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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
Hon Heary Clny's Letter Of RcsiSnation.

|
! FRASKFoRT, KY, Dec. %.
| The following is Hon. Henry Clay's Letter
| Of Resignation, as it was read IN both HOUSES
of the Legislature this morning:
WASHINGTON, Dec. ", 1851.
tn the assembly Of Kentucky.
! When Won did the honor to confer on me the
I appointncnt Of Senator from Kentucky,
winch now hold, in accepting it did not IN
tend or ex,ect to serve the entire term Of six
| years. had previously retired, finally, as !
supposed, from that body, but out OF the terrlt"-
rial acquisition resulting from the war with Mex
leo, momentous questions arose, seriously mo-
naciny the harmony and peace, u not inc IN
lerritv Of the Union. felt it to be my duty
In return oroin to the Senate, and to contribute
nv humble aid by amicable settlement OF those
oncstions to avert The calamit;es with which
wo wore threatened Such settlement was
a,tcmnted during the last Congress, - now IN
nrorress IF execution, and trust and hope
w;,I ,ccom,iish all the good that could be ex-
nected from any great measures ADOPTED 10
heal national divisions and luminosity, which mas
risen to such an alarming height.
On the approach of the present Congress it
wo. with much hesitation, proceeding partly
from nv feeble state Of health, that l concluded
to return for the last time to the Senate but
have not thought of ever again, taking seat
in that body after the close of the present sess-
on Having come to this determinations.
It incumbent on me to place 1t IN the
power Of the General Assembly to appoint my
successor during its presen. session. do,
hereby resign the office Of Senator
fthc United States from the State Of Ken
ucky; this, my resignation, to take effect ON
he first Monday in September, 1852.
In desolving this official relation in which
land to the General Assembly, connot forbcar
,new,ng an expression Of my obligations and
" profound gratitude forth many distinguish.
and gratifying proofs which it has given mo
its confidence and attachment.
have the honor tn be, with the highest re-
'ect, your faithful and obedicnt servant,
II. CLAY.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

The BLAEELY,s ARE Coop SINGERS But
BAD PAYMAsrERs.-Whc the Blakely's ar.
rived in town they made an arrangement will,
our Carrier, Mr.. Short, who is a p,o., bu: hon.
est man, to distribute their bills about the
City, at one doliarpcr day. After three days
service, they refuse TO pay him mcrc than IS 80
which is a reduction If fifty per cent Their
excuse for refusing 10 pay three dollars, which
is by no means IN cxtravigant charge for the ser
vices of man for three days, is based upon the
assertion Of one Of the p-opretors of the Her
aid, that the charge was exorbtant.
1t is an old maxim that the iGJorer is ,corfh u
of his hire, and certainly il reflects no crsdif up
on those who have participated in wronging
this old man out of his rights, ait,r express
agreement was entered into s:;pulatng the
amount at one dollar per day,
We hav. no interest in this subject, further
than to see the rights of an innocent party pro-
tccted.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
Correspondence of the Miners Express.
MAshlNGrnN. d &. DEG. %. 1871

