The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-07-30

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JULY 80.
4 The Pawnce WaEe
No direA or reliable news has been receivl
from the seat OF var, though flying reports con
in daily OF almost every description. The re
position Of cur troops, - near Is can be CUES
ed, IL about twenty miles beyond Columbu
J or one hundred miles from here; some say the
are progressing 1t the usual or gait of lare
bodies; Others say they are acamped in CO..
quarters asd running whiakey express betwee
the camp and Columbia AZ all events the
are alive and in good spirits and may be ex
peoted back some time before election. OF ah
Indians ~ hear nothing; the brass buttons an
heavy ordnance have evidently frightened then
There are but few Indians Who would stay abou
where an awful cannon was discharged regularl
every twenty-f0ur hours
Many are disposed 70 treat the whole affair q
. fne frolic, but 20 do not We. The Indian
have long been source OF annoyance 20 th,
back settlements, and this last raid was but al
enlarged edition Of previous outrages. Time
and again have single settlers living hundred
miles back been robbed, and though making
proper application TO the Government have oeer
utterly unable to get any redress for the out
rage. When parties OF three or four or dozen
lndiaDe are permitted to rove around the out
skirts Of our settlements and perpetrate thefts
without punishment il is not TO be wondered
| that . scattered band like the discounted Paw
nees should commit like depredations. Wheth:
er this be owing to the imbecilty Of the Admin1
trAtiOn or the weakness or wickedness Of the
Indian agent, We neither know nor care. But
We do know that there has been gross misman-
agement and imbecity, il not gross corruption
10 the management Of our Indian tribes, and
more than once has this whole region been in
danger Of Indian depredations because either
the government or its agents here were shame
fully behind in performing the solemn obliga-
tions made to the Indians in exchange for land
In the present case, il is said the Pswnees are
still claimants for their last payment, due some
months ago, and with true Indian reasoning,
they say if the white men don't pay them. they
must take from the white man, and the Indian
does not discriminate in the least between
Uncle Sam and his children. This matter should
be inquired into, and though we expect no ter,
ritOrial tavOrs from James Buchanan or his
court, We have a right, as living near the In
dians, to demand on our own account, that the
payments should be promptly made, and the ln-
dian agents should be men Of Ut least ordinary
activity, ordinary business capacities and ordiDa-
~ honesty. For the Government to allow the
Indians to be kept out Of their money until
they are driven by starvation to acts OF despe-
ration, as the Omahas were last winter, or to
bacome justly indignant from the same cause
as the Pawnees are said TO be now, is an outrage
upon humanity unworthy even the present Adj
ministraton. This matter should be thoroughly
and the evil remedied, or the time
is not far Oft when it will be dangerous Tor trav
elers to 60 singly a hundred miles from Omaha
or Nebraska City.-[Omaha Republican, July
14th.
DEPLoRABLE CONDITION or AFFAIRS IN MEX
New York Herald has letter from
Mexico, giving deplorabie accoun. OF affairs
there. 1t says the condition Of the Juarez gov
prnment is tottering in the extreme; without
money to carry on military operations; without
credit TO obtain money; without unity in its
or strength Of mind enough to look
It's own true condition, and that of the gov
prnment in the face. Il seems to be about to
drop to pieces. The position of the opposing
cabinet, holding the City OF Mexico, is no bet
Ter, and Gen. MiramOn has subsidized from the
active soldier that he was in the field, into the
intriguing and inert President which be claims
% be. The accounts from other portions of the
republic OF the same desronding character.
ucatan s ravaged BY Indian wars and dissen- |
ions among the whites. AT tue same time Gen. |
Alvarez in Guerrero clamors for his subsidy |
rom his President Juarez.
The Commander iUchief of the Constitution |
j forces, 10 inactive at San Louis P0tOsi, tor !
ack Of money and brains. Vidaurri, in Mon |
erey, plays the independent potentate, with a |
,ominal adhesion to the Federation, and Pes |
laiera, in Sonora and Smaloa, acts without pom
nal or real regard to any power but his own
This state Of things indicates the coming Of
mother Of the so called Revolutions in Mexico,
nd all parties are striving 10 turn Is to their I'D
snage. The Santez- Arsnists are active in the
enter. Tie Liberals along The circumference
re preparing TO offer to somebody tempting
sh Of church properties. The mercha ts hope
or American intervention, and a few Of the
Mex,eans look back with regret 10
he palliative policy OF Comoniort. In tbis state
II aifa.rs, Mr.. McLane finds be can do nothing,
nd the negotiations that were going on Tor
ome time betwee him aud the Juarez Govera-
Dent have fallen through. tie has goae tor |
eliet and change o. scene 70 the isthmus OF |
and Senor Derolo, the Finance
1lnster OF President Juarex, has come to this |
onntry, as we learn by telegraph 70 New Or /
cans, and is now on his way 10 Washington and |
lew York, probably to combine scheme Of |
olicy with our government and to raise the |
vind among our Wall street 6nanciers.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.-A most Iamentable oc-
urrence happened in the town Of Equality in
bis county on Wednesday evening last. The
as near as we have been able TO learn
hem, are about as foilows a Baptist Minister,
We have failed to learn his name, from Chris I
ian county, Kentucky. it appears stopped at
he boarding house Of Mrs. NcC0ol during the
lay, and in the evening started on his way
lie had not proceeded far out OF town before he
eturned, seemingly much agitated in manner,
ta,ing that an attempt had been made 10 shoot
i'm from the road side, and that be had seen
racks across the road and heard the click Of
istol or gun produced in cooking. which excited
is lear Of foul play. He then asked for room
or the light which was given him. His strange
onduct soon satisfied the proprie.ress of the
ouse that there was something not altogether
ight with him, and she called at the doer Of
is room to ASCERTAIN what the matter was,
Ihen he abruptly confronted her with the accu-
alton Of intending to rob him and threw his
ocket book towards her, remarking that it
ontaiEed all the money be bad. She immedi-
tely left him and asked two gentlemen to 60
nd learn il possible what allied him. They
'ent as desired, but left him in . few moments,
ndng that he was armed with pistol and not
DIS proper nluuy anu as ne ADVISED tnetn tnAb
heir company could be very vel! dispensed
nth. Some time after this Aessrs. McCaleb and
'rewitt stepped upon the porch in front Of the
oom in which he was to take a survey Of the
remises and see what be was driving al, when
hey were greeted by pistol shot from the
1indow, the ball taking effect on the person Of
ir. McCaleb, inficting fatal wound. A second
hot passed through the clothing OF Mr.. Prewitt,
rho speedily retreated.
A third report from the pistol was heard, aud
bortly afterwards an entrance OF the room was
entured upon, when the stranger and principal /
ct0r in the dark drama was found, bathed in
is own blood, lying dead upon the aoor, hay-
ag shot himself in the breast. Mr.. McCaieb, |
tho was an old citizen oi Equality, expired the
ext day alter he was shot. Thus terminated I
ne OF the most singular and mournful tragedies |
hat it has ever become it our painful duty 10 |
ecord as having occurred In GAlIatin county |
outhern iIlinoisian, 18th.
MORE REPUBLICAN ExTRAvAGANcE.-The last |
legislature appropriated the sum Of five thous- |
nd dollars TO defray the expenses Of taking the /
en>us, the estimated cost being based upon the |