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Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

AIonzo CAld] Aasa Far, Jr 70. W. Child
CHILD, FAIR g. CO.,
DIRECT IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C.
No. lat, Main-street, st. Louis, Mo.
(TIiIRD DOOR NORTH OF TIE BANK OF MlssoURI,)
A RE now receiving and opening, for Spring
a Trade, the largest and most extensive as.
sortment Of Hardware ever before purchased
for this market Our English Goods are all Of
our own lmportations, direct from the MANN
facturers themselves; and our American Goods
arc purchased from manufacturers at the low
est cash prices; which will enable us to sell,
them as low as they can be bought in anv of
the Eastern cities. We feel confident tina. we
can sell you goods at such prices as will fully
Justify you in purchasing here. We ask you
to give us trial.
Among our stock may be found in part Tho,
following articles, viz:
1000 dozen Waldron' & other Grass, Grain,
Hemp and Bramble Scythes;,
6OO dozen Scythe Snaths;, .>s .a -..
3O0 groce Scythe Stones and RiHes;s
600 dozen Hay and Ma nure Forks;
200 do Sicklcs; 500 doz. haudlcd Hoes.
a aOo DO Ames'' Rowand's Il other Spades
goo do Hames; 200 doz. Horse Collars;
500 Viewers Reeds;
800 doz. Collins, Simmons, Mason s and
200 do '' do eA' do e. other uatch.,s:.
500 do Coffee Mills; 300 Mill Saws;
500 Cross. Cut Saws; 1000 doz curry combs,
5000 lbs. Brass Kettles and Pals.
300 dozen Tea Kettles;
IS casks OK and Log Chaius;
100 do Trace Chains;
SO dc Sad Irons;
40 do Carolina Hoes;
10 do Hooks and Hinges,
DO Mouse hole and other Anvils,,
5000 lbs Wrought and Horse Nails;
300 dozen Sheep Shears;
500 do Knob Locks and Latches;
500 do Thumb Latches;
900 grocc Wood Screws;
1000 dozen Cast and Wrought Butts;
300 co Drawing Knives;
800 groce Table Cutlery;
1900 dozen Pocket Knives;
5000 dozen Pocket Knives;
500 do Rogers and Wostenhof,n,a
Pen Knives;
1900 do Butcher and Shoe Knives;
300 do Razors and Strops;
500 do Scissors and Shesrs;
5000 n Persuasion Caps.
ALSO,
A large variety Of Goods suitable for tile In
dian trade.
Il a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
Smiths Bellows; Screw Plates; Vices;
Sledge Hammers; Counter Scales; Platform
Balances; P,anes and Carpenters Tools of
every description; Coopers' Tools Of Kolp'a
uEd McCoy's manufacturer Needles; But
tons; Hooks and Eyos; Fishhooks and Lines;
Marbles Flintei Rides; Shot Guns; Pistols;
a variety Of Gun Tri.n,niDe.,
ALSO, SOLE AGENTS FOR
WEIGH u Grifiiti's boston, ~ sBd 80 inch
March 2ith. tfs4sy. u ssss s88
DLAsTERiNC; HaIIIl ~ IN by
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17
w APL ES HOUSE!
DUBUQUE IOWA.
I'D. AMBER SON.

IlI61 45atffP alu cecoHu streets, IN the city OF
%A DUBUQUE, Iowa, formerly kept by
II. Curtis, is at now under the charge and
superintendent of the owner, and will re.
ceive in all it's departments his devoted and
particular attention. The rooms are spa
cous and we'll ventilated; and the general
arrangement of the House such as must
give satisfaction even to the most fastidi-
ous. The patronage of the travelling pub
lie and others is solicited, and those who
may sojourn at this establishment NAV re-
y upon receiving every attention and CON-
fort, usually found at any other house in the
West, and every eXertion will be used to
contribute towards the enjoyment of the
guests, and to make the house, IN fact, in
terior. to none West ofthe Alleghanies. The
healthy. romantic and beautiful location of
Dubuque and vicinity;--the abundance of
game--the variety of amusing and whole
some pursuits which present themselves,
together with the extensive and novel field
for mineral, geological and botanical speci.
mems and researches; render this a most
desirable point for our southern frepds to
renovate and enliven body and spirit during
the summer months, No location on tho
Mississippi can combine so many adyanta-
ges, of health, curiosity and amnse ment. In
proof of this we confidently invite all to
come and see for themselves. Come espe
cially and try whether the NAPLES House
will not confer all, and even more than is
promised. Feeling confident that no per
son will leave dissatisfied with the FARE:
the price shall certainly be no. cause Of com.
plant.
D. ANDERSnN' p..o,
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17
SARSAPARlllA, Pills, g. POWDERS
PAINTS, OILS VARNlSH, &c,

