stE Our friends from the country say the
farmers are working diiigently-thas an unusual
quantity Of Spring Wheat has bsen sown and
much is already up and looking 6ne. 80
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
ALBANY Mayh

M 'a &'aHt. 4E'.--. aa.. g. Albany, May B.
The Supreme Court have dened motions for
a new trial in the cases or AcCaiin, convicted
tor the murder OF his wife nd JOHN 'Con,minss
convicted of shooting farmer ,l,amed Shun,p.
They will be sentenced the. iih Monday of May.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13
~ We have several times inquired of on,

II We have several times inquired of oul
,leighbor and Of the Buchanan press concern
ing 'Squatter Sovereignty" Is it still ortho.
dox or does it conflict with Judge Taney's de-
cisions Do you believe, Mr.. Gazette, that the
people of the territories are perfectly free" to
receive or reject the NEGRO" or do you hold
that he must be thrust upon them at all hazards
as decided by Taney? Last year you asked US,
with an air of offended dignity, if a man lost
his senses when be left State and moved into
Territory Let us have your answer to
that question now? y*
The lNDIANoLA VIsIToR.-This is the title of
paper recently started in Warren County,
Jas. II. Knox, Editor. 1t is one Of the hand
soonest and best conducted papers that reaches
this Office from the interior. r s.s Il e
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

An INJURIOUS 1NsINUATI0N.-In the Kickapoo
TX. T.) Pioneer, Mr.. A. W. King has letter
directed to the Postmaster General, wherein he
says that the Postmaster at Westport is in the
habit of delivering l.is, (King's) letters to H.
Clay Pate, thereby enabling said Pate to steal
money" from him, (which he has repeatedly
done" Clay Pate is the chivalric correspondent
of the Missouri Republican-the redoubtable
military hero of black jack who would have
taken old Brown, had not old Brown taken him.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

ID Halifax dispatch says the Provincial
Parliament was prorougued Thursday last
The last act was to give to the New York and
London Telegraph Company the exclusive right
for fifty years TO land the submarine cables on
the shore of the province. ., ea# r-, ....a
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

The street Commissioner Taylor, this morning
procured a mandamus which was served on the
Elk Commissioners of Repairs and Supplies, d.
recting him to give up the papers and books of
his office forthwith, aud to cease pretending .ju-
risdiction over any department under the pro-
visions of the charter which expired on the 3oth
of April ".* 0.f.s sa.
The steamer Leopold LIST from Antworth, 25th
u!t. is coming up the bay. Steamer Pana sailtd
this morning for Bremen with 80 passengers.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

B Weather is warm and pleasant-business
fair-emigrants crossing the river in large NUM-
bers-money growing plentier and easler-pri-
ces of produce still advancing.
Flour ss-meal 75c to 81 per bushel-s Spring
wheat il5c; Fall do. 81 ,3Oa$l,35.
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THE OLD ORCHARD TRACT.-The "Old Orc

The OLD ORCHARD TRACT.-The "Old Orchard
Tract"-a piece of property adjoining the city,
fronting on the Natural Bridge Plank Road, and
owned by James B. Clay, Of Kentueky-was
partly disposed of yesterday, by Mr.. Lefiingwell.
Forty-6,e arpens were sold for something more
than $4,000. 1t is said that the property was
purchaced by Henry Clay himself some years
ago, at $50 an arpen, and falling into the hands
OF his son, has vindicated the sagacity of the
father by fetching more than thousand dol
lars per arpen.-St. Louis News. liz. , .. -
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Cor HIS REwARD.-Palmer, the infamous
who spent last summer in this city, and even
added to the before bad reputation Of the GA
zette, by occupying the chair editorial, has been
appointed Receiver of Public Monies at Council
Bluffs vice Lowe, resigned.
Morally and physically Palmer is one Of the
dirtest wretches that ever lived. Talk Of Capt.
Rynders! His appointment was respectable
Beside Palmer Rynders is gentleman.
So far as the public interests are concerned,
this is an appointment mot fit to be made" But
the probability is that it is as good as any that
could be expected at the hands Of this admins
tration. In the fact that it transfers Mr.. p from
this city to Council Bluffs, we are inclined to
congratulate our fellow citizens on the appoints
mcnt. The savory influence of the Col s habits,
has, probably, accomplished all the good that
coeld be hoped for in this community; and it is
but right that Council Bluffs should share the
benefit. The fame of his gallsntry and conyiy-
ial tastes will thus be sure of wider sweep
THERE'S another consideration that goes far to
reconcile US to the appointment. 1t eonfers SO
much honor and will add SO much to the strength
of the Administration in this State. Its influence
can hardly be over cstimatedin this respect. It
attests 10 all men the watchful solici,rde of the
President for the moral advancement Of the
community. IL sets up a sort Of Q model staI,-
dard, by which men must measure themselves,
if they would secure the favor Of the General
Government In these latter days. - ssGstEt
We had q sort of lingering hope that the
peculiar fitness of Col. p. for post in Utah,
would commend itself TO the discernment of the
Administration. But, IL was probably thought
to be unadvisable to congregate al the "latter-
| day saimts' at one point. A@a % sssl sa
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t;zht withdraw it from circulation 30 as to help
create panic. Others commenced poor, bat by
ssme hcky speculation hare got laitle money,
sad now gro~l for fear somebody viii do the
SINE thing. ard SO on, but forbear. We al
knew them Ike book. More anon, if needs be.
IT. F BURLISGroNfAS.
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Nav Orlcone Nov

