The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-09-08

New York $50 y7sf, 80, = Cincinnati 1992, ,2lA,-
IS. AZ tie isme date the circulation Of our "a
rious publications was q follows: N ssl,l NJ
New York Advocate and journal. $1,000
II Quarterly Review. - Il IN 1000
8. 8. Advocate (Over) ,..,. t..-,sf 80 100000
i Ladies R@pository, - 80 u. III =: ~ y 4l,soO
Missionary Advocate, n rgitsris ,in s.QoD .oO
Christian Apologist (selnIsaln) MI, aa.5s n, s.lss
s. s. Rell. (German) ssg i,@sAta f.,s .t.s 900
Central Advocate {st. Lonis \, NV NM s.Ols
n. w. Advocate Chicago Il, s5ss5 NJ, Il, 800
n. Advocate tAuburn) ,j54s4. II H4. W s10s 40
Pittsburgh Advocate, slssssa5atf .s5,ii- {, S67
Paci6c Advocate California; Is,a s,s,s. II ,7sD
This gives the Church. aceess " NE massee,
and makes her an element Of great pswefE9f ~
The weather i fne warm but cool breczes
Business progressing finely. I5ia JocELrs,
si y fsoaic tCsnspoaseaee = ~ Havk-Eysl
"a sieitsta OskAIoosA, Aug. 81, 1850. 9
Very little business, save that Of the examine
ton Of character, was attended TO this morning,
An yet, few reports Of general interest have been
acted ON. EAs9AA@7 44F s3as.2s4sa Al1a4
The Conference determined to hold il next
session in Burlington thes yose vas very deci-
ded--nearly two to one in favor Of our youpg
and growing city. The other places asking fer
the next Conference. were Keokuk, NJ Pleasant
and Washington. M atre4s ,As4iaa ar9sgs tsas
Il On the subject Of Temperance the following
action was had asa aH5 - aitt&4 s.sAl'4a y. s"'
| A sermon On Temperance is to Be preached At
each annual session Of the Conference. eag4 ,ss
Ia each congregation Of his charge, every
preacher is 70 preach ntleast ore sermon daring
the year Oh Temperance. .,a+ v4 .ff.,rsaT
Resolving to labor to inculcate the doctrine
Of using Ill lawful means toproc,ne and maintain
prohibitcry law Il E4f1 5is iA4 ss a's
The Conference voted that the person who
sold grain TO the distiler for =dissillatioD, was
equally culpable with the distillcr. @
The Conference, therefore, is sound on the
Temperance question ,sr sr4 has JocELrS.
fa 1a@ 4 OsKALoosA, Sept. !, 1860.
The business is progressing rapidly, and the
Conference will probably reach an adjournment
on Monday. @ .s s@a a Yg3a4 a1a4
The condition Of the Iowa Wesleyan Univer-
sity has been pretty thoroughly discussed, and
it is supposed that the liabilities ef the Instt0
ton will be provided for. A re- olutiOn was pas
sed instructing the ministers to present tho con
dition of the University TO esch Of their congre-
cations, aud take upa collection sometime be-
tween December lst, 1860, and the middle Of
January, 1861, to assist in deftaying the current
expenses Of the Institution for the coming col
legiate year. The Conference decided that the
other collections should be taken, As follows
4 For Missionary purposes, in May; for Tract
Cause, in February; for 8. s. Union, in Novem-
ber ifth collection in July.
The amount collected for Missionary purposes
within the bounds Of this Conference, has been
nearly 81, 800. a ssF JocELyx.
