The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-16

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uesty &sper. This probaIb 1Ilrtna Y
.LiSs Gianke in ID speh made = Dee =
August 2lss, 1858, in which be sid
~ have known him (Lincoln) for nearly TWEEN
ty.five yearA There were many points OF sym
pathy betnsen isSWhen " ART got acquainted
We were both conparative boys, and both strug-
gling With poverty in strange land. l Was
school teacher in the town Of Winchester, and
be Aourishing grccery-keeper in the town OF
Salem -
+. But Il i only necessary to read the reply OF
Mr. Lincoln, made ut the ssme time and place,
70 find he following contradiction:
The Judge Is woefully at fault about his ear
y friend Lincoln being groccry-keeper. don't
know ~ it would have been great sin II had
been but he is mistaken. Lincoln never kept
grocery anywhere in the world
TIE Parcr or rat Nxw YoRK HERALD.--It is
well remembered that the New York Herald OPP
posed Buchanan in his canvass. and advocated
Fremont. Il vas % hard upon the old sinner
that he wanted somebody TO cut BENEFITS ears
Oh. to make him come souse. Afer the election,
however, he changed his. tactics He wanted
the Herald to help cover the rascalities Of his
administration. The editor Of the Knoxville
Wing, writing from Washington, says
Forney testiiies that Buchanan stipulated with
Bennett, Of the New York Herald, to give him
ten thousand dollars per year for the four years
Of his administration, TO support and defend him.
Forney says the contract was made with Bennett
bv him, before himself and Buchanan fell out
It vas no doubt to meet these payments that
Door Fowler was drawn upon. What an unmiti-
gated pack Of thieves! e M M
''That's the way the money goes
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~ We have received the first number OF a
new Republican paper, printed in the Northern
part Of the State, called the New Oregon Repub-
lican, +. Belfoy editor. II is handsomely printed,
and edited with spirit. @
B- The McGregor Press comes to us greatly
enlarged and improved 1t is now nine col
umn paper and one Of the largest in the State
II has the names of Lincoln and Hamin at the
masthead
SHALL WE DO SOMETHING voR THE SUFFERERS!
A large number Of our fellow citizens in this
State have lost their lives, by the recent great
| tornado. A much larger number have been
wounded, manned and stripped of all their earth
" posse sions-eyery thing--even the clothing
upon their bodies. 1t is our duty to contribute
of our abundance, food and clothing-hundreds
would be glad to do so. Will some one move in
the matters Shall there be a public meeting
and committee appointed to raise and forward
contributions Whatever is done should be
done quickly.
On next Saturday morning We will raise and
place in his proper position, our "Big Indian.
Appanoose Chief Appanoose Chieftain.
Don't do it, Mr.. Chieftain. We have tried
that thing, and it don't pay. When we put our
big Indian" in his proper place all the boys
poked fun at him-said first he was not good
looking" and, secondly, declared that he bore a
striking resemblance to the editor Being un-'
used to 30 elevated position in society, upon
the balustrade of three story building, he was
disposed to come down in bad weather and final
ly did come down, upon windy day, with a
great crash, getting afoul of two or three horses
and drays and soaring the poor animals, with
their owners, nearly to death. going all to smash
Our advise is to put "Appanoose, the Chief" in
the barn, garnet or smoke house, where he will
not be seen or harmed. ,e s5ai
rB- The emigration to Pixies Peak through
this city has almost ceased, although we ocea-
sionally see miniature household establish
ment on wheels heading westward. Yesterday
several well fitted wagons with mule teams came
over the river, bound for the diggings. The ma
ority of our own citizens, who left for the gold
regions, have arrived at Denver City, as We
earn from private letters written by them. We
nave not yet heard of the finding of any large
nugget by Bnrlingtonians, but we hope they may |
De equally successful with other Adventures