FHlN1SJ UILS VkRNlSH, &c,
q HAVE, and shall always keep on hand, q
Il large supply OF the following articles, viz:
Lntseed Oil, spts Turpcntine, pure White
Lead, Copal and Japan Varnsh, Chrome and
Paris Green, Chrome Yellow, Lamp Black.
Venetian Red, Lthare c, Spanish Brown, Paint
Brushes, and all articles used for Painting,
which will sell cheap for cash.
E. F. GILLESPIE.
March Iltl. 1S49. 25-1y
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

1t is 4 mark Of depraved mind, to
sheer at decrepid old age, or to ridicule
any one who is deformed in his person
or lacketh understanding.
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

THAINS; Log Chains, Trace Chains, Lock
N'Chains, Haltar Chains and Dog Chains OH
hand ond for "a lie by JNo. SMrLoT
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

IT DOZEN Pi',s',urg Grind Stones FOR sale by
J. April ". l:SlEsoS j. SHIELDS
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

A PPLES.-6O barrels Genetal Apples. Jus,
IN rceciv ed, and will positively DO sold low.
April II. EMERSON T. SHIELDS.
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

1NIIE undersigned having permanently cs.
Il tabished himself on Main-Strect, in the
City of Dubuque, few doors north of the City
hotel, intends keeping constantly, u large
and general assortment of the above articles,
all OF which will be sold as low as the market t
Will afford. either for cash or country produce;
but as he has adopted the READY PAY system,
nc hopes no one will think hard, or he insulted
by being refused Goods on time
HE IS ALSO KEEPING A STORE IN
CASCADE, consisting Of a general assert.
ment of such Goods as arc needed in that place,
where he will sell Goods at Dubuque prices,
(hauling added,) on heavy articles.
JOHN SIMPLOT.
DUBUQUE. April Sd, 1899. 3l-6m.
rRASS PAILS.-Brass Pulls or Kettles al
- sizes from one to six gallons for sale low
by JNo. SIMP1.oT
Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-04-17

100 doz knives e. forks
Carving 4 pocker do
Log CHAINS, trace do
Knob locks,
Mortice e. pad locks,
Augers and chissels.
Planes, plane irons;
Brittania spoons;
Iron spoons, ia
Table and tea spoons;
243 sides sole leather;
200 do upper do
100 calf skins,
50 sds harness lea ther
SO sides bride do
German silver spoons,
March rs, 1919. !?
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

GF@Thc newspaper may be destroyed
at night; it may light a cigar or it may
curl a lady's hair, but the thoughts that
are in its columns may influence ten
thousands for good, and produce effects
which volumes of essays, sermons or
narrative could never effect, and especial
ly where they could never reach.
The above paragraph, from the U. s
Gazette, is copied into the Philadelphia
Journal, and the bachelor editor of the
latter paper, overcome by his feeling, In
c~ontinent|y bursts into the following rhap-
sody:
= The very thought of ones lucubrations
nesting down at night among the rlnglets
of q sweet girl, keeping watch over the
midnight slumbcrs, as well as curling her
hair, is enough to infuse poetry into the
pen,a and make the traces along the sheet
frantic with sentiment.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25
advantages ola Piece Of goa.-The
New Bedford Mercury says:

H~oouHtuSeS W u 4 tcCc " aotds-lie
New Bedford Mercury says:
Capt. Hoyor, who arrivedhere a day
or two since from Francisco, ola Phila-
delphia, was the bearer of a Piece ofpure
gold weighing nine and a hal ounces in
its natural state as taken from the mines,
valued at about $50. 1t S crescent
shaped, about five inches in length and
evidently of volcanic origin: 1t was ac-
companted by a letter of Questionable
chirography, which gave rise to a report
that the precious ore had beer sent home
by q runaway whaler as a pnciliatory
offering to his shipmaster, Cap Gardner,
otthis port; ard accordingly, dtor*t had
gratified the longing gaze of hundreds of
our citizens, the gold and accompanying
letter were sent to his house, and placed in
the hands of his lady, the CAPTAIN being
still at sea.
In pains>taking perusal ofthe letter,
Mrs. Gardner discovered that it was ad>
dressed to Mr.. Edmund Gardrr, another
valuable citizen, aud after anoher public
exhibition, both the letter and gold were
transferred to its new-found destination,
and the gold was again exhibited in a
feeling ofhonest pride as a present. to Mr..
G.. from an old and faithful family ser
want, but who had within the list twelve
month wendell his way to ths new I'll
Dorado and had shared bountIully in its
treasures-report says to the AMOUNT o.
more than 500, 600.
A more thorough decypheri,g of the
almost nnintelligible letter, however, al
length revealed the profound fat that the
gold had been sent, bona fde, from the
faithithful attache above ALLUDED to, not,
however, as a present to his cd master.
but in trust to be transmitted ly him to
some place in the Western part of the
Empire State for the use andbehoof O.
certain relatives of the successful Cali.
fornian; and it has been despatched &C.
cordingly. ara
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

Singular Affair. "A few days since a
most singular transaction was brought to
light at Monticello, Miss, by the arrest Of
a white boy and a negro man. Upon
investigation before a magistrate, it was
discovered that the negro was a slave and
the property of the youths father. The
lad travelled on foot from Louisiana, the
boy representing himself and companion
as travelling ON business for his father.
The negro seemed to have unboundedan-
fluence over the boy, and had learned him
what to say and how to act. The negro
was restored to his master and the boy to
his parents.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

g Lining Without Food.-AnimaIs sup
port want much longer than is believed
A ciyet cat has lived ten days without
fooi;, an antelope twenty, and a very
large cat also twenty; an eagle has sur-
yiyed twenty-five days, a badger one
month, and several dogs thirty-six days!
In the memoirs of the Academy of scien-
ces, these is an account of bitch which,
Having been accidentally shut up in a
counting-honse, existed forty days without
any other nourishment than the stuff OF
the wool Of q mattress, which she had tore
to pieces. A crocodile will live two
months without food, a scorpion three, a
bear six; q chameleon eight, and a viper
ten: Valiant had a spider that lived
nearly a year withoutfood, and was so far
from being weakened, that it Immediately
killed another large spider, equally vigor-
Gus, but not SO hungry, which had been
put along with it The celebrated John
Hunter nclosed a toad between two stone
fower-pots, and found it as lively as ever
after fourteen months! Land tortoises
have !lived without food for eighteen
months, and a beetle is known to have
been kept in a state of perfect abstinence
for shreeyears,w when it contrived to make
its escape. There is also a well-authenti-
Gated account Of two serpents living in a
bottle without food for five years.
Or It is humiliating to deal with an ig-
norant, low bred slanderer.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

GA correspondent Of Holden's Ma
gazine tells an anecdote of an old widow
who, when her pastor said to her,"God
has not deserted in your old age" replied
'No, sir, I have a very good appetite
still"
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

A Jury Rebuked.-In the Philadelphia
Court of Sessions nine young men were
tried for riot at a Philadelphia engine house
on the 24th ult., and notwithstanding the
evidence against them was overwhelming;
the Jury (which had been selected from
salesmen) returned a verdict Of acquittal.
The verdict occasioned much astonish-
ment, and Judge Parsons, after dischar-
ging the Jury, addressed the defendants
as follows: .gaa
"Your are probably as much SURF rised
as the Court at the verdict just rendered.
1t is without the slightest justification in
the law or the evidence, and l doubt much
whether twelve other men could he found
in the city and county Of Philadelphia
who would have redered such verdict.
In my experience upon the bench, l have
generally found the verdicts of iuries to
be correct. If they err, it is because there
is something in the evidence to raise a
reasonable doubt; but in this case there
was not a shadow upon which the con-
science could base a justification, or even
an excuse. Let me warn you, young men,
not. to let this verdict embolden you
In crime. Should you again be brought
to trial, you cannot expect such another
verdict. Though justice is sometimes
slow, she is always certain in her opera
%1tions. Beware, then, how you again
commit a like offence against the peace of
ociety and the laws Of the land ;" ~
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

