The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23

!. 3sRfss sHgsN QnimdApo, heps ~ 1894.
aAF o#8a rscOnprcN xEws--sAHLkI CASE. fEt
: m. Rayley il mot yet dead. hs y lying " Z.
r VERY precarious condition. On SAtusuay !.
|. Erockstt, Who atahbed Mr. Eayicy, resurncu
4 lLecompton and was arrested. Ing PsOpas.1
1 idfsts swOrc that hC aahenld NOT oe ssieS, :.
4 that any man Who dared 70 testify against nli
] should Be shot. lie Vas brought before iussic
! Or The peace. The tocsin was sounded. I'D
|. / fire-eaters assembled The Hrec State Demo
|, Gratis also convened. The CONSERVATIVE fro
4 slavery men met too--Shannon, Brindle, "
/, 4 Moore. and Stephens, Of New York--and de
Z termiDed ID act with their Free State friends l
Thev cave notice 20 the fire.eatcrs that Il IN
| trial was inserfercd with they would aid 70 pn
, I down the insurgents. They oil met 81 the Jus
tice's Office. A man was called on 10 testiiy
II The propaoandsts drew their rcvolsers ih'
/ other party followed suit. One otithcm handed
q . revolver 10 thu witness and, thus arms0-
the pistol cocked--he proceeded 70 g,ve Gls G 81
was I man Of weak nerves and tainted. fne
trial was postponed till Monday. f8 H8 4
II rng CONVENTION AND wALKXR. f4eai
I On Monday the Pro Slavery Convention as
scmbles. The delegates from Fort Scott and
other sections have already taken quarters q
Lecompton. They are ultra Pro Slavery men
and declare their determination 70 refuse g
submit the Consultation TO the people. II u
said that they dcnouncc Walker in the bitteress
terms.
We have news hcre-from Walker dirtet-
that he feels himself In a. great danger % a.
sassination a. Gen. Lane himself. " y andef-
stood that he desires an interview with Lane.
/ saw the General this morning. lie says he
would have no objection to hare talk with
Walker. II IL probable that these celebrities
will meet before long. HI
We DO not nut too much confidence on the
1 statement of Walkers friends that tho ultra
Pro Slavery men are hostile TO him. We know
that Mr.. Walker will lie when policy requires Il,
! and he may bc desirous Of getting up feelng
| Of sympathy In the Free State ranks lilo can't
do il until his acts prove his sincerity. One
thing 10 certain. when 1T Leoomp,on no keeps
himself very close. He hAs his meals ~ his
private room. He nover goes out unattended
or Aiter dark. liz y in camp near Lawrence
to-day.
An AnoLlrloNisr ElGcrEn.
/ There Ia an ultra Aholi,oaist--l don't mean
Free Soilcr or Repuhlican-~elected 70 tho Con'
stitutional Convention, lie refused 70 acquescc
II tho policy of the Free State party, which ig'
norcd The election tor delegates, and Vas chosen
trom PottAwAltAMic County by tho boilers
/ He saya that he intends TO declares himself an
| Abolitionist. and 10 take the most radical
grounds against the propagaNdlets, lilo may
succeed IN making political capital, hut VIII
certainly fall IN dong any good. ~ has no
power 70 back him, lilo represents no party
The Frce State men DO not regard him ~
member Of the party. ts
rME LEAnKRs or rME CONVENTION
The ultra men ara led by Mr. Calhoun, SUR
vcyor General, who origins,es--or gets the
credit Of orlgnating--,ho policy OF tho propa'
ganalsts. l,rhaps no receives his Instructions
| isem Douglas, OF whom he II regarded ~ the
representative, There IN every reason 70 be-
hove that he does, General Mclean eNrounds
tho poliey 10 "the hoys,M who, IN turn, carry
Ia ont Judge ElMire h the leader OF Pro.
