Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-11
New York items.
4 Nxw Yoax, july 3.

There were three deaths in this ctr yss.
| terday by snn stroke. The heat has sone..
| what moderated.
siA'sa meeting 1t tho CITY Mhrs,mi's oiicc
last evening it was nnn,uac d that n cio>a
| estimate OF the returns showed Tho popu.s.-
| tion of this city to he $50 900. it&
The anti Maine law Meeting in tho Park
| last evening wss attended by eight or ton
Thousand persons. Ex. Mayor Micslr prcsid.
/ cd, and speeches were made hv Gen. Wal
! bridge. NJ. c. Capt. Ryndsrs, Jadge Metoa.
s. 3. Sheppard, and other POLITICAL men.
| Mayor Hall Of Brooklyn ha> issued his of.
fetal proclamation touching the Prohibirory
Liqnt Law, pointing out the duties IN the
premises, and states That the law can be and
shall bc enforced, and that he shnll hold III.
Police Department to strict performance of
| their duties.
Inc Destruction Of the Steamer Lexington.
LorIsviLLE, July 8.
The Lexington left st. Louis on 1hursday
evening, and the catas,ropte occurred about
4 O'Clock on Sunday morning, aud sb,,ut 4
miles above Rome, Ind. The for ward pnrs
of the boat; aud back to tho whscl.house.
wns literally torn to pieces. and the tlfed
boilers hurled entirely out of the boat. Tho
scene was awful beyond description. The
| mir wns filled with the shrieks Of the wound.
ed and dying. Confusion rc,sned supreme.
The boat was almost immediately in ilnmes.
andgcneral destruction seemed ineritahle.a
Just at this time q wood boat made its mn
pearance and was soon alongside. Dirrctiv
the steamer d. ~ Given, Can't. Wood com
mander, came to the rescue Had il not
been for this time y assistance. most of thosc
who escaped must have pershed in the flames
or been drowned IN thc'r,vcr. The list Of
killed and wounded, missing and saved, NJ
nearly as we orn state it is us follows: killel
and missing, l3; wounded and scalded, 30:
saved unhuIt. 80. 3 B sas2Isa ssaa llss 5t
~l 'a2.' NKw YoRx, July g.
5y The Tribute of this A. NJ. publ she. 4 let.
ter purporling to be from Mr. Robert Schuy.
Ter. IL has no date but was received by the
last European steamer. Mr.. Schuyler denies
the charges made in the last renort by the
New Haven r. r. Co. OF the disc very of
new frauds by him aud declares that loss
OF cash capital to the company has oocu red
through any net of his. Indeed in these par.
ticular charges he contends that correct es.
innate of them will show u directly contrary
result.
The steamship Black Warrior arrived this
A. NJ. from New Orleans via Havana with
dates from the latter, place. to June 27.
news unimportant. The U. S. steamer Full
ton touched at Havana on tho 18th of June
and smiled the next day for Key Vest
The health of Havana was unsunIly good.
75-@ 'i-.Fa'' WAsnINGrov, July2I
During the month of June, about 20olcrks
messengers and watch,nen, have been rcmoy-
"a from the Department for political rca-
sons. a3 FF3E sr&i 6EGs 5asegzst
MIR. Waldo, commissioner of pensions, has
not yet decided rs to the acceptance Of the
Connection, Judgeship, in Connrc.icus. iiia
The pension Office commences issuing 80
acre bounty land warrants next Tuesday,
The total number of applications for land
warrants up to the present time is 1872, 900
and the tota number of applica,ions for land
warrants allowed is.ll .0S4. The total num-
Der of warrants is 1850. The nett amount
m the Treasury subject to draft, is $ls, ,4SS,