@The Philadelphia Dispatch tells
a story of a pedlar who wished to sell
the editor a pair of spectalces for 'tthree
dollars;'' but in consequence Of not using
the article, he refused them. The Jew
was determined to sell, he said, to 'sshave
his family from stharving," and fell down
in his price, at last, to the sum of fifty
cents. The editor then said he would buy
them, provided the Jew would tell him
the whole Of the profit he would make out
them at that. "You give me your word,
you will pay, i'll tell you?" asked the Jew.
"Yes." "Then, so help me Moses, if 1
sell him to you for fifty cents, my only
profit is-three shilling and m;inepence."
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

9@Mrs. Caroline M. SWEET, who in
April last went into a rum shop in Port
land, Me-, where her husband had been
debauching; and demolished the decan-
tiers of liduor, glasses, windows, etc., has
been tried for the "smashing," found
guilty and recommended to mercy by the
jury, with a request that a lenient sentence
may be passed. A..# ~.=~siy rs..
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

N@aFather, what do you mean by rails
ing things in hot houses2" "Why, my
dear boy, you are being raised in a house
too hot to hold me sometimes" The
mother seized a broomstiek; but tho man
cut bis stick. s ..a aE sy
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

Last Degree Of Rezationship.-A
Hoosier stepped on board a steamboat as
she was lying at a certain port on the
Ohio river, and bawled out, els the cap
tain aboard!"
The captain, who was standing among
the crowd, responded, ayes; what do you
want with him?"
ssOh, nothing particular; he's a distant
relation O. mine, and I'd like to see him.
GA relation of yours?" inquired the
captain, somewhat surprised.
a"Yes, a slight relation; he's the father
of my first child" ... a -... ~.
You'd better believe the captain sloped'
while the crowd enjoyed the sport to their
hearts content. .... .~u.t
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

Germany.-"Genevese, the London
correspondent of the Courier & Enquirer,
after discoursing of the situation of affairs
Mt Paris, thus alludes to the existing state
Of things in Germany:
But something more ludicrous yet (for
serious as these things are, n cannot
help laughing sometimes,) is that state
into which the neighbor country of both
,hese-the German "sVaterland"-has
fallen. All the efforts Of this shadow
hunting people after unity seem to have
had no other result than to prove to the
worldthe theory of infinite divisibasty.-
Babel itself could not witness worse con-
fusion than the political aspect and lam
auage of Germany at the present mo-
ment. Every party, every powerin Ger.
many, is now inspired by so fierce a pas
sion for unity, each is so convinced that
its own plan for. obtaining it is the only
one, each is so determined moi to yield a
hairs breadth of its conviction that from
sheer enthusiasm for union there is very
nearly a war of every single State against
ali others! There is a Central Power at
Frankfort, which is wholly disregarded, a
National Assembly, at least the remnant
of it, which everybody despises, and
which has set up another central power
of its own at Stultgarard, while a third
central power has been formed at Berlin
by the King of Prussia's league, which
however, has been Joined only by Saxony
and Hanover, and one or two of the mi.
nor States. Then there is Austria, who
looks on with tolerable sang froid on all
these squabbles, and yet cannot be wholly
interested; she is therefore e%ndeavoring to
draw Bavaria and ifpossible Wurtemburg
into a union with herself, and SO constitute
a fourth central power; while Prussia pulls
them with no less assiduity the other
way. Lastly, there is the Republic in
Baben, and the other Rhine States, which
if not speedily annihilated, will be setting
on fire all the combustible materials that
lie scattered throughout the "Vaterland.'
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

