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The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-31

New DRUG Standardization is called 10
the advertisement of Messrs. McCann & Hughes.
They are fitting up new and very handsome
Drug store in the room recently occupied by
Mr Handr.El
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evening and fined ten dollars, by Justice Tenn
pie, for stealing wood from the cars. For want
of the necessary funds to qudate he was sent
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Corn misunderstanding 10 the New
York Independent, short crop ideas prevail in
the east, in regard to the corn crop, and large
sums have been sent West to buy corn. New
York and other spectators are purchasing and
ing it forward in the spring, anticipating by
that time considerable advance in prices.
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sBN The German Rife Company gave ball
On Monday evening, which was we'll attended.
The evening was fine, tn. music excellent, the
company sociabie, and every ythiug passed off
pleasa Dtly.
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DisAfPEARAScx.-Ars Hoeck, an elderly Ger.
man lady. mysseriously disappeared from Da-
venport week before last. II is feared that in
a ft Of mental arrangement she threw herself
into the river
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SourH CAROLINA SrSrlxrsr.-The Ch.,les.o

SoUrH CAROLINA SENrIxENT.-The Charleston
Is. g. News Of the 18th says, speaking of the
sympathy for John Brown felt at the North:
We have no confidence that there will be any
effective reaction at the North-it is at heart
and in design wholly our enemy. Our convic-
ton Is irrepressibe that Black Republicanisn,
intends TO sustain Stewards policy by every
means, violent or other, to achieve the destruc-
ton of Southern institutions. We repeat, LET
Us ARM. IL this, at least. there is safety. We
urge Disunion and demand Southern Confed-
eracy. IN this there is safety. Who can assure
safety in sught else! II Black Republican
Speaker is elected, let the Southern members Of
Congress demand separation and DIVISION
The Southern States will sustain them. They
would not consent to remain longer under the
domination Of another people avowedly their
bitter foes.
John Brown began the era Of blood, and let
his fate terminate it now-terminate it in a
manner different from Northern design-in
Southern self>protection and self>government
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NEW Muslc.-H. II. Hawley has laid upon
our table several 6ne pieces of new music,
among which is song entitled "The Husking
OF the Corn" the music Of which is composed
BY Mr.. Hawley. The melody is very pretty,
and we think it will become very popular. The
Scherzo Valse, and the song I" In the Louisiana
Loxlands," are also fne compositions.
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Counterfeit ives on the State Stock Bank Of
Wisconsin, and dangerous spurious twos on the
Agricultural Bank at Marion, ILL.,, are in circu-
lation,
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TAKEx At Hrs woaD.-A lev ysass 90,
whom Il vas the eussom Tor large glrh sa1
larger boys 70 attend disssics achools, n iDeis
dent took placs IN nsighbosisg sevs, Which y
worth recording.
One Of the fairess and plunpsse girls Of tke
school happened % violate enc Of tke saaeher'e
rules. The master, pse0ps easseesio 6sllov
Of twenty-five, sum@onsa her lnto ~ nlddlo
et the hoos. Alter iaserroGAaing - eisl : iew
moments, The master lhundsssA oas:
"Win you give ne your handr
Yves, cir. and my Aears tso." pse0pty -
piled tho girl q sAs sAms zine stseeeAlak los1h
her hand 70 the master. and eying hl1 With .
cunhing look. A dsatA>liks silsnc9 IT, 3Ded ~
! moment In the school, ansear wghses. -
glissen IL the msssss's 80; thee rslee - No.
upon the desk. and he hlpsAiaG Gieiy 80 -
Queoted to take her seal, bat - gs0ala AIsss the
echool go dismissed IN tAreev6eks assss - !
schtol 6nished - ssssAss - - geasueso.
married. - -Schsneetsdy Seae.
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official AyYIndIing.

