The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-08
Mercantile Meeting.

| The Merchants of st. Louis met on the 22d
ut., and adopted series of resolutions, in which
they condemn, in merited terms, the careless
ness of steam and other boat officers for their
neglect Of freight, by leaving it exposed to rains,
&C., on the lcvee. We have thought that some
thing of the same kind might be done here with
propriety. For the information of those con-
cerned, we append few of the resolutions a.
dopted at St. Louis. If carried out in the spirit
in which they have been conceived, they will
serve salutary checks upon the neglect of
steamboat officers.
The better to define few points of general
interest," and to serve as custom, where agree
ment is made to the contrary, be 1T resolved by
the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis:
l. That it shall be incumbent upon steam and
other boats to sdeposit' their freight in equitable
weather, as they required to do by an act of
the State Of Missouri, entitled can Act respect
ing steamboats,.
If our packets and other boats will discharge
their cargoesin the rain or when the clouds
strongly threaten an early|shower, & the produce
or merchandise shall be damaged by such expos
ure before it can be removed from the Levee or
secured against loss, the boat so offending shall
be held by consignees for all the damages that
may accrue on the produce so exposed
.. That the words "deposit any freight in
proper manner, and in good condition on the
wharf, to be found also in can Act respecting
steamboats,, can not be construed reasonably to
mean anything else than that such articles are
liable to be damaged, such as grain of all kinds,
-four, tobacco, hemp, &c, shall be dunnaged in
such manner as to protect them from running
water, should it rain before it is taken from the
| Levee.
When the freight is thus deposited, it then be-
comes the duty of the boat to give the consignees
verbal or written notices that their freight is ready
for delivery.
After which, it shall be the duty of the con-
signees to go and receive their consignments, if
they be placed upon the Levee in such manner
that the property can be recognised and number
of packages counted; if so, it shall, on counting
q finding it correct, be considered delivery. If
it be not placed, then the parties are to abide
the weghers certificate, or the count as it is re.
moved from the Levee 1t is understood, how
ever, that nothing in this resolution shall be
construed to release the boat from any dam
ages she may be Justly liable for, although
there may have been an implied delivery of the
whole.
We have received communication from a
Democrat of this county, rejecting in rather
harsh terms upon member Of the party, who
has heretofore, as the writer alleges, figured
pretty industriously for his own advancement,
and who now seems to be 'setting his stakes
for an important Office in the gift of the people
We have laid this paper by for one week, in the
hope that the writer may conclude to withdraw
it, or suffer its personalities to be smoothed some
. what.
We wish it distinctly understood that we be-
long to no clique, shall we lend ourself to the
building up of any faction, or suffer our columns
to be the medium of attacks, unless clearly
see that the good of the party demands it.
The same communication refers to candidate
for Governor, proposed to be presented by the
north. Would it not be better for the writer to
be more explicit upon this subject, and give us
the name ofthe proposed candidate. Our paper
circulates to some extent in the middle and
southern portion of the State, and our readers
there might be puzzled to know the writer's OBJ
ject in thus mixing up these two subjects.
| EQUEsTRIANIsM.-A troupe of male and fe-
male riders from Europe, have arrived at New
York. Mad Turniaraire, the principal female
member of the troupe, riders all her acts, both
principal and scenic, on horse without saddle OF
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i Good Nevs!-We understand, that A. Hyatt
Smith, President of the Rock River Valley Rail
road Company, has recently received letter
from Mr.. Macy, the agent Of the road, to nego-
tiate loan, stating that million of dollars OF