Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-16
VOL. 2NO. 10.
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4 - WAsHrS0rox, Jan. II
House had another vote. Banks lal Rich.
ardson Ts, Fuller 90, Penningtony s, Scattering S.
Three additional ballots were taken, ~ Soi.
lows: 9sth ballot--Binks 90, Fuller 10, Rich.
| ardscn, T2, Pennington .. Scattering 8. Neccs-
| s,ry for a choice liis. During the proceedings
an enliyening episode took place, Mr.. Eastjs,
III defending the position Of the American par
y in Louisiana, repadiatcd the sth section Of
the Philadelphia. platform, preiering that his
right arm shoald witfer rather than he should be
| connected withsauy party whose purpose was 10
| persecute or proscriqe American Catholics
Mr.. Smith, Of Alabana. took issue with Mr..
1 Eustis; was opposed TO Catholics because they
owed allegiance to the Pope above the Consti-
tuition. There has never been a time when the
priests in the assemblies did not cast their pewcr
| against the people. z,-
Mr. Florence referred Mr.. Smith to the Irish
Catholics under Father Murphy at Vinegar
Hill.
Taylor. of La, referred to history TO show
that in the French Revolution the priests
joined the people In their successful war
fare against the two other estates nebles aud
clergy. 81
Walker, of Alabama, conceived that the pur-
pose OF the American party was political and if
he thought it religious he would cut loose FROM
such organization.
Adjourned till Wednesday.
NKw YoRx. Jan. I.
The Herald's Washington correspondent tel.
egraphs :--l learn from an authentic source that
our government will not under any contingent
cy, permit Mr. Champion TO remain, aud farther
than that they have notified the English Govern
ment If they do not recall him they will be com.
pelled to dismiss him at once. 1t isaalso r,imos-
cd IN certain diplomatic circles that SHOULD our
government dismiss Mr. Champion, England would
refuse all intercourse with the United States, and
give Mr. Buchanan his passport The reports to
the effect that Mr. Champion has been empower
ed by England to abandon her pretensions in
Central America, under certain circumstances, is
emphasically contradicted.
An effort is making to transfer Banks vote to
Pennington 1t is thought the latter might be
elected. Several members of the Nationa. Dem
ocratic Committee have arrived. The I'd day of
June seems TO be the favcrte, at Cincinnati
Captain Clayfeld, Of propeller Jackson, ar
rived last evening from Portland, reports thut
she passed at l:sn A. NJ, yesterday the steamer
Plomouth Rock, still ashore Hart Island
She appeared to have sustained no additional
damage from the storm of Saturday night
The extensive ornamental iron manufactory
in Brooklyn owned By G. A. Stillwel was bnrut
last night, together with several adjoining build
ings. Stillwells loss about $4,000, idsured
$4,000. . ... s-.r r. IL ..,..-a
The steamer St. Louis from Aspinwall, arrived
this A. She brings latest dates from South
America and Australia, but nothing from Cali
fornia The st. Louis took out troops to Aspin-
wall en- route for Oregon. i...,.,s.. ...v "a
WASHINGTON, Jan. Z. Vi
In the Senate, Mr. Brodhead called up the reso-
luton directing the committee ou Finance TO ell
quire into the expediency Of reporting general
appropriation bills, or adopting some speedy
mode of action on them in order to avoid night
sessions ut the close ofeach Congress, and scenes
which his sense of delicacy prevented describing.
He was in favor Of doubling the pay of mcm-
bers if thereby the session could he shortened.
Discussion continued by Clayton, TOombs and
Seward, and resolution adapted. Adjourned til
1
Last night was the coldest of the season.
Thermometer at s o'clock this morning 10 deg
above zero. . .s- .-... IS. .s-z-.tts. 81 IA
New York mails of Saturday arrived at nine
this A. NJ.
Roads between here and Pttsburg and further
south blocked up with snow. Southern trains
delayed. Snow six inches deep ut Raleigh. s
.a.. -...z.. -s..-. BosTuS, Jan. 7. r
RAILROADS are being slowly relieved from
blochades Of snow, but detention trains still ex-'
ist The n. Y. mail train of this morning. due
p. NJ, reached Springfield at Z, will not proba-
bly, arrive before midnight. Estimated not less.
than 5000 people passed Saturday night in the
cars within miles of Boston. .'' -'ia'@
NEW YORK, Jan. Z.
The steamship Arago arrived at this port last
night. Breadstdtfs depressed--hour three pence
lower The fall OF kars confirmed. Austria has
sent propositions for peace to Russia.
.... NEW YoRX, Jan. I. ,.l
New city government organized to-day. Isaac
o. Barber was chosen President Boaid of Alder
men, and Benz. F. Pickney of Councilmen
Mayor Woods address elected warm commen-
dation. ..5..--. .sa
Urea, Jan I.
Stephen W. Taylor, l.. l.. D., and President
of the Madison University, died at Hamilton this
A. NJ. aged 65 years. .,
SYRACUSE, Jan. 6.
Weiting block, stores and offices burned this
Owned by J. NJ. Weiting, valued at
Sl00,0Oo, insured S60,0O0. ..... .. ,
Granite building adjoining nearly destroyed.
Insured $4,000.
Other adjoining buildings badly damaged. go
Weiting block was occupied by House Telc- b..
graph Co, Mechanics Bank, Crawse Bank, j. T.
Ballard, clo,her, Butterworth & Co., Hartline,
Merwine, Way & Harman, hardware, Z. s. Daw-
son, saddlery hardware.
Ballard u Co.'S stock wholly destroyed-in-
sured S22,0oO. Stocks of other parties all badly
damaged, but generally covered by Insurance.
Total loss $l5o,oV0. ............. ...--s.-.