The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-05-17

t. The present dood in he Lower Misais-
dppi has bssa ai1ssdsd By phenesaenon that
well deserves - atsensioa q euisntiac nsa.-
ISIS that while tie waAer fron vieksourg down
has been higher thar h vas = 1855. the height
Of the food 10 the ssseien hetwssa Cairo and
Asnphis has nos bss0 ap = shs point attain.
ID b. the food Of 1855, BY several feet; and
this. although al the riss cans into the river
from tributaries at or above Cairo.
~ ". ". Hamilton, Of Dubuque, has been
named - candidate before the Republican
State Convention for the Office Of Lieut. Gov
ernor. Mr. Hamilton hes acted during one SC .
sion ~ presiding ofhcsr in the Senate, is we'll
qualified to all the place, 10 . good man and
sound Republican.
William G. Rves delivered his promised adj
dress before the people Of Richmond Va, last
Thursday evening. The audience was large,
the African Church being completely filled be-
fore the hour Of meeting. He endeavored to
show the injury which The South - well as the
whole country had received from the sgita-
zion Of the Slavery question, and how false the
Democratic party had been 70 oil sections,
and how corrupt in all ito alliances He said:
Zone Of the chief acts BY which this party
hes 90 long held possession Of the Government,
to the serious injury Of the country, and in
spite Of the reprobation Of their measures by Q
large and unquestionable majority Of the peo-
pie of the United States, is the fabrication Of
~ L. e
81 jealo1sies to divide the country, and thereby
to prevent numerous masses of virtuous and
honorable men in both sections, who cordially
agree in detestation Of their practices, from
uniting in any efficient cooperation to displace
them from power. The great instrument of
popular delusion which they WELD for this pur.
pose, and to which alone they owe their unna-
tural foothold in the South, 10 the incessant and
pernicious agitation Of questions connected with
slavery"
~ David 4. Atchisop, says . correspon-
dent Of the Boston Journal, still enjoys the
sweets of private life on his plantation in Gin
ton County, No. During . recent revival Of
religion in that section, he seemed seriously in
olined; and some OF his relatives, who are zeal
Gus and consistent Methodists, really had hopes
sent him barrel of his favorte old rye whisky
like Mr.. Buchanan, be drinks nothing but old
rye), he returned to bis idol, and from that day
he has been the same old "Dave" Atchison as of |
yore.
q At the commencement Of the canvass
in Virginia, the two candidates for Governor
we're stamping together, but Mr.. Letcher, the
Democratic nominee, before the State was half
gone over, took i'll and was forced to give up.
1r. Montague, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, took his place, and during
! few discussions held his own very well; but
he, too, fell sick last week, and Mr.. Goggin is
low lefs to pursue the canvass alone. At last
accounts he was in Accomac.
~ The St. Joseph Journal prohounces the
whole of the St. Louis Republicans story
lbout the Pixies Peak fllibusters threatening
Sonora and Chihuahua humbug and trumped
up affair.
~ The Holly Springs (Miss.) Democrat
hat State, for the Presidency. This is the
Brown who, according to u speech which he
made in Tammany Hall while ago, wants
Cuba, in order to get cheap ''niggers."
B. Baldwin Stuart, one of the sufferers by the
explosion Of the St. Nicholas, died at Memphis
On the Sth. His father-Hon. A. II. II. Stuart,
Of Virginia-was present at his death. Young
Stuart was on bis way to Louisiana, to be mar
ried.
A DESPERATE ExPEDIENr.-The Cincinnati
Enquirer is trying to form an alliance for the
Democratic party in Ohio, with the Know Moth
ngs, proposing to support l. Scott Harrison for
Governor. This is no more than might have been
expected. The party in this State would sacri-
ice its Irish allies in moment could it thereby
larry the State. There 10 no principle that the
arty is attached to except plumber.