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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

Towx MEErtNG.-A notice of the Township
meeting, from our Democratic Township Conn
mittee, will be found in this days paper. Tie
Committee have appointed the l4,h inst, at
Globe Hall, as the time and place FIR the CON-
ing to gether Of the democracy Of the Town
ship. Il is highly important that all should
turn out TO this meeting, and participate in the
selection Of candidates and Delegates, in order
that no dissatisfaction may exist, after the nom
nations have been announced.
We sincerely trust that there may be a gcner
Il turn out and that the deliberations of the dem.
ocracy when assembled, may be conducted in a
spirit Of harmony and friendship.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

The VETO AT LAsT.-Governor Johnston
yesterday returned to the. Legislature the bill
repeating the law obstruct,ng the recapturing
OF fugitive slaves, with his veto, thus ius,fyine
all that was said of him during the recent
Gubernatorlal canvass. 1t was believed, by all
who knew him well, that he would ultimately
veto the bill, but he studiously and ar,fuIly
concealed his purpose, so that while he caught
the votes of the Abolitionis,s, he might retain
the favor of the National Wings. in this, how
ever, he succeeded but partially He has now
exposed himself to all, and those of the Wing
party, who were deceived by him on this point,
may find redress as they can, while those who
voted against him may congratulate themselves
upon the service they have done to the State
and the Union, by contributing to his defeat
AS his whole course in relation to this law was
less that of Statesman than of trickster and
a demagogue, we congratulate the country that
he is, to use his own classic phrase, "a dema-
gogue shelved '-Pennsytrantuno Of the 9h.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
Central Gem mite.

4 Call for the Democratic Township Meet
ing or Julian Township.
The Democrats Of Julian Township, are re-
quested to meet at the Globe Hall, on Saturday
the l5th day Of February, at 2 o'clock r. NJ ).
for the purpose Of clecting eleven Delegates 10
the County Convention, which conyenes at the
Court House, in this City, on the 2ls' day O,
February. J II EMERSON,
r. NOLTE,
u. RUPERT.
Committee
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

To rnE DEMocRAcr or DELAwARE.-We
take pleasure in calling the attention of the
Democracy of Delaware, TO the notice in an
other column of the Central committee ,desirir
the democrats Of said county, 10 organize
their township meetings and send Delegates
to the County Convention, which conyenes at
Delhi on the 2ist inst.
Let our friends IN Delaware b. properly alive
70 the importance Of this subject.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

Il Is said that Josiah Quincy, Jr Of Boston
has failed This was eccasioned by the Di
rectors Of the Vermont Central Railroad
regulating the collateral bonds Of the COM
pany, for the payment Of which Mr. Quincy
10 holden.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04


ly with every liberal movement mt throughout the
globe. Applause. Mr.. President, | must
not detain you longer.
Cries Of $50 on !" eco on
Mr.. d. will conclude these remarks pro-
posinga sentiment The signs Of the times
clearly indicate that crisis is approaching III
Eurcpeon affairs. The great battle between
Republicanisn and Despotism will soon be
fought Our synpathies will all be aroused
| and enl, sted in behalf Of the people and
| against their oppress"rs. In view of thai
great struggle, propose the following senti
men:
"Hungary; When she shall make her next
| struggle for liberty, may the friends Of freedom
throughout The world proclaim in the ears of al
European despots, Hands off. clear field, ane
a fair figh,-God will protect the right"
Tremendous applause l-Washington IN
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

GERMANS IN TExAs.-An unusually large
body OF emigran's have come into Texas within
the past year, and great proportion Of them
are Germans They settle almost exclusively in
the western part Of the State.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

DcLEGArEs TO THE RAILROAD CoSvENrIoN
Ar FAiRriELD.--We are pleased TO notice,
that our neigbor of the Tribune, comedies with
us, as to the necessity Of sending some one from
this city, to the Fairfield Convention and wish
that the Herald might fall in with The same idea
Il is all important at this particular time, that
We should be represented in that convention
Il is charged upon US that We are unfdithfal
and tmkenarm upon the Dubuque and kenknk
railroad This charge originated from the Her
aids agitation of a diversion of the road, al
though strangers should understand, that this
sheet speaks for but small portion of our CT
txens. But in order al once, and forever, to
silence all such clamors, let citizens &c. TO-
gether, and send one, or more good men, to
Fairfield, to represent our feelings and interests
In that Convention. II any thing is to be done,
il must be soon, for the time axe d for the Con.
vention is the llth inst.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

