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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

The LosT BALLooAisr TaUKsroS.-It NAV
not be generally known that the search for TIA
body Of Mr. Ira Thurston, the lost aronaut. h..
been continued with unabated vigor. In ,hs
hopes that some light would We, BE- ,b,ovn
upon the mysterious affair. His brother NJ 4
r Thurs,on. Of Livingston county. n. Y, Ia
been assisting in this search for some ,,,n.
back, and . thorough Investigation Or ap ,hs
facts connected with the affair. ana ! clos. -.
animation Of all the parties who saw ,he hal
loon aiscr 'ts prscipi.ase flight, have been made.
VI course, oil hopes are given up, even 81 ev.r
recovering the body. II 10 not doub,ed bo.-
ever, any longer that the unfortunate man de-
scended With the balloon, aud landed from il
alive IN ths immense marshes BORDERING an
Lake -. Clair. This is the opinion advanced ~
this paper at the time Of the occurrence ana
insisted upon, in the hopes Of turning more
attention and effort in that direction. Nr. SR.
Ihurston thinks that la the exhausted condi-
tion IN which he landed be vas unable to travel
out OF the marsh and psrished before Assistance
could be reached. Th:s ID al that viii nroha- :
biy ever DO knovn Of hia unfortunate fata--
All effort to obtain further Information has ~
course been given over q perfeotlv na,;i.
lDstrois Free Pres, 91d. - !
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

How FINE GKNrLKMEs SUPPORT FlAE CLo7uxa
How ONE WAS CAuGHr IN HIS own TRAp-
There are thousands Of girls Of the town in New
York who have their lovers whom they sun.
port in elegant style, paying their board, talors
and bar-room bills, besides giving them money
"to try their luck At faro" The mo,t -.
pensiyely dressed and extensively. .mous,.cbed
male promsnaders on Broadway, belong to
this class. The more generous and elevated
term applied to them 10 " fancy men," but The
degrading and correct designation is +" pimps. y
One Of these bebased gentry, who goes by the
name OF Harvey Field, made . complain. az
grand larceny against Emma Morey, Saturday.
charging her with stealing jeweiry and siik
dresses belonging to girl living 4, No. 81 lii.
psnard street. 1t was proven on the examine.
tion, before Justice Welsh, that Field commit.
ted the larsenies himself, and thar he made the
complain. against the accusnd because she
would not come down" with as much monev
as 10 wanted to gamble With. Field ha, been
for several years the supported slower Of Em
ma Morey. The facts, as developed, immediate.
ly turned the tables egainst Field. The magic
trate discharged Emma and sent her accnssr to
the toombs to be tried upon the charge brouxhs
by himself at the next session Of the Court Of
Special Sessions.-N. Y. Times.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

CERTAIN FTcroEY.-Our Eastern ootempo-
raries seem generally to agree that the recent
elections in Ohio, Pennsylvaria and Indiana.
have decided the fate OF Douglas-that he 10 70
be beaten. There 10 no room 70 doubt the cor.
rectness OF their conclusions. The influences
which have impelled the people Of these States
to put their foot on the neck of the Dred Scott
hsresr, are actively At work in Illinois and Mr..
Douglas prctensons to fres-sOilism OF tho
doubtful aud untrustworthy sort, which con-
tents itself with opposition to Lscompton only,
will not save him from popular di.peasure.-
We look for an expression from Illinois, that
will agreeably astonish our most sanruine
friends. victory for them is . forgons con-
clusien; but triumph more decisive than any
thing that they have anticipated, will be their
certain reward. But every man TO his post
Chicago Tribune
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

