The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01
AtMave' Case.

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The New Orleans Delta of the the 9th says;
"a case of some interest WAS deciced yester-
lay by Judge Kinsman. A free colcred man,
famed John Montsmat, was married to aslave
woman, b. whom he had two children one of
which died; the other, little girl about II
years Of age, . bright mulatto, quite fair to
ook upon still survives, and was the subject
Of the present legal proceedings. Montamat,
1t the time of his marriage, determined to pur-
chase the freedom of his wife from her owner
and in furtherance Of that object had paid
5000. In order to secure the freedom of his
child, he sent her to Cincinnati,
where she was baptised into the Catholic
Montamat, the father, subsequently
became involved in debt in this city, and mort.
gagged his daughter as slave to secure his
creditors. The mortgage was foreclosed in
February, 1862, and the child Of this father
was sold to Mr.. Salvoie, at sheriff sails. In
case, Montamat applied for the free.
dom of his child under the circumstances
above detailed. Able council had been retain
ed by both parties. Christian Roselius for
the defendant, and Colonel A. P. Field for
Montamt. The Court decided that the girl
was entitled to her freedom, and so ordered.
Our exchanges speak with great anxiety of
an attack on Mobile by the enemy, which at
tack might involve important consequences, as
the capture of this point would give the ene-
my immediate possession of the Alabama and
Tombigbee Rivers. A march of the enemy
into the interior of Alabama would succeed in
cutting the Confederacy more completely into
two than the enemy could hope to do even by
the possession of the Mississippi River thro'
its entire length, as it would destroy the line
Of communication now passing through Mont.
gomery, which has been of incalculable benefit
to the people of the entire South. Il Richmond
Examiner, Oct. Is. s.
GEoMETRICAL STRATEGY.-1t is now an
nouced by the tantalizing Washington cores
pondents, that General McClellanis going to
capture Lees army by moving on the arc of
circle. Of course this will circumvent them if
they remain at the hub. When geometrical
figures come to be drawn around the Confed-
atees, their capture becomes entirely prob
lematic.- Gin. Com.
The State of New York has enlisted 80, 900
men since the second of July last, thus filing
her fret quota of 1000 under the new calls
of the Government, and passing 10000 to the
second. The number yet to be raised to fill
the second quota is forty thousand. These will
all be nine months men.
The KENTUCKY SAFE.-It is believed that
Bragg and Kirby Smith have Withdrawn from
Kentucky, carrying off all their plumber
Following the Eastern standard, Buell. should
now telegraph the War Department.: "The en-.
envy disappeared during the night" ave
may safely claim q victory" Kentucky is
snow safe."-[Cin. Com. egsst 49,,
Mr. Lyons has proposed q resolution in the
Rebel Congress offering $40 to every negro who,
should kill white Union soldier. Pretty good
for our "wayward sisters" who howl SO dismal.
ly over the enormity of arming negroes.
Barnum and Nixon, the showmen are having
a sharp rivalry in Washington. Barnum recent
" delivered temperance address to a great
crowd in the Capitol grounds. Not to be behind
him in the moral and religious line, Nixon comes
out in the journals and offers his circus on Sun
days to any of the congregations who were de-
prived of their churches by the order of the
Secretary of War last summer, which converted
them into hospitals. In his card to the public,
Nixon says he desires to have 1.-THE blessed reve-
lations Of Gospel truth" made through his big
tent -,
= Hon. David Davis, of Bloomin gton, in this
State, one of the very ablest jurists in the
Northwest, has been appointed BY Presiden.
Lincoln Judge of the United States Supreme
Court-a position which he will fill honorably
and we'll. Judge Davis is now, and for MANY
years has been, Judge of the Bloomington
Circuit, and all who have ever had business in
his Court bear testimony that he has never
been known to rule unjustly, or to give a de.
cision that was not based upon sound law and
justice. The appointment is most excellent
one, as all know who know Judge Davis
[Chicago Journal.
During the month of September there was
one million and twenty thousand pounds
of navy bread furnished the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, at cost of about $55, 900. To do this
business in more economical way, the De-
partment at Washington is about to erect, in
the Ya-d at Brooklyn, an immense bakery, at
an expense of 1925, 900, containing six ovens,
with all the modern improvements, for supply.
ing the navy with the staff Of life.
THIRD CAVALRY VoTE-From letter of T.
Cowly, jr., to friend in this city, we have re-
ceived rhe vote of the Third Battalion and Com
panies and K of the Third Iowa Cavalry:
Republican State Ticket. .............. lsi
Democratic 8: s............. 5;
Wilson ,l2(
Hornish. ............. ............. q
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