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

ANEcDoTE OF Observation-Disclosures
was the son of celebrated lady of high rank
who, to conceal her indiscretion, caused him to
be exposed on the steps of St. Roch Here he
was found by a poor woman who earned her
livelihood by her needle. She adopted him.
and maintained him by the produce of her labor,
and placed him in the college of Montague
The young man profted by the instruction re-
ceived, so that, like Paschal, he made new dis
coveries in geometry in his 18th year. His name
soon became known over all Europe, and the
learned courted the society of the young student
OF montague. Such was the fame he acquired
by his early talents, that the lady at last began
to be proud of having given birth to such SON
His foster mother had been watched, and conse-
quently, the real mother had obtaired informa-
ton concerning the fate Of the child, but with
out contributing to its subsistence. Vanity bro't
about what the voice Of nature was incapable Of
effecting. She one day repaired to the college
and requested to see the youth He came
She began long harangue on the tyranny of
prejudice, on the pain she felt at being obliged
to forsake him, and so forth. 81 am your moth
err" said she. "You my mother? You are mis-
taken; have no mother but her who took care
of me in my infancy He turned his back up
on her and never saw her more; but continued
the affectionate and dutiful son Of the seam
stress and repaid her with interest in her old
age, the cares she had bestowed upon his child.
hood.-[Family Herald,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
TRking the Ccnsus


Marshal-"How many persons there in this
family"
Old Lady-"Do you mean children and
alE"
Marshal "Cer,anly."
Old Lady-''Oh then, there amt none, cause
my children are all gals; e cept John, and he
amt my child-do you count John?'
Marshal-"Whos John?'
Old Lady-"Oh, la! don't you know Johne
why he's living with me these ten years; he's our
hired man.
Marshal-"Wel, that's one male How many
females are there in the family?''
Old Lady-"Females. Let me see. Their
ain none, but Biddy the hired GAL
Marshal-s'l understood you to say that your
children were girls"
Old Lady-"La, yes Well dye count
them?'
misunderstanding | count all who make
home in your family-old and young, men,
women and children"
OF Lady-"Shakes alive! then you want to
take down the old gentleman, l spose, don't
you?"
Marshal-"W What old gentleman"
Old Lady-"My old man, to be sure
Marshal ITO be sure do. l thought you
said John was the only male in the family
Old Lady-'sSo l did, but / didn't 'spose
'males' meant decrpit old men, like my hus-
band. Poor deer! He's been albut dead with
the palsy these six year next hoeing.''
Marshal-"Now for the females
Old Lady-"Well, there's Biddy, and Pru-
dence, Jemma, that's all; four of EN-
Marshal-"But you hevent included your
self" "
Old Lady-"Gracious! Dye take down old
women too? Pears to me the States mighty
particular this year" f"s-
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
52,7OO,OOO Dollars.

On the 10Th ult. as reported in the Congress
sional proceedings, Mr.. Jones of Tennessee, a
Wing, showed that the expenditures the present
year, will amount to the enormous sum Of fifty
two millions seven hundred thousand dollars; or
two dollars and a half to each man, woman and
child, black and white, bond or free, in the whole
country! This immense expenditure is made in
a time Of peace. During foreign war; the
wings complained that the Democrats were ex-
travagant in expanding about that sum.
Truly the Galphins have got hold of the Ma
tional Treasury, with hungry mouths. Some of
the Wings are alarmed, and Jones is put forward
to stop the food ofextravagance, if possible
But it is too late, the plumber has taken place
The people must rouse, however,or there will be
more of it and Of worse character, if posi-.
ble
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

GEORGIA IN ARMs.-The Southern Press has
dispatch from Macon, Ga. dated on Thursday
night announcing that a mass Convention had
just adJourned-and that it was one of the lar
gest and most enthusiastic ever held in the State.
It was addressed by Messrs. ,Rhett, Yancy, and
Cochran, of Alabama, Colquitt, Stiles, Jones,
Gibson, ramsey, and Platt, of Georgia, and
Others The resolutions passed were of the
strongest and most decided character. The fol-
lowing will serve as an indication of their spirit:
fesoloed, That should the event occur in
which it shall become the duty of the Governor,
under the direction of the last Legislature, to cali
Convention of the people of Georgia, to con-
slider of the necessary measures of safety to the
State, it is the opinion of this meeting that our
Senators; and Representatives in Congress
should Immediately return to their State, and
unite with their constituents in consultation and
action on such measures
Another account represents the whole number
of those blusterers and hotspurs at from $50 to
500.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
Important from Texas.

