The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-03


pointed District Attorney for Utah Territory
vice J. N. Hockaday.
| Thomas Peterson, married man, and Miss
Huldah Atwood, both residents of Truro Mass
eloped from that place to Boston, carly last
week, and are bound to California. Peterson
| leaves wife and four children. The girl is
eighteen years of age and called quite pretty.
Five hundred and twelve Chinese women re-
| Gently landed at San Francisco, avowedly for
the purpose of prostitution. Their manner Of
life is said to be almost without shame or the
| restraints of common decency.
rs The Clark street Bridge, at Chicago,
broke in two on Wednesday last. 1t is more
in use than any bridge in the city. Ohs man
on the bridge was precipitatcd into the water
and seriously injured.
Us A couple of lawyers went to the jail in
Dubuque, the other day, to consult with Grim
inal. The Sheriff locked them in, promising to
be on hand to release them when desired But
being called away he forgot his prisoners, who
remained under lock and key several hours, and
did, during that time, some very hard swearing
as may be supposed.
THE HARVEST MooN-This year the harvest
moon occurs in August, rising 10 successive
nights at nearly the same hour
% The Home Insurance Company has Just
declared a semi annual dividend of twelve per
cent.
Us Nebraska City has become depot for
Government stores, trains starting from that
almost daily over the plains
eB Lincoln has challenged Douglas to can
vass Illinois together, addressing the people
from the same stump. Judge Douglas lodges.
MAHAsKA CoUNrY.-A Farmers Association
has been formed at Oskalooss. The following
are the officers John White, President; Amos
A. Chase, Vice President; J. HAT, Secretary;
Alanson Bryan, Treasurer, and A. Smiley, W.
Ankeny, Mr.. HAT, j. C. Wilson, J. C. Williams
3. Stanton and S. K. Woods, committee OF
Managers. This is enterprise in the right direc-
ton.
sB The residence of President Harrison, at
North Bend, famous as the second log cabin
built at that place, and 'the log cabin" of 20
iitical history, was burned Monday last.
sB NEW CALEDONIA, the territory over which
SIT Allen McNab has been or is to be appointed
Governer, consists of about 100000 square
miles, and consists mainly of the territory be-
tween the 49th parallel and 5440 valorously
claimed by President Polk, but yielded up to
the English by his Secretary of State, .James
Buchanan. In it are the Frazer River gold
mines, recently discovered, and said to be far
richer in aur;ferous deposte than California
ever was.
The only plan to save the credit of our
merchants is the repeal of the stay laws and the
law creating the appearance ,ermn-and we.
call on the Governor to convene an extra SEES
sion of the Legislature for this purpose.-tD av.
Democrat
The best way to protect the credit Of the
State is to repeal all laws for the collection OF
debts and reduce every thing to the "cash up |
and no grumbling" system. Credits, long and
short, have been the curse Of our State and did
little good except to rogues and men of straw.
II We have received the first number of
lew Republican paper called the "Monitor,'
railing from Dixon, Ills. 1t is we'll printe and
edited with unusual spirit and ability.