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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

For Pixies PEAK.-Several boats nave passed
down the river within a few days with Pike
Peakers as passengers. Those which have pass
ed we're about thirty feet long and propelled by
horse power. The horses were landed while
the boa: passed down the shute over the DAM
The intention is to pass down Rock River to
the Mississippi, and thence 10 the Missouri, the
remainder Of the distance to be made with
wagons.
Several companies from this city have also
started within few days. with wagons and OK
teams.
We also learn that Mr.. G. D. Edison. the pro-
priet0r OF one OF our most extensive Boot and
Shoe establishments, intends sending ou, several
men with kits and tools,n to estx bllsh a cob
ling shop at the diggings. Mr.. Heath is to
have charge OF the expedition. and the compa-
nv will start next week We hope the enter
prise may be successful one.-[ Rockford en- }
Register.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

Prices IN THE SoUrHwEsr.-Oats are selling
readily At 50 cents and but little Offering. Corn
is changeable and rates from 35 to so cents Is
you can catch it. 35 cents may be regarded ~
the home price, and 50 cents the emigraDt
rates. Potatoes are abundant at rs cents
Butter l2 to Is cents, and eggs s to 8, accord
ing to the thermometer Flour 10 $3.50, and
Buckwheat Flour a, neither Of which the
ladies' say will "rase." Corn Meal Is cents
per bushel. Lumber plenty At u per hundred.
-(Corning Sentinel.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

a At the Charter Election in Davenport
hsi Saturday, Ebenezer Cook WAS reelected
Mayor BY a majority of 100. The Republicans
elected four out OF the six Aldermen, aud every
candidate upon tteir ticket except one. About
800 votes we're polled.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

FoR TUE DlGGlSGs.-We noticed, yesterday,
tsO wagons, drawn by oxen, filed with all
things necessary for the trip to Pixies Peak
They are the property Of Mr.. T. w. Barhyd dt,
lormerly Of the Post Office, and Mr.. Robinson.
The party start this morning,
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

The Bedford Qnd.) Independent says that
little daughter Of Mr.. Nugent, Of Fayetteville,
IN ths, county, was burned 70 death ON Friday
Of last week, by her clothes taking FIRE from
los heap, around which she was playing. The
h.s, was 60 intense that il melted the ear rings
In her ears.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

Ex-senator James C. Jones, of Tennessee,
formerly Wing, but of late an Administration
man, has come out for Col. John Netherland,
the Opposition candidate for Governor in that
State. This shows the tendency Of Old Line
Wings in general, in the Southern States.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

wAt the election on Monday last Mahaska
county voted, (l3O5 to 552) against resembling
her former subscription to the M. l. N. Road.
The County bonds for 5000, 900 bearing ten per
cent interest, will now be issued to Mr.. Farm
ham
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

SIZZLING ON CREDIr-MAkING A SrArExENr.-
Western hoy" who has had the reputation
of paying promptly" for ten or fifteen years in
the New York market, was one day questioned
by one OF oGr cautious merchants as to his ssreal
position" since the crIsi.. wal" said the
country man. with significant squnt of the eye,
"A s'pose you want to know sunthin' OF my
hlst'ry since been out West. don't youg Wall,
when l went out there look'd round consider
able, and made up my mind On the START that
wouldn't be out o'money, so gathered up my
capital and found had just one cent to begin
on. Have been doin', as you know, q pooty
lar trade since. and rather guess haint lost
none OF my capital any how. l think you wont
get no more nor that statement out Of me- sir
good mornin'..' Whether the man ia good or
not, is question which onr city merchant was,
at the latest dates, investgating.-New York
Independent.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

The deepest snow known for many years still
covers the northern part Of Minnesota. Ia The
Bed River valley the average depth 10 four feet,
spd food is anticipated when it thaws.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

nWe saw Mr.. Hardy, formerly of this city,
~ town yesterday. He is from ST. Joseph. He
ays that all the hotels there are densely crow d.
ID, aud oil the country round about covered
sith camping Pixies Peakers, fitting out'for the
overland trip and paying enormous prices for
Everything. 1t is a good place to so to get
kinned, and all those who are determined to
deeced at all hazards are advised to 60 via
hannibal and St Joseph
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

y The building formerly known as DR.. San
hrd. Medical College, 10 Keokuk, has been
vs,chssed for . Court House. The sum of
N ojO was paid for IT,
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

