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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

WASHINGTON, D. c., March %, 1850.
EDIroR HAvK-EYH-Dear Sir-The Republican Member.
which Hon. Preston King, z. 8. g. 10 Chairman, whose
principal huns0 b 70 aid b the circulation Of documents
XrrspSements have been made which win enable them
send speeches IN packages 70 one person. or In
where furnished q the following rases, free Of
Sor page speeches, 50 cents per 100
~ "'i'S
This d much lower rate than such documents posi-.
notify you 81 these facts, that they may through your
paper reach the people, because not true as general
H supposed thaa these speeches are printed At the public
although liberal In this respect their circumstances
will justify, will mot be able 70 pay for all the documents
that ought 70 be dibuted In our state during the APP
prcaching campaign.
Amons Tie eght page speeches that the Committee
prepared TO furnish, are the following:
Hon. WIN. H. Seward, n. Y.-The State Of the Country.
Hon James Harlan Iowa-Shall the Territories be Afri
canizeds
Hon John Hickman, Pa.-who have violated Compro-
msess
Also tract entitled "Land for the Landless"
Among the sixteen page speeches are the following:
Hon. D. p. Wade Ohlo-Property In the Territories.
Hon. G. II. Van Wyck, N. Y.-True Democracy-Hsto-
~ Nindicated.
Hon. n wilson, Mass.-Terrtorial Slave Code
Hon. Abraham Lincoln m.-The Demands Of the South
The Republican Party vindicated.
Hon. Lyman Trumball n.-Seizure Of the Arsenals at
H,,pers Ferry s1 and Liberty, No. and in vindcason
Hon. j. r. Doolistle, wis-The Calhoun ResoutionIts
basis and Its progress.
Carl shurs. wb.-Douglas and Popular Sovereignty.
The only twenty page speech yet published by the
Committee II that Of Hon. Jacob Collsmer Of Vermont.
The Speeches Of Messrs. Grow, Harlan, Hickman,
schar., Seward and Trumbul printed in German and
furnished at the same rates the English.
Persons desiring documents will address Hon. PRESTON
KING, U. y. g.. Washington. d. @.
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The GREAT FIGRr.-Nonday was the day fixed
for the great fight between Heenan and Sayers.
Whether il came on according to appointment is
not certain. II it did, we shall be prepared to
hear in about twelve days, that Mr.. Heenan has
been badly Aogged-as any man ought to be who
goes three thousand miles from home to pommel
an adversary. Mr.. Sayers has been modest
enough to stay at home and content himself with
such laurels as are To be won in the land Of his
nativity. II he has knocked Mr.. Heenan into
the middle Of next week, or straight to kingdom
come, he will be entitled to the thanks of his
contemporaries on this side the Atlantic, who
viii then be ready to extend their gratitude to
the Law which sends him to the Old Bailey.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

PorrLAR SovEaKlGxrY WITH vKxGrAScE!-
The bill to abolish that disgrace TO christianity
and the civilized worid-Po lygan,y--atnOn the
Morlnons in Utah, and al the Territories IN tho
United Staten, has passed the lower House Of
Congress. by the extraordinary vote Of l49 to
Ss-eveEy Republican except one, voting in "a
yor OF the bill, and 50 Democrats and Southern
Know-Nothings voting against The bill. Among
the latter are TO be found the names Of the 6re
l1'aois Dosgsds Dsaocyatsi Voters Of Quincy,
among those who voted that II the Normons :,
ehcOsc they might have - many wives 8 thew
pleassd-eOntending that BY The terms Of amy
great psinciple," the Normons had ! rieAt q
regulate their own alhln, cowmit mur3sF. roh-
barry, forgery, biganiy, a1ultssy ~ aay other
crime they choose. Such 3 Is~aaS Uorsrise
# RePsasr 6osxsign.yi
LQaincy (IlA) Wing.
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zion ana secure he largest poaible Aeld q labor
re have determined % send the Hawk-Eye It
very rsdsced rasss Sor he Presidential campaign.
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single Subscribers from The lsth u Nay till No
vsnbsr o., for SIXTY CENTS-IEN COPIES
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he ssaLWsskly Hawk-Eys win b afforded
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Send in orders early, always accompanied with
the money. Leading Republicans throughout
Central and Southern Iowa, viii confer favor
which shall BE- reciprocated, BY aiding in giving
NJ an incseased State Circulation.
Address
c. DUNBAR,
Burlington, Iowa
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Who WAS lry-In his protest, Mr. Buchanan
says: u can declare before God and mv coun-
~, inst no human being tasiM reception scarcf
y eo..sy q Sof'ct has, q any period Of my life,
dared to approach me with = corrupt a. di.honar1
able proposition" Here il an admission m IL
vas approached on one occasion with corrunt
proposition. BY whom was that approach made
Under what ciFcamstAnees. and for what nurDosep
what was the extent Of thepropositions.- VA
% sunk proportion Of the egAsy s,itlior Of tn
peoples money! And did Mr. Buchanan srcent
OF REJECT Is! khese are the qaestinns ~ psonle
YOU'D hke 10 have answered. Will Inc Prssi-
Patriot -'.s1''A0
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REPUDIHCAu STATE CONvEMTl0n.