The Legislature of Texas is now in session
and the message of Gov Bell, which forms thu
basis gifts deliberations, is before It is jus
such document as might be expected to come
from the Executive ola State who believes tina
her rights and interests are in jeopardy, and tina
nothing but energetic and determined acton car
save her from the Entertainments offederal pow
or The following extracts from the message
will shew the temper Of the document:
"Difficult and embarrassing, then, as the ques.
ton undoubtedly is, and however fraught its con.
temptation with painful solicitude, we have lef,
us no choice but to meet it. 1t must be me,
boldly, and fearlessly, and determinedly. Not
by further supplication or discussion with FEEDER
al authorities; not by renewed appeals to their
generosity and sympathy; not by longer reli-
ance on the delusive hope that justice will yet
be extended to US; but by acton-manly and
determined action-on our part, by a prompt as
sertion of our rights and practical maintenance
of them with all the means we can command,
sat all hazards, and to the last ertremtty."
After some further unimportant remarks, Gov
Bell proceeds to say:
"l am not of the number of those who have
attempted to estimate the value of the Union
regard its benefits, when they are administered
in conformity with the spirit and principles of its
constitution as unappreciable, by those who are
left in their undisturbed enjoyment. But, when
the guarantees of that sacred instrument are set
at naught, or when force shall be resorted to as
The legitimate mode of their Interpretation, it
will then cease to be Union entitled to our re-
verence, because 1t will have ceased to possess
The power of extending equal and mutual bene-
Its to all its members" -
The Governor then asks for authority to raise
wo mounted regiments, with power to supply
he same, and direct them wherever the emer.
5ency may first call.
We have not room for further extracts, nor
indeed is any more necessary to give an idea of
he state of affairs in Texas. Should that State
efuse to accept the terms proposed in the bill
low before Congress, defining her boundaries,
will be difficult to conjecture the result.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
CITY AFFAIRS.
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL, )
Council Chamber, Sept. 9th. 1850.

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL. )
Council Chamber, Sept. 9th, 1850.
Council met pursuant to adjournment, pres
ent the Mayor pro tenn; Alderman Rogers,
Langworthy, Decker and Gildea. a.,
On motion Of Aid. Langworthy the reading of
the proceedings of last meeting was dispensed
with s.
Reports from committees called for.
Mr.. p. A. Lorimier chairman of a committee
to examine and estimate the cost of excavatinp a
steam boat channel from Lorimier's Furnace to
Eagle Point, submitted the report of said CON-
mittee.
On motion Of Aid. Gildea, the report was re-.
ceived and the committee discharged.
On motion Of Alderman, Lang worthy. ordered
that six hundred copies of the report be printed
in handful form, under the supervision Of com.
mittee. Carried. Aid. Langworthy and Gildeo
were appointed said committee
On motion Of Aid. Gildea, the board proceed.
ed to electa Waterman, whereupon Mr.. Owen
Smith was elected Mr.. Smith appeared md
took the oath of office.
Ordered, That a bill of A. Auderson's for
$500 scrip, be paid. Also, bill ofo. Con.
nell, $500 cash. a
On motion, adjourned.
!. H. EMERSON, Mayor.
BEN. M. sAMuELs, Recorder Pro tenn.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

The TELEGRAPH L1Es.-Most of our east
ern exchanges come to us these days with some
thing like the following announcement:
"lowA ELEcTloS-The Wings have electc,
Wright, in the LIST District, over Hem, (Dem y
Now, these reports left Iowa long enough afte
the election to have known that they were false
and those who sent them must have known then
to be false, fthey knew anything about them
Such is the use made by what could be of mucl
public utility, but which is at election time made
an engine of political lying
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

