The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-03-24
Duhuoua Iowa.


This,according to the last census, is the larg-
est city in the State of iowa, and from being,
by law Of Congress, the terminus of The great
Central Railroad and from being located in the
heart of one of the richest mineral and ayricul-
tural regions in the nted States is destined tn
become place of considerable commercial i'm
portance. The route for Railroad has also
been surveyed and located from Dnbuoue
to Cedar Rapids, distance Of IS miles, in
southwesterly direction, and the prospects for
grant of land by the general government to aid
in the construction OF this road, to be contnu
ed via Iowa City to Keokuk) is qu'e f,ttrrine
A plank road has been built, or nearly so, from
Dubuque to Sageville, and othcrs, We are in
formed, are in contemplation. Tie public spir-
tied citizens Of the place are now expending
$24 900 in the improvement Of their harbor,
and the city, and country back of it, are filing
up with astonishing rapldity.
In view of the growing importance of this
young city, and the upper Mississippi country
generally, would it not be wise for our business
men-our wholesale merchants more particular
ly-to pay some more attention to that country
than they have heretofore done ? 1t will be
borne in mind that eastern cities are pushing
their railroads towards Dubuque as rapidly as
possible, and it, therefore, behooves our mer-
chants to be on the lookout.
One Of the best means of retaining the trade
of all this vast and fertile reri"n is by ad-
vertisag literally in the leading northern pm
pers The Miners Express published by VIM. H !
Merritt & Co, at Dubuque, is the official paper
Of the State and County, and from having the
Post Office advertising, MUST HAVE Tnn ,sp-
GEsr CIRCULATION of any OF the Dubuque,
papers Their, terms too, are quite reasonable
| and we hope our merchants will avail themsel-
yes ofthe advantages of its columns as an ad-
vertising medium. ta
The abnve article we extrac. from late No
of that able Journal hc st. Louis Union.
We feel deeply sensible Of the high compl
ment paid to our young and thriving City ant
return our warm thanks for the editors gener
Gus notice of ourselves and Journal
We trust our St. Louis friends will profit b,
the suggestion of our contemporary, and pu
forth an effort for the trade of the Upper Mis-
sissippi. The trade of this Upper country nat
urally belongs to ST Louis, and if proper il
ducements are held out to our Merchants, ther
is no reason why it should not have il.
i New ORLEANS, M1rch ..
i The American Consul has received conf r
nation that Caravajal attacked Camargo as re-
ported, with about 60 men. He had bee
repulsed with the loss of halt his alnnnit ion.
: The RuMoR.-Th- Washington correspor
dent of the Baltimore Patriot reitcrates the ri
. NOR prevalent in that city, that Luis Nap"l"o
: is about to s'run tilt against this country,
E and says:
I: The ON dit is that he is dissatisfied with tn
ces<ion Louisiana by the Great Napoleon to M
: !c ctfersen, and with the indemnity paid by Lou
. Philippe to Gen. jackson, that he intends I
: rake open these old settlements and demand n
c dress from the present Government OF the
States.
> THE JESslSas EsrATE-Our readers wi
|! many Of them remember that the owner "f VI
, above estate valued at E3a,a0o,0oo, d'ed II
- wears since. and M heirs 10 it could be t'un
/, T, has turned up within a few days that u
triyI,tful heirs are residing IN camden, Ne
.. Jersey. and eff ,r,s are being made for them
IS prove their right aud title. Thrir names a
id Isaac and Judith Jennings. Well, t3o.O0O,O'
ID is as much as they deseTva.--.1dnertsSeT.
II DousLas At fi,Nk.-.no Oe....,cracy Of q
:. several counties Of Illinois, during the past
- weeks, have been holding meetings to appo'
=. delegates tn the State Convention. In eve
=, single instance, so far, they have recommend
!. their own favnrite Douglas fIr the rres'uen'
80 Such will be the action nf me Deu'".
nj every county Of Illinois. on IVA. 'uoJeo,'
"a Sucker Democracy are unann ~ a#sa
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10 prr,,c LaSp QuEsrios s-Fle d'fferent "a
ry hin. row before Congress, have created ="
INT rival interests: buf the principle OF giving -"
Or - Tho states instead Of private indfvrdoaf'' Y
OF less in small parcels to actual settlers, ~ '
prevail. In giving it TO tn" stat so're .rS', .ha
'ry sibilty attaches the mode OF d'sposn :, "a ' .
'no in the other case nothing but mug Ia .o,,
as no,,lv is created, eycnd the reach and COM
ra of the people, either of the Sites or OF the
ion.-St Louis Tel.