The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

da, although its principal ingredient and genera
character is American. The Americans are the
onions and flavor that season the whole DISH
Let any one place himself in any one spot for o
half an hour and he will see as many casts as
were ever dreamed Off his philosophy-casts
of humanity in clay by great caster, not the
counterfeit presentment in plaster of paris
wrought by human hands. And yet there is no
ciashing, no interference, no national, sectional
feelings engendered, and better regulated COM
munity never existed. Here you will find the
New York merchant, the Southern planter, the
Western farmer and the Eastern trader-the
Shareholder and the hot-headed abolitionist -
Here is the volatile, enthusiastic, and sanguine
Frenchman. Then comes the fiery, hot blooded
Italian, who lowers his brows, and growls out a
deep "diarolo" through his teeth, if one but joys
his elbow. In his wake comes the stolid Ger
man, with his little blue cap and enormous vizor,
who seems, while he inhales his tobacco smoke
from the bowl of his Dutch pipe, to exist but in
dream; but in his eyes you can see his favorite
expression, "Men Got, vat countries!' Next
we see the Englishman-who, let him live I'M
der American institutions till he grows grey-let
him associate with Americans all his life-nev-
er loses his nationality. He bears his birth-rig ht
upon his brow, he carries it in his hat, it is i'm
printed upon his coat it is perceptible in his vest,
1t is evident in his trousers, and unquestionable
in his CATERS and Shoes Then comes the child
OF Erin, poor, down trodden, betrayed Ireland
His looks are brighter now, buf saddening
thoughts will cast shade over his brow when
he thinks of the green sod that grows over the
graves of his ancestors. When he conjures up
the history other long, long years of poverty
and oppression, when he sees the thousands upon
thousands of his countrymen starving and dying
like dogs upon the waysde, the big tear glistens
in his eye; and yet he yearns for home, and de-
term'nes when he has obtained wealth to fly
again to his own his native land. The harp is
music in his ear, the shamrock the oasis in the
desert, and he echoes the words of the song:
ooh steer my bark Erln's Isle
For Erin is my home,"
III all due reverence and sincerity, and with his
heart IN his mouth" And here is your canne
Scott, from Aberdeen to Glasgow, long head
ed chlel, who takes care of his pennies-the bon
ME, merry Scott. Now stalks the Spaniard,
with his dark complexion, his raven locks, his
piercing eye, jealous in honor, sudden and quick
in QUARREL; the proud blood of the Castilian no.
bles mantles readily to his cheek, and he bows
with the air of Don of the olden time. He is
followed by Mexican. He is proud of the few
drops OF Casllian blood that remain in his veins;
but he is merely counterfeit presentment.--
Here comes bevy of Ceestials, with their dark
loose clothing, their irreproachable white stock
ings, and their practical boots and shoes. They
are all very happy and clannish; the only real
soSidlistS ia eAlSIeuCe ut " guaTu tNelr pig
tails as their honor, and cherish them with the
utmost devotion A Chinese would as soon
think of severing his head from his body, as cur
failing the fair proportions of the heirloom of
his country. The Celestials are very useful,
quiet good citizens, and deserving of the re-
spect of all. Then comes the tawny Malay
dressed in half civilized style, very dirty, but
with carriage and bearing that would become
a regal court. He looks out of place in our
streets, giving one the idea of degenerated and
Disguised Othello. Here comes the tall and
manly Pole, and as we watch his form, we can
but drop tear for poor Poland, whose children
have shed SO much ofther hearts blood for lib
erty, but in vain. Watch the Chilanos, the
Peruvians, the Swiss, the Russians, Prussians,
Kanakas, negros, and-no, we have no Chi
lanes here as yet, though many bear as distnc-
tive marks of their consanguinity to the animal
race, as do the newly discovered sGhilanes or
men with tails And all these inhabitants of
the four quarters of the globe have been attrac-
ted to the spot by the magnetic influence of gold
They are all seeking it-some with high and no.
Bile thoughts-some for the sake of gold, that
they may make noise in the world, some for
honest ends, and some for simple living, bed,
board, and lodging, for the mere sustenance of
nature This strikes the eye of all, and is but
aint meagre shadow Of our population. AS the
clown says in the circus, "Let me go Johnny"
-[Alta California.
JOHN Quincy ADAMS AND SHAKspEARE-A {
most charming work has been recently publish ,
ID at the North which is eliciting great praise
rom the newspaper press. 1t is a collection of :
etters written by daughter of the elder Adams, T.
The volumes contain, besides the letters of Miss
l dams, who married to Col. VIM S. Smith, i
distinguished officer of the American Revolu-
ION, several letters from two eX-Presidents Ad-
ms, and some others. ,
In the second volume is the following criti- g
ism of John Quincy Adams upon Presentations *
the Characters Of Shakespeare. In his intro :.
uctlon MIR. Adams says:
81 have been, man and boy, reader of Shak-
peare, at least threescore years. A pocket edi- ~
on OF him was among the books of my nurse -,
Y library, and at ten years of age | was as ia ~
llllar with his lovers and his clowns, as with
Johnson Crusoe, the Pilgrims Progress, and
lie Bible "
"ln later years have left Robinson and the Al
ilgrlms to the perusal of children, but have to
ontlnued to read the Bible and Shakespeare *
ways recognizing the precedence of venera- .;
on due to the Holy Scriptures a'
81 have read Shakespeare as teacher of NOR -,
lS-as student of human nature-as a paint "
OF lite and manners-as artihcer of imagi- >,
airy words-as at once the subimest and most u
hilosophlc of poets.
"When l say that my admiration of Shak- d
pear is little short of dolatry, mean to be un-
erstood that it is not idolatry- that hold him >,
menable to the common laws of criticism, and ID
eel at liberty to in him as we'll the vices
his age, which abound in all his plays, as his
wn faults, from which he is by no means ex-
mpt. Yet, admiring him as do, with all his
lemishes, take no pleasure in dwelling upon d
hem,' &c.
MIR. A. comments upon the performance of =
hamlet, by John Kemble, which, he says, he =,
aw him perform more than fifty-two years ago u
n London. The performance fell far short Of
lis expectations; although Kemble was then in !
lis prime. In another place, he says:
'Of all the performers have ever seen pre-
uming to speak the language and convey the .
sentiments of Shakespeare, Mrs. Siddons has APP :.
'eared to understand them BEST r,.
In connection with this subject, Mr. Adams =
gives rich and racy description Of the charac-
er of Desdemona 1t occupies seventeen pages
If the book, and is written in the best style of a
hat ripe scholar and deep thinker. r
FAST SHAvING.-Three brothers, bearing a re- {
narkable resemblance to one another, are in the
iabit of shaving at barber shop, in Olive street.
a few days since one of the brothers entered
he ShOp early in the rnorninr opd ,y,. d,,l,,