Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-21

Mr.. Wilson, of the election of b. B. Chapman to
Congress from that Territory. ~
EE Judge Kane is the same who drew out
the celebrated "Kane letter." from President
Polk.
eH The Detroit Free Press advocates the re-
lection Of both the claimants for seat in con-
gress from Kansas, and the ordering of new
election. es-...=4. --,ss. u s.,.. -,.s
~ The Charlottesville, Va, Advocate states
that conspiracy was recently discovered a.
mong the negroes at Nortonville, in Albemarle
County. . s-- #e
eB An asylum for inebriates has been estab-
lished in New York, of which the Rev. DR.. Bel
lows is Secretary. e........... -.-..
W The cost of the Russian war to England
is estimated at from $4OO, 100000 to 5O,O00,-
600 per annum.
B Lucy Stone Blackwell is lecturing at Mil
waukee. .-...-.....- , ..-
eY The Emperor of Austria, has conferred
the "Golden Medal of Science and Arts" upon
Prof Morse. S-7t - ...as Gas aa
rY 1t is said that single Greek house in
Manchester has shipped EGO, 900 to this country
for the purchase of grain ~fs is. .-stt
eY Hon. Joseph R. Chandler, of Philadelphia,
is to deliver series of lectures before the Catho
lie Institute of St. Louis
CB Resolutions condemning the course of
Judge Kane, in the Williamson case, have
been introduced into the Legislature of Yer
mont. g~ ..+.,.. EE,.....- .. .,
B Rev. Abel Stevens, now in Europe, writes
to the Christian Advocate and Journal, recon-
mending the establishment of Methodist Book
Concern in Paris. ..
cB 1t is estimated that the total sum expend-
ed on literature, including newspapers, in Great
Britain, is five million pounds-on. intoxicating
drinks fifty-four million. - 45..+ ,.. -.,
eB- The Pilgrims Progress" has been trans
lated into Chinese by Rev. w. G. Burns, mis-
sionary of the English Presbyterian Church at
Annoy. .......s- .-...s-... .........
B The people of Oregon decided against
State government at the recent election, By q
majority of 42O. l.., .....
~ 1t is said that all the tobacco seized in
England for violation of the revenue laws is
sent to the soldiers in the Crimea for consump-
ton. e.. ..,.
eB Eight new locomotives have recently
been put upon the Michigan Central Railroad.
W Counterfeit fves on the Westminster
Bank of Providence, R. l., are making their way
westward. Look out for them
Mr.. Ellington, of Charleston, Coles county,
who was shot by his son-in-law, Monroe, on the
18th ult., has since died of his wounds.
The shipments of gold from Australia for the
first six months Of the year 1855, were ffty-sev-
en- tons twelve cwt., equal in round numbers to
S27 500 900, while California during the first nine
months of the same year only shipped about
$50, 100000. @ are
The Post Master General has decided that a
pen mark made over, or opposite to an article in
| newspaper, with the sole object of attracting
attention to the article, will not subject the pa
per to letter postage.
| The Buffalo Post says that the wife of Mr.
NJ. Hottinger presented him, on Saturday nigh,
| last, with couple of fine bouncing boys, one
| weighing eleven and the other twelve pounds.
Judge Perkins of Indiana, has decided that the
liquor law of that State is unconstitutional and
void. This opinion does not emanate from the
Supreme Bench, but from an individual Judge
1t occupies nearly FIVE columns in the State Sen
| tinel of Monday.
JOIN G. SAxE.-The Green Mountain Poet,
| is to deliver one of his poems at Muscatinc in
February next.
Prof. Silliman is lecturing on geology in St.
Louis. He would be worth score of the hack
neyed lecturers before our Young Mems Associ.
alton.
The vote for Reeder in the recent Kansas elec-
ton was 1854. Whitfield received 2,462.
Peoria gave over 600 majority in favor of a
loan by the county ofits credit to the amount Of
| sloo, 900 to the Peoria and Oquawka Railroad.
The N. 7. Evening Post says that the none.
tary advices from Europe by the Arago, were
calculated to ease the market in Wall street.
LATEST FROM THE NoRrH PoLE.-Slow Boots
says he thinks the sea near the pole is kept from
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