Coat Bears LosT.-The whole number Of
coal boats lost on the Ohio river since the Rrst
nee last fall, il ono hundred and ten. Averaging
these It II 600 bushels, we have total loss Of
aver enc million bushels Of coal
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

u The C,nc,nnati Enqaircr states that the
Auditor Of Illinois has determined to treat the
Bank Law - nulty, BY refusing to issue
bills on the deposit Of stock rs enacted BY the
law. The ssestion will be brought before the
Smu.elne Court
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

ANTIQUITY OF THE BLooMER-Blo omersn,
is neither peculiar to the century nor 10 Chris.
tendon. MIR. Pepys, in his celebrated diary.
published in lC62, in describing the female
costume of his day, says: sThe women wear
doublets coats, and great Shirts just for all the
world like mine; that only for petiicoat
dragging under their shirts, nobody could take
them for women in any way whatever" ltis
related also that Sir. John Ross, the celebrated
Arctic yoyager, on being she wn print Of the
Boomer costume, recognised it Immediately as
the female Esquimaux dress; quantity adding
"Slks, nstead OF seals, that all.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

kossUTH IN BRUssELs.-lt is stated in a Lon
don paper that Kossuth is going to make Brus-
sels his temporary home, after his return from
the United States. The paragraph we refer TO
says that 'the three reasons are, its nearness to
hungary, the comparative freedom enjoyed by
Its inhabitants, and the eheapness Of the neces-
saries Of life.
Belgium has been the sscastars" in the centre
of the table OF Euiope--where the essence of
every thing relishable was to be had at the least
expense. The best restaurants, the best opera,
the best society, the most enlightened public
opinion, the easiest access t. all the news Of the
world, and The least tyranny Of classes, sects,
or political parties, have long been the recogni-
zed features of Brussels.-.Nec Yorker.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

CHURCH OF ENGLAD.-There is a mnveme nj
on foot in England to reduce the sallrcs Of
the Bishops Of the English Church, after the
death of the present incumbents, Under the
proposed modification of the present system,
the Archbishop Of York and London will each
have an income OK 9l0.n0o the Archbishop of
Canterbury El5,000. Who couldn't ailnrd to be
good at those prices ?-SIturduy J0urnaI.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

In single century, tour thousand millions
human beings appear on The face of the earth.
act their parts and sink into its peaceful
bosom
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

70 IT you put two persons TO sleep in the
same bedroom one of whom has the too1hache.
and the other is in love, you will find that the
person who has the toothache will go to sleep
frS
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

PRoG REssIor.--A movement has been made
in The u. s. Senate, to provide for an amend
nsent OF the Constitution Of the United States,
giving the election of Senators to the peo-
ME-
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

An old Paris paper has the fill9wng singular
remaik-.The Americans and English educate
their children in the fear of God and the love Of
money"
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

FEy In connection with the Promet heus af-
air, It is said that the Mosquito protectorate
will be Immediately withdrawn by the British
in accordance with the treaty.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
New YoRK. Jan

VIEW DIRK, jan c.
The Hungarian Committee have prepared
bonds for national loans in sums of from one to
800 payable upon the establishment of the Re-
public of Hungary.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
II The Spirit Of the Times saws, on the 50

y TIC spirit OF The Times says, on The sub
jet Of racing time:
"Nn horse ever went mile With, m;,,,a
although it has been alleged of FIvipv t,h,dars
Such feat IS impossible, for it wonli reon;,. !.
horse to have stride Of ninety feet, and perfnr,,
! It once in every second. The best time e,,er
made in four mile race was made by Fash;na
The time was seven minutes and 80 I sec.
onds.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

VDeaths by cholera are occasionally occur
ring At New Orleans at this inclement season of
the wear.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
WHAT WE WANT, TO INSURE THE PROSPER


