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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

S"sss n os8t toS OUT snort irlenGs,
- InroarAsr.-The following II an ex,,ac, g.
lecture delivered by Dr. King, in J,ns.ss
1883, before the medical class in the Upiv.a
Of Kings College, Toronto. After giving
scsipton Of the operation and trea,ine n, ~ y H
yer and Ague, and describing the etree, :, -
different remedies, he adds: ~ cannot ca, We
men, dismiss this part Of my suffice, s ssas
calling your attention to valuable prese,;s.s'
of DR.. Mo,ts, Il am in possession OF ID, 80 20
Ia and Tan iui nsh it to any Of you Who .han,.
desire it.) have no hesitation In s,y;, lou. y
consider this enc o. the most vslp,ii.e Sn
tons to our stock Of medical remedies 70. w
prevalent disorder. The peculiar combin,. .hs
Of the extracts of Tara1icum and S.rs.nH'.aa
with tonic and difusibe s,imulan, !. ;p a
sequence Of the active influence of tho. WI .on-
ratons over The liver, one of the cause, Of psg -
great success of this remedy. And in u, w. we
instances of its use tina, have fallen n"a al 'As
own personal observation, its Reefs bayn my
extremely satisfactory. would ,scou,Os. wv
you not to look with too jealous an eve an ~
the remedies of this class especially such !, -,
like this, the product of the ardnous exe,,;a.
and practical experience OF some of the mos
eminent members of our profession"
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

How T.Its--fn HE county Of yo.fo,k
dy bad six sous, each Of whom is 81. ,es, =
inches tall. She says the way she drew y zoe
oat VS. b. feeding them on legs OF sb,nasss
chickens. A hint for our short frianis ga
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

h'a Hosks--we saw. Yesterday, standing in
font OF our ONCE. four horses. each one Of
s@'ss vas At 'eass trssty,f s Assd. A;gA They
eAvs eeesos sAs psspersy u . ssa,leaaa u
go s''y. fssssa dssssae ~ ahs,s ass ~
~sssa - - sesanA
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

B-Our exchanges have been puxzlng their
brains for some time to ascertain where and
when the day begins. This question may be
settled in two lines Firstly, the day is circular,
like the world, or a cart wheel (See all poet
ical authors, who tell us it trolls on'D Second.
ly, and consequently, the day being thus ro,nd,
begins where it ends Q. L. ID. }
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

! Coop News FROM MIsxEsorA-We received
hast night the St. Paul papers Of the 10th inst,
| by Mr.. G. @. Storms, clerk of the steamer Ocean
Wave. The Daily Times says:
Reports rec eived from Benton county district
Yesterday, indie ate that the Republicans have
carried three out of the six delegates in that
democratic" strop ghold. This was certainly
unex pected, to say be least. Ill, ....r. r.
We further hear tina Fiandrau is defeated as
delegate at large, by s. Republican majority
in Waseca county, and the rumor is now con-
frmed that the Republican " have seni Eve dele
gates out Of the six. from 6, 'odhue District.
This makes the Conyen,io. \ stand 90 hepuo-
licsns TO 40 Democrats-aud this will be about
its complexion. ii @'sz@4 50 1870 @' GH
"a very perceptibie increase is sac 70 De aP-
parent in the quantity OF fish in t. re Ohio since
the withdrawal of so many steamb, oats. Ihey
were unusually abundant last sprin, :, and this
spring still more so. approximate. nc to the
condition OF things in this respect at tn eette.
mene of the country. The DO IS are gu opposed
to have disturbed the fish in their sparnis. op-
erations and thus have diminished their n,,. n
bers,
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

The importation Of tea TO the United States
has declined sixteen millions of pounds the past
twelve months, upon the amount received the
previous year.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01
Leavenworth, K. T.,
1hufSday, Jus1 fSss.

