The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
8 c R A PIlN 4.

long time, is to be- found in front Of cur friend
S,rnusrr's meat shop. in the shape of Z dead
critter weighing 500 pounds. Mr.. Strouser fed
the animal himself. Beat this who can?-Du-
buque Express.
| Beat it, Mr. Express most certainly we can,
and that very easy tao' Mr.. Bear, ofthis coun-
ty, fatted and drove to this city, "a hogs, the
weights of which as follows: 305, 3f7, 1856
3i0. 3S5, 345. 80, 81, 374, 400, $50, 33S, $50,
36i, 357, 344 2S2, 55s, 37s, SIT, 494, 800, 3s7,
43l, 3o2, :.6i, 3s2-total, 1904 pounds
Average weight Of each hog, ::72 pounds. Now
what do you think Of this.-.Mnscatins Journal.
I Well VIC think you arc decidedly hoggish
set.
1 EEw Ke.AS CATHOLIC CHrEcu.-On the
/ 10Th, in dcfince of the Ecclesiastical Titles
Assumption B,ll It wa. publicly announced in
Gravesend, and throughout the metropolis
that the new Roman Catholic CHURCH OF st.
John the Evangelist, Gravesend, would be pub.
Icly opened on Thursday, by the Bishop OF
! Southwark, the sermon on the occasion to Be
preached BY the Archbishop Of Westminster.-s
This is the first overt act of the London Roman-
lists since the passing of the bill, and may
fairly be considered as throwing down the
gauntlet to Govornment.-London .Adrertiser.
Tnr BAsKixc Law OF iLLisoIs-The Ma.
comb Mdependent Of the Goth ult., says they
lrarn from gentleman just from Springfield
that tho Supreme Court of Illinois has decided
that the late vote on the Bank question in that
S ate was unconstitutional. That being the cass
! another election will have to be held in Novem-
! Der next, az which time we hope Banking in
Suckcrdom will receive a quietus for all time
:" come. We congratulate the opponent OF
Banks Of Illinois, upon having another oppos"
tun:ty to "kll :hc mons.car."
Whatever else may be said OF
Kassu'h, i, mus: be admitted by all that he is
one Of the greatest orators of this or any other
age, and had he lived in the palmy days Of Gre
CHM and Roman eloquence, he woud have
| stood side by side with Demosthenes or Tnl!y.
His speeches at New York master pieces Of
ell quence, and though in foreign language to
him, for beauty OF dic'Ion and grandeure of con-
ccption, have been seldom equailed if ever sur.
passed.-Ez.
WHERE ARE THE MAlls.-No New FORK
mail for week. The Post Office Department
is one Grand H"m6Mg, now conducted.
-Cicre. p. Dealer.
N B.-Our last papers from New York arc
of Thursday, llih ipsiant-nine days, or two
hundred and sixteen h urs: Very like snail,
is mt it Gin Gnzene-
Melhinks It's like sloth Gin. Eng.
P. S-Nevcr was there go great farce, az the
Wings are now play in the character of Post
| Masters Ohio Statesman.
THE EASTERN MAILs-No mail from be-.
yond Louisville was received yesterday at this
place The men who have the supervision Of
affairs ut Louisville and Cincinnati, are cons,d.
ering whether they shall wait for the breaking
up Of the ice in the Ohio, as to open com<
mnnicnton between those cities, or take for.
ward the mail over land by way of Lexington
to Louisville. Meanwhile, all the correspon.
dence for this section of the country is derang-
I'd and DELAYED. Excellent management, St.
Louis r; ;pwd.iean.
The N. Y. Ts,BuyE passes this criticism upon
Mr. Fillmore's message.
s.Its prevailing defect is a non assertion, al
most non recognition, Of principles. All IL
secondhand, superficial, make shift, and much 10
temporzins, timid, irresolute. Even with re.
gard to our fore: On relations, to which so large
share of the message is very properly devoted,
while its statements of facts show a commenda-
BILE alacrity and assduty in the fufillment OF
our oblie atoms to foreign powers, the reader 10
often befogged with regard to the principles
which have guided the Presidential course"
What does our ncighbor think Of this.
