Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-24

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n p Irnr.l Eor 81 Every new
bon q qua. VIVA. % -
a. ma + n M s ssa's 5y
census takers. In 1850 the amount Of
s,ss eEotr u STATED sseialy % has 9 oaen ,ta-
q 4 fraction of loosNla, Oi)i bushels. That
yns productive year, assi We croI eng
editor ~ I commercial paper in Ohio, puts
down the total of this year ct TINT Seffss a.
20, COX, 900, and computes the whole yieIaoi
the States and territories at SIS, 000, OVo.-
Mr.. Cist has for thirty years been engaged as
4 stat,stician, and places goad deal Oh con-
6dcnce a his own faures. He regards the
seven States, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Micsii'
yau, Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri as the
chief wheat bearing States, from whence
comes ELL the surplus cent abroad, the other
barely producing enough for their own sup
rls, and his calculation is based upon tho
probable yield:n those sections. This mods
of computing the supply u not un iersto 90,
he thinks in the Atlantic States, and hence
they are liable to err in their Judgements.
Commemorative indictments against slx
of the members Of the New York City Coun-
ellis have caused n great stir IN that CITY.
One of the members of the Board OF Alder
men having been nominated BY his party Tor
re. election, declines being candidate, MS nc
does not wish to incur the od,um OF belong.
ing to body, against which the charges OF
corruption arcso freely made. II is said
thatthe Grand Jury has ordered bills OF IN
idictmcnt against several more ofilclals,
among them being two against Sidney H..
Straut, City Judge, and one against police
magistrate for malfeasance in ONCE.
! The Detroit Enquirer says:
I "A servant eif, in this city who has remained
four years in one family, has given an exsG-
ple Of self. denial aid economy woith following
She has been paid fourteen shiliings per week
or "a, 4.fnr the whole tire OF this money,
she has sent 1925, to enable her mother, tw,
brothers. and three stas t0cpme TO Ameri-
ca, and only expended Sl39 or S3f,7o per an.
hrm for her own comforts she rs rave
woman, end the man who neys has her for a
wife, must prosper and be ha. py., The aristo-
cracy may sneer at htr tow'v occupation and
humble attire, bi,t there are Few who ever do
deeds in " hicl they obtain snch lasting safisfac.
ton as that poor servant girl has KIP rienctd
when by her own labor and frugali'y she has
relieved the distress and poverty of Ter moth
er, tro hers and sisters. @ 80 --
I DiDN,r SPEAK.-An appointment was out
for free soil meeting to be held in this
place on Tuesday last, but the courage Of the
orators, before that day arrived, had cyan
ished into the air. and our citizens were
greatly disappointed. The halters, Rats,
|, tar and feathers prepared for the occasion,
may come in play mt some future day.
When occasion offers they soil be used. Let
traitors beware !--[Squatter Sovereign,
GET At a Democratic Meeting holden at
Lynn, on Monday last, the following rrsolu-
ton was UNANIMOUSLY passed:
Resolved, That the present national ad-
ministratlen is entitled to the full confidence
of every true Democrat, and that Gen
Franklin Pierce deservest the lasting gratitude
of the entire Democratic party for his fdeli,
sty TO its principles. t'4 Hs32 ea5 M e@'se7s
This Troy Times says Mr.. Robinson is be-
having badly at Sing Sing. She conducted
herself properly for some time, but lattrely
she has become as frantic aud ungov ernabie
as ever. SO that the Matron has been obliged
to confine her in a cell.
An interesting experiment was lately per
!, formed by Professor Faraday. A diamond
held by a little platinum clamp, and ignited
to Wilderness in the, oxy- hydrogen flame, was
plunged, while incandescent, into a jar Of
oxygen. It was speedily dissipated into gas
which was proved to be carbonic acid. ,,.d
,sThis " ar. SIR said commercial gentleman
10 dandy, will be terrible hin drance to al
kinds of business Dandy-'De say; d'ligh
to tesr it-alA avs. Fad great aversion I al
! kinds of business
81 say, Pat, are you asleep? F'st't yrs q"
3EsDivil the Sleep re 4r'sH ,a}V5-fii-I99Hgil g
Then be after Iendin' the lqtarter.'
s1'm asleep, be iabers.' ~
The SoREsr TRIAL.-Smithers, telling of
some of his trials, says, he had been ship
wrecked once, was burned out twice, and
had to pay the notes of three Of his friends
for whom he had endorsed, fell through, q
man trap in the side walk and broke Q leg,
wns arrested by the sheriff on tho m othinS Of
his marriage, fora debt he didn't au e, but
NIL these evils be bore without murmursns.--
The great trial Of his life was, that his wife
wouldn't let him smoketin the parlor.si8 al
sf Two rich young spriss of Cincinnati re-
Gently fought duel. They fired three times
without effect, when on Of the seconds stcpp-
ed forward and declared that he WAS engag
ed to he m ,rried TO, the young lady about
whom the principals were fighting. T. is an
nouncement put anew face upon affairs. All
parties profsssed themselves satisfied and the
belligerents retired from a bloodlcss field.
Judge Lynch, it appears, has been atwork,
in Tennessee. Last week, on the Cumber-
land mountain, slave, who violateda white
female, was dragged from Jail and hanged
on the nearest post, and at Lagrange anoth-
er met similar fate, for killing Mr.. James,
his overseer. sud- Hgs tlin5- stas5FEa 2tt GsuTi
tisa35ast1 Masculine and Feminine.4g SgF bats