EaroR HAWK EYE: Il notice in this morn
hi edition Of your paper . paragraph or two
sqed from the Paci6; City Herald, in relation
practice On the part Of County Treasurers
demanding fees OF non residents for receiv--
their isrss The Herald says that these
ssss saen addressed as ''Treasurers," reply
-sotsries,' offering 10 attend to tie business
kise. Such a practice is bare >faced enough,
Esaas viii you say Of a Treasurer who de>
aa ftes as such, for attending to duties for
w. be was elected, and for which the law
tniss proper compensation: Ihave sever
t1si been swiDdled by the 'fee process y
.4Il. il time such rAscaiity was exposed.
LGs year 4 v vrote to the Treasurer Of PoHe-
* County, requesting 10 know the amount
axes on certain piece OF land. He replied,
,OssA ais Deputy, stating the amount OF taxes
IsSme $40 or s,i-and added, rs follows !:
Fees lot paying, 81, ,10.' l sent him the
fuooat Of the tsies alone, and received q surly
hPly, thai shen sent him the required 'fee'
Eosld pay the taxes and send me d receipt.
aa' could 1 do? The rascal had my money
would doubtless have appropriated II to
sesa Use, had not remitted the fee, which
d, mi received the receipt. The '.fee" adds
Stout twenty per cent TO the legal tax.
Iss year I wrote to the same official, for the
r?.< O. asceftaining the amount .. taxes on
taue isnd and received reply signed
iARn Head, Deputy Treasurer" giving the
rasii ol taxes al $s,e2. lie then adds lee
ls,OO, making the whole sll,92, or about
lS cent more than the lawful tax.
he treasurer Of Poweshiek County may
t<ra TO shield himself by stating that the
tsaaa for fee does not come directly from
IL Ny answer ia, what business has the
lsssstr 10 enuust his official business to
'Tess .ho swindle tax>payerss ! solicited
" assspondeuce with the "Deputy,' my
'4ats being with the officer himself.
!ii'e paid taxes on non resident lands in
i1I counties 10 Iowa, but in no case, except
rsveshiek county, has any Treasurer e1tort-
0s e'ec demanded 'fee for paying" But
&afh mat the practice il not untrequent, and
-0pt tAe opposition now being made may have
: elect to stop the ssindl:ng. p.
burlington, Dec. "a, 1859.
M0KTgyru. Iowa Nov 9th 1870
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tB Twenty>two hundred head Of hogs we're
received at this point BY the b. 4 u. R. Railroad
on Monday last, consigned to Schenck 3 Denise
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ESTABLISHEDl

u We are indebted 70 friends for aamesoua
Assic'ss sent 70 ~ % Holiday presenss, but se
are prevented from naming the generous donors
on account Of their reluctance 10 seeing their
names 10 print. Such marks Of friendship to-
wards %, from frieDds In town and country,
have been numerous during all the years ws
have lived in Burlington, and even more than
shs generous patronage we have always reeeiv.
%. have made us often feel that Il wa. good 70,
10 that We cast our lot here.
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The Tribune nsuspaper, New York, i valued
Al 400. 900. IL profits this year will foot up
aiOO 600. The Herald stands In the same cate-
epry. and the Times next.
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The excitement consequent upon the recent
failures in this city has pretty much died away,
although great deal Of anxiety is still mani
Tested on the part Of many Of our business men
who have heavy paper to meet on the 6rst and
fourth Of the coming month. How well they
are prepared for these notes We have no means
o. judging. Many Of them will be obliged to
ask for extensions, and 1t Will be good policy
for the holders Of their notes 10 grart them this
accommodation. We have no idea that the
business men Of Davenport are broke by long
shot. They, ~ general thing. stood up thro
tie fall OF 81. and they can do the same thing
now. Il will, OF course, greatly inconvenienc
them, but they must keep stiff under lip, aud
not vince under the heavy blows they are now
obliged to bear. Bright skies are even now
family visible, and We may safely hope 10 BE-
all right again BY the first Of May, lS6o.-DA-
venpOrt Democrat.
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Helper says In his book, s.Our motto n tbe
abolition Of slavery and the perpetuation Of the
American Union" Those who complain most
OF his book seem TO dislike both its objets with
an equal hatred.
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The TRUE system OF ADVERTISING We find
the following in the Printer, and copy it for the
good sense it contains:
Our exchanges frequently discuss tho guess
tion relative to the best and cheapest mode OF
advertising. We think there is little room for
disputatiOn about . matter that has been SO
thoroughly tested and proven by thousands Of
60. .aheadative men. The merits Of hahdbills
and circulars for certain places and under cer-
tain circumstances, are duly conceded; bnt the
handbill, to be conveyed about by men, gener-
ally creates but q smile of rony--a joke at the
expense Of the would>be notorious advertiser
and he and bis place are forgotten. Very few
people nowadays, stop TO look at handbill
posted on wall, fence, or post. Fewer still
look at the contents OF q circular. These sys-
TENS have each had their day, and have meas
urably lost their force. People now look in the
newspaper Tor what they want to see and know
something about The newspaper Is circulated
without cost to the advertiser; is carried about
in our pockets for reference; it lies upon our
parlor ,able--and upon the tables or on the
she!s OF thousands who cannot boast of par
lor; it is read in stages, 10 the cars, on steam>
boats, along our streets and highways, in shops,
Offices, stores, cellars, garrets-ererywhere =
Editors read them, statesmen, clergymen, doc
tore, lawyers, merchants, mechanics, read them;
women read them; children read them-every>
body reads the newspaper. Everybody must
read it The newspaper has become an estab>
lished and indispensable institution, and a man
or woman who would attempt in this age to get
along withoutit would be deemed fit subject
for al asylum or the-penitentiary.
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]. N. Rogers, Deputy

