The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-24


a French Emperor to the corps legislatiif on III,
m Sd inst
es Austria, BY ordering the entering OF her arm,
into the territories Of Sardinia, our ally, has de
= clared war against u.s. She thus violate,
r treaties aud menaces our frontiers All the
'e great Powers have protested against this act Of
aggression. Piedmont having accepted The
% conditions, one asks what can be the reason Of
e this sudden invasion! It 10 because Austria has
n driven matters to such an extremity that her
u dominion must either extend TO the Alps OF
y Italy, must be free to the shores Of the Adrat
q 10, for every corner Of Italy which remains in
9 dependent endangers the power Of Austria
Hitherto moderation has been the rule of INV
d conduct, but nov energy becomes my FIRST duty.
q france must now to arms, and resolutely tell
y Europe: ! wish not for conquest, but am de-
u tefmlned to maintain my national and tradi-
b tonal policy. / observe treaties on condition
II that they are not violated against me- Irespect
o territories and the rights Of neutral Powers
bit boldly avow my sympathies with the peo-
pie whose history is mingled with our own, and
9 who now groan under foreign oppression.
t France has shown her hatred of ANARCHY. Her
q VIII was to give me power sufficiently strong to
reduce into subsection the abettors of disorder
: and the ncorrigible members of old factions
VINO are necessarily seen concluding compacts
+ with our enemies; but she has not for that pur
pose abandoned her civilizing character. Her
, natural allys have always been those who desire
a'nehorat;on OF the human race, and when she
draws the sword it is not to govern but to free
The object then of this war is to restore Italv
to herself, not to impose upon her u change Of
masters, and We ehall then have upon our from. |
tiers friendly people, who will owe to us their |
Independence We do not enter Italy to foment |
disorder, or disturb the power of our HOLY |
Father, whom We placed upon his throne, but |
70 remove from him this foreign pressure which /
burdens the whole peninsula, and to help to es-
taolish order there, based upon lawful. satisfied
interests. In fine, then, we enter this classic
ground, rendered illustrious by SO many yicto
ries, TO seek the footsteps of our fathers. God
grant that we may be worthy of them. I am
ABOUT to place myself at the head Of the army
leave 10 France the Empress and my son, Sc
eonaod BY the experience and enlightenment of
the Emperor's last surviving brother. She will
understand how to show herself worthy Of the
grandeur OF her mission. Iconfde them to the
vaior of the army which remains in France to
keep watch upon our frontiers, and to guard
our homes. con6de them to the patriotism of
the National Guard. contide them, in word |
10 the entire people, who will encircle them
with that affection and devotedness of which | |
Ga ~ receive SO many proofs. Courage then
anu unlon Our country is again about to show
the world that she has not degenerated. Prov. :
holy in the eyes of God which rests on Justice. ,
humanity, love of country, and independence. !
MILL Blown UP-ONE MAN KlLLEp-Wi,b ,
PAIN We record the particulars of a terrible ac
cident which occurred in Des Mones township.
IN thus county, about twelve miles from here.
on Tuesday morning, the 18th inst Blacks
mill bad not been in operation for some time
and on the morning of Tuesday, steam was
put on, and IN short time after both ends of
rhe boiler blew out, instantly killing Mr. Titus !
Armstrong. 1t " supposed that part OF the :,
boiler head struck Mr.. Armstrong in the !, !.
6reast. Mr.. Black was stunned considerably :: !.
oy the conclusion, but as soon as he recovered :,
be fastened to offer assistance to Mr.. A.. whom =
he found with some timbers lying across his 90 %
breast. He lifted the tmbers off And al - -
though Mr.. A. gave few Conclusive efforts .
afterward, he expired almost instantly. Mr. =
Black was badly bruised, although no bones =.
we're broken. Another man was in the mill, -
tut he escaped without injury, The concus. - -
non was SO great that the mill was entirely de. :.
