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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

DgscRIPTIoN ov GALENA.-Ac correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune has been journeying
westward. His notes BY the way side are rich
specimens, decidedly. lie has passed throug,
Gaienn. Hear him:
g Passing down deep, rocky, Yavine & riding
clear rapid brooks which abound in these parts,
and are very scrvicnbe for washing ore. We
were ushprrd into the city Of Galena, which IL
the hilliest and rockiest place we were ever in.
1t is built in raync through which Fevre river
also passes. The principal part Of the present
town is upon the side ofa hill Of steep rugged
bluff, where the huge rocks look AZ though the
first shower or gale Of wind would precipitate
them upon the inhabitants below. Notwith.
standing the steepness, the c tizpns have mansg-
ed to build some fine dwellings, high upon the
rocks, and We noticed hanging gardens built in
the form Of steps; there are also many fine
shops here and an extensive trade carried on
from the lead which lies in piles along The riv.
or, ready for expectation"
principal part Of the town is on the side
hill ola steep rugged bluff Travellers eyes
are prove-biaiy IN an eclipse. This gen,lr-
mans were wnfuIly obscured. 1t 10 a wonder
that he did not break his shins over the b,ick
blocks on Main street, Of the existence Of
winch, he seems To be entirely oblivious.
:. There are many fine shops here Now
We venture ~ assert that we have two shops
in Galena that do larger business than any three
lio,,ses IN Chicago ut h. place in which, or from
which The business is done, will surprise Galepa.
ems, VIII, have heretofore mistakenly supposed
that The trade is principally carried on in shops
- and extensive trade carried on fiom lead which
lies in piles along the river That will do.
Gnlena is a t"wn built on the s. side hill OF o
bluff, has 6 fine chops and does business on
lead piles Valuable correspondent.-Ga tena
JeGersoniam.
"Truth is mighty and will prevail" Wound
ed ambition squirms and writhes under the lash
sending below the horizon friend f" JET"
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

70 The New York Joriru, of Commerce
has lately published table containing the
amounts of gold, silver. and copper received a,
the various Minis in the United States, since
the organization of the Government From
that table we make the following abstract:
From the time the minis were established to
the close of the year lS47, there had been de-.
posted, of gold silver end copper $l45, II 295.
In lS4S, $5,S79,92l; in 1549, SiI.l64,635; in
1850, 1913 500 ,3f6; and in nine months of 1851
$4,000 l5! The Journal saws
cit is difficult to realize at first thought the
great accession to- our metallic currency since
The discovery Of gold at California, When the
first few thousand dollars Of the elitering dus,
were landed here from the Pacific coast, the
whole city was excited, and specimens were
everywhere objects Of great curiosity. 1t is
hardly three years since, and yet semi-nonthly
arrivals are now regularly bringing us atthe
rate Of fifty millions per annum, and we receive
it ali as a matter Of course scarcely asking wha,
effect il is likely to have upo1 the wealth and
prosperity of the notion.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
2,o.2, o39 1889, 1872 2,7sI,5o0
Pcnnsuiranian.

MINNIE lrEMs.-Th- New York and Mich
gan Mining Company. ri which Mr.. S Viviar
is superintendent, in continuing the old shaft
find the vein promising. They have taken gu,
some fine Jumps of native copper and some good
barrel and stamp work lately and they mean
t. prosecute their work vigorously during the
win err
AT the Norwich Mine, they have lately
thrown down large mass Of copper and the
vein constantly improves. There is the most
encouraging prospect for this company and the
large force they are putting 10 it for the win
ter will have fine lot of copper out BY
spring
The OHIO Trap Rock Company have the
same vein as the Norwich and the same encour-
aring prospects before them. The ancient
diggings are quite ext nsve on this location and
wherever they have cleared odt these pits,
thev ind vide and rich looking vein, TINT
pr' nla.s wei tof their success.-Lake Supers-
or JoUrali
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

- Our highly esteemed town lady Miss Mary
). L"eare, is very highly complimented upon
her business transactions by most Of The news.
popers of our country. This is all well, yet
we confident that the compliment might be
ex ended wi h much more propriety to her lit
erary requirements and to the elevated posi-
ton she occupies as woman of the first order
OF talent, corr ct intellectual taste, and her SUI.
pernr accomplishments in the knowledge of
fin ar $, 10 which the attention of the rein d
portion of her sex is more properly called
We can assure our brothers Of the pen who
have so highly extoled her business faculties,
that h"r worth is not confined IT, that sphere
alone, but that for her liberaly to her friends
.ld to the pnblic, and for her numerous pr-
v.ie virtues she can but be admired by all who
KIN " her-PrOgresSire Era.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