HEAVY FRAUDS ON THE GovERSMENr.-How
WAGON ROADS ARE BUILT-Fhe case OF the
United States against J. Churchill Woods, which
was brought up tor examination in New York
on Friday last, discloses another leak in the
Treasury, and sheds valuable light on the re-
markable cost OF the wagon roads between
Texas and California. The evidence goes to
show the forging Of tour vouchers Tor alleged
ext enses in the construction Of the road from
Fl Paso in Texas to For, Yuma in CALIFORNIA
The aggregate Of the four fraudulent vouchers
il about eleven hundred dollars. The bills are
rendered chiefly for travelling expenses which
were never incurred, and the signatures are
forged. Woods was employed BY James B.
Leach, the Superinten dent Of the Expedition, in
the capacity Of an accountant. The defence
allege that the vouchers were thrown in to make
good certain expenditures Tor which no vouch-
could be obtAined, aud that to find the de-
fendant guilty it Is necessary 10 show an intent
to drfraud. Woods was held to bail BY U. s.
Commissioner Belts, in the sum OF 900, and
will be sent to Texas for trial. where the alleged
offence was committed.
The Secretary Of the Interior is said to feel
great interest in the case. The government
finds itself with vouchers covering an expendi-
ture Of nearly $2UO,0OO on this expedition
alone, large portion Of the expenditure being
made On the frontier. 1t turns out upon the
examination Of these vouchers, that many Of
them are wholly forged, some Of them in part
SO, BY being falsely filed up, and that the an
swer made when inquiries are pressed in the
matter, is that these false vouchers are made to
cover actual expenditures, when It was incon-
venient or impossible to get true vouchers.-
The government feel that if such a defence as
that be made successful to forgery, they are
entirely at the mercy OF the persons dsbursing
the public money, especially those who are at
great distance from the seat Of government.
What views the government have with respect
10 Leach il not disclosed.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

REPUBLICAN TRIUMPH IN ST.. 'Louls.-At the
nunlcpal election in St. Louis. Monday Mayor
sIiey was reelected by q majority Of more
han 1000.
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BELLIcosE.-The New York Herald in an edi-
'of.l commenting on the important Nicaraguan
aess furnished by the Northern Light, uses tho
following language:
1T will be seen that President Martinez has
capped the climax of hatred for the United
01ses. All the transit river steamers have been
~'zed, tue bridges destroyed, Americans i'm
C*oned, aud the route thrown open to the
Sotlo' wholly regardless Of the rights Of our
!. .'lehs. When il takes into consideration that
...' Nahton acts were perpetratsd immedi-
-, on the conclusion OF treaties with Eng
1a suu SARDINIA, and the arrival Of the French
hpa.aon under Mr.. Felix Belly, there can
80. oas oae opinion as to the necessity Of
-. .N aeo decisive and decisive action on the
K y Our government. Instructions should
aaMeolateiy despatched 10 our Naval Com
C.uueis, 70 blockade oil the Nicaraguau ports;
~. a' 'erez should At once be dismissed, Gen.
- e,s Lamar recalled, and q suitable person sent
-. - Va nis place. The miserable governments Of
- central American States should receive .
- elective enough to save su future troub-
sn that quarter
l0s New York Times, in ito comments
An:
O. Ihe seizure Of the boats Of the Transit
s,uPany u Al invasion Of American rights and
y, spass upon American property which caa-
49,. -, paes unchallenged. II the President proves
n. % hls pledges, and General Cas- maintaina
~. ~ v0c'rsnes Of bis letter TO Lamar, We shall
r. Ttny hy have this wrangle brought 70 . close.
H.. oest thing the President can do IL 70 recall
nI..s ana send comPstent man 70 take his
EE.' ana put one or two meu-of-war at hid
NJ ssposal. The whole matter has been tri6ed
s"a TOO long already"
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