We want line of Steamers, to ply from tnis
CITY, to St Louis, and Minnesota, and small
boat to run between here and Galena we
have 90 often written upon this subject, that we
begin 10 think that facts and figures, which
appeal directly to the interest and understand.
iay &c men, win have to give place to some
,naeic porer, designed to reach the passions and
grouse the marvellous, before we can persuade
them to give this subject few moments reticc-
ton, or devote a few hours in the evening for
hearing, discussing and maturing plans, essen
,ial 70 the present and prospective growth athe
Mace and the interest and welfare OF every
member Of the community. A few act
i've spirits in this City, have been stri-
wing for the last four weeks, 10 induce, by areu-
naent and persuasion. more favorable public
sentiment, than has heretofore existed, upon
the subject Of Steamboat connection with the
North and South. The subject is one which
appeals directly and most powerfully TO the
common sense, the interest, the necessities and
convenience Of every permanent resident of the
place. 1t has been presented in all It's faces
conviction to the minds Of all, but still the pub
lie heart is like an iceberg upon the subject
The more you talk, the stronger becomes their
suspicions that all is not right The more facts
and figures you bring forward to establish its
prachcability, the closer they seem TO grasp the
purse strings. And the more calls you issue for
Steamboat meetings, the less number is in at
tendance and the less feeling is displayed for
the enterprise. Let some Juggler, animal Mag
natiser, Negro Methodist or the proprietor Of a
Caravan Of halfstarvcd animals, announce an
entertainment, and the largest house in town
would be filled to its utmost capacity The
purse strings would be cut lose and hundreds OF
dollars gwen to strangers, 10 riot upon ia some
distant metropolis. Ii the same disposition was
manifested to encourage objects essential 10 the
general Improvement Of the country, three
thousand dollars to consunate a Steamboat or
gan cation for this City, would not 20 beg
cling, A. has heen the case for the last two
weeks.
Unless men are dctermincdby their unwar-
rentable apathy and parsmony to blast the pros
poets Of Dubuque, and while they behold other
and less favored localities struggling FOR com
mercial supremacy over it, to witness its gradu-
N decline, let them attend the meeting at CT be
Hall on Thursday evening next, and help to
set this ball in motion. Otherwise, we may as
well conclude to adopt the Indians habit, of
living content with wha. will supply present
wants, and trust TO providence and the force of
circumstances, to build up for US great City
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

PERsIA.-Perisa has become scene Of con-
fusion. The downfall of Nora Khan, who
has been Prime Minister since 1S48, has been
followed by a complete state Of anarchy.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

DESTINY OF lLtINoIs.-A writer in late
number of the New Orleans Iicayune thus
speaks of the future prospects Of Illinois,
Illinois is t. be The grand commercial centre of
our Republic. There is found the geographical
centre of the Mississippi valley-there is our
hydryo. raphcal centre, and there, in few
years. will be found the great railroad centre Of
our Union.
AT the foot of our lakes lay the colossal ar
terry OF the northern and eastern veins Of rail
ways; at her southern point is the termini of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and the Illinois
Central railroad; across her southern bord, r
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad finds its route
Galena seeks a terminus at La Sale ST. Lous
is at Cairo: B ,stan and New York have there
met together; Baltimore and Philadelphia, with
Mobile and st. Louis, will there kiss each
other 1t requires no prophetic vision no pre-
diet that in ten years Illinois will possess more
railway than any other stale in our Union-,hat
size will be the sun or centre of our railway
system as she is now our rengrap hical centre
Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Charleston and Mobile, with penetration and
silrcwdncss that do them credit have looked to
this point and striving manfully to
reach it.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
HN0thins Extenuat~, nor set down ought
In Mnlice.O

