The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-28

ExrRAoaDrxAnY ScANDAL--A SExron or
CnURCn RoBs ms FAMILY AID ELoPEs WITH =
HEED GIRL.--An affair has just been made
public which creates considerable excitement
and astonishment among those who are &C
quainted with the parties. So far as We can as
certain, the facts appear 70 30 these:
Some six or seven years since kobt. J. Haw-
lev, married man with family OF children,
came to this country from England. At the
same time there also came out a Mr. Raymond
and his daughter Rebecca. Either from this
act or from previous acquaintance with each
other, the families have remained on intimate
terms with each other until the present time
Hawley, who is laboring man, las lately acted
as sexton at the "Home Mason" Chapel. in the
eastern part OF the city. Rsbecca Raymond
was serving as hired girl in the Aanx family on
the corner Of Oak and Walnut streets
On the evening Of the l4th (Tuesday) Rebcc-
ca told her employers that she intended to
spend the evening in the West Side, and accor-
dinghy started with that ayowed Intention
Nothing has since been heard Of her.
On the same day Hawley also disappeared,
after taking with him every cent Of money that
he could lay his hands on, some $50 ia all. On
his way down street he met one Of his little
daughters with So in her hand, money with
which she had started out TO buy presents
He took the money from her, told her to 60
home, and then proceeded to meet his para
mour. The girl Rebecca is supposed to have
about $l5 or $40 along with her.
Search has been diligently made for the guilty
pair, but hitherto without success. The father
Of the erring girl is in great distress at her con.
duet, and is using every means TO seek her out,
and reclaim her.
The wife of Hawley states that she has been
married to him fourteen years, and never has
had an uRkind word from him. lie has always
borne the character Of an upright and moral
man, and this base and guilty acton is most ex-
traordinary. He was known to be on friendly
terms with the girl, but we cannot learn that be
was ever suspected of improper intimacy with
her. Eleven children have been the fruit oil
his marriage with Mrs. Hawley, most of whom
are still alive.
Robt. J. HaNey is described as being la
boring man about thirty seven or forty years Of
age; feet inches in height; thick set; has
slight impeachment in his speech; light complex
ion; no whiskers; dresses rather genteel. Is Of
English birth.
Rebecca Raymond is also Of English birth
~ years of age, short, square built; good look
ing; light hair; light round eyes; las the marx
OF scad under her chin, which can only be
noticed by close observation.
Taken altogether this is one Of the most as
founding disclosures that has been made in thi:
city for many months. A man, who has hith-
erto been considered very pattern of propri-
ETY. and morality, q good husband and affection
ate father, suddenly violates every precept O
morality, deserts the wife of lis bosom, rob.
his children even of their toy nlonies and runs
of with girl that he mas probably seduced ane
betrayed.-ICleyeland Herald, II.
NUMBER or WoRDs UsED.-From a report o
one Of Hon. George P. MArsa's lectures on th,
English language, We take the following extract
"The number Of good English words foun,
in use by good writers could hardly fall shor
of 100000. But We know these mainly as Va
know Greek, as book words, and not az tn,
language OF speech. Even if Il man was abb
on extraordinary occasions to bring into use ii
wordy battle half that number, he general,
contented himself with, far fewer. Each indi-
yidual used in his daily life repertosy of word
to some extent peculiar to hiniself-one which
would farnsh key to his private history. Few
scholars used as many as 10000 English words
ordinary people not more than 5000. In al
Shakespeare there not mere than $1,000
words; in all Milton 5000 OF the Egyptian hi
eroglyphics there were but 500, and it was salt
the vocabulary OF the Italian opera was scarce
| ly greater. We each found very limited yo
cabulary enough for our purposes. One mar
would say Thoughtful heart; another CRATE
fit spirit; one fancy, another Imagination; on,
| described his friend as Of sanguiae tempera
| ment; another as Of hopeful disposition; on,
man began 10 build; another commenced build
ing; each had his OWE words and stuck to them
A man of controlled passions used plain words
while a passionate man used many intensives
nEar, faG thap trac ma
eral applications for larger classes Of ideas
while logical thinkers used more and more spe-
ciic words. The arts demanded more new
words than ANYTHING else