The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-08
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!. for trial. On last evening before one OF th
. largest audiences ever assembled In lawrence
presided over By Hon. Mr. Harding, Of Doni
phan-he stood for two hours and halt, %
gave history Of Southeastern Kansas for th
: last three years.
We cannot even give an abstract ofhis speech
Many OF its facts are already matters Of history
Il il sufficient to say tha< Captain Montgomer
, claims to have lived in good faith up To th,
Denver amnesty as 1t was understood BY tht
people at that time; that the late troubles have
been occasioned BY violation Of that amnesty
In legal persecution, aud ers0nal attack upor
himself and family, and III he ID willing and
anxious for peace on honorable terms. His re
marks were received with great favor BY the
audience, and will furnish basis 10 the minds
Of numbers for arriving At different estimate
Of his character than they Lad previously held.
We believe and hope that this southern Difficult
" has ct last about spent itself and that per-
manent peace may hereafter reign.-LaSTence
Repub, Jan. 20.
A TRouBLEsons Cusroxsa-There is maniac
at the poor house in Berrien county, Michigan,
who causes considerable trouble to the tenants
on the poor farm. He will tear up his clothes
and bedding SOMETIMES be will 60 without
eating for near . week, and then eat with the
! most extravagant appetite. He ia about eigh-
teen years Of age. One day Mr.. Murphy shut
him up in the barn, after his eating hearty
breakfast. Not long after, On opening the barn,
be was found sitting on pole which was across
the beams, eating raw old hen which he had
caught. he had stripped Of the hide and fea-
thcrs, and devoufed the meat, bones anJ all,
with . most ravenous appetite.
WHITE OwL.-A boy shot . white owl near
Davenport, the other day. Il 10 described BY
the Gazette, as being five feet from Tip TO Tip Of
wngs, and has claws nearly an inch and halt
long. II is snowy white 40 Q swan, with the ex-
cepsion OF black dots on the wings, aud few
light brown streaks on its breast.
Six thousand dollars in silver are said to have
been in the box lost from Adams Express wag.
on, in Washington. on its way from the Balti-
more depot to the Potomac boat, on the MORN
ing Of the Goth Of December.
4 pamphlet has been published in Paris, en-
titled "A Letter to his Majesty, Napoleon Ill,
on the French Influence in America, apropos OF
the Message Of Mr.. Buchanan. By Man Of the
Latin Race,"-said to be n. Belly. The letter
calls upon the Emperor to take in charge the
destinies Of the Latin race ia America, and to
protect it from the trace Of brigands"-the
people of the Urited States-who .'are seeking
to extend their famous protectorate over Arr
AVuns LIE WFit6E Is DAtu upon the people Ol
this county, which he calls "den Of outlaws
and hlhbusters, intent on stealing Cuba and
Central America"
A DRUNKEN JURoR-In a sander case in q
Madison (Wis.) Court, on Wednesday, proceed
ings were suspended in consequence Of one OF
the jury turning up drunk. The Court ad-
Journed, the Sheriff was ordered to walk the
Juryman about and sober him, aud the Sheriff
proceeded to put him through.
The Washington Star, the Philadelphia Penn
sylvanian, and the Argus, III agree in the de-
claration that every follower Of Mr.. Douglas in
his present progress" from New York TO Wash
ington, was either very new convert to the
doctrines Of the Democracy, or baffled office
seeker, or an elected former office.holder, with
very sore place on his head. What does all
this prove but that John Randolph understood
the doctrines Of Democracy 10 his applica-
ton OF the parable Of the loaves and fishes, and
that John .. Calhoun was a great political
philosopher when he said the Democratic party
was "heid together by the cohesive power Of
puoilc piundery !" Remove the offal, and the
Kites, ravens, jackalls, and carton crows leave
all in quest Of food elsewhere.-TLou Jour.
Bayard Taylor was present at the Burns cele.
bration in Cleveland, and, in brief address. re-
lated the following, among other anecdotes OF
the Bard:
AT a time when Burns was exciseman, fes-
tival was given by his fellow excisemen. in the
course Of which the toast Of Robert Pitt was
given. All drank it save Burns, who sat with
inverted glass. When all had drank 70 the
memory Of Pitt, Burns arose and remarked that
he would give them greater name than the
one they had dtoasted-GEoRGE WASHINGTON
The New York Tribune objects to the names
Colona aud Tohosa for the new Territory about
fikes Peak, and suggests the names Eremonta.
IN honor OF Fremont, or Ben,ona, in honor Of
Benton.
The wife Of poor sailor who is At sea, being
unable TO paw her rent, was, on Saturday night,
together with her little girl, four years Of age.
tu ned into the streets OF New York. Delirious
with hunger aud despair, she disposed OF her
child's shawl 'cr few cents, bought some lau.
dannm and after giving some to the child, took
the remainder herself Fortunately, the poison
failed to perform its expected work. The hap
less woman and her child were found by 20.
liceman. wandering through the streets, and
kindly taken to the nearest station house, from
whence they were removed on Sunday to the
Almshouse
SHOCKING DEPRAvIrY.-Among the day schol
ars at one Of The female seminaries in this city
has been for some time back a dsshipp. pretty
young woman. Yesterday the Chief OF ol,ce
learned the fact, and notified the Principal that
this dashing pupils real name--or at leas, tha.
by which she was known to the poce-was
Mrs. -, and that she was the keeper OF 4
notorious house Of assienation! The woman
can have had but one purpose in going to the
school, and that is too horrible to contemplate.
Cincinnati Gazette.
The investigation of the charges against Rev.
DR.. Daily before the Church Committee At ln-
dianspolis. closed on Friday evening, and re-
suited in his suspension until the meeting Of
the Conference to which he is attached. He has
rendered his r, sgnation President Of the In.
diana University. The charges against him
are Of the most serious character: drunk enness.
lswsdness, deception.
An "OLD SkrrLRR."-The Chester Herald
notices the recent death in that county, Of jean
Baptiste Montrieuil, native Of Kaskaskia, aged
ninety-six, who had spent his whole life in OF
near his native village. What changes has
Illinois seen within the scope Of his life!
The Crescent City (Potta wat,amie Co J Oracle
Of the 4th ult., saws that just before going 10
press. the editor learned that the POSTMASTER AZ
Glenwood had just been detected in robbnp the
mails OF many yaluables, and that he has for !
rug tHue Uceu RulltT o. tne various fObbprlcS
that have occurred. In several instances. mon
les, amounting in the aggregate to thousands OF
dollars, have disappeared on this route"
FEMALE HIGHwAYxEN The Peoria papers
give an account OF q man from Brim6eld In
that county, who after selling his wheat, placed
the proceeds in bis boot for better security. and
then started out for . walk. He wac met bv
two persons who turned out to be girls in mems
clothes and invited TO 'smile" at q neighborinc
saloon, where they we're met, as the party states,
by two Remarkably pretty girls" After drink.
ing they proposed to see him home, which offer
he accepted. lie had not proceeded tar when
oil seized and gagged him, and riled his peck
ets o. some small change, no. finding the money
in his boot.
Il Is well known to all who have ever visited
the western portion Of our State, that ii 10 Z
most excellent grazing country Stock or
sheep raising will, sooner or later be the great
business Q. that region, and we are happy TO
know that some OF the farmers there are about
% 80 into the business Iargely. The Winlersett
Madisonian Of I'D, says that Mr.. VIM. J Pat
tftv r. I.f. . m.