Losr.-Somebody has borrowed the first vo,-'
ums OF Petersons edition Of Dickens works,
belonging to friend Of ours, and has forgotten
to return it. lie may know that he is the per-
son maant, when he reads this item, from the
fact Of his having that volume, and none Of its
mates. By returning it to this Office, he will
merit aud receive the thanks and good opinion
of the bersaved book owner
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

t4 For.y-6ve tons of track iron came over
the river, yesterday, to be la.d on the b. 4 ".
Il. Il. west Of Fairfield. An immense quantity
still lies on the other side and it will be brought
over, and laid as speedily as possible. We are
glad to say that no road in the State exhibits
the enterprise and steady growth that is seen
on this railway.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

IL EAET RoBBERr.-A man named Freeman.
from batavia, Iowa, came to this city q day or
two ago with cattle, which he sold and got bis
money, $3.50, all in currency At the Sherman
House, where he was stopping, he made the &C.
quaintance OF man, who on Saturday, very
kindly volunteered to 60 with him to a bank
where he could get the money changed into
gold. On the way, the very disinterested stran.
ger invited Freeman to take drink, and in
duced him 10 enter two or three saloons tor
that purpose. In the last saloon they entered,
the atectionate stranger appeared to bs re-
markahlY familiar with the bar-man They
dfaas, and before leaving the saloon, Freeman
fell asleep. When he awoke, his friend and
HE $3.50 we're both gone. lie 10 Of opinion that
they went away togsther.-Chicago Journal.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

A Prize FIGRr At LAFAYETTE, IND.-Fancy
stock 10 going up, and prize fights are not with
out iheif effects. Robert Jones aud ii. w.
Chase, two limbs Of the law, had . fist fight in
Court, at Lafayette. on Friday last. The La
fayssts Courier gives the following graphic ao.'
count Of the 6rst round:
Mr.. Chase gave Mr. Jones the lie, "whers-
upon Mr.. Jones planted well directed blow
between the eyes Of the Aforesaid Mr.. Chase,
and vas about to follow up his advantage, when
Ar. Chase Aforesaid got homs,' A. the fancy
express Il, with beautiful right counter on
ths irontispiscs Of the Aforesaid Mr. Jones, and
the attorney for the plaintiff dropped, a. timber
a. four cent muslin. lie came to .time,' how
ever, and closing with the railroad attorney,
piled him into the jury box in . very ancom-
Portable shape.
A. the parties we're both exhausted, friends
intsrfersd, and had The second round pest
ponsd.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

Tie Latest Nens receiped 5v Magnetic 7ele-
graph.-Dreddfl ErpiosiontM-Litn lie
compton biosea up!n-5oo Lirss Lostt,-Spe.
ciat Dispateh to the Republican, from the
Second Engineer.
Buzzard Bay, near mouth of Salt River,
Oct 18th, 1858.
EDIroR REPUBLICAN,:
am scarcely sufficiently recovered to for
ward you telegram, giving your readers some
OF the particulars concerning the fate of our
new steamer, Little Lecompton.
1t is known to all that our steamship, Little
Lecompton, was built at the dockyard of the
city from which 1t derives its name; and that
the stockholders OF this itlstayred vessel met at
Ouumwa u fe. months sinca, and consigned
the command Of it to Capt. Trimbe. Capt.
ffimble was ordered to scour the coasts OF
Southern Iowa, and take dead or alive, by any
means, fair or foul. any Republican craft found
floating near said coast After several conflicts,
in which we had the good fortune to come off
second best, yesterday, at o'clock, a. m, a
furious hurricane burst upon us, called by nav
igators, the Republican Eurocly dom. T is
storm, occurring annually before the ides Of
October, ragged with unabated fury till 6 o'clock
p. m. Every yard of sail was torn to strings;
and the only remaining spar struck with light
ming. Ten minutes before q o'clock, found the
hold OF our gallant steamer nearly filed with
water; and we were only one mile from Popular
Sovereignty Rect. To avoid this dangerous
reef last forlorn and desperate effort was
made. To increase the steam. not only South.
ern coal, but dry wood dipped in North Caro-
lima tar was freely used. THIS sudden increase
OF steam power produced an immediate exp,o-
sion! The ship Immediately took fire, and q
few moments after was dashed in pieces against
the rocks on the south side OF Pol book Island.
Capt. Trlmb!e was blown across narrow pro-
montory, extending out from the south side OF
this island. This is known from the fact, that
the skirt Of his coat was to day found lodged in
the top OF dead tree, standing on the narrow
promontoIy. This skirt contains an empty
hask, and some OF the Captains campaign pa
pers; ana Is recognized as part of the coat
worn during the storm.
There were some things connected with thii
I'll fated steamer that may be unknown 10 some
of the public. The oil used to lubricate the
machinery was So9thern import, and labelled
"Pure Democratic OIL" but when the engine
became warm q disagreeable odor was pro-
duced, which proved that il was Modification
Grease, in common parlance styled Nigge,
Grease, manufactured by Fire-eater & CO.
Another circumstance il worthy Of note The
stockholders instructed Capt. Trimble to ballas,
the ship with buchanan Nigyers-answering a
present purpose Of ballast, but mainly Intended
rs an article Of suture speculation in the Kaasa,
market. The Captains trunk was blown on tc
the island. 1t contained sundry papers, and
books, including all the printed matter OF the
last Legislature Of Iowa, except the Journal o)
the .Ssaate.n
Yours most respectfully,
PETER HuMpuRvy
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