Inv LANGUA"r OF You've LADIES The
Rev. a Peabody in an address bef re the
Newbnryport Female School, which has been
nuhls!led, nnlar9es upon the use of exaggerated,
extravaganza iar,ns OF specch-saying splendid
tor pretty, magnificent for handsome, horrid NJ
horrible for unpleasant, Inme nse for large,
;huusaufS or flvriads for any more than two
Were t., he says,',o write down, Tor one day the
conversation "f some young ladies' "f my ac-
quain,ancc and hen interpret 1t literally, 1t
would imply that, within tn compass of twelve
hours they had met with more marvellous adven-
lures and har-breadh escapes, and passed
through n"re Distressing experiences; had en-.
dured more freight, enjoyed more rapture, than
would suffice dnzrn common lives, Pitts
burgh Euening Chronicle
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
virginia Election.

In the First Congressional District, in Virgi.
min, Wilson, (Democra) is elected over Coop.
er, Whig) In the Second District. Meade,
(DemocraD is elected. In the Third District
John NJ Bolts, (Whig is beaten by Judge
Caskie, (Democrat.) In the onrth District
JAS. F. Stroiher, (Whig) is elected over J"re
Morton, (Whig.) In the Fourteenth District
Thompson, (DsmocraD is elected over lily.
mond, the late Wing member.
The defeat of Hympnd will be heavy blow
upon the Administration. He ran as the friend
Of Fillmore in District clailned as Fillmore
strong hold in Virginia.
Fifteen members were chosen in Virginia
the census IT 1850, which reduces the number
no, having been get officially published The
last delegation was composed Of l3 Democrat,
and 2 Wings.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
KOSSUTII.

The London Times has column or two Of
studied vi,upernti"n on Kossuru aud the
Leader intma,es that the article was written by
some one connected with the government
The English officials are getting afraid Of the
excitement among the people. From the fact
that no account Of Kossurn or the Mississippi
had been received in England up 10 The 18Th
instant, we lnny entertain hope that he is on
his way direct to this country. A corr"-p"nd-
ent of the New York Erpress, writing from on
bpard the U. s. steamship Mississippi, says Of
kossUTu
6 He yesterday remarked TO NE hope the
mer,cin people do not d. me this great honor
merely from motives Of humanity. because
am an exile and prisoner others have been
| prisoners, and as unfortunate as myself; but |
| hope they recognize in me the representative of
great principle, for which have perillrd for
tune, life and country lie seems particularly
an vious tins point. ! can hardly tell you
what great interest this man awakens in all Of
u.s. never met man who possessed grca.
ter fund # general knowledge, and who would
with SO li,lr apparent effort, completely carry
you away with han until you feel lis own rn,hu.
| saam. fiis conversational powers are extraor.
binary, hi IDEAS always par'ake Of the sublime
aud after ordinary conversation you frequently
EEL the emg1inns which leusual ait Iis'e!iiug
30 lofty cloQaenee.
correspondent at Tie Boston IraUetier, who
writes under date OF Smyrna, September Is h
says thti the Cap;aia ut The Mississippi told
hita, That when hossUrH stepped on board, he
made beautiful and affecting address, and
waen ID" officers and men returned three cheers
m reply. there was not dry eye among them
all. The wrI:er further says:
Allia4ne k"ssuih i, interesting in her man
| ncrs, and has still more than her husband, the
expression of deep sadness and affection. Sew.
eral of the other officers have their wives and
children with them. asked Kossuth for his
autograph, which he readily gave me, and the
following is copy Of what he wrote:
This is the first signature OF my humble
name which ! write since free again by the gen.
erou, protect n OF the United States, that pillar
Of freedom and Hum to oppre ssed humanity.
May you ever be Ike those highnndcd mr:,
whom feel proud to call my protectors On
board he u. S Steam Friaate isis i,ri the
18th Sept. 1851. LEWIS KOSSUCH.
Pennsylvania.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

