The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-05-11

Nav York. Mar 10.

II - New York, Mar 10.
The steamer Vanderbilt arrived At an earl.
hour this =. M. With London news OF 2Sih
/ News meagre.
Liverpool Brsads:utfs Market moderately &C
tive. At full rates for four and wheat and STIFF
prices for corn; buyers demanded reduction
for latter.
A slight Improvement in London Breatstuffs
Market. American -four scarce.
Liverpool.-Cotton firm, at Fridays prices
sales Monday and Tuesday $4,000 bales, o.
| which 1000 were for spectators and export
London Money Market firmer, with Sigh,
Improvement in Consols. the closing quotations
| on Tuesday being 81 for money, 97taa74 &C.
| counts. Crate Trunk Railway advanced hall
rer cent; Indiana Central declined slightly N.
| 7. Cent Nj frmer.
! Political news unimportant.
| In the House OF Commons Gen. Reid stated
| in reply to question that the whole cost Of the
| India war would be betrayed BY the East India
Company.
The consideration Of the bill providing for the
Government Of India was set down for Friday
The clause OF the budget imposing penny
stamp duty on checks was adopted without dis
GUS on.
The excise duty bill had passed through
second reading.
An amendment offered TO the increase Of The
spice duty in Ireland having failed by vote Of
227 to 80, the opposition being confined to Irish
members.
Business ia England was generally stagnate.
OPPos,TIoS understand that an Eastern
Stage Company have taken the contract for
carrying the mail from Fairfield to the Missouri
River through this place, and intend to put on
line Of coaches about The LIST of July. d. n.
Smith, Esq, OF Charlton. is the agent for the
new Company.-Albia Repub.
Samuel Dickson. member OF the last Congress
from the Albany district. N. Y, died at Albany.
Monday evening. His death was the result OF
spinal injuries received by missing his chair and |
falling when about to sit down, while at Wash.
ington.
Four thousand bags-4o0 tonsa-of coffee |
came up to Albany from New York on one load |
the other day, and filing three heavy trains Of
thirty cars each fled away over the Central Rail
Road for its destinations, Cincinnati and st.
Louis.
METH0pIsTs IN KANSAS AND NEBRAsKA.-The
'hrd annual conference Of the Methodist Epis-
opal Church in Kansas and Nebraska was held
i Tope Ia from the 18th to the 10Th ofoAprl
Bishop James presiding The churches returned
1921 mem bersin Kansas and 7S7 in Nebraska
N increase of more than half in 1857. There
re 50 local preachers in the two Territories.
'orty one itinerant preachers were stationed in
lansas, and .wAnty in Nebraska, for the year
nsung
Martin Gallagher. one of the California Vi
lance Committees 9xiles, has lately returned
, San Francisco, and has commenced suit
gainst the Captain of the vessel that carried
i'm away, laying his damages at $4,000, chief
art of which consisted in the loss Of his Office
the Custom House
MYSTERIOUS early in the spring two horses
Iere trken up and advertised estrays by Lu.
Jus Wood; they have never been called for
nd no clue to their ownership has ever been
eceived. tEey had on at the time, saddles and
rides halters, &c. Suspicious Of foul play
re Observation-Disclosures I'd, Taylor County South
Vest. i,
The marriage Of young Hutchinson, Of the
american India Rubber Shoe Manufactu,-a: ng
ompany, to the daughter Of the duchess al
lontmorency and Luxemburg, has made 4
pod deal OF talk in the aristocratic circles oil
rance. They do not deny that Mr.. Hutchip-
"a is an elegant and accomplished young man.
: that he has not an immense fortune in hand ,
I'd in prospective; they deem it a mesalliance
hich throws a stain upon one OF the Oldest and
ost honorable names Of France. :,