The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-02-11

HsA 1Doe $780, Go11k>...a 80 -
sex Nclcy,s flsr,,--
Tho Ovesiaai lfa1seoaek 10 -. seh4
dates V the l3sh ult apd selograrL .ssnssk,
~ evening o. DC 1fth Ut, Griyea IssissA
evening. '''cu heFt v.
Milton 3. Latham, the newly ele.... "
nor, To- nights nlter being inauxur.sss' Gase.
mated IN caucus for United Ststss vaA
on the following day was elected i n ~
by the legislature. The vote .to1.s sl.k -,
Edmund Randolph, Anil ccomrsa.s;:..sa an u
l. Skater, Republican, o. I'M -. Ak
was TO start for Washington Nv H. Sna.s
tho Jth inst. In consequence az ~. ''ssaaer u
Lieut.. Gov. Downey becomes Core eettsA
State for the ensuing two years. he
Mr. Gwin, who kad been e,ec..a
pro tenn 1.-THE Senate, becomes Licut@n,,. =
/, eTnor. sfami4ssi 9f'- H Gcs. |
The Indians had been committing -.
Aendicino counsy-dysllings were bu,..h
Major fitzgerald. o. 3. Army ~,
Angcios on the sth uIt. 80 At Ia
Mining intelligence unimportapt
Very rich diggiDgs had been discovs,..
Klamath. short distance below M r.a %as
the Humbug. "'1'A
COMMERCIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC
rather quiet, and without moyemea, " W
terest. Liquors in demand At high pri y I"
ncy easier. r'ea ~
The steamer Northerntr, bound q, .
| Oregon, was wrecked on the sth II, u'iart
rocks near Cape Mendocino. Eleven 80 ~ W
arc known 70 have been lost, beride. -
crew, including the first officer and IN ~. W.
gineer. = hfs ~
Philadelphia. Yeb
| The cotton and wooden mill m W.
street, owned by Joseph Repka, and oea.' .sas n
Paul Thurlow, was partially burned l.s1aaE
The fire originated in tho center buld;n.s aih
was destroyed. Both wings, WHICH es.. go
machinery that cost $3.50, 900 were s,ys d1'a'aa
steam fire engines. Loss $4,000. @&
| r.. c,.,.,.. New icrk, febs
cd report and resolutions against 80. Aqt
and in favor Of the immunity of All rr;r'.Ns
I perry upon the Ocean In time OF M, hp
The Pacific Mail Company has dr.,-
establish direct line or steamer fron a'saM
wall to New Orleans. The 81 Lou. 4 ,a 49,
here about February 2lst for Aspi1sJl - M.
her place in the route. 1
! Mrs. Becchcr seems to hare been ma,e ssr;o..
y hurt than was supposed, Va. hoocs arc M.
tanned Of her recovery. -"
At o meeting this noon Of The Chamh,. :,
Commerce, the committee appointed. repor.sa
memorial to the President 10 the effect IN, i.
Chamber OF Commerce Of the State Of Neyys. \
judge it proper and eapedient to offer the ~ I
alton of the United States between Epgl,.I
France and China. The report was accrr,-
unanimously.
Portland, Feb.
The brig Eliza Grieve, Capt. John BrOoti,.
Of Newfoundland, with cargo Of pork, forr y
tobacco, capsized about $50 miles from IN.
Race, Oh the 25.h ult., and righting, ,r;hJ
wreck until the 2gth, when the crew were t,Is
/ of by the steamer North Briton, 60 mie,sg |
| Of Sable Island. The crew consisted 81 tps.-
Of whom the Captain, Steward, and EiuI
Carter were drowned.
lF Lcavcnworth, Eal
The first express TO California win jeaai,,
vcnworth 4tl April, and win run ever urs-r.
mail route to Salt Lake. thence by Cart IN,
| sons road direct to Sacramento Ctr The ~
jcetors arc confident cf reacLidg Sacramento n
eight days, and before the lst al June. ~ Which
time the line viii be thoroughly organized TN
expect to deliver dispatches at the terminus |,
tho telegraph line IN Carson Valley in six I'M,
| from Lcavenworth, whici, will bling San r.
cisco within weeks communication with NJ
York to perform the trip in eigh. DAYS.
