The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-06-28


A correspondent of the Boston Journal, who
travelled to Pixies Peak with Mr.. Greeley,
writes from Station Is.
An admirable travelling companion is Mr..
Greeley, wi b an inexhaustibe fund of humor-
Gus experience and mirthful anecdote. phllos.
ophy that neither trets nor grumbles at annoy
ances, and an always benignant countenance,
radiant WITH clear conscience, sound diges-
ton, and abundance OF the milk OF human
kindness. Occasionally. when crossing risu.ete
on foot, he sinks in mire to the knees, but main
tains his serenity undisturbed. In amusing the
marvellous little "Ids," he shames her mother
altogether in the use of "baby talk, and other
seductive arts to captlvate infant Affections
To-day we met returning party OF Ohio emf.
grants, who had mired their wagon in slough,
from which their weary cattle were unable 10
extricate it. He gave few common sense d.
rectons about using the spade, and then took
hold of the lever and pried at the wheel with
a vast deal OF vim. Meanwhile, one Of the en-
igrants, having learned something OF bis pro-
fes-ion, asked
"What New York paper are you connected
with, Sr,''
'.TnE TRIBUNE"
"Oh, yes; you're with Greeley, are you?"
ayes, Sir" was the dry reply, the editor
just as the wheel was extricated, some one
came along who recognized the old Waite coat,
and made its owner known to the crowd. think
never saw men more amazed.
Almost every train We meet contains some
one who recognizes him, and the emigrants
flock around and scrutinlze him as if he were
the seventh wonder of the world. But yester-
day, on the outskirts Of q crowd, rather stolld-
looking man asked OF me:
STRANGER is that John Greeley, those fell
lows are talking SO much about!"
mo, Sir, that's Horace"
"Horace- Horace Greeley-who is hep
"E iitor of The TRIBUNE"
"WAich?"
"Editor of The New YORK TRIBUNE"
WHAT'S that?"
"a newspaper published in New York."
ono! never heard OF it before"
"My friend" asked l, "where were you
raised?"
"ln Missouri"
The explanation was satisfactory
THE BANK OF ESGLAND.-Col. Fuller, ate of
the New York Mirror, says in recent letter
from London:
The building covers about three acres of
ground. Many OF its rooms are copied from the
classic models of Greece and Rome. The en-
ployees number about one thousand. Several
of the officers reside in the Bank. No note is
ever issued the second time. The notes re-
deemed each day are checked cancelled and
put away in boxes. After keeping them ten
years they are burned. The accumulation oil
the last ten years, now in vaults OF the bank,
amounts to three thousand millions OF pounds!
Aud yet any one Of these notes can be referred
to in Il minute, and the history OF its issue and
ice.
and several presses are kept busy
Z, cry hing is done by machinery--the note is
not touched by the pen before 1t gees out.
held IN my hand yesterday one noe Tor one
million of pounds, and TWO little side pocket
OF notes amounting 10 two millions OF
pounds In the bullion room ingots OF gold
were piled up like cords of wood, and silver bars
IN vast mountains The machines tor detecting
light coin and tor cutting them are exceedln- ly
curious and yet simple. Every bankers deposit
is weighed, and all The light pieces cut nearly
IN two and returned to him the next day. The
system of the bank is as perfect and exact as
clock work. Aud yet IN spite OF all precauton
some small forgery is almost daily detected
But since the great forgery committed by Astell
for eS20, 900, and by Fauntleroy tor $500, 900,
the bank has not lost any very heavy sums; al
though in 1882 capital punishment tor the
crime was aD0ilsHeu, When me oid loSies pre-
dlcied that every body hard up would turn
forger.
la tn, Specie department OF the Bank
there were bags and boxes of sovereign
and half sovereigns enough to make
miser mad. Mountains OF mint Drops" Tor
which millions are signing and dying, and per
all conceivable crimes!-I was asked
to lift big bag OF sOvereiIns, and for once
must confess, l felt o sovereign disgust for
money.