The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-09-14

r. The correspondence Of the London Times I
nishes the details OF the operations OF the Ang
French Chinese expedition down TO the 4th
june. The advance up the Peiho River fr,
its mouth to the City Of Ticn-tsin occupied
days, not, however, BY reason Of sny opposisi
on the part Of the Chinese, or any diiiicult
presented BY the navigation OF the river B
tween sea and Tien-tsif1, distant thirty n. lies
the crow fies, but twice as far by the windin
OF the river, the. Pciho was found to preserve
uniform breadth Of about two hundred yart
with depth At half tide 1t from ten to for
feet. Il was very crooked and the turns ve
acute, passing through a fat alluvial coantT
we'll cultivated, and the banks occasional
| wooded The banks ere extremely well keI
and towing path extends on both sides Ii
whole distance. The river is freqncnted By /
immense number Of junks from Canton au
Shanghai, which were found loading and ur
loading the whole distance The villages wei
not numerous, and consisted mostly Of wretche
huts made Of sun-dried brick, or else Of worth
less wattles Of reed or mllet stalks plastere
over with mud. These are the only buldin
! materials within the reach of the inhabitant
| as no atone is TO be seen, and timber exists j
very small quantities.
Even the City Of Tien-tsin ITSELF which grea
ly disappointed the expectation Of the visitor.
ls principally composed Of buildings Of thi
character. The city walls, which we're in
ruinous condition, inclosed only q square Q
about mile on each face, situate in the angl
between the canal and the river, and containing
collection OF mean one story houses, inter-
sected at right angles By two good Streets
The suburbs covers great extent Of ground, bu
the houses are generally mese mud huts, sur
rounded by mud walls, between which wine
harrow, dirty lanes Beyond the suburbs ars
kitchen gardens and fruit trees, and then wide
plain, watered by four meanderiDg rivers, trim
ged BY groves Of trees; the whole district, n
far as the eye can reach, being a vast field o,
wheat, undivided by fence or hedge-row.
The mercantile Importance Of Tien.tsin is said
to have greatly diminished of late. in conse
quence OF the destruction Of . large part of the
imperial canal by one Of those changes of it's
course to which the Yellow River is liable. Il
would appear that at present Pekin is largely
supplied with food by coasting junks from the
southern provinces, which enter and ascend the
Peiho. That river above Tien.tsin was found
to ehoal rapidly, nor were the lightest boats
able 10 a cend more than about eight miles.
A temple opposite the city, commanding a
view Of the river at its junction with the Grand
canal and surrounded BY spacious garden, was
~PPsVPss0SCA IOs SnC 8CCOIuul0u0llOO OF the
French and English ambassadors, who reached
he city on the SOth Of May. Chinese servants
we're in attendance, and at the arrival Of the
ambassadors the work of preparing and fur
'ishing up was still going on. Baron Gros and
lord Elgin were quartered in two airy pavi!ions
IN the summit of a mound, ascended by a path
Fay OF ornamental rock work. The respective
taffs we're scattered in the other buildings of
ne temple, which, beside the gods and goddess
es, had, however, hut little furniture to boast
4. A guard of French and English soldiers
ccupied the outbuildings, and line of gun
oats was mOored in the river close by.
Two or three days after two new Imperial
commissioners arrived from Pekin. They were
ccompanied by large mounted retinue, we're
olowed BY train OF mule carts carrying their
aggage, and made their entrance with much
eremony. They we're said to be mandarins of
le hishes rank, and announced themselves as
lily authorized to treat by virtue of an Impe-
al decree, similar to that by which Keying was |
lthorized to conclude the treaty of Nankin.-
preliminary meeting took place Oil the 4th of |
lne, and it was doubtless with these Commits. |
oners that the treaty was concluded Of which |
g have received information via ST. Petersburg |
I'd the Atlantic Telegraph.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Chicago Press l. Tribune SAYS, cit is a
ngular and unprecedented fact that we have
Nv, with the addition, temporarily, of the
ttsburgh murderer Jokobi, NINE MEN WAITING
'IAL FOR MURDER in our Jail in this city. There
e three wife murderers, McNamee, Casey and
Ikobi; Jumpertz murdered his mistress, Ne
'yzel his child, Finn and Brennan murdered
orthy farmers for purposes Of revenge, and the
20 Busch's of this city, father and son, the
an McGee, the former as an accomplice. 1t
piphtppn al, f,ar 4 ha Sc III.
ew before the gallows claimed another victim
Cook county. William jackson and Staub
lowed one another within a few months, and
w we have seven, setting aside two to be tried
other places, awaiting trial for the highest
man crime"
DR.. Rogers, married man. was sho: at Port
ld, KY, by Mr.. Alfred Whi,low, u few days
ice, Tor attempting to seduce Miss Whiilow,
ite young lady, sister Of the shooter. The
osecnting attorney, Mr.. Elliott, declined pros
lting Whitlow, saying that he and every
her honorable man would have done the same
ing under the circumstances The case was
'missed on examination.
The War Department has Just closed a con.
lcs with Snyder of Philadelphia to furnish
teen thousand felt hats foI the army, at 1915
ch- We should like to see the soldiers wear.
) felt hats worth half that sum.
A Law ABIDING PEoPLE-The citizens Of
lwaukee are the most law abiding people in
world. We asked one Of them WHY so many
Ople were drowned in their river, and he re-
ed that it was on account of the ordinance of
. city, which forbids swimming within the
= limits. When one of them slipped in, he
alled the ordinance At once, and rather than
late it, went cheerfully to the bottom with
struggle.
1t is said that some of the wheat harvested
8 season is poisonous. The poisoned grains
OF q red color, partly transparent. Flour
de OF wheat with these grains among it, il
1gerous to use, as the bread will produce
lent retching and injuriously affect whoever
y eat it. II all this be true, too much care
mot be taken in selecting wheat to be ground
0 flour.
Frank johnson, free man Of color, has Just ,
urned to Newcastle, Pa, after having been /
We in the South for eight years. He was dc.
led to Lynchburg, Va, about 1850, since
ich time be has been kind Of circulating
dium throughout the whole region extend
from Virginia to South Carolina. He has
IN sold twelve times, at prices ranging from !
10 to $1,000. At length, being identified,
case came up for trial in the Court Of
ore County, n. G., by which he was set At
erty.
A New SWEDISH REPUBLICAN PAPER.-A |
edish Society of Galesburg, consisting Of
enty members, have purchased press and
terials and in few days will issue the FIRST |
mber of "Den Frihetssannen THE Friend /
Fredom). 1t will be . Republican paper /
open for the discussion Of all religious and |
tical topics. A coterie Of twelve take ]
arge Of the paper. Such paper is much
sded, as there are about 100000 Swedes in
, West and not professedly political paper
ong them. We wish the new enterprise
sry success.-Galesburg True Democrat.
The Yazoo Miss Banner contains an adver-
ement stating that two Of Senator Douglas
gr0es were c0nhned in the Yazo0 county Jail.
ey had run away from the plantation Of Mr..
uglas, in Washington county, Miss.
Thursday last large delegation
the Msquakis tribe OF Indians passed through
T place and sncamped near Cedar City. On ,
iday they returned and had great dance ,
ar the banking house Of w. p. Case, to the
eat amusement Of our citizens who witnessed
, performance. They were then joined by y .
legation OF Pottawattames and proceeded to
mouth of the Shelrock where they held I
lncil with the Winncbagoes. Rumor has II !
It . Pottawattainie has killed . Winnebago /,
that the difficulty was compromised BY pay
, $500 and sixteen ponies. The Indians all
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