Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-04-10

to Lord Clar~ndon's statement in
the House of Lords Of the time it had been
receiv 1t the Foreign Office.
THINGS IN MINNESOTA The Minnesota
Democrat aava that in that vicinity the in
HusnIs and whooping cough had assumed an
epidemic form, and 1t Selkirk (British) Set
tienent there had been 500 deaths. The
Hueson Bay COMPANY had established > trad
ing poet mile and half from the line.
called fort p mbina, which 10 source OF
great annoyance to American traders. At
this place goods are sold Ct less than Eng
l;sh prices, and whiskcy is freely recalled to
the Indians.
About 81, 1000 bales Of cotton, valued at
over three millions Of dollars, have psen de-
stroyed Ly FIRE in the country within the last
three months.
One Of the last acts Of the Emperor Mich
olas was to present diamond ring to wri-
ter PANIED Rotchoff, for = pamphlet entitled
.The Truth about England"
An assoc alton 10 to be established in To-
ronto, fer the purpose of inducing enigrants
from Ireland to settle in Canada 10 prefer
sncs to the United States.
Inc Minister OF udnCc VI lac INV mug
Of tho Sandwich Island is the Hon. E. II.
Allen, formerly member Of Congress- from
Penobscots District in Maine.
Peter Van Antwerp died At his residence at
Coevman's ALBANY county, on the Oath of
last mon h, IN the 10Th year Of his age. He
was the father Of Gen. V. P. Van Antwerp
Of Iowa. He VS. always radical demo
crat, cast ny his frs, vote for ferson, and
remai n NC steadfast to the democratic doc
trnes, in Their purity Of that day, to the time
Of his decease.
COL Kinney has sold his Gne ranch at Cor
pus Christi, Texas, to FIR nch company for
$3.50, 900 dollars-cash down 100000.
Among the rumored marriages cited in Pa
r;s arc those of NJ. Ponsard the dramatic po-
ct, with Mad'Ile Rachel, the great tragic ac-
treSs, and also that Of her bfother, NJ. Ra-
phael Felix with the young and pretty Judith
Ferreyra, actress at the Gymnase.
Real estate in Memphi. which sold for
$500 in 1852 sold for $44 900 IN 1854.
David T,uax lately died il Preble county,
Ohio, at the advan ed age Of 100 years, and
Mrs. Jane Gamble, Of the same coun y, aged
los years.
lis have been reported in the New York
Leg stature for second suspens on bridge
Niagara Falls and TO inco po ate the AS
piawall & Panama Telegraph TO.
M,rmaduke S. Davis, who served under
St. Clair aud Wayne, md was II win s. of
the defeat of The former IN his disastr0u
c,mpaign, AMI was present at the surrender
Of CORVALLIS ut York on, die at S.. Clnirs-
vile OHIO on the 18Th ut, 1t the ripe ag
Of SO years.
A storm Of gralt VIC 'enco was experienced
in the nrighhoroood o. A bany, n, Y, on
Sand ". Blu ldsngs We're unrnofrd, CHM
news blown down. hous $ and barns prosira-
ted, church spires were twisted oil, and q
great amount Of damage was susta ned
Along the river, however, the damage was
but trihing.
The Legis allure Of NJ line ha. p ssel a law
donying to State Courts The ght Of natural
lZation.
VIM. IIol day, revolutionary soldier, anil
on Of he guards when Major Andre was
execufd, died IN Delawar~ Co., on the 23d
uit., aged lO4 years.
Another prize fight came off in New York,
on Sund v Ia t, between two young Irishm u.
Some Of the parties were arrested and taken
before Justice Connolly, an lrishman, when
they were discharged.
An experienced woman asserts. that when
men break their hearts, it is all the same as
when lobster breaks one Of his claws-a-
mother sproutlng MN edateiy and GROWN. in
its place.
The last Ohio Cultivator says the peach
crop promise an abundant yield in Central
Ohio. Other fruits are uninjured in the same
section Of the State.
We received dispatch from Concord, N.
H., yesterday conveying the painful intell-
gence of tho death of Mrs. Elizabeth A. Me-
Mel, widow Of the late General John Nc
Mel, and sister of thu President of the Uni
ted States, aged SIX eight years.
Wash. Union.
A man was arrested in Schenectady, on
Wednesday, for mixing faces at tn. rail-
road pot" Stringent place, that Science
tally.
FUNNY PoETs.--lt is supposed by some
that So. G. SAKE" il the wittisst poet in
America, hut It is evident we have :sJ. e..
WHITTIER. He is NORMALLY 50 anyhow.
The Utah Indians are doing a large bus;-
ness 10 horse stealing this winter. They say
they intend to kill everything they N during
The winter, aud give the whites big fight in
the spring.
The Richmond Wing states, as . fact which
may be relied on, that the late kn w Moth
ing Cow rntion ut Winche -ter, Va, woS COM
20 ed Of $40 ~ three Wings aud forty -seven
Democ
After upwards Of fifty hallotinps BY the
City Council Of Chica 0, the d mocrst was
chos the oihcial newspaper Of the city for
the present year.