The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-04


tered upon the duties of the Office. Albert
Gallatin held the Office twelve years. which
was the longest term of service Of any one
man, William II. Crawford held it eight
years, and Hamilton six years. It speaks
well for the longevity Of financ;ers that
four Of the secretaries lived to the age of
four score. and only two died under the
Of sixty, one Of these, -(Hamilton), being
killed in duel.
The Pottsville (Pa.) Mining Journal
states that the anthracite coal trade Of the
an increase Of 557, GA tons. With the btu
minous coal the total amount is 1l.741. 139
tons. The increase Of domestic coal is ESQ.,
600 tens. The decrease in foreign coal was
$50. l67 tons. The colliery capacity of the
different regions is ample to supply all the
coal the market will require. Miners and
laborers are more abundant also than they
were at the beginning Of last season. The
supply Of coal In 1855 will depend altoge-
Their on the transporting capacity to convey
it to market.
EThe London Times has stumbled up
on the truth again, for it says:
Mr.. Gideon Welles, the Secretary Of the
Federal navy, is undoubtedly entitled to
ment during the great civil war. If We
look impartially at the work which de-
volved suddenly upon the American ad-
admiralty four years ago, at the resources
which then existed for its performance.
and at the manner in which it has been
actually performed, we must admit that tho
tone OF generalization pervading the Score
tary,s report is by no means without JUST.
icaticn.
The ice cutters on the North river at New
YORK have heen on strike since the frst
OF last week, having been unsuccessful in
getting their daily pay raised from 81 50 to
81 Is. The workmen, who were principal.
~ Irish and German. formed in line, and,
armed with clubs, marched down the river
taking every man with them from the diff
ferent ice-houses, forcing those who were
wiling to work for the wages paid 70 join
them. Their number soon increased to
about 1000, who marched up and down tho
river each day in line Of battle in regular
companies, with their commanders on
horseback, flags flying and drums beating,
shouting for Mcclellan, keeping every man,
from work, throwing tools in the river,
threatening to destroy the property Of the
companies, and chasing pesceab!e citizens
TO their homes with clubs, under the sup
position that they work whenever the mob
are not there to prevent them. Persons
who are obliged to frequent the premises
are armed with pistols and other weapons
OF defense. Several persons have already
been severely injured by the enraged mob,
though none have yet been killed.
COPPER LEADS IN WEST VIRGINIA.
The Grafton Land Register says that at the
mouth Of Isaac's Fork Of Bull Creek, in
Wood county, four miles from the Ohio
river; rich vein Of copper ore has been
struck, eleven feet in thickness, at the
depth of forty five feet from the surface of
the earth. One mile above this tract an
other vein Of copper ore, seven feet IN thick
ness, has been struck. about seventy feet
from the surface. About quarter of a
mile further up said stream, on land own.
ed by Schafer Il Co., Of Parkersburg, still
thickness, has also been struck, at depth
Of sixty feet. The ore found in these leads
has been assayed, and IL said to contain 50
per cent OF copper.
Quite tragedy occurred at New Boston
on Friday night last. The particulars, rs
We have learned them, are as follows: At Il
bail in that place on that evening. two
men named George San GERS aud Benjamin
Sink got into quarrel, when Sink shot at
Sanders with revolver, three shots taking
ef1ect-one in the head and two in the
breast. A woman is reported to have ur.
ged Sink to shoot. and afterwards opened
the door for Sink to escape, and then held
1t shut to enable him to get cut Of reach
Sink has not been heard from at last &C.
counts, and the woman has also abscond-
ed. Sanders lies in very precarious con.
dision.-OQ"asSka Haindeascr. I'd.
half-pay Austrian officer, which has Gre
ated considerable amusement. He leaves
his fortune to his nephew, who has sitn-
alton in the pOstoffice, on condition that
ne shall never on any occasion indulge in
his favorite occupation Of reading news
papers. The old gentleman institutes
three persons his trustees, whose duty it
will be to watch bis lackless heir; and, in
case of a single infringe ment Of The clause,
dispose OF his property to ather members
Of his family. The said property consists
OF two houses, money in the fnEGs, and q
landed estate.
The great object of persons who have be-
come debilitated, and feel forewarned of
disease common to this climate, is rem.
edy. Many think that tilou.ness is the
cause, and at once commence riyi3 course
OF cathartics, which but feeds The disease
and redacss the patient. a. The stomach is
eDing. To all who FEEL in tbs way We
suggest that they tr.ya bottle Of the Red
Jacket Stomach Bi;ters. which wiil invig-
crate the system. give tore - he stomach,
and enliven the mind. Thousands have
used it, and there is BIZ: me voice, and
druggists.
SENSIBLE Views ~ FRANCE The Par.
is Temps in its review q he last year, says
very wisely:
In this rapid review the war III America
must only appear for forms sake. Europe
IAN do nothing in the matter, and the mos
,himerical minds have ceased to speak o
For the old world. this un-
struggle is a spectacle rich in
essons, at the same time formidable and
By the cost now imposed on
he United States to extirpate slavery, it
displays the terrible justice Of history, and
shows by what fearful sacrifices nstions
'xpiate the prolonged tolerance of wrong.
t is also exhibits, by the incredible tacili-
y Of those sacrifices, that abundance nf
material and moral resources of which no
dea existed. and, above all. shows, by the
title loss of liberty they have involved.
hat liberty is not fatally destined 10 perish
II the tempests of civil wars, On this
point all European ideas, including our
'wn. are completely bewildered. The re-.
election Of Mr.. Lincoln. and the raan.aarin