The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-01

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i. Robbery 81 M-rcaen's Express..slOO
(brem The Boston frsosssiDs, esh.1
;, Al Providence, about o'clock thie mornin
II just after the arrival Of the train from Ne
York BY the St0ningt0n route, the office
!. Harnden's Exprtss was robbed in singul,
manner.
|. The watchman had left the premises for
! lev moments to distribute some papers, and Q
6 returning he found that the rear door Of II
oihce had been opened BY means Of key, an
, the iron safe carried on
, The contents of the safe are not deinitel
known, bpt comprised . considerable amount i
, money, notee, drafts and securities Of vsriou
kinds, together with eundry packages Of NOR
or less value, incident to the usual expires
business
4 trunk lef. near the safes was also broke,
open BY the robbers, from which they took ,
bag Of silver and bag Of cents, when, ~ !,
supposed, they became alarmed and 6ed, lesy
ing in the trunk bag containing $1,000 ID
gold.
An immediate search being instituted BY the
express agents end the police, the safe Va,
| uboUy lVVUU III AtVMU Avenue, eO00e mtIe
and half distant from the office, ell its con-
tents having been removed.
No clue 10 the robbers Was obtained, except
the fact that y hoPss and sleigh, With tvo Of
three men, were seen in the immediate vicinity
OF where the safe was found, shortly before III
discovery.
1t 10 rumored that the total amount Of the
robbery is near ]lOo,OoO, but this cannot be
definitely known at present, as ell the way
bills and receipts were among the stolen prop
erty.
/ No CoMpRoAlsE.-Nr. Washbprne, Of Maine,
in speech in the House the other day, re-
marked:
II have noticed that many persons, Ameri-
cans aud others, in opposition, are accustomed
to speak OF the Republican party, rot ~ great,
nxed, necessary party, with rights and purposes
OF i,s own, but as a chance gathering together
| OF men. or rs mere organization Of conven-
ience, ready and fit to be used from time to
time, as occasion may seem to requffs, as an in
stromentali.y to defeat the Democratic party,
not for the sake Of vindicAting Republican prin
cples, but TO beat the Democracy and place q
new set OF men in power. Not long SINCE .
number Of very respectable gentlemen assem-
bied in this city to see what was 10 be done
with this Republican party, and how it could be
made most available, not tor successful resis-
tance to Democratic pro-slavery schemes aud
plans, but to whip the Democratic party. And
they were 90 kind, according to u New York
journal, as to say that the Republican party IL
q great power and that its disorganxAtion
would be neither polite nor desirable; that
said party has vitality and force which must be
availed OF in any effort to reform the federal
government.'
II can smile at the charming patronage Of
hen MT hn9 uiv
expressible pain to know that Republicans here
and there are, by their words and counsels, Civ
ing these men and others license, or excuses, at
least, for holding the low views which they have
Of the character and mission of the Republican
party. Ii is too bad that men calling themselves
Republicans should give countenance to this
degradation Of their party, treating it as q
piece Of merchandise to oe disposed OF to the
highest bidder; and have observed that there
are some among them who seem even more
anxious to dispose Of what they have on hand
than get anything 10 return; rivaling in benev-
olence the liberal publican who, We are told
'exults TO trus;, aud bushes to be paid
''S,r, . party must have faith in itself, and re-
spect for itself, ifit would be more than mock
cry and sham. To be powerful and respected
it must be positive and selt-reliant. lis ideas
and purposes must be clearly defined and we'll
understood. 1t must have unQuesti0ning faith
in the truth, fitness, and necessity Of its issues
and objects; Tor il its first duty is to be, in
spect to them, as perfect rs it knows, they |
should express it's best thoughts and its pro-
foundest convictions. A party careful to be
right will be earnest, and eArnestness is the
hardest opponent that wrong and error can en-
counter; mere opposition party is, OF neces-
sity, failure; it rarely succeeds IN carrying all
election; and when it does, it inevitably falls TO
ofto TnpS shnn ,,ntt
or homegeneousnesS Of material, with nothing
to keep il together but the cohesive power OF
pIunder, it quarrels about the spoils, and, bv y
poetic justice, finds its execurioners in the
causes OF its apparent success.
s'Shall We admit that party which was
brought into the world to oppose the slave
power in its efforts to overthrow our republican
institutions, to maintain the fundamental ideas
of the government, to resist an oligaIchy, TO
stay the spread of slavery, TO restore the action
of the government to the principles OF Wash
ington and Jefferson, is not strong enough and
we-tounded enough to succeed? That it has
anything to gain by avoiding these issues or
exchanging them for others! II there Was ever
a party on earth which could not afford to hes-
tate rs to its duty, or to be less than true and
logical, it is the Republican party. Its fidelity
10 the condition OF its success"
ELOPEMENT.-A young man OF the mature
age OF nineteen years. who was employed in
the Pike House not long since, eloped with his
ate p-mo,her on Friday evening. l4th inst. II.
left the Pike House about two weeks ago, and
wen, to Heywor,h, ten miles south Of this city.
On Friday afternoon he hired citizen of Hey
worth to bring him to this city, and ON arriving
here he went TO his fathers house, on Centre
street, in the south part of the town, and per
suaded his step mother to desert his father and
elope with his fathers son. HIS father was not
at home at the time. The Young scapegrace
took his step mother to Hsyworsh in the same
wagon that brought him here, and the sweet
couple then stepped on board . train of cars
and departed for some place which 10 supposed
to be not very we'll known. The father of the
young fellow still remains in town. He will not
be sely to trouble himself much in regard TO
the Whereabouts Of the runa~ays. Out Of re
epect for his feelings We suppress names
Bloomington Paragraph.
HeRRIBLE CASE OF BuRMINe-About 4 o.
clock P. N. yesterday, . negro woman, named
Ellen Holmes, about 40 years Of age, resided 10
an alley running from Fifth to Sixth street. be
tween Green and Morgan, was discovered to be
on FIRE, and before proper help could be rem
dered, was burned il q horrible manner, the
whole body, from the forehead to the hips,
being entirely dcnuded Of cuticle. The eyes
and mouth were badly burned externally, but
as we'll az can be ascertained at present, the
vision is unimpaired, and no serious internal
injury exi IS. She declares positively that she
Was set on fire by young white man, who
went into her room and inquired if she took in
washing, and as soon as she turned her back on
him, in the act OF looking out of the window,
he lighted her dress. The man was an utter
stranger to her, and apparen,l, not ill-dsposed.
As soon as she was in flames, she threw herself
on the floor, wrapped her clothing as closely
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