Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-02-25


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u tnDv somsshiag sbess ~ diGsaI3se & Kan
slss5ss ~ thas sevspapsr accounts ~ sss
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WIS. ~ thas yos hsvs sos hsesd asysking
sssss than b tsss. I doubt vhsahss IL vosss
has ben sssd. Icsnsos nsts ~ natssss Of
Kansas = bad y thsy really are Invasion afser
inyssion; murder aites murder; houses burned
asd rsbbsriss esnmiessd without snmbss. We
hsss sos hsd any iavafon since October, and
shs pesssssstsss q a1sirs seems mess favorable
tAsa Asssss1ses. Thsfs = sos.e sssal,ne and
murders ~ eomnisssd h The Tsrrisosy. md I
sAiak tAsrs vill b. sons ysars 70 come; but /
think the big fighting IL over Ia Kansas. The
nissourians have found out that they cannot ex.
tsnd slavery here BY tho forcs Of arms; but /
have NO doubt but what there will be another Ell.
Tort made, next spring, 70 invade the Territory.
bot ths ire atats party have The assurance from
Osv. 0sasy that they shall not. o. Il they should
will b forced back Or meet the fate Of Ill pirates
Th4 ires State party have about three-fourths Of
: majority, and ! think BY the frs. OF June win
have nine tsnths. We learn Of very great EN-.
igration 70 be here in the spring, and as for Kan
cas- mot being free State, tbat Is the least Of
my fears 1t the present time. think am some.
what posted in that one particular, and - Tor
you emigrating TO this Territory or Nebraska,
should, By all means, come to Kansas. It is far
the best country, and always vii; be !; the eli
mate b some better, although this winter It has
been about the same, 20 Is heard from, and
very cold, though not 20 cold as Iowa. If you
should come to this country 70 go on claim
you may have to 60 some distance TO get one,
ray 6fty miles, unless you have from one TO Ave
Missouri followers to pay for claim. II you
have COWS on hand and can get S25 or $50 for
them there, sell them, you can buy for that here.
II you have wagon aad team bring them and
your household effects
shall not state to you now any ofmy ups and
| downs during the war for reasons will assign.
wrote you last summer, but 1t seems you never
got the letter. There was not any mail matter
passed through Missouri from tins country at that
time. Ify your husband Is a good mechanic he
| can do well in Lawrence, or some other town in
this country If you did not want to 90 on farm.
There is no trouble to make money in this coun-
try If you will try. All we ask Is peace from
henceforth but We ask not peace five have to
submit to tyranny and oppression from q foreign
State--we hold American principles--we ask
selfgovernment. AZ for the society, it Is as
good 40 that Of anv new country have ever
| seen.
The Legislature is in session at Lecompton-
mean the bogus Legislature that was elected OH
the SOth Of March '55. do not know what they
are doing. will get copy of the Governors
Message and send it to you, it Ia as good thing
as you ever read. To give advice as to whether
you had better come to this country or not, is
something don't like to do; but as for myself,
Kansas is my home. ! may sell where live and
hunt me some other land beside my present
place, but l am pleased with the country and well
satisfied, with the exception Of the troubles we
have had to encounter with Missouri. l will
give you some Of the prices Of stock, horses, cat
tie, &c. Good mich cows are worth from 25 to
Sa0; work oxen, from Is to 1925; -four. $4,75
! per hundred pork, So. Laboring hands get
about 81 per day. Breaking prairie is worth 81
per acre.
believe have given you the outline of the
state ofsfars in this country, but be not deceiv-
| ed-you have heard no worse than has been. I
do not know what you have heard; no doubt
you have heard bad tales, but do not aatter your
selves they are false.
Though peace reigns now, and believe will,
think it unnecessary to state here why I think
| 30.
| had no idea should have to face the can
non. but am not dead yet, though they came
pretty near getting me several times. would
| tell you all about it, but am marked man.
and if any thing should leak out might be put
to some trouble, so will say but little at pres.
| ent.
GO A gentleman who accidentally got
view of the body of the infamous wretch who
was drowned in Flint River while fleeing with
pair of horses stolen from widow woman,
informs US that he recognized the features at
once as those of an Irishman he saw swear in
his vote at our charter election. The one con-
fined in Jail also owns to having voted at the
same election. These kind of cattle, whose
highest notions of the elective franchise is the
disposition of their votes as often and at us
high price as possible, were imported into this
city from above and below. The one drowned,
our informant says, swore in his vote and gave
his residence as in the "old house at homes"
This case, as near as can be unravelled, ap-
pears about as follows: This party of four, some
of whom had probably labored here before, were
employed to come down from Wapello and vote
at our charter election. That patriotic duty
they faithfully performed. But their employers
having secured their votes and knowing that
the account would not be collectable even be-
fore Esq. Harris, repudiated and sent these
men away npty-handed. Thus circumstanced,
the Cells were obliged to forage in the enemy's
country. They took pair Of horses and wagon
from a widowed lady to save themselves the
labor of walking back to Wapello and another
horse, intended probably for carriage or sad
die. from our fellow.citizen, John Adam Funk
which they had fastened to the wagon. But in
crossing Flint River, the party being little,
the least bit in the world, tight, in their awk-
wardness let the wheel get locked to q tree and
drowned two horses and probably two men; Mr.
Fank's horse breaking the halter aud returning
| to this city and the two escaped Cells going
| in the other direction.
And now, Mr.. Editor of the Gazette don't
you think it not only burning shame but
"violAtion of the Constitution" to deprive the
gentlemen Of this party and any others who
| NAV be employed BY Capt. Heally or any body