Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-22

port about IL A. n, from the Illinois ~.
CT; her entcrprising commander, Can,.;1
Rolf, having ascended o. far as Oitow.
being the first boat Of the season at ih.,
place. Her arrival al Duowa wa. hailed
by the hiring Of cannon; martial music and
the cheers Of the populace.
From Capt. Rolf we learn that the r;v.
er is complete lake from the mouth AZ
the Illinois to Otowa, ard that all Of the
towns are inundated with the exec ption "
few high points. The destruction ~
property all along the river is imnen,E,
and what adds to the disaster is that M
river and its tributaries are still rising
Some idea may be gathered Of the eond;.;
ton Of things from the fact that The Tam.
erlane ran on the stage road on the prairie.
between Peru and the Starved Rock :,
where, by sounding, they found eiehieen
feet large! The agent Of the stage COM.
pany was along, and designated he loca-
ton Of the road over which the Tamer-
lane was ri ming. At no place where The
Captain sounded was there less than twelvs
feet.
AT Peru but one hotel had been floated
of. and not three, as heretofore reported
The condition Of things at Chicago Is ever
worse, il possible than below that point.
From the manifest of the Tomerle,..
from Oltowa, we learn the follow ING: A
telegraphic despatch from Chicago, dated
the 18th inst, received al Ottowa. stated
that the whole town was flooded. The ice
IN the Chicago river breaking up, carried
with it canal boats. steamers, propeller,.
vessels and bridges, all Of which are piled
together, forming dam across The river
turning the whole body Of the stream into
the city and doing immense damage. ThR:
ty canal boats are said to have been des-
troyed, bridges all gone and river is still
rising.
The Illinois river at Peru i. two feet
higher than in 1874, the water being nine
feet over the first lock OH the canal. The
bridge at Peoria was seriously injured BY
the ice, on the 18th inet., and great fears
are entertained that it will not be able 10
Withstand the flood. All the houses IN
Peru and Peoria, in the water, are setlise
down, aud the destruction Of property sii
along the river is very great. River ris-.
ing slowly all the way down.
Captain Rolf broug gilt down about one.
hundred cabin passengers, forty deck, and
full freight. Many of the passengers.
are fur Cslifornia.-[St Louis New Era.
FROM THE GOLD REGION.
Captain d. William Phelps, who reach
ed Charleston lately, in the brig Henrico,
from Chagres, (haying come from Cali
|ornla via the Isthrus.) has reached his
home in Boston, and the consequence is,
we have in the more staid and discreet
emper of that region, the information
which he automatically communicates TO-
he Boston papers. The Traveller Says;
Captain P brings quantity al the gold,
in grains, in scales, and in lumps-the.
largest Of the latter weighing ahont an
ounce and half. The amount oil the Gold
brought by him has been much o,errs,ed
in the published accounts, though he brings
considerable quantity much less, how
)0O.)
As Captain P. worked personally al the
mines, which we believe was not the Gaze
with Mr. Atherton, bis experience OF The
ninutiae Of the gold digging there is con-
'iderable. In the first place. as 10 The
pieces Of gold that have been reported 10.
be found, he says the largest piece that he
has seen is in the possession of M Mel
us, and weighs but six ounces. He had
heard numerous stories at the mines Of
arge pieces being found; but in exry in.
stance 'chere they ,pere investigated, Hsy
'rned out to be false, or greatly ersgg1a..
ed. One man was reported to have found
piece weighing several pounds /; he went
70 see him, and found that its weight was
'nly fco ounces, and that II was the pro-
leeds Of an entire days work.
As to the stories that the diggers were
many Of them averaging $3.50 per day, he
kinks that those that have done the best
nave not obtained more than So, 900 dur.
ing the entire digging season. The hour
Of work were from Eve to ten per day.-
Formerly, the Indians were willing 10
work for trihe, but they have since BE-
come better acquainted with the value d
their toll. They are principally The rem.
nants OF tribes, and not formidable.
But one case Of disorder occurred Be-.
fore Captain P. left. 1. was that Of sns- L
gro who insulted a Mormon woman. The 4
people turned out, caught the negro, lied
him to a tree, gave him good flashing, and
then turned him loose, with the threat d
a rifle ball IL he misbehaved again. TN
Inhabitants of California, Capt. p. says
are anxious to maintain order; but they
can hardly do it in any other way thsnty Y
lynch law, until some regular governneH
is established.
When several companies Of Col. M
sons regiment deserted 10 the mines, . 6k
Of soldiers were sent after them, who %
their turn deserted. Col. Mason thsa
started with file of dragons, called ih
miners together, and told them that ifthg @
expected the countenance of the govern
ment, they must help him to arrest desa'
tiers. To this they replied, that il there
were any refugees from justice sndy IN
them they were willing TO turn out an
help arrest them, but their time was 10
precious TO be occupied in running aiM
deserters. After this, Col. Mason ="
glad TO get back with half OF his drsgos"'
Agriculture has been so totally neelee'
ed. thai man who had field con1aIpps
10 600 bushels of wheat. could not gel