The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-17

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John. Just underneath the lef, cheet hs.ak
passing through the top Of the skull s
away the Iefs eye and the entire n, ssnyk
portion Of the face and head! SoeS
force OF the charge that the brains o, a. -
tunate man were scattered over the -
ceiling, furniture ofthe room, and sery,s, !.
who stood only three or four fee, djs,,,,
skull itself was nearly empsied l--cise;,!
Gazette.
The Richmond South 10 in grea, sIs.h.
- .s states, an advertisemsns Of oce -.
Mobile Of . runaway slave, copied i,,s -
Stoves Key to Uncle Toms CABIN, Ia, ~
means Of the capture and return Of IN. -
slavery. The joke seems to be oil ,s1vA
keenly enjoyed by the South, because IA. - -
10 SO nearly white - to be mistaken ~, "
man, and has left white vile in Peop.s'&
Tine satisfaction Of enslsving man, acco,s..
the South, II very much enhanced il Win. ~ ~
prsdominAtes in him, and We conclude 4. w
slavement OF free white men would si,. :
South the most unalloyed qualification
DorGLAs PLAYING DouBLE.-The O..
Tribune alleges that, in certain quarters. N.
iAs backs down on so much of the Dr.d ~
decision a. conflicts with SCATTER Sove,,;,,.
alleging further that all the points set,l[
the Supreme Court, beyond the fact Of Ia
citizenship OF negroes, are of no .ptho.~
being obiter dicfa. He cannot hide III ~. N
inconsistency OF maintaining the yaid.,.
the whole decision, and YET Of assertI0.
popular sovereignty" dogma. One ., =
other must go to the wall Hence-,h,s
peasediy affirming, in the Senate and on, N.
and recently on the stump At home--,b. h,i
ing force OF the bred Scott decision, SithoU, !.
ception, he is, in private corners. b,r.,.
down on to the Republican platform On =
subject.
This is the double game Douglas /. Mn,
according to the Illinois journals. d. n
that Lincoln 10 pressing home upon hin ~
terrible effect, the plain truth that Judge L.
whom be has hitherto unqualiGedly endsvt
has completely strangled his own Scu,us.
Sovereignty bantiing. Afraid to change ~
before the enemy, be resorts 10 private ini,.
tons to his particular friends that the Tam,
doctrines mos, insisted on by the Buchanan D,..
| ocracy will have to be given over to the n,rr,
of the Republicans. Dare he come on, ov,,l,
on this PLATFORM Gazette.
A SHARP PoRTRAIr-Edgar Allen Ia M
a BLACKBOARD Of undeniable mark. He van.
contestibly one OF the most worthless peua
of whom we have any record in the weiaa
letters. Many authors have been as idle; M,
as mprovident; some as drunken and disspslss
and few, perhaps, as treacherons and uLg ls
iul; hut he seems to have succeeded in a,uss
ng and combining in his own person, all n
floating vices which genius had hitherto shou
itself capable Of grasping in its widest and mss
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An AFFEcTIoSATE SoS.-When Master Trs |
came back from his fathers funeral, be saw u,
undertaken putting up the hatchmeni shta
bore at the bottom the word Resurglms. IVA
know what that means" 'sOh, yes, said FINN.
"I'll come back again. said the HononAa
John, constituting Latin for the benefit Of il
cousin. "No," said Fred Hstherly, looking
at the hatchment, I'm blessed it you do, oil
gentleman" So he got up and painted %
"Resurgum," and put in its place, "Rsgssss
IN pace, which means, you know, 'fog.i
great deal better stay where you are" y0si
call that good.-Docsor Thorne.
A good joke is told upon Biz English, issA
nous author Of the English bin" which vas i
this wise:
1t will be remembered that his portrait va
published in Harper's Weekly, some time spe.
A lot OF the papers were sent home to Elghsii
father, and the old man presented copy Oh
| illiterste, hard beaded old Democrat, josalaar
| remarking that there was the picture Of ths
| President. The old fellow scanned the piclur
carefully for several minutes, and then, VI
| his eyes still rivetted upon il, and With an q
| ergy of utterance that showed conclusivey iG
| his remarks we're the result OF thorough coark.
ton, he said-"I don't like that countenar.
Mr.. English, as sure as there's God in heassa
| that man riH stsair' OF course the hopsh
father tainted away.
An Ohio editor rerantiv at,cnptai IN ds-erAs