0&EOU4sACAU STATE COBV&UTEOUs
Dss l1omss Iowa, 9esh March, 1880.
Pwsuant b voee q Matusiy u the unAesgned Goa
ntee ~ Rspsns of 1ssa Vim assemble by their del
eeaaes eAte Ce1ven1lan, q Iowa Cifv WRDHRsDAy
s1E ga II MAv, l6o0, = II O'Clock A. ~, for the
noinaaou Il eaas os 70 ~ eDecsea = the November
election Of tis year. for the incarnation Of presidential
electogs and oE Tie tsansacon Of an cer bunes which
NAV come before the convention.
II 10 also called orthe purpose Of the nominees
and platform Of The National Repucan Convention to be
he.d q Chicago on the 1eth Of May.
me ratio q repsesentason WIN be delegate for every
organised county and delegate for each one hnndre
voses o. fraction thresf exceeding one hail. cas for Hon.
:; Kkvooa for Governor, at the laA State election.
JOHN A. KASSON, Chairman.
HM HOxIE, Secretary.
r. L. D. CLARKE, Vt. Pleasant,
G. z. STONE, Council Blufs,
WV. LOconnrD0g, Oskaloosa,
TnOMA1 DRrMno1D, vint0n,
A. D. 2. HrLDRsfH, 3. Charles City,
J. n. N.wc0nD, Bloom0eld,
W. n. BIoRLow, Sioux City,
jams TuuaInGTox, Davenport,
u. A. WlL1as, Duh0qae,
L. L. PaAss, Fort Dodge,
Repsblicaa STATE Central COMMITTEES.
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"a We learn from the Gate City that Mr..
Howell, its valued editor, on last Monday made
his FIRST appearance out Of doors since his Sc
vcre accident in November last. He was able,
ty the aid Of crutches, to walk the length of his
garden, and, resting few moments, to return to
the house. He now hopes to take full posses
sion Of the editorial sanctum in about month,
and will probably be able, before that time, TO
partially resume editorial labor.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

PAPERlNG ROoNs-The Scientific American
remarks that many lives have been lost from the
laziness or ignorance Of paper hangers, who have
laid one paper above another, instead of tearing
of the old before hanging the new. There was
q very handsome house near one Of our best pro-
vncial towns, which could never keep its tenants.
A ready witted observer promised the owner to
find out the cause He traced the mischief to one
room, and presently conjectured what was the
matter there He let q slip of glass into the
wall, and found it next day dimmed with fetid,
condensed vapor. He tore down strip Of paper,
and found abundant cause for any amount of fe-
yer. For generations the walls had been pre-
pared afresh, without the removal of anything
underneath. And there was the putrid size and
the fermenting old paper inches deep! A thor
ough cleansing, scraping and clearing put an end
to the fever, and restored the value of the house
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Rockford, April IL, 1850.
Rockford Qlls) News.

