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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

50 WOMAN Has A CHILD IN THE CARS. AMI
THROWS 1T OUT OF THE WINDOW After the
hrst edition had gone to press this afternoon
we heard OF strange affair on the Lake Shore
Railroad.
Yesterday afternoon, as the G. & e. train.
winch ieft here at 1880 pm, was nearing Erie
CONDUCTOR Murray discovered woman in the
saloon OF the car, apparently in some pain.
On taking her ticket the Conductor passed on.
Shortly after baby was found on the seat of
the saloon: The baby was afterwards found by
Inc sue OF the track two miles beyond Erie.
having been thrown out of the window by IL
inhuman mother.
The Conductor of the B. & E. train was i'm.
meoiateiy telegraphed, and in the due time an
s"ef came back that the woman took the n Y.
o. q e n. cars at Dnnkirk, mithout any baby =
The child, singular to say, is alive ana doing
well. No clue to the name Of the mother has
been fornd.-[ Cleveland Herald.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

SHOCKING SLAVE TRAGEDY.--The mos
shocking tragedy We have ever vet been called
upon to record, took place on Tuesday nigh,
last, few miles north of this place, a. the res
idence of Mr.. James +. Humphreys A negro
woman. belonging to Mr.. Humphreys took her
two children, boy about five and girl about
three years of age, to an old well some three
or four yards from the house, where they were
found the next morning drowned. Marks OF
fingers and toes on the side of the well down
to the water would indicate that she also went
down, whether to drown herself. and after
wards changed her mind, or to eifectually put
an end to her children, is not known, but it is
thought probably the latter. She then went
back to her own house, piled all the things in
the middle Of the floor, set fire to them. and
ran away, AMI up to the present time no trace of
her has been found Madison (FIa.) Messenger.
9th ult
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

On The steamer G. W. Jones, from St. Louis
arrived At this port, Saturday morning. We
learn that sho has been purchased by Capt. Ted.
ford, Of this city, and will be mme datey re-
paired, and put into the river trade.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

The FRAUDULENT FARMERS AND Downs
BANK OF isDIANA"-TuE CASHIER AND AGENr
AkREsTED.-Upon information OPPORTUNITY re-
eelsed, the City Marshal has for several DAYS
KEEP. WATCH through his detectives, upon two
gentlemen who arrived in this city last week
and put up, one at the Missouri and the other III
the Virginia Hotel Mr.. J. Wells was Cashier
and Mr.. - OBricn, agent, for fraudulent
institution, fiction styled "The Farmers and
brewer Bank of Petersburg, Indiana" When
. % pi'i ana two u bills on that lucrative en-
terprise had been disposed of by these psn,le.
men, the said bills were at once placed In The
hands OF the Marshal. Wells and O'Brien was
yesterday arrested, and upon the former we're
found some $1,000 of this new money. Prob
ably still more OF it will be got hold Of.
AS TINS fraudulent company undoubtedly have
other agents, and as their bills are struck from
an original plate, aud therefore are no, coun-
terfeit, this worthless currency may be imposed
upon many people.-lSt Louis Dem.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

THE HOMICIDE At WAsHINGTos. press
killing, provided the facts are as stated. The
following, from the Cincinnati Gazette, seems
to us nearer the correct feeling, than anything
we have yet seen. TIE Gazette says
Legally regarded, the assassination of Mr..
Key was nothing else than murder. Public
opinion, in similar cases, is wont TO justify the
deed, and general sympathy Is ol the side of
the man who thus avenges great wrong. Had
Mr.. Sickles come upon the offender suddenly,
and, in the heat Of tie moment, under the first
impulse for vengeance taken his life on the
instant, this popular Justification and sympathy
could hardly be pronounced incons istent with
proper construction of the laws. Whether SO
or not, the act would be nearly universally ap-
plauded.
In the present case, Siekles proceeded de-
liberately, with full generalization de assailed
Key while unarmed and unsuspecting of danger,
in the public street. In all this it is impossible
to avoid the feeling that there was something
cowardly. But when he was seriously wounded
the object of his vengeance, who falls helpless
on the ground, and begs for life, Sickles again
and again, with the most implying malice, dis
charges bis pistol at the wretched man, until
the deadly purpose is accomplished In such
deliberate and unrelenting revenge as this, sym.
pathy certainly ceases to follow, uuhesitatingly,
with the assassin. We want to be assured al
least, that man so mercilessly slain, without
opportunity of defence, or Of being heard in re-
gard to his crime, was really the Eena he was
assumed to be.
/" On this point legal investigation will
throw further light. At present, it must be re.
membered that We have no facts except such as
have come through the disturbing me dunn Of
local excitement. These may be modified in
the calmer scrutiny of judicial ptoceedings.-
There is little reason 10 doubt, however. SO far
as we now see, that Sickes will be acquitted.
II he does not escape even formal Indictment
for any OF the forms Of homicide.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

