Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-08-20

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JOHN G. FREMONT.
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TAxH cAsr OF rBr LITTLE FoLxs.---The season |
pscaliarIy fatal 70 the juvenile population, Il up
On ~, and parents cannot be too careful about
the diet, clothing, and habits Of children Gel.
lars should be properly cleansed, dccaying yege-
table and animal matter fomoyed, and all unripe
fruits and Injurious vegetables banished. The
old saw has /, that an ounce Of preventive is bet
Ter than pound Of cure. This Ia true. We
have great faith In pure air, wholesome and
proper food, suitable exercise, and eleaniiness,
and very little confidence in bolusses for chill.
dren. All the skill Of the medical faculty Is not
able 10 undo the effects Of one single indulgence
In unwholcsome food We should like to i'm
psesa this matter upon parents. and particularly
upon mothers. Could We convince them OF what
We know, that many Of the 'Providential dispen-
sationsr which blight or remove the light, the
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the result Of fragrant violations Of plain and well
known laws ofphysiology, we should do great
deal for the health and happiness Of the rising
generation. A sound mind, In sound body, are
above al price.
Ox.pr.--N Is whispered in Washington cir
cles that Mr.. Mason, our Minister to France has
asked to be rccalled--that he Is to be succeeded
by Secretary Dobbin. II is said that Senator
Mallory or Mr.. Bocock Of the House will sue
coed Mr.. Dcbbn as Secretary Of the Navy.
ASoTnER.--Therc 10 trouble at the White
House. The President is determined Lecomptc
shall be removed and the political prisoners re-
leased. It's said be is becoming troublesome to
his managers, aud will probably have to be put
ina straight jacket Alas poor Yorick!
UPWARD AND oSwAHD.-Burlingamc Of Mas
sAchusctts the eloquent orator, the fearless man,
said, in his recent speech at Dayton, Ohio
Fremont had placed the flag Of our country
neraer heaven than any other man, but not higher
than his own fame and not half SO high as it
was yet destined to 60. lie was man whom
you could not buy, nor sell, nor SCARF Al
pause. He had back bone running all the
way down. Cheers.l There was touch Of
Old Hickory in him, and when he was President
las he surely would be let South Carolina multi
fy il she dare! There would then be use for
Southern hemp, for we didn't mean to let any
body dissolvethc Union, tremendous applause,
but meant to sabjngatc all men to freedom. APP
plause.
A CHASGE.-By notice in another column
It will be seen that M. Edwin H. Grant succeeds
Messrs. Scholte Grant, In the Banking and
Real Estate business at Pella. We cheerfully
recommend Mr.. Grant to such as have business
to transact in his line in Western Iowa.
eY- The Chicago Journal says that Hon.
THOMAS i. MARSHALL has nvowed himself for
Fremont. At a meeting Wednesday evening in
Chicago, he said the prospects of Mr.. Fillmore
were SO gloomy since the late elections, that he
eonid not go for him II he were inclined to, he
,ronia not go for Buchanan's platform, and the
nearest he could get to being right was to sup
port Fremont and Dayton.
az The Louisville Courier says very re-
markable cave has been discovered about seven
miles south of Glasgow, Barren Co., KY. HUI
man hnnos of nnoruOi,a al tnuethar with
cooking vessels, &C., were found in ono OF the
apartments.
eH-1t seems that California possesses hot
springs like those of Iceland, which are called
Geyscrs They are found on the eastern side Of
the Sierra Nevada, not far from a lake called
Washo. The water rises to the height of twen-
ty.onc feet, but the jets occur at intervals of five
minutes, and when they fall back into the earth
produce noise like thunder. The opening of
the principal jet is about twelve inches, and is
surrounded by silicious formation. The heat
Of tho water varies from 200 to 2l2 degrees.
We learn that the warehouse of Moss & Brad
ley, at Peoria, dstillers, was destroyed by fire
on Wednesday night. A quantity Of grain and
$4,000 worth of whiskey were consumed with
the building. Entire loss not stated.
tYOn Wednesday last, u sail boat at Var
mouth was upset by whirl wind and seven per-
sons drowned Mrs Asa G. Winsow and two
children and Mrs. l. Brown and two children.
Four persons were saved.
e8- A tremendous rain storm occurred at Bal.
tmore on Wednesday evening, unroofnS sever
al buildings.
sE-Ata meeting OF the Cabinet at Washing
ton, five were in favor of removing Judges Le-
compile and Cato and releasing the Free State
prisoners of Kansas and three against it.
tB-A Convention of the Old Line Wings of
the State Of New York assembled at Albany on |
the l4th. Geographic despatch says 800 were
in attendance. Hon. Francis Granger was called
to the chair.
IL The Detroit Free Press, the organ of the
slavery and anli-harbor and river improvement
party, In an article says "that Fremont, as the
candidate oi,he Black Republicans, must, ifelec-
ted, be sectional President, and drive the South
to secession, &C., and heads the very next ar
ticle "Fremont's subserviency to the South.s
This IS the same paper that charged the "Abo-
itionist" Fremont with being the owner Of sew
enty-fve slaves.
TELEGRAPH LNE.--We learn from Mr.. Sweat, |
Superintendent of the telegraph line in course OF
construction between this city and Chicago, that
1t will be completed ready for operations by
the first day Of September. He is now superin.
tending the laying down of the cable across the
river. The office will be in the room heretofore
occupied by Mr. Foote as ticket agent for the
York and Erie Road in Humans Block.
We have made arrangements for the recep-
ton Of dispatches and shall after the LIST, furnish
news from New York and tho East up to
o'cock p. m. OF the day previous, in our morn.
;,r, n~nar (h,r Western fr;ands will paase hear