The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-09-26

to Now York, there to await the orders Of hi
Government.
ST. Loulss Sept. S24s 184s 4
Moderate MISREPRESENTATION fairSand pleas
ant--business on Levee to day liberal Sc
Flour--U Mon brand, s4.5O-fne j So. so
Extra, s4-62* #5
Wheat, IS to96. 4
Corn, from store, 3ec sac fined
Oats, 90 to 30c, sacks lked--33 to 81
sacks included.
Barley. so to s3c wi ID sacks.
ProDisions-No sale Pork or Lard
B0eon-Choice sid 81 to 53-shoulder.
4Foeight on Leaato N. Orleans, Is cts IA~
For the Express.
THE HIGGNs CORRESPONDENCE
DIR. HoLTa Dear Sir: My dear Higgin
tells mefhat you are an ODD FELLOW
which piece Conformation pumped GU
OF blm by q promise Of secrecy on,
night when he was more than half asleep
/4nd as you are an Editor also, and as
believe you Editors know every thing
Cor at least you ought toy have resolved
to avail myself Of your well-known kind
ness Of heart, to open my mind 10 yo,
freely, upon the wrongs we Ladies suffel
from the selfish exclusiveness Of Odd Eel
law. Your Society appears to me to b,
--r RIB oldest combination of the oldest Cd
dities that ever heaTua- nr read Of My
husband is one Of you; and do say, that
he has not improved, nor has he ever app
peared the same good, kind, fond. gentle
loving Higgins he was wont to be, since
that unhappy night on which he left his
own dear wife, CHATS meg to be Initiated.
In vain | demonstrated with him on the
subject-and pointed out to him (as all
good wives are bound to dog the awful
step he was about taking;-it was all to
no end; he was resolute-he was deter,
mined to be an Odd Fellow! he acas IL
and odd enough he appeared to me when
he returned home at past ten o'clock that
night! My poor dear Higgins looked as
if he had been baked in an oven for an
hour, and then drawn through all the
knot holes in creation. fancied | saw
him in thousand different shapes -
thought once his face had been turned up
side down. and no one could convince me
that did not smell from his clothes a
smell Of burnt goat skin. had been pre-
viousl y told that goat was used in the
Lodge for some good or evil purpose
for the latter much feared--and so de-
."' .,' "aS ~ u,soose. w"e.nel SUI.
wa NC .,,' o'se y! ~? ."uc russ ol'sh'
a..u eal'y IVA. 'l'o1n'l'e; iot !ne purpose
y. eA"" 90 NY ooo' iiss 'us clo.l'es'
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ll'lu SUNS ssIay nal,s Wl'lcn my
seape1 .. nv uaoA = .la. nor Isc anl
,.' a' n 'nc - - Is eaaIIllnatlol',
cus a,a9 no'''as ~ US Al''u was - Os'
=, s IS. I,
at.p s.s Us. opPvL.uh,,y 'ocal
W ~. sonnue'islal Ilel'q y " al'longu
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sI'e .olu it.s WY silly 70 ex-
pscl a. 49, Al.'u ~ Ds iounu'
as s's . s.le us's' lil,s'
oeiore us,ne e''s oat !. was covered Win
whlle suse1---slle na =. seen u n he sheet)
Win ns, ~ : sss' 8 Ass ''ans 81 ING
.'as = u.y, a.lsI ossp Wasn'o, ano sne
o'u .lo .s s sain .ss'ses
lau ss.vs ~ 'ns s.g llous noIss aNs
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~ q sa.'eu ~ ny o'u lr!eno !, : uInace
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,olu 'lnl lns nuu solu nle 81 &
pou' nov ns va ,l ". atac now sns
nas ruus we oa.' .na. vas covered al ]
over VIII. IN = snee, having ,nree sholes ln
H. ana nov ne had to hold on by the
horns, and how ne was finally thrown
clear up over the 8horrld beasts head. ard
how ne had g swear that he would not
tell any one, particularly his wife, What
he had seen Or heard! That my friend
was amazed at'r1y X Wedge " the facts
could see from the peculiar twist Of his
mouth as ne looked ~ nae through one
eye, ana exclaimed Dasss bat hnshand 81
yourn IS q VERY unworttl Individual
thus TO violate o. his most solemn vows Z
our order 10 that manner, and you are
nothing but vixen to have pumped