J. H. Rogers, Deputy.
The six dollars were forwarded, aud tax
receipt returned for % 10. But the collector
releuted. Il 10 fair TO presume that conscien.
sious scruples made him reluctant to charge
more for paying than the State and county
charged for taxes, and he returned one dollar
70 the unhappy owner Of the 100 acres, thus
reducing his fees 70 o 80 for paying - 20 in
taxes, What do the cisixens Of Union county
.Link Of THE manner Of taking In straDgerss
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ARE NcN>REsIDENT TAX PAYERS SwIypLED By
COUNTY COLLECTORS ?-As people are not gen.
orally advised of the manner in which The Treas
fleeing nonresident land owners, We propose
to subjou few samples in Illustration: These
lstters are all from county Treasarers, 10 res
ponse to letters of inquiry:
Mt. Ayr. Ringgold CO., Iowa, Nov. 14th, SO.
Mr.. Yours Of Nov 9Th il duly re-
ceived; and answer by saying your taxes on
the N w ! of s 30, 10 20 is S. 96
Our charges 90
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sH Disunion is now the cornerstone OF the
Democratic platform. And yet this revolutions
ary and reasonable party presumes to count
Jackson in the list OF its heroes. The truth is
that the party at the present day is nothing but
an incarnation of the ideas and policy Of Mr.,
Calhoun, whom jackson wanted to hang-only
Mr.. Calhoun never proposed anything more
than to nullify law Of Congress. The present
Democracy propose to nullify the Constitution
and the Union.
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FIRE.-A two story frame, almost new, be-
longing TO Marshsl Altmus. situated on tho
South Hill, at the corner Of Eighth and Cedar
Streets, was burned to the ground on Saturday
afternoon, together with the greater part Of the
furniture.
The fire was communicated to the roof By q
fue, and was not discovered until it had gained
such headway as 10 render all attempts TO save
the building futile. One OF the engines was out,
but turned back on learning that the building
gas destroyed. There was no insurance upon
the property, aud the loss is estimated at $500.
Mr.. Altemus is an industrious hard-working
man, and the destruction OF bis property has
left him destitute.
This occurrence should awake our citizens to
the necessity Of providing better facilities than
we at present possess for the extinguishment Of
fires on the hills. II is almost impossible for
tie Fire Companies, with their present iuetii-
cient force. to draw their machines up those
bills, and no means are provided to supply
them with water when they do arrive at the FIRE.
Insurance is the only remedy we have as yet,
until the finances of the city shall be sufficient
to furnish En- ines for either hill aud provide
cisterns TO extingpist Gres which may break out.
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~ The oquawka Qil) Plsndealer says
there is q report to the effect that the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company have
purchased the Air Line Railroad from Galva to
New Boston, end that they intend to proceed
with the work at once, SID complete il in the
earliest possible time; /; aud also build braEeh
road from New Boston to East Burlington,
to connect with their road on the west side Of
the river.
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AssipnI-The MeGregor Times learns. .thAs
~ hesist, Of New Oregon, broke bis leg
W lady on Monday week. He vas driving
''ed team, and while passing another "a
y ohs Of bis wheels fell into rut, and
~ lIn 10 the ground, bind wheel OF bis
! as passing over bis leg shove the knee
'Ste', Of McGregor, dressed The broken
ns reported the patient = convaisscsnt.
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The Republicans in Congress are subscribing
for copies of the ultra disunion speech Of Rep
resentalive Crawford, of Georgia, last week, a.
. campaign document on their side. He is one
of those fellows whose vaulting ambition over
leaps itself and falls on t'otLer side.
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DANGERoUs.-A Aat boat broke loose from
Montrose landing on Wednesday with four or
five men on board, and in spite of their efforts
the ice brought them over the rapids. The boat
passed this point about o'clock at night, and
some people on shore endeavored to aid the
boat to land. One man came to shore in a
skin With line, but the line broke, and the
boat was carried down to the gorge just above
Warsaw, where it was seen yesterday morning.
The men had some wood on board and probably
kept warm during the night. We have not
heard how they fared.--Gate City.
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ease remit imme diately and your business
S a''ended TO promptly and receipts sent
'-1saissey o. receipt of the money.
Yours truly. NAHLON HEAD.
Deputy Treasurer.
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SUDDEN DIsAPPEARANcE OF A CATHOLIC PRIEST.
On Saturday morning last, the citizens Of
Covington, KY, were startled by the announce
ment that the Catholic priest who presided over
the st. Stephens Church, at the head Of Mon
mouth street, had left the night previous for
parts unknown. The cause OF bis sudden de-
parture was soon discovered. It appears that
an improper and criminal intimacy had long
subsisted between himself aud female member
of bis congregation, and which had continued
unsuspected until concealment was no longer
possible, when be absconded, leaving his victim
to bear the taunts and contumely Of the world.
The female had hitherto moved in respectable
circles, and aside from the present unfortunate
affair, her conduct had beea exemplary-Cin.
G. .zette
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DEs NoINEs, Dec. "a