! Z
Leavenworth, K. T.,
7hufSdss, Juss fSss:
The returns ri Mondays election come in ye-
~ slowly, but enough are received here to show
that the whsle affair has proved mos; con-
pletc fxzie.
- The nsMbee OF votes poiled heFe WAS but 225.
The whole number in this comfy which il the
most populons in the State and could poll sever
a thousand votes does not exceed 500 JEFF
.1.son county, which has also large population
il said TO hare polied but so votes. Douglas
county viii h includes Lawrence and Lecomton
and embraces large and populous region in
that portion of the Territory. gives lis ballots.
10 Franklin county tits claimed that there are
500 voters, bn, am assured By gentleman
who has st.srrised from there, that there has
been practically no election there. When he
left he could oRly hear OF about thirty votes
tina, had been pollei in the whole county.
II is believed by those who have the fscili-
ties for knowing that there have not been more
than fifteen hundred votes given in the whole
territory. The pro-slavery residents are greatly
discounted, and declare that the free state
men are Stubborn sci OF people,
a young man named Alexander Ware, a ma
tive Of South Cardinal or Georgia, while in
charge Of claim held by snother man, on the
Shawnee lands, few miles south from this city
was ordered OIL on Tuesday by one Coram, who
professed that the claim belonged to him. He
referred Coram to the man who had employed
hin, and who was near By; but Coram insisted
that he should leave. He still refused, when
Coram drew his revolver aud commenced firing
Two shots missed, but the third took effect in
his heart, and he died Immediately. His re-
mains were brought here for interment. Co
ram is not yet secured, though the officers are
after him.
PSI open this ietterto give you informa-
ton of the horrible massacre and destruction Of
an overland emigrans train to California,
Of which intelligence has just been received
here.
The train which consisted of seventeen was-
ons, when about hundred miles west of Fort
Kearney, was attacked by a party of Sioux or
Cheyenne Indians, who murdered every person
in it-men, women and children--burnt the cat.
tie and drove off the wagons.
The number Of persons OH the train is said to
have been about twenty. -.4 .sss z-sa
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

CosviDsAT-Tbe South newspaper is quite
confident that Mr.. Buchanan will prove '.ali
right" on the 6iIibuster policy. 1t says: I've
have no fear that be will betray the spirit or the
policy of the Ostend report. His admir;stra-
finn will mir. ,ts f,ka y
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

CaIcAso, BrsIrsros I Qcracr r. Z. Co..
A. > meeting Of the Directors Of this Company
o. shs 18th inst, John Van Sortsick, ESD, was
elected President Of the Company, in place Of
james ,. Joy, Esq-, who declined reelection.
At the zane meeting, Asssrs- vsa Eorsick,
Joy and II. Burch, we're re-appointed - the
Executive Committee, and Edward L. B~Aef,
ksq, Of New Bedford, was elected Chairman and
Financial Committee OF the Board
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01


Marshal. In short, the Illinois Senator advises
a plan which, by placing Utah under the cid
territorial regime in vogue in the days Of Wash
inglon, prostrates in the dust all those splendid
schedules for the enlightened and liberal resu-
lstion of Territories hich. have been matnred
at SO much cost by Democratic statesmen, du-
ring the last eight years. There are some old
Wings who, describing all sorts of new tangled
notions about the exercise of sovereignty BY
the residents Of Territory, believe that all
Territories ought to he governed by officers
appointed by the President and confirmed by
the Senate; but that Senator DouGLAS should
abandon al! his darling views about Territorial
mana4 ement the moment difficulty occurs,
and steal the plan Of these old Wings, is phe.
nomenon we were hardly prepared for ~.
All the plans enumerated above, cxcen: that
of the non intervenlionists, involve one strange
Inconsistency. The ghost of "squattcr sover-
eighty murdered on the plains of Kansas,
rises up and shakes its CORY locks at the troops
Mr.. BUCHANAN is preparing to send to tab to
prTreaf the Mormons from exercising the privi-
leges of sovereignty. Even. popular SOY ereign-
ty." much more respectable and presentable
bantling than 'squatter sovereignty and
which, on that account, WAS, during the confu-
siou i'll the last Congress, struggled into the
cradle Of the latter, will be bayoncted by the
soldiers to be sent TO Utah; tor popular sover-
eighty" means the right Of the people Of a Ter
rltory to form their own institutions when form
ing Il constitution for admission into the Union
as a State; and how is this right to be exercised,
when the Federal troops are sent out to see
that the people of Utah do not make polygamy
one of their institutions: "s .
Viewed in any light, the Mormon difficulty is
a knotty one, and we congratulate the Democ-
racy in having SO goei case as it is, for the
practical exempiifcatio of their new govern.
mental theories, Those theories are excellent,
and work like charm in tar weather. Let us
see if they are Of any account in a storm.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

MISSOURI STATE MuTuAL-This Fire and Ma.
rine Insurance Company, J. G. Lauman & Bro.
Agents, has paid losses in this city and vicinity
past year, as will he seen by their statement
published in another column. 1t is justly con-
sidered as sound reliable company.
az Counterfeit 300 bills on the Union Bank
Of Louisiana, have been offered at St. Louis
Wig. Cupid seated on lion -sheaf Of wheat on
left and Indian on right corner, and calculated
TO deceive. t
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

BrrHs Br A RArTLssSAKr.-A little girl, the
daughter of Nr. William Denise, of yellow
Springs townships, We are informed, vas bitten
By raitlesnake on Wednesday evening last
She wasat play in the yard, when her parents
heard her utter . scream, aId going out, found
the poor child bitten. All efforts TO save the
little sufferer we're unavsiliny, and she died be.
fore morning 5tG
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