MURDER AT BURLINGToN.-On Tuesday the
third inst, MARSHALL MORGAN was killed in a
grocery at Burlington by one JACOB WILLIAMS.
cated-unfriendly--Th fatal blows were struck,
when Morgan fell, gasped and died
This is but the necessary effect of drunkenness.
1t is but one of the many ways in which VIC
lent death scizes the victim who devots his life
to the service of the Devil by frequenting dram
shops. And what a life is this! A life of MISE
~, Of wretchedness, life Of crime-a life of hor-
ror-a life Of suicide which must and does end
in murder.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

SEIZURE OF GooDs BY THE MEXICAN Gov.
from Vera Cruz up to July
Goth, and from Mexico city July god, state that
much excitement was produced among the mer.
chants the former place, by the arrival there
of hundred mules, loaded with contraband
goods, the products ola Government seizure
1t appears that an American wrecking schoon.
err went over to the Mexican shore from Key
West, with s cargo of dry goods, powder, &c.
valued at $4,000. These were all successfully
landed at Tuspan, and the mules started off to.
ward the interior. 4a
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

SENTENCE OF DEATR.-On the Oath ult. this
awful sentence was passed, by Judge Colt, of
the criminal court, St. Louis, upon Jack Rob-
erts, alias Ward, and Richard Jones, who were
found guilty of the murder of Waterman Eph-
rain Hibler, the former as principal, the latter
as accessory before the fact. The prisoners re-
lied for their defence upon the demonstrations
lily ola city ordinance, by the authority of which
the officer was attempting to arrest Ward as a
runaway vagrant. Ward claimed to have been
discharged, and not runaway; and as the Office,
had no new power for his arrest, he thought
himself justified in committing the fatal deed
The execution is fixed for the 10th October.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
The Fillmore Platform.

A Washington Correspondent of the New
York Herald says:
The platform of Mr. Fillmore restores
the Old wing dynasty-the old whig hunkers
the old wing system, and the old wing organ
zation, as far as it can be one
A high protective tariff.
The distribution Of the revenues of the public
land among the States
a liberal system of expenses.
A repeal Of the b.Treasury.
The establishment of bank.
A general bankrupt law.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

An exchange paper says, in ten years the fash
ionabe tour will be from Philadelphia by the
Pennsylvania Railroad to Chicago, thence thro
Lakes Michigan, Superior and Huron to De-
troit, and thence directly magnificent steamers
to Buffalo and Niagara, and thence to NJ York
by Montreal, Lakes Champlain and George, Sa.
ratoga, and the Hudson River
Detroit Free Press.
We move to amend, by striking out all aftel
the word Chicago, and insert, thence over the
Galena and Chicago Rail Road to the Mississip
pi, at Dubuque, thence up to St. Paul, St. An
thony, Sank Rapids, &C., on the upper Missis
sppi, back again by steamboat to the falls of St
Anthony; thence up the St. Peters river to the
City which will be situated at the great bend
thence back to Dubuque by Rail Road, ane
thence home to any point of the compass.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

FRANcE.-Thls long-talked-of enterprise has
been at last accomplished. London and Paris
were connected by telegraph on the lst of Au-
gust.
sThe wires of the electric telegraph are at
last laid across the Channel, connecting ENGLAND
10Th the Continent, from Shakspeares Cliff, l
mile SW. of Dover, to Cape Grinez, about IL
miles SW. of Calais. The distance between
the points is Is miles; but the wires are 90 miles
long, to allow for the inequalities of the bottom
upon which they lie. The. first experiments
made with the apparatus long used betwe cen New
York and Philadelphia have completely sue
ceeded, and the line will soon be opened to pub,
lie use.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

N. Y. GLoBE.--We have secureda daily ex-
change from this standard Democratic paper,
which Is now devoting itself to healing schisms
of the Democratic faith in N. Y. In this con-
nection we cannot justly omit to notice the PENN.
sYvAsIAN g DETRoIT FREE Press, two papers
which have done more for the Union and for
the great party whose advocates they are than
any other publications. We are proud of the
honor Of standing consistently upon the same
Democratic platform With the PEsssYLvAN1As,
FREE PREss and GLOBE. Those who can af-
ford to take an eastern political paper. should
take one Of these.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

PURE WATER IN BUFFALo.-That city is to
be supplied with pure water from the Niagara
River, by means of tunnel under the Black
Rock harIor and dam, and a reservoir upon Pros
pect Hill, into which the water is to be pumped
by steam. The capital Of the Company is $780,
600; S3O0, 900 Is now subscribed.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
Edltor..I Correspondence.