washington, D {. Dec. %. 1851
have just returned from my second visit to
the fire, at the Capitol, which regret to re-
late occurred on yesterday morning about day !
light On the morning Of the 9th Dec. 1851 |
the gnvernms mt Library was discovered 10 be I
on fire, and after burning for about three hours,
the whole Interior of the great Library Room,
attached to the centre building of the Capitol.
fronting West, and overlooking the City was
consumed, and is now mass of blackened ruins
as melancholy TO the heholdr r, as it il disas
trous to the beautiful edilicc, in which the Libra
ny was placed.
BY this uut ward event, the United States
have been deprived OF one If the l1rgest and
best selected Libraries in the world. Such was
the rop;di'y of the flames, when first discovered
that it was impossible to save any ofthe vanab!es
in the room constituting the Library proper
About 81 600 volumes have been Lu.nt, inclu-
ding some rare Manuscripts not to be replaced:
besides this less, there were Medals, Slatuary,
| Pictures, OF value and rare curiosity The bus,
OF MIR. jefferson, was an exquisite piece ofwork
manship, SO was the same Of Gen Taylor and
the Marquis Lafayette. Also, the lkenesses
Of Washington and J. G. Adams, which it is
said, had thus far, never been cquallcd, are OF
those destroyed.
The loss in money to the United States, will
not be less than half million of dollars IN
deed, it is doubtful, if any am unit of money can
replace the Books that have been SO suddenly
destroyed. 1t is impossible. 70 conjecture the
origin of the fire; many suppose it originated
from the fues. by which The room had been heat
ed; while others believe that It was tie work
OF an ncendiary. Whether the one or the 9th
er, Congress being now in session committee
Of both Houses. will give the affair scathnn
investigation. And I warrant, that, IT it be
found that the fire originated 10y negcc, o.
those attached to the police of the Capitol, OF
Of the Library proper, they will be summaril,
dealt with by Congress. have no doubt, but
full and free investigation of the misfortune
: will take place; and if the guilty can be reach
ed, punishment to the extent OF the law, will bt
meeted out to the cuprit, or cuprits, us the case
may be.
The police at the Capitol, should be ample tt
secure protection to the public property andl be
lieve it is ample, but, their watching is mercl,
nominal Most of their time they are not OF
their beats, but snsconced in some of the com
mttee rooms Of the Capitol. This is the sc
cond time, have witnessed the destruction o
the Congressional Library, the first time by tn
British invading this city in 1914, and the sec
ond the fire Of yesterday.
The principle portion of the library now dcs
troyed, is the one that took Mr. Jefferson fit,
!. years to collect together But many subsc
quent additions had been made TO his library
which, will make The loss more severely felt b.
the public.
ours,
.t-4s l.. 2639.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
Seventh Census Of TIE United s1ntc.

The suhioncd abstract Of the report from the
Census Office, contains very large amount oil
important statistical matter. 1t dcyelppes the
increase Of territory, population, manufactures
products, &c. of the United States, during the
last ten years, and gives satisfactory view OF
the growth, and prosperity of the country.
The seventh enumeration Of the inha btant.
Of the United States, exhibits results which
every citizen of the country may contemplate
with qualification and pride. Since the census
of 1910, there have been added to the territory
OF the Republic, by annexation, conquest and
purchase, 635 1888 square miles and our :itIe Ia
regions covering "a ,40S square miles which
before properly belonged to us, but which was
claimed and partially occupied by foreign pow
err, has been established BY negociaion, and il
has been brought within our Acknowledged
boundaries By such means, the area Of the
United States has been extended during the
past ten years, from 2,O55,l63 to 1921 ,59J
square miles, without including the great lakes
which lie upon our northern border. or the bays
which indenta'e our Atlantic ana Pacific shore.
all which has come within the scope Of the
seventh census.
Assuming the population of California l65,.
Geo, (Which we do partly by estimatc) and
emitting that Of Utah, estimuted at $4,000, the
total number Of inhabitants in the United States
was, OH tue Isl VI JUN, ICoo, ~o,~4O,ocl
The absolute increase from the Is. Of June,
1910, has been 6,I76S45' and the actual in
crease per cent, is 1918. But il has been
SIC wn that the probable amount of population
acqui,- J by additional territory, should be de-
Quoted in making a comparison between the
results of the present and the last census
These reductions redu"e the total population OF
the country, as basis O. comparison, to 49,
074, 30l, and the increase TO o,ho4,S45.
The number of slaves by the present cen
sus, is 3,lS8,29e, which shows an increase OF
III ,Gs6, equal to 1888 per cent. If re ded"c,
10000, for the probable slave popularv., OF
Taxcas, in 1910, the result of the comparison
will be slightly different. The absolute in
c-ease will be 692,os5, and the rate per cent,
27.S3
The number of free colored in 1850, was
428 ,637-in 1910, 1856, 245. The increase Of
this class has been 1882, or 1895 per cent.
Increase per cent Of each class Of inhabitants
in the United States, for sixty years.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

DEs Mo,SEs lMPRovEMENr.-The terms oil
the contract for the Des Moincs improvement
seems to have created considerable dissatisfac
ton among the people Of the "Dcs Moines
Republic. The cause Of the disp,cass,rc, is
attributed to the price fixed upon TIE rieer lands
Those who complain, hold thatahe lands SHOULD
be sold at government price, while tsae commits
sioaer lett ito be his duty, in order 10 secure
tho completion Of the improvement, to fix the
maximum price at 3, per acre and the Mini
mum at $3.50. We shall make some remarks
upon this subject ut some future time
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

Pardon of the Cuban Prisoners.


