The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-01-12

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ooust mattialed immediately.
4 Tie Commodore y sinstroctionsl we're iA<
tended Only to prevent Walker landing e -
Walkers friends express the coavicsioa
that Con hodore PsdSding Aeeed uhdef %.
,crst instrsctionA In proof Of this they cite
.,fhs act that II has besth fepeatsday predic...
ted that England and the United States
would putsue him upon Nicaragua soil. - !
learn, also, that week ago the British
Minister ia conversatien with . gentlenan,
suggested g ! sdtP1.sitiods case :prscisely
Whist AaA heppsnsd through Padding =. act
~ the same time agreeing that Il sonh be
= violation ri ationat iaw. but saying
that Nicaragua Noald mot complAinsass g =
Marshall Kynders i expecsed here TO- q.
morrow With Walker in charge. On hiser-
rival be will be officially informed that he
has no color of authority to hold him and
will DO directed tos discharge him immedi-
49, he southern men .. are. very siolsps il
their Instrumentation of Pauldine, denying hls
right to decide that Walker y citizen Of
the United States, ard claiming 1t to b sthe
dnty q The Government to send him and
his men back in . national vessel I'D al ssie
have just returned from riding the cir..
emit with nv friend, John Lawlese, as capi-
tai fellow as any Of the youngstefs ct this
bar !. knows the country too: has election.
,eered I'll over it, and 10 "hail fellow with
every man, woman, and child lin IN the dls-
lsiot.cs ''s"s .sss. oS.. ID
We were approaching the cslsbraaed city
Of Rosevllle, consisting Of a courthouse and
one other building, which blended in itself
Eths vasisd dignities Of store, postof6ce, and
hotAl. Kept by ONE Mr.. james Carline, On, as
! he WAS commonly called by the people Of
| the section, "Jim Calm Justice Of the In
fefior Court, member Of the Legislature,
etc. tall, stalwart fellow with frame like
| q stone wall. red hair, o squint, . fist like 9.
| sledge-hammer and the pride and bully of
| the country. To use his own words, he
"could outrun, outwork, and outdrink any
other human critter atop Of dirt and durn d
ef dout lick any body as says NO to it &
| Lawless and myself logged ON the sun
was setting, We had talked each other down
and mentally calculating the chances Of q
| stray fee from some unfortunate client,
when suddenly he Strengthened himself up,
and shouted :: = si A9 - 'A- =.
"Hello, Joncel Why, how are you, old
| fellow?'
| / looked and beheld specimen fthe
| genus Cracker" who joyed in the altitude
Of five feet four he had sandy hair, and his
hair, ewes. and complexion were of one col
i or he had more legs than body, and more
stoma CHI than either: and he was clad in
homespun and brogans Of hide. Such was
"Jonce."
"How are you gen-tilmenY' he said in
tones that no spelling can give the faintest
idea Of; "why how ar you Squire 7 Coin to
Rosevil, spose to tend Cort Wal kin you
give Teller u lift?" 1lqs ssaN cas-
4 oh, yes jump up behind. ese
i He needed no second invitation but, hay
ING snugly ensconsed himself in the place
designated, brisk conversation speedilyen
sued on. the price Of eggs, butter, poaltry
the prospects of the weather, the chances
Of 1.-THE crap and other such delightful an'
. other entertaining topics -.
: You'll be swine to stay at Jim Calm
tonight? Wall a'ter supper Jimil start
ravia' an tarin around as usual taikl'
| about his litin an how he ken lick creation
Gentlemen, Jim kin ,pntlirag and outlie an
{ man ever, seed ;fbvt you jest ask him bou
j. that ar fite he E1t dvMR in Granbys Ian
an you II 4lsw auiek he II drap his tai.
j aHow, Joncs did lhesgct thrashed Z :.
"Wai, dunno what you call thrashed
j, but old Mr., ToWnlyy who cum up when tn
D CITE was most sEeat out, told me that Ji'
i had rot the durndeet lickin that he eve
e seed human Git Jim kept his bed fl
Q ten days alter t, an when he riz his fac
o wor OF as many colors as my old oman squil
% I'll be eternaIly dod- rotted eff it warnt
10 "Tell Us all about it, Joncs."
l. But this Jonce positively refused to do
o If we wanted to. hear it, he declared Y
,e must get it out Of jim himself We xvi
l. LAWYERS an ef we couldn't draw Jim ont. Y
# uosn't worth nothing. He wanted to hav
y too, and durn'd eff he wouldn't be thar.
n There wae pretty full attendance Of Il
10 bar that night and Jim was in his glory
ct After supper. when we were NIL seat
x round the ample hearth, Jim, as Jonce hi
le prophesiod, did commence, like Othello,
III speak OF his battles bravcly, hardly tough
Of 10 went "a rarin an tarin' to his heal
of content, and there was no end to the VIC
ries he had gained. We listened in rev
r. entail silence, until at pause in the mari
he. ton, Lawless asked him 1.-The had eyer be
" whippeds ossgs ~ : q. .n!. sg-s 7s..l,.s.
Do aNo, sirses Il. ! Thar sin't the man Twin
r. kin do it, neither" As isl ,4sHl
co n NNevcr,9 Jim , Now think II you were
~ the, yithess-bcx would you swear You VI
r. never whipped 7"ie 10 s54 II lslls3iss.a
es .Wa-al never hev' lin; but Ibid CT
he mighty nigh onto Il cnct, ! did" aa-
on "How was It. Tell rs, Jim. 'hs~ass4 q
d. Y"Wa1, ri! ten You ail about II; but dod
Dotl mv) skin ef don't lick the fust man as pol
zee fun at me about It see cf | don - sg7a
en- ~ sOfcouyse We assured him that none OF
ma wosld ever try 20 dangerous an experi,ne
%, and were thereupon enlightened as to
ne circumstances which transpired when y
10, | Calm cnme, Va nigh unto being licked
'nt s4kip emmy ens of yoa gentilnen favor
la| with . seegar I'm Oblecged to You, Mis-
ne RsieAsss Wa, hsway nt It war th'..l =
cal sAneast year see En'scne1 -, mp r umy
,csT in buggy 70 g. over % %r a'os
~ HAdPromised me tome new 1a saa.,s :.
lse nep-sted ne had WHOA nc sf'a woaio s Dl
~ pqMa1fal big tafno y. J, Iwas one 2.
~ mn:e f!Ehre9fst nct' % 81 ~ ),
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