Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-06

And is this beauty like the roseate hue,
That fingers on the icy cheek Of death! 4
And doth no warm, inspiring ray, Of life ,
Dwell mid thy wreaths Of snsw, thy git:ering
Thy fairy frost work, wovc in thousa nd forms?
No mother cherishes her darling child
More faithfully than thou the tender plant;
Shielding it safely meath thy snowy robe,
Till Spring sha II raise it fresh above the earth!
Fen now, bright clust'ring round our drearyi
path,
The primrose breathes upon the wintry air.
Winter, thou tcllest to the feeling heart
OF that dear season Of our years, when life
And car,,,,;; ;cvs shall fail; then may thou be
Like that enduring flower. some fadelcss hope
To cheer our pathway thro' the vale Of ueS!n:
LAKE SUPERIOR IRoN.--We have repeat.
eddy referred to the iron regions Of Lake Su
perior and of late have seen several extern
dfS 6e PsdSm
long article on the subject. The writer
distinct geological characteristics-the bog
and the mountain deposits. The latter are
situated on the Cerp river. which has an a.
bundant waterpo"er for manufacturing pur-
poses. with good harbor near its mouth.
The ground between the hills and the lake
dcsccnds gently, and is favorable for road
or railroad, which could be constructed at
comparatively small expense. Transport
alton from the Cerp river harbor to the ports
OF the lower lakes. down as low as Oswego
would not, even in the present state of nav
igation, exceed $3.50 per ton. Wood is a.
bundant for charcoal; the growth being
principally birch and maple, which make
the best quality of coal, and would cost but
little beyond the expense of burning
Professor SiliIman, of Yale College, pro
pounced the orc ga fine specimen, contain
ing large per cent Of iron adapted for ma
king hard or high tempered iron, and par
ticula:)y valuable for the manufacture Of
STEEL" BY on analysis. DR.. Jackson says
an average sample yields II per cent metal
ic iron. Ore enough can be found at this
point TO supply the whole United States for
thousand years. The article concludes;
'The iron markets upon the lakes, alrea-
dy extensive. a re daily increasing; and per-
haps there is not anywhere so extensive q
tract of country SO poorly supplied with quod
iron as the whole region of the western
ioho,. Tho Pittsburgh iron is we'll known
as brittle, and nearly worthless fox the most
valuable manufactures. The largest por-
ton Of the iron consumed in the lake re-
glon, except for the most ordinary purposes
is carried from New York;
1t is not within the province of an art Gle
OF this kind to dis cuss the matter in all its
bearings; but from this imperfect sketch the
Importance of this discovery can be judged
OF with reference to its future bearings upon
the iron manufacture of the country.-Dct
Free Press.
ENERcy.-Energy is omnipotent. The
clouds that surround the houseless boy to-
Gay are dispersed, and he is invited to a pal.
ace. 1t is the work OF energy. The child
who is beggar at this moment, in few
years to come, may stand forth the admir-
alton ofangc1s. Who has uot seen the life
given power o! energy! it makes the will
derness blossom as the rose; whitens the o.
cean; navigates our rivers, levels mountains,
paves with iron highway from state to
state, and sends through with speed of light.
ming from one ext:e nifty of the land to the
other. Without energy, what is man? A
fool, a clod.
A grown-up man, without energy, is one
of the most ptable objects we know. He
plods on the same cow.track his futher
made; uses the same old fashioned flint
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re-place; reads tho same old-fashioned
books; takes no newspaper; and has all his
thoughts-if such man can think-cast in
mould worn out century ago. If he
shows vote he does it to please neighbor,
and sends his children to school because he
has been advised to do so. How many
such men there are, stumbling blocks on
Gods footstool-clogging the wheels of in
dustry and enterprise. or hanging like a
milestone upon the skirts of those who
would mount up, and do the work the AL
mighty designed them to accomplish. Ell.
Are you young man! Be not like those
who live and die like fools. Give full play
to all the energies of your body and mind,
mount up and press on, determined to &C.
complish something worth looking back up
on. when death huiries you away. Measure
not your strength by wi hat others have done:
be not influenced by what others may say.
Take new ground-brsak your way through
overcome every obstacle, and 60 on from
conquering to conquer. -.
Thus will you live not in vain.) Your
activ.ty-your zeal-will survive " hen you
slumber in the dust, and be an incentive to
the perseverance Of those WHO follow after.
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA--MORE
GOLD-ANARCHY. !
Letters have been received at the State
Department, dated, Monterey, Nov. 18th,
confirming all the previous accounts Of
the inexhaustible supply Of gold in Cali
fornia. Commodore Jones says, that an
archy prevails, and that even his officers
show disposition to desert. Several
seamen have deserted, and naval vessels
are short handed. Lieut.. Larkin saw
Jumps Of gold weighing one and two
pounds, and heard Of Jumps weighing
sixteen and twenty-five pounds.
Provisions are scarce. Board four dol
lars 9 day, and washing six, dollars per
dozen Galena Gazette.
ucol. GEoaor CsooHAs. Inspector General
Of tho Army Of tho Is. diod Of cholera, at