The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-08

BUaxIxo NEoao At rHE SrAKr.-A corr
tpondent Of The Maysville Eagle gives the 4
lowing particulars Of the recent burning Of
J negro q Troy, Kentucky, for the murder Of
master:
On New Years Day the annual negro cal
took place At Troy, the county seat, and the
VAS quite collection Of people there; ever
thing went on smooshly until about three 1
7 clock in the evening, when NJ. James Calawa
brosher-in-lav OF the deceased, mounted upo
an old gO0ds box before store door, and !,
dressed the people for about fifteen minutes
He said If the mass Of the people ielt - be dit
And would do their duty. which be believed the
would, that they would take the black murder
er out Of jail and burn him at the stake, in ID
presence Of all the negroes that we're there, !
set an example before them, and show theE
What will be the result Of al such conduct
there ever should be such again. Then he cloa
ed BY saying, "All that feel a. I do viii foilov
me-" He then leaped from the stand, and Their
| was general shout given, and he led the VA
70 the Jail, and nine -tenths Of the multitude fol
loved. On arriving at the jail they found th,
sheriff and jailor. who did All they could to sup
press the mob. but al 10 no purpose. M
They nos mustered some 500 or 1000 strong
| They then commenced with sledge-hammers
cr0w-bars and axes, and ia about an hour en-
| tered the Jail and brought forward the victim
(the negro murderer) They then marched him
| to the centre Of the jail yard, drove down Z
large stake and chained him, in an erect posi-
tion, hands and feet fast 70 the stake. There
was an abundance OF shavings and 6ne split
wood piled around him-this consumed some
half hour. During this time the negro talked
TO the negroes that gathered around him. lie
erAiA skns~~ 81. L. h.l ~ i
he was always treated too well and given too
many liberties, and for them to take warning in
tim. and never do as he had done. Then the
torch vas applied, and he seemed to be entire-
y indifferent about il until the flames began to
burn as high as his knees. Then he began to
twist, and snort, and groan, and in about min
ute more be commenced to scream. he gave
some Of the most hideOus screams that ever
heard come from any human being.
could not stand to see any more, and left.
When left the flames we're burning ~ high as
his head. was only spectator, took no hand
either tor or against. / think that there were
some 1900 to 1000 people TO witness this
dreadful scene. and 400 or 800 negroes.
DEAR IxDEPENDENr:-The star Of the "little
giant" has reached the eliminating point, and
from henceforth he descends. He has lost the
golden opportunity of his lifetime, and from
nsnceiorth must plod wearily with the common
mass Of aspirants after public honor and power.
Too much Of the politician, and not enough Of
the man or statesman, has been his ruin. When
he swung loose from the villainous schemes Of
the slave propagandists, and threw himself man
fully into the fight for the people, and against
the Lecompton villainy, hurting thunderbolts
against President, Cabinet, and corrupt Con-
gressmeu alike, the eyes Of an anxious and ap-
preciative people we're upon him. Had he been
true to principle then, he would have become
the popular idol Ability Ee did not lack, but
he did lack heart commensurate with it
Temporary success or defeat in that hot conflict,
when he stood foot - foot in defiance with s'the
powers that be" would not have been feath-
ers weight in the popular scale. Providence
handed him the great occasion which generally
comes in such mems lives but once, but he was
unequal to it. A petty Senatorsbip for six
years, or . hoped.for Presidency through the
Shiny avenues Of intrigue and corruption,
marked the boundary Of his vision. Alas for
such craftsmanship! The ''little giant" has
sunk to pigmy. Friends pressed him-nay,
urged importunatelv-but unwashed Democra-
cy, reveling in its slavery rottenness Of ilibus-
terry, Dred Scott decisions, aud hatred Of all
free labor and tree institutions, like . wizard
charmed him, and no opportunities could lift
him higher than the level Of his moral
nature. He deified the slaye-drving Democra-
cy, and has not ceased for moment to wor-
ship at that shrine. Condemned by the popular
voice of his own State after severe canvass,
in which ne poured out abuse, like water from
filthy pool, upon his comrades in the battle Of
Lecompton, insulting men who desire only their
glory, the advancement Of freedom,
and the death Of tyranny, he nevertheless won
hn ma rph nj ha MIL tfvsr al H.
q lavish expenditure Of his wealth. by an i'm
portation OF alien voters-if reports are true
and by an unjust apportionment of the repre-
sentative districts OF his State. That accom-
plished be visited the great center Of slavery
and hoba nObbed with its leading
spirits, touched and tarIied period At Cuba,
which he IL now SO anxious to wrest from the
crown Of Spain, and amid weak and uncertain
applause from mere handfuls of curiosity hunt
ing spectators in New York, Philadelphia aud
Baltimore, was set down at his own door in the
federal metropolis, in the light OF six burning
Ear.barrels, surrounded by . crowd Of noisy
boys.
Alas! how different from the trumphal
march Of conqueror, which it might have
been! The Democracy OF the Senate chamber
met him with the warmth and geniality OF huge
ce-blocks. They have dethroned him from his
The stigma of the act was intended TO be felt
Would he come in like the lion or the spaniel
that was the question in all mouths. Was it
war upon the Administraton-hi noble, and
Or was it tame subservency
70 the slave-driving Democracy, which in honest
language would mean, LET me court your
avor for the nominating scramble which is to
lake place in Charleston in 1907" He took has
place in tie ranks. That sentence tells the
y hole story. In the Pro-Slavery caucus he was
foremost Tor placing the thirty million pieces Of
'ilvcr in the hands Of James Buchanan, the
honest, patriotic, freedom-loving Lecomptonite
James Buchanan! for the purchase or sub
dung OF Cuba, by fire and sword The "listle
giant" sunk ~ be rose; his highest level was
selhshness, il We judge history impartially.-
The American people have weighed him, pro-
bounced him wanting, and they have sent him
% the grave OF the inefficient From hence
Forth he will live with the vast mass Of political
hopers. Reqmisscat in pace. Having kept your
readers advised Of h,s course from the outset Of
MS great strife, We felt il due to them to write
nis obituary. So let him pass.-( Correspondent
M
WAR IN IowA-ALL ABOUT County SEAr.-
On Monday, the 18th ult., as We learn from the
Marietta (Iowal Express, a company Of men from
the neighboriDg town of MARSHALL (both in Mar
shall county J entered the place and carried of
three prominent citizens OF Marietta, who had
recently oticiated a. judges Of an election to
decide the question OF county seat for the said
county. Arrived at Marshall, one Of the priso-
ners, Judge Smith, wasnformed that there vas
great danger Of his being lynched unless he re-
the returns and declared Marshall the
winning town. After some intimidation, Judge
s. made out the required certificate declaring
the county seat On the following
morning train Of wagons loaded with armed
men, followed by about forty person. on foot,
with muskets on their shoulders, entered Mari
eta with the intention Of carrying of the Coun-
y records, &C., but they were met By The citi-
zens Of Marietta ana repulsed without blood
shed. The next day the Court House was guard
ed by about . hundred armed men, but no fur
lhcr attempt was made to take the records.
DIs0RAcErUL.-On last Thursday afternoon .
party Of four OF our town topers met at the
house Of one Of their number to drink and
have grand spree. They carried their carou-
sails TO such length that the wife Of their host
was compelled to send for assistance to rid her
Of them In the meantime the host