nolished, the timbers lying about in every d. ="
ecuon' Mr. Beech vas blowing in a field :,
hort distance from the mill, was look ~
ne at 1t at the time Of the explosion, and saws g..
hat ne sa# two volumes of steam issuing from ~
he mill, one from each end and when the W
team cleared away the building was living on oe
he ground. He hurried to the mill but found ).
hat bis efforts we're useless n saving life. Mr. u's
'lack says that there was not mnch steam up.
that 1t did not escape at the safety valve but D.
pom examination of the valve, by Mr. Long NC
appears that the valve had become rusted. az
nd Mr.. Long supposes that there was more
seam on than there was thought to be by -
nose In charge of the mill. Fairfield Led 'e!
err.
sus
DEMOCRACY 1LLUsrRATED.-1he professed un. Ita
alhsh love of the sham democracy for our for has
Ign born citizens, was amusingly illustrated by
n incident which occurred few DAYS since at fol-
lie Davenport city election. The editor of the fall
ews-a sheet most rabidly democratic, and one pre-
lat processes great respect for foreigners being rsi
.lrly charmed with the rich Irish brogue' and me
ne sweet German accent was a candidate for s.
municipal office. While electioneering for I
m self German citizen to whom he offered arm
iiiot refused 1t, whereupon the amiabe editor Co,
the News called him "a ID dutchman" In Seq
paper OF the lth inst. the indignant editor SC.
votes nearly column to this subject, acknow-
dyes that he made use Of the expression and GEL
Us that he reserves the right to apply the same wit
ithet to every German who offers like pro-
caton. This, we take it, is characteristic of lett
e whole democratic party. While profe sing 10
eat regard for foreign born citizens, they re- G
rye TO themselves the right to stgmatize them retr
'tbe id Dutch" or id Irish" whenever exc
well, whenever they refuse to uote the demo L
atic tiekeu o Democracy! how many acts aud
ntempnbly mean are committed in thy name! C
Oakaoosa Herald. ner,
To Rr HAxcyo-Tho 49, &c c
NH the Mando,. III = ~ y. oeo,s9 =. foll
ed in the ST. Louis Criminal Court some
1nths since, and sentenced TO be hanged, for enn
ordering bis wife, and for whom trial was 'or
sed OF the Missouri Supreme Court, is finally .
posed OF, the Supreme Court on Tuesday last
wing affirmed the verdict OF the lower Court az
! VIII be hanged at st. Louis ON the 18th of .ne
ne. to c
Most of our readers will recollect this case.
NIB, by his own confession, took his wife to "
Louis, where after an unsuccessful attempt to ~
lson her he took her out into the river in the
rev her overhoard h. Nd -. 49,, fenc
md. and on this ground did his counsel ask
a new trial. arm
---- and
,Lhg hssslsh ha hLac1loss"he we are busy
gotten the parliamentary election in England, Brio
'olsing those great questions of reform that -
, beginning seriously to enter into English RI
tics. Up to the time of the sailing of the bers
steamer, the elections had proceeded quietly 'o'n'
post to the termination. The gain for the o. ~ u
vernment (tte Derby Ministry had been n,2i
ne fifteen members, which seemed to settle So
} question III favor Of the tories. The Lon 4,ss
..s rsv p pssaa y. Tue result says tna' 21,ll
,ers nomlnaliy OF the same party though dit =,
- " ~, ""e"ey VI tue intensity OF thelr place
mons. There never was in point of fact a tisen
10 when the lines of demarcation were so -
ut and wavering, or where it has been found (J
easy for colorless and shfty politicians to
k one way and row another. One feature n.
,amolv ia IT, 'n'ee eieo''ons Pike
,;,ess RI voto o.. .t r Anne
reform. Part of this ought, We fear, to be We
down as mere political hypocrisy; but even DAi'
wed as such, it is not without its value as TT
indication of the way in which the tide is is ma
ming" "a
BLOODY RETRiBUTION.-R. B. Jordan, some r,
e since, seduced the daughter of a widow.
san Andreas, Texas, anu, although frequent Il pu