The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-08-26
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= hs aaase'9a7 asA New York, Aug rs
The R.tM. steamship oArsbta, CAp< ssea
y from kivspoel Saturday fhe sthi ines. g
II a. y. ~ arsived a& o'clock this y. Ms+sH
sss.ner Arago arrsyed A soa'hampson, o'' ~ \
!. IaaiThe steamship Kkrrssner'whic wasto hAs
4 left Liverpool for he's aIosndlaad si1sl9an,
I. ously with. the Arabia, had been withdraw
having been chartered by the government |
q convey troops to India. Her place n the In
+ will Be AIled In . few days by the aseaMshi
. Crimsan. The steamships Sarah Sands ~
!. Lebanon had also been taken, up for lndis.
|. GKrAr BRrfAIN.-In the Hon. oil Lords O
Thursday, Lord Campbeli preserved : petisio'
from the Queen and Princess oI flade, resiaiht
! in England, expressing regret ai tho revolt y
|. India, and the suspicion attached 70 thelr reiA
tive, the ex.King. The petitioners stated tha
, | thev had received assurances from the Kirs
that ke waa en- tirely innoccns ofany coaspsscit,
Ia the 0utbreak, and they prayed that oths
charges against him might be, made known .se
that he might establish his innocence. Otjec
tions were raised On merely technical grounds,
Il and 10 wAs withdrawn EiR y siqlah
II The bin authorizing The embodiment Of the
militia was read second time after brief de-
bate in the course Of which lord Panmure and
the Duke Of Cambridge stated that efforts
should be made to induce the requisite number
Of milisiamen tovoluntserfor the regular army.
Fridays proceedings were devoid Of interest. -
| The shore cable Of the Atlantic Telegraph
was successfully laid It Valentine Bay on the
| evening Of the 9th. The Lord Lieutenant Of
ireland received il formally from the officers Of
the Niagara and Susqnehanna amidst great en-
| thusiasm. The expedition is said to have put
70 sea shortly after the landing Of the cable,
but a. the telegraph line to Valentine was mot
completed we were without information Of iss
progress.
The weather in England had become rough
and stormy but was settled on Saturday.
| The Emperor and Empress oi the French,
accompanied BY Count Waiewski and . small
suite, arrived at Osborn on y visit TO QneeA Vic-
! toria on the morning Of the 9th, and we're re-
ceived with royal salute from the fleet at Spit
head The visit was strictly private one, and
would, it was Eot believed. extend beyond the
Isle Of Wight, and probably Portsmouth Navy
Yard. A most vigilant surveillance was kept up
in the neghborhood Of Osborn, and all over the
island, by strong police force from London.
Bishop Bloomfield, late Bishop Of London,
died on the .5th inst. from an epieptic attack.
petition calling upon Parliament to send
out q much larger force TO India than was con.
templated, was receiving numerous negotiations.
New York, Aug. so.
j. s. Ransom was yesterday elected President
pro. TEN. of the N. S. r. r. Co. H4G
A finaneering committee, OF which Mr. Gray |
is chairman, was appointed to provide for the |
payments Of the Company. 4 meeting Of the |
stockholders is called at Adrian the 26th Of
September to elect a new board, the present |
board having resigned to take effect on that |
day. The following gentlemen were appointed |
q committee to examine the assets, Gc., and |
report condition to the next meeting on the 25th
September Judge Parker Of Albany, c. Wright |
of fSchenectady, J. G. Bronson, James Lee, Theo |
Dehon Of New York, and J. Magce OF Bath.
Boston, Aug. 90.
The American Convention Of co.ored Baptis.s
commenced its session yesterday in this city
The Convention adjourned to-day and will hold /
a lcvee ia Faneuil Hall this evening ~
W. st. Johns, n. r., Aug. 90.
The railway between Shadiac ard Moncton
was opened yesterday.
@ Washington, Aug. 20.
The General Land Office to-day decided against |
the present claims of a coiored man to 36O |
acres Of land in Wisconsin,, taking the Ground
of the Supreme Court in the bred Scott case
that free negro whose ancestors were brought
to this country and sold as slaves il not citi-
zen within the borders Of the Constitution Of |
the United States. This decision oi the Land |
Office applies to all other similar cases now
pending. ss
Washington, Aug. l9
The President short time ago received let
ter from Prof Silliman and others, including |
several Doctors Of Divinity. ohjecting to the
employment by him OF the Ur,ed States niili- |
tary forces to execute the so-c.lled laws Of |
Kansas, and assuring him that they would cease |
to pray that he might hare the proper course |
Of duty pointed out to him, or something to this
effect. To this letter the President has just re-
piled, briefly, but pointedly, denying their |
knowledge Of those laws, and after acknowl-
edging their validity he calmly assures them |
tina. by the help Of God he viii enforce them in |
accordance with his oath Of office.
The private officers ordered to the steamer /
Merrimack to take the flag ship Of the pacific |
squadron, are Commander Wainwright, Lienss. |
Crossan, Arnold, sharp, and Breese; Surgeon |
of the feet, Edwards; Passed Assist Surgeon, |
Bioodgood; Purscr, B. L. Knatl, and Chief En- |
gineer, Long. Passed Midshpman, Ramsey has |
been ordered to this ship as her Master.
A special cabinet meeting held to-day |
for appointments to several auditorships and |
comptrolerships, and commissioners Of patents |
were considered. A number OF gentlemen have |
been designated for these posts hut their names |
have not yet appeared.
The Herald's correspondent says, am author. |
lied to state that the Nicaraguan Minister has |
received by the Tennessee advices that Nicera. |
qua does not approve the contract OF Costa Rica |
with Webster for the Transit route but ignores |
it. !
Wm. H. Philips, Sixth Auditor, was removed !
to-day, and DR.. Tate Of Va, was appointed In |
his place,
Iowa APPoINrMENrs.-Sumner Chase OF Iowa,
has hpan a. fad ra
fee, vice Jenkins, resigned, and Robert Brown, |
Register Of Fort Desmoines, Vice Walker, re- !
signed.
The commissioners OF the Land Office have |
postponed the sale of the Nen York Arsenal |
property until the 9th Of September, as the in.
junction restricting the sale re.aains in force |
until the 27th OF September.
MoRrALLY WouSDEp.-Detroit, Aug. l9.-S. |
N. Holden, lumbcrman, formerly Of Saginaw,
was shot and robbed OF $500 at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, last night, while on hisway fron the |
depot to his residence. The wounds are con- |
sidered mortal
"Plattsburg, Mo-, Aug. 8, 1857.
On the goth Of July, our Land Office opened
with crowd ST about 500 persons in waiting to
enter land. The result of which is, that to-day
person cannot find tract as large as an eighty
in the District, except the lew that are pre-
empted. There are probably about 10000 acres
yet vacant entirely Of 40 acre tracts.
This is the tide that is sweeping over Slavery
in Missouri, no matter how strongly in fraud it
may temporarily entrench itself.
Isaiah Lawrence, colorei citizen OF New
York being dcsirous Of settling upon quar-.
ter section Of Government land ia Minnesota,
wrote to Mr.. Marcy, when that gentleman
vas Secretary of State. inquiring II there was
anything in the laws Of the country or the reg
ulations Of the territory TO prevent his acqur-
ing the right Of presumption. To this Mr..
Marcy replied that there was no legal lin.
drancc. Mr.. Lawrence thetespon proceeded
to Minnesota to settle. but the Register OF the
Land Oiice at Saltwater, gave mn opinion that
he was not entitled to the right OF pre-. emption
On the 27th Of June last, Mr.. Law renee commu.