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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
Suffering on the Plains.

1t is more than one month since the first
companies of Californians started out upon the
plains from this point; They, as we'll as we
this time on the entire route, but the season has
been SO unusually backward, that there is no
grass yet, and the grain Of the Enigrants on the
plains, particularly that of the first companies,
must be exhausted. Great suffering and sacri-
flee ofteams will be unavoidable. Indeed unless
there is grass very soon, none will be able to 60
to the minessby the overland route this year, in
our opinion, All calculations concerning grass,
based upon the experience Of former years are
completely frustrated. We are, therefore, for
ced into silence about making any further calcu-
plains, at any given time. Guardian. ,,.,,,.Ss
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

MICHAEL ANGELo.-Angelo loved marble as
other men love life; and as we see in living
things symmetry: beauty ard perfection, so in
every block of marble he saw human forms, with
all their muscles, fbres and passions. s'"'
In art, he saw but one single object worthy of
being reproduced, and that was the human form;
and in man, only two things-muscles and pas
siens-the body and the soul of sculpture. Cos
tunes, landscapes, grounds, perspective, were
nothing to him; hence nearly all his persons are
naked, and even his paintings seem as if sculp-
tured ,..--
Michael Angelo could not help being sareas-
tic, although he was no detractor from real merit;
single proof of this is found in his noble tribute
to the genius of Ghiberti. who had made the
brazen door Of the Baptistry at Florence:
'sThey are worthy fbeing the gates of Para
disc. ."tH:ff@7 zFti %# ##fg's gftS % 2%sEf s< I1
One day painter came to him to show him
picture in which there was no part he had not
copied from the works of others. 4, .,l ,..s.,,.,.
at is well done said Angelo, 'sbut do not
know what Will become Of your picture at the
day of judgement, when all the members rejoin
their bodies; for here is q head which belonged
to the David of Cimabue-there a leg you have
taken from Giotto-an arm you borrowed from
-; what will remain for your 'q9H 7s'. s#%t'
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

Protestant EpIscopAE 5dCnuRcH-The
Church Register of the P E. Church in the
United States, gives the following interesting
information:
\ The number of Protestant Episcopal clergy are
as follows: Maine ID, New Hampshire 10, Massa-
chusetts 70, Rhode Island "a, Vermont %, Con-
necticut LOO, New York 242, Western New York
l115, n. Jersey go, Pennsylvania 151 !, Delaware
13, Maryland 1913, Virginia 121 North Carolina
80, South Carolina r., Georgia "a, Florida g.,
Ohio n, Mississippi IA, Kentucky 90, Tennessee
%, Alabama 125, Michigan 81, Louisiana %,
Indiana 81, Missouri IL I, illinois "a, Wisconsin
90, Iowa 4, Arkansas 5, Minncsota Total !,
53S! 1itGfDti sasi9GBsbs 3y3ru 8f5 moi b88gHu,1
The, first American bishop wast the Right
Rev. Samuel Seabury, d. ID, Of Connecticut.
He was consecrated at Aberdeen, Scotland, Nov.
IA, 1884, and died Feb. 25, 1906,
Forty.nine American bishops have been coi,sc-
Grated d-1of these l6 have died, 2suspended, %
remain actively and efficiently engaged instlcir
respective fields of1abor
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

LIE AUTHORITIES AGAINST CUBA.--Judge
Belts of the United States District Court for
the District of N. York, at recent session of
his Court, instructed the Grand Jury to enquire
into any and every violation of the neutrality
law of the United States. This charge was aim
cd directly at the Cuban Expeditionists, many
OF whom were present in Court at the delivery
OF the charge. Some gave open vent to their
feelings of dissatisfaction, while others approved
Of the law
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
Bad News From Cubn,

