The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-05
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I Iowa rivers. We are informed that boat Will
be secured that can navigate these streams at
he lowest stage of water, of sufficient steam
rowe1to tow light barges. 1t is not yet deter
mined whether the boat will run to Muscatine
or to Burlington, from this place andso far as
the prosperity or the enterprise of our portion ut
the State are concerned, it can make but liiiie
difference. The communication, will be with
hat point which will do most towards the OBJ
aiming and sustaining the boa. .-Progrcss're
Era. 'sn. egsl...a 50.
MONETARY CRIsIs.-According to Thomp-
sons Reporter we are the eve of great
monetary crisis. Speaking of the late strin-
gency that paper says hs 1
s'This is only, the beginning Of the end. The
banks OF this state alone must contract twenty
millions in discount toe currency must be re-
dnced five millions, and the whole of the United
States must follow suit in the same rate. fhe
total contraction in the United States will not
be short Of one hundred millions. The losses
by failures shaves, depreciation in the valne of
property, and arrangement of business will be
enormous. ts - % ~ ts.
; LOVING SGDIALoGuE-ssWife, I am TO live but
few hours at most shall soon be in heaven.
s.What! y0u soon be in heaven You
You'll never be any nearer heaven than you are
now. YOU old brute You'd look well stuck up
y
be in heaven think see you there, nov.
.'Dolphus, Dolphns," hoarsely growled the
old man, "Do phus, bring me my cane, and let
me larrup the old trollop more, before
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A BLooMER IN A SuowFR.-The Boston
Gazette speaks of witnessing the effect of sew
eral sharp showers upon the new costume. The
Turkish trousers lost their graceful contour,
and tapped around the pedestal of the wcarers
like wet banner round flag staff, while the
tunic was deprived of its stiffness. The fair
/ Bioomer was in most awkward position and
reminded the Gazette of seriously indsposed
hen, who had been caught some ways from her
roost in thunder storm.-Rock Island Repu6-
| ltcan.
ARRIVAL OF Mr.. LrrcHER At VERA CRuz.
We learn, says the New Orleans Bulletin, of
The 10th inst, from Captain Ubsa, of the
/ schooner Bonita, which arrived yesterday from
Vera Cruz, 4th INST, that the United States
Revenue Cutter Forward, Capt. Nones, from
Norfolk, via Havana, having on board Hon. r.
| P. Le.cher, United States Minister to Mexico,
arrived at Very Cruz on the 1st instant.
! Mr.. Lctcher was received bya National Sa
lutte from the castle of San Juan de Uloa, and
left Vera Cruz on the Sd instant, for the city of
Mexico.
/ MINNESOTA REMOVALS AND APPOINTMENTS
We learn, that G.. K. Smith has been removed
from the office of Secretary of Minnesota Ter
rtorv, and Capt. Wilkins appointed in his place.
! Mr.. 'Filden has been removed from the Office of
! Marshal, and j. Furber appointed Judge Good
rich has been removed, and F. c. Fuller, Of AL
bany, appointed -Gaiena adrertiser.
STAGE RoBRERY-The Freeport Journal
says, that two trunks were stolen from of
the Chicago and Galena coaches, the night
of the 23d between Rockford a, Twelve Mile
Grove. Both trunks were broken open. One
of then, belonged to ID w. Clark of Freeport,
and confirmed about FIVE hundred dollars worth
| Of silks. I The contents of the other were of
little value, except to the owner-G Gatena I'D
| rertiser.
| LoPEz.-The Savannah News publishes a
letter from a brother-in-aw of Lopez, who
was with him in his last moments. 1t is stated,
that it was the dying request Of Lopez, that all
his private memorandums and letters, compro
missing, in any gay, any in his service, should
be destroye L. E1ckange.
Magnanimous patriot
The CunAN PRlsosERs.-Th Washington
Republic gives the substance of conversation
with Gen. Concha, Gov, Gen. of Cuba, who
stated his intention of strongly recommending
the Queen to pardon ali the invading prisoners.
Who will pardon him for the cold blooded
slaughter of 80 Amerieanss
AwruL-Mrs Solomons took the wrong
medicine by mistake ,and began to feel awfully,
whereuPon Solomons seized what remained in
the bottle, rushed to the apothecaries to have it
analysed, and was told that it was Sulph.-
Quin., aoah a trace OF iron! Back he posted
| aud told lady that it was all day with her, for
the decor said she had swallowed a pair Of
| chain traces!
Gov. Floyd has appointed w. W. CRUMp,
Esq. TO be Judge in the Richmond District, in
place Of John S. Caskle, resigned Mr.. Crump
is one Of he ablesi lawyers in Richmond, and
one Of the best Democrats in the State. The
appointment, says the Examiner, has given uni
versal satisfaction.
G. GREENS REPoErs.-The type and ma
terials for the second Vol. of G.. Green's Re-
ports have at last arrived at Muscatine and will
soon be here. The ark will be commenced
immediately in this oilice.-PTogressiU Era
The Tobacco o Crops Of Kentucky and Missouri,
this season !, have yielded we'll and of ex-
cellenl quality. The late dry weather has RI
pened tobacco quite fast, and nearly all, if not
quite all, is cut and housed.
rysrhe Joliet 81 rnaI says, they are going
ahead on the Rock Island Railroad rapidly
"Mr Ma,teson has $50 men and so teams en-
played, and expects to have 0C0 men employed
by the middle OF November"
OLD Berks county, Pennsylvania, has been
rcnov ned from time iinmemoria as the Banner
County Of the Union. But in the recent cleo
ton she has outstripped herself, and her tradl-
tioilal figures, 4,444, are $3.50.
| DEAD-Seven of the Esqumaux dogs brou't
| home by the Grinnel expedition have died at
the Navy Yard, probably from the mildness of
| thu, climate and change of diet only two remain
and they are not expected to live
| ~ Late San Francisco dates announce the
arrival at that port, Of the clipper ship
ssFIying Cloud, in seventy nine days from.
New York. This beats any former achieve
IN, Mt of our unsurpassed Yankee clippers.
Ir is an extraordinary fact stated on authori-
,v, that there is at the present time more of an
! Irish population in the United States OF Amer
ca, than there is in Ireland itself.-Lou. Coar,
DRowSEp-James Morrison, an honest and
industrious s5cotchman, aged %, was acciden-
la!ly drowned near Fort Winnebago, few days
since, by the upsetting of a small boat.
BErTER-We have all three of the Demo-
cratic members in Bucks, SKULL, ETY., and
/ THOMAS and this makes the House of Repre-
sen,atives stand 56 Democrats to Al Wings and
Natives.-Pennsylronia.
SEVERAL, deaths among the nobility have
lately taken place in England, including the
Earl of Liverpool, Vscount Bolingbroke, Lord
Stafford, Lady Douglass. Lord Stafford mar
red one of the Misses Eaton, of Baltimore.
rgg'The Boston papers say that measures are
about to be immediately taken for the assem-
bling of a Conventipn at Faneuil Hall, for the
nomination of Mr.. WEBSTER.
INCESDIARiEs AT MINERAL PoIST.-A few
days since an attempt was made 10 burn por-
,;on Of the town of Mineral Point, but it was
discovered in time to prevent serious carnage.
~ Jefferson Davis has not declined the nom
inatian Of the Secessionists for Governor
B tn he and Gen Foote have resigned their
Senatorial seats. N
tg@ An old b,chelor who edits paper some
where in the Western cnnHtrv, puts stmeian-
cho!y Accidents" head for marriages in
! his paper.