Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-03-26
B.r,,.os. March 81

Il Nails srom the Scuth bring Sew Orleans p
pes Of SATURDAY, and Texas dates TO the 18th
Indian depredssions In Texas continued, ana
party had been organized for the purpose o
following them 20 MEXICO, and INJECTING punish
nens on them.
Ship J.. w. Fannie, from New York, and barb
San Jscinso, from Boston, arrived 1t Galveston
/ on the 10th. and bark Buchanan, from New York,
i and brig Vesta, from Boston, on the 18th.
I Great fears Of the overflow of the MISSISSIPPI
pi are entertained at New Orlesnx.
4 The Black Warrior arrived here to-day from
| Havana with dates to the 18th; no news The
| G. s. ships Potomac and Crane were still in
| port.
NEW YoHK, March 81.
The steamer Quaker City, Capt. Shufeldt, from
Liverpool, arrived this morning.
| She left Liverpool At midnight Of the 9Th. and
| brings 16 passengers, and mails Of the 9Th.
On the homeward passage she encountered .
| succession Of heavy gales, from lon. 80 TO 60,
with very cold weather, and frequent squalls Of
| snow and hail
Among the payments at our sub-treasury to-
day was $4,000, being the 6nal installment Of
! the Mexican indemnify Aessrs. Rowland and
Aspinwail were the recipients.
ST. Louis, March %.
Topeka correspondent Of the Democrat, un-
der date Of 18th inst, says the Free State As
se,nbly would adjourn on the 18th to July next
mass meeting was held at Topeka on the 11th
inst Gov Roberts, DR.. Cutler, Lane, and 9TH
ers, made speeches. A grand ball was given in
evening.
WASHINGTON, March %
letter has been received here from Mr.. Blu
chanan, announcing his intention of leaving Hav
re the 9th of April. in the steamship Arago.
WAUKEsHA, March %.
A FIRE occurred here last night, destroying
property to the amount of $50, 600 including the
Office Of the Waukesha Plaindealer.
MADISON, Wis, March 90.
Lieut. Governor Macarthur sent in message
to the Legislature this morning, stating that in
consequence of the resignation of Gov. Barstow,
he should act as Governor the remainder of the
term.
New York, March %.
Intelligence from the West Indies reports
that the negroes of Guiana, instigated by Orr,
known as the Angel Gabriel had commenced to
slaughter all the Portuguese coolies. Governor
Woodhouse had sent Orr to Jail, but the military
under his command are unable to cope with the
maddened negroes, and His Excellency despatch
ed couriers to the windward islands for troops
to aid in quelling the insurrecton caused by fam
attic appeals to brutal instincts.
Mr.. Greeley tclegraphs from Washington that
he has information from reliable source that
the administration has ordered the arrest of all
the members of the free State government of
Kansas, and that President Pierce believes that |
they are all in prison ere this.
The steamship Hermann sailed at noon for !
Southampton and Bremen with So passengers
and $53, 900 in specie.
The ship Shooting Star arrived here to-day |
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nesday oath
The cholera was prevailing to such an alarm
ing extent as to seriously interfere in all busi-
ness. The deaths were chiefly among the blacks.
There had been small number of cases of yell
low fever among the shipping, most of them
proving fatal.
New Orleans, March 10.
1t reported here that the steamboat -Alaba-
ma, plying on Red River has bsen totally de
stroyed; that the boiler burst, the boat took fire
and burned to the water. A number of per-
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