The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-05-19

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WHkAr AND RKrUplacAn CaOfA--An Albar
gentleman, travelling il Michigan, writes to Il
Evening Journal from Oakland cennty, unde
date Of Nay %, Is follows:
After = ride OF some eighty miles thrcuE
posti0as Of Oakland, Wayne and Genesee cour
II ties, infer that the wheat crop and the Reput
lican vote will be unusually large next harvest
In some neighboFhOods they were confident o
thirty bushels Of wheat TO The aero, and---not
De@0crat within Eve mllesl In these neighbor
hoods, they have fine schools, well-flled meetin,
houses, no "corner groceries" and never boil
their doors! They would deem themselvc.
laughed %, yOa should ark them who they tse
sire % havc nominated Il Chicago; and would
tetl yon, with an emphasis you could not mistake
that "out here in Michigan, We talk only Of one
man." They deem frost in July . possible
thing; but they do not deem 1t possible that tho
Chicago Convention wiz put up : doubtful aas
for them TO fight under - =
| jouneyed an hour yesterday on railroad
train lied with delegates to the Republican State
Delegate Convention held At Detroit. Each one
Of them re6ected the sentiment Of the people OF
the State: Thirty thousand majority for Sc v
ard, and hard fight with any other man.
Among thosr delegates were several grey bearded
gentlemen, Who ~ young men, knew in the ever
memorable contest Of Forty. They were Is en-
thusiastic for Seward today as for "Old Tin, =
twenty years ago. And among them were also
many who were Democrats then, but who now
we With their then Wing opponents in their zeal
for Seward and Freedom.
DECATUR RCoNvENTIoN.-Hon. Richard L. II Yates,
Of Morgan county, was nominated for Governor
Yesterday ON the 4th ballot, and immediately af.
terward, Francis A. Hoffman, resident OF Du
Page county, but Of the firm Of Hoffman &
Gelpcke, Bankers, Chicago, was nominated for
Lieut.. Governor, by acclamation, amid whirl-
wind OF applause. After which the Convention
adjourned to meet to-day 1t 10 o'clock, when its
further business will be speedily transacted.
These nominations are unexceptionable. Yates
s an old citizen Of Illinois, lifelong opponent
Of the policy Of the propagandisss Of slavery,
and man OF acknowledged ability and Of unin.-
peaceable purity Of private and public life. As
member Of Congress for two consecutive terms,
representing the Sangamon District, he did yeo-
mans service, particularly at the time when the
Missouri Compromise was broken down By the
conspiratOrs who concOcted that wicked and
mischev0us measure, the Kansas Nebraska bill.
In the approaching struggle, in which he must
take prominent part, the people will be sure to
reward him for the important service which he
has rendered
Mr.. Hoffman is twice the recipient Of the hon
or now conferred upon him. Nominated in 1856
for the place fer which he ID now named. he soon
learned that though sixteen years resident Of
the State, he was ineligible by reason Of the ac-
cident Of his birth in foreign land. He with
drew his name from the ticket, and Hon. John
Wood was called to fiji his place. His apprcn
ticeship being now completed, Mr.. Hoffman Is
again put forward by his friends. lie il, as all
our citizens know, man Of conspicuous ability
as a thinker and a business man. Exceedingly
popular with men Of all parties, and the posses
sOr Of oratorical talent Of a high order, there
can be no doubt Of his triumphant election.
For an account Of the harmony and enthusi-
asm which pervadcs the Convention, We refer to
our copious special dispatches in another column.
Press and Tribune, May 10th.
NEGRO INrArUArIoN.-A deplorable instance
of the mental darkness and obliquity Of the Afri-
can race has just been brought to light An
ebony chattel calling himself William Bracker-
. name which probably belongs to his master
most ungratefnlly tired of working for such hog
and hominy as is freely accorded to chattels in
the patriarchal State Of South Carolina-resol-
we'd to commit grand larceny Of his own body
and bones, hide, features and wool-as villainous
chattels have been known to do ere now-and,
to this end, slowed himself away on board the
steamship s. r. Spaulding, Of and from Boston,
whence she was about to return richly freighted
with New England Delegates to the late Demo
cratic National Convention! We had already
heard Of jumping ''out Of the frying pan into the
fire, and all manner Of kindred fatuities; but to
attempt to escape from slavery by hiding in
vessel whereof Ben. Hallett and Caleb Cushing
had virtual command, goes ahead Of any absurd
ity within our knowledge Of course, this fuga-
cious mass Of constitutional property was seized
80 soon as he was driven from his hiding place
by hunger; the vessels course altered, a south
ward steering vessel thereby intercepted, the
negro put aboard Of her, and returned to Balti-
more, whence he will be promptly forwarded, at
q liberal cost to Uncle Sam. TO his master in
Charleston. If that negro should ever again be
caught aboard Of a vessel chartered by rcgi-
ment Of Democratic Office holders and Office
seekers, in the hope Of thus escaping slavery, he
will deserve for his stupidity far seveer fog
ging than his master has now in store for him.
N. Y. Tribune.
NEBRASKA MoNEY-SrAND FROM UxDER-A
letter received by gentleman Of this city, few
days ago, from the Secretary Of the American
Bank Note Company, New York, contains few
items which appear to to be Of rather an in
teresting character, and we think they will be
so regarded BY our readers. 1t seems that the
owners Of financial institution in Nebraska,
known as the Western Land and Exchange
Company" applied to the American Bank Note
Company, some time in April, for assistance
the changing Of their beautifully engraved plate
from Western Land and Exchange Company"
to "Corn Exchange Bank" They could not in
duce the engrayers to make the alteration, but
it is quite likely they will have better success in
some other quarter. Their proposed intentions
arc to establish a redemption Office in Chicago,
and to buy produce this season in Illinois and
Wisconsin, with their worthless trash. We be-
believe that they made several attempts to intro
duce bills on the western Land and Exchange
Company into this State, but the swindlc has
not been attended with much success. Knowing
that they could not cheat the farmers OF Illinois
with their old shinplastcrs, they attempted to in
duce an honest company Of cngravers to assist
them in getting nesc batch into circulation. -
We consider it pretty certain that they will get
their plate changed; in which event they will
open an Office in Chicago for the redemption Of
their bills, and close it Ms soon as they make "a
good haul" Their wild cats will doubtless he
taken by many unthinking persons, as genuine
bills on the Corn Exchange Bank Of Illinois or
nothing to do with such stuff. Nebraska bills
generally are worth no more than so much waste
paper, and those issued by the western Land
and Exchange Company are as worthless as any
Of the rest-tSpring6cld State Journal, sth.
DOUGLAs MEErING.-The friends Of Douglas,
at st. Louis, held a mass meeting on the evening
of the Sth inst The meeting denounced the
seceders from the Charleston Convention, and
endorsed Douglas. through the following resoln-
tions, which were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we approve Of the platform as
adopted by the National Convention at Charles
ton, and pledge ourselves to the support of the
nominees to be selected at the adjourned
session in Baltimore.
Resolved, That the Democratic party Is nei-
ther pro-slavery party nor an anti-slavery par.
~, but one national in its views and purposcs,
determined to preserve the union OF the States
and to protect the rights Of everyportion Of the
Consedcracy against every assault, no matter
whence the attack proceeds, and is therefore as
needless Of the cry Of Southern Secessionists al
it is Of the howl Of Northern Abolitionists.
Resolved, That the secedcrs at Charleston, in
their refusal to abide by the usages OF the par