Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1847-10-13

y in Kentucky, al $1,000 out Of popuia-
i ton 285,o00 whites over twenty -oneyears
A ofage. TheEra reckons the whole mum.
, Der of slave owners at 100000, and the
total white population OF the south, over
; twenty-one years of age at 100000
, souls.
> PRoTEcT1oN.-Sir Robert Peel defines
protection to be Ga tax upon industrys''
Expensive Governments Says the Liy-
erpool Albion, the army Of Ireland con-
slsts OF ten regiments Of cavalry, thirty
regiments of infantry, two troops ofhorse
artillery, nine companies of artillery, and
two companies Of marines. These give
$4,000 rank and file of all arms. There
are in addition, 1852 enrolled pension
ers, militia stats, and recruiting parties
adding to the above the 10000 consta-
bulary, the total force amounts to about
10000 men. When reviewing this as
simply the police expense, can it be sur
prising that the people of iIreland are
ground into the very'du by taxation?
Liberty beginning 10 be Appreciated.-
An exchange paper says that many Of the
wealthy Mexicans, with their families
and property, have removed from the
Rio Grande and the country Immediately
east, into the State of Texas. They be-
gin to perceive the difference between
living in country where they are con-
stantIy annoyed with burdensome taxes,
both from the government and the organ
Fized bands Of GuerriIas, and living in
one where the Obligations OF civil law are
strictly enforced. They have but to
witness the effect Of our system of gov
eminent, and their strong national ami
mostly begins TO subside and they drink
in the fountain of Liberty with as much
eagerness as our own citizens.
Convention The Democ ratio State
Convention, for the nomination Of dele
gates to n Democr attic National Conven-
ton, will meet at indianapolis, on the 9th
day Of January, 194s.
0erThe Indiana Sentinel say. thpt the
Lafayette and indianapolis railroad is in
fair way to be commenced.
OJ-The Post Master General is said to
be seriously i'll.
Medicine for Hogs-The American
Farmer furnishes the following: "N'hen
your hogs get sick you know not of what,
give them cars Of corn, first dipped in
tar. and then rolled in sulphur. It's ten
to one it arrests the disease and restores
the pig to health"
Death Of Major Popham.-Thi, voter
an officer, who was an active and encr-
getic officer in the Revolutionary strug-
gle, died a, New York on the 23lh ult., at
the advanced age Of IS years. When
living, he was the Oldest commissioned
officer in the United States, and the Pre-.
sident of the Society Of the Cincinnati.
Imports at New Yor 1.-The amount Of
goods imported and entered at the Gus.
tom House of New York, exclusive Of
those sent to the Wareh ouse, and the a.
mount of duties paid during the week
ending on the 24th-inst., compared with
the same period last year, were as fol-
lows:
1916. Io47 Increase.
Free goods, 7i.5l7 326,5I7 255 900
Cuta bio do. l,al6,5l5 2,3ls,95l 97O,435
Merchandise 1,4l8,c33 e,o43,4ss 1,aa5435
ota' specie S'1l2 1854 3l,lo2
Cash received 3oo,436 $500 994,954
Abuse Of the Post Office Lo,c.-Tho
Grand Jury of Hartford, Connecticut,
have found true bills against three per-
sons for an abuse of the Post office law.
This, we suppose, is to do away with
these private. expresses, which are spring
ing up daily in the country, and interfer-
ing with the Post Office department. 1t
is far better to confde this trust to the
Government, than to individuals; for in
so doing we avoid the abuses of an ov-
ergrown monopoly, and the irregularity
Of constant Huctuation, occasionsd by in
diyidual specuations.
POPULATION OF PITTsBURGu.--Mr. Isaac
~
Harris, the publisher of a Directory, says
the New York Post, makes the popula-
lion Of Pittsburgh 10000 souls.
ENORMOUS TAx.-The Rothchilds, of
England, pay taxes on ono hundred and
seventy-fve millions of dollars.
EXTRAORDINARY CoURAGE.-The Ind ia
ma Sentinel tells the following good story
in exempli6cation Of Corwin Whiggery:
"a Mr.. Nicholson, of Pittsburgh. late-