Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1848-11-21
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CHANGES PRODUCED BY RAIL.
ROADS.

and traffic railway is to exert on the re-
lations Of society is far from being devel-
oped, but it is already great. Its agen-
cy is already felt in every depa rtment Of
public and private business. lis speed
and punctuality are changing the habits
Of domestic life, the arrangements of
commerce both in detail and in the gross
and even the civil and military organiza
ton Of states.
"Whoever has stood on an eminence
that commands an extensive view OF any
Of our main trunk lines, with its subsidi-
airy branches, in the vicinity Of some
great centre Of industry, must have been
struck with its power Of annihilating dis
lance. At brief stated intervals the grace
full white steam cloud, waving on the
wind like some chivalrous banner, marks
the progress Of the train along the CEN
trail link, while similar streaners, con-
vergng TO it on every side, mark the ap-
proach Of its tributary tenders. 1t is
this organized system Of intercourse that
enables men in every department Of COM
merce and public service TO command for
themselves and families the healthiness
and amenity Of rural life while engag-
ed in those pursuits which can only be
successfully followed amid the close, dim
and josting thoroughfares Of city. E.
ven the poor labourer participates in the
benefits conferred by this new agent of
INSTRUMENTATION by the extension OF
the sphere within which he can make
his toll available"
Whoever has occasion to frequent the
resorts Of business must have no:ed the
sensible change which the railways are
producing in its arrangements. TO take
the first illustration which pre- ents itself
we may refer TO our country merchants.
who used to lay in goods at considerable
intervals, and on compa ratively large
scale. Now scarcely any Of them keep
large stocks on hand; by the aid of the
railway they receive supplies they imme
diately want, at intervals throughout the
year. They are thus less subject to spec
ulattve uncertainties Of price, less pos.
ed to loss by injuries Of accident to their
stock, and more able to conduct their bus
mess on safe ready-money SYSTEM
The change is great from the method Of
some 10 years back. In every depart
ment commerce, changes more or less a
kin to this can be traced TO the agency Of
the rai!road.-[ Sci Amer. ia Y
EMlGRANTs OF THE RIGHT Sort The
New York Sun says: "Among the emf
grants who recently arrived at this por
was a party Of Hollandcrs, who came r
the ship Garrone from Rotterdam, anc
who having beer forced by religious per
secutions to leave their homes, are now
about to settle near their countrymen a
Freedorp and Grand Haven, Michigan
They came under the direction Of their
pastor, the Rev. D. Budding, a very tai.
Tented, eloquent and wealthy clergyman
who has for many years been conspicu
Gus in Holland for his advocacy Of lber
al opinions and his opposition to the tyr
rany of the Government.
When the Government passed law
that no synod Of more than 10 persons
should be allowed to assemble, he denounc
ed it repeatedly from the pulpit. 70,
dor doing so, he was fined altogether O.
yer 10000 guliders, and was imprisoned
for considerable time. The company
whom he brings out are all from the city
Of Dordrecht. They are IT in number,
and, though poorly dressed, have with
them over 100000 in specie.
Another company Of twenty-five Hol.
landers, who came in the ship Madiline,
bringing with them over $4,000 aud
bound for Grand Haven, yesterday start.
ed up the river. Within year past, the
Rev. Drs. Van Realten and Stikktce have
brought over and settled colonies at New
Holland, Michigan; the Rev. Drs. Niph-
EN-, Bolks and Vauder MeuIe, colonies at
Freedorp, Michigan; the Rev. Dr.. Schol-
ten, colony in Iowa, and the Rev. nr.
Stonne, colony in Wisconsin, all OF
which are in a most Furnishing and pros
porous condition."
The Ono LEGISLATURE, It Is now as
cer,ained, will DO, at its organization, six
democratic maj. on joint ballot Cleye-
land Plain, Dealer.
A STaikE.-A chap in Albany com.
plains that, having ma rried factory girl,
she has been on strike ever since he