Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-04-15

The Fsneyal-Seyvicss and Iseide~ss at tks
Burial Piare-A BeaasitM Amblsm Of
| Free Masonry.
| lOor,espondeoee Of the Republican,
WEsrPoRT, April 5.
| Yesterday, / mentioned the death
Of Capt. Joseph Parks, long time head
man among the Kansas Shawnees. At
IL o'clock this morning a considera-
bic procession Of Masons, accompa-
MED by the Wcs,port Brass Band,
left here. They proceeded to the re
sdence of the deceased, neat and
comfortable residence, two miles west,
il the territory Of Kansas. Here were
assembled number Of Shawnees, who
took a farewell look at their old chief,
some expressing sorrow in tears, Others
IN looks OF gloomy regret at the dread
FIJI dispensation ~ which they had
lost their faithful leadcr-their best
friend on earth.
Arriving at Shawnee, seven miles
west Of Westport. the corpse was ia
ken to the CHI. n. After hymn and
prayer, all present, especially the In
dians, were invited to take laet view
of the dead mans face. The church
was densely crowded, and nearly eve
ry one present passed around the cot
fin to see the last of Joe Parks-white
and red men together. Before the
remains were removed to the grave,
an aged Shawnee woman approached
the coffin, and spoke aloud to her peo-
pie in her own tongue, to this effect !:
"Therc lays the last Of our best
friend here, my people. He's gone
No more will he lead and advise U.S.
We have no head man now. Like for
est lcaves,on the frozen ground,we will
be blown about by every wind Of win
ter. Who will be to us what he was ?"
Though few present, except her
own race, understood the old woman,
yet her sobs and plaintivc tones, went
deep into every heart, and l almost
knew what was the burden Of her
lamentation. and could almost trans
late the wordsCf her, to me, known
tongue.
1t was a sight not often seen. There
were blended together civilization and
savage life. The white man had come
to bury the red man, and to pay to
his memory the last sad tribute due to
mortality. 1t was touching emblem
Of the catholicity of free-masonry.-
Here was an instance, where rank and
color presented no barrier between
members of common brotherh ood.-
When each member deposited his
sprig of evergreen in the grave, l
could but imagine that the spirit Of
the dead chief was roaming IN the per-
pctually green fields of those far off
hunting grounds looked forward to, as
the pardise of red men. Many tear
fell on the good mans grave.
The ZoUAvE TURNS UP AGAIN -
The New York correspondent of the
St. Louis Republican states that De
Riviere," the gallent zouave," and hero
of the Blunt drama, is still at work in
New York, as n confidence man. He
recently made the acquaintance of
COL, of the U. S. army, who had
just returned from a sojourn of several
years upon the frontier, aud was not,
i'll consequence, we'll up to the lodges
of such plausible rascals as De Riviere,
who beguiled him with tales of love
adventures and Crimean warfare, until
the Colonel congratulated himself up
on having made the acquaintance OF
one ofthe most remarkable and best
fellows in the world. In very short
time, De Rivicre managed, under one
pretence and another, to possess him
self of quite large sum Of the Coll
"pile," giving him in return a draft
upon his brother, a banker in Rue
something, Paris"
He also, as the Colonel was about
journeying southwark, gave him a
draft upon Mrs. Blunt, his dubious
mother-in-law, with the sssurcnce that
she would be delighted with the op-
portunity of cashipg it; and to make
the transaction perfect in its absurdity,
he entrusted to the Colonel's care a
letter addressed to 1.-THE Countess Emily
Armour De Rvicre."
/ Armed with these documents, the
Colonel arrived in Mobile few DAYS
ago, and had actually engaged con-
veyance, with the view Of paying the
Blunt family (who live out Of town. a
visit, when, happening incidentally to
mention the matter to one''o his f.iends
he learned at once that he had been
outrageously duped and swindled. He
did not introduce himself to the
BIunts.
| A BENEVOLENT HuxTER WOMAN
We announced few weeks since that
Walter Harper, an aged resident Of
Detroit, had made q large donation
for the establishment of hospital. We
learn from the Detroit Tribune that
Mrs. Ann Martin, who, for . lumber
of years, has been a market woman in
that city has donated a five acre lot
worth from $4,000 to $4,000, and
her interest in another piece oil
ground amounting to 81, 500, to the
same benevolent purpose. Her gen.
crosby was shaped, not aroused by
the example Of Mr.. Harper, as hel
action is only the execution Of long
cherished design. Mrs. Martin waa
originally from Philadelphia but has
resided in Detroit for the past fwen-
ty two years.
The FLooD In TAG LOWER MISSISSIPPI
We having again more bad tidings to an.
| monaco concerning the all. ahsoshins Ao.;.