LES AoIEES, Dec. "a.
q. DuEHAN, Esq.-Desr Sir: The Board OF
Education adjourned sine die this saturday.
morning, at half past eleven o'clock. The
President, Hon. Oran FAville, took leave Of
the Board with one Of his brief but appropriate
sp eches, being the universal favorite of all
who have been associated with him. Governor
Lowe has been present as much of the session
as ne could we'll spare from the time allotted to
the preparation of his farewell message to the
Assembly. He looks remarkably well, except
slight cold OF late; and seems very glad to
exchange the Office of Governor for that of
Chief Justice. As the acts Of the Board are
soon to be published by two county papers
forbear any details. II.
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Bedford, Taylor CO., Iowa, Nov. 10th, so
Mr.. Dear Sir Yours of Nov. 9th
is at hand. The amount of Tax ON
Sc OF Sec. Is, SO 81 and N / N Sec.
"a, is SS IS
Fees and exchange 90
Total 50 20
Currency state Bank Of Iowa, odd change
may be sent in Post Office stamps.
Respectfully yours, EVANS l. JONES
for Jesse Evans.
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The Richmond Enquirer says that il The
North keeps the Union, it must be kept with
Southern measures and Southern men. Upon
this, the Newark Mercury femarke, "When
Sydney Smith was told that by living on but>
termilk human being might prolong his ex,
istence to period Of two hundred years, he
remarked that it was scarcely worth while to
live two centuries on SUCH Diet"
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Fontenelle, Adair Co., Iowa.

s. ARMSTRONG.
By Armstrong 4 Kilburn, Treasurer.
The following from Union county is the hard.
est case in the lot. In respone to an inquiry.as
70 the taxes on l2O acres Of land in Union
County, the following note Was received:
Alton, Jan. 25, 80.
Mr.--, Burlington. Iows:-Enclosed find
amount tax, and our fee, $6 90.
Yours, &C.,
T. n. ROBINSON,
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TaE DoueLAs "CAvE."-Thuriow Weed, Esq,
writing from Washington to the Albany Even
ing journal. says:
/. is true, as reported, that Senator Douglas
has .caved.' He goes back, however, without
the true men whs stood BY him 10 defending the
right TO the last Congress. The desertion is felt
most keenly BY the snti-Lecompton Democrats
of Pennsylvania. and by the friends Of Broder-
lex and McKibben, one Of whom sacribced hrs
life and the other has election for cause which
Senator Douglas took up and has laid down, as
men put on and draw of their garments. Like
| aniel .. Dickinson, Of New York, the Illinois
Senator goes back 70 be strangled Their heads
will 20 into bag and into the river, Just as 60
the heads of rebel Pachas who offend the Sultan
There are no men more truly aud firmly liked
| 10 their opposition to the Democracy, now and
through the war, than Messrs. Hickman and
Svarts, and COL Forney, with their 10000 De-
mocrats 10 Peunsylv lvsnia. Indeed. the men who
carried Buchanan through Pennsylvania on their
shoulders, in 1885, will now help TO swell the
ma aiorities in that State, mountain high, against
| the Charleston nominee.
Cook, Sargent, Downey Co., Of Iowa City
when they failed, few days ago, shut down on
over shirly Moassnd dollars belonging 70 depos>
i.ors. This 10 acknowledged in their Published
statement But they figure up ''asssts" IN the
shape Of estimated values Of town lots and
wild lands sufficient 70 cover their liabilities.
HYMEsxAL-Ths Iews Ssats Reporter gives
Z fact which has come 70 IL knovlsdge, Of :
man sixty years Of age being united In matri-
mony % lady Of thirtssn-an Of Jehason
County.
A correspondent, writing from Houston. Tex.
q. ssys--"We are having the seldsss spsM Of
vesshse knovn here By ~ oldsa eitissnA Is
| i sew showing hard-tbs thsrnonsses = = :
l-biddiug tair for anosher day Of aas slsighiag.
vhich y q unhsasd q eeousssnse u this
lqaastss." -
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TOTAL

