The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-13

ePuiy love Of man, and one emnently vo,th,
Of being sought after. fesed and eailaa,si
| through the streets.
The VALUE or SPANISH CorH At ras Nm
"A letter from Mr. Cobb, Secretary Of 4.
Treasury, 70 citizen Of Utica, throws lisk,~
this suhjecs, which u Of general interest q a.
time. He says:-"I am nos able 70 STATE y.
market price Of such bullion at the peeeast
time. Authority was formerly given to -
mints II Philadelphia and New Orleans 70 -
chass silver Of that standard at 1921 cents ~
ounce, but our stock of silver coin and bullion
becoming too large for convenience, this o..
thority was revoked nearly year since, asd
purchases Of silver bullion are not nov mas
at the mints q any price. The act Of July Il
1855, authorizes the receipts Of Speni1hs Nom
can quarters ct the Treasury and its esdceA asa
the Post-O6ces, as 70 cents each, and for Tie
space Of two years. authorizes them To b a.
posted in the mint At Philadelphia, and pay
mens Of their nominal value at Is cents eeeh
in new centa These are the only modes 4
which Spanish quarters are received and peid
for on public account At the present time
Gold bullion may be deposited It the mint snA
it, branches, and essayed end coined on g.
count Of depositofs. But this 10 not the e.,
with silver bullion. Nor 10 silver authorissd
to be csined BY law, except on public account
MUaDER OF SLAvk-A trial Of peculiar i.
terest has just formulated ct Sandersve, Gecr.
gia in which Green Martin was convicted OF In
murder OF his own slave-a negro boy, Is yeam
of age-by the infection Of inhumsn pvniah
ment, which was performed on the 9th Of Nav.
1857, commencing at IL o'clock and lassine
until pm, when the boy vas discovered .
be dead. The shipping and beating va enc
cuted BY the person above named and his soa
together-the latter, however, left the Stats
ana was mot brought to trial. The Csntn
Georgian states that the material vitDesseAA
the case were Mr.. Martins own daughters, agsa
respectively 81, 10 and is, who wers introduced
Of murder, and BY their own testimony be ~
found guilty.
MARRIAGE or 4 VKHRRABLR CoUPLR.-We
learn that Mr. Joseph Stratton and Mrs. Kendall
were married last evening in Union Hall, Athol,
BY Rev. Mr. Burt. This was the second mar.
rage Of the bridegroom, who il IS yean Of
age-the third marriage OF the bride, whsss
age 10 ~ years. The officiating clergyman has
reached the venerable age Of % years II NJ
generally known in the village that the inss
estin ceremony was to take place and many
citizens we're pressnt.-Boston Journal.
IMPORTS or Day GooDs.-The imports Of for.
eign dry goods at the port Of New York for
the month Of March are %, 600, 40 less than
for the same period Of last year, t5. $50 len
than for March, 1886, and only S690,2S5 lea
than the very small total received in the same
period of 1855. The Withdrawals from As
warehouse are twice as large ~ for the same
period Of either Of the previous two yean,
while the entries for warehousing have bssn
very light. The total receipts Of foreign dry
goods At the mort Of New York since the lt
Of January are tls,06s,9ll less than for he
same time last year, $l4,s22,7ls less than fos
the corresponding three months of 1856, and
q, 4l3, STA less than for the same period Of
1855. The total receipts Of foreign dry goods
for the nine months Of the current fiscal year
are $5s, $50, 55S against SIS 1884, 42s for the sans
period Of the preceding year, and 16S, lS4, 0;9
for the nine months ending April l, 1856.
punster says, "My name 10 Somerset. Ian
Q miserable bachelor. cannot marry, fos hov
could hope to prevail on any young lady poe
sessed Of the slightest notions Of decacy to tsrx
a Somerset "
JAMES II. Lucas, Eso.-A card from this gen
tleman, in another column, should attractsten
ton. He gives notice to all persons having bal.
ances in the late Banking house Of james Il.
Lucas Co., to call and get them and he also
notifies all persons having certificates Of depos-
its or notes falling due in the year 1885, to pre-
sent them for payment within the next fifteen
days. Mr.. Lucas also offers New York Exchange
for sale.-SG Louis Repub., 5th.
In consequence Of the announcement that
Gen. Scott would go to California to superin.
tend the Utah expedition business, the people Of
Jamaica, in the West Indies, expected 70 -
him on his way out, on board the steamer Star
Of the West, and, after making great prepara-
tons to receive him, we're much disappointed 70
find him missing when the steamer arrived.
A Dutch woman desired to advertise her
pony, which had tlost hisself, init tail fristy
yer moocb, and strike yer hard nit his hind
fists 2"
Among the articles announced for sale 10
one Of the weeks auctions, We perceive an ar.
ticle entitled . mahogany chld's chair" The
father Of this wonderful infant must have besn
of the Wood family.
do you know Ar. Brown!"
"Yes, my DEAR"
us he net deserving mani"
"Yes, he deserves Hogging, and II he ever
gallants you home again, will give IL V hin
Exit wife in fright.