The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-12-05


1cArloy AND THE MARKErs-NEw DEMO-
i CRATIC PAPER.
Saint Pawl, Nov. Is.
: DEAR Doc.-Thc Democrats of this county
nominated their ticket for county officers last
night. The meeting was well attended and har-
mony prevailed.
The weather for the past few days has felt
much like rain. This morning, however, the
air is cool, and every appearance of hoary
snow Storm which Will be welcome This, YOU
know, is a great country for slcirhing-leycl
roads-bcst bloodcd() horses. AS to the length
any directlon-to find a hotel to warur at and
am inclined to think much longer drive than
many would fancy-bcforc they would succeed
in their search. A large hotel will soon be COM
plctcd at the Falls Of ST. Anthony. This will
make the only place of resort cut of town; and
being but nine miles, will be complete drive
The navi cation for this season, is nearly at a
close. We expect but one boat more There
arc no signs Of ice, otherwise than the latcncss
II of the season.
The merchants have been laying in large
stocks Of merchandise, particularly provision,
which bound to be hiyh durinr the winter,
| hope they won't slip up in their calculations of
rousing profits; say two or three hundred per
cent, that some are talking of making. few
will find it much to their advantage to sell at rca-
s0nablc rates. Fresh beef will be found a scarce
commodity about the first of February, as it is
n, |, l,,+
lars a head. There is some live pork about town,
which will serve to some purpose unless Jew
is customs should prevail
fear this will be dull place, this winter, to
scare up news. There are none at this time,
even, except a rumor Of the proposed establish
ment of democratic Press at Saltwater, on the
st. CroiX. | think there is confidence to be
placed in the report: having received letter
from prominent wing containing names of the
: persons Interested in the enterprise
Yours, w.
T. S. AS | close this the snow is fallinr very
fast, and bids fair to continue through the dav.
Du Buquc and E1eokulk Rail Road.
, MIR. EniroR: | find the following very in
5 tcrcstng squib in late number of the Musca-
, tine cnquircr: : & 2
INTEREST VS.. COMMON SExsE-Thcrc are
none to be found save those who live on the pro.
posed route, and seek for personal advantage, at
every cost to the rest of the State, who will now
urge so UtoPlan pro ect as the g Du Buquc and
hcokuk rail road. The Improvement of the
rapids Of the Mississippi obvlatcs all necessity
tor such road, and if built there would not be
transportation sufficient on it to keep the grass
from growing on the tracks. All The influence
which The State can WELD in Congress should
be brought 10 bear in favor Of the Improvement
Of the lapids and for donation to the q Central
Cross Rail Road.'
Mr.. La Cossitt is young man whom esteem
as IN editor, and Ircgrct very much that he has
fallen into the wake Of such spttirc elves as Old
Hawk and The Davenport Wizard. He is, too,
comparativclya stranger in Iowa, and it is very
probable that he knows nothing more Of our in
terror counties than he would have acquired by
glance at the map of our State, in the city of
New York. He publishes his dictum as if it
were the voice of the people, when in truth, the
village in which his sanctum is located, forms
the whole area of his acquaintance with public
opinion How does he know that the people
along the proposed route are alone in urging this
project? and even if this were true, they would
constitute nearly one half of the people of the
whole State. BY what authority does he, who
has never trod foot of this route, say that the
project is L" Utopian?' Is a rail road desrned
TO run two hundred miles through lands as fertile
as any in the world, Utopan proiect2 do
not believe that he thinks SO, but do believe
that he is influenced in his opposition to this
scheme, by worse than s'pcrsonul, by contract
ed, base, and vindictivc motives Does this
young man possess particle Of consistency,
when he follows his selfish prompters in Davcn-
port and Burlington in support of Pacific Rail
Road project, and denies the utility of rail road
from Du Buque to Keokuk? Which is the most
Utopian, that which traverses barren and unn-
habitod wilderness, distance Of two thousand
miles more, that which runs two hundred
miles through ten or twelve rich and populous
countless? Can man be sane who is SO incon-
sistent or, are not his tiny soulcd motives too
apparentS .. E. .-.s. .-'
Ills second sentence is falsehood coupled
with an absurdity; for the improvement
OF the Rapids in the Mississippi docs
not obviate the necessity of such road,
but it absolutely promotes that necessity by IA
cllitating trade and emigration into the northern
and western counties of this State, and of the re-
gion still further north and west, whereby trans
portation on this road would be equal to that Of
any inland route in the United States Take, for
instance, our midland counties, Keokuk, Powe.
shiek, Tama, Marshall, &c, and enquire what
interest have they in the improvement of the
Rapids, compared with the proposed rail road
They are at an average of one hundred miles, OF
more, from these Rapids, and it is virtually i'm
I, material to them whether they are improved o.