The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-09-24

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J, psessd favor vas promptly declined BY ne, q
NJ coolb.ash. Who Va present 4 the tims.
; win eeisify. faa 95aasif Ssa shoat
The great ascessisy Of filling the sfacss With
l ''she right kind oi men," vas sAsn talked oi
, and further insissmsnt made that should
} name sR appointments lof myself. coqsidsrisg
} ~ .Ppss Qa3oss Of this city % the smallest
! 10 tho schedule, and nsxs 70 no Once q IN,
. lshis vas seven years ago) agreed 70 accspt
thai, shen the following dialogue snsued: sa7l
W r Ceol6ssgA-"why Foxl You wouldn't
, endure that oiRcs thirty days"
IL W.E A.-"Well dent wAntid"
| W. r C-.wll you accept ofise" 1is
, W r. A.-"Yed II you wish - ~"
W r G-a-t. Consider yourself ap-
pointed"
Subsequently, NJ. Cpolbaush, himsslf wrote
an application 70 the President Of the q. States
for my appointments The petition va lmms-
diately signed By A. W. Carpsntsr, }. u. Nor>
gan, J. O hall, Harvey Ray, Jr.. J. :. Tallanh
and others. 3et asa -
| Meesrs. Carpentes and TAllans teok the deca-
msnt and called upon ". Tizsard, then ons q
The proprissors Of the "Gasstte, !" for his signs-
turs. They rsturssd presently. and said: ].
"Tixsafd has already signed q petisiea foR G.
g. CloHsaae. He did not know shas yoa
would b q applicant; he viii ipmea eaiAssly write
to Henp, Jones, and others, that he 10 heartily
in favor Of you fes Postmaster" As a e.
To which replied: rs As. Tizzard has al
ready signed for NJ. Cloutman, ID. not wish
him 70 forssall his signature, By private lsstsrs,
in my behalf" and shis very reply ot mine,
presume, created some misgivings il the minds
Of the ''Cuqus" q 70 my being ''just shs mani
they wanted. So vas finally and formally
waited upon. and ths following test applied. II
1 will give the dialogue, sss6atim, Ar'-
70 me: "Befers the appointment ID made, Il
must b underwood shasshs man appointed i
70 DO III he can in ol6es for the sDsnocratis
party" snd you know tbsre are many little
things which he can do in thst Office" Ny re-
ply to II. ---: ''Wsn, cir, i'll am appointed
% the ofacs, neither General Dodge, nor any
Qne else will b Postmaster but mysslf--I+ ahsll
discharge The duties a. veil - may bs able 70;
1 o~V ~ ~ RGsUOAsO VASSNy OssG0t > DD11b U0 >
Postmaster 6Sss and democrat afterwardln
| A. matter Of course, did mot apply for the
appointmsntl I still have 10 my possession .hs
lasdasoyy doesss~s written in my behslf BY Nr.
Coolbaugh and signed By the Democratic
CIaue;" which shows beyond apy doubt that I
was born for : Postmaster, and might have been
desecrasie one, had been educated for
| tool."4 1#
! And now, NJ. EDITOR Of the 0asettei o you
have endeavored to illustrate through me ''the
fact that acme men hold % their political faith
more from desire for official position than
love Of psincipls," will you not tell your readers
the plain truth that left t.the party. because
"did not" want oaics: and therefore could nos
be . democrat Yours truly, ia X
PAILuRE OF : PuBLIsH1Na HousE.-Ths
Boston Transcsipt says: the announcement On
Saturday Afternoon that Phillips, Sampson :
Co., had suspsnded psymeus, was received with
general regret in the eommunisy. Tho swo
leading members Of the firm have died within
few mouths, and the survivor deemed Il best
under The embarrassing circumstances ii which
hs Was placed, 70 suspend. The Boston Journal
10 assured that the Atlantic Nenthly has not
only paid ito expenses, but very handsome
profit over 10 cost. The Suspension grew out
Of unfortunate circumstances, veil known %
the trade, which produssd lack of conadsnes
ip the stability Of shs house. III atid 4aa
NJ, "A n WcoArn.a -hoa. A;vn,n. .aA A.
messie Affairs obtained . much publis attention
two ysars ago. y dead. '4sa n s7fas 1ta 4
waIrs SLAvss RsLsAssD.--k does not ssem
20 be very difRcult - sell white men and women
q slaves at The South, % recent case q Al.
bevilie, Ala, illustrates. The ssssy u told in
the Banner, Dsmocfatis paper Of 'shAt town,
and cannot therefore be ses down ~, IN aboli-
tion lie. Is appeared BY the evidences on The
trial shat oDs james g. Wilson was taken siok
at the hease Of poor white woman narnsd
Hicks At Oolambus, Ga. thss 1sa. Hicks aad
her daughter Patience minisssrsA y sAs, aiok
man fSr several weeks, and sAAs during his con-
vaisscsice hs cousted the asughtsR, With such
success Shat marriage became necessasy 70 cave
her from dishonos. Instead Of doing the hon-
sssbls thing, Wilson persuaded the gfri 70 slops
With him, and took her V Abbssille, Aia, whore
be sold her q slave 70 Rev. Jeha GuilEord.-
We asa net told what denonination OF Chris-
tians the Rev. Guilford honors BY his gospel
ministry, but It 10 evident that hs y . sound
believer in The doctsine Aasslsvssyl 10 divine
iussisusie0, end does NOS think 10 bene6o
ehosld b confined % the African race-As Why,
indeen, should they : Wilson Vas not conssntsd
with sslling the girl that should have bssn biz
wife, but vsas bask - Colunbus ard deooyed
away her brother, led oi Is. and actually seld
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