Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-04-02
NEW YORK. March "a

horses. An adjoining stable occupied by the
hnickerbocker Ice Co., was also DESTROYED but
the horses were got out safely.
The Brooklyn City Mills sustained some dam
age.
Captain Wood, of the ship Germania. arrived
at this port yesterday and furnishes the follow.
ing account ofthe shaking of the John Rutle!ge
by running into an iceberg, and the rescue Of on
ly one of the ships company
On the 2sth ult observed ships boat ahead,
and dispatched boat in quest ofit Approach
ing the strange boat, it was found to contain. q.
alive, Thos. W. Nye, of New Bedford, the only .
survivor of l3 persons, the remainder having
pcrlshed OF starvation and cold. Nye had been
IN the boat nine days, and his hands and feet
were frozen. The boat also contained the bod.
les OF Mrs. Atkins, and three others whose
names are unknown. All belonging to the ship
John Rutledge, Capt. Kelly, of New York
The ship } r. left Liverpool for this port Jan.
10th and fell in with ice On February 18th, in
lat. 40 "a south long; f6 Sc west. She got into
fields OF zee next day but succeeded in working
clear, she subsequently, hryyyer ran into an ice
berg, stove hole in her bows and was abandon.
ed at 6 p. M. Five boats with the passengers
and crew left the ship. @.% 40
IL was the intention of Mr.. Atchson, the
mate, to haye~left the vessel in this boat, but
she broke adrift and he and several others went
down with the wreck. 1t was coniectured that
the other boats which were well manned and
furnished with compasses wonld pull for gulf
stream as the weather severely cold. '
They may possibly be picked up. The COM
pass oftle rescued boat was accidentally broken
and it being cloudy, her crew could not shape
Their course; after picking up the boat the Ger,
mama stood 10 the northward until dark and
then lay to during the night In hopes of discov-
ering some of the missing boats, bat as nothing
could be seen OF them, she bore away to the (
southwest, keeping lookout; all the time during
the forenoon, very thick snow storm prevailed.
but the weather cleared towards noon; a bark
came out of the ice at the same time as the Ger.
mania. - e7ssy 81
She stood to the westward, and probably fell
in with the boats of the j. r. The J. r.. BELONG.
cd to Howland and Rdgeway, of this CITY, and
had about $50 passengers. She left Liverpool
with q crew of26 As yet only one Is known TO
have been saved She was insured for $4,000.
ana her cargo consisted of 800 tons Of merehan-;
oise. twenty-five persons were ON board when
the last boat broke loose, Just before the ship
went down. .J
s# ~ SYRACUSE, March "a, s..
woman named Ward, residing near Bridge /
port, Madison County, yesterday murdered her
four children by cutting their throats with an axe
She then made an unsuccessful attempt to cut her
own throat. The cause assigned is The neglect
and brutality of her husband.
Nillwahler, March "a.
The Supreme Court have rendered a writ Of :
custer against Barstow, and have established I.
Gov Bashford's claim. Gov. Bashford has tsIen
the oath of Office. and he will assume the Cub.
eratorial Office to-day or tomorrow.
RsApIso. March 25 81
senate-A long discussion on amendment of
an appropriation of 1886, 900 paper areas for