Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-08-08
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The Herald CLAIMS the ssntsl mainrsty OF
,s.re rs !. d irfs,ai defeat Of TIE GoyrrDm nj.
The Tins, rsmar ing aE,on tho san E, sayss
sswe car scarcely believe that within so
s,or. 4 siinr. the alliance with France, the
prospect Of The war and the very existence
OF Tnrkey should have been saved from the
mos. serious risk BIZ the narrow majority OF
fs5 to 1872.
The London correspondent Of the Com
mereiaI Advertiser writing per " ashingt
says that during the present week tbs YEA
ther has been unusually stormy, but the rain
was greatly wanted, and if the next five
weeks should prove tolerably FINE the yield
OF, grain. both in quality and quantity, is
likely 10 prove excellent 4 mos. important
circumstance connected with the probable
supply of food, consists in the intelligence
that. for the first time in eight years, there is
reason to suppose that the potato crop IN Ire
land win be free from blight.
Since ls47, signs of rot have uneqiisocally
manifested themselves before the ! st of July,
but in the present instance, the day has pass
ed without report Of its appearance irissny
quarter.
The plant everywhere is in perfect health
and vigor, and even if disease should yet
come, there is reason to expect that it will be
less destructive than any former time since
its power of mitchell ia in proportion to rhe
date o. its arrival.
New York, Aug. 2.
The correspondent of the journal of Com
merce telegraphs from Washington that pri-
vate advices to July Goth from Mexico, IN
duce belief that Santa Anna is about to
compromise with his opponents, on condition
of being allowed to retire with bis fortune
and family. His wife was to embark for
New York in q Mexican war steamer. with
her step father, Gen. Vidal, who is appoint
cd Minister to the U. S.
The steamer Washington from Southamp
ton, arrived here this A. NJ. at 2 O'Clock.
She brings 2l9 passengers. We CLEAN some
additional news from her papers.
A dsnatch from Gen. Pellissier stares
that the Russian Admiral Vockinoff was kill
ed in the attack on Scbastopol, on the 1lth.
In the attack on Nystadt BY the English
frigate, on the 9th of June "a Russian mer-
chant ships were destroyed amounting IN the
aggregate to 10000 tons.
The steamship Pacific, from Australia ar
rived at Plymouth, July 10th. Australia
was quiet, gol coming in at about the usual
average, goods selling low and importations
large. The steamer Great Britain had clear
cd with $4,000.
The .. S. corvette Jameston was at Made
ria July 18th.
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The steamer Vantilus has arrived with la
ter dates from Brazos. The Revolution on
the frontier was progressing. Gen. WKlf
had fallen back from Matamoras. The rev.
olutionists were following closely. Gen.
Vidal was also marching from Montery with
$500 men. The fall Of Matamoras was con-
sidered certain The deaths here last week
were 273 Of which ITS were from fever.
BosToN, Aug. 2.
The steamship Asia arrived here at II
O'Clock to-day. The London Times of the
latest date says: s.We take great pleasure in
announcing that Sir William Molcsworth is
to succeed Lord John Russell in the direc-
ton Of the Colonial Ofices.'
Besides the 81 500 Germans, collected
near SYNDICATE, there also abou 1000 Swiss
at Dover, so that the Foreign Legion now
numbers about $500 men, in very respect.
able state Of discipline.
ALBANY, Aug. 2.
Charles Durick, who left here at l this
morning, as Conductor of the Express train
on the Central Railroad, fell off the train
. four miles this side of Rome, and was killed.
Is PHILAD :1pHIA, Aug 2.
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sembled here to-day, and delegates from all
parts of the world are in attendance. The
sessions thus far have been private and de-
voted to business entirely, but the future
sessions will be public. Among the subjects
for discussion will be tho propriety of ad-
ministerning choroform to patients.
Tennessee Election.
Nashville, Aug. 8.
Davidson County gives Gentry 1900 maj.
The Know Nothings have doubtless carried
the State.
Twenty. FIVE counties gave net gain for
Gentry of about 1900 votes. Only two coun-
ties in East and only four in West Tennessee
have been heard from, but they all show gains
for Gentry.
Terrible Powder Mill Explosion Yellow Fever.
Baltimore Friday, Aug. g.
The drying house Of Garnechis' Powder
Mill near Wilmington, Del, exploded this
and a half of powder. All the workmen en-
ployed in it were killed at once, being blown
to atoms, which were found at various distan-
ces at from fifty to two hundred yards One
of the mills situated at some distance, also ex-
ol, nj \ LII
veral of the workmen and badly wounding
Others
The official statements give the following as
the number of cases of yellow fever at the
points around: Norfolk, twenty-follr cases, six
deaths, eight cases under treatment; Ports
mouth and Gosport, one hundred cases, forty
one deaths The deaths in Portsmouth yes
terday were seven; in Gosport, four. There
were ten new cases in the latter place. The
Secretary of the Navy has granted the use of
the Navy Hospital,
New York, Aug. g.
The correspondent of the Courier and En-
quircr writes in reference to the removal of
Gov. Reeder, that answers have been receiv
ed from Judges Elmore and Lacompte, who
were connected with Reeder in his land spec
ulat;ons at Pawnee, and that they admitted
their participation in them
Similar charges were made nine months
ago against Capt French, Commandment at
TT Leavenworth, but it was at that time con-
trary to the purpose of the Secretary of War
to take any notice Of such matters
From the Herald of Freedom.
A Great Cou try.
Kansas embraces within its limits an area
of ll4;79S square miles, region more than
three times as great az Ohio, and fourteen
times as large as Massachusetts. 1t is sus
ceptible of division into ten States with the
same number of square miles to each now
embraced within the limits of Maine, New
Hanlshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Con-
neticut, Rode Island, New Jersey, Delaware
Maryland and South Carolina, and capable
of sustaining a population more than twice
as dense. With this state of facts, it is pro-
posed to annex six counties eff Missouri to
Kansas, with an aggregate population of