The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-10-12

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. partly on the prairie. They all took :. bask
dinner" IL Was arranged on very long table
and 1t would have amused you to see them !
; eat. 1t was real funny TO see "old Abe"
: they call him, take piece Of bread and me
In his haLds and eat as though he never e,
J pected to eat again. lie is q tall, raw-bone
gaunt looking man, and reminds one Of !" Ich
bod Crane After dinner he was Introduce
by tremendous shouting and cheering, an
mace one Of the most eloquent speeches ev.
heard The most laundering applause folloy
cd. But cant begin TO tell you all abont i
We are all getting excited about politics her,
engaged for ireedom.-l Rochester IN. Y
Democrat.
Chcering News again from the yIin,.
MOFe Gold and Rich Diggimgs-Ar
/ pacss. AAnsas city Of Mr. JohI
The Kansas City Journal OF Commerce q
wednesday, the 26th uls., says
| Mr.. John Hostsn arrived in this city YES
terday, having left Fort Laramie on the %.
instant. hs brings most important and inter
esting news from the gold mines Of the Arkar
sas, Pixies Peak and Cherry Creek.
All the Indian traders about the fort an,
IN the vicinity Of Deer Creek, we're removing
their goods to the mines. He saw at the Fort /
Mr.. jackson, who had several hundred dollar.
worth OF dust. The greatest excitement exist
ed ct Fort Laramie.
The mines we're poorly provided with
ofedStans, not having over two months supplies
on hand. They were also entirely destitute OF
mining tools. Picks and shoveis were worth
.nesr weight IN gold-in fact, they could not be
had at any price.
There was not rocker in the mines. and
no sheet iron With which to make riddles
" Mr. Benjamin Cemmore is now coming in
and Will be here in eight or ten DAYS. bringing
some hve hundred dollars of the gold, which
ne obtained in about two weeks without any
tools. "''
"There are now about $50 men in the mines.
most Of whom are engaged in prospecting
Cherry Creek and in the vicinity Of the Medicine
Bow. Seven men worked two weeks and made
$500, with nothing but pans These are, ia
short, the particulars furnished US by Mr.. Hos
ton, who is man well known to every business
man in this city. This is certainly the mos.
gratifying intelligence that we have published
ior several weeks, and it is the more cheering
inasmuch as it comes from man we all know
and upon whose word we can rely"
IHE DIFFICULTY IN THE ATLANTIC CABLE
very full and Ineligible account is given. in
. letter from Valentia to the London Times. of
the difficulty on the telegraph cable. 1t is of
such nature as affords little or no hope Of in
proyement, and indeed the reasonable expecta-
Iion - that it will grow worse until the electric
connection IS entirely severed. The electri-
eians are entirely satisfied that the break in the
insulation ls about 24O miles from the coast, and
~ the point where the bed of the ocean sud-
ieniy descends abruptly some 1900 feet. The
exact nature of this submarine declivity can
'nly be eonjectured, but il it at all resembles
he edge of a mountain precipce on land. the
able must be here exposed to severe abrasion.
me officers of the Agamemnon state that ID |
vas the intention to have let out a great deal |
u slack cattle at this point, in order that it /
hight SINS down. into the valley and rest on |
ne bottom, but the ship had passed over ii and |
eeh IN shoal water more than an hour before /
ne Tact was known, and although considerable
lack was then thwown out, il did NOT probably
nd its way back to the chasm. The inference
that the cable was left swinging across this
eep chasp> subject to the strain OF the currents
nd lts own weight, and that the outer wires
nd gutta percha have been worn through upon
ne edge OF the precipice. The loss OF current
ommenced on the 9th of August, four days
tier the ends OF the cable were landed. and
as been slowly and pretty regularly increasing
ser since, ana u IT occurs from the cause sup
osed, must continue to increase until il is
iaiiy the whole cable, must be worn through
nd severed. At the last tests At Valeptia The
irrent from this side was only one. min th hun
reth part what it should be-that is Sg9 gOD,bs
the current was lost at the point OF leakage,
hese facts offer but poor prospect for the
resent cable.
Inc electricians are trying experiments with
ore sensitive instruments and syssem of alb
feviated ana simpler signals. 1.-THE condition
Inc cable does not grow worse there is pos
o'iity OF some degree OF success, but il is idle
expect that il can be made to answer the nsr.
'ses OF telegraph. It is possible also that
% electricians are mistaken as to the location
the difficulty, and that waen the shore ends
e replaoea by the iar-e and perfect cables, il
~ work again as it did at first The style OF
orkins was not very satisfactory, but we pre-
me the company and The public would be very
az y tnere was prospect OF returning 10 that
'en. II looks as il the present cable had COM
eted its mission. Bat it is not the end Of the
tlantic telegraph, By. any means. The thing
to he done.-springfeld Republican.
The Duchess Of Orleans, whose will no paper
france is allowed to publish, died game. In
!, ! VIII she abates not for herself, nor for her
iaht children, one particle Of the claims Of the
l'en ia'hiiy OF which they are representatives.
'e charges them to hold firm to the instruc-
'ns OF their childhood, and to illustrate the
''itical principles of their family, as well by
nstsncy 10 adversity and exile as by their
hnhess ana patriotism when the course OF
ents shall recall them to their country. .May
ance, she SAYS, restored 10 her dignity and
'erty-may constitutional France reckon upon
EN- TO defend her honor, her grandeur and her
terests; and may she find once more in them
wisdom OF their grandfather and the chiv. :
y OF their father. They should ever bear in
md the political principles which have made
{ glory OF their house. which their grand.
lner faithfully observed upon the throne, aud
a'ch Their father, in his will and testament,
'rmy adopted"
MAMMOTH CASTINGS YoR THE CAPIroL Ar !
ADlsoS.--The Cincinnati Gazette o, the 22d !
. the following with reference to the columns !
epar'ng for the capitol at Madison
The largest castings Of iron columns ever /
dertaken, probably in the United States, are
w 10 process Of construction, and nearly fin-
led, by Messrs Macy, Bankin & Co. iron /
nnders, corner Of Pearl aud Elm streets
ley consist Of twelve immense cast iron col
ans, fifty feet in height, and four feet two /
ches in diameter. They are on contrac. for
9 State Houss At ladison, Wisconsin, and are /,
be placed in semi circle Of one hundred and
elve feet.
The style is Corinthian. The cornices are
% 70 De OF cast iron, with dentals and tresses
ojectiag four iees.
The entire weight will be between two and ,
re hundred tons, and The contract price !
1900.
Tne contract was made on the 1st OF August,
the whole 70 b. completed In the short
nee Of sixty days. ], was thought by many | ,
rsons that they could not be cast Of this size, ,
I the result has removed oil doub, upon this
int
Gen Mcdonnell has recently been 10 Cinciu ,
., apd informs ~ thai the work ID progress :
/ finely md Il lii Ill raana..t ! rinht Pnrtions