Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-03-11

BURLINGTON, IOWA.,
1--WE hear rumoss OF various acceasions
y the number Of our business men. It i said
'e paper mill il 10 be erected here this season.
n We hope this b true. There b no poias in u
West or in the entire Union where paper M
e is more needed or viii do better than in Burlin
: ton. Il is also expected that stove foandl
/ viii be erected here during the ssasoa. III
"burns district" q 70 be built up With fne 70,
8 story block, 10 contain six or NOR, first ella
business rooms. Many other business houss
are constructing in various parts Of the city, an
I great number Of dwelling houses, limited onl
By the supply Of building material, will be pu
;. up. The Marine Hospital is to be erected, an
in short the year is TO be one Of great activity
!, and every body who win work win be able t
get good and remunerative wages, and constan
employment. as 8 E4iss
Riots az the Chicago Electlon.
We cut the following account Of the riots Al
the late municipal election from the Chicago
Democrat: A.sasa ~ .ss..4A slstg
At the Tenth Ward poll, Mr. s. B. Sampson
was cruelty beaten and when he turned upon the
hounds who were attempting to take his life, one
4 of Dyers police came up and presenting re.
volver at Mr.. s. prevented him from defending
himself Mr.. Sampson was at length rescued by
Sheriff Wilson and taken to Jail for safe keeping.
At this poll there was fighting during the whole
day. At the north poll of the Seventh Ward, q
gang of desperate rufians made an attack on the
polls and drove offthe inspectors, who fortunate
4 ly secured the ballot boxes. The German citi
zens of that portion of the ward hearing Of this
outrage came to the rescue, armed with what
weapons they could procure and put the raseals
| to flight. We learn that two or three persons
were shot in the afray and that one of them has
| since died. q
At the south poll fthe Seventh Ward, George
Armor, Esq, one Of our Oldest and most respec-
| table citizens was dreadfully beaten. We under
| stand that his injuries are of the most serious
character. This ward was the scene of constant
rioting during the entire day. ss
On the whole, no previous election has been
marked by such shocking outrages by the Bor.
der Rufian Douglas party of our city.
The Press also speaks Of the riotous proceed
ings at the polls with the open aid and complici.
ty Of the City police!
II was necessary that Mr. Dyer's friends sho'd
there were. The liquor flowed freely, the police |
force at the polls were wretchedy inadequate,
even where they chose to exert their force in |
the right direction, and in some instances Thonl-
as Dyer's policemen removed their stars, or but
toned their coats over them, and led the attack,
where personal cowardice did not dictate their
running away.
Altogether, the election was one of the most
disgraceful that has ever taken place in Chicago.
In all the wards drunkenness and violence
abounded, in some of them ruled triumphant
throughout the day. The most violent occur
rences took place in the 7th and 10th Wards.
districts has located one of the polls to the ex.
treme north, and in the vicinity of the Germans
residing in that part of our northern suburbs
The time has been when the Irish have taken
entire possession of the polls in this ward, and
the Germans from voting at all, as
would undoubtedly have been the case yester.
day, as drunken rabble took possession of the
lower polls, and made it a pandemonium of out
rage and violence throughout the latter part of
the day. Two policemen at the lower polls were
seen to throw clubs and brick bats at one of the
Wentworth wagons, and afterward to pass round
to pile of rubbish in the rear of the building
and replensh their stock of missiles. Citizens,
these are the men who have worn the stars as
guardians of our city for the past year.
Voting proceeded very quietly at the upper
polls until early i'll the afternoon, when large
force Of Irish passed up Wells street to click the
Dutch" The encounter at the corner of Divis-
ion and Sedgwick streets was a serious one, the
Germans coming out victors and driving their
assailants from the field. An hour or two later
they returned in greater force, and this time the
Germans dispersed. On both occasions fire arms
we're freely used, and in the latter fight Ger
nan named Charles Walters, young man of
much promise, was shot through the head and
it was thought could not recover. He resides in
Larabee st. and has y family.
We learn that there was no more voting at
Ibis poll after about two o'clock.
At the Wells street polls in District No. l, the
most gross outrages were perpetrated. Challen-
sers were driven away, distributors of Republi.
IAN tickets forced to flee for their lives, and
one was driven into the river, or upon the ice,
which gave way beneath him !; we did not learn
his name. Mr.. Armour, of the firm of Munger,
L Armour, a gentleman Of high worth, was most
orcby and brutally assailed, his garments torn
md himself dangerously beaten, and with much
difficulty rescued from the hands Of the drunken
ools who aided the purposes of the Dyer admin
stration yesterday. E. G. Hooke, Esq, was al
20 set upon and severely handled. Early in the
.fternoon the opening in the barrier for the pur-
pose of challenging was closed, Mr.. Dyer's po-
ice stood by and allowed it to be done, and it
vas dangerous for any voter to attempt to draw
,ear the polls with a Republican ticket, some
who sought to force their way doing it at much
personal peril, if at all.
The 10th Ward is new Ward created in the
southwest section of the city. 1t is largely pop
llated with low class of citizens who once aid
I'd in giving the 7th the character it still enjoys,
and who were driven from the Canal lands vacat-
I'd sometime since in the North Division. They
made the 10th Ward throughout the entire day,j
the theatre of rufianism and violence, and ut
terly defeated the purpose of election, in carry.
ing out the schemes of Mr.. Dyer's friends.
Samuel B. Sampson, residing on Harrison near
Peoria St., in the 10th Ward, was set upon and
badly injured as was also Floyd Higgins, both
Of whom were with difficulty rescued from the
mob by Sheriff Wilson, and one Of Thomas Dy-
led this throny Of fbloodthirsty rut-
fans !! I
Dreadful Tornado I'm Kentucky.
correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
writing from Augusta, Kentucky, gives the fol
lowing account of a tornado, which occurredin
that place on Friday last He says:
1t commenced about FIVE miles southwest of
Augusta travelling in northeast direction, de-
stroying everything it came in contact with as
far as heard from. Before reaching Augusta it
a number of line barns, fences, &c.
At Augusta it first struck the saw-mill at the
lower part of town, which it moved, together
with the heavy stone wall on which it was built,
about two feet; next it took small frame
house, with two persons in it, across the street
and over the river bank; then it caught anoth-
er small frame dwelling, with two females in
it, completely demolishing the building and de-
posting much Of it in the river; it then struck
DR.. Bradiords fine premises, twisting of and
tearing up by the roots of all his fine shrub
berry, among which were many cedars from
twelve to eighteen inches in diameter.
: Besides the above it took number of peo.
pie over the bank, blew down great numbers
of shimneys, took wagons, &C., into the river,
and strange to relate, no lives were lost, or