The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-25

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Agricultural Society, met 1t the Senate Chamb'
In this City, on the 18th inst.
President Bowen took the Chair and calle
the meeting TO order. y. =. Wallace. Seer
tary.
Nessrs. Cannon, Norris ana Day, Of Van B,
ron, we're appointed Committee on Credel
tials
Msssra. Gaines, Thompson and Cooper wes
appointed Committee to Prepare Business.
Aessrs. Miller, Cooper and Sewers we're q
pointed Committee on Essays.
Messrs. Fisher, Morris aud Olmsted were q
pointed Committee to examine the Treasurer
Report
NJ. Morris offered the following, which va
adopted:-
Resolved, That Committee OF three be ag
pointed to determine Rules aud Regulations I
govern the cultivation Of field and other crops
Messrs. Morris. Melendy and Bacon were ~
pointed ssid Committee.
The Board then adjourned till two O'Clock
ATrERsooN.-After the reception Of report
the Board proceeded to the choice, BY ballot, o
the place for holding the next State Fair.
Oskaloosa, Davenport and Iowa City wer
nominated.
Qskaloosa received l6 votes.
Iowa City 10
Davenport
The Board then proceeded to the election 0
Officers:
z. 7. Fisher received is votes.
]. Bowen !" IL
H. u. Stuart
Mr.. w. w. Hamilton, OF Dubuque, wa.
chosen Vice President by acclamation.
J. II. Wallace, Of Mascatine, was reelected
Secretary. "
Mr. Robert Sewers was reelected Treasure,
unanimously.
For Directors, the following gentlemen were
elected ior two years:
g. w. Kincaid, Muscatine County.
n. Omstead, Harrison +"
p. Melendy, Backhawk I"
Or. J. D. Wright, Marion
NJ l.. Morris, johnson
The Board then adjourned till tomorrow
morning at o'clock.
SECOND DAY.-Nothing of special interest
was done during the second day, the Board
being engaged in the transaction of the ordi-
nary business d.volving. upon them, after which
they adjourned.
This Meeting was pleasant reunion of the
prominent Agriculturists Of the State, and the
entire proceedings were harmonious and agree
able to all concerned. The determination is to
make the next S.ate Fair surpass any one held
heretofore in this State.-State Journal.
The Great Rebellion-Forney ON the
National DemocFacye
From the Philadelphia Press, Jan. 12.l
Among the rapidly ripening fruits Of the pol
icy of Mr.. President Buchanan, that OF dis
union is prominent. To threaten dIsunion; to
look to it as q refuge from imaginary evils; to
n mil nd hotfR Of hn
piness to embrace it rs . glorious alternative
before the election Of Northern President,
are the familiar utterances Of many Of the
Administration leaders in Washington. They
the luxuriaEt crop that grows upon
the grave Of the Kansas policy of the Plesi-
dent.
These disunion and secession influences hav-
ing bullied the President into a betrayal of his
pledges, then into crusade upon all who would
not cry hOsannas to this betrayal, have resolved
TO take number Of steps in advance. They
have gradually compelled the Administr alton
organizations in the North to endorse their ear
ier proceedings, and are now boldly preparing,
with the assistance of the General Adminstra-
lion, to assume possession OF the Charleston
Convention, and to turn that Convention into
mere auctiOn-r00m where the honor Of the De-
mocratic party, and all it, lame as a national
will be knocked down to whom
soever will bid highest for the votes Of the ex-
IRENE men Of the South. To effect this object,
The disunioDists first declare that they will not
support any man representing the principles
avowed by Senator Douglas, and next that no
man can be regarded as Democrat who is not
against these principles, and, per consequence,
II favor of the new faith-yiz:- Congressional
for the protection Of slavery in the
Territories, and q slave code in the Territories
themselves.
These are the conditions precedent of the
iisunion Administration leaders-wlthout obe-
Hence to which they will have nothing to do
with the party! Do you hear any body de-
these gentlemen Does the Wash
ngton Union, for instance, attack Mr.. Iverson,
Mr. Davis, or Mr. Barksdale for their recent
Not one word appears in that
court organ against them or their doctrins. On
he contrary, columns have been written in
approval OF the new theory Of protecting sls-
,ery in the Territory, if not directly in support
If the slave code itself. Long ago-long be-
ore Jefferson Davis spoke at Jackson, Missis
ipp-the Union had an editorial article, in
y shich the sovereignty and sanctity of slavery
we're set forth, and a strong intimation given
hat il might be carried even into the free States
themselves.
Northwest talk about conditions precedent"
o his support OF the nominees OF the a4harles.
on Convention, and the whole pack is let loose.
lpon him. II he asks that Convention to nom
nate \ man like Stephen A. Douglas; ii he
,leads for the great doctrine of Popular Soyer-
,ignty il he holds up the promises Of our can
iidate and our party in 1856, he is denounced
IS a disorganizer, and consigned to the tender
embraces OF "Black Republicans" And all
his in the face Of the fact what we can have
10 hope for success in 1860. unless under the
banner of such q man ~ Douglas. II the
Democratic party is forced upon the secession
platform at Charleston, defeat will be its doom
defeat, certain, crushing, inevitable, and de-
Ieryed! We must repudlate the present Ad-
'uins re-erect the old Democratic aag, and re-
assert the old Democratic principles.
A RICH AND DESPERATELY ARMED BEGGAR-
A German, aged about 10, and named Benedict
Shelly, came TO Washington City on Christmas
lay, and took lodgings in the Central Guard
house. He was loaded down with beggar's
traps, and looked as poor as poor could be-
Next dav, in the First Ward, be got into diff
iculty with some boys, who, amused at his odd
appearance, began to tease him. The old fel-
low drew q pistol and threatened to fire
w hereupon he was arrested and taken before
Justice Drury, where he was examined and
Three pistols, loaded to the muzzle,
we're found upon him, for which he was fined;
but, on saying that he had not cent in the
world, he was sent to the workhouse, where
Mr.. Queen subjected him to further Search
w hen, 10 and behold! be turned 70 be q walking
treasury Of C0ina ancient and modern