TIE ADMINISTRATIONS GIVE UP NEw YoRK-
SiGNs OF CRUSHING DEFEAr OF THE DEnoc-
RAcY.-From the apparently cordial union in
the outset OF all factions of the New York de-
mocracy upon their State ticket and the COM
mon platform Of the administration, and from
the divisions of our opposition forces into three
eltshing and irreconcilabls factions, We have
heretofore considered the success of the demo
cratic party in our November State election as
hardly admissible ct doubt. But recent de.
yeiopments and events, here and elsewhere,
have disspated all these favorable an,ciF stous.
and now, from all the lights and shadows, facts
ana testimony before us, we frankly confess
that we anticipate nothing else than crushing
defeat of our demoratizcd democracy in Novem.
ber-a defeat which viii include the election OF
Morgan aud his State ticket, an opposition leg.
stature, end an increased opposition delegation
in Congress.-N. Y. Herald, Oct %. &t
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

ToM HYER WANTS TO 100 IN" ON HIS MUSCLE
When the news reached New York that Nor.
rissey had beaten Heenan in the recent prize
fight, Tom Hyer, the notorious pugist, who
was a heavy backer OF Heenan, got into an
awful passion, and freely expressed his opinion.
winding up BY the declaration that he was pro-
pared 70 fight and ''lick" Morrissey or any man
iu the WoRld for $4,000.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

CGLEsr'AL CoLLlsIoN.-A correspondent
OF she London Times taking Nr. Hiad's calcu-
iations a. to the position Of the Comet on ,he
1iss inst, 6nds that the planet Venus must have
passed through its tail at noon on that d.y. and
no thence ssnjscturss that it must have been an
unpleasant circumstance to the inhabitants Of
sns latter, il it be inhabited. The effects Of the
ooii'lon, however, can hardly have proved very
serious, a. the substance Of the Comet 10 30 sx-
cesdngly rare - to admit Of stars being seen
through ito main body.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02
LI6fkNkH
DoDGsvILLE, Oct. rs, 1853.

tB Some Of our Davenport iri.nds, while
attending the late session Of Judge LOWS
Court In this City, thus wrote The Davenport
Times, in regard TO our City:
burliagton seems less effected BY the 6nan-
elsa crisis than any Of the river towns or cities
Iners are few coed substantial dwellings CO.
ing up here, and business seems about as brisk
- when was here year sRo.
The tgro~ta Of this place 10 steady. They
never put up buildings here until they have use
ior them, hence here are very few vacant dwell
ings or business houses.
foa are aware that the Railroad from this
point reaches several miles further Weet than
any ether IN the State. and II is doing an inn
menso busiaees.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