~ The passenger train from Chicago,
Tuesday evening met with an accident, few
naes east OF Galesburg. One of the couplings
gave way and the locomotive went off the
sack, getting badly smashed in the operation.
no other injury was done.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

q Two large parties, from Illinois, passed
through the City, yesterday afternoon. on the
way to Pixies Peak. One of the delegations
RA from Monmouth
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

rA the election in Keokuk Monday. Mr..
,sivb,ou. Rep, vas elected Mayor over Sample,
nem b, . msjotity Of $50. They elected Re.
.o,ds, and Marshal and three out Of the four
Aldermen, l400 votes polled.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

A FRIGHrrUL ScESE.-Yesterday morning on
the roof OF three story house on Water street,
young man was standing upon the comb on
the root repairing = chimney, when, the shingles
being wet and slippery, he lost his foot hold
and slid slowly down feet foremost towards the
caves. Two or three persons who witnessed
the accident turned away sick with terror. Al
though the man made every effort to gain 4
hold, he moved slowly down, aud was only
checked from falling to the pavement below by
water spout, agains: which his feet came in
contact. Blu: for this frail obstruction be mus,
have been dashed into shapeess mAss. With
ou: uttering CRY Tor help, the young man kick.
ed off his shoes and proceeded to ascend, which
be succeeded in dong, and went to work ut his
chimney again, apparently taking little accoun.
of an accident which made eye.witnesses sick
with terror Wheeling paper.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

PIKEs PEAk.-Yesterday morning, severa
wagons, bound tor the gold regions, passed
through the city. Among them we noticed two
parties from Cass County, Michigan, one from
Marshall County, in the same State, one from
Monmouth, ILL.,, three from Bureau County, ILL.,,
aud one from South Bend, Indiana.
We learn, also, that party from the South
western portion of this County left, yesterday
morning, for the same place.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

20 According to the report OF the Superin-
endent Of Common Schools in Deavenport the
khools have cost Sl7 900 for the last year
ra&udance 1879, which brings cost of tuition at
abcui So per head.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