Shellady, who was convicted of man-slaugh-
ter, for being connected with the Boyd Wilkin-
son murder, at Iowa City, has been sentenced
to ten years imprisonment in the Peniteniary.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

H The packet Editor, from St. Louis, ar
rived Saturday afternoon. There are over three
feet of water on the rapids, and the boating
season may DO considered as fairly commenced
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

eI We learn from tie Otuu.wa Courier
that Mr.. james h. Woods was drowned in SUI
gar Creek, three miles below that city, on the
I'd inst.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

Prince Napoleon, who has just married sar
oman Princess, is the second son Of Jerome
bonaparte, the Elk King of Westphalia. He is,
therefore, like Louis Napoleon, a nephew Of the
First Napoleon.
lie looks far more like his uncle than his
COUSIN the Emperor does, and he takes pains to
heighten the resemblance by his dress and man
ner. His marble features are composed to the
same gravity, his straight dark hair arranged
IN the same style, his coat and waistcoat Of the
same cut, now made historically familiar BY the
pictures OF Napoleon. As he stands in his ia
vorlte attitude, with arms folded and head in
cl'ned, his likeness TO the "Litte Corporal" il
almost startling. The only draw back ID that
nature has bestowed on him three or four inches
over his uncles height, which, while it adds 10
his appearance, dstracts fr.m the coveted re-
semblance.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

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I've 49, ~ Uyerdt D1ys TO lesDnr teams rest
ii have journal or our travels, and all the par
ticulArs Of the road, which will write in the
next letter in full. This place j. found out to
be in Kansas; the gold Is found in Kansas.
Mexico, Utah and the indian Territories. The
best mines 'afe on the Arapaho Indians land;
they have forbid the whites 70. dig on their land
but they will dig. The mines viii pay, without
doubt; y y certain thing thas y0n can hnd
gold any place l0us maj. DIG. h - Shat+ie
called anoat gold, supposed % come rom the
Mountains. Ineso y : range OF mountains
running eass ana west sor one hundred miller,
thas nave Oeen psospectec, and good diggines
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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

Az the Presidents last levee, Mrs. James
Gordon Bennett occupied the same room win
Mr.. Buchanan, and by his direction. the crowd
were presented to her as well as to Miss Lane
AT one time, says the Posts correspondent. il
was difficult to tell whether the reception was
Mrs. Bennetts or Mr.. BuchanaI's. The two
occupied sofa together in the reception room
LOT about three quarters of an hour the Presi
dent himself introduced bis friends to Mrs
Bennett. The latter was attired after the latest
French style, and was decked with Jewels n
abun dance, and held in her hand a choice bon.
quet, put up in an unique Manner
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

Two youDg Italian sisters, Caroline and Viz
elnia tesnl ars creating greas ssnsasioa = VI
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

-Four State elections will take place this spring
vH:-Aew Hampshire, March 9; Connecticut,
April 4; Rhode Island, April s, and Virginia,
May 70. In each of these States Governor il
TO be chosen, and also members to the next
Congress. The results will be looked for with
a good deal of interest
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

eB We see by the scientific American that
Mr.. G. II. Waldin, of this city. has applied for
patent for an Improvement in Watch makers
Lathes.
The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-08

MlcRiGAN EoUrHERx AID No1THE1x INDIANA.
Third week in February:
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Indiana.
Coils. Lane and McCarty address the people
2Aeymset Nth an enthusiastic greeting.
Correspondence of he Cincinnati Gsxettel
LII. L..

Correspondence of he Cincinnati Gsxette.l
Indianapolis, Feb. %, 1859.
Col. Henry S. Lane and Col. VIM. NJ. McCar-
ty, the genuine .. S. Senators from this State.
notwithstanding the refusal Of that body to rec.
oenize Their claims, addressed large concourse
OF people, last evening in the Hall of the House
OF Representatives, giving history of their mis-
sion to Washington, and the results Of their OBJ
servations while there, and rendering to their
constituents an account OF their stewardship.
McCarty made the opening speech, and was
well received. lie showed the utter worthless.
ness OF the arguments by which Senators had
endeavored TO justify their action in the Indiana
case; censured, in severe terms the extraya-
gance, inc nicency and corruption OF the present
Administration, and demonstrated in an unde-
niabe manner the recreancy OF the so called. or
Lecompton Democracy, from the principles in
culcated by the fathers OF the party. He was
uncompromsiug in his denunciaton of Buchan-
an and his minions. McCarty spoke tor about
an hour, and was followed by Lane, in one of
the happest of his proverbially happy Efforts.
From the time he commenced his speech until
the close thereof, he unclaimed the attention of
the audience, and was continually interrupted
with their paudits. He commenced by return.
ing his thanks to the people for their kind re-
ceotion, and rejoicing that he bad escaped from
the noisome and pestilential atmosphere of
Washington city, to one OF much purer and
healthier character, and from among the SER
wants of the people to themselves. He said his
mission to the Capital of the nation was like un.
TO that of certain one of old, who went from
Jerusalem down to Jericho, "And fell among
Mieees." His illusions to the course pur-
sued toward Col. McCar.y and himself, by the
Lecompton e. S. Senators, and their action in
the Indiana case, especially that of the s.elo-
and cutting, and met with the hearty approval
of the audience
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lndianannlis March

