The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-22
ANOTHER CLAGGEr AFFAIR.

Great Ercitemcnf at the Gate Mayor
Sample about to bring .SuI for LII
bel against the Burlington Ha,ek-Eye
on his orn Account-Also another IN
dDof City Of Keokak for Contempt
aud Defamation--Aiso another on be-
half Of the K. FL. D. d; N. Railroad
for damages on account Of depreciation
Of Stock--Aiso aaother on behalf Of
tie Great Des Moines Valley TOR dam
ages on account Of its (the Hawk-Eye's)
preventing the construction ofthe abore
named Road.
Tuesday evenings mail brought US the Gate
City newspaper Of the same date--ensmalied it
is true, for things are pretty nach all contract
ing there, aid the Gate is unable With all its
ability to escape the general doom, but intense.
ly acknowledgements in language not to
be mistaken The alarming intelligence that We
are to be called upon in legal way not only 10
mend the dsnas ed reputation of Mayor Sample
damaged by the publication Of report in cir
culation hert--but that we will probably also
be held to answer in exemplary damages for in
juring the credit of the city Of Keokuk and OF
the X. Fl. d l. N. railroad company. And tits
furt er limited that our course has been highly
damaging to the Des Moines railroad-that it
has probably defeated pending negotiations for
it's immediate completion to the Capitol, thus
depriying the people Of the Valley Of much
needed railroad facilities, they therefore ad-
vised by the Gate to join with keokukans gen.
orally iu aua'hematizing Us, and at the came
time on their own account bring forward anoth.
er suit for damages!
Here is an alarming state OF affairs. What
value Mayor Sample sets upon his official repu-
tation We have not been informed-nether have
we been yet informed Of the precise per cent
age he considers himself damaged by the Hawk
Eye. We are also in the dark as to the amount
Of his claim upon US in behalf of the city Of ke
okuk, but presume it will be large enough prob
ably to pay the interest upon her bonds. 1t is
also Limited that we are t. be called to account
on behalf of the county, and il this should prove
true, they will net ask larger damages than will
raise their bonds (S45o, ,OoO) now probably worth
nifty or sixty cents, to par. What will be the
amount Of Gen. Reds damages on behalf Of his
road, TX. Fl. D. 4 NJ and on his own account,
we are also lei: to imagine.
1t will be readily conceived that the receipt
OF this astounding intelligence created the most
l'yel, apprehensions in our mind. II we are to
be called upon, in the present depressed state Of
the money market, for the sums limited at, at
SO short notice, it is highly probable that we
saall be unatIe 40 connect" We cannot see
where the money is to come from. As We have
no idea Of Reputation, our only hope lies in
getting Mayor Sample and the people Of the
Gate to moderate their claims. And to this end
we appeal to the editors of the Gate, in remem-
brance of old lang syne, on account of our com
mon political principles, and from motives Of
humanity. If unable to stay the storm or mod
crate the demands upon us at the Gate, they
will please give US early notice that We may
prepare our nerves for the shock.