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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
NUMBER 6.
THE LATE COMET.

We make the following extract from private
letter of a scientific friend, whose attanments
aud responsible position enhde his statements TO
full confidence.
I" The news in the comet line 10 nothing
Our late visitor was no Vandal FIR after fol-
lowing very faithfully the psth prepared for it,
! ng before it's arrival, ii has become civilized,
had its queue shortened, and gone peacefully
away.
Z g 1t is not known to be comet that has been
seen before, aud certainly is not (as has been
reported) the comet of 1886, which, according
TO some historians, frightened Charles " from
his throne
In fact, there is 50 much uncertainty about
the forms and app arsacea of these bodies, that
astronomers begin TO doubt the comparisons
made by means of them. The comet or HALEY
whose orbit has been the longest known, has
presented such variety Of appearances at its
successive returns, and so much depends on
the position Of the earth, that these marks oaght
not to be regarded in identifying comets.
1t was the accidental position of the earth,
near the path OF this last comet, that gave it
pre- eminence over the three others that have
been seer by the telescope this year. The
vast numbers, and changeable and indefn
ite forms OF these bodies, put Identification by
any means excep, actually tracing their orbits,
out of the question.
GO The comet of 1856, TO which referred,
has been expected for several years, in l549,
while Herschel was writing the last edition of
his Astronomy, the return was considered, he
says, as highly probably by more than one emf
nent authority, but it has not come, or, if so,
has SUNK through the system with its tail be-
tween its legs. A few months ago, however,
German astronomer reviewed the computation
and found a mistake which has prolonged the
time of its coming for several years. 1t may,
therefore, be expected soon.'-N Y. Erening
Pest
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
THE NEW YORK HERALD.

This delectable paper having found out that
President Pierce will not reward its chapparal
warfare with the gift of the China or Freach
mission TO lis editor pest in the Boston
Collectors Office /, his brother now abuses the
President and Cabinet with the usual vonbility
of blackguard This course is perfect con-
sistency with the past course of James Gordon
Bennett, whose whole editorial life has been
conducted with strict reference TO the policy ex-
pressed by the Scotch phrase Of "giii-gotf.
Ii advocated the election of Gen Pierce for the
very convincing reason that no one, (except
perhaps Gen Scott,) could fail to perceive in
advance his triumphant success The foresone
conclusion ofa democratic victory was the sole
cause of its adherence, but with an effrontery
peculiarly It's own, ST now 'reyerses the spell
and claims that is adherence was the cause Of
the victory. It's very obedient eiaqacrs pat
such statements in the mouth Of Gen Scott im-
nediately subsequent to the election. 1t will
hardly do The idea that any single paper
stands such head and shoulders above the
American people as TO change, o. even materi-
ally influence their three four million votes
is rather too monstrous for common swallow.
The Herald. which now is discovered TO be so
very acute and far seeing, could in 1SiS give
no opinion, and in 1914, boldly predicted the
election of MIR. Clay in ihe prophecy that Clay
would only "have t, walk over The track. "To
err is human and Mr. Bennett, despite of the
patronage aad faitsry of rutfilns, and the boys
l.hat run wd der machine, has too often ex-
s-ed tha, he is mortal, for us to allow him
a"' f-aise for supernatural strength or
foeesi ght.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
HOME AND FRIENDS.

Oh, there's power to make each hour
Assweet as heaven designed il;
Nor need we roam 10 bring it home,
Though few there be that find il
We seek too high for things close by,
And lose what nature found US
For life hath here no charms SO dear
As home and friends around US
We Of destroy the present joy
For fhture hopes-and praise them;
Whilst flowers as sweet bloom at our feet,
If we'd but steop TO raise them
For things afar still sweetest are
When youths bright spell hath bound us;
But soon We're taught that earth hath nough
Like home and friends around US.
The friends that speed in time of need,
When hopes last reed is shaken,
To show us still, that, come what will
We are not quite forsaken;
Though all were night, if but the light
From Friendships altar crown'd US,
Twould prove the bliss of earth was this -
Our home and friends around us sssf
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

