The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-05

whas they call "the right 70 govern themselve
= ne Was wise man, verify. Who said ssthe vol
In 70 governed too much" Everybody 10 bent
Of governing somebody else. except himself.
T. D1Er Stow ON the MouxrArsg.-T Nom
T. tain Messenger Of La Porte, Sierra County. o.
:. iosnla, OF February 2lst says:
Inc mot terrific snow storm ever knovn
the oldest inhabilans" has been our guest
10 nearly three weeks. All the trails have be.
closed up, and. ~ . sequence, for sever
Gays past We have been ''shut out from the rut
world" By about fifteen or twenty feet Of col
: areary'looking and almost impenetrable sno,
o Inc streets Of our town are filed ND. and
II many places the drifts of snow are nearly ,
nlgn % the buildings on either side.
. The story that has been 20 industriously cir
culated that NJ. Ten Eyck, the new Senate
from New-Jersey, was Q slave holder BY inner
lance through his wife, is 90 far from bein
true, that M. Ten Eyck, it is nov said. 40
eolutely refused to receive such An inheritance
because It would make him slaveholder.
} SERIOUS Fuu.-The New Windsor (Md) Her
AID says that some days since the miller of Han
som Nickodsmas' mill, near that place. took Az
amgy in the form CT . man, and placed it At tn,
kitchen door Of Mr.. Nickodenas' residence.
One OF the females unexpectedly opened the
door. when the paddy" fell against her. She
tainted, and has had successive spells of spasms
ever since.
breach Of promise case 10 to come of At the
next term of the District Court at Wapello.-
The sum Of $4,000 damages is asked for by
the disappointed fsir one.
The Davenport News Of the 29th says that
Mr.. V. Z. Rowc Of that city, has been experi
Eenting on the wheat of last season, 1858. and
has come to the conclusion that it is all good
for seed with the exception of the white kerr
nels, none Of which be found to sprout.
| A Coon ONE Fare Madam" and Stebbins
| the popular conductor on the Telodo and Great
Western Railway, extended his hand eneagipglv.
and with an aifabIe smile to an old lady, who.
with her band boxes and other traps, occupied
two whole seats in the rear of the forward
coach, the other day. The old lady smiled be-
nignly aud, and extentending her right tlsx-
ter, took Stebbins cordially By the hand and,
| responded: 'sPurty FAiR, thank YOU
'ccpt bad celde, how is it with yourself?"
RoBBERY.-Ths provision store of . Mr.. Butt.
Valparaiso, Ind, wasrobbed on Thursday eve
ming last Of $500 in bills, while the clerk was
absent at restaurant. Some twenty Eve dol
lars in specie, and papers Of value, we're over
looked by the thief.
NEW CoUNrERTEIT.-Newly altered notes on
the GRANVILLE Bank Illinois have made their ap-
pearance. They are ten raised from twos, and
are easily detected, the vignette being Q deer
while that OF the genuine is Q head of Wash
ington, which occupies nearly the entire centre
Of the bill.
POWDER HousE SAILING Orr.-Col. Haz-
ards powder house, in the South Meadows, from
whence he shipped powder to other markets,
was carried down stream on Monday, and
sbrought up" among the trees on the East
Hartford side, opposite Wethers6eld Cove, in
an upright position. Fifty kegs and three
barrels Of powder have been taken cut Of it.
some vet, and some nearly dry.-Hartford
Times.
Mr.. Adolphus Bsnnert. whose departure for
Pixies Peak we have alluded to in another para.
graph Was the first Mayor of Davenport He
should have been escorted to the river by mill |
tary! His home is at Princeton, and he is now
pretty old to start ON such long trip a. this, |
but he has life and vigor OF young man yet
We wish him . good time.-Davenport Gaz., |
24th.
A dwelling house occupied by the Rev. G. |
W. Bride, at Clinton, was destroyed by fire last
Thursday morning. 1t was with great difficulty
that Mrs. B., who was confined to her bed, was
rescued
Richard Golden, Jefferson Davis, and Sam
Houston were all in Memphis, Tenn, on the 22d
inst. Nj. Golden has since proceeded to New
Orleans.
SUICIDE AT LrrcHTIELD.-We learn from the
Litchfeld (Ill.) Journal of the Esd, that, on
Monday last, Mrs. Ellen Barrett, wife of James
Barrett, Q mechanic Of that place committed
suicide by taking arsnic. Mrs. Barrett assign
ed no cause for her rash act She Get her house
In order and prepared her body:for the last off,
ces. Throughout she exhibited an infexible
to take her life, and when inform
ID that from having taken an overdose of ar
,enc she would perhaps recover, avowed her
purpose TO repeat the. attempt. The coroner's
Jury found that she died from poison self admin.
stored, and that no other person or persons are
implicated in her death.
A very similar homicide 70 the late Sickles
flair took place at Port Hope, Canada, not
ong since. A lawyers wife proved false TO
aim, and the husbands wrath w.s reused by the
insulting manner of the adulturer, and he shot
him dead. Sir John Robinson, Chief Justice,
charged the jury At the assises strongly in favor
,f verdict of murder: but they acquitted him
amidst the plaudits Of crowded Court.
Tho Columbus City Enterprise says more
han twenty persons will start from that place
or Pixies Peak, and - many more from the
immediate vicinity.
THE FALL OF TIE MlssIssIrpr RrvER-The
ate Of descent necessary to produce q rapid I
current in . river 10 very eight. A fall of ten
inches to the mile Is sufficient TO obstruct
,avigation, II 10 owing to the very
navigabls TO so great an extent. We learm
rom an article 10 the Journal of the Geo
yapAieal and Statistical bocisty, that the rate
{ descent In that river. below it, junction with
he Ohie, il bat 2.6 inches to the mile and ,
rom the mouth OF che Minnesota to the Ohio I
.7S tinchss. The total fall from the mouth Of ,
he Minnesota 20 shs Gull, 2.l0S miles, IL 744
Get or st the rate Of .4.07 inches 70 the ,
nile. The greatest fall 10 between the Rock !
STAND Rapids and the Ohio-6.4 inches 70 the ,
nile.
Mr.. Grattan, In his work on America, states
he following % conversation that occurred
stween John c. Calhoun and himself:
"Now, let me ask you said I, what were
be feelings Of the last slave you liberatedy Il
berAte slavel' he exclaimed; God forbid
hat should b. gsilsy Of sseh 9 eriaas. All.
ou know little of my character II you believe
ae capable Of doing 70 much wrong 70 fellow
seasure.'"
Mrs.. Psstington. after listening to the read.
ae Of an advertisement for . young ladies'
OAf0SDG oGn00ls o410 -" OF my PARK i can't
ecsive what on airsh dedication u coming to.
vhen vas young, II . girl only understood
plss OF distraction, provision, multiplying, re-
lsnishing and common doniatos, and knew al
bout To rivsss and their obituaries, the cove
ants and doaitosiss. the providsncss and un- J
ires, and have 70 remonsteate suggestions :
beut sysophaats Of eireusses, tandems and
iagnosis Of pasailelgramy, 70 ssy nothing about 4
% extle1, cesoseios and abstruee tsiAnglss r. n
hss saying, the I'D lady lsansd back In her
Aais. her knitting fell on hes lap, and fes oome
lisatss che seemed in dsep nsditAsion.
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