SOUTHERN VIEW OF REPoBLIBAS PRosPEcrs.-
The Republicans are divided, but are uniting
rapidly. Seward is likely to be their nominee
did not think so few months back, but things
have changed since the caying-in of Virginia
He has large majority Of the party in his hands
he now does not fear dsunion, and apparently
intends to take the nomination. He cal, Get il
and what then? he sui1 probably Be clecleai Tie
Democratic party has, by its abandonment Of
principles and personal divisions, become a dis
organized mass Of spoils-mongers, engaged in the
Presidential election. Its only hope rests on its
success in Pennsylvania Look to the count
1t has l20 votes in the South to these ada four
from California and three from Oregon-lo7 n
all These may be set down as certain. Twenty
lye more votes are wanted to elect y President.
1ae NORTH West you may teeN giue ore. 10 Fee
Sod and sectiondlisa. In the last Presidential
election, Indiana alone gave q majority for the
Democrats. The sloughing off Of rotten diyis-
ions thare make her now helpless. Illinois went
for buchanan by plurality; she il now gone III
90. Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
for Seward viii easily carry New York; alone
remain to contest. PENNSYLVANIA gave i nl,raI;.
~ of ] ,l60 for her own James, buchanan. and
now out of twenty-five congressman has only
three Democrats And, if PENNSYLVANIA d lost
tue other two States are insufficient To secure
success To this complexion it il TO come ~
southern concession and the compromise Of Her
rights Let the Cotton States look il in the face
and prepare ut 0nce.-Wash Cor. Charleston
Nercury. .'s 8 g '''~ -
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fE-In the course of an editorial on the Pry

H-In the course of an editorial on the Pry-
or duel the editor Of the Chicago Herald says:
'Mr. Potter is q herculean, long armed man,
and could cut Mr. Pryor, who is a weak man,
all to pecesi in moment with bowie knife"
We presume this is the picture Pryor drew Of
himself and his antagonist, when the latter select
ed bowic-knives for weapons The truth is, Mr..
Potter is neither herculean nor long armed He
10 simply stoutly built square shouldered man
Of medium height, Roman nose, heavy eyebrows
dark complexion, and with determined cast Of
countcnance. Pryor is a half head taller than
Potter, is ten years younger is athletic, able
bodied man, who would, if in possession of
equal pluck, be fair match for him with any
weapon. But he lacks Potter's iron will and
danptless courage. Potter would walk into the
affections ofthe fire eating braggart with as
much GOODNESS a. the latter would attack pump
kin
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

We have private letters l,y the l.st .,a.,,.a.
from California backing the larccst s,or;as
told 0f the richness OF the Washoe (carann VI
Icy Silver Mines One gentlemen who h.s III.
visited the new placer says:--W ashoe i n III;
fnrniA what CaiiforniA has been ID the o.h ~.
states New discoveries are reported .ln,ss.
daily, and the excitement in San ggancsca r.,n.
very high. There can be no rational douht a..
ne eastern dope VI the sierrs Nevad. M, III
speedily b. prospocted for hundreds ~ lii.
nOfsn and south q Carson Valley, With .tr .,,
pfobaoaiities Of profitable resulta AN
0emand Tor labor in California Ii NOT rrliIss. \.
T 1ssS.. from these developments.-[New YorI
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

IN The Democrats carried the City Of Quin-
cy, lila, At their charter election on Monday last
by small majority, electing their candidates for
Mayor and Aldermen.
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Tue OTruNwA MURDER Young Harvey
started yesterday afternoon to Ottuniwa to idcn-
tify, if possible, the remains Of the murdered
girl. The fuller descriptions which have been
published in the News, leave no doubt among
her friends and relations that the victim is Miss
Laura Harvey. The description Of the team an
swers to that which was taken from here by Nc
Comb. The tall, dark complexioned man an
swers to the description Of man named Clcve-
land u crony Of McComb's. We very much
fear that the murderers have escaped, as we
should have heard of their arrest long before
now. Still if proper means are taken, these fell
lows can be caught; and to further the ends Of
justice we think our citizens ought to hold a
meeting, raise purse, and send couple Of com
petent men on the track Of NcComb and Cleye-
land, if they are the guilty men. There are
plenty of men in town competent and willing to
do the work if their expenses were paid. On
proof Of the identification Of the team, Sheriff
M!liken, with a deputy, will proceed 70 Ottum-
Wa.
EDITOR dairy News :-Sir,-In your papcr
of this morning you mention a young man by
the name Of VIM. Moore, sometimes known as
"Widow MOore's Bill" This is to certify that
"Widow Moore's Bill" is now living in Carbon
dale, Jackson county, H., and has been there
since September last, and am ready and willing
to testify to that fact; ! received letter from
him, written from that place, on last Saturday
t.-z.. A. B. DoRsoN.
Rockford, April IL, 1850.
Rockford Qlls.) News
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t. II 10 announced that the Keokuk Journal
will be issued ~ Daily, on and after Tuesday
next
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

