The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-21

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llest Romans OF them I'll r. u ! Douglasitc for
Inherent rcaaoI,s than those which others Of that
marty profess. He says protection to slave pro-
Derty ia the Territories is theoretical abstrac
ton n and that al he ssks Is !" . Gordon Of
Federal police along the border States TO catch
the Abolition thievesr III bis candidate for
could be elected, the 'scordon would
probably be furnished, and m additional one 70
nab and suppress any stray Republicans whom
Mr.. Douglas proposed to squeich out BY statute
SIans or rHE TMEs.-Mr VIM. B. Street, we'll
known as one of the most respected and infiuen-
tial citizens Of this place. was jealous supporter
Of Fillmore in 1855, and has since that time been
considered 20 favorable to the democrats. that
they appointed him delegate to represent this
County IN tine State convention last Summer,
and were anxious to run him for County Judge
last Autumn. Mr. Street is now m earnest sup
porter of Lincoln and Hamlin. We are credibly
informed that there il . single family in this
County comprising no less than six or seven lc-
gal voters, who have not voted, except at rail-
road elections, within the last five or six years.
They intend to vote this Fall, and will all 60 for
Lincoln and Hamlin. -Oskaloosa Herald.
A negro slave who bad been whipped severely
by his mistress, in Gilman county, Georgia, dur
ing the night cut two Of her children's threats
and fed.
Oar fair cousin Fannie says she really is sur
prised at the ridiculous complaints which men
keep making about hoops: for Of course they
must admit that the widest cover but two feet.
Dr.. Alex Shields, for twenty years one Of
the leaders Of the Democratic party in Sanga-
mon county, Illinois, 10 now making Republican
cv,A COr ;rno nd
Mr. Breckenridge hopes that the canvass win
be conducted without rancor. In this he Is like
" to be gratiied. The probability Of the cleo
ton Of Mr.. Lincoln is now 30 great that there j.
no occasion for much bitterness in the contest.
The signs of the times indicate that the Republic
can President will be inaugurated Is it we're, BY
universal consent, amid an era Of good feeling.
IN. Y. Tribune.
Only one paper in Kentneky-The Louisville
Democrat-has yet ran up the Douglas flag. The
other Democratic papers are in favor OF the 9TH
er ticket, though the Louisville journal saws
there ID not much enthusiasm for it; that Don-
glas has many warm and able friends in the
State, and that Kentucky may be safely counted
or Bell and Everett
The Washington correspondent Of The Phila-
delphia Inquirer says that man was recently
arrested in Virginia, opposite Washington, on
the charge Of reading The n Y. TRIBUNE, and
leaving it where the slaves could have an OPP
portunity to read it. His examination was held
before an elderly bench at Alexandria, and the
Court decided that the paper was not an simeon
diary document" within the meaning Of the
statute.
Captain dc Rohant is the commander of the
American steamer Washington, at last accounts
at Casliafion on the way to Sicily lie is said
TO BE- from Philadelphia and has made many per.
sonal and pecuniary sacrifices in his expedition
in aid of Garibaldi.
DOUGLAs WILL CARRY THE Mountainous
the Democratic organs which have declared for
breckenridge in Western New York are the Buff
talo Evening Post, the Dunkirk Press, tonly Dem.
ocratic paper in Chautauqlc,) and the Gcnessee
Democrat.
The Bainb,idge Argus, published at Pain.
bridge, Iutnam county, Indiana, has boisted the
Breckinridge and Lane flag Also the Porter
(lnd.l Democrat.
The Nevay Ind.l News has come out for
Breckenridge and Lane. In 50 doing, it says it
"bnt expresses the will Of two-thirds of the Dem
oeratie party in old Switzerland county"
The office holders and Breckenridge leaders in
Connecticut have held u caucus, and propose not
to let the party reins slip ont of their hands if
possible. They mean to control the State Con-
vention and put up a half and half electoral
ticket, three Douglas men and three Breckn
ridge But the Douglas organs scorn any such
truce abuse the Office holders, and insist on
making distinct Issue with the "dismionists, .
as they call the supporters of Breckinritge.
Gen Shields while recruiting his health at
Kan nj ,sp,rr Shxa IL - l,cx
place BY lectures on the present condition Of
Spain.
Gen. Houston Is at Cedar Point, Texas. The
Houston Telegraph chronicles his passage thro'
that city, and describes him as dressed in yell
ow vest and turkey-tail fan.
DAN RIcE AMONG THE PIoUs PEoPIE-Thc
great Daniel Rice, of whom SO much iias been
sail and written, has recently been rusticatinc
in Girard, Erie county, Pa. The young ladies
OF the Presbyterian Church got up a fair, and
appealed to We Daniel for a donation. Dan
handed over $1,000, for purchasing a library for
the church. We hope hereafter that the reli-
gious folks will not deem circus people outside
LEAVING DorGLas.-The editor Of the Piaua
(Ohio) Enquirer, who has been for Douglas and
Squatter Sovereignty ever since that piaut"
s1SS LA - w huHDuS, denounced MS
faith, and given in his adhesion to Lincoln and
Hamln. The Enquirer is the only Democratic
paper Of any ability in the Fourth Congressional
District in Ohio, and this detection in tile Doug.
las ranks carries dismay and CONSERVATION
wherever it is known.
The total strength Of the United States army
At present is 1867, apportioned thus: 2 regi-
ments cavalry, 10 companies each; 2 regiments
OF dragons, 10 companies each; regiment Of
mounted rifiemen, 10 companies; regiments Of
artillery, l2 companies each; and ID regiments
o. infantry, 10 companies each; besides 1870 cav
airy and dragons; ala artillery; $50 Infantry,
and $50 other officers; making division as fol.
lows: Commissioned officers, 1854; privates and
non commissioned officers, 1885, commits
sionod officer for nearly every dozen men.
Douglas Democratic editors freely dpnonnce
} aacey as a iire-eating disnnionist, yet support
Johnson on ticket with Douglas
The Savannah tGa.) Republican proposes
compromise in order to defeat Lincoln and Doug
las. It's that Bell, Breckenridge and Lane With
draw, leaving Everett as the sole candidate for
The Vice Presidency; then head the ticket with
Hammond (MndsilD for President j.
Talking in jest to women Of marrying them