CHILD KILLED BY WHIsKEY-On Wednesday
evening last five laborefs were engaged near
the corner Of Sxteeth and O'Fallon streets in
excavating cellar. They obtained pint OF whis-
key, Of which each drank portion and returned
to their lab0rs leaving the bottle and the re-
mainder of the liquor on the embankment,
about four feet above them, Two small boys,
about live years o. age, were playing in the
neighborhood, and after the men had returned
to their work, drank from the bottle-how
much is not known, but it could not have been
very great after passing through the hands Of
FIVE thirsty men will be readily supposed. The
effect upon them was immediate, and upon one
OF them, German boy named Garrett Headre-
han, ultimately proved fatal Some ten or fif-
teen minutes afterwards he was found in stu
pid, insensible condition, and was taken home
by some of mis- juvenile companions. He died
yesterday at two o'clock. His companion was
also carried home, in the same stupid condi-
ton, where his father compelled him TO eat .
large quantity sof dry bread, which, very prob
ably, by absorbing the whiskey and preventing
its immediate action on the stomach, saved his
life. He awoke yesterday morning exhibiting
no traces Of his spree. The boy who died the
Coroner represents to have been = remarkably
intelligent fellow. An inquest was held and
verdict in accordance with the above facts was
rendered.-[St Louis Herald.
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~ The People OF Peoria, at an election
bel in that city Monday last, voted tax Of
three mills to sustain free schools by the deci
sive vote Of 945 to 26O. This is doing we'll,
especially when it is known that in November
last the tax was defeated by $50 majority.
RIxoooLD CouNrY-The following is from
the Enterprise, new paper j.st started at De-
catur City. Ringgold County is, in the manage
ment Of it's affairs, a model County. Judge
Hagans deserves great credit. Few Counties in
| this State are SO lucky as to have such Judge ::
We have l6 bridges built and paid for out of
the county fund, the aggregate cost of which
amounts to four thousand six hundred and one
dollars. We have lumber and the building
material for our Court House delivered and paid
for, and the foundation already laid. The size
OF the house when built, will be 60 feet in
length, 20 in breadth and 2 stories high. The
amount of county warrants yet unpaid, are in
the aggregate $50 and Scots. Our county fund
arising from the revenue of road tar including
the sale OF town lots, after deducting a, ,6Ol OO
expended in building bridges and the lumber
and building material for the Court House,
amounts to SlO,32O IS. In addition to this We
longing to the county, yet nnsold. Thus it will
be seen after deducting the expenses OF buid :
ing bridges, paying for the material and laying
the foundation of the Court House, and settling
the amount Of county warrants now standing
out, our county treasury will yet be worth
tl0,239 80.
IL will be remembered by our readers. that
'Ringgold county was the last county in the
southern tier settled by the white man. Less
than four years ago, our praires laid. vast
waste. and the yeoman's pillow had made but .
few transient visits, at scattered intervals upon
our soil and, those whs labored to improve
their farms at the juvenile age OF the county.
| had to contend with all the discouraging Incl
| dents. and almost unsurmountable eMbarrass-
men,s, that new counties are heir to; yet the
spirit OF industry and economy tina. SO charac
terize the hardy pioneers Of the west, has been
well manifested BY the citizens Of young and
thriving Rsnggold. Notwithstanding the great
financial pressure of the times, our county 10
out Of debt, with over ten thousand dollars in
her treasury. This shows conclusively that our
citizens have improved their time and capital to
good advantage and 1t reflects an honor upon
our county Judge, that time itself can never
erase. He has served our county 10 the cApA-
city Of Judge ever since its organization; and
has, at al times, kept vigilance over cur county
funds; always keeping 10 view the Interests oil
the people, and granting NO clAims upon the
| treaeuuI unless they we're we'll authenticated,
sno he. In his wisdom, deemed them JUS, thu
giving the people the satisfactory knoviedga
that their money has not been sQuandsred, mol
prolusely lsvished upon magni6csnt stsuetsrel
IN advaacs q Ne age of The county and III
wants Of the people.
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'.nes y. Aoalten, . fascinating shos-makss,
~ ssensy shres, hes bsen arrested at Little
..%' n T.. on red6issisn frea the Governor
-1aaehusessa. for polygamy. he bad already
l..eo three wives, and wss On the point ef
s1'ung Aiaaslf with Sourth.
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lie reported that Sir E. B. Lytton is to be
the next Governor Of Canada, and, passibly,
Governor-in-Chief Of the proposed North Ame-
rican Confederacy.
Rev. Hooper Crews died at Rockford, III.
last week. He was for many years . minister
in the Methodist Church.
An American was recently married in France
under .us title Of Count Alfred de Montgomery.
He has sued the Paris Courier for libel, in ad-
mitting letter declaring him to be no Count,
but the son Of Quaker grocer in Philadelphia.
The Cincinnati Enquirer denies that the Rev.
Nj. Lewis, Of La Grange, Tenn, is the author
of "The Harp Of Thousand Strings" and 'Ths
Spirits Of just Men Made Perfect" but that the
credit thereof belongs to Ar. WIN. Brannan, Of
the Louisville Journal.
Senator Seward was at Harrisburg, Pa, last
week. on . visit to Gen. Cameron. Many Of the
members of the Legislature, and others, assem-
bled on Friday at Mr.. Cameron's, to pay their
respects to his distinguished guest.
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DESPERATE AYFRAY.-The st. Joseph Gazette
gives an account of q desperate afiray that oc-
Cured between an American and two lishmen
at Osborn, station on the II. l. st. 10. X. r.,
IN De Kalb county, late Saturday evening, 10Th
inst Ii appears that the American and the two
Irishmen had stopped in ~ . drinking saloon at
that place and got on drunken spree. dog
belonging 70 one Of the Irishmen came in and
the American kicked il out. This incensed the
Irishman, who Immediately proceeded to put
the American out in the same uncerrmonious
manner. The American, who IL represented 70
.be very small man, not weighing over hun.
dred pounds, drew bowie knife and COM
menced vigorously defending himself. He cut
the throat Of one of his ssssilants, from ear TO
ear, and produced terrible 6 sh on the face Of
the other. ranging from above bis left temple
do.n TO his chin. A surgeon vas Immediately
called in who pronounced the man whose throat
was cut beyond recovery; the other, though &C.
verely, Was not though ht to be mortally wound
ed. As soon - the American committed the
act, be jumped on horse and cleared himself,
and had not been captured up 70 the time our
informant passed.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-04-12

