The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-17

Capt Michael Cromer, of Mercersburg Pa,
on Monday week, cut Ii acres Of wheat with q
cradle. He had undertaken to cut IL acres be-
tween sunrise and sunset, which he accomplish
ed with ease, and one acre over for good meas
ure. The Captain had an excellent scythe of
an extra length, and cut swath OF about 13
feet.
The Bostonians have scheme to erect an eli
egant summer residence in a beautiful location
near Spot Pond, and present it to Prof. Agassz,
ain acknowledgment OF their approval of the
motives that led him to decline the tempting Of
fer of the emperor of France. The owner of
the land will give it for the purpose.
1t is stated that there have been over hun
dred deaths by yellow fever at the New York
quarantine, and hundreds Of cases, but the facts
have been suppressed to prevent alarm. The
fever at New Orleans is spreading and is very
malignant, 10 deaths from it having occurred
last week. Il is considered thoroughly estab-
lished in the city.
A correspondent Of the st. Louis Republican
says thata Utah mail party encountered on their
journey, "millions OF buffalos, blocking up their
highways, so as to delay the mail, feeding up
on the luxuriant grasses of the plains, while
deer and antelopes we're more numerous than
ever before
The Cleveland Plaindea,er says that General
Cass is in critical state Of health is suffering
from diarrhGa, and has both age and the season
against him.
The Havana Prensa thus announces the sui
eide of one of the cooie iaborers :-s The Ash
attic Chin Peng, a colonist assigned to d. Anto.
nio Maria Ortiz, was found on Saturday BY the
superintendent Of Santa Teresa>dead in his bed,
holding tin flask Of opium with which he had
poisoned himself, in imitation of the censurable
mania of many of these colonists."
Inasmuch as William Wright, present Sena-
tor, and William L. Dayton, "our yice-presi-
dent,) are the prominent candidates for the next
U. s. >enetorship from New Jersey, it has been
suggested that they open the canvass before the
people a Ia Douglas and Lincoln.
Ira Brown, alias Edward Mortimer, was arrest
ed in Milwaukee on Sunday, and upwards of
$4,000 in bills on the broken Farmers Joint
Stock Banking Company at Toronto, found in
his possession.
The marriage of the American medium Hume,
who has dropped the plain Daniel and taken the
name of n. Douglas Hume, was Fixed for the
10Th OF July, at st. Petersburg, and Alexander
Dumas, the French novelist, was to assist at the
festivities.
The creditors Of Lawrence, Stone L Co. have
sued John w. Wolcott, the tariff bribery agent,
for the recovery Of the 74,O0O, entrusted TO
him for congressional service, but which, it is
clsmed, he largely appropriated to his own
benefit.
At Montreal, one day last week, public Off
GERS seized in several bakeries 228 loaves OF
light bread and distributed it among the chari-
table institutions. a
The returns of militia in the several States,
do ~ tho Va ohn~
gate Of 2,755,o00, OF whom all but $4,000 are
infantry.
A waggish friend says il your wife Is ever
lastiDgly complaining Of being sick. just let her
catch you kissing the servant girl, and an in
slant cure will be effected. He has tried the
experiment and the result was that he has never
had TO pay cent for "helpn since.
The father-in-law Of Rev. Henry Garrett
the colered clergyman who was killed at the lats
railroad accident at Saqu0it Creek, has received
from the Central railroad company the sum o
$4,000. The Rochester Union says they pal
$4,000 for white men.
Lieut.. Gillis sailed from New York on Thurs
day for Peru, where. on an eminence Of the An
des near Payta, he will observe the total eclips,
Of the sun on the 7sh Of Septsmber. He VII
be joined ~ Paysa By Y. Liais, On astfonoms
from Paris. iii aN1e
The New York papers declare that little boy
swimning ID ~ lRAsk sountain. almost oefot
| Il u dssls, and they charge that Il i bare
/ faced neglect Of duty IN the Police not TO pu
! stop 70 such shameful exhibition. w
should say that the neglect was worse ths
bare faced.
The double suicide q Maiden 10 completed b
the death Of Mr. Monroe on Thursday, f.
hours after he burial Of hia wife.