The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-09


Ton, etc. gave ,0S9 votes for the proposed new
State, and only one against. The presence Of
the military at Charleston, and the suppression
OF the Valley Star, rank secession sheet, had
wonderful effect The whole vote polled is
about 600 short
The potatee rot is causing sad havoc in many
localities in Western New York Near Fredonia
it has reduced the very large crop probably one
half. At Rochester the best sorts of potatoes
show signs of decay, and are taken ut risk to
buyers.
About Fifty students from the four College
classes at Oberlin, or one fourth of the whole
department, are now in the army
ILL.-Msjor Slemmer is quite sick at Putin
vile, Va. His wife has been telegraphed for
and has left to join her husband
Charles Sprague, the poet, completed his 10th
year on the Goth ult He has been Cashier OF
the Globe Bank Of Boston for 81 years, and in
that time has not missed single dividend.
Since the lst Of August, guns and muskets to
the value of 42s0,0O0 have been imported into
New York, and rifles to the value of $3.50, OOO
The PRISON FOR REBELS IN LAKE ERIE-The
Cleveland Herald, commenting on the plan to
erect prison for rebels on Johnson's Island.
| near Sandusky, says:
"How are they to be transported to the $685.
600 depot after the close of navigation, often
before December 10th, and how kept there when
an ice bridge is formed from island. to island
across to the Queens dominions9 Who are to
guard and feed a thousand seceshers in the midst
of an ice field for nearly half year,"
The Governnr of Bermuda has issued proc.
lamation strictly forbidding the entrance of Con-
federate privateers, and positively prohibiting
all persons from selling to such vessels, if they
do enter the ports, supplies of any kind, either
coal, water or provisions. Es,,l.
An English colony have settled on Mt. Ararat
and actually established newspaper called the
Ararat Advertiser.
The following table of distances will be found
| interesting just at this time:
From hampton Roads to Hatteras, 1879
Hatteras to Beaufort, N. c., SO
to Charleston, 100
g.. to Port Royal, 800
F." to Savannah, 1870
to Brunswick, $40
Too MUCH On On account of the scarcity
Of barrels, and the impossbility of shipping the
how OF the wells opened along Oil creek, the
waste OF the valuable fluid has been enormous
and only to be estimated by tie solid acre. In
deed the oil flowing down into the creek and
thence into the Allegheny river, covers the sur
lace OF the water as far down az Pittsburg, and
is even noticed below that point on the Ohio.
Gen. Leslie Coombs is now stumping Ken
lucky, making stirring, eloquent speeches to the
loyal inhabitants He will speak daily until the
10Th OF November, when his official duties de.
maNd his Dresence in Er.pLCor&
-eY Some "poick" has written an epitaph on
"stump-tail" Illinois currency:
Though lost to sight to memory dear;
Ye friends Of "Stump=Tail" drop tear;
In youth it grew and promised well,
But through 'Secesh" it went to hi"
General Lane, of Kansas, is not doctor Of
laws, but il he had been, he could not have de.
fined with more cxactness than he did, in late
| stump speech ut Leavenworth, what the duty ia
OF military officers under existing laws, execu-
tive instructions, and the resolutions of Con
gressi we march 10 cruah out treason. and let
slavery take care of Itself"
DR.. Russell, of the LONDON Times, under as
surances that nothing important is immediate,
has gone ducking on the shores of the Chess.
peake Bay.
Lord Aonck has assumed the duties Of HE
place as Governor-General Of Canada. He had
brilliant reception at Quebec, last week
New BANK.--A Branch of the State Bank of
Iowa will 60 into operation at Cedar Rapids, on
or about the Goth inst.
A regiment Of regulars and about ten thou.
sand muskets are OH the way from California,
and will arrive by the next steamer.