Augusta Ca, June u
The Democratic State Convention in session
at Milledgevlle have settled their difficulty by
nominating Judge Joseph Brown as candidate
for Governor of this State.
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

~ THE Fl. MADISON PLAlNDEALER, a DEM
ocratic paper, exhibits degree Of fairness in
discussing the merits of the New Constitution,
which is quite refreshing by contrast. 1t pre-
sents the document in full to its readers, and
desires each to Judge for himself after careful
perusal, without being prejudiced pro or con by
any thing written by the editor. Wonder if
any of the papers opposing its adoption have
presented the document to their readerss Why
docs not the Gazctte ruhlsh ~ lE'
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-07-01

A certain gallant editor thinks when single
gentleman can't pass clohtes line without
counting all the long stockings, it is a sign he
ought to get married, and the sooner the bet
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01

"On the other hand, during the existence of the system, tcommencing in 1888, there has only been a single instance in which the circu- aton of failing bank has been redeemed at par when their circulation was secured by bonds and mortgages, and not nny where It was secur- ed bv the stocks of other States. In such cases, also the failure has been invariably attended by at least short space of time, during which re- demptions were not made while awaiting the sale of the securities. The notes in the mean time losing their value as a circulating medium, have been disposed of at great loss by the timid and necesSitous.''
 Here we see that in New York, where the system began, "ultimate security' has been found only in New York State and United States stocks No such security has been found in the stocks of other States, or in bonds and mortgages.
 Turn we next to New Jersey. The Hon. Philemon Dickinson, a bank president of long experience, says in letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, under date of Feb. 19, lo5o: 1 1.-The tendency of the free bank system in | this State has been to encourage the issue oi notes of the smaller denominations, which you properly condemn in your recent report to Coi' | gress, and in which opinion you have the sup port of all intelligent bankers who look to the 1 preservation of a sound currency throughout | the United States.
 "The root of the evil is in the State of New l York. with her detestaWe system, which should be struck at by an excise, or some other such 1 strin0ent measure under the authority of the l Union"
 Now let us turn to the State of Indiana.
 The auditor of the State makes the follow ing remarks in his report of Nov l. 1856, re- ferrino to the free banking'' law of May 2S 1852:
 within the first two years of its operation, nearly one hundred banks were organized the | State with aggregate circulation ot over nine l and half millions of dollars. A large portion | of the capitalists who selected Indiana as the 1 theatre of their transactions, were citizens o other States who detected in the loose meshes of the law the opportunities of speculation, and 1 the loop holes of escape. Their sagacity was manifested in the selection of their points O. | busness-points almost inaccessibl to the bro | ker where neither commercial, mercantile, nol mechanical pursuits existed to require their as sistance To what extent the mania ol l free banking would have been carried, but fo 1 the bursring of the bubble in 1854, can only bt imagined, but we may well suppose that at tht rate it progressed, Indiana could have furnished | the commercial world with currency The de 1 cline of the system was quite as rapid as it. | rise"
 In one year 53 of the banks of Indiana ap pear to have gone to destruction.
 We might illustrate the principle of fre' banking by examples drawn from the history of other States, but we presume what is givel
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
illustrations of Banking.

We are indebted to he Philad elpha Ledger, tor the following statement respecting the Bank ot Pennsylvania. We used to think that the now defunct banks of Arkansas were very badly conducted; but we are beginning to believe that they would not suffer by a comparison with banks in other States that have hereto fore borne the highest reputation. There must be something wrong in the system.
 "The name of MT. Alibone has now, unfor tunatelv, become connected with the abstraction from the bank by one means or other. of nearly S1,8OO,OOO. He is directly charged. by the oath of the directors, with having absconded from his home and country with view to de. fraud his creditors. At least S2OOOOO it is intimated, has been thus directly made away with fraudulently from the bank. His brother denies the charge of 'absconding.' But no one denies or doubts that the money is gone that the stock Is ruined, and that the concerns of tba bank have been carried on in the most orosslv speculative and improper manner. The nroner. ty of this Institution, the property of widows and orphans, was used up for mischief only used up tor wild speculations in real estate and yet wilder ones in sugar. The poor mans sngar was raised in price, and his children had to suffer because the funds of the bank of Pennsvlvania were used to by 1t up and lock it up and render II | more scarce, and to strain the price up to the highest pitch of tension
 The cord at length snapped, and all connected With It are thrown down and into confusion.- But what the public want to know is, if there are any sufficient guarantees against any of the hundreds of other banks now existing. just fol- lowing in the same path. The credit of none stood higher six months ago, and that of few so hlgh. Those who looked at the huge and mas Slve granite front, surpassing everything iu Ches- nut street thought that it had right to surpass other institutions in appearance as it did in capital and reputation. It was supposed to bs
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
NAPOLEON, ARK, } NOyemhar Dist 1S57 {