Nav CousTGarEIr.-Thei following y TIE Y
scriptlon ola spurious two dollar bill O. "
Commercial bank OF Kentucky which las y.
made its appearance. The bill Is uadcae'en
an alteration from some I" wild eat bank, a.
would be almost impossible to counterfss !.
genuine =, spurious Wig. ship under I'M =
Fulton on the left, and ship under full a. \
the right side; the title letters are the same =
the genuine +; signed L. NJ. Flourney. rresiden'
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

Where are wes Whittier are we tending P
Have we Star Chamber at Washington? Are
we under Charles or a James? Is there a BON.
ba inaugurated at the Capital? We have seen
the President interposing the intalliability OF
his prerogatve to arrest legislative inquiry in the
House. We have seen the Senate imps ison a rec.
usant witness for contempt And now an inof-
tensive citizen has been rutlelv seized in his own
house, by gang of armed men protesting to act
in the name OF the Senate, manacled and dragged
without hat or boots into the night air to be
Struggled into a carriage and hurried away to
Washington without the possibility Of defense.
But for the quckness and courage Of his sister in
sounding the alarm, the amiable and scholarly
Mr.. Sanborn would now have been prisoner hy
the side of Mr.. Hyatt.
No crime is alleged against Mr.. Sanborn. A
political committee otthe Senate wishing to make
party capital for the Prt sidential campain, hay-
ing seen his name associated with that of John
Brown, have summoned him before them as q
witness. Mr. Sanborn has nothing ofimportanec
to communicate, and no reluctance to tell what
ever he knows for the public benefit, but he has
decided repugnance to taking the risk of a
journey through Virginia. Instead Of being APP
preached as citizen through due process of law,
he is thus seized as 4; criminal or more properly
kidnapped as a fugitive. Mr.. Sanborn's calm and
candid narrative should be read by every citizen
of the United States. True patriots Of all par.
ties i'll unite in saying that such outrageous pro-
ceedings must he STAYED, and that such sudden
and enormous strides Of despotic power through
the mere viii of President or Senate, must he
arrested at once by the majesty Of the people
independent @
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

The Hartford Times lets of the following pent
mp genius Of scholar Of that city, who astonisl-
ed his schoolmates by the following:
CoNPoslrIon-Once on time there was q
profit named Elisha, who was walking out one
day, when some small boys made profane and "a.
ceshus remarks onto his bawld head; whereupon
he caused she bears to DESTROY the small bows
This was the first time that ever man was known
to bear children.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

Success IN LIFE.-Benjamin franklin attribu-
ted his success as public man, not to his talents
or his powers Of speakng--for these were but
moderate-but to his known integrity of char
acter "Hence 1t was" he says, that had 50
much weight with my fellow citizens. was but
a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much
hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct
in language, and yet l generally carried my
point. Character creates confidence in men of
high station as well as in humble life. 1t was
said Of the first Emperor Alexander, of Russia,
that his personal character was equivalent to a
constitution. During the wars of the Fronde,
Montague was the only man amongst the French
gentry who kept his castle gates unbarred; and it
was said of him, that his personal character was
worth more to him than regiment of horse
That character is power, is true ina much higher
sense than that knowledge is power Mind
without heart, intelligence without conduct
cleyerness without goodness, are powers In their
way, but they may be powers only for mischief
We may be instructed or amused by them; but it
is sometimes as difficult to admire them as it
would be to admire the dexterity of a pick
pocket or the horscmanship Of a highwayman.
Truthfulness, integrity and goodness-quali,ies
that hang not on any mans breath-form the
essence of manly character, or, as one of our
old writers has it. THAT inbred loyalty unto Vir-
tue which can serve her without livery" When
Stephen Of Colonna fell into the hands of his
base assailants, and they asked him, in derision
"Wherc is now your fortress?" "Here," was hi.
bod reply, placing his hand upon his heart. 1t
is in misfortune that the character of the upright
man shines forth with the greatest lrstre: and
when all else fails he takes stand upon his nteg-
| rity and his courage. =
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