/ The proprietors estimate that they win h.
to accomplish maximu speed of eight mIe. !,
hour, which they are determined to ctsee, N
are purchasing 800 choice horses in addition \
the stock already Oil the route.
\ 24# O-
\ DARING ESCAPE PROM THE PgsEasu.KY--
| WpAAS LOWERS LEgs4LE ny RoPT Fsox N, (
| FIFTH SIoRY.--Ab9ut year since, In the vi.
ed States Court in Cincinnati, a man nan.d
Checsnnar was sentenced 10 the Prntentiary h,
| coanterteiting coin, and be had hardly comues.
ed his prison labor before one of his former a.
sociates, a girl named Mary Fuller, made her 4 |
b,n in the same institution. Her misfortune WI
that she was sentenced for two wears VIII,
Chcesenian was released at the expiration 81 at
year. For some time past, the regulations 4,
the prison had been such that large number Il
the conyfcts were compelled to sleepi in tue chara
and allpps FAem were Cnecselian AMI fellow
convict, who was employed during the DIR a
porter for the female department. carving wool.
coal, water, &c. Ii il thought that this cm7rt
was made the confident of CheesrEan and Fgler
and that through his agency the escape VA
planned and carried into effect Cheeseman
served out his time and was DISCHARGED on "a,
urday last. On saturday night the gir mss
her escape from the fifth story Of the rf4
on, by passing out Of her window and rassr.
along the side of the building upon ccriee I,
water table about eighteen inches broad "a
ing along the frpnt Of the building, at The in
Mcnse height Of fifty OF sixty feet from III
gfound, with nothing to hold TO, and upon Tie
projection scarcely visible from the ground, he
reached, At tina distance Of about forty feet from
her room window, place where it was necessary
for her to jump about twelve feet to tic roof Of
the west wing The leap was taken-YsoyeA
SAFE one-and the daun,lcss woman next iasteR
cd to the corner Of the roof rope which A
manufactured OF her bedding, grasped it h BIZ
hands, and swinging from the roof, passed dow
on the outside of the wall, ever windows whsn
o.hcr convicts we're sleeping, and down 10 tern
frma, where At a distance Of forty-iiye feet BE-
low the roof, she alightcd in the arms d hr
confederate in guilt.
The guilty pair left the city after the son.
narrated, and were not found until last evening.
when Warden Van Slykc, acting upon inional
ton received from private sources, wen. to ID
heavy forest, about ten miles from the citv "a
the Eia Lreek road, where Uhcesenlan and IL
WOMAN Who had staked aud lost her ali M
INN, were found dcuiciied in an old cabin. Tx
since deserted by the owner Of the land TM
sequel II, that the girl l. again III the peaitenav
aaa Aer thepscnan j. boScd up in the Cay PT4s-
on TO await an examination on SATURDAY, Tor
having aided prisoner to eseapc-lCelumbG
Fact
The vicissitudes Of business life in Calfur
MIA are striking enough. The gains Of Page, b.
con 4 Co.'S branch bank in SAN Francisco, It
one time, from interest alone, were st0cT
month, beside Tie iEciucnsal profits c.t tilkG
exchange and other operations. They fal.t
through speculations in Eastern railroads. n
nicr, Cook \ Go. faile, for millions paving littf
or nothing, and 20 did Adams 4 20. All thss
nrms would have accumulated great fortunes had
they but confined themselves to the Legitimate
business Of banking.
NATIONAL CALAMry."-Thc RichmondEr
quircr regards the election OF NJ. Penningtcn y
inc Sponsorship Of the House Of Representatives
~ . national calamity aud therefore dresses
lts columns in mourning. Although, a. souihsf-
ncrs, We regret the election Of Mr. Penningtca
VIC cannot refrain from relnarking that the W.
quireg makes 4n unnecessary display Of ils 80
row. The country, we think, will survive sue
national calamity. "-[Balt. Sun pen
There Is great rush for California. jls no.
The steamship Baltic, which left New York ~