EDlroR1ALs.-We cant write this week
We are too nearly dishearlened. To be COM
PEELED almost to Loose confidence in those whom
we have thought the best the Modest and mos,
kind and benevolent Of earth, comes as near t.,
crushing out the spirit within US rs anytlsing we
ever experienced. Such IS n,w our feeling,
and we can't drive it away--Io,nu True Dem-
ocrat.
Thus speaks the Abolition organ at Moust
Pleasant. This is a sanitary lesson upon pnlit-
lcal morals and which should teach Mr.
Howe, that the people in this State are not pre-.
pared for Abolition servtude-a seryi,ude fifIv
per cent. worse than that Of the S nth
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

CUBA The steamship Georgia arrived at
New York on Friday last, from Havana, with
ten days later news. She reports all quiet
There were Two Spanish t'rigates and three war
steamers in p'rt. Special dispatches have been
sent 10 Spain, for SIX more steamers and sixty
heavy Paixhan guns. The object was TO pr.
pare the ports for my emergency. The fund
raising for thefnnilies OF those VIII suffered BY
the Lopez expedition, has reached the SUN OF
$I74,566 Mr. Thrasher, editor Of The Far,
Industrial, was under charge OF the CommIss,ry
Of Police His arrest is supposed to have been
occasionrd by certain publications in New Or
leans. The authorities assign no reason for it.
Chicago Tribune.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

A Coon LUNA. II Mallory Esq, and his
four brothers just returned from California
showed us on yesterday solid piece of gold s
inches long. 81 inches wide and averaging one
half inch in thickness, weighing four pounds
and two ounces, and worth 100000. Mr.
Mallory found this treasure himself and deter.
mined to bring it to his home in Iowa-Du-
buque Exprcss.-[fOUa Republican.
Oh, horrible. We never made any such dvis.
ion Of the above figures. The comma should
be inserted after the second ought, making
81 zoe, in place of $4,000.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

News FROM THE RI, GRASpE -Nfp Or
leans, Oct. 24.-Nrws has been received firm
Tampico to the s h. General Canaes has ASA
ed permission of The provisional Congress o.
Mexico TO treat with The rebels Congress re
fused TO make any terms. but authorized the
government to employ all the means of the
State, including the National Guards, &c, t.
suppress the Instruction. The troops had left
Tampico and Vera Cruz for RIO Grande.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

CAUSES OF FAILURE IN BUsiNEss.-A late
writer enumerates the following causes Of fail
ure among business men:
]. The leading cause 10 ambition to be rich ;
bv crasping to much il defeats it self
g Another cause il aversion to labor.
g. The third cause is an impatient desire to
enjoy the luxurips Of life before the right to
then, has been acquired IN any way
4. Another cause arises from the want Of
some deeper principles for distinguishing be.
tween right and wrong. than reference merely
to what is established an honorable in the society
in which one happens 10 live.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
RUrrAIo October 81, P. M

The Henry Clay had 80 souls ON board -
While the wreck was lying side up IN trough
of the sea, all dashed themselves to the rigging.
Shortly after the deck went off and the hull
turned over carrying down all except David
Keefe and others who succeeded in getting on
part ofthe wreck Eight Of these were wash
ed off during the night.
The wind and sea continued high, and about
o'clock the brig John Martin hove in sight
and bore down to the wreck. They threw DOT
ropes to them, Keefe caught one OF them, and
after b. ing dragged quarter Of o mile was res
cued. One other, Capt. CaIlrrd, formerly OF
the Texas Navy, failed to get on board the brig,
and was drowned
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
DUBUQuE AND VIciNirY-Mr Mix, the

DUBUouE AND VIciYlrY-Mr Mix, the zen
tlemany Mail Agent f Iowa, and vicln;t,, r.
turned to cur city, day two since, after
cruise through Wisconsin, and the Northern pof-
ton of illinois: In conversing with him, we
were very much gratifi to learn, that public at
tention is being rected this vic nifty and that
among the people of Wisconsin, and northern
limos, lively interest is felt in Dubuque, and
the north of Iowa. His business called him
among the farmers If that country the life anu
soul OF every country, and he remarked that
there appeared to be universal desire and de-
termination among them, to migrate to this re-
gon. He says, they regard the location of thu
northern branch of the Illinois Central Railr ad
through to Dubuque, as a sure guarantee of the
rapid groth and prosperity of this country and
express co,vlci tat Dla illa, is desti :
ed very speedily to become the Queen City CT
the Upper Mississippi. TIL Y are sensible and
most sagacio US community, and God speed them
in the sale of their farms and settlement among
US. They are just such men as we want men
with judgment to perceive the advantages of a
country, and the moral courage to embrace
them
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

