The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-16

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Il Caleb, B1j5sfps ~ 81 thc nominees :
jthe Kepublio1s,passy ~ she Supreme Benct
n nas Tor sons tIne judge ~ thc third judicis
II District, ocmposed Of t1 counties Of Van Bur
n IN, Davis, JeADrson, Wapello, Keokuk o.
NahAska. While ID this capacity b. dischSs
{the duties of ~ Office N 70 just and able s1Aaa
ner ~ 10 seeofe high sncomiun's even from p
i political oOrcueast. Ju1Ge Knapp, one Of 10
/. most distinguished members Of the bar and
the DEMOCRATIC party, stated in an argumen
before the Supreme Court Of the State, Cha
"Judge Baldwin vas one Of the ablest and bes
District Judgss that be had ever practiced -
fore" Judge Knapp remarked that he ha'
preniopsly made this staten ent and that b.
repeated IL bccsuse Judge Baldwin was emf
nentiy worthy u encomium. Judge Baldwin i
now, and has been for the past three or f6u
rrars, resident or Council Bluffs, PottowattA-
Vie county. With those personally acquainted
with him be il more than usualfyj popular ant
| will, doubtless, in the Western and Contra
parts Of the State run considerably ahead Of BIZ
ticket.
So says the Oskalocsa Herald. Put that be-
side Of the tat boy statemsnt.-fK sosauqqs Re-
publican.
= KIDNAPPING WHITES IN MrsslsslPPI.--A die
patch was received here from jackson, from
Richard Cooper, Esq, the District Attorney
| ordering the arrest Of A. Burks, on the charge
| Of kidnapping. He was accordingly arrested q
| the Washington Hotel, together with woman
| and one child. An examination was had
before the Mayor yesterday afternoop, u
which Charles L. Buck and +. G. Walker,
| Esqs., appeared for the prosecution, and Gov.
r,k stir e..
IL pas proved by Mr.. Carter, Of Neshobo Co,
thas the woman and her three children were
free persons, Of white and Indian blood, and
that they we're kidnapped by Bnrks after re-.
peated declarations Of his determination to do
SO. He sold one Of the children in Jackson, to
Mr.. James A. Horne, for $500, one Of them had
disappeared, for which he could not account,
and the other child was with Its molherin Court.
Mr.. Carter said Burks had told him that il was
no harm TO sell them, as free Africans were
being brought in and sold. lie offered to di-
vide with Mr.. O., provided he would assist in
the disposal Of them. This NJ. c. refused,
and testified that they we're forcibly taken
away before BIZ eyes, the woman and children
pleading to remain.
Mr.. J. H. johnson testified that the accused
endeavored to raise money on them, claiming
them as bis property.
After argument by the counsel, the Mayor
ordered him to give bail in the sum Of Sc, 900,
for his appearance before the Circuit Court no
in session. Failing 10 give the requisite bail,
he was lodged 10 Jail. The circumstances a :
tending the case are most atrocious according
to the testimony of Mr.. Carter, but as the ac-
cused had no witnesses, nor made any effort TO
obtain them on this examination, we shall await
the progress OF the case in the Criminal Court
The Mayor feeling fully satisfied that the
woman and her children were not slaves, being
descendants of white woman, allowed them to
60 free. This is what we would call reopening
the slave trade with vengeance!--l vicksburg
Miss Wing.
BURIED Twenty-Five HoUEs IN Coal
sHAFT-Mr. Samuel Allen furnished US yester-
day with the particulars Of an accident at Yves.
ley City. on Thursday, by which man was
buried alive in coal shaft, "a feet in depth
The shaft had been sunk on the land Of James
Whitaker for the purpose of finding coal. The
workmen, after going through ten feet Of clay,
penetrated through IA feet Of quicksand that
required strong eurbing in order 10 work it,
Not finding coal at that depth, the job was
given up, but an attempt was made to remove
and save the curling. Scarcely had the man
who Was engaged in doing it, taken away the
first planks before the entire curbng for 80 feet
above him, broke loose and buried him beneath
It. This occurred at 10 o'clock on Thursday
The alarm was instantly given, and an excited
crowd rushed to the spot. On listening, blows
on the timbers could be heard from below,
showing the buried man to be alive, and the
work OF digging him out was at once com
meEced The Shaft was three and half feet
IN diameter, and was entirely blocked up with
sand and timber for fifteen feet, and FOR the
balance OF the way the curbDg was in shat.
tered and dangerous condition.
Our informant arrived on the ground at one
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon, and found the
knocking from below had ceased, and fears
were entertained that the man was dead After
lapse OF two or three hours the knocking was
resumed, and the work Of digging him out was
recommended. Mr.. VIM Smith, fellow work
man OF The buried man, without waiting for the
repair of TIE shattered curling courageously
descended to the top Of the rubbish that blocked
up the shaft, and lying down, succeeded in CON-
with him. In answer to inquiries.
the buried man said that he was unhurt, with
the exception oil timbers pressing on and
pinioning his shoulders, that his feet we're at Ii
berty, and that he had plenty of air. The |
work was again resumed, the man below giving |
directions, and allowing none but Smith. in |
whom he seems to have he'd perfect confidence, |
to operate the excavation. At | l o'clock, yes /
terfay, after 25 hours incarceration, the poar |
fellow was reached and rescued unAartf u
seems that when the curb gave way, some two
Or three feet AZ the bottom held Grm, and the
Ilmoers above in falling formed sort of roof |
above him and this saved Ibis life What il
most extraordinary of thi. most wonderful affair
:, that while the man vas thus immersed in a
living grave, he fell asleep and slept for several
hours! TWAS during this sleep that the knock
ne ceased, and those who were engage ein the
'eseue thought him dead Peoria Transcript,
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