The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-11-09

III The race between Ethan len and II f;e
II. Pa'cher," mile heats, two hundred our
ed wagons, came on on Tucsday afternoon os
the Union3 Course, l.. I. Ethan Allen di.
On tancsd his competitor 10 tie FIRST beat. Tin
OF 2:28.
OF Isidora Clark, the vocalist, 10 announced /
re give concert At Springfield, ILL.,, for The in
y auguration Of the new +" Il!iopoi,an Hail. !
!. The 81. Paul Times claims thar the Ne,
Minnesota Legislature will stand 10 Republican
to II Democrats in the Senate, and 43 Rep1b
lcans to 81 Democrats in the House. OF til,
!. thirty seven Senators, eleven Democrats ant
SIX Republicans, held over, and each party ha,
added ten, the Democrats gaining one. Tht
: divisions in the House is the same a. last win
:. ter, except that the Republicans and Democrat.
have changed places, the former having now Z
majority. E
The Missouri Democrat notices . new dis
, cssery OF iron mines in that State near the vi
c'nity OF the country so widely known as the
, iron Mountain and Pilot Knob. Il far exceeds
any discovery of iron ore both In quality and
quantity heretofore made
Mrs. V. T. Van Antwerp, Of Keokuk, has
oeen appointed Vice Regent Of the Mt. Vernon
Association for Iowa-one being appointed in
each State. This Association, our readers will
remember, has for its object the purchase aud
future preservation as the property OF the Ma
ton, OF Mt. Vernon-the home aud grave OF
Washington. The appointment, We assured,
Is one cmnenttly fit to be made"
The Washington Star says the company that
recently purchased the turnpike from that city
to Baltimore will shortly plank It in a manner
suitable for the use OF coaches drawn by steam
power, capable Of making the trip in two hours
Iowa H..
kicked his wife. The indignant neighbors as
sembled. tied hmm up, aud made jackass kick
him.
| Phneas T. Barnum lectured in Manchester
ENG on the 9th instant, taking for bis -nt iect
me Shortest and Snrest Way Of Making q |
fortune lie was listened to by over fifteen
hundred persons, ard the now paid specula- |
ton paid well.
physician at Cincinnati has restored a man |
VINO had taken laudanum TO commit suicide. l
oy artificial respiration. All other appliances
failed.
The supreme court Of Tennessee has decided
tnat 1t IS no excuse in law for drawing a bowie
Khiie that ii vas drawn in selEdefense, the in
tention OF the statute being to abolish the nse
OF the weapon for any purpose.
The Cleveland PlaindeaIer has seen letter
from an intimate ffiend Of Edwin Forrest in
"acn the report that ho intends to retire from
the stage Is pronounced hunibue sa-
Prentice says that he never knew more
striking sxemplifcation OF t.e old maxim that
lone extreme bsgsts another" than in the .se
OF Henry Clay and his son Jim.
Senator Seward addressed very large au-
dlence At Rochester, n. T., Monday evening
His speech was a mastery vindication Of Tree
prlneipes-hopeiul in tone and powerful in
effect.
The Savannah News feels conGdeht of the
neutrality Of the Atlantic cable. despite ,he
Jealous fears heretofore expresssd as. at present
!. mas no: word to say on either side on any
subiect.
The Hon. Sherrard Clemens, who was wound
ca 10 duel by .. Jernings Wise, is reported
70 % IN very critical condition. Hope of his
recovery has been abandoned by his friends.
man named Cole was instantly killed at
Fort bEron, Rock Island county, on Wed1es-
day, by being caught and drawn through The
revolving cog wheels in Shepard's mill. lie
was frgh.fully mutilated.
''Old Peacock" VINO was born a slave At
schodack, n. Y, before the revolution, and
who fought the British in the war OF IL ns
marihe on the soop war Hornet, was found
aeao IN BACK yare At knderhook, last Fri
day morning.
A LAcrEAL TAIL-A hand bill was posted in /
the streets OF LeaVenworth, few DAYS ago, ad- =
sertsing runaway negro, whc took off with [
him dark bay mare, "witha long tail which I
was sucking colt novel channel for that
purpose,
The marriage between Jonathan and Miss
Great Britain, which was SO brilliantly celetra. I
led Few weeks ago, is evidently a very un l
happy one. At oil events, no aeords hare passed /
5etUecn them since the bridal day. &