The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-20
The Nsts Kansass Csnseasussen.
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Ihe Nsss KansasD Censeisussea.
The following sss so.e Of shs principal I
lures " the Constitution OF Kansas
/ The " ordinance provides for the .c,r.
tion Of the public lands to be received M
| Congress Tor railroad purposes 10 the con.,.
ton u four lines Of rsiroads-one acYos. ~
Kausas, wes;~afdly; one acsoss Central nv
sas, westwafdly one scross South Kansas -.
l wardly; and one across the Ssatc from nora.
sonth. The tasmiSi Of these roads i Ief, -,
determinet-in the future. A liberal por,ios !.
| the pablo lands 10 applied 70 the creation ~
| common school fund.- Tho bill Of rights i ~
up 70 high-water mark, being copied in NM
parts from the old Virginia bill OF rights
1875. Slavery - stricken down Of ! ~.
blow. The right Of trial by jury 10 reDde,..
inviolate 10 all cases whatsoever. No mas -
be deprived Of his liberty or property wi,bor. II
the judgment Of his peers. Women are .so,s
cd equal rights with men in regard to prope,,, I
and in the control and protection Of their esl
dren. homestead Of 100 acres 10 pro,;a..
for each family. Schools are to be fre, !.
every child in the State. The single der,
system il to he adopted for members of n.
General Assembly. The first Legislature 4 !. 4
submit the question Of location OF the Can,.,
TO the people, and il also to provide BY lav b.
the submission OF the question of uny.r.
suffrage to q vote Of the people mean,ha.
the right Of suffrage, as provided by the ~.
Of the Territory, il to be exercised bv MI.
| citizens Of the United States over the a.. !,
81 years.
RIVER NEws-The river ct this point =.
rising very rapidly yesterday. In the .wea,,
four hours ending at o'clock last evening |,
swelled At least feet, and was rising veryh.
when we left the Levee 1t dark The Es,..
Mississippi is reported BY the last arriv.a !.
rising fast from Rock Island down. The,,.
over live feet on the Lower RAPIDS. Des Noins.
river is booming high. The Illinois river is Ia v
rising from Peoria to & e mouth, and is yer,
high. The last arrival from the Missouri ~
ports that stream rising from the mouth oil
Grand river to the mouth, and the small STREAM,
ell swelling. The whole rise in the river 4. Il,
point is about ST feet, aud there 10 full Is ks
in the channel out to Cairo. We have err
prospect Of much more water, - rains hr.
been prevalen. and very heavy through tde up
per countries.
The weather yesterday was cool, and varied
by showers and wind. II is reported very cold
on the Upper Mississippi, With snow storms, and
ice half an inch in thickness, during last week
Storms have ragged all around, and the weahe,
is still storm-like. Business on the Leyee wa
as dull ~ could be wished for by boar.
men, yesterday. There are over 100 boats n
the landing, and there is q good deal of actrit,
among them, but nothing like the bushes,
there should be among so many steamers. All
the rivers are about alike, and the trade IN !, 4
is equally dull. Low prices and no moue, 4
the cry, and very lamentable one for the river
interests.-(St. Louis Republican, 18th.
FIGHr IN THE HousE or REPREsENrArIvn-
Shortly after the adjournment Of the House %
Monday, TO afford the members opportunity to
attend Col. Benton's funeral, while most ofthen
fingered in the Hall converting either in group,
or in their seats. they were startled BY fghs
between Mr.. Craige, Of N. G., and Mr.. HELPER
author of book called 1.-THE Impending CHI,
Of the South" formerly Of North Carolina I've,
had just before been angrily engaged in conver. 4
sation. Crowds rushed in and separated ,h.
contestants, while they we're engaged in dealing
heavy blows. Mr.. Helper was temporarily taken
in charge by the Sergeant-at-Arms. Anumbe,
OF ladies, who were on the floor At the time
were frightened witnesses Of these disgracefl
proceedings. A pistol and knife we're found on
the person Of Mr.. Helper, after being taken into
custody. Ho had, however, made no attemp,ts
use them. At an investigation into the affair,
held Wednesday afternoon, Senator Hale and
Messrs Montgomery aud Blair appeared as his
counsel. The justice held the accused to bail
Mr. BUCHANAN BECOMES A Gop-sESp,-A
contemporary thinks that James Buchanan il,
got-send, As he will bring the American people
TO repentance, the first in the road that ieads
to Heaven. This idea reminds us Of another
In certain village in Ohio, there resided
family consisting Of an old man named Beaver
and his four sons, all of whom were hard
"pets," and who had often laughed to scoru |
the advice and entreaties Of q pious though
very eccentric minister who resided in the sane
town. 1t happened that one of the boys VA
bitten by rattlesnakc and was expected to die
when the minister was sent for in great haste
On his arrival he found the young man very
penitent, and anxious to be prayed with. The
minister calling on the family, kneeled down
and prayed in this wise -
"Oh Lord, we thank Thea for rattlesnakes;
We thank thee because a rattcsnake has BIT
Jim. We pray thee send rattlesnake to bite
John; send one to bite Bill send one to bite
Sam; and, Oh, Lord, send the biggest kind Of
rattlesnakes to bite the old man; for nothing
but rattlesnakes will ever bring the Beaver "a
mily 10 repentance |"
Mr.. Buchanan is the political rattlesnake IN
al-wise Providence has placed in the Executive
chair to bite the citizens OF this country into
rebellion to Presidential dctation and official
corruption.
"Oh, Lord, we thank thee for sending that
rattlesnake-thank thee that he has bi, Douglas
and Walker, and Wise and Bell, and Crittenden
and Stanton. Let him bite our near neishbor,
the Representative from Albany, even Erastus,
the dealer in hardware. Let him bite Sam
and give him back-bon to those Who one
~,Is al H.. L N
Oh Lord, we ask thee as a special act OF grace
that he may bite the old man of Binghamton,
and his son-in law Courtney, of this city. FU
nothing but such bite can can save them iron
political death and everlasting reprobaton.H-
Albany Knick.
YANKEE DooDLE WITH VARIATIONS
temps violinist execution of Yankee Doodle ha
been often and well described, but never better
than by one 'Borax,' droll Mobilian. Give an
ear to 'Borax' 1t 10 difficult to conceive hoH
this slender melody could have been arrayedh
such an. ample garb Of splendor. Ingenuity ma'
have been exhausted in deyisng the variations
performed by this king OF violinisss. lie played
it low down and then high up ON the string
with all four parts 1t once-with the bow up Al
against the bridge-without any bow at all he
played it backwards and forwards, and believe Il
sideways and crossways-began at the END and
left Oft at the beginning began at the middle
and left off at both ends; then commenced 81
both ends and finished in the middle twanget
it like guitar, growled it like bass VOL {.
base violation OF the time, qnoth my neighbour
squeaked it like fife, warbled it like huss,
and picked it out like banjo. II was Yankee
Doodle all the time, however-sometimes solus,
like boy whistling, anon as duet like pair n
Of harmonious cats; then again With all the Va v
riations, oil Of which displayed and set OF the
original air as mutituduous array ofjewes
Adorns and enhances the beauty Of the fair wear
eT.
sB We find the following in the Springfield,
Mass) Republican
The following strong team Of an,i-Lecompsoa 4