The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-22

8 . TragoAys
Il The Police Ooart yesterday morning present
il ed . most motley and mottled gathering Q
]. darkies, of every hue and description. Well
t0-do daskies, with their shining coats and f.
: css, and their hair elaborAtely gathered up Il
every cooceivabie styls Of couture, from th
o pyramidical 70 the gracefully curling ringlets
: and ragged darkies, with wool unken.pt and vest
ments ell tattered and torn; stall Methodist dar
9 kies, and fancy looking door-keepers Of sssig-
4 nation houses and brothels; darkies whose ebol
/ hue would justify them in procIaiming thei
) genealogy direct from the King Of Guinea; ant
quadroons, whose long residence in tempe
{ rate zone had bleaohed them to . pure cream
{ color; yellow darkies and gray darkies, tan
J colored and pumpkin colored darkies, dirt-col-
Ored darkies and white daRkies, gsmmen OF
, color and niggers, filed the seats thronged the
aisles, crowded the halls, and fairly invaded the
, very seat Of justice itself. while scattered
throughout the crowd might be seen an occa-
sional white man, with strong curiosity, strong
nerves, and possibly with strong Southern pro-
clivities.
The cause Of all this gathering was the trial
Of the Right Reverend Doctor Daniel G. Lett,
D. D., Ozark Docter) on charge Of exhibiting
an affection, too strong to be purely pastoral,
for the wife of one of his Pensioners, certain
Doctor Milford Carey, N. D., (Mulatto Doctor J
The circumstances Of the affair, % developed
by the testimony, are briefly these:
The Mulatto Doctor has passed the hey.day
OF youth, being fifty years Of age, and wears .
Wiz. de has wife, young wife, but just
turned of twenty, with gazee eyes, shaded BY
long sllken lashes. coral lips teeth like pearl,
bust Of marble (Carraran, not Parian, } a per-
feet Nubian Venus. through whose veins courses
all the hot blood of the torrid zone. As is too
often the case, the old husband was jealous Of
his young wife, and, as is also too often the
| case, we fear he has too much cause. Among
others upon whom the mulatto doctor looked
with eyes of a greenish tinge, (for there seem
to have been severaD was the dark Doctor OF
Divinity, who unites in his portly person the
double functions Of barber and clergyman, hav-
| ing charge, in the latter capacity, Of Baptist
| church OF color in the southern portion of this
| city.
Of the various circumstances which preceded
wednesday last, we have no room for an ac-
count. On that eventful morning, resolved to
know the worst, the n. D., arose early, an.
nounced to his wife that he was going to Wis
cOnsin, and ensconced himself in a hiding
place, where he could witness all that might oc
eur in the vicinity of his domcil generally, and
his wife's boudoir particularly, and patiently
awaited the result. About noon his vigil was
rewarded by glimpse o. the shadow of the
ID. d.; looming events cast their shadows be.
FORE" The d. D. entered the apartment in
which sat the idol of his affections; he asked
after the NJ. D.; he was told where she suppos-
ed he was; few moments of conversation fol-
lowed, probably upon the subject of holy love
for the church-and its ministers; he told her
he thought she was very cold and distant wo.
man, as she had nerer kissed him; she bushed |
~ and gently repealed the insinuation-she had |
never kissed her own Methodist minister. let |
alone Baptist one; he arose, as if to 20; she |
arose, as il to wait upon him to the door; the |
door was between them, and as each approached |
1t, they drew near to each other; the D. d. |
placed his arm gently around her neck: she |
bushed again ~, and turned pale OK she was |
SO much overcome by her feelings-of surprise
and indignation-that she must have fallen, If /
bis arm had not supported her; he led her gently |
towards the sofa from which she had Just risen;
as he did SO, he secured the coveted kiss, which |
she was too COMPOUNDED to prevent; she sank
upon the sofa and he upon his knees before
her; but hardly had he began to pour forth the
alteration OF his heart when-"What de debbil
you do dar wild my wife?" burst in thunder
tones from the lips of the infatuated NJ D., who
had been silent, though hardly an unconcern-
ed spectator of the whole proceeding next
came the crashing of bolts and bars, and with
out waiting for the door to be unlocked, be was
in their midst, and the next sound which greet
ed the ears of the surprised pair was the snap,
pop, bang, of revolver. The D. d. stood not
upon the order of his going, but went at once,
followed by the injured husband, aud then the
race began, down Adams and up State, while
the whislling of the balls made the bystanders
turn pale. But the NJ. Ds eye sight failed wears
ago, and he could not take good aim, and fear
proved stronger impelling motive than re-
venee, and the dark Doctor outrun the Mulatto
Doctor, and no blood was shed. We cannot saw
go much regarding tears, when the ~ D. re-
turned to his desecrated hearthstone But the
affair was finally made up between the coniugal
partners, and having failed in his attempt at
personal vengeance, the N. D. called to his aid
the strong arm of the law. And the D. DIS sa-
cred person was yesterday violently hailed to
the Armory, as if he were any common scamp,
and after long, patient, and highly amusing
investigation OF the affair, he was fined 500 for
ms audacity-rather dear price to pay for one
kiss.
And thus endeth one chapter Of high life be-
low stairs in Chicago. 1t shows the force Of ex.
ample. and is nothing than might be ex-
pected, with such precedents as the Rev l. H.
kalloch and the Hon. Daniel E. Sickles fresh in
The public mind.-[Chicago Democrat.
The Natchez Free Trader gives US a new leaf
n the history OF Douglas. 1t seems, upon what
IS regarded as good authority, that he was the
author OF the following resolution, which was [
eported 10 the Mississippi Dele at the
Jincinnati Convention, by Committee (of the
Jelegatlon) appointed to consider the subject of
Slavery: /
III. Resolved, That the National Democratic
,arty believe in the perfect political equality of
he States, and that the citizens of every State {
AVE an equal right to emgrate peaceably to a
he Territories, and to take with them whatever
recognized as property i'll the State from t
which they go. and there receive tor it ADEQUATE
gal protection; that there is no power in Con- t