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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

1ho Ferry Read.
he matter Of the Ferry Road = one whieA
somes home = 10 bssinsae sof - BUSINESS
men Of this city. lis one whish every BODY
e Interested IN. There i yaloable trade IN
viewed. We draw alarse supply II grain, hogs
vegetables, fruits. butter, egga poultry. hay,
g., &C., from our Illinois friends, which, II cut
on BY neglect to furnish passAbls roads, will
put up prices and increase the eose Of subsst-
sncs here. Our Illinois ffiends buy their goods
here--their groceries. boots, shoes and hard
ware. They patronise our mechanics and man
ufacturera and what is more, they have the
cash TO pay md do pay Their trade il the best
trade that comes 70 Burlington, and II we do
not stand together in this ma,ter-if We do no,
unisedly and promptly respond, and construct
or cause in come way to be constructed, good
permanent road, We shall loose ii, and deserve
to loose it.
The Road can be graded, bridged and mac
adamised so as to raise it above high water
mark and render il passable at all times and
good at all seasons, for say $4,000 To do this
1t is necessary to raise the present road bed six
feet for distance of two and q half miles and
put upon it say fifteen inches of broken stone
Thus fixed, With good bridges over the sloughs
it will be permanent and reliable road, in
viting travel from all coming this ways This
work can be done nov at less expense than
hereafter. The stone can be had within the
city limits for the asking-they can be broken
by men now having little to do who would BE-
glad to labor at . small price,
The question arises, how shall it be done !.
The Ferry Company are unwilling to undertake
it, as We are informed. Some persons think the
City should appropriate the required amount
and thus make il at the expense of the tax-pay-
ers of Burlington. Many will undoubtedly OBJ
ect to this. Taxation is tender subject which
goes right home to the bosoms OF those who
have "large possessions" They never submit
to an increase Of taxation with good grace.
And it will be justly said that our burdens are
already large enough. If it is decided that the
City will not pay for its construction, then there
is no alternative but to put it through by pri-
vate> enterprise. Organize company, build
the road and collect tolls to pay for keeping it
in repair and small dividend upon construc.
ton. Or else get a lift from the City, another
from the Ferry Company and fill it up by pri-
vate subscriptions to an amount sufficient to pay
for the whole, and then make it free.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

AccrDfxr.-The morning passenger train
from Fairfield ran Oh the track, yesterday, .
few miles west of Mt Pleasant. Two ears we're
thrown %, and the train was delayed nearly
I've hours. In sndsavesing 70 gss the oars into
sAslr pisces spea IL track II. Aesss. ~ bas-
SsesnA ~ IEoA9 ttsssA
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

PowEsHIEK CouNrY-The vote in favor of
taking 100000 stock in the N. & n. r. r. r,
Co. in Poweshiek county, on Saturday, Goth ult.,
carried by $50 majority. J. A. Dix, President
Of the Road, in letter to the County Judge of
Poweshiek, says the Directors have determined
on the northern route (va Grinnel) for the To-
cation of the road. This leaves Montezuma
south of the line
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A case Of inhuman cruelty BY a step.mo,ber
has been exposed in Nevada City, Mo. She
beat her little step daughter, four years old. in
terrible manner till her strength failed. and
then made the ohild's brother, nine year old.
continue the beating. The little girl died Of
the infection, and the boy was charged by his
stepmother with having beaten his sister to
death. and owned it, having been threatened
with death, if he told the whole truth. Bat the
saca came out, and the cruel woman is likely to
b lyashed.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

A LARGE REPUBLICAN GAIS.-At the recent
municipal election in Peoria, DR.. Hamilton, Re-
publican, was elected Mayor over Waugh, Dem.
ocratic nominee, by majority of 242. In No
vemoer the Democrats carried the city by 800
Republican gain 642 That will do.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

