The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-09

i il almost Ger, ia that the Georgia State Con-
,aat,on called ty his own friends, will be against
bin. All the seeding States will SIND Anti.
Douglas delegates TO Biltim0re which will leave
| him out in the cold" Some new man-Sey.
/ nour, Wnslcw or some body else-will carry of
| the prize ALPHA.
An Ineident In the Life OF Old Abe.
s,mc twenty years ago well TODD farmer,
residing near Athens, Sangamon county, In this
Sat, had the guardianship of bright, spright-
| + Iile orphan boy, aged six or seven years -
IA, farmer, Mr. P, and his amiable lady,
were IN the habit Of alotting to the lad many
srere tasks for boy Of his tender age, and il
Fis;led ia The performance of any assigned duty,
% natter what the reason of the failure might
b. We was sure 10 be beaten by one or the other,
vih many stripes, the severity Of which was for
long time unknown to their nciglbors. At
hs ancghtor being out very early one morn.
lg, upon the prairie in search cf his cattle, met
The I'D wet to the skin wading through the tall,
vNrrass in search Of his guardians cows. The
Esighbor told the boy be was too small to attend
. that business and requested the boy to get on
| 70 hs horse with him and he would carry him
tele The hoy refused. saving that p
| uSgld Kill him if he returned without the cows,
tut the nrighbar insisted and having got the boy
on the horse in front of him, he discovered that
The boy had many marks upon his person, Of Sc
we're tduvs inflicted by his guard an, and instead
Of taking the by home took him to Athens,
vher Ne was examined by some of the citizens,
end found ,ob' covered with scars from head to
feet, some fresh, some old, and sope healed
he Wtule saoEisg the fact that the boy had
been tnnt outrageously abused 5y his guardian,
The citil ms u Athens immedi tely caused the
arrest OF p and wiie-he appeared and
gre bonds for the app arance Of himself and
slle al the next term Of the Circuit Court and
Immediately st out for Sp,inEfi. ID TO employ
" "aoi, 81 Old Abe" to defend him. Mr.. Lin
|scia heard his story, in which, M charged that
tsneghbors were actu tied by malice in prccur
hs his arrest, and replied that h would inform
"a IA few DAYS whet her or not he would take
4 Ne eise. Mr.. Lincoln Immediately wrote to
Athens TO Ascertain the facts oil the case, and on
sarirg which. he informed Mr. P that
| b. esuld rot take his case but should volunteer
against him. Mr.. Lincoln did volunteer in be-
lsh Al tn child, and the brutes p and
siie were tined the sum Of three hundred dol
lars each, IN this, as in all other acts Of his
rie, oar gallant lincoln showed to the world
| that be would sustain right without reward. and
MAI no would not uphold wrong, though, he
might in 30 doing, command large fee, and ut
that time no lawyer needed fees more than Mr.
Lacola
How many of our lawyers are there who will
fsfsse ease where there is . chance for {. large
w. even though their clients cause may be ever
8 base and take the side Of right without fee?
iae shove CIRCUMSTANCE was related IA us by
ss Il our most reliable cikizens. who was per-
Naally knowing to the facts.
Nj Carroll Qlll Home Intelligencer.
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| Fry AMONG THE BLAcHcoATs-DR. PLUNMER's
LINK sPErcH.--Before the adjournment Of the
Prsbytefan t0ld SCHOOL, General Assembly, the
leaters and friends, filling altogether eleven
| tafs took an excursion to Niagara Falls. After
taher At one Of the hotels. they had, a. We ieaya
y The Sochester democrat, some great speechi-
nng. Dr. Prime called on Rev. DR.. Plummer,
Plshurg, for speech. In taking the floor,
" r rem ,rked that he supposed he WAS called
@eeeause the rest had had ample chance to
PEAK II the mcetings of the Assembly, and he
opposed they had wanted to give him chance.
Bespoke Of the fact thar there were members
fsat from all sections Of the country. There
sTbeen much talk recently Of dissolying the
saon, but asa Western man, he would tell them
~ shen they Lad al the arrangements made,
sty must cone out West and ask their masters
~ mey would let them do II. The people Of the
Me.' never would permit the mouth of the Mis-
snsf'pi Or the mouth of the Hudson to be held by
~. people who are not with them. Applause. |
p ~ ne thought there Was little danger of the
dissolution Of the Union from one fact, the .,e,
:, nai q or people are ,aa,es, and the Ladder
HI
s% Immense laughter.l The spot ofground
~. - ne stood WAS as much his country rs the
s @ae Vsn where he was borg, ina Jog cabin,
,,.a've nsn Of the North and South, and the
-, aho the West, were all his brethren. Great
| FpauF
i1ei'owing the Doctor, KeGdrick. baptist
~ asssy funny speech, concluding thus:
| sAe,e verse OF Scripture which says that
~, NV sAe Baptist was baptibiRs in Enop hecause
- - m~A Sattf M,<- Now, in the future
~ oue u reading the history Of this Genera
a.h'iy, would ind that on certain day the
a 'ly took trip to Niagara, and II they ask
slA the answer would be because there IRA
,,r \" 10, s,ar there. (Great laughter. He should
N. .ua Deprive them Of the great text on which
ar! nl'@d 70 prove infant baptism, wiz
- .f1'sln Is a cake unsurned" Renewed laugh
s,s..l so1 ibis cataract Is great tping, II Y
~ ~ =. WI msny purposes; You know the tailo
49,, would be first rate thing 70 sponge ,
se.sha this General Assembly had found Il |
~ Il. rae thing TO sponge tie Ceasd Railroad
n1s've and prolonged laughter.
M irxxERs BEARD.-Col. Preston, Of Viz
Iss called for. H. cams tbrEard and sats
49,. 49, q NJ subject q speak on, and theirs va
IL NV = '*'ore the house. He had not the age no
y. nlng beard OF DR. Plumnler. Dr.. Plum
II..sas u.psire hoped his beatd wss no odtnse
s;,iis,,,.:i 90. !. continuing. aaid that =
4, MN Of remark he had heard during %
| VI. gentleman who hid nev.r been e O.
-. oesore, but who was struck with their gran
a.. =. y. their peculiar color, bad exclaimed boz
s.s - - looked like Plummer's beard ~
.,.s.s, Cemetery At Dnnkirk, n. TIA stone
q ~, M vses the name OF deceased old Iady
| il,rAs,a nee survivors intended to write the er
OIL !, !, Let her rest in peace" The space CAV
IL is;, .1e end Of the vord ssher," 20 that oEl
80 a's.s ,essers u the sesaainJer could DO Il
N,hs TINS the dear old lady was committS
lin. 'sld With the some~hat slangy inscrif
- her :. / ps
- - dasse,ce betue@u bare head and hi
~ dsaasd 70 b that oas aees for sbelte,
~sss y shelter gog aesa II sas