i Ia MNIlce.v
| The writers in the Burlington Telegraph, in
their issue Of the 2S,h, uIt, extract portions %
the letter of L. Fl. Langworthy, which appeared
in our paper of the goth ult, and indulge very
erroneous comments upon it. In the conmuni-
cation referred to, Mr.. Langworthy proposed
that if the bill which is now before the Senate,
asking Congress to donate lands to aid in con-
s,ruc,ing railroad from Dubuque to keokuk,
and from Davenport to Council Bluffs, should
| fail, then he would be in favor of a compromise
betwe the North and Central portions of the
State, for road from Dubuque and Davenport
to Marengo, and one road from there to the
Missouri. The writer's in the Telegraph, quote
from this letter, and represent the people of the
North, as in favor of an immediate change of he
route. In this, they have given false coloring
10 the letter and we are inclined TO think it was
intentional
They have been repeatedly assured that the
people of the North, were firm in their adher-
ence to the old line Of policy.
We can find no excuse for the ritcrs in the
Telegraph, attempting to excite prejudice and
hostility between the North and the South
Their course is highly reprehensible and OF the
most mercenary character.
IlaAt meeting of Dubuque Lodge No. 3
of Free and Accepted .Masons held at their
Hall in the city of Dubuque on Saturday the'
3lst Of January 1852, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
TIL. Al. :. g
who departed this life on the 30th inst, this
Lodge has lost one of its most worthy members,
and society an es,imable citizen, whose death
we most deeply dcplore.
Resoircd, That in token of our grief for the
loss of brother White the members of this
Lodge will bear the usual badge Of mourning
for thirty days.
Resolred, That these resolutions be published
in The City papers, and that copy Of them be
forwarded to the relatives ofou deceased brother
JAMES F. GILLIAN, wv
O. pCcE Ssr'u
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

SUICIDE We learn, that James Sheldon, a
boy about II years of age, who had been living
in the family of Mr.. Longette, hung himself
yesterday morning, in the thicket near the GA
lena Gardens, a short distance out of the city.
No cause is assigned for the commission of the
act.-Gd. .4dU.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

EY"How, said the Judge TO witness, .do
you know that the plaintiff was intoxicated on
the evening referred TOP
"Because, him few minutes after
supper trying to pull off his trowsers with a
boot jack"
Verdict for defendant
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

vLet none forget the lecture of DR.. T.
Mason, thus evening, before the Literary Asso-
cla -ien al Glgbc Hall. @
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

Proudhnm, the socialist Of France, is out in
favor of observing the Sabbath, for the benefit
of the masses of the PEOPLE. That's sensible.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

PRIzE FIGHT.-One of those brutal affairs
took place yesterday between two Of, the Clancy
OF this CITY, known as "Dubin Tricks and
lawful Gardner" the stakes $500 side The
parties assembled near the village of Paterson,
in this State. At the eighteenth round
'sTricks dislocatcd the shoulder of Gardner
and being thus placed hOrs du combat, the for
mer was declared the conqueror. About a
thousand of the sporting gentry from the city
were presently Y. Mirror, It'll
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04

TuE RAILROAD GR,NTs-The proposed
land grants TO nur railroads absorb almost the
exclusive attention Of the people of tins com
mnnweath al This lnnet,ire Ard Justly SO, for
there IS other present subject which 50
vitality affects their temporal welfare as n COM
mnntv. Tie Intelligence. which IA totally in
efficient mail service atthrdS rs this present
week, is more auspicI"us at bpnrticcnt results,
than the uncertain, undo fn"d rumors and ap-
pr.hrnsions of the preceding month led us t.
EXPECT From thr iigh's before rs, incline
20 the opinion that the prorrimrne enioined upon
cur public servants at Washington. hv the pco-
plc of the State, has been in the main pursued
by them, and that il will ntinue t. command
their united and c!Iicicn, support
Thr h the Dn,'y Express, at Dnbuqr. We
are enabled to present to our renders, in tins
No Of the Reporter, The DaL"qan md keeknk
and Dafcnp,rt and Council B'uHs bill, in the
shape in which il came from the Senate Com
mtce IN Public Lands, on one of tn" last
days of December, with recommendation ot
It's passage Gen Dodge is member of this
committee, ard Of course, this report fully com
m's him 70 the unequivncal support of the bill,
in this shape
Il is quite true that Gen Morgan is still at
Whashinston, bent upon all sorts Of politca
mischief, under the euarb of neutrality, andl
upon sacrificing the interests of the Safe to an
untrino ambition Of interpolaiing Burlington
into the line Of same railroad; but from the
tenor ofhis last gengerly squib, insFrdays Tel
egroph, II is quite apparent that he does no. see
his way very clearly, either to the railroad SUI
premacv Of Burlington, or for the especial oln-
| W of her |, bhv. From the whole tenor Of The
document aud through all lis buf,nnery, can
be traced the c!iagrln Of disappointment, and
the iDpoent malice If Tie foIled intrieuer
Upon the strength of ',alone, in the absence of
all definite infcrlna,iun, we are well persuaded
that Gen Morgan has met with signal failure,
in his manoeuvres to impress his rascal,y
schemes upon the favorable attention of our
delegation. OF course, the alternative which
he had .-ordnined-intestne quarrcls at home
are held in terro uin over the devoted heads
| Of all the Hawkeya people, and the General S
efforts, such as they are, will not be wanting,
10 verify his own predictions. We well
afford to take the grants, however, subject 10
any contingency Of this nature, which it may
suit The whiting Telegraph to proclaim, since
its labors of love for more than twelve month,
have but served to strengthen ther attachment
of the people to the great works against which
it swaggers and rants.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
A Cleveland correspondent CT the Ohio State
JourpaI If recent date saws

