The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-02-02

! lgoing round the street. took short cut tArougi
the bed of Aauk,Els creek. ~ drove abou
: Ten feet uhsn his mulss ssopped, AID ahe ~
: gon sank into The rivSr Hrs coaapanion, Green
ling out = TIE back Of mule, uhiastened III
= tsekling. and drove them %. The other sheu
undertook to walk ashore, and found himself
i badly mired. ~ the aid Of some boards from
I the wagon, he finally gained terra frma. Tha,
fnight -wAs aysry cold one, and this morning
The wagon looks very much - If it was frozen
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Iswa Legislature. asF6s
8 - Correspondents Of the Cato City. fsas4
t7st H7* as+P Des MOines, Jan. -.
!. The Kansas resolutions have paced both
branches Of the Legislature by strict party
i vote. The House was engaged upon them Ill
Il day yesterday. Clarke OF Dubuque, intrOdaced
! substitute endorsing squatter sovereignty, de-.
claring the sLecomps0n fraud uunwise aud an.
J fortunate, and sustaining President Dachanan
AOlc speeches we're made against tho substitute
and in favor Of the original resolutions, BY
Wilson, Foster and Trumbali, while none but
Clark himself vas wiling TO defend. The Re-
publicans amended the substitute and then
joined with the Democrats in voting it down.
This morning the resolutions we're brought to
the final vote, and adopted. The position Of
! the Dem 3cratic members was truly ptiable.--
No one would be lead to believe BY their de.
meanor for the past few days that one drop Of
Border Rntfian blood flowed in their veins. In.
stead Of displaying the s'we.willsubdue- you'
spirit, they are rs meek o. lambs They are
afraid Of both the President and Douglas. s.
r The bill authorizing the Governor % arm and
eqaip one hundred men for the protection of
I tho north west frontier against the Indian in.
NJ Wvnn dr. snns Al
4 day. Where are the troops Of the General
Government! The settlers on the frontier pur.
chased their homes of the Federal Governmcnt
with at least the implied understanding that they
should be projected in their enjoyment. Dra-
Il gOOns can be furnished to act rs a body guard
4 to the felOn President OF Kansas, while tho
i purchasers of Government lands must rely upon
the State for protection, or be exposed TO the
fmefcy Of merciless Indians. If the presence Of
fsdefaf troops would establish slavery there
they could be very easily obtained. R0%
A proposition for the 70 organization Of coun.
ties is very fully discussed in both Branches
There is very general feeling in favor Of the
creation Of q court having limited jurisdiction
and inferior to the district court. The amount
Of business now brought before the district
courts ofthe State renders some scheme Of the
Kind necessary. Some propose to erect court
| Of common pleas, which shall have jurisdiction
! in all cases touching the estates OF decedents
| and in all other cases in which the matter in !
| controversy does not exceed one thousand dol |
lars. Different plans are suggested for the man.
agement Of county finances. One wishes . |
county Auditor vested with all the powers now |
in the hands Of the County Judge-another |
would have board Of three commissioners. |
and yet another suggests board Of supervisors |
composed of one from each township, after the |
New York plan. Several radical changes viii |
be made in the organization OF counties
w. F. Clarke retires from the Senatorial con.
test. Grimes principal opponent is VIM. Snyth
of Linn. Grimes will be nominated without 1
trouble Or delay.
JEFFERsoS CouNry.-We cut the following
items from the last Fairfield Ledger:
FATAL AcCrDyNT.-We regret to learn thst
Patrick ---, q very excellent Ean, met with
an accident on last Thursday, which resulted
fatally. II appears that he was in the timber
alter load Of wood, and the wagon being on |.
the side Of hill, he attempted to put on
heavy stick, and had it nearly on, vhea his foot
slipped, throwing him down, while the stick fell
on his h ad, fracturing his skull. He was car
red to his home, but short distance of, where
he fingered in great pain until O'clock the
following morning, and then died. He leaves
a wife add several children. la.#
HORSE Thief TAkEN.-We learn that Sherlff
Gallaher in company with another man, cap.
tured one John Snyder, q horse thief near Can.
cinnati, No., and brought him here yesterday.
He had stolen hose from David Myers, at
Blue Point, Keokuk County. He was SO much
thrown off his guard that he diyuged the
names Of several Of his associates, one of whom
has since been captured aud underwent trial
yesterday, before A. II. Brown, Esq. Snyder
was sentenced to Jail in default of $500 ball.
and the Deputy Sheriff took him to Burlington
yesterday. .s Il 5
. CouSrr JuDaE.-Hon. Charles Negus, our
Prosecuting Attorney, has succeeded to the
Office Of County Judge Of this county, made
vacant by the death of Judge McCulloc,.
- .7f.Y -o@e--
WIFE PoisoNED BY HER HusBANDis NEGRO /
MlsTREss. excitement exists in Henry I
County, In consequence Of the poisoning Of Mrs.
Porter BY a slave woman, who had long been /,
on terms Of intimacy with the husband The | I
Shelby News gives tie following account of the
affair; ristlas1t 3. sais5.ii
sOn Thursday, ,24sh Of December, the wife y
IF Mr. Hous Porter died, three or four days af :
Ter her accouchement, under crcu,nssan ces
shich in iuced strong suspicion that she was Z
poisoned. An examination Of the stomach was
made, and stryehIiDe found. Al negro girl
lbout 90 years of age, belonging to Col. Ed.
smith, was arrested on suspicion and tried ON &
Tuesday, the 9th inst, when facts going to show e
hat Mrs. p. was poisoned by the woman were Ii
proven. Having been apprised of the certain. o
y of her conviction and punishment. she made I,
full confession. deeply duplicating Porter, the
husband Of thu deceased. She says that Porter q
eyeral months, threatening 10 kill her il she il
lid not. That p. told her that he would bear
With it no longer il she didn't kill his vile; that
hat was the last time h- would ask her; ii she o
efused he would cut her throat, or words 70 m
hat effect He gave her strychnine and told Il
Ter how TO use it, She did not want to ,,se il: LII
lad nothing against Nrs.i r., and believed she 9.
ras good woman, but she feared n. wolld kin K
Ter, ard done it u save her life. TWAS shown o.
hat Porter bought strychnine last August-that
c is dissolute and unrestraiaed in his inOrais; D
nd many other corroborating circumstance if
eing brought to, light throwing suspicion on
i'm. he was arrested aud placed in confinement s.
mil Monday next, when he will pass an exam. -
hing trial. Public opinion il very decided in In
be belief of i'crters guilt. O.
PERSoRMAKcE Nor sKr Down IN ruy RlLL--J s.
heAtricals occasionally meet with amusing mis- -
APPS, in the enactment Of scenes not set down ~
the blu. An Instance Ia point occurred 1t !. =
Ne National Theater last evening. The 6rst - -
lblc performance, Of "Mazeppa, or the Wild - y
orse Of Tartary," progressed very finely un- ~
the condemned Tartar was bound to the ~ y,
Ack Of the ''fery, untamed steed," and the ~ ~
limal set At liberty 70 rush over the lighted -
ountain tops until the victims Of Pol,sh jus. g
&c should be torn TO tatters. Away vent The 81
eed Up the 6rss section Of the mountasm but ~ -
irving 81 the landing, he partly turned about =
rush down again, when the bound victim has uo
y Nw bound himself and jumped Off Relieved ~.