The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-07

The young man Trip dsclaims any intcn-
ton Of abandoning her, but his conduct, to say
the least, looked suspicious. 1t is 10 be hoped
she may return to her friends and family in safe
ty.--St. Louis Mtettigencer.
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HORRIBLE MURDER -A most atrocious muir
der was committed at house in Doddridge-
Va on w ednesday night last Six men and
one woman, who were emigra,ing to the west,
stopped at the house over night, and every one
of them was murdered they had consdera
BILE sum of money with them, II is supposed
the murder were committed by persons who
broke out of the Lynchburg Jail short time
since.
~ The Catholics Of Pittsburgh are building
a cathedral, to cost Sl30,0OO, with a steepie $50
feet high. 1t is TO be 800 by 100 feet in size and
will seat TO- 900 persons.
THE Wings Of New York city are quarrel
ling over F,lmo e and Webster The two gen
eral Wing Committees, on Thursday, issued
manifestoes in opposition to the Webster DEM
onstraton.
The works on the railway from ST. Peters
burg to Warsaw are carried on with eztraordina-
ry activity. The number Of workingmen at
present exceeds 10000, nd they work during
part of the night. All the rails necessary for
the immense line 10 be delivered by the end
of July, and the contracts for the So ppply Of
locomotives have just been signed.
To- On the night of the Goth uli.. all the
prisoners in the jail at Clinton. Louisiana, FIVE
in number r, made their escape. 1t appears that
the wife of one of them slept in the Jail, and
during the night got possession of the key,
which was drawn up with string by the pris-
oners, who then opened the door and departed
in peace. The guards watch did not dis.
cover the r flight until some time afterward.-
The night was dark and stormy
1--WE see il stated, in number of our ex-
changes, that mr.. Porter of Nashville, Tenn,
has recently invented repeating riff, WHICH
will take all the others down in short order, it
seems. 1t is selt-loading and col tains maya
zine of sixty charges; all that has to be done
is to put the charges in the cylinder or maya
zine, and pull away at the triggcr-that is all
until the whole are discharged.
The Louisiana Democratic Convention met
at New Orleans, March 9Th, and elected Dele
gates to the National Convention, in favor of
Cass.
GopEY.-The April No of this Invaluable
periodical has come to hand. 1t is always ac-
ceptable.
The journeyman house carpenters of N. York
their labor, and holding meetings 10 sustain
the movement.
The Pittsburg Gazette says that prohibitory
liquor law viii certainly pass both houses of the
Pennsylvania Legislature.
GRAHAM.-G raIam's magazine for April has
come to us laden with valuable literary matter.
HuSrs MERCHANTS MAGAzIsE.-Ths steil-
ing review, sustains ITS high character for COM
mercial intelligence. 1t is emphatically the
Merchants te xt book
CALLED SESSION OF THE LEGIsLATURE.-
We have been informed by B. b. Howard, Bsq.,
that Gov. Fren-h writes him that the extra
session Of the Legislature is to meet the FIRST
Monday in June in Springfield Gatena .adre-
tiser.
tp Judge Clark's remarks, on the introduc-
ton, in the House of Representatives, of the
Iowa Compromise Resolutions, we shall pub
fish command the space.
CosvENrioS.- The wings Of the LIST Con-
Wednesday the 18th of May, to nominate a
Candidate for Congress.
Mrs. .MowArr.-Anong the ON dts at Bos-
ton is one which gives the hand and fortune OF
our fair country woman, Mrs Mowatt, to an
English sutton, and speedy Union is talked
Of. Her retirement from the stage is also TO
take place. - ~
A spirited lady, one Mrs. Charlotte Baldwin,
has posted Professor Elliot, Principal of the
Female Academy at Nashville, Tenn, for call
ing her husband, who had been employed at the
Academy an ssordinary humbug." She says
81 now call upon HIM to come forward and
prove him to be such, if he can, orr will cow
hide HIM a sanderer every time meet him
in the streets of Nashville
sg% The louisiana Legislature have passed
bill exemptng property to the amount of s $50
from seizure for debt
~ A number of French exiles, driven from
France by Lonis Napoleon, have arrived at New
York within the last few days.
u Henry Clay first took lis seat in the
Senate in December, lS06, nearly forty six years
ago. There we're then but seventeen States in
the Union and of the then thirty four Senators,
il is believed that MIR. Clay alone survives.
COMMERCIAL NEws-GoId is 81 per cent
dearer in London than in Paris, and 81 per cent
dcaror in London than Hamburg.
The Exchange between England and Amer
lea is nominally 81 per cent in favor of Eng
land leaving trifling profit on the inporta.
lion of gold from the United States. @
r-y- The Galena and Keokuk packets have
got up a slight bid Of competition for the pre-
sent. The Ga.ena boats have brought down the
price Of freight and passage 10 all points be-
ween this city and Keokuk. The Excelsior
md one or two others have taken cabin pas
;cncers to Keokuk for 81 This is done by way
If retaliation on the Keokuk line for placing
,oats above the rapids.
A STREET DIALoGUE-Tom- | say, Jim,
What motive have you for being s'loco -
Jlm-A loco motive, of course.
IONA good joke, that.
Jim-Now, what motive have you for being
wing?
Torn-PrincipIe, jim.
Jim-Ah that's a better joke than mine
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NJ 1t is stated that Kossuth will sail from
oston for Europe early in May and that he
xpects revolution to occur in Hungary in
uly.
~ Mrs. Anna Moore, wife Of T.. G. Moore,
Richard, Va, committed suicide on Sunday
81 by taking laudanum. She had been marri-
only four months.
~ Gov. Fort, of New Jersey, has votedthe
II authorizing the Trenton Water Works to
rrow $40 900 from the city of Trenton, on the
ound of unconstituionality
ry report that Mrs Mowatt, so fayorably
lown in public life, is about to quit the stage
d marry an Englishman, is unqunlifeply con-
ldicted By near relative Of the lady
Ey Nj. Mazzzini has been lecturing at the
Tavern, London, on the necessity
England assisting in procuring the freedom
Italy, sqf .ta es g -
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