The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-06-08

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about The land Office to be most insulting 10
persons Of free State proclivities, who visit the
land Office for pre- emption purposes. In All
probability, the place will BIO destroyed. Efforts
are being made by the inhabitants to have the
land office removed to some place where pro-
lection can be given to those who have bust
ness, with the government
Later from the Utah Army.
ST. LOUIS, June 3.-A despatch form Leav-
enworth Of the LIST says that intelligence from
Camp Scott to the 9th has been received at
the fort.
On that day two Mormons from the city
came into camp, having dispatches from Gov.
Cumming for Secretary Cass.
The troops expected to move towards the
valley by the end of May.
Nothing was known at the Camp at this date
Of any proceedings within the city
The foregoing news came by mail to Fort
Scott.
The expressman who brought it, supplied the
| following particulars - He left Laramie on the
| 18th ult. AT Kearney the commanding officer
| directed him TO inform Col. Monroe that he had
! information that Gov. Cumming had been ex-
| PEELED from Salt Lake City, and that the Nor
mons were in arms and determined to resist the
army to the last, and requesting Col. Monroe TO
push on speedily as possible.
This information was received at kearney
through the mail brought by this messenger, to
whom it was communicated verbally for lack OF
time.
Col Hoffman's command was met 20 miles
| beyond Laramie. lie had encountered snow 3
feet deep and lost many animals. All the
streams were high. The peace commissioners
had passed Laramie and we're obliged to swim
the Platte, at the latter place. 1t was reported
that the troops at Camp Scott were living on
mule meat.
| No official intelligence was received at the
Fort but the foregoing was considered unques-
tionable.
| A SLAVE KILLED.-The Westport cores
pendent of the St. Louis Republican writes
that paper under date of the 9th u't., the
following particulars Of tragedy in that vi
cinity:
An unfortunate occurrence took place some
| two miles south OF Westport, Oh the evening Of
Tuesday last. That day, Mrs. Nancy Davis sold
a negro man and his mother to some one from
Southern Missouri. brother Of the negro
| sold, hired to a neighbor of widow Davis, hear
| ing of the sale, came home in 4 great rage.
While the family were at supper, they heard an
unusual noise in the kitchen, and Mrs. Davis
went 10 the door to command the peace. While
standing there, the enraged slave snapped gun
which he held in his hand, at her. VIM. Ii. Da-
Wis one of the old lady's sons, then came out
and ordered George (the dead neGros name) TO
desist or be shot. The rascal replied that be
would not, and said he intended to fight till he
died. He then came towards young Davis,
who told him to stop or he would shoot The
negro replied, shoot and be damed," and
said that he wanted to die When George was
in few feet OF Davis, he fired and killed the
slave. They found his pockets full OF rocks,
and his evident intention was to kill the first
one he came to. perhaps others. The matter
was to-day investigated before Esquire Go
forthe, who gave Mr. Davis an honorable dis
charge. All unite in generating the young
man.
CAPTURE OF A Rich SLAyER-The following,
perhaps, may account for the recent easerness
of the British cruisers to make captures OF the
slavers:
letter from an officer on board the p
Jasper, lieutenant and Commando, ,dh,ooa'
says: We have captured and bsor II. fym,
safely say, the largest and y -sh' in' may
captured in the slave irs' 'enest prize ever
ged and fast SAILING sb'- -e. ohe Is iaii rig
with A tull ,jave en, p of $50 tons burden,
susteuapce. sh, .pment, aud provisions for
gold to tka >. also had on board specie in
ana uexic| mount of 2,25o ounces Spanish
an ;. nd nation unknown. We captured her
= .ue north side Of Matanzas, on the I'D OF
harca, between and 10 A. NJ, she having
sailed from Havana on the previous night to
purchase and bring over slaves for the Island of
Cuba. We had rather an exciting chase tor
about four and half hours. Att A. NJ, the
Styx Is paddle, Commander Vessey,) hove in
sight and joined in the chase, bat kept astern
OF us till the prize was taken. She, however,
all III.
when she lowered her royals, but did not heave
to until two more shots were thrown. We
boarded and examined her. She had 10 pa
pers. Slave coppers were lying on the main
deck, and their furnaces in a case in the square
OF the main hatchway, marked "Marselles," to
which place they pretended 70 be going. We
also found slave tins and spare plank TO slave
deck, marked, fitted and numbered, but not in
It's place, $50 "leagers,' and 800 tons Of water
in them, and an immense quantity Of rice, IA
rna, coffee, dried salt fish, eighteen punchcons
of rum, and other necessaries. The Styx shares
but the Jasper will share in the proceeds OF
prize taken the previous day by the Styx.-
English Paper.
ANOTHER WISCONSIN X. R. SwINpLE-Wis
consin is great in railroad financiering. 1t ha
been shown that the La Crosse Company hough
up a shole Legislature in 1856. An investiga-
ting Committee have recently exposed the az
fairs of the Milwaukee & Superior Railroad
Officers were elected and stock issued, wthou
regard to the per cent. to be paid in. $780,
900 in full paid stocks were issued aud divide,
among some half dozen sharpers. The farmer
on the proposed line were induced to subscrib,
stock, and mortgage their farms, to the amour
of over 100000. which mortgages were soil
into third hands at 40 cents on the dollar, Gan
the proceeds used up in salaries to officers VIII
had nothing to do, IA there was no railroad ex
cept on paper. One hundred and twenty thou
sand dollars of stock, called "cash subscribers,
were also issued and mortgage bonds, so tina,
in stock and bonds, the Company has issue,
tire hundred and trenty-fre thousand dollar
without having single dollar paid in TO III
Company, as required by its charter !
large portion of these extraordinary issue
were made, it seems, TO obtain n loan o
100000 of Milwaukee City bonds which
together with the farm mortgage bonds coasti
tuted all the real capital OF this moonshin,
Company.l
SPlritualixm Kenonnce.i.
We find the following in letter from Ply
mouth, Mass, to the Editor Of the Boston Re
corder
/ Professor Grimes has just concluded series
OF ten lectures in Plymouth, on the Phenomena