=" -|11--E' new UrIeans, Way b. 4.
Cotton has declined lac. Sales $4,000 bales
at lssalSs. Receipts oday $4,000 bales. Pork
fin. Corn buoyant. Other articles unchanged.
The Fillibusters, brought by the British steam.
er Tartar to Brazle, have arrived her. Capt.
Dunlap also came up, tE II & s.a3tz ISL
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- - View 7ork, NAY 5.
The steamship Vanderbilt. sailed at noon to.
day on her first trip to Southam pton and Hava.
ma with 2l2 passengers and S445 900 in specie.
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sB- We noticed preparations Tor building 60
scale. In the vicinity of the New Market House
foundations have been laid for several blocks of
new and costly buildings. .- .-., d.. 80. ..
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c6 The sailor who leaves Boston harbor in
mid winter, and in ten or fifteen days is walking
the burning deck under the line with the pitch
melting at his feet, experiences great change
of temperature. But almost equal to it is the
weather Of April to the present very warm and
delightful summer temperature. .... ".
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

HOG CHoLERA.-By an item in the GAINESVILLE
Gazette we learn that this disease is what we had
all along supposed it was. The article in ques-
ton says this hog cholera prevails at misera-
bic little town called Dresden, in Ohio, cursed
with three distilleries. That the slop fed hogs
die so fast that they have been compelled to
burn the dead bodies to get rid of them. Still
fed hogs when taken from the slop almost al
ways die. Their teeth get loose so that they
cannot nasticate food and they die. Stili-ted
pork can be told at once upon sight. 1t is not
fit to feed man or beast We are not at all sur
prised that the cholera should break ou. among
this bloated, poisoned and unfortunate branch
OF the hog family, who stand about in the same
relation to the race that the blear eyed, rubicund
vsaged and swollen drinkers of bad liquor do
to humanity in its normal condition. But there
is this one difference in favor of the hog-he is
confined to the compass of a narrow pen by the
superior power of man and forced to imbibe the
smoking residence of the still or die. On the
other hand man, endowed with reason, created
in the image of his God and walking upright
upon the earth, seeks the trough and swallows
the liquid corn, burnt sugar, strichnine and all,
knowing that there is death in the cup "
MANY SLIP, &c.-Walling, who got the
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Philadelphia, May 8.
The democrats elected their candidates by a
largely increased democratic majority. N
The Select Council contains Il democrats to
opposition. The Common Council has large
ly Increased democratic majority.
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eB The Railroad riot at Baltimore among
the freight conductors, ETC., is not fully quieted.
The evening trains were sent out under a mill
tary guard, consisting of three companies Or
dered out by the Governor. At jackson Bridge
they were fired upon by the rioters. The fire
was returned by the military, one rioter being
killed and several wounded. The trains then
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to draft $23, $50, 900. $4,000 900 are on depos,
it in Boston, nearly the same amount in New
Orleans, and upwards OF 100000 in New
York
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INDIANS AMONG rs.-Qui.e large number of
Indians appeared in this city yesterday. The
red man does not enjoy quite as much sympathy
in Iowa just now, as he did q spell since and
the chance for winning quarters by hitting them
with arrows, are not so abundant as they have
been. These strolling Indians are generally
poor specimens of humanity; FAR below the ne
gro in all the attributes of humanity Iowa
fStv P.r h'a5t- @.."t =
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CHuRcH DEAD HEApEp.-In churches sleepy
heads bave always been numerous, but until re-
Gently, We never head of any one clsining ''dead
head" exemption when the plate wen, around
Last Sunday, in western village, when the
"piate" was being passed in Church, a
gentleman said to the .'coilector'-"Go on; I'm
a dead-head--PEe got pass.r 49, .
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. We are told Fifth Street will probably be
graded and plank walks made from Division to
Valley Streets. .a Hr-t ~.=.ass 5.s-...... g..