The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11


she at length had recourse to the device Of
keeping those whom she poisoned without
food for tweDty-fcur hours before the tar
gui,s was administered.
The chivalry don't con fine themselves to
shooting and hanging Union men in the
border states. The Chattanooga Gazette
states that a party ofgutrrillas, who would
be greatly offended, we suppose, II they
were not recognized as belonging to the
chiva,ry Of the South, recently hung the
wife and daughter of Dr. Joshua King, Of
Rome, on the charge Of loyalty to the Fed
eral Government. Mrs. King and her
daughter were taking u ride in the country
il "a carriage, when they were met by the
guerrillas, taken out Of the carriage, and
hung upon the neareetlimb. gear
The 81. Louis Republican say that the
districts of UtaA. Colorado and Nebraska
have neen merged into one military dis
tric;, and that Brig. General p. e. Conner,
recently appointed to the command Of the
district Of Utah, has been ordered to as
sumo control Of the whole Of the new dis
trict General Conner il an old officer OF
the regular army, and has the benefit Of
several years experiences Of active service
on the plains. It h also understood that
Gen. Pleasanton will be assigned 20 the
command Of the district of Kansas. which,
until the creation of the military division
Of the Mississippi, constituted q military
department Of itself.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Star notices the fact, which is much CON-
nented on in the French capital. that at
Prince NapeleOns ball no member of the
and that none had received an invitations;
while invitations were literally given to
Americans of Northern politics.. It ia, Of
course, quite notorious that the Prince Is .
warm sympathizer with the cause Of the
North.
At the recent letting of the pews in the
Unitarian church at San Francisco, of
which Rev. Horatio Stebbins formerly of
Portland) 10 the pastor, succeeding the la
was 81, eco in GOLD, or Sec. coo in currency.
This beats Beecher's church, where the
pews were sold for only 80, 600 at the last
sale.
The Commissioner Of Customs has senta
letter to the Collector Of New York de-
nouncing the custom Of travellers from Eu-
rope bringing in as clothing Every large
trunks filled with dresses of the most cost
~ material, and other articles which had
never been worm" as rank swindling. He
characterizes as perjury representing Of
rects that . moro rigid enforcement Of the
law be made in regard to what il claimed
to be Ordinary apparel"
A terrible accident; occurred at Morris,
ILL.,, yesterday. The citizens had gathered
together to fire salute In honor Of the oc.
cupation of Fort Sumter, and having no
gun, had procured an anvil for the COCA
sion. At the first discharge the anvil burst,
and like q shell threw pieces Of iron in ev-
merchant of the place, was instantly kill
ed, large piece OF iron passing through
his body. Another man named Tim Dun-
navAn had both legs broken, and will pro-
baby not recover. A, piece of the anvil
went through brick wall some nine
inches thick. The shock Wa felt in all
parts Of the city.-Mnscatise Journal.
Accounts from Mexico state that poor
Max 10 hated and plotted against by his
professed friends, ~ well 90 his open enc
mics.
John WEIGH, Of Athens county, has been
appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of
Ohio, vice Judge Ramsey. resigned.
The Richmond WIG has the impudence
to say that the assertion Of Gen. Grant,
that Hunter and Stephens expressed . de-
most s.upsndqus falsshoods on record.
Alta Fair in Syracuse, one of the plays
WAS the "MischievOus Aonkey." and while
hanging, head down from ths,wall, his tail
broke, and he came down on the heads Of
bis aatlisnce. some twslve,fset.
g Ricb antimony mines havs.b been discov-
cred BY oil borsfn In West Virginia. TIA
Fantimony sells very readily * $3.50 ton.
and IL more pfOiitahae than the oil they
sought. g sss IN
At Rheime will has been set aside for
'ingfatitude''-0c 1use known "a the COllA
Napoleon. The ingfstisuds Was Of verv
decided character. for is consisted in muir.
der'ns the festatof. al .rss
The British Parliamsnt, 81 general re-
presentation By "knightsb citizens and bur
gesses, "Fhas endured exactly six hundred
years. It was sunnm0Dsd BY Henry III,
:" 49,. ~ giss lEsQais
The Basner Of LieAs, q spiEituAlist paper.
says that Secretary Stanton 10 spiritual
medium, and can take c0gnixanoe Of lead
lance. ~ s. 8S 5No8f
Twenty eight bounty junpsrs were con-
hned last ThursdalAnd Friday within the
walls Of the aegporyrat Indianapolis.
We euess .ftFsaera forces WON'T give
up South Carolina When they get knee
deep into her swamps, they showed them
selves deeply attached to her soil
It Is said that a very extensive wooden
ham ana wooden nutmeg establishment ia
to be put up in Charleston without DELAY.
Louisville Journal.
George Lacy, a brakeman on the Chicago.
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