SAVANNAH GEORGIA, May 25.
The steamer Isabel touched off here, having
left the Havana on the 22d General Lopez.
accompanied by one of his aids, J. Sanchez
Sanega, took lodgings at the City Hotel; from
him we have got the following intelligence
The expedition left Contay in Yucatan on the
10th, and landed at Cardcnas on the 10Th; lost
some time in landing, which gave them time to
send an express to Post office at Collasas, ten
miles distant. The expedition entered the town,
attacked the Jail, supposng it to be the barracks;
the Jail was guarded by fifteen men, who stood
the fire well; at this moment troops were seen
crossing the square; they hailed, and were ans
wered by firing on the troops; after this some
soldiers went to the Governors house, which
was attacked and burned; the house was we'll
defended; finally the troops surrendered them
selves. The town remained peaceable in possess
sion of the invaders. The invading troops, be-
ing satisfied with the warm reception, and hav-
ing lost time in getting off their wounded, and
procuring fuel for the steamer Creole, which
was to return for reinforcements, became dis
heartened- and insisted on going to Key West;
they were closely pursued by the Spanish war
steamer Pizarro, but happily escaped Just be-
fore the Ohio left, the Pizarro came in with 1O5
prisoners; it was said they were mostly Germans
and Irish; it was SAID that they were to be shot
that day at ten o'clock, or at least one out of
every ten, and the remainder to be confined in
the dungeon of the Moro Castle. q erl3 o. Tsss1,
the despatch of yesterday,rit should read,
"garrison of Cardenas consisted of sixty men,
and not six hundred aas ...sa.i t.,s.l,igr! .5
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
OlllinOus.

We have looked in vain through the Whe
papers of Iowa, for some light explanatory Of
the Resolutions adopted at the late State Con
venton Of the Whig party. In vain even, have
we searched for word of commentator of the
ambiguity resolutions. The whole force of the
press in the service of Whiggery has been devo.
ted to bolster up the fame of the Rev. Jas Har.
Ian, In order to elevate him to the gubernatoriul
chair. What pity that all their labor has been
in vain! How mortifying the reflection to them
when looking back upon the bright anticipations
OF victory with such champion, and then cast
glance forward upon the dark future, with no.
thing to guide their footsteps but the murky
gloom of the Galphin claim, and the Ewing de-
cision against the State of Iowa.
On all these subjects the Wing press main
tanned an obstinate and ominous silence. They
dare not sustain the action or decision of the
Cabinet lest the masses of the people should
place them where they truly belong, and they
dare not condemn the Cabinet policy, lest the
loaves and fishes--i. e., the fat jobs which gree
dy anticipation has already placed within their
reach, should be wrestcd from their determined
grasp
What humiliating position for man who
wishes, but dares not express an opinion. But
suppose that the Wing press did speak out, what
would it be likely to say? Would it endeavor
to throw light upon the obscuri.y Of the Iowa Ci-
ty resolutions? Or, if that were not possible,
would it so amend these resolutions, that thew
1oE, -.
We doubt it, ."
Would they sustain the decision of Secretary
Ewing, by which the State of Iowa has been
robbed of 100000 acres of lando Let them
speak out, and answer for themselves
Would they conocn,.. tho Cabinet ot Wash
ington for the wholesale and unprecedented plum
der of the public treasure? If they would, let
them speak. If they remain silent on such vi
tai questions, involving the fundamental princi-
pies of government, party discipline shall not
shield their neutrality.
If they have one principlc--EyEN ONE, on
which they base the fabric which they call the
Wing party in the name of political truth, let it
be avowed. Is it not due to themselves, due to
their opponcnts--due to their opponents to
the thousands who are every day arriving at the
electoral age, that they should spread before all
their chart of political doctrine? Is it not due
to all that they should not only tell us candidly
the political fulcrum which they profess to
rest the lever of government, but also inform us
what is to be the effect of their welding these
powers upon our social progress?
All this is due to every man whom they soli-
cit for support and blind and stupid must be that
man, who casts the destiny of the future into
the hands of political parties without knowing
their principles of action the objects which they
profess to accomplish, and the means by which
this object is sought to be attained.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
Terrible Explosion.

UrlcA, May 3l-6 o'clock, P. NJ.
A scow, name unknown, loaded with railroad
iron, took in fifteen kegs of gunpowder, at Frank
fort, nine miles from this city. When she came
within about four miles of Utica, two or three
of the hands went into the midship with light
ed pipe, to steal horn of powder from one of
the kegs, when the explosion took place. The
boat is total wreck
i. o..
The lightning struck the engine running on
the express track from the west, and killed one
man instantly
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
The Express Fob once

ing, along the banks of the river, came upon Z
scene that hushed, at once, their merriment, It
was the form of Blanca Sarpelli, bending, with
hair dshevelled, over the lifeless body Of Tho
maso Carilll. When she became aware of their
presence, she uttered a maniac laugh, and sank,
dead and cold, upon the corpse of the student.
Such is the tale rehearsed to this day, by the
peasants of the Val d d'Arno.--What became of
the Baron, is not for certainty, known; a sim
pie tombstone and cross have been erected upon
the scene ofthe bloody tragedy, and, every morn
ing, an old white-haired man, who mutters some
thing continually to himself, is seen strewing
flowers upon the grave - l. q. R gBaer selS-9
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

