The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-02-18
CONDENSED PARAGRAPHS.

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'how no KIND OF restraint, and are governed ri
" no laws, but merely by passion and brutal. 1
ty Civil wars, family quarrels, religions dis.
,utes.
Said :. Paine-"S ,ne people call this n
world of change It's all nonsense, I've seen
M change for IN ,nths." And he took from his O
pocket and unrecrip'ed liquor bill, with e
which he Proceeded to light his stub of re.
gala.
There are go governmental Offices at Wash
inptnn If which 242 filled by citizens OF
VIRGINIA. IO6 by tn Sc of the District, 80 by
New York, Is bv Massachusetts,, II by Ma
ryland Is BY G mnrc'icn', 10 by Vermont,
IL bv New II ,m,s,,lr,, AID 81 by Penrsv!va
MA. Every State is represented save Caif'r
mia
A resolution is pen ling before the Prnnsyl
vania legislature, requesting the President 10
omen correspondence with foreign tnat"ns,
win n view to establish Congress of the CIV
il zed naions OF the earth for The enactment
and enforcement Of code OF International
laws.
We are much pleased to learn that the Har-
lem road has been successfully opened t" Al
banv Dpspite the Geld storm at Mondiy the
connection between ID yer Pains and Caiiiain
Four Dorners made and the first train "t
cars passed from city to city Orr w'n'ry
nri Glib If up street was hand and reports t."
he ,acclunat,,d that the opening was delight
full and gave promise of golden days TO the old
Harlem on the ,hroug h route.-.Vew YORK.
Times
Judge Bronson Of New York has given an
opinion in the railroad contr.v in Indiana,
adverse to- the rights Of the Michigan Central
Company, under the New Albany and Salem
! charter
The United Service Journal thus speaks OF
our navy:
"From its Infancy 10 ITS present state most
bravely most CALAMITY have the officers and
men in the naval profession of America held up
the honor Of their flag. There is scarcely one
action in which the slightest imputai"n can be
cast on any individual. They have never
avoided their enemies excepting when 1t would
have been the height of imprudence to have
faced them. They have fought with the most
determined valnr They have, in many cases,
been successful over nation which held I'M
disputed authority over the ocean, and this very
circumstance of combating ene"y flushed
BY almost universal victory adds great laurel
to the navy Of the United States.
INDIANA AND THE NEGRnEs.-ln the Senate,
on the Both ult the bill for the exclusion Of ne
| yTOeS ana InulattOOS was TeIeTTeu W sttCt
cummitte, with instructions to amend by sub
shutting more rigorous provisions.
The Astor Insurance Company of N. Y. has
declared dividend Of "a per cent, on the earn
ed premiums OF the year.
Mr. Benjamin., the newly elected U. ). 5,
from Louisiana, is Of Jewish descent and hlIn
self Jew.
A movement is on foot in the Methodist de
nomination, the object Of which is tn give the
aity share Of the legislative councils of that
church 1t is proposed to hold convention al
Philadelphia on the Sd OF March next to con-
slider the proprie,y Of pctitoning the next gen.
eral conference.
In may sections Of the South great prepare.
: tons are making by slaves holders, to transfer
their property To Texas, and the emigration In
Oregon, it is estimated, will be very large dur.
ing the coming spring.
DISASTERS on THE LAKES IN 1551.-The
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser gives its annua
settlement of marine disasters Oh the lakes, 10
gether with the loss of life and property atten
dent upon them, from which it appears that dur
. ing the year 1851, property to the value o
$780, 37 was lost, and - lives. Eve steam
ers, three propellers, and ihirty-srven sail yes
sells were totally lost The disasters of the last
f"ure years have involved the loss of $s2,O7o,
f LAG worth Of property, and 563 lives.
GROUND MORE VALUABLE IN New York
THAN IN LoSDoN.-The editor of the Albany
Journal, in a letter published IN that paper
says:
/ 81 was surprised to learn that lots in the vi
cinity Of the Bank Of England and the Roya
? Exchange were less valuable than in Wal
street. Rents, excep, in the most fashionable
f quarters, are alb ut the same as in New York.
We are afraid our delegates will have n mud
y DIV time to 90 10 Ottumwa, bot hope that tn
d importance ofthe object will inspire them witt
resolu ION sufficient t, overcome all opposin,
Q obstacles Burlington Telegraph.
Y Where are all of your Plank roads, maca
dam zed reads and Railroads, which you lav
: been baas'ing abnu', that your runners and or
e atnrs are compelled to drag themselves 'hroug
= the mud On, they have vanished in thin ait
$ sreason and Truth vanish before the obtuse Wis
. ion our neighbors, when it becomes necessar
+ for them to oppose the state, in order to ad
y minister TO local ambition.
S An INTREPID Acr-A letter from an office
e on board the ship Natchrz, Capt. Hall, Of thi
e port, at Pernambuco, November IA, relates tn
following incident of personal intrepdty, whic
has rarely been surpassed. The wife and chill
dren Of Capt. Hall were on board the Natche
Z as passengers, and when near the Equator, o
It the passage out, while the vessel was sailing a
i. the rate of four knots an hour, little daughte
= Of the captain, whilst amusing herself on deck
- accidentally fell overheard. Her father, VIII
J. CHANGED to be near the spot Immediately leap
n ed from the side of the vessel, caught the sink
~ ing child, and sustained her in his arms, Will
a boat was lowered from the vessel for the
= sercure. Capt. Hall had become almost eS
o hausted when the boat reached them, but vii,
e characteristic presence of mind, in a concen
:. trated effort, he succeeded in raising his hea
above the surface Of the water, which wa
n eagerly grasped from the boat, and father an
d child were happily rescued from their perlou
= sitaation.-.vew Bedford Mercury
J. The day may come, and we hope it is NJ
r. far distant, when the Pembna Railroad will
a necessity, and it's construction n matter OF in
portanee. But to urge it at present, is to lhro
'e discredit upon other projects that are worthy
a a warm and cordial support, and in which low
a. is largely nterested-Gatenu Jcfe son;an.
A Mr.. Blakely of Iowa was recently burnc
o | w ucdtu w uCH5 III PioHAS hiC hes
=, St. Joseph Mo.
,fl CHARTER ELEcrIoN.-On Monday last, III
annual Charter Election, in Burlington resultt
in the return of the following officers for I'll
Is coming year. Mayor, Lyman Cook. Aide
n man, First Ward, A. w. Carpenter and Lux
Hughes; Second Ward, John H. Gear and
S. Schramm; Third Ward, c. II. Pash an
'e Thomas Sperrv Fourth Ward, John l.. Cor.
e and Inn G. Law; Treasurer, Edward Ma
t. low Recorder, Chas. MADEIRA Marshal, Wn
o Ensey. ...
a GEN. JACKSON on ISrERvESrIon- In or
= of his Me sages this distinguished ma
said 5#
In the view have given Of our connection
C with Foreign Powers, illusions have bee
/, made to their domestic disturbances, or forerg
" wars-to their revolutions or discussions
may be proper to observe, that this is done SOLE
;. ly in cases where those events affect our poit
i cal relations with them, or TO show their opera