Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-07-10
OUR NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE
New YoRE, June o. Ia,
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EDITORS OF THE Hswg-EYE:
The Enropl. which arrived al Bo,.o, g.
Liverpool, on Wednesday, the 18th, brourot :
important political news.
During the week previous To The i-r.r;u-. :.
the Europa, the operations in American -.
stocks were steady. The Green Of E7rI,.ss-.
purchased a magnificent set OF plate e r..
for the Emperor of Austria. Excurs;oa t.
were arriving daily, with Thousands Of v;,;.o-,.
the worlds fair. The crops in Enr,a.a =
healthy and the weather was fine, when I'm, +.
ropa left Liverpool. the cotton market v,.;-
proving.
Petitions in favor OF a revision of the r,.-.,
constitution, continued to be presented "a "a. =.
sembiy. In spite Of the political agitation n.
funds were higher.
The following -four ocean steamers, leave H..
port to-day Humboldt, for IT4rre; thr sot.
erner, for Charleston; the Aaharna. To- s,r,,
nah; and the Crescent City, for Charres r.
Humboldt carries ont s50o,9oo in specie.
One of the Hutchinsoas ;old me, a short linn.
after the family had returned from England. H..
he Was astonished 10 find The eroszest i-no-a,r.
among all classes Of people in that country. II u.
latIon to everything American. He said that H.
most every day, some English lady or gentIen.,
WoaiJ express the greatest surprise at their %.
Husc's.Hsoas) being whits All able 10 speak GOOD
Eagiishi Daniel Webs;er's anecdotc. (whih
you have, Of course, read,) Of .l.e Lord MAYER d
London, introducing him. AZ public dinner. 4.
"a member OF the Upper Senate OF View ro-k.-
is another Illustration of the ignorance Of En-
lishmen, few years ago in relation TO Americas
matters. But the row ahoat Oregon, the Mer-
can war, the California excitement, our iriunpA,
in ocean steam navigation. and various other
events, have, OF late openei tho eres Of The Intel.
ligent portion of the Ea-l.=i md they are ar-
ready TO admit that we are not only lr4i1 ia
speak tolerably COOL English, but that we us
even in advance OF The mother country, in son.
respacts; IS viii be seen he the following extract
from the Loalon Court J5arnal the pet c-ra1e ..
the English Ar.s'ocracv. IRE extract IL takr-
from an article on Green vic'oria's clrest-:ra
skill. in which the writer gives an acnrate ds-
scription o. her riding cost1me on some par.:ea-
lar occasion, after which, he says. @Blt WI /,
renders this unique anil elegant costume the more
valuable in her majestY's estimation. and an o.
iect OF peculiar interest te her Niaiestv,s Iowa,
subjects. Is The fact that ii il made entirely az In
dia Rubber. and was presented TO her Mrle-tv bv
Mr. Horace III. D ", Of New York; WHO, we BE-
lievc, is the oldest AMI most extensive maaafar-
tuFer OF InJia-rgbbcr goods in the word. W.
h,l, l.. a
fabrics could be made from croB'chouc; bufrHr
ing from the number Of elegant Specimens %r
hithtr bv Mr. Day, there ~ hardly any Emttois
application, not only in the manufacture VI r-
tces Of comfort, for the masses, but also OF more
costly and elegant productions that shall even 3
worthy to subserve the refined tastes Of royshv
ITSELF"
The fnnkeyisn Of this extract is . stretch b.
yond the utmost tension nj India rubber Itself; b.
it il highly complimentary to MFR Day. and 10 thu
industrial energy and skill Of the United Sa'=;
and for this reason itdeserves wide circulstioa.
An American gentleman is ne-o;isiin- vita he
English paleutee of the Fire Annihilator,- fcs
its exclusive use in this country. Thc SET re-
quired by the inventor for patent right co. fhs
United States, il S1sG.911. 4 writer ir thr Bg4-
tom Transcript thus describes ar exPrrins-t
which he witnessed:
Il went with the gentleman 10 the oPrn lots u
the upper part Of the city, taking with us one q
the hand machines. There we purchased sEA
barrel With one head oat--the slave. well aaakta
with grease. We filled the barrcl half fsll A
pine shavin-s and sticks, and poured over "
whole, pint Of spirits Of turPentine. THiswr
set fire to, the wind blowing briskly at the tirs.
After il had burned ten or fifteen minutes, 50 >
to become living coal and flame inside, tosk
the 'Annihiator,'' gave il rap upon the top Sd
my fss. (the-eby breaking the vial cnntainHn-ht
sulphuric acid and chlorate of potash, and -
ting the whole mass of chemically when. iastrHt-
Iy. an immense volume Of white raPo- Tusaeaoat
of the aperture in the cover. This I turned a7ca
the flames; and in less ihaH tgur srcoBds, tut
restise Of flame Gal fire leas er!iHyHisss2-
Years truly, IOWA