VEGETAR1ANIsM--On the 18th ult., several
distinguished men, and many others not distin.
gpshed, assembled at New York, to express
their feelings, and tell their experience in rela-
ton to vegetable diet. VIZ tE'3 '"@-
Among the distinguished men, we perceive
the name of the Rev. Mr. Metcalf, of Philadel.
phia, who belongs to sect of christians, whose
religious tenets forbid them the use of animal
food We happen to have some acquaintance
with that gentleman, and many other members
of his sect, and we are free to say, that vege-
table diet has carried them peacefully through,
the most arduous labors and trying difficulties
We do not say this with any intention of advo-
eating their peculiar tenets of diet or religion,
but merely to bear testimony to the truth ofwhat
these gentlemen asserted at this meeting 1855" "
Mr.. Metcalf, on taking the chair, said that lie
had not tasted fish or flesh for forty three years;
nor had either Of his children or grand children
ever, to his knowledge, eaten of either.. He said
that during that period neither himself nor fami-
ly were afflicted with any of those epidemics OF
contagious diseases, which annually sweep their
thousands to the grave. t77Yg BEE .5@1%"s2
Several other gentlemen bore testimony Of
their own experience in the same respect, when
the meeting passed resolutions approving Of a
vegetable diet, and condemning the use Of ami
NAL food as immoral, unnecessary, and delteri-
Gus to the animal economy Of man. '''
We have no opinion to offer on this subject.
Our readers can try for themselves, and let their
own experience be their teacher; but we are free
to say, that animal food is consumed to too great
an extent by the great body Of mankind. It has
been demonstrated by chemical analysis that ma.
vegetables contain more nutriment in proportion
to parts, than animal food and therefore, that
vegetables, so far as nutrimetlt Is concerned are
best calculated to sustain life; but whether nu-
trimcnt alone is sufficient to Keep tic BODY in
healthy and robust state, Is quite another qucs.
ton. R'H' iHAh iat8 14sta fsNf % b9nia73ss
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

THE RAlLRoAD.-The citizens of Winncbaro
county are giving very solid evidence Of their
good opinion of the Galena and c. U. r. R.
by liberal subscri ptions to the stock The
amount in the county, it is estimated, will reach
se=ty thousand dollars. In the village of Rock
ton alone, at short notice and with little effort,
the sum of taccnty-onc thousand flee hundred
dollars was raised, and smore to come.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

,AccIDFNT TO LIEUT.. HUNTER.--Lieut. Hun
ter, Of Alvarado memory, met with q serious ac-
cident at Washington, recently,-W While inspect
ing a cottage in course Of erection, he fell
through an open space left fora staiy.way into
the cellar, distance ofnine feet. One Of his
arms was broken above the elbow; his hip was
considerably bruised, though il is hoped not
otherwise injured, and his head and face or, one
side were somewhat bruised and scraped 5a an
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
Failure of the Cuban Insurrec ton.

Inc cuban expedition has proved q complete
failure. Gen. Lopez arrived at Key West, and
on the 25th, he arrested at Charleston,
together with his aid, taken before Judge Nichols,
of the U. S. District Court, but there being no
evidence against them they were discharged.
The Marshal Of the District made the arrest.
under the authority ofthe President
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
SWANS HOTEL,

Iowa S1Jys
TNHE subscriber, owner and proprietor Of the above
i House, would inform the public, that he has taken
possession of said establishment and is prepared
modate the travelling community, transient regular
&" ,Htfgt shs#&t >sit." iCHAS. J. SWAN.
rConnectcd with the above establishment Is large
times be accommodated with any of
the country. - 7,7'a4,1 May l6, lS49. 37-ly. ruJ 80
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

INsURING FRAUD.--A new insurance Office
has been started in one of the Yankee States to
insure the faithful performance of official duties,
and to guarantee the community against official
frauds. Where is Galphin Crawford, and the
Attorney General'
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
CrOckwelI'S Hotel.

-" r"H So ANAMOsA, JONES CO., IOWA.
VINIIE subscriber would respectfully inform his nume
i friends, and the public in general that he is in
full blast ready at all times to give good Supper and
the night He also has good Stable well furnished with
the of gran and everything that will make horse
comfortable. Those from distance looking at the
try find better place in the interior to get nfor
nation in respect to- good locations. Ttt 7G3I rThu
Be sure to inquire for CrOckwell's Hotel ,Ja l.r,
3iG5F @d q D2f9bgo &C. L. d. CROCKWELI.
,Anamosa, Jan. 49, 1850. reOly. ~ .aoaI{ n
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
ITEMS.