The New York Herald is sure there will be
no peace between Douglas and the Administra-
ton in 1850. levsn If there 10 nov truce,) and
that the Southern Presidential aspiranss win
succeed IN placing the Senator in back seat,
and in out-gensraling him At Charleston.
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The navigation season seems hardly 70
have closed yet. The Keokuk came up, and the
Belfas: went down, yesterday. A few stragglers
will continue to wander up and down the river
for only short time yet, before the game will
be blocked BY the winter.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

GT Some Of our citizens, one at least, will
be in attendance at Oskaloosa to-day, where.
as our readers have already been informed, the
people OF Mahaska County meet in mass meet
ing, to consider the best means of obtaining a
Railroad connection. We think they will re.
solve upon building road to Agency City or.
Ottumwa as atfoi ding them the best Railroad
connection upon the shortest line and at che
least expense. Should they resolve on this
course, as We doubt not they will, aud vote city
and county bonds, to build the proposed road,
it behoves US to second their efforts to the ex.
tent of our ability, and secure its early compile
ton. II will also be the interest of the b. l. NJ
X. road, to which it will become an important
feeder, to afford all the aid and encouragement
rithip thar nnwar
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

EH We in this fowery State of Iowa have
boosted much Of our autumns-of our gorgeous
Indian Summers with their COLDER russell skies,
smoky and dreamy to that extent to make one
forget the sorrows of this troublous world. We
have often and eloquenty discoursed to our
Eastern friends upon this popularity Of the
West and urged them to come, behold, and be
delighted. Had they year ago or the present
fall, with high wrought expectations, sought to
verify our assertions by personal view, they must
have been sadly disappointed. Last year we
had not single day which could properly be
clas-ed as belonging to this period, and we have
not had one the present fall. The month Of
November just passed has been one of the
gloomiest drizzest and muddiest ever seen in
ny country or climate, with hardly solitary
ray of sunshine in its whole thirty days.
What has caused this calamity? Have the
gories Of our autumns departed from US for
ever, or are we to lay the blame to the comet.
Mr.. Buchanan's administration, or the "Le-
compton Bill!" We shall refer this matter to
the Historical Society for solution.
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J. ". Shde6er, Sec'y,
Fairfield, Iowa.

