Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-26
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ARRIVAL or THE BALTIC.

The BsItic arrived here about IL p'ciack {
"a, uiyht with Li.erpooi si.tes 10 SEPT. Sth. L
Amnn > .irs uass rs~r< arc Srnor Escasante /
10 new SPANISH sIin sser to the Tinted !,
,ates. AMI GeneraI Usaea. the Mexican mine /
strr of Prussia. The week which tins arri-
i, covers is more i,arrcn of news than any
;m;lar neriod sine. the comnencement OF the
yar. With the exception OF the annpunce-
,en, that the Russians on the Tchrrnaya are
gain rnenacing The allied line and the snr=
nsse that England, instisated By France IS
bout 10 pick quarrel with Naples, th.Pa,
,ers contain little else than odds q snas OF
orr spondence regarding the battle Vt Fra6-
az bridoe. and the bemharlment OF Swea-
,org. The bank of England has increased
he rate OF discount 10 four and n half per
,ent " hich has been since June hrst a, TOUR.
Con.,ls recetied 10 90 "a Closed 80 rs.
The following are the latest official des-
patches from General Simpson: Before Se- /
6astopoI, Aug. Is. The enemy have been
concentrating troops at thu Casova and Car
los, their left extending as far as village OF
Makoul and are supposed to have received /
reinforcements which probably |
consist of two divisions.
The bridge across the Great harbor Is now
nearly completed and large bodies OF men
are employed in erecting earth works on the
north side of the harbor.
Entertainments have been thrown up on
the Saveranaya hill extending from the coast
10 the site Of the first light house facing the
nortA.
From various sources we learn that the
Russians on the right bank of Tchernaya are
held IN readiness for any offensive movement.
Our seige op ratons progress steadily with,
regret to say, heavy casualties on our side.
Signed. d oiMrSVN:
Prince Gorts chakoff' briefly says s'thc fire
of the enemy continues as before
At the same date Pellissier telegraphs, "all
goes we'll. Everything advances. we are
making progress.
The French Ministers of war received dis
patches dated Crimea O'Clock A. NJ, on the
9th inst, which contain the following lntclli-
renee, son the night of the 9Th inst, great
FIRE took place which was caused by the burn
ing of the Russian two decker Marion which
anc!iored before Sebastopol, the fire origina-
ting by the bursting Of she'll discharged from
the right attack. The brilliancy of the
flames Illuminated the whole of the allied
camp" s4.
COMMERCIAL ISrELL1GENcE. Prices are
sitter though not quotably higher. Wheat
advanced one to two pence. Corn advanced
one shilling. Pork transactions have been
large but at slightly lower prices.
ADDITIONAL BY THE BATIC
Sir George Brown has retired from the
army. ~
Gortschakoff has sent Gen. Todleben to
Sinpheropol.
Todleben's latest creation, called the Fort
of the Holy Gross, is armed with guns of the
heayies5 calibrc, and commands fully the
Alalakoff. e-, z. a....... . ..t
Intelligence from ASH. Minor is reported
to be more favorable to the Turks.
According to the Turkish bulletin the Rus
slams advanced Aug. 4th and attacked a bat
terry at Kars, and a battle of hours dura-
ton occurred, and the Russians retired lew
ing 100 dead. s...l .a-.,c.
Erzeroum is said to be compl etely re
| licved. a.
At Korpckeni, village ON the road to
| Kars, a skirmish of cavalry took place. At
forwards the Russians broke up from before
Erzeroum, and retired on kars.
Letters say Omar Pacha will not 90 to
Kars, but move on to T:His, with a two-fold
object of menacing the commander of the
Russians in Georgia, and also prese ting an
opportunity to the Circassians and other
mountain tribes to join them.
Rumors of negotiations are rife, but moth
ing definite. ---..,. ,.-.. .t.-..a-.yn
No news of Importance from the Baltic.
Weather there has been very bad. III IT,
Orders been given for the construction
of two add,t onal lines of railroad in the al.
lied camp of the Crimea. ~..s-,. .........f
Sufficient indications Of a winter campaign
Frgis O'Conner, a once noted Chartlst, had
died in England. 81 f. a.t
Mir Hiucks, of tho Canadian Government, j:
appointed Governor of he Barbados.
here are those who cons der it reward fol
| his recruit ug services in the U S. a.-
There had been more Carst disturbances II
Spain, though nothing very serious
The harvest thr> ughout Austria is pronounc.
| ed fair avarase. I'D .s.. t.rs ,a
LIVERPOOL MARKET.-The Liverpool mar.
ket nhaerced by the favorable accounts in A.
| ma;ica. and BY the increasing stIirgency in mo-
n,y at home bad been dull, a d on upland show:
a decline of l16. The weeks sales amount te
81, 900 bales, which 43 ,000 were taken by the
trade. -".
Wheat is thought to be rather in light YIELD
but spring corn and potatoes abundant, YET
l-prices in breadstufs are maintained. Den
nston & Co, quote Western Canal -four al
36a3ss; Ohio, 40a4ls; White U, S. wheat
lis 6dal2s Cd; Red Mixed do, llsalls 3D.
yellow and mixed Indian Corn, 28s6da34s
3D.; white do, 44a46s; Lard, 56a58s6d; Beef
aud Pork unchanged; Bacon advanced Is
Tallow active and rather higher.
American securities without change of mo-
ment. zIronin active demand at full rates
Rails fS IS. .zrr ... ...st
... ....- New York, Sept. 20.
Rev. George Hobert Doane. an Episcopa
clergyman has gone over to the Roman Cath.
Ollie church and has been formerly deposeG
by his own father bishop Of New Jersey.
sa-a @s New Orleans, Sept. 20.
There are lo7 cases of yellow fever in thu
town of Canton Mississippi. hi s.1.
>f New York, Sept. 20.
A fire occurred at Carbondale. Pa, Sunday
A. NJ, destroying about half of the business
portion Of the town, including Bronson's Ilo
tel. Loss estimated to $75 to 100000.
Kenosha, Sept. 20.
The steamer Queen City is reported ashore
between Sheboygan and Milwaukee by the
Propeller Sun.
Baltimore, Sept. 20.
Tidings from Norfolk and Portsmouth this
A. NJ, are gloomy. At Norfolk for "a hours
up to Tuesday noon the new cases were sc
and deaths 50.
At Portsmouth during same time the death.
were IL. @
a Albany, Sept. 20.
This A. NJ. the O'Clock train on the Cen.
trail Railroad from Buffalo, came in collision
with cattle train, throwing the engine and
tender off the track. The engineer and fire.
man were killed, and brakeman and express
messenger badly injured. No passengers
were killed, though several limbs fractured
Several freight cars were demolished and a
number of cattle slaughtered.
When the express train came up, the cattle
train was bling drawn off on a switch, but
coupling breaking, one half Of the cars were
left on track with which the Buffalo train
col!ided.
Albany, Sept. 20.
SECOND DIsPATcH.-L1 Locomotives and ten
ders On both trains demolished: John Pratt,
Engineer, of Albany, was instantly killed;
Franklin Kirkland, fireman, of Albany, both
legs and arms broken, cannot live; VIM.
Grifiug. of Buffalo, Express Messenger, it is
feared fatally wounded; Matthewson a mess