The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-08

The Bostonians are grumbling because tn
| PRESIDENT follows up the system inaugurated b.
y Pierce, Of giving leading appointments for Bos
ton aud Charlestown to non-residents. The,
| regard it as an insult to have so many appoin
tees from distance quartered upon them
When The demand for Offices among themselve
SO greatly exceeds the supply.
| The SLAVE TRADE-A Washington let,e,
writer says, | saw gentleman this morning
fresh from Mobile, Ala, and be asserts thai
practically, the African Slave Trade is re-openeS
In the South, and that the spectators in Afri-
can flesh have no fear OF this Government. In
deed, they are willing that the Government,
should interfere sufficiently often TO rem Ar then
popular in the extreme South.
The new counties recently organized in lows
are enumerated by the Des Moines Reporter n,
Ida, Clay, Plymouth, Palo Alto, Buena Vista and
Cherokee.
Two Germans, yesterday, cut hole through
the ice IN Lake Peosta, aud caught four hundred
pounds OF pke.-[Dubuque Times
Rev. Mr. Holbrook, of Dubuque, delivered n
lecture last week, on the ..Seyen Ancient and
seven Modern Wonders of the World" This
Herald says he defined the latter 10 be the Com
pass, Gunpowder, the Printing Press. the Tele
graph, the Daguerreotype, Electric Telegraph
and steam.
NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD learn
from the Cleveland Review that contract ~
been concluded between the Northern Tran,por.
tat'on Company and the New York and Erie
lake freight TO and from the ports OF Sandusky.
Cleveland and Dunkirk. By this arrangement
the New York and Erie will not be Obliged 10
charter propeers as heretofore The propel-
iers belonging to the New York and Erie : m
De put on the Toledo, Detroit aud Dunkirk line.
A New York letter states that q gentleman
has lately lett for London for the burmese ~
making an arrangement with Mr. Charles Dick
ems to deliver, in this country, series or read
ings, commencing the first Of March next. The
ofer will be Of 50 tempting . character that
niue doubt is entertained that be will ac-
cept.
ORIGIN or THE NATIONAL DKnr or GRxAr
bRirAiN.-The National Debt consists. a ~
All know, OF sums borrowed BY Government %
make up deficiencies Of revenue. But MI do
no' know that Charles I.-"old Rowley," the
pensioner Of Louis XIv.-athe merry man ~
arch WAS the first king of Great Britain VII,
borrowed money on the national crsai,. ~
began IN 1860. At the abdication Of James III
~ 1858, the amount Of the debt was $3.50. 600,
Dus ~ was bis successor who established the
system-a system which has unfortunately taken
deep root 10 our finance, for the ill-wced has
Systematically increased until il has nov reached
me fearful amount Of eight hundred millions
sterhhg How We are Governed"
President Lord, Of Dartmouth C,llece
skating on the Merrimac river. on Wednesd.v.
and Lowell paper remarks that although IL i
s'xty-sx years Of age, for celebrity aud grace
o. melton no Was uncqualed BY any Of his more
youthful competitors.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES FOR JAPAx.-Th.
nrst American religious NILSSON to japan ~. Il.
angurated publicly on Sunday, Il the Sonsh
Dutch Church, corner Of TWENTY. first atreet .ra
Firth Avenue, New York. Rev. s. r. Brown-
who has been selected as the leader of ,his ney
and important religious movement. delivered
an interesting address on the occasion.
Gov. MEDARr At LkcoArrox. exc.ll.,
y" went into barber shop Il Lecomnscr =
ret shaved. The barber 10 black mar M -
ongs TO Judge Elmorc. - -'1
,urred: &s0 "
Gov. M-"Ifi shave BY tho months
bAroer-"Don't know. Massa, abou, that.
Gov.-'Why not. ToMln
nArner-"kase, Massa,' Gubunurs stay mighty
hort time Ia Kansas" '1's.9
The Vicksburg Sun Of the 4sb. Informs i,
nas runaway negro was caught q Black Hawk |
iew days age, with The hand or whitH man |
h'e pocket. il b said that the negro con |
sssed that he had exhumed tho 0dy, and cut |
- handx on the dead mans arm, % Acs = I |
harm tnskeeplng the doge iron following a |
'aas. and On 10 asseagsA II his coaGeseioo. - /
- hung. white ak glove was On the hand
hen u was found.