Journal, of a recent date says:
1t is astonishing the change that railroads
have made in city. There are lots in Clevc-
land valued by the Assessor, in 1916, for less
than $ lG0, and it was thought that they were
valued too high, that cannot be bought now
for = 900. There are two three ten acre
lots IN the vicinity of tie depot Of the machine
shops Of the Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad
that were offered al some $4,000 within the last
SIX years, that cannot now be bought for less
than S 900 per acre. Since Alfred Kelley
took ont the first whee1barrow load eff earth
from the track of the Cleveland and Columbus
Railroad in lsl7, the value of the whole Of the
real estate in this city has been doubled and
! am decidedly of the opinion that if the entire
real property of the pew city to be sold by
public auction, it would sell for more ihah tr,b-
le the amount it " oud have sold for in lS47 and
vet We have only Just brgn to feel the benefit Of
our ra lroads. Cleveland started lac in the
railroad enterprise, but that start was n strong
one. Our city has 100000 invested in rail
roads, and in plank roads our citizens have at
e 81 $600,0U0 noie, making total Of $780,
600.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
JACKSONVILLE, Jan. %

y.
Railroad Depot IN this place was entirely con
sumed by fire about II o'clock last night, 4 fre't
Cars IN the building were'destroyed and part of
the Books. The house was insured far t. IA o0o
less between five and ten thousand dollars
fire supposed to have caught from the chimney
% Magyar is pronounced Mud, jur-and not
MAGUIRE, as an enthusiastic son of Erin recent.
ly insisted.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-04
COME OUT FROM YOUR AMBUSH.

Are our public spirited neighbors of the Her
aid, never going to speak out upon the sub
iect Of our Dubuque and Keokuk and Councils
Bluffs railroad grant, eau they not afford t.
give the public cheering sentl'nsht, aud
our delegation in Congress, enc wora OF en-
couragemrnt, upon this subject flas it lost all
of its elements Of vitality a.ld importance md
become SO poor, in the estimation of our distim
gnished neighbors, that they cannot do it rever-
ence? Or do they discover IN the probable sue
cess of this important Improvement, sad a"d
mcurntul picture of defeat, fer the po'4'c"'
schemes which they have been hnggiGgt" their
bosoms for the last twelve months Oh. it IS
sad pity that they should have left the people
and gone off to themselves upvn this gtea; ques-
ton.
For once, ut least, may i be said, that the
Senior, with all hi. r.pmted foresight tao, aud
shrewdness in poiitieai diplomacy, has vcntnred
too far from land--has gone beyond his debth
No doubt he would be glad to retrace his steps
but the dignity of his diplomatic character, will
not permit. When great man takes a position,
alton, and therefore it is the more difficult and
humiliating to escape its responsibility by CON
fesson and retracton. We feel deeply for the
Doctor in this dilemma, but we apprchcnd it will
all come out right, for, if he has not done the
aState some serrice" the State has certainly
done him some, if he is not above the wholesome
influence of that experience, which the times
so powerfully suggest. We may be permitted
TO hope, if consistent wit his views of Senate
rial preferment, that not many more weeks shall
eiapse, before he can arrange the pof,ticat
and diplomatic chart. as to be able to give US a
short essay, upon the subject of cur Dubuque
and Keokuk railrond. If lie is not to be driven
into discussion upon til. merits Of this road,
may we not hope, that he will give us his views
more in ertensio, upon the merits of his fayorite
"Big Sioux project.
Come Doctor either Sfon uour hand or pass.