The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-31

HANDcART MoRMoNs Bound FOR HONE
yesterday Mormon from Utah passed throue h
our city. He was an Engishman, who had seen
the elephant, and concluded 10 leave the haun,s
OF the animal. The Mormons would not allow
him 10 take his wife and daughter, and so he
iei with two lite children, one eighteen
months to two years old, the other perhaps d
year older. lie had BEEN sixty days on the
road and seemed in pretty good spirits for a
man who had endured SO tedious a iournuv. His
handcart was covered with an oilcloth, and con-
tanned ms children, gun and eatahles, with an
axe swung beneath. Anoth oeloth we sup
pose Tor camping purposes, laid across the
| shafts The children looked clean and harry.
ana the man trudged along at rapid gait
Gate City.
A NEGRO ACTING AS PASTOR FOR WafrE
lEoPLE.-On Lynn Creek, Giles County, Tenn.
| there IS Hardshell Baptist Church. supported
by number OF wealthy communicates Of tha,
PERSUASION, who for several years past have
| had Tor their regular pastor a negro man. black
az the ace OF spades, named Georce-known a.
benheys Old George and belonging 10 the
estate OF one Matthew Bentley, deceased
ueorge 10 said to be a most excellent man and
gooa preacher. Sometime ago, he had noted
puons discussion, lasting tour days, with white
preacher, on the subject of Baptism. from
which the white man is said to have coma nfr
VI any diiierence) second best The Church
wants 10 Guy George, bnt he il unwilling to be
sofa out oil his masters family, and il withal
Irregular southern, proslavcry parson George
- the preacher in charge OF a large eonora
CATION, nearly all of whom are shareholders. and
VINO pay him q salary OF 5000 or roo for bin
pastoral services.-Tennessee Qaid Nunc.
HAITIAN CosruMEs.-James Redpath write.
70 the New York Tribune of his observations
durlhg stay at Hayti:-After DESCENDING from
lhe mountains, We passed two or three collee
ions OF huts. At one of them-fonr leaynaa
from uonaives-we saw an interesting famiIv
group. There was an old man A yonnp ma,
ana TWO young women-the men nith their f.et
ana the women with their breasts uncovered
three almost naked children--one a girl. fat ana
Winning; one, boy, dirty and merry. hath
unuer TWO years oil age; and boy eleven years
old, with the most unique Of u,h, snn,n,as
dresses. He wore checkerea bandar.h;ar ~
his head, and an cid broken case. knife sns-
pended from bis neck by piece Of twine. That
was asi' Cool, wasn't il? aud cheap.
SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMESrs.-The Lon.
uon tunes abiding TO the suspension of specie |
payments oy Russia, Austria and Sardinia. ex.
i pans 'ns. suspension Of specie payments
~ which almost every one on the continent of |
Europe, and BY not few in England. l. con.
sldsred very natural and protective stem a. tha
beginning o. warts but a continuance "a |
eA1of.ing fands from the people In d partial
oose'. ana ruin0as manner, and for rajsins
Iorceu loans IN way Ut erly destructive Of thai
credit upon the maintenance of which tha -
er OF raising loans with economy solely denana.
y cannot affect English finance, because -
.nese nations require anything from her. II mus.
% PAID ior IN gold Or ito equivalent.