VICTORIA BaIDGE.--Ths piers for the tubular
bridge ever the S.. Lawrence will all be raised
above the water this fall. There are scaflold-
ings already mp ior thirteen tubes, all Of which
will bs completed this season--fourtcen tubes
would have been laid, but one was un ortunats.
" losg. II 10 the deterioration OF the managers
20 have the bridge wholly completed next wear
-propably By Oetober.-Ra Railroad Journal.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-02

hbireR OF HAwK-ErE-Dear Sir: By giving
-slols"ing place in your paper you will do
SHAVER. aud doubtless save many the trou-
:. asking our opinion in she matter.
!. ~ question is asked us daily, "Is there oil
Asasa'ian Grass Sssdt" To those who are
"e! acquainted with seeds and their oils,
'ppsafanes sf the seed is q sufficient an.
VI ous for the sasisfacton Of others inter.
."a' We have gven i. thorough aud careful
=. - .as result Of which trial was confirms
:" our opinion, that the sscd had no value
sefia oil, : N ~ '-'
naa. : " nature and nu;rtiye qualities, i. i. very
go. "-s corn and AZ f.sd-asids from it.
..'.'' '.'' " ef"n-h.s .bou, tn. sam. value i.
.' .'-''n' 'h0rs the same amour, Of oil. bu,
's-s'ae'aaly = less ,hss eats.
~ origin Of the report. in regard to its OIL
sS'e'ns qaali,iss. are vel und.r.,ooa b,
s s.e who bought it up largely las. rear. for
''alasiTs purposes.
BURNHAM 4 JAGGAR.
Saos, Oetober At leRa #55~s
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For tie Hawk Eye

For tie Uawk-Eye
Munical.
Mr.. DiToR:--Quite an excitement prevailed
in DodSevills, on Saturday evening last. At
an early hour the citizens OF the town and sur
rounding country. were summoned together by
the beating OF drum, Chat being unusual in
this place;) it soon called in the scattered few,
and to their great surprise, they found Juye-
rile Brass Band, calling itself the Tama Town
Brass Band After the people had gathered
In the streets, they started out with their CALI
ope TO show US she musical elephant, and had
not gone far when to their great surprise, thsir
vehicle was minus one wheel and the show stop.
ped.
Next came the Donation Concert" accord.
ing 70 the programme-Siven by Mr. L. NJ. NIL
LxR, for the benefit Of the Methodist Church
appreciate good music. Il was supposed that
the members Of the Church would be present to
contribute but with few exceptions they
we're not; consequently the audience was no.
AZ large as expected. The opening piece,
sHow beautiful in Zion," was well performed
and excited in the mind Of the audi.nco great
sxpecsations. Next came "Ths Origin Of
song quartette-in part well performed,
calling forth seine applause but the Bass blum
dsred of the key at the start and thundersd
through, however, at random. "Jsmis's on
the Stormy Sea, was vocifereusly applaudsd
aud was called for the second time, the per-
former only being excused from singing it the
third time, by promising to sing something bet,
ter; however the applause was meant for the
accompaniment, the vocalist being dreadfully
out Of tune the articulation was also very bad
" The Farmers Boy" good song, was in good
taste. "Ths Lord is King" is good piece and
was credit 10 the performers. "The Farmers
Girl, was good thing, well attempted but did
not give general satisfaction.
Next came The Song Of the Thcater." Such
. medley of Dutch and badly articula.sd Eng
lish is seldom heard. Had it sot been for
little explanation before the song, it would have
been difficult to tell wha. had been ATTEMPTED.
"The Hunters Prize" went of well, the Tenor
being little lame and the Bass . little lamey,
"Ths Lake Of the Dismal Swamp" was we'll
performed, but the accompaniment was rather
loud. matrimonial Broils, brought down the
whole house.
"Tho Finale according to previous announce
msnt, was expected to be the best part OF the
programme, but owing to the awkwa.dncss Of
the Tenor in failing to get . start, "Old Hun
dred, was not represented.
The Instrumental performance was good.
LISTENER.
DoDGsvrLLE, Oct. rs, 1853.
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anvebKlemeMa 81 u fOMMw Lady fntO =
House Of III Eaune.