few days since noticed the fact, that all
the citizens of the United States, convicted of
participation in the Lopez invasion, had been
pardoned by the Spanish government
Among the prisoners there was one by the
name of Wilson, who released prior to the
general pardon, and through the fundamentally
OF the following touching correspondence.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept %, 1851.
To HIS Eree'1ency President Fillmore
DEAR FATHER OF OUR CoUNTRY.-To you
look for help. My son is one of the unfortu-
nate prisoners to Spain He is all the child
have--is only nineteen years old, not twenty
two as stated. He was innocent and unsuspect-
ing, and the more easily duped. lie no
means of making support for himself and me,
we cling poor-could get no employment; my
health was bad; he therefore hnpedto d, some
thing by going to Cuba But alas lam worse
than poor. Death would have been more well
come His father died when he very
Young, in Texas, which makes him the more
dear to me- Oh, cruel fate" why have lived
to see this Perhaps to sur some wise design.
Gods will be donr not mine ! have prayed
for his life f. ON In" time he left it was spared
Dear President. will 1t be possible for you to
do any thing ?Ean you comfort nc | am
wearing away. Methinks cannot bear up under
the idea Of ten wears; perhaps executed or de-
tanned for life, the climate to cause his death
feel for all Of them 1t was not my vii
: that he should go he scduccd into it BY
others. Dear father of the land OF my birth
+, can you do anvthing' Will you ask for thci
release Methnks you will, and it would be
granted VIII you feel offended with me fo
appealing to you for comfort If so, beg par
don. MY distress has stimulated me TO dare t'
address the President. To whom else could
look for comfort' If you could bat see me-,
know you would pity me- If any one knew
had approached you, they might think | pre-
sumcd much. Perhaps dc" Yet methink
YOU will view it IN charity You vii! try 20 d
something for their released
With due Respcctto
Your Excel'encv,
r OPHELIA P.TALBOT.
a The happy result Of the application will ap
d pear from the letter of Mr. Webster to Mrs
$ Talbot transmitting note of Don A. Calder
: on de Ia Barca, Her Catholic Maj,sty's Minis
G ter, and its enclosure
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, !
e Washington, December II. 1851. !
Il Mrs. Optclia p. Talbot, .Ne,c Or'eons' La:
MAp.M-It gives me sincere pleasure TO
e enabled to inform you that Her Majesty tn
u Queen Of Spain. to whose Minister in this cit
September last had been communicated, wit
the request to intcrcede with his Govcrnma'
j in behalf of your unfortunate son, James N
: Wilson, has not only gracionsly pnrdnncd hin
> but has furnished him also from her own priva'
: purse the means 10 return speedily to his home
Il transmit, enclosed, copy Of III" note
the Minister of the Foreign Relations Of Spai
i to Mr.. Calderon on this subject and OF his not
: to me.
am, madam, very respectfully, your obed
: ent servant,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

A New RAIL RoAD Satisfaction. Nor
gan, the popular editor OF the Burlington Telc.
graph, is in Washington, endcavorin. to lobby
through congress, bill for donation of lands
for constructing railroad from Burlington to
the Missouri rivcr-to be an extension of the
great Pennsylvania and Oaio railroad. There
is but one obstacle TO the General success
that we preceivr, aud that is, that he has SO
many internal Improvement schemes on font.
all concentrating about burlington, that we fear
he will fail If he would succeed IN Washing.
ton, he should concentrate his b1s t,rc, upon
some one point. BY the by, what has become
of the Generals triangular system Of Railroads
-one from Burlington, Ieokuk, Muscat;nc,
DavenpGrt and Du:uaur
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

STILL ANOTHER DiscovERY-Wc are r,
ioicsd o learn that VIM G.. Stewart and John
IL. Bartlett have made large discovery of lead
on Stewards land about two miles North Of this
CHy. lhosc who have visited the lead, repre-.
sent it as OF Of the largest discoveries made in
the country We hope that it may turn ont =,
good as its friends anticipate. The discoveries
Of lead for the last two years, have far exceeded
any two preceding years, since the settlement
of the country.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
METEOROLOGICAL JOURNAL.