TnE Kossurn RtsoLUrIoS.-The resolutions
in reference to Koosuth, assumed the shape be.
low, and has finally passed both Houses Of Corr
yressin The following words
rcsen atves Of the United States, in Congress
assembled. That the Congress of the United
States, IN the name and in behalf Of the people
Of the United States, give Louis Kossuth, .
CO dial welcome to the Capital Of the country.
KossurH AND TUE IRIsn.-At the late Cor
pora'on dinner, New York:
Mr. Robinson, in his speech, inlmated not
nnkindly, that Kossuth had not referred to the
Irish. The Magyar saying-.,l enunciate
prime ,ple; +; do not address any single blood or
party, but the people Of the United States, re-
marked
81 know no Irishmen, no Germans, no Anglo
Saxons. | know you rs the people OF this
land; and as such address to you my words Of
explanation and cntreaty for my cause
Great applause.
NEw PRINTING PREss.-Sometinc since Mr..
George Bruce, of New York, offered premium
of $1,000 to the inventor of Printing Press,
not to cost more tEan $500, which would strike
off $40 impressions per hour.
IIr. Nnrthrup of Syracuse, New York, has
invented press which the committee selected
by Mr.. Bruce have examined, and have gwen
its inventor certificate setting forth that al
though its cost is about 20 per cent more than
in Mr. Bruce's specification, that it will throw
off 1000 instead Of 500 Impressions per hour,
IMMENSE AMOUNT or GoLp There was
ceived at New York from California, in the
month of December, the sum of Scrcn and .
half Millions Of dollars in gold! large addi-
tional quantity was brought into the county du-
ring the same month by way Of New Or
leans-whch sum is estimated at one million OF
dollars.
FIRE Axx,urLAroR.-A committee Of gem
tlemen, consisting of Gopher Mills and others in
! New York, most Of whom were fremen, and
men Of the highest Responsibility. after repeated
experiments, have published their decision, that
this much talked of invention is humbug.
wA A renewed debatcr at the South, in reply
to nullifyins delegate who was claiming to be
a democrat, observed:
s.You talk like Jacob but you are hairy like
Esau and until am as blind as Isaac, you
cannot cheat me out Of my birthright
B- The people of Mills county, Iowa, have
rebelIed against his honor; Judge Sloan, of tho
Sixth District, and by armed interference have
prevented him from dischargng his judicial
functions. The Judge is Mormon. The at.
fair happened Dec. lst.
IMronTA1T.-Mr. German of the Central
Railroad Engineer Corps, has information that
HE time of the Suspension Of sales Of public
lands, subject to the selection of the Railroad
Company. has been extended to May next
Lieut.. Col. DANIEL RANDALL, Deputy
. Paw master General of the United States Army,
died in Washingt' city, on the 18th inst. Hs
was native Of Annapolis, Maryland, and enter
cd the army in July, 1918, as paymester to the
last regiment of infantry.
LOUISIANA LEGIsLArURE.--Thr Baton
, Rouge Gazette says, that the Legislature Of
Louisiana consists of17 Wings and Is Demo-
Gratis in the Senate, and 81 Wings and 10 Demo-
3 Gratis in the House. Wing majority 49, A
Senator is to be chosen in place OF Mr.. Downs.
~ Four British men of war are before Vera
Cruz it is reported, that they are there to
, enforce The payment of Mexican bonds; and in
r the event of refusal, Vera Cruz il to be bonn
barded
Ey- Joseph Dozens, formerly an extensive
real estate and financial operator in Michigan,
was sentenced at Pittsburgh, few days ago,
to the peniten,iary for five years for the crime
Of forgery.