The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-12-24
Correspondence of the Miners Express.
HIGnLAND P. o. Iowa Co. Wis.
Noycmbcr Dc. A. ID. 1851.

| HIGHLAND p. o. Iowa Co. WIS.
November %, A. D. 1851.
| MEssRs. EDIroRs Some five or six year
ago when these diggings first began to attrac
the notice of the Republic of Miners, Gambler
&C., there was no post ofiico here, and thci
dunning letters and few ''seven by nine news
papers were received by the dcnizens of tlli
place at Biuc Rirer Post Office, which latte
named place is otherwise called Cenfrevillc, no
that it is situated in the centre of any county
township or place in particular, but because o
the line between Iowa Co. and sold Grant
passing through the centre of the town.
Now in those primitive days, one Guy b
Morrison, sometimes called "Little Guy Morri
son" came among us from Shake Rag, with di
vers boxes of "goods wares and merchandise
and sundry barrels and jugs Of Whiskey,of whicl
latter named article he was no bad Judge
Well, Guy as good Democrat well might do
became subscriber to your excellent paper
and hope paid his subscription. Yes, hope
so, yet my hope is not unmixed with fear
Many time and oft during the summer months
of 1S46, has the writer sat down in ssGuy's," or
the head of barrel of "Cincinnati double rec
tificd'' and had his political faith renewed from
the columns of the "Express' while the boys
were hazarding few dimes at Poker, or at Eu.
chre, for who should purchase the cred eye
But during that season Guy sold out his smar
trap and moved away always supposed tu
Dubuque. He has been here few times since
ard | have some faint recollection of hearing
that he crossed the Plains in lS4o or so, and
was doing well somewhere on the Sacramento,
Yuba, or San joaquin. But Guy has not been
on "Bluc River Wisconsin, since the early
part of 1Si9. @You may bet your life on that.
Well, time has made some changes even here
on .Blue,'' since 1s46-Centreville, the locus
of Blue River P. o. is no longer the pretend
ing village that it then was, instead of half a
dozen groceries, each doing first rate business,
you could not get drop of the "artcIc' in the
whole place even if you belonged to the Sons
of Temperance. And the Post Office instead OF
supplying the whole surrounding country, even
to the city of Muscoda and the confines of
Richland county, as it used to, it has entirely
gone down. Yes, this Office in days gone by
swallowed up, scverally the Offices of Wingvlle
and Muscoda, has in its turn been swallowed up
by the office at Highland, and as one of the tro-
phes find many copies of the "Miners' Ex.
press" to sGuy B. Morrison" n"-The matter
mailed to Blue River Post Office, is now taken
ont here, and regularly as the mail, we receive
your paper directed as above. 1t is not called
for-Guy has no legal representative here
his name is fast passing from the memory OF
the "oldest inhabitants indeed he is only held
in remembrance here by the recollection of the
ssgood cornmen'' that he used to keep, and by
hearing his name read on the yellow wrapper o!
your paper at this office.
Now srs, you have the whole case, have
one more suggestion to make. You certainly
do not send this paper under the vain delusion,
that you will get yeur pay for it. You are GER
tainly sending it "free gratis for nothing" with
out hope of reward, as strong ray of light into
this dark and bcnighted region. If such is the
fact, why continue to send it 10 Guy, there are
plenty of good Democrats, to say nothing Of
Wings and Free Soilers-and so:ne who can
read too, who have not gone 10 California yet
although must confess that the most of them
talks of going next Spring. But change the
paper to some other name. For myself, take
the "Weekly Burlington Telegraph and thai
is enough Iowa news for one small family.
would therefore suggest the name of Luman NJ
Strong, our worthy member TO the Legislature
from this district. He is good Democrat,
good reader and regular graduate Of Lnr
county Iowa. think that through that chan
mel, your paper would do more good than it doe:
by being sent to our long since fellow towns.
man, Guy B. Morrison.
Yours, most respectfully,
J. b. MOFFETT. p. NJ
By Ii. II. SUDDUTH, Deputy