We have been kindly furnished by T. S. Par
vim, (who is here in attendance upon The Fede.
raj Court now in SESSION. with the Metc or,l g.
cal Journal kept by him for the year 1851, a,
Muscatine, in this State.
Mr. Parvin has been engaged for tie last twelve
the weather, &c, full reports of which have
been annually published in The American Alma
mac. And since the organization Of the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington, he has beer
engaged in furnishing that body with Monthly
Journals of his Meteorological Observations, fol
which purpose he was supplied by that Ins.itu
ton with accurate and costly Instruments, ant
from his experience, these records may be reliet
upon as correct.
We have not before US the Journals of any
previous year, except that of 1850; from com
parison with tha',we see tha, the mean tempera
ture of 81 is l rs degrees greater than of 80
and that the quantity of rain which fell, exceed.
that Of the previous year by 24.1 inches.
The year 1851 will long be remembered by
the citizens of Iowa year Of grca. rains and
high water, which in many parts Of the Safe de.
stroyed the crops, injured buildings and bridges
and in several instances occasion:ng The loss Of
life. At Muscatinr, we learn from this table
on the 10Th Of August last in about one hour in
the evening there fell some ten inches of water
sweeping with it all the bridges and most of the
improvements in that City and drowning Gmi.
ly of four persons.
and opening Of The river, the early and late
frcs's, the dates Of the Towering Of fruit trees,
all Items of interest TO persons seeking knowl-
edge of the climate Of this county. We hope
soon to see similar record kept at this place
by come Of our scientific citizens.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

! TT The Frankfort Commonwealth think
!, thnt it will be impossible to obtain the votes o
1 two-thirds Of the Escrnbers Of the Legislature
| for the removal of the seat o. government tc
| Louisville.
! MED,c Aa-TAKe NorIcr-Tn an article chi
tie "Niedical Important Enterprise, last week,
there gas Typographical error which is likely
to lead TO an unpleasant mistake J. +. Sanford
was nsade J. Nj. Sanford, and the lie tiers u. D.
after thc name were omitted.
Physicians and Others of Iowa and Niscon-
sin, who report upon the eridemics, ~ GOT
iher different localities, in accordance with the
req"s' Of the circular, will please address J. T.
SANFORD, VI. d., KEOkUk IOWA.
TRsE To HER SEx,-7hc magnanimlty ofihe
Queen IF Spain in The casr of young Wilson is
one of the brightest jewels in her crown, is en-
inen,ly characteristic Of tie noble qualities Of
the woman and the Queen.
"The quality of mercy is not strained:
alt 9roppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
"Upon the place beneath it is twice blessed;
sit blesscs him that gives aud him that takes.
cts mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes
The throncd monarch be ter than his crow !
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

GENERAL TALCOTT.-1hc friends Of 'his
gentleman are making an effort 10 restore him
t., the army. The Senate is to b" addressed
upon his case. am. afterwards the President
Ills son, an officer in the army is in Washing
ton, preparing his papers for publication. to-
gciher with all able defence by Hon. John c.
Spencer.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

t8-Ne understand chat the Hon. James
Grant. Of Davenport, will repair to Wash;ng ton
CITY r few days, for the purpose Of con,nbu.
org his powerful aid in procuring donation of
public lands, for railroad purposes in this State.
We arc rejoiced 10 learn this fact, as we have
no doubt. Judge Grant, win pat quctus upon
the visionary schemes Of some men more deeply
interested IN the success Of burlington, than
tha: Of Iowa! fe3l la
THE REAUrrEs OF THE MAZE SYsrEM.-We
srcceived in batch, four numbers Of the Daily
sJefssEapiaa yesterday. Fifteen miles distant
from The. Office q publication and yet cannot
get the papers regu 'arly. .4-.4
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

IMPORTANT TO ArroRstYs OTHERS
For the information Of all whom it may concern
It will be hereafter understood that the Dis,r;c.
Court now in session, has "Ordercd that chan.
tors lG3. I05, los, 1c6, 107, ITO, Ill, lis
and 100, Of the Eqde Of Iowa-so far as they
may be applicable and not opposed 10 the laws
OF the United States. be adopted rs 4;,e rules Of
practice in this court.
Actions originating in this court shaIihe. COM
mensal IS heretofore by . Sgmmons.'
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

~ Up to the 18Th inst, there had been
zbout ten thousand hogs slaughtered at lnd-
annapolis. The number Of hogs packed there will
be abont the same as last year, with an increase
in wei chit Of 5.e to Is per cent
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

Fux.-The New haven Journal pcrpctrated
the following, on or about the 1lth inst:
ssWhy is next year like last year, Beeause
last year was 1850, and next year is looofoo );
(Io52)
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

Eg The Southern Michigan Railrold Co
have declared semi annual dividend Of p,
cent.-maki.'g Il per cent. per annum. The
stock of the road is selling at it2 / 2.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

q The editor 0 the Tribune il hurt at our
+cparks about prosecuting people for cutting
timber on the public lands. Well, vs cxpec-
ted tAak be would be-
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