 Mr. JoHNsoN-The steamboat Rainbow was burned to the waters edge, this morning at 3 o'clock, at the plantation of D. Alexander, eight miles above this place, at the head of island No. A. A number of lives were lost. was at the wreck, but could not find out how many were lost. She had a great many pas. sengers on board. Mr. Carroll of Little Rock and his relations were on board. They were all saved, and went on up with the rest of the passengers that were saved, on board the Wood ruff and Minnehoha. There were two ladies very badly injured. did not learn their names The captain, pilot, clerk and engineer were all saved. MT. Alexander showed great deal of kindness in taking care of the passengers until they were taken of by the boats. S.B.S.
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
The Census of the State of Arkansas.

The sherffs of the different counties will be required the ensuing year, 105S to take Gan enu- meration of the inhabitants of this State" The law requires them to "commence taking such enumeration on the first day of January" and to make their return to the Secretary of State, on or before the first day of April" The law requires "the Secretary of State to make out a list of all delinquent sherihs who have not filed their census return by the first dag cf May, and hand it to the Governor, who is required to commission other sheriffs of such counties as the defaults have occurred in.''
 IL is also the duty of the sherifs, in taking the census, to make actual enquiry '" at every dwelling house, or by personal enquiry of the head of every family, in their respective coun- ties"
 We call attention to this law, as the time is near at hand for taking the census, because 1t IS not only important to the shertts themselves, that it be faithfully and promptly executed, but important to the State also. It is to be hoped then, that those entrusted with its execution will proceed, at the time specified, to the dis charge of the duty, and labor perseveringy until it is concluded and the result forwarded, by mail, to the Secretary of State.
 It is important to the State that the duty of taking the enumeration of its inhabitants, its productions, and the number of acres of land in cultivation, be correctly performed Our State is increasing rapidly in wealth and population, and universal interest is felt in the taking of the census as affording evidence of the fact. No more important duty is confided to our shertfs, and as they are a class of our citizens generally intelligent and faithful in the execution of their office, we can confidently look forward to the census return, when made next April, as show ing with accuracy, both the amount of our pop ulaton and productions.
 We invite attention of the sherifs to chapter 27 in the Digest of the Statutes, where, under the head of "Census," they will find all the law upon the subject. They should at once provide themselves with suitable blanks and in every way be prepared, by the first of Jan- uarv next, to commence the work The la- Dor is onerous, and owing to the uufavorable weather that generally prevails in January and | February, the time in which it is required to be performed will be found to be short
Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-12-01
Burning of the Rainbow"

We have been permitted to extract from letter written by Col. Charles A. Carroll to his law partner in this city, the following hurried narrative:
 "At 12 o'clock last night, (Friday night) l. with those in my company got on board the Rainbow at Napoleon bound up the river. At three o'clock heard the cry of fire, but the cry was so indistinct l feared l would give false alarm and frighten every body. 1 aroused two of the cabin boys and sent them below for the purpose of discovering the true state of the case, etc. Before they cleared the cabins saw the smoke coming through the floor immedi- ately ran to the ladies cabin to awake my sis ters, in doing so opened two or three other state rooms before finding the right one. awoke all as 1 went along, and those l aroused with my sis ters and my two little nephews, followed me hurriedly through the cabin, to the bow of the boat, found her already tied up, whence we were saved.
 When passed through the genSemens' cabin it was so full of hot smoke as to make it al- most impossible to get through at all.
 I suppose that not less than fifty. and perhaps one hundred perished in the flames, or after they jumped overheard, and among the lost a large number of ladies' It was truly horrifv- ing to see them almost in phrensy spring from one devouring element to perish by another. One lady lost her husband and three children. One man by the name of Wheatly from Casey vile, Ky, lost his young wife and infant, and all the money he possessed.
 A Californian saved his wife and children, but lost his hard earned fortune, several thousand dollars.
 I saved all of those under my charge and all my money, lost all of our trunks. We suf- fered from the severity of the night, having es- caped only with our night clothes, not even shoes upon our feet But those suffered most who swam ashore.
 The "Lovershia" first came up, then the Minnehaha," and saved all they could, and took us all on board who desired to go up the river Those who had no money were freely and generous given their passage; clothing was given to the naked, aud every thing possible to alleviate their suffering
 Col. Thompson B. Flournoy was on the last named boat When she reached his landing at Laconia he got the captain to remain long enough to let the needy go up to the store and get on his account every thing they wanted to make them comfortable, besides furnishing those with money who were far from their homes, and without the means of getting there.