Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-07-04

Sir fsgstsss SLAVES passed tAroaSh colen.
bua On ffiday last. bbnod for Canada.

Six fGgstsss slavss passed tAsouxh colgm.
bas on Friday last, besod for Canada.
u ths recent balloon exesrsion Of n.
GJdafd, i 10 stated By the passengers that
81 the hsighth Of II, 600 fest from the earth,
everything said Or spoken oas distinctly by
thffn vas returned in about minute In III
echo ~ clear snd distinct rs the words
uttered BY the voics.
The virgioia Sentinel obieeis to . rechris-
tenins Vi tho Democratic party. II says--
eli we part with ear name We will lose our
principles Part with your name then; in
SANITY: Don't let = trife like that stand in
the way Of your regeneration Boston Atlas.
The Buffalo Democracy says as train
was crossing de Suspension Bridge on Tues
DAY, the scaholding sround the towers gave
way, and fell upon the cars. The train was
stopped before any damage ensusd. For a
moment. however, there Was agreat conster-
nation among the passengers, the impress
ION being that the great bridge had fallen.
The liquor Law lately voted on IN Illinois,
was Curious piecc Of legislation. II q ma
jority voted in iis favor Il was to 20 into ef-
feet IN 1855; if majority voted against it.
i would 60 into feet in 1857. This 10 like
The preacher who gave out that he would
preach next Sabbath, the Lord willing, and
two weeks from that time anyhow.
LARGE PREMIUM.-The State Of New
YORK. has recently negotiated two loans,
amounting, in the aggregate, to S2,750,-
O)0. The premium received upon these
/ loans amounts to half million. The
stock bears an interest Of only six per cent.
| The people Of Peoria, ILL.,, expect to
have their city lighted with gas about the
middle Of September.
So promising is the wheat crop in Ohio,
and 80 largely have the farmers sown this
year, that the Cleveland Plaindcaicr, an
ticipatcs, in sixty days, buying -four at six
dollars barrel.
The Winona Argus gives an account Of
the death Of man near that place, BY the
name Of Ward. lie was found sitting un-
der tree, his gun near by him and his
head dropping on his shoulders. On ap-
preaching him it was found that the gun
had been accidently discharged and that
the ball had passed through his head.
Somebody has complained to the Mayor
Of New York that Mr.. Grievc keeps on the
sidewalk large coops Of fowls, ducks,
pigeons, &C.; also goats, monkeys, dogs
and ponies, tied to his awning posts, and A
LION IN HIS CELLAR, which keeps up a
constant bowling aud roaring all night.
The Tri-Weckly Muscatine Journal is
about to make its appearance Daily.
David and Joseph Bennett we're killed
at Quebec, Iowa, BY lightning, with four
oxen, while blowing in the prairie.
A Pole who wcs agent Sanford's Ope.
ra Troupe, lately threw himself from thu up
per window Of his hotel at Newark, N. j.,
and was found impalcd upon tho iron railing,
with his head hanging down, his skull frac.
tured, his thigh and arm broken, and his
body otherwise terribly lacerated by the
iron spikes, producing almost instant death.
| a Mr.. Belden, of Groton, Connecticut last
week shot 26 rattlesnakes in ono day, and
took one alive.
Tho Cincinnati Commercial says that Mr..
Bartlett, OF Kentucky, the new President of
the K. Ms is u brother in law Of George N.
Sanders. who is the special blower and str-
ker for Geo. Law, the s'live hoax" candidate
for President.
\ A three-masted schooner was loaded last
week ut Lodus Bay, Lake Ontario, with wood
at 81 38 per cord, to be sold in Chicago, H.,
where it is held at FIVE or six dollars. This
Is strange cargo to carry Westward for a
thousand miles.