The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-07

| NO, streW the spring MOWERS softly
| Over her couch of rest; t,s
And fold her dimpled hands meekly
| Over her sinless breast
Then lovingly kiss her pale forehead,
| And sadly but calm let her lie;
For tbs only the beautiful casket-
| Of the gem tibet was claimed in the sky.
AMI weep not SO sadly,
| The treasure We love
Is safe in His keeping,
With the angels above.
| Muscatine, May 81, 1859.
Why the Fugitive Slave Act 10 En-
| forced.
| It is well known that the fugitive Slave
Act is of no prac teal benefit to the South,
unless, indeed the stimulus it has given the
business Of the underground railroad should
Be found beneficial to the master class, whose
property discovers through mysterious agen-
cies, the means of locomOtlon to Canada, and
Departs While there is disposition on the
part Of q majority OF the people Of the Free
States, bordering on the Slave States, to COM
ply with the letter Of the Constitution in the
matter of returning persons escaped from
service or labor, there is still stronger dis
position that the Fugitive Slave Act shall be
void and imperative AZ was said of the
Missouri Compromise, because its provisions
are unjust and tyrannical 1t seems TO have
been drawn with the express design to make
it ItOlerable to those to whom it would in
any shape be odi"us The character Of its
author, Senator Mason Of Virginia, gives u
complexion Of probability to this presump-
ton. 1t prescribcs heavy penalties for omis-
sions on the part Of citizens Of Free States to
do, that which no Southern man, with any
gentlemanly pretensiOns, will do The harsh
and oppressive nature OF the act is fatal to its
efficiency, and is now only productive of i'll
feeling between citizens aud States The
attempts made by Federal officers to enforce
It, are repugnant to every feeling Of fair play
and maniiness,N and arouse passions that en-
danger the public tranquility. They are usu-
ally made, not SO much with the view Of
| returning fuyitves. as Of gratifying resent
ments and making money. The arrest. trial
iii e and imprisonment Of a nu mber Of the
citizens Of the Westernlseserve, was certainly
not undertaken with view of making the
Fugitive act respe.ted by the people Of the
Reserve, but to make money sor the officers,
and at the same time punish the people for
their anti-Slavery opinions. The Fugitive
Slave trials IRE enormously expensive Great
numbers Of Deputy Marsl,als are employed,
and the officers, who outrage public sentiment
and decencv in Those cases, have their recon-
pense in the gold Of our government Hence
the zeal with which fue,tives from bondage,
and those who refuse to surrender their HUI
manity at the suggestion III Senator Mason 8
law, are bounded and prosecuted; and hence
the transportation Of the people against the
agents vi the Slave power, rs ut present in
Ohio But those who talk vi murder, fa.sots
and revolution in this connection, are greatly
wanting in understanding. The people have
II peaceful remedy ut the ballot box. The
citizens of the Tree states have the power to
take possession of the General government,
and will do it SO soon as they are sufficiently
enlightened as to the best interests oi the
who e country. Then let the government be
administered without sectional prejudice, in.
deed in spirit Of generous justice toward
the minority section, and there may be res
tnration OF peace and good will throughout
the Union. Cincinnati Commercial.
Letter from a Retur, ed Gold Hunter.
We are permitted by Mr.. Gillett, of Fulton
City, ILL.,, to whom it was written, to publish
the following letter;
Sr JOSEPH, No., May 90. 1859.
DEAR SIR You will be somewhat sur
prised to hear from me at this point. But
such is life. We got back to this town last
Sunday. Pixies Peak has busted, and
hundreds are coming back with their future
prospects disarranged. When we reached
Fort Kearney, which was on the Goth April,
we found news from the mines bad, and met
great numbers returning every day, but we
determined to 60 on and see what could be
done, and on We went through an army Of
returning Pixies Peaksrs, until it looked like
foolishness to 90 any farther. When near
Cottonwood Springs We met some men from
Morrison, ILL.,, whom we were acquainted
with. They had been to the mines, spent all
their money in prospecting, and when their
money had failed they were obliged to look
for what was as go..d. work, they could not
find and they informed US there were hun
dreds who offered to work for one meal day
and could not get that We did not start
back On the report Of one man, but heard
| the same bad tilings from hundreds who are
returning from the land Of gold. begging
their way. The day we turned round. we
saw forty two teams and Mt least one hundred
men, in less than half day, coming from
the mines, most OF them travelling night and
day to reach the Fort before their provisio rs
gave out When we reached Fort kearney
ON our return, we found i. crowded with re-
turned Pixies Peakers We saw lots Of men
from the mines who denied writing the
favorable letters which their friends had re
ceived One man returned and at Fort
kearney met his vile who was on her way
10 the mines. lie was surprised, and asked
her what she was duing there She showed
him letter which she had recei,e ed from
him, telling her to pack up and come out as
he Mas getting rich. lie said he never wrote
the letter. and they both returned. might
tell Ol twenty such instances that came under
my Ow, observation. One man was return.
ing from the warm climate on loot and cut Of
money. When he got u short distance below
Aeurney he met his two sons " th IL saw mill
they stated that they had received letter
purporting to he trum him telling them to
sell nr mortgage all their property anu bring
out the saw will After they sold their spare
pro. isions they started Tor the States. On
our way back We found the grave Oi man
Nho was lousd murdered and his body
thrown into little stream Some emigrants
ound his mule AID blanket laying on the
bank On his person was found fifteen letters
from Pixies Peak, all givins bad news. What
ne was killed for nobody knows. A man from
keokuk by the name Of Graham dug upthe
body and ascertainsd thas it was Carpenter,
trim Jana
Last night one boat had 500 returned
Pike = Peakers This know to he So for
was acquainted with some Of the passengers
John knight came in this morning. am
back here in the States, aud ii ! live and
navc work yoa shall lose nothing. Ii y,u
want to make money in double quick time,
get some cash and come out and auy stocx.
u - being sOld every day ut aution for less
than halt its worth. saw e. sell his way-
On lor $40 1t Piaetsmouth.
Yours in haste.
J. B. AAxwELL
The ann If RlO O(lO h.a h.on .w.,