The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-01

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the cancer, but no operation was then pei
formed.
From the 2ath of December till the lst
February, she was under the care of Drs. Truu
ooii and Baker, of Cascade. Still the cane,
continued to increase in size, till it two thirt
hiied her mouth, lying between the jaws an
externally to them. The tumor was perha,
thrce inches in diameter by about six or eicl
IN circumference. At this stage, DR.. Boone
was called, and a second operation performe,
az the earnest request Of the lady herself.-
Dn'ing the operation she bled but lttle-ner
hars pint. There was of course no feeling i
the iumor while 1t was growing, and as ther
vas little or no pain attending its removal. n
chioroform was dministered.-Delaware Iowa
Jou. lal.
ExrRA SESSION OF CoNGREss.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the n Y. Herald writip,
Oh tie l4th says:
saould an extra session take place, it will b.
called for June, and special elections woui,
| have to be held in all the Southern States bu
those which have already held elections Flori
da, Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina ant
Virg aia, which elect in MAY. The President
proclamation would have to go out to Califor-
MIA and Oregon by the 9th of March, or thos.
Stats will be un9epresented.
loUNG LADY BLIND FROM BIRTH REsroREI
TO sGHT.-Miss Alice c. Wedge, daughter O
Joseph Wedge, of Piat,sville, Kendall county
iiiincis, aged 81 years, blind from birth, hac
her sight Immediately given her by an operation
performed a lew days since by DR.. 4. A. Cad
well, late OF Toronto, now of this city. The
disease which otscured her visual organs was
cataract, which completely deprived her oi
siSht. The operation was an extremely delicate
one, and the double operation was completed in
about three minutes, leaving the organs looking
perfectly natural, and with good sight in both.
No great suffering was realized.-[C Chicago
Times.
President BucHANAN.-Those who have seen
the President lately dispensing the hospitalties
OF the Executive mansion speak of him as ex-
hibitlng every sign of life aud energy His
step Is firm; he reads without glasses At his
evening receptions he maintains his position on
the hoor from eight o'clock until ten. manifest.
ing no symptom Of weakness and nfirmity, and
receiving thous tnds of visitors with the utmost
coidlallty. DE is, in many respects, a remarka-
BILE man, and his character is worthy of study.
i Philadelphia Pennsyl ylvanian
1t will be recollected that the Commissioner
OF Patents a short time since overruled the ap-
piication of Mr.. Mccormick for an extension OF
his patent on r,aping machines He has written
out at length / il reason for refusing renew al
The patentee realized from his patents of lS45
and lS47 the sum of 81 ,297 9l5, which the Com
missioner considers ample compensation for the
ingenuity and trouble expended, taking into
consideration the iaca that the grea. feature of
the patent Of lSi1-the reaper's seats still
the property of Mr.. Mccormick, and can be
used only sunjtc; to his terms.
A new and dangerous counterfeit has been
put into circulation, says the Chicago Press
Ii is an imitation of ten dollar bill on the
Commercial! Bank of Bristol, Rhode Island, from
a one dollar Iiil Of the Commercial Bank of
Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The table work on
the upper corner dies is exceedingly well done.
and is printed in blue ink Also the words
"teH dollars" aud "Bristol, X. l." in blue ink
1t is well calculated to deceive the best judges.
FRENCH TROOPS FROZEN TO DEATH.-A Paris
writes as follows:
ave have had bad news from Algeria. 1t
has showed there with great violence, and sew
eral regiments we're surprised by snow storms ;
one regiment lost thirty men, frozen to death,
and it has sixty men in the hospital. The ty-
phus fever is also making some ravages among
them.
VIC. ward, the young rascal who was whip-
ped by the sch oomaster Butler at Louisville and
recently on a Mississippi boat,
fred revolver al man named Cameron. shoot
ing off the lip of the latter
The Muscatine Journal states that it seems
not to be geIerally understood that the State
Asylum fer the blind at Iowa City is free. No
charge is made for either board or tuition the
OIL iy expense being clothing.
The contract for stone and masonry for the
ia y
On the 9Th inst, according to previous arrange
ments. The contract for the superstructure was
let previously.
The Waverls Republican says work is about to
be resumed Gil the Cedar Valley Railroad, in
Mitchell County.
Ho FOR TIE SoUTH Another squad of ne
yroes, some sixteen or seventeen in number,
look their last look upon the shores OF Missouri,
destined Tor a Southern market
they were Of different shades of color, IRON
pure ebony to ye!iowish white. They are pas.
'engers On the steamer Philadelphia.-[M No.
Democrat.
Miss Judsor, who married the gentleman from
irica at Pontiac while since, has just return
ID from Indiana, where she had been with her
brother. and got decree OF divorce. Most
State, do not reform all the good
,It OF your divorce laws.
The Detroit Tribune states that it learns from
various sections of Michigan that a very ex-
ensive emigration is to move toward Kansas
'arly in the Spring. From the Macombe and
oakland couhtes, in particular, the outpouring
will be ,mmelse.
The Maquoke,a Excelsior says that Judge
Aelso, OF jackson county, has decided that
here will be no mex, April election this year"
The McGregor Times says Judge Crary, of Clay
oD, has decided otherwise.
Louis Napoleon is now said to possess navy
hat 10 effective strength, is not inferior to that
II England, whose boast it has always been TO
maintain the sovereignty Of the seas.
Mr.. Robinson, the democratic" leader in
he Missouri Legislature, the other day de-
lounced Senator Douglas as an "arch. traitor"
And still I'VE are all Democra,s."
The Ohio Republican State Central Committee
ave fixed the sih OF June next as the time ior
lolding the State Convention. The Democratic
Convention il held twelve days earlier, to. wit,
he 26th of May.
Professor Lee, OF the Georgia University,
las published an elaborate letter in favor of the
evival Of the slave trade.
A skin, 10 which two young men were cross.
pg the river at Keokuk, few days since. up-
ct. They both hung to the skill and fcated
considerable distance down stream, and were
ot rescued until they were thoroughly ex-
austed. They could not have held out much
onger.
A Mr.. Jacl man, who had been confined some |
ourteen months in the Bangor (Me.) JAIL for |
ebt. was recently discharged by his creditor
ackman complains most bitterly Of being turn. |
d out OF doors during the cold weather, and |
h.eatens to bring q suit against his creditor Tor
breach OF agreement, as the said creditor had |
romsed him a home for life, il he did not pay |
Ne debt. The debt has not been paid, and |
ackman insists upon the Agreements being full |
lied. }