Total "a 81
Please send the above in bank bills or spe-
Gle draft by the 18th Of January next and yo,
win save interest by so doing.
Yours truly,
T. n. KELLER.
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M
1 This circumstance vas still the subject Of cen
versation and speculation yesterday among ii
ciasses We have % yet no public statement
from hessrs Cook 4 Sargent. nor have We anJ
Information with which 20 crafty the curiosity
Of the public, or lessen the aDxiety Of those
personally interested 10 tile suspension. The
6rn undoubtedly have assets fas above thei.
liabilities, II their properly could be sold at
! fair valuation-but how things may turn ont
We have no more definite idea than any other
portion Of the public. We have confidence,
however, that the individual members OF the
firm will make every sacr;fice, and labor esr.
ncstly to relieve those who are now placed as
90 much inconvenieBce and anxiety BY this rus
pension. We anticipate that tile firm will soon
be able TO make some public statement Of their
real condition, 80 that deposltors and others maj
know what to expect. Such . statement j. due
the public, and cannot be too speedily made.
So far as we know, Messrs C. 4 S. are not dis-
posed to discriminate between depositore
They seem ready to secure any Of their depos>
itors with lands, and some agreeing to this
have received deeds Tor real property. This
perhaps has gwen rise TO the report, that they
were discriminating between depositofs. TO be-
friend certain persons At the expense OF others
Things are bad enough without being made
worse BY such reports.
Ebenezer Cook, Esq., yesterday formally re-
signed his position as Mayor OF this city. We
regret this, as Mr.. Cook has made an efficient
officer, and We arc sure in this position he
would still retain the full confidence OF his fel-
low citizens Davenport Gazette, goth.
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sraAssr sucr !. Dr,r,rxc, ,v,,, 60,

SfRANGE SUCHA DIFrERExCR 1HERe SHouII
BIZ : By some legal arrangement, not erplain.
ed. Myers, who was convicted 1t Carlisle, Pa.
OF kidnapping free negroes and selling them In
to Maryland, has been released from psison OF
his personal recognixance and returned home
Tits form OF release vas preferred TO pardon
because il relieves him from the costs OF the
prosecution. This shows difference bet ween
ehc North and south. II he had stolen slave,
IN Maryland and set them free, he would have
been hung or shot; but, having kidnapped
them and carried them into slavery, he goes
unpunished.
| A special election is to bc held in Davenport
on the slst, for the purpose Of eiecting May
Or TO gil the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
ton OF E. Cook.
% The treasurer Of Iowa, according to the
Independent, has already placed on deposit
With Atwood 1 Co., New York. the money 10
pay the January interest on our State debt.
tE At the Junior exhibition Of Miami Uni-
ve'sity, Oxford, Ohio, held Saturday evening,
Dec. 18th, WV. K HoLLIxGswoRrH, OF this city.
was the poet Of the occasion. .-sutject, "Wo.
mans WORTH" which, according to the Git
ize, be served up in style highly appreciated
by bis hearers. 5e s.
At Galesbure, last Tuesday night, . child
about three ears Of age, named Michael Ma
gle, died from the effects Of liquor administered
in the absence Of the father, by one James
Hutton, sn acquaintance Of the father of the
child
The election in Council Bluffs city. on the
9Th inst, on the proposition, whether, the ci,y
would subscribe 5000 the capital stock Of the
Z. d. St. Jo. Railroad, resulted in the afirma.
tive by 22s majority.
DEs No1KEs, Dec "a.
~