The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-03-29

A Wesl5An<tuc, March ~.
u Rost Oeiee 49, LeeA estohga It Cora
fvills, Hks's PsAk ssson, 40 Matthias Snyder,
Or Virginia, i appcinted P0ssm4stef.
TIE contract 1T ! daily mail service from
Leavenwortb - Cofayile has been given 70
Ben. Nc Culloch and r y. yict'en. Extensive
arranRem ents are being made by them for the
transportation Of passengers. Also, =
The Secretary OF War has appointed DR.. J.
A. MILAN, physician, to the expedition which
has been organized to snryey wagon road from
Fort Benton 70 Walla WAlila. DR.. MILAN has
appointed all his Assistants and will leave Tor
the Pacific by the next steamer.
Lieut.. Warren will be appointed to command
the expedition, and is to continue The survey
/ and exploration made IN 1864, 1855 end is67.
The Secretary Of the Navy is making IN Ell
fort to have the needed steam -sloops OF war
ready for service at the soonest practicable
period. The EngiEeer in Chief Of the Navy
went to-day to inspect the machinery for the
two now IN course Of construction n Norfolk.
| Washington, March "a.
i The commandant of the u. s. feet before
Vera Cruz states to the Department that the
/ application Of the American Agent, Mr.. Church,
for liberty to land q naval force TO protect
American interests, If the city be stormed by
Mramon, has been denied upon the ground that
| II one nation has such permission Others may
| require il.
Capt Hudson, recently commander Of the
| frigate Niagara, hassbeen ordered to the Boston
Navy Yard, to supercede Commodore String
ham.
The Attorney General will give his opinion
| on the Boston Post Office case tomorrow. 1t
| 10 said he will sustain Post Master Capen.
Several members Of the Washington bar held
| q meeting recently to consider the propriety Of
appointing one Of their number to aid in the
prosecution Of Mr.. Sickles. Another meeting
will be held to day. The impression is that Mr.
Carlisle or Mr.. Bradley will be selected.
The Mexican Legation here has private dis
patches contradicting the reports unfavorable
to the Mexican Government.
New Orleans, March 20.
The steamship Cahawba brings Havana ad-
vices TO the 18th inst, but they are unimpor-
tant.
The late news from Mexico, via Havana, is
to the effect that Miramon was still marching on
Vera Cruz.
Zacatecas and Leon had been evacuated by
Juarez and the Liberals.
Gayoso holds Degalada in check near the
capital.
The steamship Quaker City is detained be-
low from some unknown cause. She is to sail
On Sunday next, however, and will touch at
Vera Cruz to land Mr.. McLane, the American
Minister.
The advices by the Nova Scotia caused great.
er hrmness IN our cotton market, but no quo
table advance in prices. Sales 100000 bales
mIddlings II. Flour quiet, super Sc. Corn
firm at %.
Fl. Edwards, N Y, March %.
The committee who we're recently appointed |
to examine Mrs. Hayes, the woman who claimed |
TO have lived two years without food reports |
that she is an impostor.
Halifax, March "a, /: 40 PIN.
There are yet no signs of the steamships
America and Alps, now II days out from Liver
pool.
St. Louis, March "a.
The New Mexican mail of the It'll inst reach
ed Independence this morning.
Lieutenant Beale and party left Hatch's rancho
on the LIST inst. tor Albuquerque and thence for
the crossing of the Colorado
The Apache Indians were behaving badly in
the neighborhood OF Fort Buchanan.
Toronto, March a.
bill for the Incorporation Of the Trans At
lantic Telegraph Company has been introduced
in Parliament by Hon. D. Orren II provides
for lire from Quebec via Labrador. with a
capital of one million, which may be increased
to hive millions. The work is to be commenced
within one year and completed to Labrador
Savannah, Ga, March "a
Passengers by the Florida steamer state that
Major Gregg, Chief Engineer OF the Florida, was
shot dead at Jacksonville on Saturday night by
Albert L. Sears, in consequence Of a previous
Gregg was unarmed Both were
natives OF Massachusetts. There was great ex.
citement at Jacksonville, and it was expected
that Sears would be lynched
Auburn, N. Y, March 90.
One OF the conycts employed in the hamper
shop being unruly, the head keeper, Mr. Austin,
ordered him to be taken to the dungeon. The |
shop-keeper, Mr.. Hubbard, proceeded to exc {
cute the order, and while in the act of unlock
ing the cell door the prisoner broke away from !
him and ran back to the shop calling upon the
other convicts for assistance
Inc head-keeper then attempted to secure l
hiil, When the convict struck him with bar of !
ron. and drew weapon-a round file, sharp =
sned to point-which the keeper wrested from
him. All the convicts in the shop then made A t
'ush and commenced throwing hammers. planes.
Sc, at the officers. The agent then ordered the G
suaru 10 nre upon them, and two of the con yicts
we're MORALLY wounded and one slightly They a
we're then marched to their cells at the point OF 81
he 5ayonet. u
One OF them, German, is armed with a b
,nlle, and declares that he will kill the first
nan that attempts to open his cell. The head RI
eeper has armed himself and gone to see him. b.
New Orleans, March 81. .,
Inc California mails per the Quaker CITY have
rived.
The mail steamship Sonora. which laf, c. ~
rancisco on the 9th Tor Panama, had 400 pas m
engers, and the Oriziba, which sailed on the a.
lme day also for Panama, had 700 passengers. i,
The brig Swiss Boy had been DESTROYED Nv =,
re Hudson Bay Indians in Nitinct Sound The 3"
'ew were captured by the Indians, bu. after n
ards released. :"
Advices from China to Jan. goth had been -,
'ceiVed al San Francisco, and mention the p,
,moardment OF Nankin, probably by the ,o
oeis, though our dispatches leave US in the ~
irk In the matter. ~
The San Francisco papers have adyices from j.,
usralia but no dates are given.
Inc bark Temandita had been wrecked and ~.
. hves lost at the mouth Of the Mckenzie -,
lyer. SCI
vera Cruz dates are to March l4th. There =,
no news of Importance
The cities OF Gnadaagara and Mexico uera wv
state OF serge on account Of the near an
zach OF the Liberals
neSaiados force consisted of 1000 men. LIE
Ne Liberals mad stationed q strong force at wa
e National Bridge to prevent the nss.aas sc the
ramon, The latter is said to be unnros;asa sus
tn tents arr
ito
Boston, March "a II
! 'ae rouse To-Day the vote rejecting the ira
! 70 purchase the Hancock mansion was re- ba,
hsidered. II was then amended by pIscin, aa a
matter IN the hands of the Governor and IN,
ier State officers and Secretary of The Board wv
AuNauon, giving them the power to make |
!. purchase, il they deem it expedient, pro-
ing that The house shall not be used "a an of
eca'ive mansion In this shape the bill passed ire
a third reading. fsea ,a,
~ m Detroit. March "a. 'aA
'ohh W. Mariner, resident OF this CITY nearly pia
years and extensively known as tho cnmn; put
o. several valuable maps of Michigan and tre'
sconsIn, threw himself from the fourth s,o,s exp
ldow OF the 81. Mary's Hospital, to-day. in me-
Of insanity aud was killed
exp
Washington, March "a. his
auorney -aenerai Black has, this r. M, deci- a
against the legality Of the semoval iol ,he ia |
ston Post Office. 1t still remains for the Min
'tmaster General to take action in the prem- nall