A FULL BLonMER AT Detroit discovery
IF novel character has been made in the
sstnck and fxias;' of bar-room. A youth
who has for two months past been officiating as
bar-kerper TO the establishment, was dlscov-
cred, on the arrival of man from the East, to
BIZ no other than girl in male attire, whom he
came to marry She had beel entirely unsus-
pected. The happy pair, after the nup,ial knot
was tied, left for Buffalo on the vessel of which
her s'liege lord' is Captain.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

lF FoRGIs G. BuRBRIpGF, County Judpe
Of Polk County, Iowa, died on the 23d of Oc-
tober. Mr.. Burbridge had been resident OF
that county but two years, and in that short
time obtained the respect and confidence of the
people to the extent Of being chosen to the
responsible Office whose duties he was discharg.
Ing up 70 the period Of his final iIness.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
Arrival OF the Steamship Louistana.-Later
from Texas.

from Texas.
By the arrival this morning Of the steamship
Louisiana, from Texas we have received files
Of apers from that city to the gath inst, inclu
svc.
The Galveston news learns that dispatches
have been sept by Gen Twggs, in accordance
with orders from the government al Washing
CITY. to Gen. p f. Smith, insrrcfing him 10
nss the means at his command to prevent Htn.-
cd EXPEDITIONS from this State crossing The Rio
Grandr with view 70 aid in he recent reynIH-
ton in northern Mexico The information in
r,rard II The precise nature ri the instructions Is,
nccessarilv, vague and indefinite but II the
revolution progresses. Gen. Saith may be re-
uuirad to withdraw considerable pnr'i on ri the
f,rcns undnr hin from the Indian fro1ticr-
The News thinks that these orders wili more
or less, impede the active measures Gen. Smith
has had in contemplation tor the defence of the
border settlers from The in cursions of the Red.
men.
II is said that Gen Smith contemplates an
entire change in the disnnsi'inn Of the military
posts on the frontier The infantry are "a be
stationed nearer the Indian country and in
stronger forc'' than heretofore that is greater
nnmber of men will he placed at each post,
thongh the number of posts will thereby b.
diminished. The points designated for these
new military stations. though not probably
determined on, the Clear Fork Of the brazos,
the Concho, and San Saba. or the Lano. The
reniment of mounted riAemen will be kept
actively engaged in traversing the country from
the Nueces To the Rio Grand", and such other
measures will be taken as will render it next
to mnossibl efor hostile Indians tn clude the mil
itarv in their marau6lng incur>ions.
train Of twrntv-six large wagons, fourteen
Of Boundary Commission, left the camp near
San Ant. ,,in a few DAYS since for FL Pasn.
The San Antonio Ledger states that man by
the name Of Sailer murdered by some OF
Wild Cats tribe, near Eagle Pass, in Texas,
about the 22d Of September, 1851 about the
same time a man bv the name of McGraw left
Eagle Pass on business on the Mexican side of
III" Rio Grandc, tn be gone only few DAYS.
After an absence Of abnn, fourteen days, a body
supposed to be McGraw's, was found near
Prllntes, in Mexico, brutaly mangled. The
prevailing opinion is that MIR. McGraw was
kill by some of this same band Of savages
The AN Antonio papers think that their pro-
iected railroad tn the Gulf will certainy be
constructed. The Ledger says that the greater
portion of The capital has been subscribed by
Bexar county The whole enterprise, it APP
pears, has been subjected to the most careful
and laborlous investigation. The actual amorr
If business being determined, the cost Of the
road has been next carefully estimated, and
the results have proved thct the stock will pay
IN annual dividend of 3 per cent, even with
tac present amount of ireIg ht and travel.-.N'
0. Ptcayune, 2Sh ut.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

ILLINOIS ELECTION Sufficient returns have
been received in Galena, to satisfy the LETTERS.
Man, a strong anti bank paper, that majorii,
Of the people of that State have voted for tn,
general banking law.
Many of the Democratic editors of that State
have got heavy weight Of responsibility rest
ing upon them IF they have not been secret
" bought up by the friends Of banking, they
have failed most singualy through their column
to point out the evils of banking and guard the
peoples interests.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