We find the following very Inappropriate
and we'll timed remarks in reference to
the prevailing epidemic, in the New York
E1press:
The Notwithstanding the
judgments of Heaven none has ever
been more conspicuous than pestilence.
Sometimes it has been actually miracu~
lous. 1t was so when it trayersed Egypt
in a single night, and destroyed the first
born of every family. In other cases
natural causes, to some extent, have been
detected. And thus multiudes have come
stupidity and ltreverentIy to overlook the
divine hand. At length it seemed neces-
sary to send abroad the destroyer, in as
poets Of greatly increased obscurity and
mystery. The great pestilence OF modern
times is the Cholera. About twenty years
ago it travcrsed the earth, and swept into
eternity fifty millions of its inhabitants.
I. is again on its mission, and with terrific
power. Its causes are yet undecided.
Its form of progress among the nations
is n~naccountable. 1t is the disease Of no
continent, country, climate, or season of
the year. The most that science and ex-
perience have gnined in regard to it, is
some light as to its existing causes, the
symptoms of its approach, and a few
countcracting influences. The Cholera
is still visiting city and country, and car
rying dismay over the earth. Nor, per-
haps, is it reasonable o-expect that its
mysterious ravages will be permanently
arrested, till man, especially in Christian
lands, is brought to recognize in it the
presence and power of the Supreme:
What but a ~palpable miracle could more
clearly mark it as a visitation Of the Most
High? Why her should not Christians,
rulers, and the people at large. with one
heart and voice recognize the justice of
this chastisement, abjure the sins which
may have occasioned it, and raise the
earnest cry, "Spare the people, Q Lord?''
How much more rational, as well as ho-
norable to the Infinite One, such a de-
monstration Of humility, than either inn
pious complaint OF reckless stoicism, or
that alarm which hopes for safety in flight.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

The Straits of MageAan:-A cores
pendent Of the N. Y. Courier and En-
quirer, describing the Straits of Magellan,
says; l cannot sufficiently laud the mag
nifcence of the wild scenery Of the Straits
of Magellan. The mountains that skirt it,
and which raise their ~snow-capped peaks
in the distance, impart to this magnificent
sheet of water the choicest feature of Al
pine and Scotch lake scenery. On fast
sailing vessel, its violent gusts and obsti-
nate currents, render it an almost imprac.
ticable passage from the Atlantic to the
Pacific; but for a steamer, with the aid
of Captain Fitzroy's most accurate chart,
it is a great deal less dangerous than
Long Island Sound.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25
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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

NsIt is said that "Necessity is the mo-
ther of invention. Wonder who the
daddy was-he mnst be a rouser.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

rMen are like bugles: the more brass
they contain the farther you can hear them
ladies are like ~yiolets; the more modest
and retiring they appear the better you
love them.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

nWe deny that the wing party is
governed by mercenary motives. We
have no doubt that the administration
ought to make removals, and to s:equalize
the burdens of the government; But the
furious charges Of relentless prescription
by one extreme, and the equally furious
charges of representation by the opposite
extreme; are enough to satisfy any ma
that the administration is pursuing the
true via media of moderation and duty
and, while it refuses to practice a sweep
ing and universal prescription, is deter
mined to give the wings that just and
equal share in the burdens of the govern
ment to which they are entitled by their
numbers, their patriotism and their capa-
city, but of which they have been, for
nearly a quarter Of a century. relentlessIy
~deprived.-Riehmond Republican:
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

gIf you covet learning, you must
have leisure and a retired life; if to be a
politician, you must 60 abroad and get ex-
perience, and do all businesses, and keep
all company, snd have no leisure at all; if
you would be rich, you must be frugal;
if you would be popular, you must be
bountiful; ifa philosopher, you must des-
pise all riches. >- 1,stas gs4.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-07-25

rsLiberty, without obedience, is con-
fusion. Obedience, without liberty, is
slavery s.a 1T 4r.: @tf
Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-08-02
~ FRESH ARRIVAL IN
NEW SPLENDID SPRING GOODS

FHHE subscribers beg leave to inform their oldcus-
Il toners and the public generally that they have
just received and are opening, very large new
and elegant stock Of SPRING GOODS, TO which
they respectfully invite the attention of the public.
Their stock has been selected with care and eye
to the wants of this community consists in part Of
Dry Goods, Qucens,care, Hardscare, Groceries,
(;lass,care, Boots, Shoes, etc, etc.
Their stock embraces every article demanded for
the wants OF the city county. Their great vari-
ETY. Of FANCY GOODS, especially, is very superb
or, and to which the attention Of the ladies' is re-
spectfully invited.
G3-CALL AND SEE before purchasing elsewhere.
,Tis no trouble to show Goods. No house in Iowa
shall undersell that of CREW GILKYSON,
April &c, 1919 Jefferson St., Burlington