The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-11-18

which was to leave San Francisco on the sDtl,
4 October, end ID due to arrive here by the clio
4 0f tho week. The late mails have been long
! thAn nsnal iu coming to hand. From Eurol
4 little mere specie j. expected, 10 rise in :.
change between Europe and New York wou
be anticipated from the fact Of our bank suspc
4 sions. The rise 10 the Bank Of England rate
discount had already checked the shipmen
from London to New York. II
II -
A slsesch 81 Farnssa, s1Ae ssAucer.
From the N. Y. Police Gasetse, Nov. ~
~ Gardner Furneas, the subject of this sketcl
who fignres - conspicuousiy in the W0odma
AG6eos corpus case, ID we'll known abou. tow
as fancy man. In appearance he ii pergse
fop. he 10 we'll known, not only in this cour
try, bus also on the continent Of Europe, wher
he boasts Of having made much greater cor
quests than the one in question indeed, b
talks lightly OF the scrape, and looks upon il 4
. small affair. He 10 very snowy and daId
in his dress, and never fails At night, before re
firing. 70 put his pantalooas in stretches
This is 10 keep them in shape. He does th,
same With bis boots; 40 soon as they are takel
on, they are boottreed during the night, and t,
give hrs boot high instep, it has an extra pat
of leather. This CITES his feet pretty shape
/ which, with his small hands, be consider s+h
great forte He imagines that they are trul,
captivating.
Furness was at one time the fancy man d
Kate Hastings; but his friends tried to brcal
up the intimacy existing between them, and
/! obtained for him the position of Secretary ia
the Legation at the Hague. While 1t the
Hague he wrote a number of letters to Kate .of
a very affectonate character. Here we lose
sight VI him for short time.
When Furness returned from Europe he went
TO New Orleans, where he FIRST became acquant-
cd with Mrs. Woodman, at the ST. Louis Hotel.
They had difficulty at soiree given 1t this
house, and the proprietor ordered Furness and
seen 70 come from q recess in the room. and
Furnsss followed shortly afterwards. This was
the first occasion Mr.. Woodman had to suppose
his wife guilty Of infideiity.
Mr.. WOodman and his wife went to the st.
Charles Hotel, but Furness followed them and
the husband threatened to shoot him If he did
not stop following his wife. After that there
was nothing heard Of either party until the
arrival of Mrs Woodman at the New York
Hotel
SCANDAL AT THE NEW FORK HOTEL"
''The New York Hotel, which, as every one
knows, is one Of the principal resorts of South
ern travellers, was the theatre of his last ex-
plot.
y
gentleman, said to he rich, an Auctioneer BY
profession. Il was not long before the Aa6ituss
Of the Hotel saw that the fancy rake Furness
had "ovsrbd" the husband in the affections
Of the charming little creole, and their intimacy
had gone SO far that it was noticed and com.
mented upon by several inmates of the hotel.
Among these was friend of Mr.. W., who
thought it his duty to advise him of what &C.
Cured in his absence and to enjoin him, either
by telegraph or mail, to come on AS soon az
possible to put stop to the scandal. As soon
as be received the message, Mr.. w. left New
Orleans without advising any one of it, and
arrived in New York with y revolver in his
pocket, determined to take the law into his own
hands. It WAS in such a disposition Of mind
that he went to the New York Hotel, where his
faithless better half was boarding, and inquired
for the number Of her room. He had no trouble
at all to get into it. Full OF imprudent security
and not suspecting that the outraged husband,
whom they thought far off, was already advan-
cling in the hall-the two lovers had not been
even cautious enough to lock the door. MIR.
W entered as il he was at home, and al
though it was very early in the evening, he
found his wife nnd Furness in position easier
to imagine than describe, and which did not ad
mt OF any possible explanation.
Without utteriDg word, Mr.. w. drew his
revolver and fred At the guilty party. Mr..
Furness not being hit jumped out Of bed, ran to
the door, where, on opening it, he was shot At
a second time, and took fight headlong toward
the hail, followed by his terrible enemy. The
fugitive had ON but single flannel undershirt,
and at that moment it seemed to be the last Of
his cares csz e---s.
But one can Judge of the sensation created
by this strange apparition among the persons
from sll sides after the noise Of the
firing of pistols. Mr.. F. running head-foremost
arrived At the head of the staircase, descended
III great haste, turned to the right and stopped
in one of the cells Of the water closets Of the
hotel, in which he bol.ed himself close.
The pursuit had been hot. He could hear
from his unpoetical shelter the tumalt on the
stairs, and the struggle to stop and disarm the
terrible husband. He, however did not reply
on his years, and consented to open the door
only when summoned by the police, and upon
the formal promise that his life should be pro-
tected. 1t has been said that Mr.. \. was wound.
ed; but we believe it to be untrue, unless one
means the double wound to his pride and self
love-"