We cut the following advertisement from one
Of the newspapers
ITO rent, house on Melville avenue, To-
Gated immt diately alonRside of 1 6ne plum
garden. from which an abundant supply may bs
stolen during the season. Rent ioW, and the
greater part % b taken N plums."
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a Ex-senator G. w. Jones, Of Iowa, says
the Cincinnati Gazette, has taken back his
declinston Of the mission to Bogota. Iowa
prospects were ptobaiy found, on his reaching
home. to be more dubious than be expected
He 10 willing to 20.
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white Family Redeemed from
slavery.

LFTViA tne ~. - kVeuH8 EOSss m9ECu o.
Henry Ward Beecher last evening delivered
his regular weekly lecture in Plymouth Church,
At the close Of which be said he had an agree
able duty to perform. He then read letter
which he said he had received from the editor
OF the Washington National Era, stating that
white woman and her five children, slav . be-
longing to the late Judge Cotton, OF Virginia,
had, by his will at his decease, been set Tree !;
but through the connivance of his heirs, the
wish Of the Judge respecting the slaves was set
at naught, and it was determined to turn the
"niggers into cash, and send them to South.
ern market. To prevent this, gentleman Of
Richmond, Va, had purchased the mother and
five children for the sum Of 81 ,OOO-rhich, Mr..
Beecher here remarked, at the price "niggers
we're selling, was "dog cheap" Her present
owner had allowed her to come North on her
payole-to raise the 81 900 which he had paid
tor her-to purchase herself and her children
from slavery. Mr.. Beecher then introduced the
slave and one OF her children to the audience,
and spoke at length on the "damnng institu-
ton" tkat stamped such woman and her
children as slaves. She is Of prepossessing ap.
pearance, very intelligent, seemingly about 35
years Of age, and perfectly white. She collect
ed about $500 in Washington, abont $500 in
Philadelphia, and the remaining $500, Mr..
Beecher said, was to be collected in New York
collection was then taken up, and $500 col
lected on the spot; the remaining 500 Mr..
Beecher said he would !, ave collected before
sundown this evening
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FATAL AcciDExr-A MEMBER or BUsIEEss
FlRA INSTANTLY KIlLKD.-An accident OF .
painful and fatal character occurred near this
city Yesterday afternoon, under the following
circumstances: Mr.. Joseph Rindscopf, or the
firm Of Zeiler 4 Rindscopf. hat and cap dealers
on Pearl street, between Race and Vine, was
ont with . party Of friends, both ladies' and
gentlemen, on the Harrison Turnpike. NJ. r.
was accompanied by two ladies', and two or
three children, 10 : baroucbe. The party
stopped At house Of entertainments about four
miles from the city. and on preparing TO start
tor the city, the horses driven BY NJ. r. became
restive and be requested the ladies and chill
dren to al:ght, in order to start them alone, and
work them down . little. He took the lines,
and the team started at rapid pace down the
road, when Mr. Rindscopf either attempted to
jump from the vehicle, or was thrown out, and
bis neck broken, producing instant death. The
accident occurred scarcely more than hundred
yards from the party Of friends. who we're anx-
iously watching him, and their grief may be
imagined. The deceased vas about twenty six
years Of age, young man Of unexceptionabls
character, and highly regarded BY large circle
Of friends and acquaintancss. Gin. Gazette,
April 9TH.
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KANSAS AND NEsRAsKA LAND SALrs.-Ths IA.
m'nlstration have resoved on bringing into
market . large portion Of the public lands IN
Kansas and Nebraska, in July next. Thess
lands were advertised for sale last year, but
withdrawn at the earnest solicitation Of pre-
smptors Who could mot then paw for their claims
without great hardship. The condition Of these
settlers will not be very much better, We lu-
aGine, the present season. A further postpone
ment however. cannot be expected.
These public sales at 20 early date after the
drst settlement, We believe TO be contrary to
good policy. An extravagant administration,
and consequently bankrupt treasury, are
doubtless the chief causes Of this course, %
contrary to the views said to have been enter
tanned by Mr.. Buchanan when be came into
mower