The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-24

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legs looking something like those Of . dog. and
body shaped little like 40 aligater. Il has
| 90 unpronoancable scientific name, which We
have not time TO hans up.
Progress - tho Panic NJ Davenport
| The failure Of Cook 4 Sergeant. II Daven.
| port, has produced . panic. Involving many in
ruin. Several other houses have gone by the
board and still other failures, it is quite proba-
bic, win occur We sympathize with our up
river friends in their misiortnnes.
The following items We cut from the Dayen-
port Democrat Of Monday. They will give our
readers correct idea Of the state Of affairs AZ
the Bridge City:
UNvoRrUMArE.-Our city was crowded Satur>
day with anxious looking faces Of persons who
were either creditors Of Cook 4 Sargent, or
Burrows 4 Prettyman. Farmers who had
| learned Of these Two disastrous failures, came
pouring into town all anxious to learn to what
extent they were involved. Mr.. Burrows has
been in the habit lately OF purchasing wheat on
time, giving tickets payable on the 6rst Of some
future month, the farmer to receive whatever
price wheat might be bringing when the ticket
came due. The number of these tickets now
great, involving large sum of money. This
will be . terrible blow to the honest yeomen Of
Scott county, as they are already burdened with
oil they can possibly stand up under. Many of
them are deeply in debt, and are depending
upon the money which they expected to realize
from these wheat tickets to pay up their notes
and blot from the record the mortgages and
deeds OF trust with which they have SO long
been cursed. This Is now out OF the question.
They have to again ask indulgences from the
capitalists who hold these membranes, and
we trust they will receive them. Now is 'tthe
time that will try mems souls" and il we hope
to extricate ourselves from our present difficult
ties. VIC must use forbearance. Adopt the
Golden Rule in all your dealings with your fel>
low man, and We may in a short time hope to
be relieved from the great load Of misfortune
with which our city has recently been visited.
We shall confidently look tor full and COM
plete statement Of the affairs Of Messrs. Bur
rows 4 Preuyman for We think they owe it to
the public who have SO long placed explicit con
fdencc in their honesty and uprightness of char
scter. Let this statement be made at an early
day. Delays are oftentimes fraugbt with dan
ger and inconvenience.
SEcURITIEs.-Mr. McCosh, the County Treas
urer, has been secured by Messrs Cook L. Sar-
gent. by warrantee deed OF property on Brady
street. We must say that VIC can see no good
reason why c. 4 s. should disc rimnate between
Mr.. McCOsh aud other creditors. The funds he
had on deposit belonged to the county, and
we're secured by his official bond. The amount,
we are informed, Was about II, 900, and to Sc
dwelling house. Why should this money be
found in the Tseasurer's hands, when it is no.
torious fact that not cent can be drawn on
County ordersY II would have been much bet.
ter had Mr.. AcCosh paid these orders as they
we're presented, instead OF depositing the mo-
ney. He would in that case have run no risk
of loss. We hope Messrs. Cook / Sargent will
not discriminate between their denostors, but
when they pay at all, pay all alike. This will
be by far the most satisfactory course to pursue.
ANOTHER HOUSE GoNE-Thc extensive Crock
cry and Glassware house of w. G. Joy, in Me-
tropolitan block, was closed up Saturday. Diff.
cultes Of peculiar nature are said to be the
cause Of this failure, Mr.. Joy not being the in
dividual involved. We hope arrangements may
soon be made for him 10 resume business.
Dox'r Passive do hope our business men
will be allowed to conduct their business undis
turbed. 1t is highly necessary that great for
bearance should be use towards the merchants
of this city, or it will result ruinously to all
| classes.
HoNoRABLE We are informed that the men,
bers of a firm that failed in this city on Friday
| last have turned out their household furniture
| to help pay their debts, and this was done by
| the advice Of their wives. We very much guess
ton the propriety of this act, but it shows that
| these men aud their noble wives willing and
anxious to do eli that lays in their power to re-
| iieve themselves of the burden of debt which
has brought them down iiom epulence to penus
| ~. We say we doubt the propnety Of the act,
because we do not consider it the duty OF any
man TO make himself and family uncomfortable
| to pay debt he will be abundantiy able to
liauidate if LEFT alone until he can make his
| sets available. But We do admire q noble wo-
man who will thus advise giving up the COM
forts aud luxuries of home to satisfy the de-
mauds of a greedy creditor.
| We wish to counsel the laboring population
OF our city, whose little ali" is deposited in
the house OF Cook aud Sargent, against getting
excited and doing what they may hereafter re-
gret. Let things take their course for day or
two, and then it will be time enough to take de-
| cided steps. We hope to be able TO pubs
| lsh statement of the condition Of Messrs.
Cook l. Sargent, as We have been informed that
they have expressed willingness to do SO, as
soon as they can possibly prepare it. In the
meantime keepc0Ol.
| There was no less than three fights in our city
last Saturday, between tho advocates Of Flor
ence money and its opponents. In two cases
the opponents of the money caine out best, but
in the other, the fellow who was particularly
severe upon both the currency aud the issuers
was einfully threshed A very good way to
settle the matter, ii no bones be broke.
|
Heavy Robbery In q Broadway Jew"
| elFy store.
From the New York Express, 10th.
On Wednesday night, At about IL O'Clock, OF.
fcer Lintz, Of the Sth Precinct, while patrol