The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-04-28
SU Va NARY.

The arrival Of C,,l. Fremont in Englsnd, hu
excited great interest
If yor wish for care, rcrple kitty, and misery
be selfish in al things; this is the short road t
, trouble.
N,ro'cnn when Cardinal Fasch attemnt. d {,
argue with him on question Of public policy
simply pointed 10 the MONDAY heavens, an,
asked, .'Do you sec ,hat star "No," said tn
Cardinal. ''Bui do, sad Napoleon
Why is a person approaching a candle like
man getting off his horse P B.cau-e he is goin.
to aEght.
! What requires more philosophy than takin!
things as they come PAIRING with things 4
they go
4 mothers purity refnes the ehid's min'
and manners
! The Peoria Republican says that snow fl
there on the 9Th inst, TO the depth Of ten inch
LAKE NAVIGATION Eric .4pru 10Th
No boats left yet, and lit lr prospect OF get
ting ont very soon-icc as far as can b'
seen.
| A counryman popping his head into lotter,
Office, and seeing only one man at the desl
asked him what he had for sale.
"Loggerheads,' replied the fellow, attempt
ing TO be witty.
"Then, sir" said the countryman, "you
trade must be almost at an end, for l see yo,
have but one left
"Get out of my officel" yelled the dscom
fitted lottery vender.
! SCENE. Waiting room of railway station
Personages--Stout gentlmen smoking, and The
railway official Posted rules. "Smokins
Strictly Prohibited
Railway O!ficial--"You'd better not smoke
Sir
| Traveler-"That's what my friends say
Railway oliical--'But you must not smoke
Sir! :"
Traveler-ssSo my doctors tcll me"
Railway official ignantly)-"Rut you
shan't smoke Sir -
Traveler--"Ah just what my vile says"
To CLEAN MARBLE FiRE rLAcEs.-If you
happen to live in a house which has marble
fireplaces, never wash them with suds this
destroys the polish, in time. They should be
busted; the spots taken off with nice oiled
cloth, and then rubbed dry with soft rag.
| CosTR.BANp OR Nor 2--Wllit be admissible,
after the lst of May, when our liquor law takas
effect, for the mails to bring into this Territory
"The Spirit of The Times''
USIrEp STATES SESAroR.--Mr Edmund
Burke of New Hampshire, formerly one Of the
Editors of the Washington onion, will, it is
said, be elected Senator from that State to sue
ceed Mr. Hale,
j. Cole Esq. has been appointed Post Master
at Coles burgh vice P Perkins Esq. resigned.
Andrew Stevens publishes statement in
New York, to the effect that he had agitaied the
Astor Place riots, at the request, and with the
money Of MIR. Forrest.
Parker's Journal, says Hunts Merchant $
.hrgasin Isl moment of energy, perseverance
and intellect, and each number only increases
the wonder, that SO much can be effected by one
mind.
The marriage OF Jenny Lind has given great
satisfaction in Hamburg, in which c!ty the fam
lily of MIR. Goldschmdt reside. The news
preceded the arrival of his own letters, and the
report was treated as joke, until his parents
received from Mr.. Goldschmidt himself the It'd
ings of its truth.
Hon. John P. Hale intends moving to Alba
ny, N. Y. to resume the practice of law, at the
conclusion Of his Senatorial term Chicago
.4rgus.
We would suggest Kinderhook as a prefer
able political atmosphere to Albany.
Old Deacon Billings, staunch temperance
man having accidentally swallowed rousing
drink of gin, was asked how he felt after it
s'Felt ~ cried the deacon, why felt as though
| was settin on the roof of our meetin-house,
and every shingle was a jewsharp."
NEW BoAr-A large new steamer called the
Illinois, arrived at the wharf yesterday from
Pittsburgh, where she built. Her entire
length on deck is 303 feet, beam 40 feet, depth
of hold u feet, She is intended for the St.
Louis and New Orleans rade.-Lou. Democrat,
9M
NICE QUEsTIoN-ln Maine it has been
decided that ne'o cider is legal immc diately, but
aid cider is contraband. The casuists in that
State are busily discussing the turning point in
the artic le question important as the debat-
able one-when does a pig become hog
The daughter of the proprietor of coal mine
in Pennsylvania, was inquistive as to the
nature Of hell. Upon which her father repre-
sented it to be large gulf Of fire Of most pro-
digiaus extent.
"Papa," said the child, "couldn't you get the
devil to buy his coal of you''
RIVER AND HARBoR lMpRovEMENTs.-A
bill has been reported in the House of Repres-
enta,iyes for the Improvement Of Rivers and
| Harbors. The various items amount to 81 200,
! OOO The appropriations for the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers in the present bill, amount to
$200,0O0.
| The Taxas papers announce the death OF
! Taylor White, the greatest stockgrower in the
State. The SUN of $4,000 in specie was found
in his safe.
! A punctual man can always find leisure a
negligent one never.
The boston Post says the chair ia which
sVerbum sat has been discovered in tina,
city
The gold medal presented to Mr.. Clay is
three and a half inches in diameter, and con
tasns nineteen ounces Of pure gold lis value
is $500.
The dog population of the United States II
estimat d at about two millions and the expense
of keeping them at upwards OF ten millions o
dollars per annum.
The ~ Y Evening Post ia amusing itsel
publishing extracts from the Courier & Enquir
or in relation tp Mr.. Webster. The extract
from the file of 1342 denounce him in the mos
unmeasured and reckless terms while the ex
tracts from 1852 glorify him as god.
A"Cur Orr" At DUNKIRK We understand
that Company has been formed for the pur
pose of building a road from Little Valley, OF
the Erie Railroad, to point on the Erie ant
North West Road, near the State line. Thi
will give more direct line for passengers from
New York to Erie.
i HUNT. MERcHANrs MAGAZINE, FOR April
1859 This capital Magazine for April, ha
reached us at last, and we find its contents al
4 valuable and interesting as ever.
A Bill has passed the Wisconsin Legislature
authorizing juries in cases of convictions to
murder, to fix the punishment at Imprisonment
for life.
THE TEAM -Messrs. Frink T. Walker o
this city, have, drawing their coaches through
out the whole west and south, about four thou
sand six hundred Horses, which at an averag'
Of only $45 each, would show an investment o
the nice little sum Of $2O6, O0.-Chicago Jour
nal