The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-11
Kentucky Trade!

OF all the ''trades" in which men ever en-
gagged, that which appears to attract the atten-
tion of some of the noble and chivalrous sons O
Kentucky seems to be the most Internal. Ia.
king advantage of the laws of that State, thu
natural result of the atrocious system Of slavery
which Kentucky sanctions, and with an insane
blindness, still hugs to her bosom all the more
closely because it has brought rspine and DESC
lation to her own fair fields and cheerful homes
Kentuckians are driving thrifty trade in ma
king slaves of freemen-of men who are certain
~ free whether they came into Kentucky from
the South or from the North. The followinI
advertisements taken from the Frankfort Com
monwealtb, indicate the process. They are bu
specimens of what is proposed to be done will
free men, who have gone into Kentucky, unde,
the flag of the Union, to assist, in their humble
capacity, to defend that State against the as
saults of rebels and traitors! We think It time
that this nefarious traffic was stopped. It is .
lie, az foul as it is unblushing, that any State
can make slave of freeman. Those who try
to do so deserve the gallows. a
There was committed to the Jail of Bracken
county, as runaway slave, on the 18th of Sep.
TENDER, 1862, negro man named JOSEPH
BROOKING. he is about % years of age, cop.
per color, s feet 10 inches high, weighing about
$50 pounds Said man claims to be free but
has no free papers; says thst be has escaped
from the Jail in Mason county, and that he came
from Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
The owner can come forward, prove property
and pay charges, or he viii be dealt with as the
law requires. WIN. MARSHALL, j. B. G..
March Gath, 1853, I'm.
There was committed to the jail Of Bracken
county, az q runaway slave, on the 2sth of No.
vember, 1862, negro msn who calls himself
GEORGE RUNLEY, alias George Merritt. He
is about "a years of age, feet or inches
high, copper color. He had on suit of militia
~ clothes. He claims to be free, and says he
was waiter to an officer in an Illinois regiment
Ut Mt. Sterling.
The owner can come forward, prove property,
and pay charges, or he vii! be dealt with as the
law requires. WIN. MARSHALL, ]. B. G.
March oath, 1868, I'm.
There is committed to the Jefferson county
jail, as runaway slave, q negro boy calling
himself JEWELL. he is about IA years of age,
black or brown skin, medium size, weighing 100
pounds; likely and smart boy. He claims to
be free.
The owner can come forward, prove property,
and pay charges, OF he viii be dealt with as the
law directs W. K. THOMAS, J. j. C.
March 8, 1868, I'm.
There was committed to the Jail of Warren
county, as runaway slave, on the 29th of Sep
TENDER, 1862, negro man calling himself 10.
MINER. He says he is free, but has nothing to
show to establish the fact. He he is about rs
years of age, very dark copper color, about 8
feet inches high, and will weigh about $50
pounds.
The owner can come forward, prove property
and pay charges, or he will be dealt with as the
law requires r. G. POTTER, j. w. G.
March Is, 1868, I'm.
A FRlEyDLY CONTEST BETWEEN TWO ILLINOIS
REeIMENTs.-A correspondent OF the Alton Tel
egrapb, writing from Fort Pickering, Memphis
under date of March 27th, gives the following
account of prize drill between the l4th ant
4lst Illinois. Tie latter, which is the regimen
of Colonel Pugb, Of Decatur, it will be seen car
Iied off the prize:
Yesterday we had the pleasure of witnessing
drill between the 14th and 4lst Illinois regi.
ments, fer prize of silver bugle; both regi
ments performed the evolutions and went thro
the manual of arms with remarkable precision
the 4lst had the advantage in the neatness O
their uniform, which showed their movements {,
better advantage, and to them the prize wa
awarded. There was q large crowd in attend.
ance, mostly composed Of soldiers. Among tn,
officers present were Gems Hurlbut and Lauman
and great number of Colonels. Secretar,
Hatch, Auditor Dubois, and Marshal Phillips
also Dana, formerly of the New York Tribune
were among the citizens present. Altogether
although on the soil Of Tennessee it was an Hi
nois gathering.
eB The Lexington tKy.) Observer says tia
Hon. John j. Crittenden will be candidate 70
Gnncress from that District