Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-12-05


individual continues seriously indispose,
We learn that he was unable TO be at tn
polls on the day Of election.
INTERESTING LAW SUIT.--A suit We
lately brought against the owners of tn
steamer St. Anthony, in St. Louis, 70
failing to deliver letter containing me
ney, and by which failure, nearly tn
whole sum enclosed was lost
The jury, under the instructions OF til
court, returned verdict for the delen,
ant, upon the ground that regular con
tract is necessary to responsibility o.
the part Of the boat.
MURDER AND RoBBERY.-A rumor wa
current in St. Louis, on the Goth inst
that Major Singer, Paymaster in the U
S. Army, had been murdered in Saline
CO., Mo-, and $4,000 taken from him
We presume the rumor mus. have been
false one, as telegraphic dispatch t
this place, Of date later than the above
stated that Major Singer was on his way
to this State for the purpose Of paying
the Iowa Volunteers.
Hon. GEORGE McDUFF1E, Of S. Carolina
whose henlth has for long time been il
a very precarious condition, is now, say:
the Hamburg rs. CO. Journal, rapidly i'm
proving under the care Of Hydropathis
physicians.
THE EXILE MlrcHELL.--A letter from
Burmuda, dated the 18th Of Sept, says
"John Mitchell is a miser abIe, broken
hearted looking creature, and in wretch
ed health. He is not set to work will
other convicts--indeed he is not able tt
work"
GA passenger on the steamer New
ton Waggoner, was accidentally drowned
in stepping from the barge to the boat as
she lay at Bloomington Name of the
passenger not known.
VAN buren, carries but five counties in
the State Of New York-Herkimer, o.
wego, Wayne, St. Lawrence, and Che
mung.
The OLD BAY STATE.-There is not
in the whole catalogue Of Wing States
one so ultra Wing as the State Of Massa
chuset:s; yet, at the late election, the
candidate Of the Wing party, GENERA
Taylor.) lacks 14,167 Of having majo
rity Of the popular vote Of the State. L
will be recollected that the Marshfclo
Wings thought his nomination not fl
to be made.
News FROM THE OLD WoRLD.-Dur
ing the season which has just closed, thu
Cunard line Of Steamers have sailed re
gularly every week for the different Bri
fish ports. After the Cd of December
they will sail only once in two weeks.
New YORK SENAroR.-It is surmiset
by those who know everything, that Gov
Seward will lie the successor Of John A
Dix, whose term Of service in the U.
Senate expires on the 4,h Of March next
The Ohio Legislature There seem
to be some doubt whether or not the De
nocracy have clear majority in tn
Legislature Of Ohio. Barnburncrism vii
doubtless raise its little voice there, am
may defeat the election Of Mr.. Allen
We shall see--
ora public meeting Of those who de
sire to emigrate to California the comm,
spring, is to be holden at Galena oD>tk
9th Of December.
FsRAnnI-=-Thet6TIowing persons hav
been elected to Congress upon the secon
trial:-Geo. P. Marsh, William Hebard
and Lucius B. Peck; one Democrat an
two Wings. The delegation will there
fore stand as in the present Congress.
The STEAMER MoNIDA exploded latel
on the Red River, and killed several.
The News BY THE ACADIA has produt
ed no effect upon the Markets so far q
heard from. The Eastern markets dr.
without change in any particular.
A POWDER MILL at Xenia was blow
up on the 28th. Two men killed, an
the building blown to atoms. The re
port was heard for fifteen miles.
GT The Inauguration Of Gener Tay
lor will have to be put off until the 9Th
Of March, as the 4lh. comes on Sunday
This was the case with the Insugura'ioi
of Mr.. Monroe IN 1921.