The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-05
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Letter frona Senator CIR. mes.
The following letter from ex-Governt
Grimes has beca hsnded to ~ for publication
Il will be remembered that Governor Grim.
was one of the Commissioners who located II
Insane Asylum.
| DEAR SIR:--Ia answer to your enquiries
respond ~ folows:-
lst. No appropriation to the Insane Asylul
has been made by the General Assen bly, sine
Mr.. II. Ii. Trimblc became member Of III
Senate OF Iowa, that he has not voted fol
and ne always voted for the highest amour
proposed.
| I'd. Every report presented BY the Commits
sioners of the Asylum was drawn by the Hor
Ed. johnson, Of Lee County, who has, unit
recently, been the Secretary Of the Board, an
the whole work has been carried forward unde
the direction Of Henry Winslow, Esq, who !
also Democrat.
Sd. The statement made BY Mr.. Elwood tLa
am the owner Of property in Mt. Pleasant, i
utterly untrue. | do not own q bit Of property
in or about the town, and only one piece o
land in the county Of Henry, which is south o
Skunk River, entered in 1888, and which is al
| most valusiess.
4th. The statement said to be made b,
Messrs. Elwood and Trimble that the expense
OF the Commissioners in procuring plans &c.
for the Asylum, was 6ity thousand dollars, i.
a falsehood. The whole expense Of the Com
missi0ners for this purpose did not exceed
twelve hundred dollars, including plans, draw
ings, specifications, &c., &c, and their own ex-
penses.
9th. The statement that the building when
completed will cost the State two millions ol
dollars, IS equally groundless. The Superin-
tendent and those much better qualified to
Judge than Nessrs. Trimble and Elwood, say
that it can be completed with the appropria.
tions already made.
9th The building is no greater than the Com.
missioners discovered was necessary to accom-
modate the number Of insane persons in the
State. See Judge Jonhson's report on this sub
jrct to the General Assembly.
7th. The statement tha. | had anything TO
do with the late action OF the Board OF equaIi
zation, either directly or indirectly, il utterly
false. l have had no communication with the
Board, nor with any member oi it, in relation
TO any matter connected in the remotest de-
gree on the subject.
believe this answers oil the inquiries put to
me. Yours truly,
JAMES w. GRIMES.
AccIDENT.-Anthony Walker, while out gun
ming on Saturday last, in jefferson township,
gun in his own hands. Some parties were pass
lug thick bushes, Walkers dog ran out to them,
then went back again, and through this saga
clous animal, the body of his master was found
dead.
CINCINNATI FIGs. Mr.. B. Cavagna last eve
ming exhibited at the fair Of the Horticultural
Society, number Of figs, which were ripened
In the open air, on his farm, near the city.
A nair nf swat line nraso,r. &C $50 Al;
cate hands, and pink waist-rbbon, VIII do as
much to unhlnse = man as three fevers, the
measles, large sized whooping- cough, pair
OF iock-jaws, several hydrophobias, and the
doctors bill
The citizens OF Davenport are much exercised
JUS now, on the question of more railroad con-
nection with the Cedar Valley. They say that
Muscatine IS fast drawing to herself the chief
part ofthe trade of the interior, and something
must be done TO divert the tide OF trade more
etfectually to Davenport.
The skeleton of female has been found in
closet ct an unoccupied building in Syracuse.
hanging by the neck from hook IN the WALL
aud partially concealed BY the door. The prem
lses were formerly occupied by mill;ner, who
is supposed TO have left the city, as nothing has
been heard OF her for some time.
The storm OF Thursday last was very severe
in northern New Hampshire. AT Wentw orth
four inches Of water fell in l2 hours, causing
the rivers to rise and overflow their banks,
carrying away bridges, roads, whole fields OF
corn, &c. The Montreal railroad was damaged,
and al Warren families we're obliged to remove
from their buildings in the night time.
''SoME PUMPKINs."-The editor of the Nus
catine Journal has seen two pumpkins in a wa.
gon bound for the Fair Grounds, one of which
weighed l27 lbs, and the other llS lbs They
were raised BY Mr.. w. G. Wallinesiord, Of Pike
township, Muscatine county.
The editor Of the Southern Democrat thinks
we shall soon get to our ropes end The end
OF the rope he will get to will most likely be the
property of the sheriif-Lou. Jour.
An immense crane measuring Eve feet two
inches when standing erect, and six feet four
inches between the tips of the wings, was shot
in Allegheny township, Wes,moreland county,
Pa, few days since.
The Winnebago Indians, settled in Minnesota,
raised over 5000 bushels of wheat last year.
Late news from the Indian war in Oregon in
dicates that the Government will have trouble
to subdue the savages.
Ella Virginia Burns, four years old, is about
to give a course OF theatrical readings in New
York city.
The officers Of the steamer Laffitte, at New
Orleans, a few Gays since, finding a man on
board, sick with yellow fever, carried him out
Of the boat, and left him lying on the levee in
the burning sun.
steam Calliope is being manufactured in
Worcester, composed of thirty whistles, to be
sent to Europe.
Nebraska is the largest Territory. 1t will
make about eight States as large as New
Hampshire.
The City Council Of Baltimore have passed an
act. allowing oysters to be brought into that
city on the lst of September, instead of the
10Th, as heretofore.
The highest flag Aaff in the United States is
sad to be the one. at Worcester, Mass. 1t is
l92 feet high.
In Newark, n. j., two men, named Martin
and Rev, being converted to Judaism by a
travelling fanatic named Bishop. cireumcscd
their sons, aged respectively and II years, in
a barbarous manner.
Three Sugar Mills will be set up in this part
of the country by Mr.. John E. Vauce One a.
Eddyvilie, driven by steam one at the farm OF
James Vance, between this place and Oskaiou sa;
and the other at Gateey's ferry. They are
metallic mills o! the best quality, and will crush
and press canes to perfection. He has also
the necessary apparatus for boiling into Molns
ses.
Those who have but o reasonable quantity
OF Sorghum, or no. enough to afford to buy i
mill for themselves, will find il better to have
their cane made tn the shares than 10 tlnke,
with it ut home. The past few days nav,
been highly favorable to ripening g.-Eddevllle
Commercial
A Republican editor, with no especial fitness
OF language, calls the U. S. Treasury "an Au
gean stable" Ii it is an Augean stable, Mr.
Buchanan must be Hercules, for he has clean
| ed it out.
Harry Nicol was instantly cut in two few
| days since, while endeavoring to adjust the ma
| chinery in null which he was running ut Con
| nelsvilie, Pa.
The Louisville Journal copies the remarks Q
| Mr. Lincoln at Jonesboro, and SAYS
Let no one omit to read them They ar
searching, scathing, stunning. They belong Il
what some one has graphically styled the tom i
hdpking species"
| Richmond, Sept. 90.
| The extensive Touring mill Of Mr.. Magrudel
near this city, was burned Yesterday Los:
$4,000. Insured in this city and New York.
/ Pittsburp Sent os