The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-04-09

/ Loss OF THE sELMA.-We regret tia
we are under the necessity Of record;n,
to-day a steamboat accident. which ,honai
happily not attended with any loss If l;fa
involves the destruction Of ! LARGE mo,,n
!. Of property. The Selma, Of this port OF
her passage up from New Orleans Will,
running a chute near island 66. below
Helena, Ark, came in contact with snac
/ and IN less than 20 minutes, sunk in e
feet water. She had very heavy cargo
ana was crowded with passengers, among
whom were some $50 German emigrants
The cargo will be total loss; and little
OF the passengers luggage was saved
The enigrants no doubt, brought with
them valuable effects, and will heavily
feel the loss they have sustained, manv Of
whom have doubtless parted with their all.
The clerk, we understand, saved the mon.
ey, books and papers of the office, be.
sides the letters; but as we are informed,
they have not reached town.
The Germans were left behind, near
the scene of the accident; the other pas
sengers were brought up to the mouth of
the Ohio, in the Diana; and thence were
brought, here by the A. NJ. Philips, which
arrived this morning from Cincinnati.
!he Selma, If we are correctly Inform
ed had insurance upon her to the amount
OF $500. Her cargo, tits supposed, con-
sisted of dry goods to large amount.
besides lower country produce in all it
is said 400 tons. st Louis Gaz.
DEsrRucT We FlRE.-There was
most destructive fire in this city on Thurs
day. It. broke ont about l2 o'clock on
Pearl, formerly 3d) street, in the chair
manufactory of lir. Jno. Hawkins. From
this pointil spread with fearful rapidi,y
i'll all directions, running south to within
one door Of the Post Office, corner of
Pearl and Market streets; North to the
corner of Main and Pearl West down
Main to within two houses of the Bank
OF Louisville; crossing Main and consum-
ing on the east side of Main, between
Wall and Pearl streets, 9 stores and a
boarding house occupied by Capt Bacon.
The total loss Of houses and goods is
estimated at S3Oo,G00. Most of the in
surance were by the offices of this city,
the greatest amount taken by any one
office being S4l,0oa. The Lexington
office had about $4,000. No doubt is
entertained that the losses will be prompt.
ly paid.-LouisUiNe Journal.
The YOU'VE MEN.-Sir hundred dele
gates to the National Conventional Wing
Young Men were appointed in Baltimore
on the llth inst. New York, Philadel-
phia, and the Distric, of Columbia. will
all follow this example, and send scores
OF noble hearts and manly heads to plead
the case of the people. This is the day
of Young Men and New Men, and i, is
encouraging to see them enter the field Of
duty with the zeal and activity they are
now exhibiting in various sections of the
Union. They know that much is at stake,
and therefore TO do much is resolution
which they have sobcrly made. they
will shrink from no amount oflabor in the
increasing contest. and, with the blessing
OF Providence, there exertions shall be
crowned with success.-Cincinnati Gas.
A late number of the New York Eve.
nlng Post, paper as devoted to the Ad.
ministration as any in the country, hav-
ing published the stale SANDER against
General Harrison, ofvoting g to sell poor
white men for debit contains the follow
ing recantation.-G Louis Ne,v Era.
ga letter of General IIarrison's has
been lately published, from which it APP
pears that in our remarks on the subject
of his attempt to introduce white slavery
into the state Of Ohio, we did him some
uninteniional injustice. The letter is da-
ted, Dec. I'd, 1921. and appears to have
been drawn forth by newspaper attack
upon his course in the legislature in the
relation to the same law. We are glad
to see. that according to Harrison's expla.
nation of the matter, neither he nor the
gentlemen who voted with him, were in
favor Of selling human beings for civil
dept
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT
BIZ and 1cih the aduice and consent of
the Senate.
Isaac Fl. Bronson, Of New York, to he
Judge of the United States for the East
ern District II Florida, for the term Of
four years, in the place Of Robert r. Reid,
appointed Governor of that territory.
Alfred Balch. Of Tennessee, to he Judge
of the United States for the Middle Dis
trict of Florida, for the term offour years,
in the place of Thomas Randall, whose
term of service has expired.
James S. Green. to be Attorney of the
United States for the District Of New Jer-
sew, for the term Of four years from the
18Th day Of January, 1910, when his for
mer commission expired.
NEw CONFERENCE.-THE Frederick
(Md.) Herald has the following descrip-
ton of new counterfeit the Bank of
the Valley, in Virginia, of the denomina-