The New York correspondent Of the Boston
Atias l. Bee narrates the following sin gular case
OF the inveiglement Of . young lady into \
house OF i'll fame the particulars or which have
not before appeared in print: a D
The young lady, most respectfully connected.
was on the street one pleasant afternoon, uuas-
tended, upon shopping expedition, when she
was accostsd by we'll dressed lady, xho sta
ted she bad been seized by sudden illness, and
begged to be assisted to her home, which was
out short distance. Her air and manner were
apparently 90 sincere, that, not doubling but
sne was rendering the woman kindness, the
young lady at oIce accedsd 10 her request. aud
accompanied her to ,house in the vicinity Of
Mercer street. No sooner, however, had she
opened the door, than she was seized bv tvo
men, gagged, her wrists bound, and taken no
three lights Of stairs into . room apparently
well furnished. Here she was kept . close
prisoner until about o'clock in the afternoon
OF the next day, or . little more than twenty.
four hours. Without going into the detail, Of.
this imprisonment, suffice it to say that eyery
device OF force and persuasion was put in reoui.
sition to induce her to accsde to the wishes Of
The villains who had made her prisoner. but
without success. Force was made use Of to
make her drink, but she stoutly resisted, infiict
ng some very severe wounds with her teeth
ipon her inhuman advsrsariss Offers of mo-
iey we're at various times made, which she in
lignansly spurnsd.
During oil this time she watched for an on
'or.unty to escape. None, however, presented
tself, until late in the afternoon Of the next
lay, when she was for few moments lef. alone.
hough, as was supposed by her keepers, se-
urely fastened. Reduced to desperation, she
ctually gnawed in two the cord which bound
er wrists, seized her bonnet, and finding the
oor Of the room unfasl ened, rushed out Of the
ouss, and made the best Of her way, more
cad than alive, to her own home. On her way
hs met one Of the villains by whom she had
cen imprisoned, but in the open street he dared
OF modest her. Her friends, alarmed at her
bsence, received her joyfully, and to them she
eiatsd her thrilling adventure, at the same
ms stating she had not tasted foed during the
ass twenty hours. On administering some
punishment to her, she in short time became
elirious, and in that condition rs-enactsd her
wn part in the drama in which she had so re-
emily been an actor, and out OF which her virtue
ad come scatheless
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1t is said that 100000 changed hands on
the result of the recent fight. The fancy con
cede that Heenan is the "best man, and moth
ing lost him the battle but his bad condition,
and the breaking of his hand against the stake
Morrisssv has his nsse broken, his eve and
cheek terribly cut, while Heenan 10 but slightly
injured Aorrissey was in fact whipped on the
first round, but-like General Taylor At Bcsna
Vista-didnt know it,
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1 A herd of 400 fat cattle crossed the
river, yesterday, going east. The average ship.
ments Of cattle over the c. B. & Q. 4. r. for
the last week, is 600 per day.
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TRE EoEIClpK IN HURON TowKsulP.-We
rs since. A, that !time We we're unable to
ssG the facts Or to give an intelligent version
The affair. We are now furnished with the
blowing statement which lie doubtless correct: :
lanis with . couple Of nsighbors, we're sit
ag on the fence hear hi. house. when Esq
amer csme along. Esq. Garner introduced ID
ss4bieci Of politics and wanted lnnis 80 vote
scaggea aid Tracy, indepsndsn. candidates.
li ad liz would not vote for then, and gave
reasons, which gave offence to Garner, who