- Indianapolis, March 8.
. : OIL passed hrst and second reading In The
senate today, directing the investment Of 10
Onioansd Common School lund, anounsiag .
several miil'ons Of dollars In IndiAAA 50 and q
per cent. stocks.
The Senate bill adding six additional branches
= the Bank o. the State. y SIN pending ID ~
nesses aaa alshesGh Il meets viii muck onno-
aiaioe; \ WI psseoely - te0sesou.
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Washington, March 3.
The Postmaster Generals Physicians ,o.ni.h.
pronounce him out Of danger. So
The Presidents Proclamation l. written q.
On extra session in July Of the Thirty.6r.t Can.
Gress, and will be promulgated to morrow & IA
financial Legislation sdcceeda to night.
:. Inc PRESIDENT IL determined TO appojnt Rohc,.
McLane, OF Indiana, Minister Of Msxico. tn
programme y TO send him without instruc,ions
saving u TO his discretion 10 recognize ~
onafoh party " Liberals Or neither.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
Very Late from 1he nIIne..


The Rocky Mountain News of Dec. 9Th states
that the cold weather has effectually wound up
out door mining operations for the year. A
few are 'till working in drifts and tunnels
getting out dust for next Springs washing. AT
GTegory's mines the two steam quartz mills are
run night and day, and produce large returns
Of gold. Some 1900 miners will winter at the
mines, working as the weather permits
AL the later accounts from the Pike Peak
mining region are very flttering, labor yielding
rich returns. Many miners the past fall ave.
ragged from $50, to $40 and $40 per day. Over
. million of dollars in dust has been sent
away from the mines, and with the improve
msnts in mining and extracting the gold next
season, we look for very handsome California
yield this side Of the Rocky Mountains. A
very large emigration may be looked for to JEFF
fsrson Territory, exceeding the rush of last
Spring in the aggregate. The great forwarding
concern Of Russell 4 Co, at Leavenworth, will
make aliangements TO transport some 10000
persons early in the season.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
selling a Free ManIrtO slavery.

Slavery clutches at the throats Of free color
ed men as we'll as those who wear cofIles by
virtue of State laws. Frank Mitchell, from
Columbus, Ohio-well known in that city the
State Journal says to be free man, his brother
engaged as porter at the Goodals House also
attesting Franks lreedom-is advertised by
the Sheriff Of ST. Louis county, Missouri, to
be sold as q slave at auction at the door of the
Court House, on the 3Oth day of January, 1860,
under the laws of Missouri in such case made
and provided
Mitchell, 2S years Of age, it seems from the
advertisement of the Sheriff has been lying in
a Missouri jail ever since the 9th of October,
1859, on the heinous charge Of being suspected
as runaway slave" thoughhs has protested
that "he is from Columbus, Ohio, and that he
is free man." No owner has appeered for
him though the Sheriff has duly advertised, and
in little more than month hence the unfor-
tunate and mal-ireated Mitchell is to be sold
into life slavery for costs and Jail keeping!-
Such laws and humanity would shame Alger-
ines.
Our State government ought to protect the
humblest inhabtant Of the commonwealth, and
the people and authorities at Columbus should,
and we trust will, take immediate steps to
secure the liberty of the falsely and cruelty i'm
priSoned Mitchell.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
cool Weather In 1.p Weat nnd Nor,h.rcst


Cool Weather In the West aud North. W est.
The West has got the start of the East in
severe weather this winter most decidedly
None of the Eastern papers report very severe
cold in that section, and do not brag of good
sleighing On the other hand tho Western and
North Western journals report both in full
luxury. In st. Louis the cold has been intense
and the sIeighing fine. AT waverly, No, Dec
9th, the mercury fell IL degrees below zero,
and continued below for some days At K,o.
kuk, Iowa, the mercury was below zero, and
the Mississippi frozen over. At Council Bluffs
the mercury stood l6 degrees below zero on
the 7th, and Capt. Stewart who arrived at Fort
Riley on the 7th, from his camp on Pawnee
Fork, had some thirty of his men badly frost
bitten. Capt S. had his face badly scaIi6ed
BY frost.
The sleighing at Chicago is passsble, and the
baTque Sunshine which arrived on the 10Th
from Buffalo with cargo of railroad iron, re-
ported the ice six inches thick in the Straits.
The schooner Badger State got froze in, and
will have TO winter in the Straits.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
The sIertara ch,Id.