Editorial correspondence will be commenced
next week;--it was received too late for this
weeks paper Our readers are, perhaps, aware
observation. On Saturday we received the first
fruits Of his mission in the shape of 43 new sub.
scribers-all from Jackson county. Good for
jackson. In a few weeks we expect to num-
Der 400 substantial patrons in that county
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

IRISH BuLLs.-Who lives in that house. Pat
rick"
"Mr Ferguson, that's dead"
elbow long has he been dead?'
elf he'd lived till next Christmas he'd been
dead twelvemonth.'
''What did he die OFF,
ttHe died of a Thursdau'
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
A Hunbu0.

The disunion plot about which the letter wri-
tiers at Washington have written SO much, turns
up q hnnabag.
Gen. Houston whose name was connected
with it, as being offered the Presidency Of the
new confederation, denies any knowledge of such
4 contemplated movement on the part of the
'south and redicules the idea Of uniting with
Mexico in the formation Of another Union.
What next? u
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
From the Lou. Courier, of the 2yth.


The WHEAT CRoP-Prices--The receipts o.
wheat in all the markets of the country are quite
tair, and the qualities are generally excellent
The receipts here are moderate, the average price
at the close of the week being IS cents.
The wheat of the Ohio Whitewater Valley is
good, farmers selling at 60 cents per bushel
At Buffalo, New York, on the Goth, wheat
was dull, with no buyers of Ohio at anything
over 80 cents. The .Adcertiser, of the 2lst, re-
ports sale of $4,000 bushels not prime at 7s
cents, with the impression that prices must still
further recede.
At Sandusky City, Ohio, the receipts have
reached the aggregate of 100000 bushels! On
the goth inst, the price was 79 cents, and on the
2lst, rs to II cents
At Cleveland, receipts were small On the
Goth inst, lot of 1000 bushels afoat, brought
7s3 cents. The Herald says; ga kind of wheat
called the Mediterranean, has been introduced
into Ohio, which ranges from four to six cents a
bushel less in our market than other qualities,
and producers will find it to their interest to avoid
raising it." This season the wheat crop is
immense, not only in northern, but southern Ohio,
and low prices cannot keep it out Of the market.
AT Pittsburgh, wheat continues to come for
ward pretty freely, and sales have been to fair
extent at 80 to IS cents per bushel
In Cincinnati, the Gazette of Saturday, saws
the current rate is IS cents per bushel. We
hear Of no sales below this rate.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

The following lines, from source unknown.
lthe more to be regretted) are sublinlely power.
full
My dearest wife, fair Martha Ann,
fondly trusted
She fled my roof with another man.
And my lone heart busted!
Boston Bee.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

MINNESOTA ELEcT1oN.-'The returns received
up to this time warrant us in announcing the
election of H. H. sibley for another term as
Delegate to Congress. His only opponent was
Col. Mitchell, Wing. MIR. Olmstead having
withdrawn few days before the election.
This can hardly be considered as a party trial,
if it be SO considered the viii gs have been bea-
ten.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
70 man Subscribers,

After this week, we shall mail all our papers
on Tuesday evening for the Wednesday morn
ing mail. Hitherto we have waited till the last
possible moment for the arrival of the eastern
mail for later news, but as no dependence can
Be placed upon its regularity, we shall depend
upon it no longer
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

THF FOLLOWING DAGUERREoTYpE of his
Satanic Majesty, is said to have been actually
given by negro preacher in Virginia to his
'colored brudderin;' "Stan side niggars, luf me
tell you, hab dram and see de debil He
had an eye like de moon; he hab nose like ca
noe; lie hab an ear same as 'bacca leaf; he hab
a shoulder like de Blue Ridge; and he hab tail
like de rainbow
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

