The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-02-15
BY TELEGRAPH.
Roston. Feb. 4


ore out IN the upper portion Of Ru-eel's M~chanl,
Or bakerys corner Of Battery and Commetc
the streets, which was totally destroyed. 4
4 building was Of brick with granite fron., E,
tending 81 feet on Commercial and l39
!. Battery and Salusation strt(4s, and contains
two Of Berdans automatic ovens, kneadir
- machines, &C., and $4,000 bbls. Of -four 4
:. . storage
70 70 The Bakery had gone into operation .
NJ Thursday, when over $4,000 loaves Of bres
: Uere baked and delivered.
=. The falling walls partially destroyed two q
4. three adjoining wooden tenements Dani,
NJ Henderson, fireman, was killed ny the falling q
!, one Of the side walls. Capt. Wilson, Of th
N steam fire engine Eclipse, was seriously njure
i internally, and several others were more or les
Z injured. One man 10 missing and Is supposed Il
4 be under the ruins.
! The total loss Of property is estimated q
= $500, 900, On which there is partial iasura nee
Mr. Russell will imme diately Construct . fire-
: proof building and carry out his intention o
! establishing Mechanical Bakery in Boston,
! The hre undoubtedly was the work OF an in
: : cendiary.
!. Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gasette.l
Washington, Feb. 4.
There is little probability OF any legisIs tion
oy Congress except the appropriation bills. and
these will nearly all 90 to a Conference Com.
. mittee, as the House will Gu. down and the
: Senate reinsert estimates ia nearly every case
: The Democracy is wholly demorazed
! | though having large nominal maiorlties in both
= branches, the Administration is without party
: or friends.
Tue Retrenchment Committee, appointed by
the Democratic caucus, can affect nothing sub
stansial now without an arbitrary reduction
which would probably be restored on the de-
hcieDcy bill. That scheme is merely a pretext
to avoid revision oil the tariff
Even it an extra session should be convened.
according to the Presidents threatened purpose.
sfiil the Government would be dishonored ia
the meantime BY failure to redeem over
eighteen millions Of Treasury notes falling due
before The first of July.
The season has become suddenly gay, there
oeing two or three parties nightly. There is .
large number of strangers here.
ar. Buchanan threatens to veto the French
Spoiiatlon DILL, It passed, on the ground of an
empty Treasury. and that claims have D ,ssed
INTO the bands of spectators. Hence Sickes'
| resolution inqniring to their ownership-
McCandiess will be appointed Judge Of West
ern Pennsylvania District, IN place Of Irwin.
whose commission was made up, but not signed.
The majority Of the Judiciary Committee OF
tne Senate reported against Lane and McCarty,
aneglng the case to be re-adjudicated. The
| minority contend that as they were not parties
/
Senate refused the claimants admission to the
noor, and denied them the right to address the
Chamber pending the discussion.
Inc House Is tearing the legislative appropri.
| alton bill right and left. The spasm Of economy
operates sensibly.
Milwaukee, Feb. Z.
The town treasurer of the town Of Erin. in |
Washington County, Wis, who had lust col |
lected the town taxes and locked them up in |
fAA
week, Informing his wife that be would not be
back that nj .ht
Durirg the same night, the same man at
tempted TO enter his own house III ough win
cow, with the intention, no doubt, OF stealing
the tax-money, and was shot by peddler who
was stopping at the house over night. he sup
posing HIM to be a burglar. The deceased had
biackened himself, and his identity was not i s.
tablished till some time afterwards.
New Orleans, Feb. I.
The steamship Black Warrior brings dates Of
the 80 inst. The news is IN sgre.
The first action in Congress on the Cuba
question created great excitement on the Is
land.
A French steamer, with 500 Coolies, had ar
rived at Havana.
Washington, Feb. I.
Mr. Forsyth formally rendered to- day ut the
State Department his resignation as Minister at
|
hac met with the appreciation of this Govern
ment, which as yet has come to no determines
ton.
The report 10 prevalent that arrangements
are IN progres for establishing an independent
Democratic paper in the City of New York. and
$looo"o are available tor that purpose. For
syth and Pryor are indicated as the editors .
st. Louis Feb. 8.
The Peni'ent:ary at Alron was partially de-
afrny yaH hp Hra ~: L.,
No prisoners escaped The fire was PROBABLY
the work of an incendlary 4
St. Louis, Feb. 9.
The Sioux City Register announces the ar {
rival OF Major Cu!hertson, direct from Head I
Waters Of the Missouri, who reports the discov Z
cry OF gold d'ggings between the Missouri and
Columbia rivers, in the neighborhood OF Ste
sens fass The gold Is of an interior quality, a
being worth only IA or Is dollars an ounce, but .
i Is said to exist in great abundance. :
Cuioertson brought down $4,000 of gold in Q
jumps the size OF grains OF corp, and SAYS mines b
ian be approached within comparatively short v
distance bv steamboats,. p
lie says the head waters Of the above named
'ivers are so near together, that be drank from n
he Missouri on the eastern side Of the noun a
aims, and in half an hour drank from the Co \
umbia,. on the Pacific slope. il
y 'ue S0usOFmia overland n
Important News from Frazer Rirer, OREGON
Utah, California and Australia.
ST. Louis. Feb Z.
The Overland Mail, with dates to the l4th ult..
las arrived. q
The steamship Cortez had arrived from the
Worth, bringing only $4,000 in Frazer River
sold. The river was open, and the weather so
mid that mining operations were being resum-
ID.
M. Dows was shot dead At Fl. Yale, on r,
he 24th ult, by one Foster. q
Mr.. Beson was found murdered in Washing !,
on Co, Oregon.
A series OF gales at Victoria had danag ged the 9,
hipping in the harbor. in
II - learned that three men had attacked the E,
nolan rancho in Edon Valley, containing 40 c
qnaws and l5 men, and killed IA Of the Latter. b
several whites who had since gone out to the
Mountains are missing, supposed 10 have been "a
titled by the Indians in retaliation. More than A
90 Indians have been killed by the whi es n
here ~ithln three months past B
The Indians in Carson Valley were also suffer. r,
ng. Nj. Dodge has returned from Pyramid ia
AXE Reports deep snow and great suffering 4
msng the Indians, many OF whom, IN approach n
ng MN as their great deliverer from their el
tarvlng and destitute condition, were seen TO
he'd tears. The pine nuts which have been the :,
1
he Indians OF his agency were all peaceabIe.- ii
W they ask Is something 10 eat. He has pro- ii
lded over 4.noO Indians with food and clothes.
AZ Yankee Jms Bar, ten highwa,men stop &
'ed stage coach and robbed u OF $4,000 be- N
onsng 10 Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S Express. 4
Near 200 people had returned 10 San Francis
o from the Glla Mines. :,
The California State Treasurer reports the n
nm OF f7h7,n ,nOO in the Treasury II,
The Orange, Almond ami Grape are being cul- 3
waited with some success at Los Angeles. :
The Presidents Message Was received IN Ore.
on, JAN 3D. aud vas not well received, a. his
recommendation relative 10 Kansas looked m y
avoraole TO tue prospects Of Oregoa for admis- .
ION.
In Calaveras county, CAL. some murders had
occurred among the Chinese. They are divid- /,
q INTO two parties, and further trouble Vas ap |,
,rehended. !,
Accidents and suicides were plentiful In the Il
mining disiricts
The notorious Ned NcGowanand Z Darty al | II