The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-19

THAT WAGON ROAD TO TUE PACIFIC The
st. feters Free Press of the 29th ult., contains
the following in relation to Col. Nobi,s exped-
ton TO build wagon road TO the Pacific:
Col! Mobiles aud his party have returned.
li's men ARE on the Cottonwood, aud he
has gone TO Il. Paul. II j. probable he will
not so out again, at least not till fall, The hos.
tility of the Indians is tho os,ensible reason.
but the fact is, they have gone a. far a. they
wanted to 60 The whole thing was humhug
speculation from the beginning. The object
was to get an appropriation from Congress to
ou,id road from the towns owned and located
by the Daco,ah Land Company. Of which Col.
Mobiles, Joseph X. Brown, Gov. Medarv and
other government officials are the hi annen,
members, This they have done, and the n.eney
| will be found to be all used up hefo,e the road
ever goes beyond the sight ai their towns. 4
more transparent humhnS has NOT been gotten
up, than this Pacific Road Appropriation. The
wnoe affair, from its inception to the present
| moment, was simply priad,s specaiatsaa for
these men. The Territory never has, and never
will receive any benefit from H. while this land
| company are making grand speculation hv
| having the government open their roads, o..
tahlish their mail routes, aud in fact bear the
whole expense OF the operation, under pretence
| Of the opening Of road 10 the Pacific
TR,Nas ABour LAwRxNcE.--The y. Til
Dunes correspondent is responsible for the
following:
The Border Rufisns brought a Free State
prisoner into Lawrence two days ago. They
pretended to be going with him to Lceompton
aud osawsee. The design was evidently 10 have |
him rescued by the indignant people OF Law |
renee. The captors and their prisoner remained |
nearly two days, at great expense, at one OF the |
hoteis. Had the rescue been made the Cover
nor aud the troops could have got W another
Naaarusa war, aud thus gloriously terminated
the invasion. The ruf.an officials staggered
about town displaying reyovers and dirty shirts,
out their laudshle efforts failed The people
OF Lawrence would not nibb!e at the green
cheese in the trap Exasperated at the porse-
verance OF this cunning "ianaticism, the bogus
Sheriff indignantly compounded with the Ia
Their of the prisoner, and for $50 released him.
This mode of enforcing the Territorial laws is
STRIKING, but not an exceptional case. How
long will prudence and che love Of peace in
the country make il necessary to tolerate such |
infamy, and refrain from swinging up these
seoundrels. *
The horses of the dragons are eating up
the grass around Lawrence, and beggaring the
already iimifed pasturage. The dragons them
selves drink whiskey, pilter hen ro0sts and ice
houses, aud abstract stray pigs from disconso. I
late owners. The avenues 10 the west OF Law |
renee are blocked by sentries each night. Trav. =
elers in that direction after dark are turned a
back. The dragons are deserving. Twenty q
i've went oil one night.
IL is known that the L. s. Government il
having SIX little sixty ton cutters built for the
revenue service on the lakes, at Milan, Ohio :
The Butfaio Commercial thus laughs at Uncle | i;
lam:
These six revenue schooners, il commanded q
= they should be, by officers Of Judgment and b
discretion, unmarried and devoted Ia the ladies' 81
'iii De most capital substitutes for pleasure d
'achts We have long urged upon our citizens b.
he propriety oil building yachts for the encour- d
cement OF aquatic tastes and fun; but ehould d,
ne general government locate one OF these b,
chooners at this point, and put il under ,he v
'Ent u nuences, fun will abound Large parties
ladies' and gentlemen will be impressed ID !.
Q "a search OF smugglcrs along the china or
hamburg, even to the picturesque shore 81 Dun :.
'rk, or the lovely fishing port 81 Barcelons. II :
le Secretary Of the Nay has any regard To- n
. popularity IN this sskisa, be vim see ,hss II
'ese revenue cutters are oaBoersd b, mod ~.
ws, Who know how to win the affections 81 m. IL
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