The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-28
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d, gg sas St Joseph, No, July FL.
n The Pixies Peak Express Companys Coac
reached here last evening Our advicee BY thl
: arrival are as follows: AB
Denver City, July IL.
i This city Was yesterday visited By > sever
!. thunder storm. For one hour rain feil in pes
! feet sheet, accompanied with hsil. The street
were flooded with vstsF. and quite large amoun
q goods were damaged By cellars being Goode,
Z with water where they we're stored. So dense va
the falling rain, that persons could not ace acros
the streets. The Manhattan Billiard Saloon VA
I struck BY lightning We have enjoyed fine show
) ers every afternoon Tor week, much 70 the JOY
of our gardeners A large building, with brick
front, On Blake street. in process Of erection, fell
IN during the storm, owing to the walls being
undermined BY the food f-
A shooting aitray occurred in West Denver,
yesterday r. ". A mulatto man named Stark,
formerly from Omaha, applied to Chas Harrison
an insulting epithet and drew his knife, when
Harrison drew his revolver ard shot him IN three
different places The wounds are not considered
fatal and Stark will probably recover. IIarri-on
y generally considered justified in shooting him.
\ The advance division Of the u s. troops from
Camp Floydon their way to A-i2onia, under com
mand OF Col Morrison, passed through here this
morning. The rear division is xpected through
tomorrow. All are in excellent health
There are reported discoveries from the west
slope Of the range, one hundred miles from C.l-
ltornla Quich, AZ marvellous richness. Lanps
arc said TO have been found the size Of hens cxss
Thee i G nsdcrahlr excitement existing here
N = ga. t.e FIit.i Sta.es y. u ifer this place
The letting is considered to he the same as fail
i nra nn,l a ar,aan MI
for recf The letting to Bruce & Co. il con.
sidered dodge Of the Express Company TO re-
tam the mail N their own hands, aud whether the
conjecture 10 true remains TO be seen. 4l
| Az an auction sale Of Denver City lots in Par
kinsons addition Yesterday, prices ranged from
ss TO $50 per lot. All out lots sold high.
| Business is dull. Money tighter If possible
4 than ever at fs5a @ tftfIr '.51' fT-
No news ofinterest from the ArkaEsa,, Blue,
Tarryall Or Gregory Mines |
New York, July 81.
| The steamer Fulton sailed to-day for South
ampton and Havrc with l2O passengers. and
S66o,OoO in specie. The Falton viii wait on
Cape Race on Wednesday next for the latest a,l-
vices here. She took New Orleans ,naiis or the
18th and kilograms Of the 9Oth.
The steamship Glasgow sailed for Liverpool
| with 80 passengers and Al6O. 600 in specie
Asplendid meteor passed over New York and
Brooklyn last night It presented the appear,
ance Of two balls Of fire, each with tail and
almost joining each other. The meteor died
| away N single dull ball Of fire. II was re-
Markably brilliant affair and attracted much at
tention.
Reverdy johnson and Senator Benjamin left
for California to-day in the steamer North Star.
Lawrence, Mass, July 81.
large wooden building, owned by Mr. Ha-
zleton, 10 connection with the Hayerhill Loan
Fund Association and occupied by several Irish
families, was nearly destroyed by fire this morn.
ing. A woman and child were burnt to death
and two iremen badly injured by falling Chin
ney.
Boston, July 81.
pleasure boat containing eleven persons, |
was run into by schooner last night IN the |
harbor, drowning two young women aged l6 |
and " years, and young man, all Irish. Names !
not vet ascertained. 5sa
A public reception was given to Hon. Anson |
Burlingame by his constituents in Cambridge !
last evening, at which speeches were made by |
Mr.. Burlngame, Gov. Banks, and Hon. John |
Sargent There was large attendance.