Governor Johnston has RENTED the fines inn
posed upon the woman convicted at Pittsburgh
OF riot at the rolling mills A gallant gentle
man, I'LL -
Large Fire IN S. C.-We learn from the
Charleston Courier of May 18th, that q large
hre occurred there, consuming several thousand
bales ofcotton. Total loss $20O.OOO. 49,;
The Louisville Journal estimates the population
OF that city at So 900. In 1910 the population of
Louisville 2O,000-showing an increase
since that year of $50 per cent. Every branch Of
business is represented to pc fiourishing 98aSs
Porrsv1LLE, Pa, May 2S:
dreadful fire, from explosion, took place this
morning at the mines of Bainbridge & Ryerson.
on Mill Creek, near Port Carbon, as the opera.
tives were going to their work, and dreadfully
burned l3 Of the workmen; some, it is thought,
are past recovery. .a q >,
z The number of vessels which have sailed
for California from the Atlantic. Coast since the
excitement first began has been about $780, y
tB Rachel, the French tragedian, is reported
to have determined to visit America, after the
close ofan engagement at St. James Theatre,
London, in July. ....rs...
yGcn. Winfield Scott was born on the 18th
of June, 1786-is Ga years old. Zachary Taylor
is two years older. p.
70 England declared war against France ON
the 10Th of May, 1904.
p 'Connell died on TIM 18th of May, Is47-
- The grand patriarch of the Sons of Tenn
perance OF Maryland, is named Drinker. .r-g }ss-
% Charles Louis, the present Duke of Parma
was born in 1923. # ..-r. .l....
STRIKING BEAUTIES The mhners ofNew-
| hor g. L. -
resolved to start ''union shop, on their own
hook. They possess large capital. May they
never want credit customer
FLY1Se SHIp.-Mr Rufus Porter. Of New
York. who claims to be the original inventor Of
the "Aerlal steamer, or Flying Ship" is now
soliciting subscriptions to stock to aid him in
starting on the first voyage. He has made some
experiments in New York with model hine.
which We're pronounced by some ofthe papers as
successful.
y The Wings profess to be very fond of Gov,
ernor JOHNSTON just now; but it is fact that the
cause of their favor is the exercise of that hateful
veto, opposition to which has been a leading
article OF their creed for nearly twenty years! s
..J.G 34...s. ~. .,-.4s. EPennsylvanian.
tsS'Mr. CaIhoun's family are left in atf1uent
circumstances, his property being estimated at
$lio,OoO. He leaves a wife and six children, all
arrived at maturity.
The Davenport Gazette mentions that Mr.
Geo Shepperd, an English editor, is to bring q
large number of his countrymen into Iowa
The first detachment to reach here this summer
EDucATIoN-We, all of us, have two ed,..
cations one of which we receive from Others
another and the most valuable, which we give,
ourselves. 1t is the last which fixes our ,erade
in society, and eventually our actual value in
this lite, and perhaps the color Of our fate here
after. 81 -. a.i #.-@o sssf vi 5.. 1I7sf--~ s5a
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

The New York Globe, after giving the, result of
the later glorious Demcratic victory in Brooklyn
New York, says: The contest was strictly on par
ty grounds, and we had to conted against the
Navy Yard contractors, the pipe layers, and the
Free Soil allies Of the Wings. They are driven
into Gowanus Bay, and like Pharaoh s host, are
drowned, if not in the Red Sea, at spot near
Red Hook, whence no rcsusctating machinerv
can restore them to life.
Bonfres blazed all night; the thousands Of the
ylctors assembled at Dolgan's Headquarters in
fulton street, could not lind standing room in
about that old Democratic rallying ground, but
were obliged to adjourn to larger arena in the
same street, to which the Mayor elect was taken
in triumph, and addressed the electors. d
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

IRELAND AND AMERIcA-The first steamship
between Galway and America 1cft the former
place on the first inst, for Halifax She was
expected to make the trip in days.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
FARNlERS, HOME.

