Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-06
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fs The rregularityaof the mails is atsany
I tim time o. source of@perplexity, and often
nay be attendedw,th serious inconveui-
ence and loss.
The citizens Of Dubuque may have had
some eau Sc of complaint, upon this score
during the present twinter E, but when CON-
pared with the grievances which our
=. nothern and western neighbors have had
to endure they may be considered for
tunate community y. 3"s y'92aaT. "a wei
In conversation a lew day since with
q gentlemen from Delhi, in7aD Delaware
: county, we were Informed that the mail
4 from this place. had reached them but
three times, since the first Of December,
and the mail from Marion, only twice. ~ u
! An occasional failure we should suppose
might occur upon this route during the
! time Of deep SHOWS and unbroken paths
but this causeohas not existed to ansuffi-
Gent extent to cause this almost entire
suspension of mail carriage for the space
offtwo monthsMzvr9 d':gs oa3 h,2laaa br
During a great portion Of, this time,
J as we arc informed, the road from here
10 Delhi, has been good, and nothing, up-
:, on that portion Of the route, has Sc rious-
]y interfered with the regular transmits
sion Of the mails. .,.'o. ell % 4''52 ''I MOI
What the condition Of the road, from
Delhi 10 Quasqueton has been, we have
not distinctly learned, but doubt not, il,
has been much worse, so much so, we pre-
sumo, as TO render it frequently impass-
bic but this, certainly affords no excuse TO
the contractor for failing to carry the
mail over that portion Of road, where no
obstacle exists. ....,..,...a ~.
If an obstacle on the western extreme
oftEe road, be allowed to Interrupt the
transmission Of the mail upon the whole
rorte, then the difficulty will be- likely to
be kept up, even after the SHOWS have
subsidized. 81. "a. or 1.arN ..T
The depth Of the unbridged streams,
west Of Delhi, will render them impassi-
bic a! all times ofIhigh water, and thus an
extensive population be cut off, from an
Eastern communication by mail.
The only sure remedy for this evil,
that we know Of is the one the people Of
Delaware county are now seeking, thro'
our Representative in Congress-, viz. a
division Of the route, so as to render that
portion Of it from here to Delhi indepen-
dent of that west Of the latter place. a.,
For CALlFoRN1A.-From every portion
of our State, we learn Of contemplated
emigration to the golden regions Of CAL
lornia. &; ...'l D.. 49,. .9aa ..
jackson County will send large and
as we doubt not very respectable Del
egation. -, .-t ..... "
Linn county some fifty or more, and
Clayton county will! probably if reports
from there be true will send more than
any county in the north. ~
A large number in this city are making
preparations for an early start over the
plains, so soon as the Spring opens.
Some f1f1een or twenty wagons urr now
under contract to be finished in season for
the earliest emigrants.
1t is estimated, that from 800 to 1000
will leave the State Of Iowa, for Califor-
MIA within the next six months.
We hope and presume, that little re-
Election will deter many Of those, from
going who are now taking about it. The
chances of gaining fortune in the Cali
forna mines, are as precarious as in al
most any lottery, and the cost Of Ticket,
much greater than in any.
TO those who are out Of business, and
can 60 without making sacrifice of prop
1erty: we would say 60, but if you are
we'll fixed in Iowa, and can make com
Portable living where you now are, we
would say pause and reflect ere you start.
FROM THE ISTHMUS. Idd
h The Steam Ship Falcon, left Chag res
For New Orleans and New York, on the
first of January, arriving at the former
city on the 9th and the latter in time for
her return trip the LIST inst. The Fal-
con landed over $50 passengers,-all
bound for California ;-5U had landed the
the day before from another vessel.
| They are generally healthy and no