The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-01-04

Queen Of the Dead-heads, " Was - - i'S'
fer. She expected to travel free OF expense,
and If she carried letter OF introauce.oh ~
any one. without being Immediately invited 20
make his house her home, and his purse her
hank. she was pretty sure to chronicle his want
Of hosnitalitv in her next book. As she Was
! two thirds Other time on the wing, travelling q
any and eyerybody's cost but her own. and ner
various books always sold largely, Madame ida
i PfiefEer must have realized q considerable
amount Of money. She was more than iofty
years old before she took up her pilgrims stan.
4 During the following twenty one years sne "as
the incarnation Of female restlessness. Phila-
delpha Press.
WIN are the ladies the biggest thieves in e.
istenee. Because they steel the pettcoats, bone
| the stays, and crib the babies.
| Yes and hook each others dresses.
Two young men lost their lives hy suHocca'
| tion at Millcroye in Canada. They went TO
bed in small room, first taking in q pos OF
ceals, and during the night the carbonic acid
gas produced by the Goals caused suffocation.
The remark having been made that i would
| soon become the fashion to wear short dresses,
| Mrs. Partngton made q remark that wne.her
| fashion said 90 or not, her dresses we're always
/ short. for she never had but two at time
| What a marvel of domestic economy and sweet,
wisdom that womanis! Isn't she
A man named John Berry has just returned
from Van Dieman's Land, whittier be was ban
ished in 1887, for his connection with the Ca
madam "patriots" He was "A when he was
banished, and is now Ga sad chasm in bis
life. He was a Lieutenant, and Joined the pa
triots" at Oswego.
Col. Abraham Van Buren, of Columbia, s. c.,
recently sold to Col Elisha w orthington, Of
Chicot county, Arkansas, his whole plantation
Of slaves, numbering 2lO, for STAT 900, or an
average OF *7OO. Col. Van Buren is son OF
ex.President Van Buren, and married the
daughter Of Col. Singleton, Of South Carolina.
At Lvsander, Onandago county, n. r., on
Sunday, John G. Forbes tied jug OF whiskey
about his neck, and attempted to swim the
river The Jug proved too heavy for him, and
he was found at the bottom next morning.
BRAINS AND DIGEsTIoK-The question "Why
printers did not succeed as well as brewers!-
was thus answered. because printers work
for the head, and brewers for the stomach, and
where twenty men have stomachs, but one has
brains"
THE KNIFE DRAwN.-It would seem that
there is to be no quarter given in the fight be-
tween Douglas and the President. Mr.. Morris,
Representative, from the Quincy Illinois Dis
trict, said yesterday in the House:-
He had hoped the whole issue on Lecomp-
ton would have been allowed to stop. but it
had been revived by the President.
"The Democracy OF Illinois had been always
brave and faithful, and yet hostile policy had
been pursued towards them by the Administra-
ton. The guillotne had been at work and the
places OF good men have been supplied by mis-
erable scoundrels and sycophants and this he
could prove"
| Al cols, HIS II
, who has been sick for some time, died last Sun
day. Owing to the exceeding inclemency OF
, the weather, the burial was postponed till Tues.
dav, when copsciousness returned to the little
creature and she is now recovering.
, The Charlotte (Mich) Republican states that
few DAYS since in Barry county, q singing
master had difficulty in his school with some
} rowdies, and dismissed tho school As the
master was going out one Of the rowdies stab
. bed him dead the spot. A young man
: caught up a stick and striking the assassin a
!. blow, killed him instantly.
SoLD THE BABY FOR $5O.-A man, lately pas
, sed through Nashville, Tenn, with drove o.
- " negroes destined for Southern market. Ii
" the lot there were several infants, which ht
:, did not desire to take with him, because as ht
= = said they would iniure the sale Of their moth
: ers. Some of these he disposed OF here, separa
Ii,
For the sum Of fifty dollars he sold to lad,
!, of this city an infant OF three months consolins
!" its mother with the fendish remark that b,
: would kill it unless he could sell it, Nashville
q Gazette
" MRS. DOUGLAS ON THE LATE CANyAss.-A cor
n respondent OF The Vincennes Sun, speaking 0
the pleasant domestic qualities OF Mrs. Douglas
relates that, at the Chicago celebration, few
days ago. Mrs. Douglas was asked how she stoo'
the canvass. "veiy Well" said she, "but
must go and get my husband some clothes-h
p has come out Of the battle half naked. 60
him two dozen shirts last Spring, and two 0
three setts OF studs--he lost all his shirts bu
= two, and one that don't belong to him-and al
~ the studs but four, which belong to four differ
A. ent sets, and besides he hasn't any Of the othe
a clothes that he started out with"
ID negro boy, thirteen years DID, the propert
of John c. Houston, near Harrisburg, Va, at
q, tempted to poison the whole family, by putin
y, arsenic into the coffee All were made sich
II but their lives were saved by the use OF RENE
IN dies.
:, FoRTY-FoUR CAR LOADS OF CHRISTMAS ERE
~ ~ sENrs.-Some idea may be formed OF the exter
" of the traffic in holiday presents and Christina
~ turkeys from the fact that Messrs. Butterhel
y 4 Co, with their great American Express, hav
received and shipped from their Hudson stree
depot, in New York, A car loads OF expires
ne matter during the last five days-that is fro
" Monday morning last up to Friday evening
- OF this rs car loads were down freight, poultr
III game and presents; and l6 loads we're y
g, freghts, one half of which are supposed to hay
w been holiday gifts. At least quarter OF
er million Of dollars has been expended tor Chris
er mas presents forwarded over the Amercs
'ln Express lines alone.-IN. Y. Post, oath.
IaH Ia has
me way Of his own Tor taking Cuba. His proje
n is (as the Union states) ITO proceed by attac
ment against Spain, a. an absent, absconding
fraudulent debtor" The Government says th'
re, Sin equity, Mr.. Davis is right" In such cas
'ed we think Spain will he found to be present, a
AZ their "next friends, England and France, ais
ted The WAY OF THE TRANsGREssoR-The n
,b- torious Pete Dawson was recently convicted
Gus the Court Of Sessions, at Brooklyn, OF assa
its with intent to kill, and sentenced to Sing 81
the for nine years and six months, To add TO
to troubles, his wife has just eloped with an Iris
of man, taking with her all her husbands mon
les amounting to about $4,000.
Startling A. Clayton and Martin Carter, &C
Inc yicted of negro stealing at the last term
unt Barnwell Court, s. c., were sentenced at Col,
be- bia, by Judge Munro, to be hanged on Frid
the February 25th, 1860.
een
of THE WANDERER's PART IN THE SLAVE Ex
hen DlTIoN.-The Wanderers part OF the affair
h il understood from what has reached the Cove
ONE ment officers here, was, on the voyage, TO &C
: of the slaver's tender and decoy-a decoy VII
A ever it was necessary to spread sail and draw
aled from the ship conveying the forbidden ca
fact the attention Of pursuing vessels, her app
as it ance, at a distance, being Just that OF sia
des- while, on being ovefhauieu' no'hi,s ""n, 80,
to identify her with the slave trade could
found upon her. On reaching the coas
the Georgia, her mission is understood to have
,ited that Of landing the negroes from the o
and ship.
mus. Master Dudly Tying, son Of the Rev. J.
,ting Tyng, OF Morristown, New Jersey, who reee
lum- lelt his home and friends to 20 before the
or on voyage to California, has been insta
Sub. killed by falling from the mast.
when 49, VI, u,
wr;- The FlLLIBusrERs.-The New York TIC
a,ore says that there is no doubt that Gen. Wall
,o;n. men are in Central America. They tot