Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-13

| CANINE FIDELITY The Pacific CONNER
cal Advertiser, published at the capital of
the Hawaiian Islands, has the following
isurprising instance of affection exhibited by
a dog for the person of the late kind hearted
old King of those Islands, .z sss.s .s ga
Among many interesting anecdotes record
ed of affection by dogs for their masters. we
do not rccOiiect where more endurance and
consistency were shown, than in n case which
many have Witnessed here during the past
| two Years. When the remains of our late
| beloved King kamehameha III were de-
posted in the snpulchre many were the sad
mourners who watched night and day, Ia
mentmg in hcart-rending walls the death of
| their King, friend, and benetactor. Weeks
wore on and human grief was moderated if
not assuaged-tae meurners quietly departed
and returned to their homes and occupations
| Not so the late Kings favorite msstiE. When
| the body was deposited in its last resting
place, " Eurelaina took his station outside
the door Of the tomb, and there commenced
his weary watch. For many weeks he would
not leave the spot After a time, food was
not taken to him, and at last, driven by hus,-
ger ar d thirst, he was compelled to leave, hut
having satisfied these wants, he returned to
his post, and has thus kept watch for nearly
two years OF late his keepers have tried to
contine him, but he is frequently missing
and, if searched for, viii be found guarding
the mortal remains Of him he loved so well.
ELopEMENr OF A PRIEST WITH HIS PENI-
TENr.-One morning, few weeks since
every newspaper office of Paris was visite.i
by Il government messenger, who, in brea Oh
less haste, forbade them to print word of
a. ~ nod croy,,
The grand vicaire had fled with one of his
fair penitents, Mad lie Vacquerin ,oy name
and one of the most beautiful girls in the
place What makes the affair SO terrible
lust ut this moment is, tina. this intrigue of
the grand yicaire, which firms one of the
accusations upon which Nerger based his
proofs of the corruption of the clergy, breaks
out just as Verser and the tlamning proofs
| were beginning to lie forgot The Young
lady, who has refused the most brilliant
offers of marriage. and who is possessed of
large fortune in her own right, has, by the
advice of her paramount, who is supposed to
have been her lover ever since she first at
tended his confessional, FIVE years ago, only
waited until her canning of age and the trans
fer of her money from the hands of her
relations into he.r own, to take this extraoc 4
binary and decided step The grand vice Ire
Is a tall, handsome man, o. good fM ally
The "..si,ives have landed in England and
ro- .aor declares that the reverend father has
written to his bishop, announcing his iaten
ton of throwing his ts'oc cur critics. and
threatening, on the first sign OF persecution
or anacyaaee on the part of the ecclesiastical
authorities to issue public confirmation al
all the "horrjhle calumnies which were
: suppressed in Nergers trial.
Halle" calculated IN anxious guardian
: to his lovely neiee, as he entered the parior
and saw her on the sofa in the arms of 4
swain who had Just popped the question ant
sealed it with Il smack-"W What's the time
: of day now 8 should think twas nov
!, about halEpast twelve, was the cecil reply
u /" GU see that we are almost one
5 There are no less than fourteen men con
D. fined in the Jail at Louisville, Ky, charges
with murder.