QUirE SENSITIVE The ITawkcyc appears to
take the speech Of Senator Jones in The Senate
in the 10th ult, in hig! du-con. The Senator
is very severely reprimanded by the editor "a
Circumstance which will no doubt seriously e.
feet his esaanimity) aud he charged with
having rsreprcscnted The administration, Ey
Stating that Free Soiirrs haze been fayorcs
with federal appointments. AZ an illustration
of the truth of Senator Jones statement. we
will simply mention the case of Mr. S.srinrcr.
appointed to one Of the Lass Sees at Fair
field. We take it that NJ Springer is Free
Soiler, unless indeed Ike his prototypes Fill
more and Wcbstsr, he has recently revoked it.
If he has rcvckcdi it, we have never vet seen the
evidence and We presume Senator Jones has
not Perhaps the editor of the liawkeyc can
eniighcn US upon the subject.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

81 The editor OF the Tribune is still grtim!-
ing, because we express contempt for the
course of the administration, IN prosecuting men
who Gu: timber on tho public lands. Now. as The
editor has had mnch 70 say condemna.or Of our
course, without ever having eSprcsscd an opinion
o. ms own upon The merits cfthis grave question,
and as the ques'ionis onr ofdecp public interest
to our communicative nix him TO give the public
the benefit Of his opinion. Perhaps the editor
thinks it polite to remain silent, anie xpress-
ion would involve either an opposition to the
or the popular ertiment Of the |
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

ale a. tkis Vfsice.
~ sTArEWAakAATs Tor sale at this Office, in
aAeanss 70 suis psfriasrr.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

rg Mr. Geo &. Henry, merchant OF Mo-
bile. estimates the Cotton crop of 1850 81 to
amount to $3.50 600 bales, against 2,:5 LOCO
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

|
.:,5oG ,OOC
FHiu: OF raw material 300 O0O,0Ot
Amount paid fer labor 24O,O00,GOO
Vaiue Of manufactured articles 1929. 100000
Number of persons employed 1,G50,OO0
The capital invested in the manu-
actUre Of cotton goods amounted
t.. "a, sol ,O31
Value of "a material 81, S35 O56
Amount paid for labor 1886, 3O4
Value of manufactured articles Gl,S69,1S4
Number of hands employed 92,2S6
The capital invested in the manu-
facture of wooden goods amoun-
ted to 25,1Ia, $50
Value of raw material 25,755, 9SS
Amount paid for labor . e,399,250
Value of product 43,307 ,555
Number of hands employed 3o,252
| The capital invested in the manu-
facture of pig iron amounted
Value of raw material I,Mo,so9
Amount paid Tor labor o,.oo DC
Value of product ~,|ao'.n
Number NJ hands emn,oved 20,44S
In making these estimates the Assistant
Marshal did not include and return o. "ofhs
which had not produced metal within the year,
or those which had not commenced operations.
The same is applicable to all manufacturers en-
unlerated.
The capital invested in the manu-
tacture of castings amounted
to $tI,4lO,sOI 4
' aiuc Of raw material 1O,A6,560
A noun, paid for labor 7,o7s,s2O ,
Valuc otproduct 5,lOS,lo5
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

- A New Orleans letter says that .TIa.r,as
= Lsey. cpd E. Il. W,ngate, .Prodpce daelexs
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
,2cl,l95 g, CS0 792

3,2cl,l95 23,Gs9 792
[It will be n.ied that the population Of Call.
fornia, and the Territories Of Utah, Nebraska,
the Indian and North Western Territories, 10
not included in the above table-ths official re-
turns not having been received
From the location, climate, productions, and
the habits and pursuits Of their inhabitants,
the States of the Union may be properly
ranged in the following groups:
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14
100000 2,7a5,o 900 1929
2I7.O0o 2l2,O00 80
$50 900 l35,0Q9 81

/ It appears from the returns that during the
year ending on the 1st June, there escaped from
their masters ! OH slaves, and that during the
| same period ,467 were mapumittcd.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-01-14

Area Of Nj Inhab
square Popnla- to square
miles. ton. mile.
e3,226 2,70 ,5o7 1907
l5l,7so 2,e5o,7l3 s7,H
2ss,oe7 1857 ,oso 12,3s
33s,2lo 5,lcs,Ooo 1878