NELSON LEE's ACCOUNT or WHAT HE Saw
AMONG THE CAMAScHEs.-The Albany Knicker-
booker notices the return to that city OF Nelson
Lee, who was taken prisoner By The Camanche
Indians, in 1866, near Eagle Pass, while on his
way from Texas to Caliosn mia. He furnishes
the following: t All
Lees life was spared, because the Indians
could not manage repeating watch he carried.
The watch saved bis life. In the Camanche
camp Mr.. Lee found no less than twenty-eght
captured white women. They massacred an Eng.
lish woman named Anna Hasisin, in most cru
ell manner. They tied her naked to tree and,
in the presence OF her two daughters, Margaret
and Harriet Haskin, inflicted the most revolving
crueities upon her. Before Mrs. Haskin was
finally dispatched, she was tortured for nearly
half day, during which time the Indians be-
came excited with liquor and danced about her
like so many demons. They took sharp pieces
OF flint and cut her flesh in all possible direc-
tons. Mrs. II. and her daughters were captur-
ed while on their way to the Mormon settlement
at Salt Lake. The daughters still remain with
the Indians Their ages are II and IL. Lee
made his escape in the following manner: He
was accompanying the chief OF the Camanches
to a lodge some miles distant. During the
tramp they met party Of Indians; this party Of
Indians gave the chief skin filed with liquor.
The chief drank of the spirits and became excl
ted. Arriving at creek, he dismounted and
stopped down to drink At this moment Lee
seized his tomakawk, split his head open, and
killed him instantly. He then took the chiefs
rifle, mounted the chiefs horse, and put for
Mexico. When he reached Mexico he was CON-
pletely naked, while his feet and legs were so
swollen from being cut by the cactus plant, that
ne could only ride some eight miles day. The
last hundred miles he did on foot, his horse hav-
ng died OF exhaustion. The Mexicans treated
him very kindly, and gave to him money and
clothing to reach home. The clothes he now
wears in Albany are those given him by the
Mexicans.
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WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS IN ISDIA.-Mr. Chas.
Buxton, an English member OF Parliament, in
recent address to his constituents, thus spoke
OF the Wholesale executions which have occur
red in India:
How many persons do you think we executed
in the city of Allababad? just realize the aw-
fui horror OF but one execution-the fearful
mental agony OF the man who feels the rope
round his neck, then the drop fall. In that CITY
We executed in cold blood thirteen hundred per-
sons! Shame.J In the Punjaub, where no
outrage whatever was committed. we executed
fire thousand persons read that myself, in
letter from Sir John Lawrence. Isit not awful
10 think of hanging and shooting FIVE thousand
human beings? And if this was done in the
fun]aub, what must have been done in Bengal
where rebellion really ragged? Why, we seem
10 nave put to death without mercy any man
VINO TOOK side against us. For instance, Rajah
saved the life of a Mr.. Mitchell and other Enro
peans. But, under coEpulson, as he said, lie
AIDED the rebels. He was caught ard hanged
knew the family OF an officer Of the Bhoupal
Contingent. They told me that when the Con
sent mntinied, two hundred OF them with great
difficulty, saved the lives of this gentleman an
MS brother officers, and also refused to march
on andtake up arms with the mutineers Well.
GENERAL - arrived. And what did he do
but put to death these very two hundred men,
on the ground that they bad fought against
their brethren. AID heard Mr.. I.ayard give
an account of their execution, which was heart.
rending to hear. lshame, shame friend
OF nine wrote home, with glee, how he had de-
stroyed eighty villages. l read letter from
soldier, who said that after wholesale massa-
ere OF their prisoners, they flung the bodies in.
to a pit and covered them over One OF them
recovered his senses, and came wandering into
the camp. lie was again shot the next morn
ing. All about Delhi the head men of every
village where the telegraph had been broken
were hanged, though they had no more to do
with IT than had. l said it in the House, ana
| say it here, again, that the men who did thai
did murder
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07


The Board of Trustees Of the Iowa INSANE
hospital, held their FIRST annual meeting - ,ho
Hospital, on yesterday, the LIST Of December =
permanent organization was made hy H.
election Of Samuel Mcfarland ESQ Of hi III; ~
President, and Dr.. J. NJ. Shaffer of Fairfiais'
Secretary.
An adjournment was made until the II, Wal
nesday in March, 1859, as will be seen by ! N.
GUAR 10 this paper-when they vii elect J g..
peIintendent and Steward.
Notwiths, anding the extreme wet weather &c
lne past summer and fall, the building il no.,
under root, windows in. and the east half &C ~.
building lathed and plastered.
~ would be pleasing sight to anv e;,;z.n ae
iowa 70 look upon the building as i now s,snds
u is magnificent structure, and an homo. -
any State. - hohor 70
Inc appropriations made BY the I.ee;s,.,,,.a,
ie expended, excepting come Is or $40, 900.
As 20 the amount necessary 10 furnish IL.
heating apparatus, and to furnish the Ins,;,ne
.lon ana other individual expenses, We Az NO,
spp,lsed; out hope to soon see the Institn,ion
res ny LOT the reception Of patients. -
me following Is . list Of the members of ~.
Board Of Trustees: " me
: nsfpin Riggs, Samuel Mcfarland John
=. ana I. Stearna, Of this city: Dr.. i " i
onsner, OF Fairfield, Dr. J. X. Allen, of KeoLnL.
and Hon: Lincoln CLARK, Of Dubuous oA
Pleasant Journal. -. v -
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A sad story is told by the Huntsville (Texas)

sad story is told by the Huntsville (Texas)
Item:
Frenchman and his wife were recently
found dead near their residence at White Rock
shoais, on Trinity river Some time this year
the parties eioped from Louisiana, unwedded.-
ihes TOOK a place oo the river, aud turned
Their attention to stock raising. But rumor
followed; it was whispered they were living in
adultery, and true bill was found at Sumter
Court, Trinity Comfy. Prior to that, some few
weeks the husband having heard that some
thing OF the kind would occur, procured a Ii
cense, and he and his wife went to Sumpter
and were married: This, they thought, would
put the question at rest. Not so. A true bill
was found, and he came home fearfully excited.
he ana his wife We're seen talking in very
earnest manner, just like the French: and after
awhile the report of guns caused some Of the
neishbors to go and see what was the matter
They found only dead bodies.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