fek lnnis and partly by his strske and .
p drew Innis back foremost over the fence
bio field and hurt him considerably in the
u Where lnnis fell there were soms t0sls
hsA b had been using 70 build gate or bars
n, and among the rest hatchet which Innis
md to defend himself with. After mo
sat's hesitation Garner renewed the attack
dsprnng on the fence, and was partly over
Tor the purpose Of beating Iunis more, when
latter urged him to stop, and finally struck
two 'iighs blows with the poll of the
'isaet, one Of them hitting Garner on the
aa. &c.
Iiaa vas then in q weak state OF health, and
!a 70 poorly 40 10 be unable to leave his
NM
Examination before . Magistrate, Innis
oornd over to answer at the District Court
ne simple sharge Of manslauGhter. We
m that lnnis is very quiet, inoffsnsivs,
ssnhy Farmer.
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lsET. ff*t*r Noh1nss1e. QMe~19G
II IT, Meveo<no o. OsossnI WnlEer aeeEo-
gardsd nth GssA iassseSv eoposialy = Flifle-
matte sircise Il = represented thas he = 0ell
soppneo wlfn bcth nan and n1esy fer bis pso.
.ssssoy ps.ceml e.tsrpfns. There b ssaseo
70 oeileve that sho1Id = asssnps . land vieh
bic felleverS N Nicafagus, ho Vim Is repuleeA
By the British usvsi fefess, = - Iam,rsI~s
the West India station, il b insinated. has ia-
structions - arrest Fillibusssrins expedi1ie.a
into Central America, from any Qsassss whas-
soever; but % recent events Dgsenkthen IN.
assertion, parties have Of lists, besn sndsoy.
oring 10 secure the 0ovsrnmsss's rscognitiea
and protection, in another contsmplafsd ssaa-
sit line over the Nicaragua route. and with who's
General Gerer has been in communication.
No osnccess has thus fer attended Their efforts
with the Administration citixens 10 matters rs-
lating 70 this subjscs.
II is well known that those Who have already
contracted with the Nicaraguan Governmsni,
~ill be fully protected IN their rights and prop
ny. e
ME camels which recently arrived at New
Orleans, were imported on private and NOS on
pnblic acconnt, as stated In the newspapers.
The S'nte Department is now preparing to
END books ard documents Of public. charac-
er to the King Of Siam, asa present.
Albany, October a.
The American General Committee have nom.
mated J. u. Livngston, OF Albany, for Congress.
. place ofJonas Sheal, Withdrawn.
New York, Oct. n.
The steamer Africa sailed to day FOR Diver.
ool with "a passengers and 800, 900 in spe-
ie.
The Times Washington correspondents teIe.
raphs rumor that Gov. Floyd will resign the
Var Department for a foreign mission, and be
lcceeded by Attorney General Rlact
Mr.. Dallas has written letter to the Prssi-
ent that be will return home in the Spring,
I'd Mr.. Clay has been called home from Peru.
Mr.. Preston declines the mission to Spain,
ter Naving intimated his acceptance.
Government has chartered store ship which
~ sail from Boston, Nov. 10, with supplies for
e African squadron
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A "littls" girl. weighing $40 pounds, was
one Of the attractions At the Connecticut State
Fair. She amused herself BY handling South
American boa constructor, seventeen feet in
length.
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~. .AsAiIs.-Ths Cleveland Herald says
viii soonsry has bssn suddsniy flooded
,.,;,. 'a1'erieis money. Tens On the Metro
,,,i. 0sak' New York, and The same dsaen.
s.,,h ~ ~ me State Bank Of Ohio. 6vss on the
,s...'. s.1s''ern Bank Of Virginia, and ID. n.r.
s,..D Dsas' Providence. r. l.; 6vss on The
u. - bank, Augusta, Maine; swensies on
D.l..pss bank, New York, and twos on tie
qp.,,.. 0l'y Bank, are circulated in difsrsnl
es.. - = % extensive has this busiasss all .,
ri, 'oAs, that Il stasds IL ia hand 70 loel
~ nsasy they saks. + sIe5 Z