Slavery conservatives Both Calhoun aud he
asc Delegates 70 the Convention. They viii
test their strength on the FIRST day, They VIII
DO rivals for the rresidenss chaE II y prob
able that Calhoun will be successful v he
succeeds, itis thought, the Constitution will DO
subMttted. 5s
punltc srKAkiNa Ar LaCoArruN,
The Free State men In Lcconpton, At present
are very mach excited aud eSaeperatcd, The
attempt 70 XIII BAyley, and less successful at
tempt nt the same time 10 kin Mr. Wneeooh
a conservative rro-Slavcry man, has united both
classes III a common feeling ot resentment
against the fre.canss. Lccomrton, next week,
viii bc a dangerous place fer citizens OF Faint
lhcarts. The first attempt oa the part OF The
ARE eaters Ia attack Free State man will he
the signal Tor general uprising. Lawrence
will not permit I.ecompton 70 kill her citizens,
The Lecompton Free State Democrats and con-
scrvative Pro.Slarcry men, as l have already
mentioned, are Actaated by \ similar determn
alton. Expect music.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. soCIErS.
The OsawAttomie town site case IL IN court
& 4 .s..h, .,r ID
two men, who settled in the vicinity nearly two
years after the selection of the site. They rely
on some technical iniormaiity in filing copy Of
the plat. Tho Emgrant Aid Company wa'
formerly interested in this town. BY the negll
gence and stupidity OF its agents, II has lost Al
Osawattomie alone, at least twenty Thousand
dollars. The affairs OF this country in Kansas
have been wretchealy managed. Even its enc
mics admit that if its affairs had been properl,
attended to, the stockholders would have real
lied five hundred per cent. at the very loves
computation. It might have made more thar
that, and at the same time very materially aidet
the early settlers. But by selecting men wht
were utterly devoid Of business capacity, ant
who soon became engrossed in private specula
tions, il the company pays twenty-five per cent
il will realize the most sangninc expectations Q
its friends here. l must except Charles Robin
son from the list Of incompetent agents. he
however, was intrusted with very limited pow
ers, and his advice was very seldom adop ed.
1t is mortifying to see SO splendid schem
of colonization and speculation-not to mention
philanthrophy and ivilzation-rendcred pow.
erless and faiere by the absence OF executive
ability Osawattomie, for example, instead o
being benefited by the company, has been re-
tarded by it. II has endangered the rights o
the other members Of the company. II has pre-
vented men from investing in it in conseqnene
Of the insecurity Of the title. ! can spea
impartially on this subject-for | am share
,. holder in both companies, and to the sam
l'extent.
RoBBING THE MAILS.
! The border rulfians are ut their old game
When your correspondents used to charge th
Missouri postmasters when stealing their letters
: the newspapers in that interest denounced thel
J. statements as abolition lies. When GovernC
= Geary endorsed their charges, and accused tn
postma sters on his own account, they began I
: wayer in their denials, but soon recovered the
J hardihoed OF assertion and blackguarded hi
{ AZ they abused your reporters. learn that
J. mail bag was found, ripped open, in the Mlssou
: River near Kansas City. Some letters froun
y in it, opened, bear the postmark Of Lawrenc
: July III. Thus, one days mail must have bee
DESTROYED In all probability several thousar
g dollars we're stolen. The mail from Lawrence
always large one. The government shou
= send out special agents along this route Lor'
= had forgotten; our government Is CONTROL,
y by the friends of the robbers
y INVASION FROM MISSOURI.
Y A local journal says that Rev. Mr. Stewart,
= yentlen man Of intelligence and yeracity, who b
!. been travelling through the border counties
= Missouri, and just returned from trip of co
!, siderable length in that direction, says that
y saw and heard evidences everywhere on
. route, conclusive to him that preparations we
again making in Missouri TO invade Kansas
y October, with the view Of participating in Q
- Territorial elections. II they come over aga
y arrangements have been made to accommods
!. them permdneatly A formidable military
. der has been organized for that purpose. Il
V called the " Kansas volunteers for the prot
ton Of the ballot boq." Gen. Lane, Of coor
is the presiding genius. His staff consists
- Messrs. Whitman, Phillips, Conway and Re
It. path; who each have Offices in Lawrence, .
. are daily engaged with him in perfecting the
an gsnization. Fifteen or twenty thousand n
lot viii be enrolled before the election Conn
, nies have been organised and are drilling