BY the last foreign arrival, it is stated that
the father Of the young Mor.ara, of Roman ee-
lsbhty, is in Paris. His erTand is to petition
the European Congress, not yet in ease, to in.
tsreede for the release Sf bis child. He is a man
Of gentlemanly manner and appearance. still
young, and with an air Of much calm determi.
nation His wife was recently confined of an
other child a. Bologna, whittier Mortara had
Withdrawn after ths breaking out Of the Tsvolu-
nonary movement, lest some pretense should be
made 70 take this infant also from him. Will,
a Rome he states that he was never allowed 10
SO his boy except in the presence Of priests.
who told him that "his only hope Of recovering
bis child was in becoming convert himsolfli =
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22

UNFoRrnNArE.-Mr. Hartman Ward, who 70.
sides on the North Ridge Road in Perry, has,
within few weeks met with quits chapter Of
accidents. His little girl, aged seven years, fell
from buggy and broke one Of her arms. Two
weeks ago Mr.. W, had his collar bone broken,
and one week ago to day his dwelling house was
burned TO the ground, with most Of his furniture
and clothing. The Ere occurred about O'Clock
IN the Afternoon, when the family were all ab.
sent, aud is supposed to have originated from
defect 10 the stove pipe. He had no insurance
He neiRhbOFa with most eommendsbls liber.
ality, Immediately raised purse Of SIXTY dol
lara and presented il to him, and are slse baul-
ing Lumbar and other materials TO enable him
70 rebuild At once Paintstlle 4aSsriisor,
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
Attempted Escape OF Cook and Copplc.

Messrs. Cook and Coppic, after the failure of
their attempt to escape from tho Charestown
jail, drew up the following statement. which
was handed to the correspondent of the Balti-
more American for publication. He says ait is
written in beautiful style of ponmanship,
and is a curiosity coming from man who was
in few hours to suffer death"
CHARLEsTowN, Friday, Dec. IS, 1859.
Having been called upon to make a fair
statement in regard to the ways and means of
our breaking Jail, we have agreed to do SO
from a sense OF our duty to the Sheriff OF the
county, and jaior and jail-guard. We do not
wish that any one should be unjustly censured
on our account
The principal implements with which we
opened passage through the wall of the Jail
was Barlow knife and screw which we took
out Of the bedstead. The knife was borrowed
from one of the Jail guards to cut lemon
with. We did not return it to him He had
no idea Of any intention on our part to brea K
out; deitheT did the Sheriff. TAILOR nor any of
the guard have any knowledge of our plans.
We received no aid from any person or pc r
sons whatever. We had, as we supposed, 70
moved all the brick except the last tier, several
days ago, bat on the evening previous to our
breaking out, we found our mistake in regard to
that matter. We had intended to go out on
the evening that my sister and brother. inLlaw
were here, but | knew it would throw refee
ton on them, and we postponed it-butI urged
COppie to 90 and would remain, but he relus
ed. We then concluded to wait
got knife blade from Shields Green, and
with that made some teeth in the Barlow kniie,
with which we sawed of our fhackles. We
had them all of the night previous TO our get
ting out. CoPpic went out first and followed
We then got up on the wall when was dis
covered, and shot at. The guard outside the
wall Immediately came up to the wall
We saw there was no chance to escape, and
as 1t was discovered that we had broken Jail,
We walked in deliberately and gave ourselves
up TO the Sheriff, Capt. Avis, and the Jail
guard. There was no person or persons who
aided us in our escape. This is true, so help
us God. (Signed,) JoHN e. CooK.
EDWIN CoPPlo.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22

Mr.. Hyatt has published a gratifying state.
ment of the answer of the people to his appeal
for fund for the benefit OF John Browns fam
lily. The net proceeds of the fret month were
the handsome amount of s2,I62,4S, which he
proposes to pay over at once to Mrs. John
Brown, North Eiba. Two thousand and fifty.
three Photographs Of the Hero Martyr were
sold during the month.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-22
state Board of Equalization.

The valuation Of Jefferson county returned
at S2l,75 per acre was increased per cent per
acre Knox county returned at S2l,7 was in
creased per cent; Madison county returned
at s2l,OS was passed az appraised MahOning
county returned at S25,47 was reduced per
cent Medina county returned at Sl7,l2 per
acre was increased 25 per cent; and Meigs
county returned at sl4,47 per acre, was reduced
10 per cent.