The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-07-11
very time, rearing candidates, (and not few
Of them, too,I for the Penitenttary and the Gal.
locS: PARENT.

spires.
And sooths the pangs that in our bosoms throng
| Thou art a minstrel poet, true 10 Nature S
fires
But frutless are those thoughts Of other days,
! Unless to prove that man is ever lost
In his frail thoughts bcwildered in his ways;
land ever and anon" by passion tossed.
| The heart hath shades that never can be zen
| Too rich the colors for the mortal eye
For they immortal are: unrading queen,
Though all around US fade away and die.
| 1t is not sooth, to picture all we've seen,
| But could we draw, in lines and colors fair,
The all we've fct--the joysand woes, between
The blaze of hope and g. loom, Of wild despair,
| Such real scenes. might melt heart of snow;
And heavo the breast with Phlanthropic signs;
Fen Misanthropes might learn their tears to
flow,
And bless the beings whom they now despise.
For the Miners Express.
DIR. HoLr-Dcar Sir: If you think the fol-
lowing notice of the spelling and printing re.
| formation Of sufficient interest, will you have
the kindness to give it place in your paper?
A. II.
"Thc Westminster Review is radical and
great blI;ty, The reader will find an excel.
lent article in the April No., reviewing the
works of Ellis on Phonetics, and sustaining the
reform in spelling so powerfully urged by that
author. Isaac Pitman, of Bath, (Englund,) a
man of the people, is considered the founder of
the system. In '37, he published his "Phone.
tic Short Hand" and in 40, Autographed
periodical in his Phonetic long hand. Mr. Hill,
atber Of the Post Office Reformer, the follow.
-,
netic type; and by their Joint cxcrtlons the
Phonotypic Journal thus printed, was estab-
lishcd.
"Mr. Ellis then oncd the movement! the
cause and Journal progressed, until. in as, the
Phonetic Alphabet was perfected, and the
Phonetic Journal was printed and published by
Mr.. Ellis, who took entirely into his own hands
both these departments. And now, (January,
lS49,) the Phonetic journal gives place to a
phonetic weekly newspaper, the Phonetic
Ne,cS. The members of the Phonetic
Corresponding Society, amount, in Great Bri.
! in, to two thousand four hundred. Several
books of instruction and popular tales arc now
printed in phonotypcs. Two editions Of the
New Testament arc advertised. The disciples
of the Phonetic reform now amount to some
thousands
1.-TWO or three newspapers, or periodicals
arc, or have been until lately, IN existence in
this country, and there can be no doubt tina {
the reform is making steady progress among
us. ihe article in the Westminster Re-
ricw will bring the subject to the attention of
many minds in this country, hitherto entirely
Indifferent to tho reform"
National Fra May 3lst.
From the Mays.ie Eagle.
PARTICULARS OF THE CASSlUS M,
CLAY DIFFICULTY. = "
We expected to receive, in the Richmond
Chronicle OF Thursday, full account of the
fatal rencontre between Cassus M. Clay and
Cyrus Turner, in Madison county, on Friday
of last week. The Chronicle, however, gives
none Of the particulars, but merely mentions
the affair, and adds, "that Turner died on Sun
day morning last, living about 81 hours after
receiving the wound. Capt. Clay Is still in
critical condition, but the better opinion seems
to be, that he will recovcr.'
We learn the following from gentleman
who was on the ground:
There arc three Pro. Slavery candidates for
the Convention from Madison, Messrs Willis
and Chcnault, and Ma or Squire Turner, Gath
or Of Cyrus Turncr,) and but one cmancipa-
ton candidate, Ma jor Barnum. At Il regimen.
tai muster ut Wa lden's, Thursday Of last
week, the candidates spoke--WiIlis and Chen.
anlt leading. Maj. Turner, (athough he had
f'oiA'''>H Sh"S'"o 81
allcdging that Clay was not candidate, and
the crowd was fast dispersing-madc long
speech.-Clay then took the stand, and bore
more heavily in his remarks upon Turner than
upon either of the candidates., and it was now
evident for the irst time that there was some
unpleasant feeling between them,
On the next day, Friday, another discussion
took place at a reglmental muster at Fox1own.
Willis spoke first, Turner next. When Turn
or had spoken about an hour, Clay appealed to
him to give Maj. Barnum an opportunity of de-
fcndina the mancipationists and their views;
but Turner refused, and spoke half an hour
longer, IN severe strain, during which he
read from the True American newspaper u por-
ton OF the article that caused the Lexington
mob and the removal Of tho True American
office to Cincinnati. Clay now appealed to the
people to say whether it was fair that this ar.
ticle should be read, unless accompanied by
the statement so often made by Maj. Turner.
that the article in question written by a
South Carolina planter, Gas many of his friends
believed, for the express purpose of breaking
down his press, and sent 10 his office and print
ed, while he was lying sick of the typhoid fe.
yer. The article, he said, was as repulsive to
his feelings and views, as it was to Mai. Turn.
er'sor any other man's-and If he ha d not been
confined to n bed of sickness, it should never
have appeared in his paper. Mr.. William l.
4>CaiCS tuC pIiulOE W Iuo rue american, was
on the ground, and would confirm the state
ment. -,s.
Maj. Turner continued his speech, after this !
interruption, and when he concluded, C. M. !
Clay took the stand for the purpose of making
u kind Of apology to the people for the inter.
ruptions he had caused. He again stated that
he though each party were entitled to be heard
and that each should be allowed fair division
Of time. That the friends of right and Justice
by such course had nothing to lose; for if the
Emancipationist held incendiary notions, and
advocated prinsiples opposed to the best inter
ests Of the country. tho people would Judge of
them correctly. and put them down, while if
their principles were founded in right and jus.
tice, it was certainly not wrong that they
should be known, in order that they may be
upheld and supported. After making his ex-
PLANTATION, which did not occupy more than
two minutes, he was leaving the stand, when
MAJOR Runyon. lawyer Of Richmond, at con.
siderable distance off, piled him with ques.
lions, and Clay, with the consent Of Chenault,
who claimed the stump, endcaYored to answer
him. Some misunderstanding occurred in re.
ference to the School Fund, in which Runyon
pronounced staten ent made by Clay, false
md untrue. Clay referred to an act of the lie.