Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-01-09
ARRIVAL OF THE STAR OF THE,
VEST

! New York, Jan. 2.
The Star of the West reached her dock at
2 O'Clock.
| She connected with the Sierra Nevada,
which left San Fran :isco on the 9th
| She brings S627, 1856 in spccie, Hon. C. X.
Harris, J. Rose Brown, AMI May |. a. Smith
are among the passengers brought by this
steamer.
TIL mining news was Of a very cheering
nature.
nugget Of gold weighing IL pounds, and
valued at S30,0o0 was found near Sonora.
Gold plains some twenty miles in extent
lad been discovered on the East fork of the
Carson River.
The railroad From Los Angeles to the
Colorado was favorably thought of.
| The Inhabitants Of San Diego were also
projecting aToad to the Colorado.
Some capitalists in Los Angeles had pur-
chased land with a view to founding a city
six miles inland from San Pedro. The tele-
graph between Columbia and Stockton was
to he in operation on the first of January.
Russian privateer had arrived at San
francisco having escaped the French and
English fleets.
| The q. S. Steamer Columbia. with Minis
ter Wheeler and ex-Consul Fabien on board
had arrived at Greytown, at which port
| there were eight British ships Of war.
The U. S. steamer Princeton was at As
pinwall.
New York, Jan. 8.
memorial signed by 10000 unemployed
mechanics and laborers of this city, was pre-
sented to Mayor Wood, and requested TO be
laid before the common counsel this evening.
The memorial petitions for an appropriate, on
of l,50O,0O0 dollars from the city treasu-
~, for the erection of buildings on the CITY
lands for the occupancy at equal rents and
occupation OF those now unemployed.
MORE FAILURES BELCHER g. co.
New York, Jan. 4.
| The failure of Belcher & Co., Of st. Louis.
for $4,000 900, was announced yesterday
afternoon.
1t has also involved the following houses
in this city:
Foster & Stevenson, ship owners for $780,
OOO, ard Winthrop q. Raw, stock broker. to
the extent Of $4,000. Some Boston mer-
chants are also said to have suffered to the
extent of 81 100000.
The failure of Wadsworth & Sheldon has
taken the street by surprise, and caus-
I'd depressed and gloomy feeling. We
learn th9t the failure was caused by the nom
receipts of large amounts of money, which.
had they been received, would have relieved
them.
They have a large excess Of resources, over
their liabilities, and hope the suspension is
only temporary. ais@
WAsS'r THERE Too! AT recent election
in the State of New York, lad presented
himself at the polls to claim the benefit of the
elective franchise.
Feeling a deep interest in favorite candi
date, the father, who was evidently opposed
to the boys preference, stood at the bal
lot box, and chall nged his right to q vote
on the ground Of his not being Of age. Tha
young man Leclarsith he was twenty ona
years old; that he knew it and that he insis-
ted upon his right.
The father becoming indignant and wish
ing as the ying is, to s'bluff him off, be
fore the jud res, said:
Snow, Bob, will you stand up here and
me? Don't know how old Won
are? Wasn't there?''
:, "Thunderation! s'pose you was, wasn,s
there too?v = 80 .s.sf4 f
This settled the sire, and in went tho
a0iOnsa vote