The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-11-10

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the stranger aftss 4he discharg0 Of the pistol
EnOeagpr1ss whatever, and o1sfed ~ renakkG
The clerk was Of course astonished. and, not /
little started, and vas At : loss what next % do
" Be had discharged thA only barrsl Of ~ pie
tol which uAs loaded. After the lapse Of nbout
. minute a6tse ~ discharge Of The 'pistol---dur
ING which time no word Vas uttered-the stssn
Ger shook bis coat skirts, gave slieht shrul
and walked slsissrely ont Of the room and dowii
ssalrs. Tho whole affair was % strnnge. 90 unu
sual and nnAccountAble, that the clerk vas com
pletely nonplased, and remained stationary for
few moments after the departure Of the visitor
Suddenly rousing himself, however, be rushed
down stairs into the street. but the stranger had
vaAtshed The clerk has heard nothing from
MIN sance. :,
Moaa fnoUstH N KAasAA-Ths Ieavepworth
Iimes has the following letter in regard 70 the
new e2citeEneat IN that Territory:
~ Aapleton. Oct IS, 1860.
There y at present revival Of the excitement
OF Other days In 6outhern Kansas The scene
is removed little further South than on former
occasi0ns but there 10 the same ..irrepreusibler
incentive underlying It Ill During the last few
days there has been an exhibition Of one Of the
most barbarOus spectacles, ON what b termed
the Cherokee neutral lands, ever known in any
civilized comm0nity. For the last six years, that
distrioe which en.bsaces some twsnsy-6ve miles
~ forty, has been filling up with honest and in
dustriOus ploneerA who have eettled there for
pesuaaeat homes, and In - good faith - any
citizen Of Kaneas. They have made al the or
ditAry Improvements, and are surrounded by
efone end herds, like The old residents In other
ttSes
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the report that the United States troops were on
tie way from the South, to drive Them from
their premises Ina few hours, the report was
confirmed BY the appearance Of the Indian agent.
whom they call Col Cowan, accompanied by
company Of cavalry, sixty in..number, command.
ed by Capt. Sturgess. They commenced imme-
diatsly applying the torches to the dwellings Of
the settlers, travelling northward with their
work OF devastation and ruin. Nearly al the
settlers on what 10 called the lightning Creek
Settlement" were thus visited BY them. They
came on to Cow Creeks branch of the DRY
Wood, and there showed the same relentless
spirit The news Of their destructive raid trav
eled before them, and the settlers on the Dry
Wood rallied to the number of three or four
hundred, who sent . committee Of conference to
visit the "Col." The committee contended that
whatever might be his right to disturb the set
tiers further south, that they, on the Dry Wood,
we're on what 10 called the "eight mile strip
and that they were on no part Of the Cherokee
.ract, but on lands not subject to prc-emptlon.
AZ FEAST, they contended that question was vet
u . measure nnsettled. that they should be "a
sored, and allowed to remain until new survey
,ould be made, and the whole matter legally ad-
uated. ,4g-l y .'.ssssss. I'D, Z y ss99
TO hasten our particulars, something that they
.ailed 2, ''treaty" was finally agreed TO- and :
vritten pledge was signed ON the part Of the citi
lens that they would abandon that, district pre-
1ioas to the 25th Of November next, provided
ne agent would spare their dwellings, at this
lime, and leave the country. Accordingly the
ncendiary withdrew, but threatened them in
his wise ~ he was leaving: that, If every man
4 them did not leave before the day specified.
'e would burn, not only their houses, next time,
ut oil their feed, grain, and everything he could
Ind valuable. 3s
Then this news came to our citizens in this
'ortion Of the county, they Immediately sent
own delegations to learn the facts and report.
'ome Of these gentlemen have returned, and re-
ort .most distressing scene. Seventy-four
ouses have been burned, and At least one hun.
red families turned out upon the bare prairies,
II by that subtle acquaintance of ours called the
over Of the Federal Government have, dur
,g the last twenty -four hours, converted with
least twenty persons from that county, and all
i've 1t AZ the saddest scene ever witnessed in
-ansas Women and children are now shelter
q in the bushes along the creeks, mourning
heir hard fate. They feel disconsolate-almest |
ck OF life. Some say they would as soon die as |
ave the country they have been laborin9 so |
ard to improve during the last six years In |
lct the whole community are quite discouraged. /
nd know not what to do. They almost feel de.
'rted--as cast out from everybody. If they /
ont belong to Kansas, or to any where else, and
D arm appears to protect them, or show them
~ sympathy in this sad hour, what, they ask,
to be their fates
How THE SHAREHOLDERS REwARp raxrR TRr..
N PaxAcHERs. The Charleston Mercury, the
Hest, Oldest, and most influential disunion
per in the United States, thus speaks of
e ,pccunary rewards it has received for it's
sasonables preaching n
"uow is it with the Southern presses, faithful
the rights and Institutions of the South? Take
Charleston Mercury, which, for thirty i've !.
ars has been = prominent press in the South !;
ut hss been the tate of its editors! The first |
~ed-the aecond barely earned narrow sub
tence-the third injured, but sold out in time
The fourth died ruined man. The ffM in our
mble selves, Of whom we will gay nothing
nat paper at the North has brought to the
bic understanding, more ability, eioaaence or ! g
sfity than the Charleston Mercury I've speak {
~ onrselyes)? There have been brains and In
eA0ugh in II. to have amassed dozen for.,l q
Yet how meagre has been the public |:
conferred upon it. compared With It's .
8 ~ Qntemper How MANY tens az q
III dollars due to Il, have been last o
coueeeacle and unpaidi How many tens Of Il
usands Of dollars are now due to it-and u
eny BY M0A very men-the pIanters-tbe Il
veholAafs q. - South Whose property and ii
khce G6ertiss and lives, il has Ia c
ed 70 project! II its principles and policy !,
= for. sale Tomorrow, in Wall street. New M
r, y. could with ease realise hundred thou.
. oo sa,, We know vh.t We say" n
SournEas OPINION or SEcEssros.-The O
published at Frankfort, Ky.. an q
clay Mhig ergan, after avowing it's editors h
'v'duaL Dslaef mat any State that win has | o.
u 20 seceae goes on TO express its opinion Of o.
e states that threaten secession in the event Il
''ncolsss election, in the following straight. d.
yard and significant manner: n
II the people Of South caroline. Alabama. a.
'eorgia, desire to secede from the Union. in n,
name o. the Constitution, let them do So II
them - x3Repnhlic A. EoNssN;S0fsnny- ed
g ELI m6y fancy. III ih6ls sSoc1pse Of
nssl1 0hinsee wali. N MY ID HI
md sS4 g. vhe Hili sibat6 ~ 1h.
lrds n - seqnl - rpdle 1T BE-
! do p1eess Eet Shem do III a. ne
please, and when they please, with one soli- :,
condition, Wig: that their separation shall II
nal. Their absence would be an incalculable
Invaluable relief 70 the balance Of the peo-
II t1ena URIted States. We should escape Ia
> quantities Of quadrennial gas and noise -
confusion and stn6. m
~ evsry Presidential election, these politi- es
illihsssers rsmind 10 of the poor Frenchman Il
locked himself in room with rich debtor. ~
threatened to blow his own brains ont and e
sc the rich one with the murder, unless the L
r &eye him then and there Gvs hundred dol %
Every foas ysars thsss 6outhsrn Quixotss ga
sp 1isa bad whisky and worse logic, and b
tho 66laAcD Of H. people II they don't VI
and %, that they-ths Quixotss--1iA - q
!. La teeR eseede and be-bleosed. We y
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