The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-26

clined to think Denis guilty of the murder
he was such an ugly little dwarf, always
hiding on the moors and in ut-of-the-wa
places, and evidently in secret communion
with demons and hobgoblins. FRANCHISE
Laurier on the other hand, was known to
be most sweet-tempered girl, always
laughing and playing, and evidently quite
unfit to commit the foul deed OF assasslnat-
ing a friend and companion.
So the assizes opened, and examination
and cross-examin2tion of the accused and
witnesses commenced. At first all went in
favor of FRANCHISE; she confessed having
received the fatal bonnet as gift from the
dwarf, but utterly denied all completely in
the assassination. The evidently favorable
impression which this statement made up
on Judge and jury, induced FRANCHISE to
go step further; she said she had seen
Denis murder his sister-seen it from dis
lance. Pressed very hard now, she ac-
knowledged having helped the dwarf to tie
the hands of his sister; but only after he
had committed the fatal act, life being then
nearly extinct. So she lost herself in
maze of assertions and counter assertions,
in which before long she was hopelessly
entangled. She all but confessed having
committed the murder, repeating, however,
with great vehemence, that the crime had
| taken place under the influence and lnstl-
cation of Denis.
Then the little dwarf was interrogated,
and in simple, unaffected language, he told
| the whole story of the last few montns;
how he had been made to bring the fatal
| rope; how he had been sent away lmmeoi-
ately after; how he had seen his sisters
| bonnet on the head of FRANCHISE; and how
terror had overcome fraternal feeling. The
word ssloye'' he did not pronounce, but the
| feeling was too transparent to escape obser-
| walton. The COZ popult, in the shape Of the
twelve stout men in the jury-box, evident
! ~ now got some dim insight into the real
state of affairs, at their request, FRANCHISE
was put under examination once more, and
was gradually brought to admit that she,
herself, had thrown the rope around the
neck Of her friend, but in mere playfulness,
and that the string having become entang-
led, poor Louise Rousseau had been killed
by her own efforts to disentangle herself!
Thereupon the judge sentenced FRANCHISE
Laurier to fifteen years penal servitude.-
The dwarf, at the same time, was ordered
to be discharged from custody-the inno-
cent having, for once, been saved by the
French mode Of interrogation.
SELLING WHITE BOYS SouTH.-The fol-
! lowing extract is from letter just received
and for the reliability of the writer l refer
pitfalls in Nashville:
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 81, 1S63.-W. G..
BRowNLow-A few days ago visited the
United States Hospital, where were contind
twelve thirteen hundred sick and wound
ed rebel prisoners. Among them l found
a poor child not sixteen years old, and ap-
parently not fourteen. His name is Delan-
cy, and comes from Blount county, in your
State-had been captured at Big Black
Bridge, in Mississippi. He was crying to
see his mother, but informed US that he
never wanted to see his father again, who
had sold him as a substitute to the fends.
What think you of father who would sell
his child for money? But it is on par
with the whole action of the traitors.
Very truly yours,
| It has been matter of common occur
renee, that fathers in the South have sold
their sons, under age, as substitutes, and
4 received the pay-nOt "thirty pieces Of sill
to fifteen hundred dollars in Confederate
scrip, more worthless than what Judas got.
Judge Van Dyke, Chancellor, and a bit
ter man, residing in McMinn county, East
Tennessee, actually had counted down to
him one thousand dollars for a son under
age, and that son died in the service! AS
a general thing, where sales of sons have
J taken place in the South, the parties sold
have not brought as much money as we
usually get for negroes of the same age
And for the most part we have placed a
higher estimate on our negroes than upon
our sons. Mothers have urged their sons
into the army, and parted with them, as
they said, cheerfully; but they have made
a terrible poise over the loss Of negro sto-
len by Yankee Abolitionist.
w. G. BRowNLow.
NASHVILLE, Aug. 2e, 1868.
The Dry Goods .jobbing trade is very &C
tive, but there is hardly as pressing de-
mand for goods as was noticed last week,
and this slight decrease of business in the
jobbing market has had an influence upon
the package trade. There is hardly any
change in prices of domestic goods, how
ever, and the general demand is still large
enough to carry off nearly all kinds of
goods as fast as they are produced or i'm
priced dress goods, and indeed of dress
goods of any kind, including low-priced
silks, ribbons, delaines, and merinoes, both
plain and printed. At auction, to-day,
plain Magenta French delaines of very
low quality brought 50@5lc., which was
full p cent above sale prices, and 10 p
cent above recent market values, compared
with other better grades of goods. British
dress goods are selling by sample as fast as
they reach the port. American printed de-
LANES are still engaged in advance of pro-
duction at 274c., and are jobbed at &c. net.
The market for plain cotton goods has been
a little irregular this week, and prices have
not been so firm nor trade as large as it was
last week. Some few houses have had a
fair demand, but the general business in
cotton goods is moderate. Standard heavy
brown sheetings have been sold outside at
sac, but are firmer to-day, and close at
about &c., with jobbers selling by thepiece
at s31c. Lonsdale bleached are jobbed at
2Slc. The assortment of prints on the mar
ket is very small, on account of the large
demand during the previous three weeks.
Prices of prints are unchanged, but Dutch
ess B are inclining to l64c. Ginghams are
scarce and in good demand. First hands
are selling Lancaster at 234c.; Glasgow ,23c.
The trade in wooden goods participates in