JupeE DcuG AS From that sterling and
influential Democratic paper, the Republican
Journal, published at Belfast, Maine, wee xtract
the following in relation to illinois favorite
Douglas.
"Sp"culntions as to who may be our candidate
| are nj this moment useless. The most inpor-
liant demonstrations have been made in favor Of
Houston, Buchanan, Woodbury., Cass and
Douglas In the not improbable event OF CON-
promise between the two most prominent coHi-
petitors in our convention, the giant Of the
young democracy, Judge Douglas Of Illinois"
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

ANOTHER FUGITIVE SLAvE.-Unitcd States
Commissioner lngraham, at Philadel phia, yes-
terday remandcd fugitive slave. named Henry
Poqne, 10 his owner, in Maryland. During the
examination, The counsel for the negro observ-
ed that Judge Conkling, Of New York, has de-
cided that the tenth section Of the fugitive law
only applied to cases that occurred after the
passage of the act To this the Commissioners
replied that he could not be governed by any
such decision as he was under the impre ssion
that Judge Conkling abored under great mis-
take
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

A FEELING SPEAKEn.-Thc editor of the
Iowa Observer, in dlscoursng mpnn those of his
contemporaries, who have periodically repud-
ated the conduct Of Consul Owen and the no.
rious proclamation upon which he based his
action, addresses them the following feeling OBJ
servations. The milducss oil language in which
this article is C uchcd, coming as it does Fl. m
gentleman who is hardiy warm in his editorial
seat, will 40 doubt haze very salu'ary effect
upon both the editorial Paternity and the public
MIR. Owen, tine United Stats consul at Ha-
vana, has arrived at Charleston South Carolina :;
and we hope, that certain class of pseudo-pol-
iticians, AMI canting sycophant' will cease their
base, mercenary slang against the national ad-
min straton, which they havr long INDUCED
in, with reference to this matter. 1t is beyond
all d"cency that, g Sc men and pure" vino
have grown grey in the ho.ae>t &c OF their
country, should be snapped a. by every NANCY
cur that is able to whine in his kennel.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

REVOLUTION IN CHiLI.-The French brig Ma.
RE Louise. from Calao, arrived at Panama on,
the Cd inst. She reports that when she left, on
the 2tth Of September, the steamer Chill had
just arrived from Valparaiso, bringing 'ntor'na-
tinn that revolution had broken out in Chill,
and that many of the troops had declared in
favor Of General Santa Cruz COR president; that
C"quimbn and other cities were in possession
Of the new party; and that every thin. through.
out the republic was in a disorganized state.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12
ANOTHER PRocLAMATiox.-Our remarkably

ANOTHER PRocLAMAriox.-Our remarkably
sagacious Pres dent has iss ned another mani
festo, warning all and SINGULAR the U. States, to
abstain from any acts Of aggression upon Mexi-
can territory &c. We fear he is, as usual, too
late. Something of this kind, if it had been
done during he past summer, might have been
effectual, but alas Mr.. Fillmore and his Con-
sti,utiona advisers, were at tn watering places,
seeing the sstashions," instead OF attending to
such little matters as preserving our neutral
ty, &c.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

- The New York Courier and Enquirer
has a long article on the Pennsy lvinia election,
in which it says that the Wing defeats the .e and
in Ohio demonstrate that General Scott cannot
be elected to the Presidency in 1859 1t then
comes out boldly and decidedly in favor of
Daniel Webster as the Wing candidate.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

READERS READERS may be divided into
four classes. The first may be compared to mn
hour glass, their reading being as the sand; It
runs in and then runs out, and leaves not +ss
tge behind. A SECOND class resembles a
sponge, which imbibes everything, and returns
1t nearly in the same state, only little dirter.
A third class is like a jelly bag, which allows
all that is pure to pass away, and retains the
refuse and the dregs The fourth class my br
compared t Il, the slave in the diamond mines Of
G lcnnda, who, casting aside all that is worth.
less, preserves only the pure gem.-Coteridge
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-12

IL A lady speaker at the Woman's Rights
Convention, at Worcester, who is christened by
the reporter of The New York Herald Reverend
Mrs. Brown, said that not being accustomed to
public speaking, she felt quite dffident, but did
not see why woman should not speak prose in
their natural tones before public audiences,
while Jenny Lind, Catherine Hayes, and other
vocaists, surg publicly, with appreciation.