The Upper Missouri. r554,
ITS YUR TRADE, NAVIGATION, cONNERcI, AND
GREAT MINERAL AND OTHER REsoURcEs. IA
4 The 81. Louis Daily Democrat Of the 18th says
that the Fur Trade Of that city amounted to
over half million in value last year, the lar
gest item being 81, 900 buffalo rObcs) and that
the trade for this year will mot materially die.
from the lass--that while the receipts from the
Red river Of the north, via St. Paul, are some
5000, from the upper Platt, and Arkansas soint
1000, and from the Usage country nearly one
half less than last year, those from the UppeI
Missouri are larger. Il then proceeds as follows
" The buffalo robes from the Upper Missouri
this year, % We learn from the two houses which
receive thesn, number &c 900, besides usual pro
lportiOn of other furs. Those from the Platt<
vet to come in; and from the Usage, some 2 ,0O(
70 2, ,5Oo-in Ill 79, 600 buffalo robes, besides the
red calf skins. OF these were received q, ,OO(
robes, together with the usual proportion o.
other furs, by the steamer Spread Eagle, recent
" arrived from thesUpper Missouri, $50 mile,
above the mouth Of the Yellow Stone, consigned
to and sold by Robert Campbell 4 Co. Sinc'
then the steamers Key West and Chippewa
which ascended the Missouri all the way 70 For
: Benton, arrived in St Louis with Pierre Chou
teau / Cos collection consisting Of 81, 600 buia
10 robes, 80 packages or 1900 red calf skins
2,27O wolf skins. $500 prairie fox skins, 6,0O'
lbs deer, and 1850 lbs. elk skins, bales Q
> bear skins, q bales antelope, &C., &c. Thu
making 81, ,OOO buffalo robes from the country Q
the Blackfeet Indians, at the head. waters of th
. Missouri river, or some 5000 miles from th
. mouth Of that stream. s0aePtapaf atf w.
{ In round numbers, the receipts Of robes ct 81
Louis this year may be placed at ~, 600. Ti,es
are all tanned by Indian sQuaws alone, the brave
Or lords Of creation, mot STOPPING to such mcni'
= toll. They do the hanting alone. Immsnse nun
4
J, summer or other seasons when the skin 10 con
l. paratiyely bare Of wool or hair, and cOnsequen
e " worthless The robes taken in winter are bes
J, Probably not over tenth Of those saughtere
n furnish US robes; 90 that the whole nunlbs
d of buffalo killed during the season will reac
., 500, 600; quite sixeable drove, yet one th,
: would scarcely be missed out Of the immens
o herds that yearly roam over the vast plains We
n Of the Missouri river. s a.Fsms Z
r There was time when II was feared no pa
&c Of the great Missouri river would ever becon
,e navigable; but nov no river, except the Mi-si
10 sippi, has greater cOmlnerce upon 10. Eat
to year adds to :he progress Of steamers in carr
" ing merchandise 70 its head waters, and bringi'
"a down its stores of furs and pelEies. Last .e
le the steamer Chippewa only approached within
oil miles Of f. Benton; thia season the sAuae steal
n er aud the Key Wess succeeded in getting al q
y way 70 the Fort The steamer Spread Eaglc,
to we before said, u ascendied to Milk river, sos
rs three hundred and fifty miles above the mouth
ne the yellow Stone, or further mp than any sit
I'd wheel steamer has ever gone. iatAs
X. The country above the soarcea Of the Missou
lis or between Fort Benton and the Rocky Nos
ire tains, IS not only rich In iurs but sbonndsi NJ
ne erals Of the richest kind. and must soon Attr,
Il the attention OF the entsrprising, - u y alrea
sIy being explored BY the General Government
ad Lieut Mulligan describes il o. prolific 10 q
lat and siyer--as containing lead in almost tabnlt
,p- arnounts-abundant in platinum- plenty of %
as and covered with inexhaustible forests Of woe
las indeed the timber Was the greatest impedian'
~ 70 his suryeyA 81 Louis viii ore lc0g hav
he more extended trade with that immease cosnt
than i embraced IN buffalo robes adbeayeEf
on the oae side. and tobaccO. run, blanks
=. scarlet cloth uAmpO@ -. otnes AoaiaA Nlss
- on theothsr.- tSiOsx City Iisess Is sg
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