Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-10-24

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Il 0-ss A SCUM OF REvELRYn fell upon
our ear, as we were walking the street,
on Saturday night last, and stepping up
whence it proceeded, we found it nothing
but Wing meeting, s',corking" accord
ing to the ancient customs oftheirorder.
We heard one of Moss's best tunes,
performed in his best style, and conclu-
ded we would leave; but as 'Langwor-
thy Berry" and Nightingale" were
vocilerously called for. concluded to see
which was the most popular orator, or
which would respond to the call.
The majority of voices was decidedly
in favor of Nightingale; but LangwoIthy
was pregnant with speech, and must
needs be delivered. s"a ned. H.
He commenced by referring to the last
number Of the "Miners' Express" which
happened to contain an allusion 10 form
err effort Of his, and called it many hard
names. The paper looked as innocent as
it could, with his name in it. He read
what we had said about him, and after
acknowledging it to be emphatically true,
intimated that we we're jack-ass for hay
| ing said anything about him, which, we
concluded, was also true. We are afraid
we shall be guilty Of the same assanine
folly, by mentioning him again; but, as
we have commenced, we will inform our
readers Of the manner in which this Mr..
Lucius II. Langworthy explained the
why and wherefore Of his present poiti.
cal position.
He adopted, what we consider the most
forcible kind Of illustration, viz: by re-
lating the well-known fable of the Ass
and the Bark Grinder.
"a certain Ass, employed in grinding
bark, became dissatisfied with the eternal
round and round, which he was obliged
10 60, and not uuder standing its utility,
determined that he would 60 no longer;
he utterly refused to move. His keeper,
however, explained to him the important
part he was performing in the economy
Of arts, and so fully convinced him Of his
own usefulness, that he concluded to go
on in the service Of his MASTER"
The application was, that Mr.. Lang
worthy had labored hard in the Demo-
cratic ranks, and was not able to discov-
err that he was doing any good; he there
fore, like the Ass, concluded to ba7k.
This illustration would have been per-
feet, if the Democratic party could have
convinced him that he was doing any
good in their ranks: and have induced
him to hold on; but as they were Of the
the same opinion with himself, as 10 his
usefulness, they did not, of course, at
tempt to convince him to the contrary,
and most willingly let him 60.
THERE IS GOOD TIME COMING BoYs.--
The Editors Of the Jackson comfy Demo
crat are c7euer fellows and we have no
doubt they are happy fellows:
One OF their subscribers has paid them
in Cash and another has brought them
load Of chickens, one Of which they
promise to send 10 us.
That is our doctrine exactly, friend
Democrat, we are in favor Of a distribu-
ton fthe surplus revenue. But serious
ly you do not suppose, all hands Of us
could eat whole chicken do you? We
really hare not been able to do so, since we
have been in the office.
Ifit were not for Jackson county, we
should be poor Devils indeed !-They
save many printer from the awful Ca
tastrophe Of feeding on "Dry Bones.'
Night Mare is produced, says some one
who seems TO know by the pressure Of
an unpaid newspaper bill upon the con-
science.
The following, from the Iowa Sentinel,
published at Fairfield jefferson county,
shows not only, that our distinguished
citizen Col. Benton is actively engaged
in the performance Of the duties Of his Of
fee, but that his merits, as public officer,
are highly appreciated in tina! section of
the State.-As prompt and correct bu-
sincss man, (the qualities most needed in
the office he fills) we doubt whether Col.
Benton is excelled by any one in Iowa,
and we can but congratulate the friends,
Of education in this State upon the happy
selection they have made in the choice
Of Superintendent.
"CoL. THOMAS H. BENTON, Jr.,--This
gentleman, the Superintendent Of Public
Instruction, was in our town a few days
since, on business connected with his off.
cial duties. Mr.. Benton is the right kind