The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11

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IOWA u1vys.
An Eagle measuring IN fsse and Sous inca,
"ffon Up 10 tip was recently killed n Caans
township. Henry County. 3
The Davenport Gazette states that yoanr CO,
pic, for whom Gov. Letcher, Of virKinia, made
requisition upon Gov. Kirkwood, has iled ssal
70 Canada He passed through Davenpors h
Monday night. e4
TIM WoLr HUxr-The Grand Ring HUI
came on last Saturday, according 70 proeramm,
and resulted to the entire satisaction Of al co,
cened The amount Of game secured was
praarie wolves, and deer. which were dispose
OF as per arrangement
The day was unusually fne, even for these M
usu My fine days, and every one that could rails
horse turned out to enjoy . days snort A
the time appointed the lines, which extended 4
miles in circumference, commenced their marc
toward the common center-a pole which ha
been erected by the citizens of Clay township
and nothing WIS known Of the success Of the un
dertaking, TIL the gradually converging line
came In sight Of their opposite lines on the larg
prairie about miles west Of this place. Thel
as the result Of the hunt was seen in the vol
and bounding deer, the excitement Of the line
was intense, but still closing up till circle wa
formed Of about q mile in diameter, the dog
were let loose, and all the game in the ring wer,
killed except one wolf and two deer.
The crowd then mustered around the poll
upon which the game was hoisted, and there wen
NJ shout from thousand voices that made the
weikin ring.-(South Tier Democrat
LOOK OUr.-The young sprig Of virgini,
chivalry, who has been stopping for some time in
this city and ginning nOtoriety by representing
himself as commissioned with authority to or.
rest Barkley Coppic, started yesterday to recon.
noitre the Notifications" in the coaMtsy. As he
Is travelling under an assumed name and
may not be what hc processes to be, we warn
farmers to keep look out on their hen-roosts and
all portable articles Of value. The youngsters
penchant for billiards and brandy-smashes will
bring him into trouble yet-[Muscatine Journal.
eSS The State Reporter has the following no.
ticc Of the abduction or kidnapping case, an &C.
count Of which we published last week in letter
from Fairfield: .h
TIE ADDICTION CAsE-The fact is pretty cen.
orally known that Mr.. Curtis, formerly Of
Pleasant Valley, and at present respectable cit
izen and property holder Of this city, some months
ago had bound to him until eighteen years old,
two negro girls about nine aud twelve wears Of
age.
Efforts have been repeatedly made in Abolition
circles to get these children out of the hands OF
Curtis and his wife, not so far as we can learn, on
the score of abuse, for they have been treated
with uniform kindness, but simply for the reason
that they were originally held and owned AZ
slaves by Mrs. Curtis in Missouri This was a
thing to "stick in the crop" Of an Abolitionist.
and after beating about the BUSH for some
time, 1t seems that the mock philanthropists
found out, as they allege, that Curtis refused to
educate the girls, according to the tenor of the
bond, and, on the strength Of this fled petition
with Judge McCleary for cancellation Of the
and thus brought the matter into
court
Meanwhile Curtis disappeared on Saturday
last with the children, and 1t is charged that he
designs to return them to Missouri to a relative
of Mrs. Curtis for safe keeping, or that he in.
tends to sell them into slavery. On the strength,
we suppose, of afidavits sworn to by parties in
tercs.ed, Of an intention to kidnap and sell, or
kipnap as apprentices, Judge Miller issues his
and Johnston, Orr and McElwaine are
despatched in pursuit Of the fugitives.
The Iowa City Republican notices the case as
follows:
Two NEGREssEs IN THE WOOD-PmE-PopULAR
SOVEREIGNTY PRAcTIcALLY CARRIED OUr-SLA.
VERY IN IowA.-A case eliciting considerable
interest, and involving the freedom of couple
OF negro girls, ia now in our Courts, and which
has just come to our knowledge. From what we
can learn Of the complicated case, the facts are
about as follows About five years since, Mr.
J. L. Curtis came from tennessee and settled in
Pleasant Valley, in this county, bringing with
him. to use Southern phrase, two ''likely" ne.
gro children, them of the ages Of five and seven
years. Upon his own application, Curtis was
appointed "Guardian" over these unfortu.
nate descendants of Ham. Everything moved
along quietly until recently, when it began to
be whispered about and generally believed that
the girls were slaves, and that the Guardianship
of Curtis was only ruse to hoodwink the unsus
pecting Hawkeyes. Complaint was made by scv.
eral Of Curtis neighbors that he was not per.
forming his duty al such Guardian, &c. Some
months since, Curtis left his farm in the Valley
and moved to this city. On Saturday last, the
feeling on the subject getting up to fever heat
Curtis concluded that discretion was the better
part of valor," and that night between IL and
II o'clock he vamosed the rancho, taking with
him the cause of the disturbance, leaving word
that he was going to Lancaster NO., to leave the
'chattels with some relative said TO be living in
that convenient locality, until the question should
be finally settled Information was fled, and q
warrant was issued by his Honor, Judge Miller,
for kidnapping under the provisions of the Code
on this subject, and about "A hours after Curtis
departure, officers were in pursuit. 1t is sup.
posed, however, that the Missouri line would pro
tcct him before he could be overtaken. These
are the facts rs we have them from person.
friendly to Curtis
If these girls have never been liberated, which
is the general belief in this city, the outrage o
having slaves held in this city and State, contra
ry to the spirit Of the law, and contrary to the
feelings of every honorable instinct Of the hu
man heart, the fact should be ferreted out and
the violator of the law punished to the last ex
tremity Of the same. The belief here is also
very general that the negresses have been or will
be sold, and the money thus obtained for human
flesh and immortal souls be pocketed. We have
endeavored, as stated before, to state the cast
fairly, with no intention to do Mr.. Curtis or any
one concerned, injustice.
Curtis is said to be a man Of some wealth
owning the farm upon which he lived, and somt
city property, but Of late is thought to be prett,
'hard up"
Mrs. Klatzbah, living near McGregor, was sc
badly burned by her clothes taking 6rc at
cooking-stove, last week, that it is thought tina
she cannot recover.
We see it stated in an exchange that Lieut.
Governor Rusch was heavy loser by the failure
of Burrows & Prettyman, at Davenport. All hi
last years crop of wheat was stored with them.
A new paper is about to be started at Fort De
Moines, to be called The Commonwealth-Re
publican in politics-A. J. Stephens, editor
Mills Brothers publishers ani proprietors
DEATH OF OLD FoLKs.-The lie Claire Regis
ter notices the death in Lc Claire Township, thi
county, on the 9Th Of January, of Ab-am Stone
ST., aged 80 years, and on the 22d, Eunice Stone
his relict, aged 81 years They were born il
Connecticut, lived forty years in Moriah, Esse
county, New York, and removed to Iowa in 1856
They died surrounded by their children, and thei
children's children, down even to the fifth gen
Grafton. Mr. Stone gave his first vote for Ger
Washington, probably the only man in Iowa VIII
had that pleasure, although q citizen Of Daycr
port saw Washington and heard him speak,
Davenport Gazette.
RKvIvALa-During the present year there hav
been about loo names, in the aggregate, adde
to the various churches Of this place. We lear
that there have been about $50 conversions a
Indianola. The Interest in that place has, y
suppose, surpassed that Of any previous year.
Among those brought into the church are man
Of the leading citizens and business men.--Oska
lOosa Herald.