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

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skaeh spg1uss ~ lave n intimate knovledg,
d SisEIn' Listesy ~ The following:
Sj1&1of career ~ been o. varied, if not u
IfomaAaiA o TIT ~ hero Of novel. His ear
Il II y0n1h Nc eFeat in riot and deLauchesy
| among the vile women and vile men Of Church
street, New York. For years after he had grown
to man's estate, he was known as the ''lover" e
one Of New York q most noted courtexans. lie
Il wasy bswevss, slvsys hnOwn % Psssess s6iiitied
Of no common order, and in course Of time be.
came LAWYER and politician. The DemocrA-
cy OF New York city elected him TO the Stats
Legislature, where he was conspicuous for his
intempcrance and his shrewdness, bis vices and
Nh esE1city. He then devoted himself to the
practice Of h,s profession and 70 politics By
turns and consequently made little advance
mont in either.
Had be given 10 the law tho entire devotion
Of bio apt and fertile intellect, he would have
i gained an enviable position q tho bar. His
recklessness Of character, however, weighed
like mill cape round his neck, and he took
advantage .! an acquaintance with the Ameri.
can Minister at the Court Of St. James, to intro
duce 70 the first circles OF LondOp-the female
H.
Again, in order to circumvent rival faction
Of the Democracy. he broke into the Broadway
Post Office, and stole apackage OF ballots which
had been deposited there for SAFE keeping His
personal standing IS man and politician fell
20 the lowest grade; and though he succeeded
in getting a nomination for the State Senate, be
was ANONYMOUSLY beaten in : Democratic dis
trict. On the election Of Gen. Pierce, when
Mr.. Buchanan was named for the Mission to
England, Mr.. Sickles was rendered the appoint
ment Of Secretary obligation. Shortly before
bis departure for England he married Miss Te-
resa Bagioli, the daughter Of an old Italian mu-
eic teacher of New York. Between old Madsme
Bagioli and Mr.. Sickes there existed very pc
culiar relation, and mischievous people insinua-
ted that the old lady paid Sickles' board at
fashionable hotel. Miss Teresa, though well
dressed and good looking lady, was not conspc-
uous for beauty, nor remarkable for accomplish
ments.
From the time Of his going to England, Mr..
Sickles' fortunes have been constantly on the
mend.
The New York Evening Post, in reply to
whining apology for sickles in the Times ofthas
city, says:
And what are the motives BY which the Times
seeks TO justify this act Of boodshed?- The ICON
tumely"-that is the phrase used by the Times
which society heaps the man whose wife
is fathless, is one Of them. There is no such
coniumely, either in this or in other cases of
the kind. Slckes has not been made the mark
OF any contumely on account Of the infidelities
OF his wife, except SO far as they may be oc-
casoned by his own fault; and even then it
would not take the shape OF contuneiy, but Of
sober censure But il there were any contume
y to be apprehended, Sickles is not the man to
nuR tArt H. L,- t.r. =.lx-
Of, the better part Of the community with perfect i
equanimity and complacency. All he had to ],
applshend was, perhaps, an occasional joke Of
his ribald companions; and that certainly was
wretched reason for deliberately taking the life
OF a fellow-creature.
There is yet another reason given by the
Times why the assassination Of KEY was not a
murder, even ii he were wholly guiltless. Sick
les, it seems, Imagined" that his domestic
peace" was ruined. How much domestic peace
there was to ruin, will be the natural inquiry Of
those who know what the personal character Of
Sickles has been. If that were to be the solo
measure Of Keys gait, he would have, we sus-
pecs, little to answer for. But however this
may be, it is certain that the man who makes
no scruple to invade and destroy the domestic
peace OF others-he, who in his own practice
regards adultery as joke, and the matrimonial
bond as no barrier against the utmost caprice Of
iicentousness-ha little right to conn plain when
the mischief which be carries without scrupe |
into other families enters his own and certainly
he has no excuse whatever for avenging such |
an injury by the death of him who adopts his |
own principles of morality, and takes example |
from his own practice.
The Albany Evening Statesman, speaking Of |
this affair." says:
The career Of the individual who so pom pons-
ly enacts the character ofthe "njured husband"
III this domestic turmoil, is familiar to our cit
liens, as indeed it is known to the people of the
entire State. He has reputation for every-
thing but integrity, honor, morality and man
hood. l. there s moral vice with which he 10
not conyer sant-practically familiar-we think
1t must indeed be modern. Those who are ia
miliar with the liOertne career which first gave |
him possession of the unfortunate woman whom
be calls vile, will not be utprsed at the deaons-
ment OF his married life. How she could so long
preserve her purity through such an example is
matter FOR conjecture. In misfortune which
ordinarily commands for a man SO injured the
sympathy OF every human creature, he seems
les A..itled to the consolation to be derived
fred coincidence OF his fellow citizens than
any I'm we ever knew. We can recollec, no
one act of his life that should bring him even /
the well wishes of any mortal.
Some years ago-we think about six-he mar.
RED his wife, then a young, volatile, Maynard
girl, but already, if common rumor be true, hid
ne her shame, in tardy marriage. !
The party to which allusion is made in the re. !
port, and at the breaking up of which Mr.. Sick
es received the anonymous communication |
which led to this exposure and murder-was a !
Inner given by Mr.. and Mrs Sickles to Mrs. a
Bennett at which President Buchanan assisted.
30 brilliant combination of frst-class stars 9
mould have secured from the gods a more aus
'c'ous upbreaking. An anonymous letter-the
Exposure OF wanton wife--a dshonored hus- y
and, and cold, deliberate murder, could hard.
J have been anticipated to be so nearly i'm
ending over such host and hostess and such ?
uests. But the world moves more rapidly =
han OF old, and they frequently compress the
Incidents Of a tragedy in a weeks existence at
Vashngton. I
The late tragedy at Washington calls out !,
lany and various comments from the press, &
9th in reference to the parties personally, and i
, regard to the rottenness that prevails TO dis
listing degree in the fashionable social circles
: the National Capital. !
Il Is a lamentable fact, that has been gradu- =
lily developing itself into notorlety of late, that
10 "glitterng show" of Washington society, SO
ailed, is nothing more than "whited sepul-
ire, all very beautiful and gaudy without, but ii
u with visciousness and libertinism within S,
Tbs late terrible occurrence has brought to pl
ght but one Of many instances of the revolving ii
'elai Generalization prevalent in "Ligh places" ei
Washington, and it il hoped that the disguise q
e exposure TO which this tragedy has led, will til
6serye one good end, at least, that Of curing
e diseased social system Of the Capital by Civ NJ
g 1t thorough airng.-[ Chicago Journal. "a
m
European policy shifts like the pattern Of a pI
aieidscope. Who ever expected to see Sow to
eigns and Cabinets in such strange position N
nc King OF Naples granting AmnestieA. Louis OF
apoleon suspected of liberalism. England
'hoiding Australian tyranny. Piedmont anx an
US to extend the French Empire. The Gar M
rned an Aholitonist. The Grand Turk aeon. Nj
OF being Christian. The destinies of Cath of
g Empires buttoned up in Jewish pockets nc
Ie Crescent worn as an honor in Notre Dame b
le Mosque and Seraglio sheltered under the w
inner OF the Cross! Seven years ago, these n,
'uid have been such absurdities as 4 iunat,c icl
ght dream of. Now they are realities an