A letter to the Boston Traveller, dated June |
2lst, announces that Zach the last stronghold OF
the Christians at Lebanon had been captured |
and burned and that the Christians were flying |
in all directions. II was rumored that Sedon |
had also been destroyed and $500 Christians |
massacred. The defence Of Zach was heroic.
The Zouaves arrived at about o'clock, and |
We're lelnived by the lst company OF the I'd bat |
TALON. 1t is raining, which may interfere with |
the proposed drill on the common, this P. NJ
Herman, NO., July el.
A young man named John Rensing, was |
drowned here last evening while bathing He |
was only about 90 feet from shore when he went /
down the last tnhe, and his comrade supposed |
he was diving. The citizens turned out to search /
for the body, but have not recovered it yet. 1t |
il supposed the current has carried it down
stream. 1-4Fg
Cincinnati, July 81
Notwithstanding heavy rain, the Bell and |
Everett meeting last night was large and very |
enthusiastic. Speeches were made BY Hon. Z, |
d. Campbell, Hon. ]. Scot. Harrison, Hon ] II. |
Thompson, Oscar Moore John w. FinneIl, and |
resolutions for holding State Convention At
Chillicothe, August 10th, to nominate State
ticket
Washington, July 81.
Accounts continue to reach this city that our
mercantile marine is subjected to the most ANNOY
ing perplexites in the waters Of fNetherand India;
SO much So indeed, that unless remedy be inter-
posed by our GoFernment, no American com.
mander viii risk his life and the property OF his
employer in those seas. Several cases OF mutt |
nous conduct, reaching to violent assaults on the
ships and officers, have occurred within the past /
few ycarsat Batavia, Sanrabaya, and other Dutch |
East India Il. and when the authorities we're |
invoked for protection, the answer was that the |
outrages occurred under the American flag, and |
were not recognizable by the Dnlch author tiles |
The cases OF the Hussar, Norman, and the more |
recent one OF the Stag, in which the estin,able |
son OF Capt Hussey was brutally murdered are |
well known in this city. The last named case ia |
now before Mr. Helscr, the Solicitor Of the Treas
ury, and shows degree Of superciliousness on |
the part Of the Dutch authorities at Batavia. !
amounting almost to the offense ofrosiceys Grim
inis
The opinion here is, that we should have new |
convention with the Government Of the Hague.
and that until such convention Is ratified. the
United States should, BY all means, send some Of
our most prompt naval officers to that station to
guard against further injustice.
The Postmaster General is about to Issue an |
important circular to postmasters, requiring in |
all cases postage stamps, and not money, 10 be
made in prepayment Of postage, and prohibiting
the use OF the rating stamp in cancelling postage
stamps. ANY neglect to cancel postage stamps
cffectnaly, or to postmark letters plainly, viii
be regarded as cause for serious censuIe, II not
removal, and all postmasters are required to re-
port every instance Of such neglect At the Ap-
Poin:neat Office. Instructions are also to be is
sued in execution Of the recent provision Of Con-
gress for the return OF letters to the writer's there
Of, when they are not taken ont Of the Office by
those TO whom they are addressed.
Washington, July %.
Joseph Gales, Of the National Intellgencer,
died last night in the 18th year Of his age. He
was, during two thirds Of his life, connected with
that establishment. For several years past he
had been very in6rm, but continued his usual
visits to the Office until the end Of hast week.
Having desarvedly been held in the highest g.
teen by all classes in the community, his de-
cease occasions the deepest sorrow. Mr.. Gales
y 70 be buried Tuesday from his country scat al
Elkinton 70 this city. There will, probably, be
large and imposing procession.
b.s st. Louis, July 81.
A duel was fought on Bloody Island, opposite
this city, to-day between Eminet Mcdonald and
Sylvan Carter. After two shots with rifaes, &C
distance Of $50 feet some compromise was ef.
fected. Neither party was Injured ~
Hassenrek Of Cincinnati, and Judge TruIabnll
Of Illinois are addressing Republican meeting
at Lucas Market.