The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-05-04


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The following is the bill which English 4 &c
have hatched for bringing Kansas intoshe Un,ol
- Slave State. We omit the formal state
mcns Of the land grants. which are as follows
For school purposes, sections l6 and SO Of eacl
tosnshii; seventy-two sections for State Uni
| sersit.; ten sections TO pay for public build
inss. All the salt Springs in the State. not ey
ceeding / 2 iii number, aud six sections of LIANT
with each; five per cent Of proceeds Of sales o
plblic lands for the education Of Kansas
With this bribe held out to the people OF Kan-
sas for submission, here is the Act:
SEcrloS l. That the State of Kansas be, snt
is hereby admitted into the Union, On an cqus
footing with the original States, with the Con
si.ution framed Al Lecompton, and this admis
sion OF her into the Union as STATE is here
declared 70 be upon this fundamental condition
precedent, namely: That the said Constitutional
instrument shall be fret submitted TO q vote OF
the people Of Kansas, and assented 10 by them
or minority Of the voters, At an eiecs'on to be
hel for that purpoac. At the said election, the
voting shall be by ballot, aud by indorsing on
his ballot. as each voter may please, For pro-
position Of Congress and admission" or
"a ,ainst proposition of Congress and admis-
sioa." The President OF the United States, as
soon as the fact is duly made known to him,
shall announce the same by proclamation, and
thereafter, aud without any further procce edings
OH the part OF Congress, the admission Of the
State Of Kansas into the Union on an equal
footing with the original States, in all respects
VIII ltever, shall be complete and absolute; and
sail State shall be entitled to ono member in
the House of Representatives in the Congress
Of the United States until the next census be
taken BY the Federal Government But, should
the majority ofthe votes be cast for +" "Proposi-
tiea Rejected" il shall be deemed and held that
the people of Kansas do not desire admission
into the Union with said Constitution, under
the conditions set forth in said proposition; and
in that event tie people of said Territory are
hereby authorized and empowered to form for
themselves . Constitution and State Govern
m, Mt by the name Of the State Of Kansas, ac-
cording to the Federal Constitution, and may
elect Delegates for that purpose whenever, aud
not before It is oseevtained BY census, duly and
leg lily taken, that the population Of said Ter
ritofy Equals tho representation required for a
member Of the House Of Representatives. Of the
United States (93, ,560) and whenever thereafter
such Delegates shall assemble in Convention,
they shall fret determine by vote whether il
is the wish Of the people Of the proposed State
to be admitted into the Union ut that time, and
if so, shall proceed to form Constitution, and
take all necessary steps for the establishment
of State Government, in conformity with the
Federal Constitution, subject to the limitations
and restrictions as to the mode and manner OF
its approval or ratification by the people of the
proposed State, as they may have prescribed by
law, and shall be entitled to admission into the
Union as State under such Constitution. thus
fairy and legally made, with or without Slave
ry, as said Constitution may prescribe"
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for
the purpose Of insuring, as far as possible, that
the elections authorized by this act may be fair
and free, the Governor, United States District
Attorney and Secretary Of the Territory of
Kansas, and the presiding officers of its two
branches Of the Legislature, viz, the President
of The Council and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, are hereby constituted Board
OF Commissioners to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this act, and to use all the means ne
cessary and proper to that end. Any three Of
them shall constitute Board; and the Board
shall have power and authority to designate and
establish precincts for voting, or toadopt those
already established; to cause polls to be opened
at such places as it may deem proper in the
respective counties and election precincts of
1T each Of the several places of voting, three
discreet and respectable citizens. The Board
shall appoint the day for holding said election,
and said Governor shall announce the same by
proc lamation, and the day shall be as early an
one as is consistent with due notice thereof to
the people Of said Territory, subject to the pro-
visions Of this act. The said Board shall have
full power to prescribe the same, manner and
place of said election, and to direct the time and
manner Of the returns thereof, which returns
shall be made to said Board, whose duty it shall
be 10 announce the result by proclamation, and
said Governor shall certify the same to the
President of the United States without delay.
fs"nd c"il'y-ATr Tr,1'. Interesting Murder
We are indebted to T. B. Perry, ESQ, Of this
place, who was present at the trial, for the fol-
low ing facts in regard to the trial Of VIM. Hinkle,
for poisoning his wife in Bloomfield in March,
lS56.-The facts in the case, as shown by the
testimony on trisl, are substantially as follows /:
A short time before the death of Mrs. Hinkie,
she had been confined, but was recovering her
health very rapidly. A week or more prior to
her death, Mr.. H. applied to druggist for the
pure base OF some sti ychnine for the purpose, as
he said, Of killing rats. He was advised to use
arsenic instead, but declined, saying that he had
tried arsenic, and it was of no avail. He was
furnished the strychnine and nothing more was
thought of the matter at the time. On the day
on which the murder occurred Mr.. II. had just
returned from trip to the country. and found
his vile feeling quite we'll and in good spirits
There we're present ut the time q servant girl
named Linda Fisk, and Mrs. Tull, neighbor
woman, who had called in to see how Mrs. H.
wa,4getting along. Mrs. Hinkle complained ol
being thirsty, and her husband told her that he
would fix her up some sweet stuff for drink
He accordingly took some ginger which he had
brought home with him and soon mixed up a
pot: on which he brought to her to drink. She
took it, tasted Of it and spit it out, remarkine
that it was very bitter. Her husband replied
that he had not tasted Of it and did not know
but requested her to drink some more She die
SO. and he then returned to the pantry and mix
cd up some more, of which he, the witness, Mrs
Tu. and the servant girl partook. This th'
~itncss says tasted eweet Witness does no
know whether he used the same vessel as he die
for that which he mixed for Mrs. II. or not. Mrs
II. soon complained of feeling cold in her fee
| and requested them to rub them with camphor
| and soon after showed symptoms Of going int
| spl sms, her muscles contracting in vioien
manner. Mrs. Tull left the house to call in ,
ne.hboring woman to her assistance, but whel
she returned she found Mrs. II. dead, she havin
| di. i in her absence. Her sudden death excite
considerable remark at the time, but it was sur
DO sed to be q spasm incident to her condition
and she was buried without any suspicious ha,
/ ing been created. short time after her deaf
runors began to be current that all was nc
light, which suspicion was greatly increased b
the statement Of the druggist, who related th
circumstance Of the purchase of strychnine b
Hinkle-This reused the suspicion to such
pitch that the body was exhumed and . POI
mortem examination held upon il; all the o
gans appeared to be in healthy condition unit
they came to the stomach, upon which two dar
colored spots we're visible. Tho stomach vi
preserved and taken to . chemist at Keoku
who analysed its contents and found that it CO..
tanned strychnine.
| Upon this evidence Hinkle was arrested, ar
held for trial. Public feeling being so high
Davis Co., he was taken on . change of vsn'
to Wapelio, from whence another change "
granted to Appanoose, where his trial came
be fore Judge Townsend, at the April term
tue court, at Centreville, and resulted in his
ing found guilty Of murder in the first degre
The date fixed for his execution We have o
yet learned there being some talk Of carryi
his case up to the Supreme Court. The caus
which prompted him to committhe deed are
known