A man named Miller, tailor by profession.
living on Market street near Eighth, took an
axe yesterday, and commenced knocking to
pieces the furniture of his house. In doing this,
ne cut off his leg, by the knee. Cause, insanity,
OF course TRevelle.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

SAILING OF Mlss1oSAR1Es--Rev. William
and Mrs. M. A. Sanderson Ashmare, Missona-
ries of the American Baptist Missionary Union
to the Chinese of Siam, sailed to-day in the ship
Charming, Captain Johnson, for Hong Kong.
IN. Y. Com Adv
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

NINE YEARS oLD.--Our respectable cotempo-
rary of the Davenport Gazette closed the ninth
year of it's existence on Thursday last. We are
pleased to see it increase in useful vigor with in
crease of years. Barring politics the Gazette
is one of our favorites.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11
New and old.

Two weeks since we were able to announce
that the new cabinet was completed, last week it
was broken up again and become old, perhaps it
il new again before this, but whatever state
it is in, the element Of dscord will exist therein
while Tom Corwin Of Ohio continues to be a
member.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

A DY1Na PAPER.-Addison has told US how
christian should die;-those who are curious
to witness the last agonies of newspaper, can
be gratified by reading the Telegraph.
GERR1r SM1rH's CoNvENrIoN-Fred. Doug
lass, Presidential dispatch from Cazenova.
August 81, to the New York Express, says:
"The no.party, no-religion, nounion, black
and white convention met in this place to-day,
and to show their utter contempt for all white
men and white things, Frederick Douglass was
made the presiding officer ofthe convention; he
was, however, assisted by white officers
"Two thousand persons were present, not
many of whom, however, were members of the
convention.
"The convention, being against all churches
and all corporations, met in of natures tairest
groves.
"Resolutions were adopted against the north,
against the south, against Free Soil, and against
almost everything and everybody.
"The convention will adjourn Tomorrow
Their ultraism has disguised even the extreme
people of this ultra section of the State
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

ORAroRs have said good many smart things.
but 1t was home-sick freshman who said,
"sir, was born at very early period of life.
and it ever live till the day of my death-and
the Lord knows whether l will or not-my
sowl shall see sweate Ireland before it leaves
Ameriky."
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

The Troy TRAGEDY.-An appalling and
bloody tragedy came tolight this morning, at the
st. Charles Hotel. About ten o'clock this fore
noon, Mr. B. B. Mcdonald, the proprietor of
the hotel, thinking there was something wrong
in the non appearance of man and woman, who
had stopped as travellers. went up to their room
and knocked at the door, but receiving no ans
wer, he opened small window over the door,
when horrid spectacle was presented Both
man and woman were dead. The bodies, the
clothes, and the bed were covered with blood,
and the Threats of both were cut and horribly
mutated The man and woman came to the
hotel about four o'clock on Monday morning. -
From facts which were brought out, it was found
that the mans name was William A. Caldwell,
resident of Whitehall, where he has left a ia
Their living. He was from twenty-six to thirty
years of age, and had returned from sea three or
four months since. He was we'll dressed; and
of respectable appearance. The woman's mai
den name was Louisa G. Van Wrinkle, but it is
believed she was of late known by the name OF
Knapp. She was between twenty five and thirty
years old, and very beautiful; she was dressed in
deep mourning, and is stated to be from Brook
lyn. The Coroner of Troy being out of the city,
Coroner Casswcll Of Lansingburgh, was sent for
to hold an inquest, when the jury, after hearing
the facts in the case, returned the following yer.
dicts:-That the woman came to her death by
having her throat cut from ear to ear by the
hands of William A. Caldwell, on the eyenino
of Tuesday; and that Caldwell came to his death
by his own hands,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-09-11

INCREASE OF CKIME.-1t appears from the re-
cords kept at the County Jail, that during the
year ls47, not more than sixteen persons were
incarcerated at any one time; in 1S4s, not more
than forty; in l649, the average number was sew
enty-five; during the present year it has swelled
to one hundred. At this time there are one hun
bred and twenty prisoners within the walls
lSt Louis Rev.