"a Al the time for holding the Charleston
Convention approaches, the bitterness Of feeling
between the two factions Of the .'untcrri6ed Dcm-
ocracy' increaseA Ea b division is making dos
perate Efforts to win the field and put forward
their favorite candidate for the nomination hut
many Of the Northern Democratic journals quail
y theiv support q Douglas in manner extreme
y lAaghable, fos instance; one Of our exchanges
comes 70 us with he following banner streaming
g the mast bead: = For observation-disclosures A
DOUGLAS, subject 70 the decision Of the National
moefssAc Convention, provided they do mot
saope : sass eoAs platform.
~ esnsp, and let every man stick 70
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

There was an extraordinary scere recently in
the Territorial Legislature OF New Mexico. At
the last session, law was passed protecting
slave property in the Territory Judge Keithly.
the Speaker Of the House, introduced bill re-.
pealing this law; debate cnsued, and the bill
was laid on the table till the next day. In the
meantime, the news spread like wiidfre all over
Santa Fe, ard the members were summoned in
hot haste. The following morning, on entering
the House, the Speaker was handed a copy Of the
proceedings Of Committce appointed hy tile
members Of the House, the substance Of which
was that they never could consent to have any
person preside over them who could dare to in
troduce 80 anti Democratic bill before such
hieh-toned National Democratic House OF Rem
reseitatives; and, in pursuance Constructions re-
ceived at the caucus held the previous night Mr..
Cueller introduced resolution declaring the
Speakers chair vacant; and, after considerable
delay n excusing members from voting. the res
olnton was carried in the Affirmative. Mr.. o..
cller was elected 70 the vacant seat, and innedi.
ateiy qualified as Speaker OF the House The ~.
Jet Of the measure was to induce the belief thai
the people Of New Mexico are favorable n slav,.
". when really nothing ID further from the truth
The existence Of the law for the protection, az
slave property was hardly known 10 the merahers
Of the Legislature until the bill for it, repeai "a.
introdaced--(N. Y. Tribune. u :.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-04-21

The SENSATION RoMANTfC.-'Twas at the close
of 4 glorious summer day-the sun ives sinking
to rest beneath the distant hog -pen--ihe chick
ems were going to roost-.the bull frogs were
commencing their evening songs-the polly-wogs,
in their native mud PADDLES, were preparing
themselves for the shades of night-and Sal and
myself sat upon an old aEtiqnated back log list
ening to the music Of nature, such as tree toads,
and now and then the mellow music of distant
lackass was waited to onr ears by gentle zephyrs
that sighed among the mullinstalks aud came
heavy laden with the delicious odor Of hen-roosts
and pig-styes. The last rays Of the setting sun,
glanciig from the brass buttons of solitary
horseman, shone through a knot hole in the hog
pen full in SAILS face, dying her hair with an
orange-pcelhue, and showing Off my thread bare
coat to bad advantage. One OF my arms was
round SAILS waist, my hand resting en- the small
Of her back--she was toying with my auburn
locks Of jet black hue--she was almost gone and
was ditto. She looked like grasshopper dy-
Ing with the hiccups, and felt like mud turtle
choked with cold Goldfish ball. 'Sal," says L,
in a voice as musical as the notes Of diving
swan, ewill You have mc:' She turned her
eyes hearenward. clasped me by the hair, had all
attack Of the heaves and blind staggers, and
with sigh that drew her shoe-s strings to her
palate, said-"Y-e- She give clean out then,
and squatted in my lap--I Rugged her until
broke my suspendsrs.
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