The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-15

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INA Nrr SftrLL.--No man has hit upon
hapry description Of the Douglas policy
reference 10 the Territories, a. that eiven /
Lincoln in one Of his Ohio speeches. when 1
said that bv il .s!avery may be legally exesud
ed from Territory in which it may legally +,
main = No form Of words could more clear
bring out the contradiction between belief
the Dred Scott decision, which lexsises slave,
everywhere. snd q belief, at the same time, i
sanir,endiy legi-la'icn" which may everywhel
IT, This condensed statement. embody
ing the facts and logic Of an elaborate polite,
theory. appeals SO forcibly to popular con,pre
pension, thar, as long as the contest which gav
rise 70 IL. continues. il will net be forgotten.
| Douglas owes bis old competitor for many
damaging illustration. but Lincoln has ncye
! said anything which the small Giant will b
more unwilling TO forgive, than thar seutenc
which ~e have quoted. Il is . complete refu
talion Of Douglasism. in nut she'll Ga
Republican contemporaries will pardon US if y
suggest .hsts.hey will do well to .skeep it befor
the people. Chicago Tribune.
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Hon. s w. Gil'is, late Mayor of Nashua, N
a., has recs nlly leased and commenced runnip,
a large cotton factory at Wheeling. Va. Tn,
Wheeling Times has coDgratnlatory paragraph
announcing the movement as greatly to the ben
ehi ot thai city. tf s
| Count Walewski, and Lord CowIey, the Bril-
t'sa Minister at Paris, have been commissioner
70 arrange the basis Of CO operation betweeI
Ihs'ano ahd France in the war against China
Asenteman having been invited by an nc.
iunlntance TO attend divine service with him
at fashionable church, the beams. rafters. etc.
OF which, according to modern custom, were ief
exposed, was asked g Well, Mr.. how do
you like the looks OF our church ?" "Well,'
was the reply. ''after ye get il idthed and plas
tered, II won't be very unsighty lookin' con.
sarn." A aE.s - &Ee -sl
Mr. Ward, an American, says the London Ex.
press, has just patented in England an invention
oi new code Of signal telegraphs for the ocean
marine service, by means of which be expects
to be aole to transmit news between America
and England in five days. The latest news will
De tsieerapbed from the light house at Cape Race
to the passing steamer, on Sunday, which will
signal the intelligence at Cape Clear, on the fol-
lowing Friday. To New York and Loadon.
IRON these places, the communication will, Of
course, be over the electric wires, and in this
way news will be only FIVE days in tfansitu be.
tween London and New York city.
Carl Schurz has consented 10 spend few
weeks at the East during ths AL, for the pur.
POSE OF addressing lyceums and lecture bodies
upon general popular themes. He has two or
three lectures prepared for this visit. In Wis.
cousin he is regarded as one Of the most elo-
quent speakers in the country.
Very RkMARKABLE.-The Boston Herald puts
forth an account of the death OF Henry Black.
CT Newport, Penn, who undertook to sever the
head OF a hen. and was STACKED by rooster,
which spnrred bm the head INFO an artery.
About two weeks after the accident he was at
tackled with Intense pain, a siekening sensation
OF the heart, and bis sufferings were insnpporta.
bic At this date q remarkable occurrence took
place. tie drew his entire frame together az
though Co gain strength for an act, and his
voice broke forth like the growing Of a rooster.
This was repeated from time to time, and such
was the similarity Of voices, that the outside
listeners asserted their belief that 1t was roost.
er Alter four days Of ihdescribable suffering he
died and cr0wed no more. 25' EA II
The marine losses for September amount TO
one million dollars, which is little more, only,
than the average OF the last nine months.
negro girl at Ghent. KY, painted herself
and attempted 10 cross by the ferry to Indiana.
The novelty Of the steamboat attracted her at.
tfni'oa. and exposed her ignorance Suspicion
was excited, aud she was returned TO her "old
Kentucky home" fn~ sH4 s.
SHALL TIE QUESTION BE PUr Are the people
of Iowa ready for the question! The whole
field Of politics has been fully aud faithfully dis.
cnssed by the republican party in the State, ami
tie 'ast day" Is abou. come. There is 10 ad
jour nment or postponing. ehe question must
be put on next Tuesday-are the people ready?
Ht.a h., sS,x
iaw, nor pairing of ; but the ays AID nose are
called TOR, and every mans name is to be re-
corded. BE sure you are right, an. then 90
ahead. But be careful that the record is all
right; don't vcte a :.cket that you will some
day be ashamed OF. Ii yoI vote what is RIGHT
IT never can be regretted.
The foliowin is a funeral sermon lately preach-
in Ohio by Buckeye clergyman :--''I have
been begged, importened and entreased to
preach this sermon, but l don't want to do it, /
never did ike the man; never knew nothing
good of hin. He had horses, and he run them;
be had cocks, and he fit them; Ihave heard
he vas occasionally good at fires. The bearers
will please remove the body, and sing sne fol-
lowing hymns @a
with rapture weeciigh. to see 5.s g.S{
a. ee7f The cuss removed "a .sz,E 75f5 ss,.-.
General Harvey has written to the War De-
par tmeut that TO conflict had taken place be-
tween his troops and those Of the British, nor
was there the slightest apprehension of any. II
is understood that IL this despatch from Harvey
had been received prior to Gen. Scott's depart
re, that officer would not have been sent TO
the Pacific. s
EXPLANATIONS OF A SENSATION Row IN Il
THEATRE A few evenings since. while the cur.
tain was down between the acts Of the play at
L,ura Keen's Theatre, woman rose in the dress
circle and proceeded TO address the house, ex-
boiting them to repentance, and going on in
way 10 lead the audience to believe that she
was demented. She was quietly led from the
Theatre and peace was restored. 1t now turns
ou: that she was not crazy at all, but that she
undertook the preaching feat to win a wager
of 4aa. The winner of the bet "a said to be
Mr.. John iawklns-[New York Tribune, Sept.
9th.
There is in the County In6rnary at Columbus,
Ohio, an old woman Of so years called the s.last
OF the Mohcans' because she is the last OF
.amly OF twenty -four, equally celebrated for
their longevity and laziness, nearly all Of whom
have lived and died in various poor houses in
Ohio. .Ns-. .sf-.1=. -e4jsfase5 f5.ls ss4..z 4
Three thousand dollars was paid the other
day for the pacing horse, Stranger, raised in
Ravenna, Ohio; w. Park man Of Geauga County
being the purchaser.
I AZ st JosepL, Mich. there is q peach orchard
covering only five acres OF ground, from which
tn Owner has already sold. this year, over nine
thousand dollars worth oil peaches. t. IL
A DOUBLE FACED STArEsMAK.-A writer in
the Atlantic Monthly says "RichArd Greenoush
once told me that IN studying for the statue OF
Franklin, ne found that the left. side OF the
gteat mans face was philosophic and reflective,
and the right side funny and smiling. II you
Will 60 and look At the bronze statue, you will
fnd he has repeated this observation there for
posterity. The eastern profile is the portrait of
the statesman Franklin, the western Of poor
Richard" 90
Twelve and half millions Of railroad bonds
III u,e during the next year, including one
milton Michis n Southern irst mortgage, three
millions Illinois central ireeland, aud million
abi u half Michigan central eight per cents. II
Is hoped the holders Of these bonds have not
given notes which they expect to meet with the
c,sh proceeds during the year.
-Four member Of the Vermont Legislature
sooa lie meet (three representatives aad one
SSaator) married sisters, the daughters oil David