TE undersigned still keeps this long established ant
Il well known Tavern ut the corner of Main street
Market Square, in this city and is better
than he has been BEFORE to accommodate traveller
and regular boarders on the reasonable terns III
has made several additions and improvements to tn
former He would especially recommend his estab
shcnt Farmers and Teansters, his stable and yar(
accommodations not surpassed by any in tile city
Charges moderate. Come and try . Nse@tg tl i
-,''i..s5n s q a., Ego- g fa.- WM. ZUMIlAFE.
March G, 1850 29-tf r.... -s.,...>2 --..,,- - .,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

Lopez and his Icn--The Steamer Creole.
From the Washington Republic, May 81.
The following dispatch yesterday reached us
via Charleston:
KEY WEST, May 81 1850
The American steamer Creole, with 600 men
on board, this day ran into Key West after hav-
ing landed at Cardcnas, in Cuba; she was chased
into port by the Spanish man-ofwar steamer
Pizarro; about IS Americans were left on shore,
having, it is supposed, gone to sleep from exces-
sive fatigue. The people fthe Creole made
fast their vessel to the wharf, and delivered her
and themselves over to the civil authorities
The Collector has seized the Creole for violation
of the revenue laws, and her people have been
assigned 10 the vacant United States barracks
for quarters. Except l8 men in the "Petrel,"
sh""a is no force here, either military or naval.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
7CITYhHOTEL.

VI 1IO II IAs
m a. H. MILLER, late Of the Leclarc House,
%MA Davenport would advise his numerous
1000 friends, and the public generally, that he
IsS has tnken the above named spacious estab-
lishmcnt, where he hatteIs himself that he
VIII be able to accommodate his glcstsl In a
style to meet their entire appreciation. s-. - r.
10 ms st Louis friends who have heretofore honored
him with their patr6nage lie would say, that the vicinity
OF Dubuque abouDds with variety Of objects Of
TO the visitor The grouse shooting is be surpassed
and tie besttrout fishing at an easy distance. Il
Passengers conveyed TO and from the boats in carriages
tree Of expense. .',2''r".' y As3lG"
Dubuque, Sept. %, ls4s l2-ly
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

SIR JOHN FRANKLIN REPoRrED SArE.-The
The Devonport (England) lndepedent publish
es the following extract from letter received by
Mr., George Tucker, Of Pembroke st; Davenport
dated Hong Kong, Feb. "a; from his son, who is
masters assistant on board her Majesty's ship
Hastings: NJ,
can whalerof the arrival Of Sir JohnFrankln and
his, party at the Sandwich Islands. They salu.
ted that place Immediately they anchored, after
an absence Of FIVE years. They have discovered
the north west passage; most probably they have
been frozen up in the middle part Of that pass
age for nearly three years. The captain oof aAs
whaler informed us that Sir John Franklin ~
patched his first lieutenant over the lsthmyes a
sail Immediately for England with the intelli-
gepcc ' as.lg slIa gsiila s. 4sa & fs Il
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

Joe Pentand says he knows youth who ey,
cry time he wishes to get glance of his sweet,
heart, has to 'sholler fire. right under her window.
In the alarm Of the moment, she plunges her
head out of the window, and exclaims, swheres,
when he .poetically sIaps himself on the bosom,
and exclaims, therc, my Hangelina.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

aJlron chi'nneys are in operation in Jersey
City, and arc said TO do well e
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12

I GREAT BREAK IN THE ERIE CAHAL--A
great breach in the Erie Canal occurred at Bush
nell's Landing, near Rochester, on the goth ult
"A heavy embankment gave way, and more
than two millionBcubic feet ofearth were re-
moved. ,ff4, s.e g.S..sf.,.... s...t;s..
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-06-12
Rates OF Adver,,,ts,,,r.'

RATES OF OfAdvertisinx:
/ square, 90 lines or less) lst insertion &1.aa
Each additional insertion, '- -Sa -sS,g IN
One month, g' "a gR.a 90
Three months, 3 20 sH
Six months, sc, eS7 ss ,sr Soo
One year, n m
Professional Gard (under 6 lines) per an. e "a
Merchants advertising by the wear. will
be entitled to half q column, for -. .25 40
Patent Medicines, half column, year, "a. 90
40 do whole column, do 5000
The Express Fob once
Is one of the most perfect in the North-W West
we have lately purchased from one of the best
Type Manufactures in Boston, an excellent as
sortment of Jon and Fancy Type, which, to-
gether with the stock previously on hand, win
enable us to do all kinds Of Job and Book work.
in the latest and most elegant styles Of Printing.
Blanks of all kinds, constantly on hand, or
printed to order without delay.
Handbills, of all sizes and styles, printed at
the shortest notice.
Book Work executed with neatnes and dis.
patch. ,Tsz9n*rt aza1gszs- sE