A singular disease has attacked the horses in
Jefferson county, lately. The Jefersonian says
In one or two instances they have died in forty
minutes, while tie longest time they have lin
gered has not been over 80 hours. The most
experienced horsemen have rendered medical
assistance, but none have found remedy. No
two seem to agree on the real nature of the
disease-some calling it the hydrophobia, while
others conclude the horses have been poisoned
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

sY Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety
Of the Galway steamer Indian Empire, which
sailed from New York Oh the 23d day of octo-
Der, hut up to November 10Th had not reached
her destination. She had on board passengers
and crew to the number OF $50 souls. The In
dian Empire is represented as staanch coat,
well oficered and well manned, and it is still
hoped that she is safe, detained by some break
of machinery, or want Of Goals.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

BAD RoADs.--The state Of the roads in the in
terror is bad beyond description. We learn
from gentleman who was at fairfield, on FRI
day, that the stages were three days in going
from Oskaoosa to Fairfield. Very little travel
is the natural consequences
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

A new city is to be built at the mouth of Pro.
vo Canon, forty-iye miles south of Great Salt
Lake City, by the Gentilss, which is to rival the
great city of the Saints
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

We had heavy fall of snow, yesterday,
and the promise, in the clouds, of much more.
Let it come-it is full time.
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me Fairy Oo0R0ny 0nA sAo Read
II 0cRooo the 0ossom. gs
There las besn sad falling % u ths hi
aeis trade this season, owing to . variety Of
causes. First the river uas most Of the sum-
mer out Of iD banks, covering the Travelled
road several miles, and compelling all who
traded with . to come via Shockokon, 1t
considerable los Of time, the distance ferried
being some ave or elk miles I'd. The bridges
upon the ferry companys plank road were car
fied away Or destroyed and the road itself
badly cut and washed, and have not Jet
been properly repaired since the subsistence Of
the waters.
A. these two reasons for the loss Of trade
ere abundsntIy sulhcient to account for even
greater los than Ne have suffered, it 10 hard
~ worth while 70 give others. Now for the
remedy. Every body admits the facts-sees
the importance Of the subject and says some
thing must be done. 1t Is Of importance to the
Ferry Company that there should be good
roae across the river bottom, 20 that immigrants
shall take the route through Burlington, and
everybody from the adjacent country in II.
linois come here 70 do their business. Ferry
ing 10 their business, and the moro of it they
do the more money they make. It is the in
tsrsst Of the Ferry Company to keep the road
In good condition. But the Ferry Company,
under . charter, have exclusive control over
this rosd-thsrsfore il 10 their duty to keep
It up.
A IL 70 both their interest and their duty
to keep good road, We might perhaps be con-
tent in laying the blame where it belongs. The
Company several times the present summer
6xed up this road in passabls condition, and
yet another and another rise would come down
and spoil every thing. They doubtless incurred
considerable extra expense in this way, while
they must from the same cause have fallen
greatly short of their usual receipts. Il 10 not
therefore proper to condemn them hastily
without . hearing. Theywoald doubtless have
kept it up if in their power.
In this state Of affaire what is proper to be
done9 Let US get at it and find out what it
will cost to bridge and put this piece of road in
permanent repair, SO that it can be travelled ut
all seasons Of the year. 1t is of the utmost
importance to the city, and good permanent
road must be had. If the Ferry Company can
not or will not build it, the business men OF
this town must Ar the sooner they get about
IL the better. Much as we are Interested in
railroads and great a. are our expectations con-
corning our Western road, il will be found that |
our near by trade is of more Importance. And
there is no portion Of this trade more valu-
able than that from Illinois. We must retain it, |
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

