The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-27


Mr.. I.yNcoLN'e KINDNESS OF HEART
AND DlsRHaARD or personal. DANCER.
~ we'll remember one day when poor
woman sought, with the persistent sftec-
tor Of q mother, for the pardon Of her son,
condemned TO death. She was successful
in her petition. When she had left the
rooin he turned to me and said 'sPerhaps
I have done wrong; but At all events have
made that poor woman happy
Iha. this kindness Of nature was sincere
aad heartfelt cannot but think admira-
bly, iliusiratod by an incident which re-
call with peculiar feeling ": the present
time.
Kind 70 others, he had no idea that any
one could entertain personal enmity 10
him. called on him one evening ct about
10 o. clock, and found him at work alone
he proposed t. walk across TO the tele-
graph room 1T the War Department, and
learn the latest intelligence from the ar-
niles. AZ We creased the dark grounds
which separate the White House from the
War Office. I said TO him, "Do you often 60
over here 40 late IA this7" He replied,
"Oh, yes; ! 90 oyer almos. every night
ven,ured TO demonstrate with him on the
danger Of thus exposing himself, and said
to him that he ought to remember that Just
across the river was q hostile population,
and there was reason 20 believe that in the
city Of W ashington there were many, pos
sibly many hundreds. who sympsthized
with the rebellion, and that his life was
eminently precious and should be guarded
with the utmost care. shall never forget,
nor in THE hour Of mourning can fail to
recall with deepest emotion, the simple
truthfulness OF his aus1eY, ooh, they
wou.dn't hurt me-" Tho em phasis on that
word .ine," Gas most expressive OF the
belief Of his heart that mono could possibly
entertain thought of harm toward one who
felt MIST be hirisel. had charity ~ <ll and
maiios TO none."
Alas, the fatal error When recall the
numerous evidences Of the warm tn OF that
charity which ny acquaintance wish MIR.
Idncoln could furnish, cannot hesitate to
believe that the assassin struck At his own
friend, and si.enced by his muHderous
blow the kindest heart In al the land
lEr. .Nza Killer in N. r. Post.
s Tim YEL1ow TEvEn P.or.-The evil
tishce shows clearly enough the main
6n' ii. Dr.. Blackburn, has escaped into
|s'peutral" territory. During the recent
yellow fever epidemic in Bermuda, this
b. Black burn took passage for that island.
He was Southerner, formerly a resident
in Natchez. Mississippi. After bis arrival,
he attended several yellow fever patients
AT t00 k10O0A6On COtsA duu ~ q -UIss Jul
.eys. Some Of them died Under his care.
He collected their bed-clothing-includin
q large quantity Of wooden clothing which,
in one case at least, he ordered TO be piled
upon the patients in order 70 receive the
inefecsion. packed it in trunke, and cont
il 70 the house Of Edward G. Swan, 70 be
kept by him till an opportunity offered to
send il North. Blackburn himself then
left for Halifax.
It became known to tho authorities of
Hamilton that this infected clothing was
il possession of Swan. and they caused his
arrest. On the preliminary examination,
the above facts appeared. e was shown
also that the Health Officer found these
trupks in swans possessions, crammSd foil
Of clothes that had mauifestly b6en used
Nv yellow fever patienta. swan himSelf
teeted that Black burn had delivered these
that swan had told him he received the
trunks % be cent North, in order to COM
lnuuicate the yellow fever. Still another
witness swore that Black burn had told
him he had delivered the trunks to Swan
for that purpose, and thewages for tho ser
vice y ere variously stated at $500 in the
whole. and at $50 month while Swan
was engaged in the business. And Black.
burn told Swan TO cali on theofh cers Oftbe
confederate Government for money. One
Of the trunks was marked "St. Louis Ho-
tel. Upuer town, Quebec" and again
"Ciifton House, Niagara Falls, Canada
side"
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