ACCIDENT AT WATERBURY The iron roo
OF OF the Brown Brothers new rolling mill. a.
Waterbury, Ct, which fell in on Monday with
terrific effect, weighed over $4,000 pounds
anu nearly every section was broken and
rendered useless. The cost Of reconstruction
VIII De $4,000. There were nearly thirty men
under the roof at the time oil the accident
many OF whom escaped as by miracle-indeed
u Is astonishing that no more we're hurt
lhomas j. Payne, respectable farmer living
IN the east part Of Waterbury was instantly
kihed. His head was horribly crushed, the
blood flying about in every direction. aud his
r'sht arm and lett leg terribly smashed. He
was man about sixty years OF age, and much
respected by all who knew him. q. W. French
machlhlst, belonging in Hartford, was on tbe
ground at the time of the accident. ana haa
ms 9. lett arm broken in three pieces bv Ia
falling mass. The roof, which was To he on
'lfeiy OF iron, was being erected by Mr. Blanch.
ara, OF Troy. 1t is OF the most improyed trnss
style, and covered about 1870 feet .pap. The
accident IS believed TO have beer can.ed 10
quantity OF lumber being placed upon ihe
tention rods" to form roof over the engine
which drew the rods from the trusses ieay;nn
them liable TO fall at any moment.
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CHANGE OF TIME.-From and including to-
day, the cars leave this City on the B. & NJ. r.
road Express train am, accommodation lis
PM, arriving at Fairfield at ! $50 and $50 pm.
The Express leaves Fairfield at 9 pm, and
accommodation at Gao am, arriving here at
$50 pm. and ii am.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-12-07

LosT-Four five dollar bills in the vicinity of
Main street between Jefferson and Fourth
Three of the bills were City Scrip. The finder
will leave them at the store of Mr.. Scott and re.
ceive five dollars reward.
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eB Saturday was a buster day than usual.
Notwithstanding the horrible condition OF the
roads, the town was iull, aud large amount of
business DONE
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HORRIBLE AccrDESr-A LITTLE BoYs HEAD
INSTANTLY SEVERED PROM HTS BoDY-Last Sa-
turday, says the Oshkosh (Wis.) Democrat,
while the steamer Morgan l.. Martin was laying
At the dock in that city, a little son of the own.
er OF the steamer, about six years old, had his
head instantly severed from bis body, by being
accidentally struck on the back of the neck with
2 crank connected with the engine, just as it
started Inc father started and caught up the
neadless oody, and the cry Of 20 Cod" which
escaped the fathers lips chilled the hear,,. hood
Of every one that saw that awiuI sjvht ma 49,. $500
that heArtrending invocation. He startea i'm.
mediately for De Pere. where be resides .;.h
the remains, and the anguish Of that mo.h..
when she bsheld the mutilated remains Of h.,.
beloved 60 may b better imagined than a..
osgthoA
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C1mCUGAM.
Mount Pleasant. IoHa. Dec. q. ,5S.

U1UCUEABs
Mount Plsasaht, Ieoa. Dec. 2, '5s.
AZ meeting " ~ Board 81 Trustees Of the
Towa Insane Asylum, held Dec Let, 1858, the
following resolution WAS adopted:
Rssolvcd, That this Board meet to elect
Superintendent and Steward, on the first We'd
nesday in March, 1853. and that all persons max
ing application for such Offices, are requested to
present their names TO some member OF the
Board, on or before the I'D Of February, 1859.
The Board announce that the Hospital will
not be open for the reception Of patients before
the coming Fall.
Papers friendly 70 the Institution will please-
give this Circular an insertion.
BY order Of Board,
SAMUEL McFARLAxD, Pres.,
Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Il z E