THE ADMINISTRATORS We commend the
rnson on this subject TO the perusal of every
demlcrat. presents in a striking point OF view
the difficulties With which the present admin
istration had 10 contend on its coming into pow
er, and fully vindicates the policy of the Presi-
dent which has successfully met them all =
Whoever " i'll take the trouble of comparing the
position of the present Administration with
that occupi d by the administrations of Harris
on and Tyler in IS4I, and Of Taylor in lo49,
can fail 10 be oppressed with the great differ
ene.-sn favor of the present one. In both The
cases we hse~-aentioned the reaction was so
great as to almost lea7o the President alone
la one year from the election of 1910, the tu-
lnultuyus hosts which bore sTip and Ty on
ider,fial chair, were dispersed d-resoved into
their rginal elements by series of de-ae.
cratic victories of which the final glorions resul,
was the election of Polk three wears fter The
first six months o. that Administration developed
It's astonishing weakness with the people, as
decidedly as succeeding events revealed its cor
ruptoa in the cabinet .There is souI o.
goodness in things cvl,1Sandto the eviden, in
capacity of either Federal u0e~sufes or Fedora
men to direct the Republic, rs cAaibi;ed BY the
cabinet of is49, we owe, in greae>measure
the brilliant victory ofie52
Unlike the former cases, the lustre of tnN
victory has never ditnsned II has gone no strl
backward The embarrass nents 20 be encounter
ed were OF no commnn kind Bsinre mncl
liahi.s sss!s- the srrvisss Or 4S weht down
These difficulties have been met fairly, an,
as the elections well attest, have been mel sue
eassfuIly
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

WoxDERruL.--The degree Of skill attainedb by
the testers Of gold in detecting spurious coin is
wonderful and almost incredible. Last Monday,
at the Office of the Assistant Treasurer in this
city, thirty-onc thousand six hundred and fifty
pieces of gold passed throug h the hands of one
man (Mr. BirdsalD and every piece was tested
separately. Eleven thousand of them were
gold dollars. About four hundred millions Of
dollars have passed through MIR 3. s hands, and
been tested by him. OF course he works with
great rapidty, and yet not a single instance Of a
spurious coin escaping his detection was ever
known. lie discovers more OF less nearly every
day. A short time since, as he was passing
quantity of coin rapidly through his hands, Gen
era Dix came up to the counter, at the side Of
him, and s,ooped up from the pile which he
was testing hand full Of coin. AS quick as q
flash be placed his finger on the Generals hand.
"W i'll you please to hold on to that for mo-
ment," said he As soon as he had finished
what he had before him, turning, to Gen. Dix
" You have got spurious piece amongst that,
he SAID Then picking up the pieces from Gen
DIS hand, selected the bad coin. His praciiced
ear detected the ring of the bad metal, even in
a aohols handful OF coin.--..eo York Herald.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

U. S. CouRr, MIcHieAs-CUTrISG Pm
BER-We learn from the Detroit Free Press
that the U S. Court for Michigan closed a
term Of fifty-two days on Saturday last Two
Grand Juries were empannelled. The first
fund nine bills for passing counterfeit coin,
one for stealing mail keys, and forty-three for
cutting, taking and removing timber from the
public lands, The second found three bills for
mail robbery, eight for passing counterfeit coin,
one for resisting the execution of u S. process,
and forty for cutting and removing timber from
public lands. Thirty-eight of the persons
charged had been arrested-some at Maastee,
Michigan, some in Illinois and Wisconsin, and
one in New York. One hundred and twenty
writs for arrest OF criminals were issued during
the Session of the Court, and fifteen Admiral
ty cases were tried, one Of which lasted four
teen days CHIC. Press.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
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HOW TO MAKE A RAIL.

The process of making rail at the Pitts
burgh manufactory is thus described by cor.
respondent froN that city.
The metal is first assorted in piles of 500 lbs
and mixed SO as to produce the proper quality
of iron. There are twelve furnaces, (eight or
more being constructed) and each turns out ten
heats day, each pile of metal forms heat.
This metal when heated in the furnaces is Sc
para.ed into FIVE balls, each of which is sngly
passed through what's called " Burdon's Ro-
tating Squeezers, they are then passed through
the muck rolls, where they assume the dimen-
sion Of three inches thick by fifteen twenty
feet long. They are then cut to the length of
four feet ten inches, and re-heated in what is
called ..sthe top and bottom" furnoces After this
process they are again rolled into six-inch bars
and taken 10 the rail mill, The centre of the
rail is composed of three inch bars of poorer
quality OF metal. They are made three inches
wide as il appears a fuller edge can be secured
ia that manner than by making them double
that width These pieces being placed in their
proper positions, (al feet 10 inches in lengthy
are again placed in furnaces and heated, after
which they are passed through the roughing
rolls and then through the forming finishing
rolls where they received the form of a L rail-
When being drawn through the rolls the last
time they are run out on long buggy to two
circular saws, (Which make 100 revolutions
per minute,) where the ends generally ragged,
are r,R taRsn ,I sASing the full twenty feet ra
The buggy conveys the raii :. The straghten-
ing plates, where II is levelled isterally 1t is
then turned over and bent at an inclination OF
make up for the contraction Of the iron when
cooled. The rails, when nearly cooled, are
completely Strengthened to the hands Of the
filers, in the 4" Doctor shop" where the edges
are smoothed down and defects noted and re-
paired.
Thirty tons of rails are turned out per day at
this establishment. A rail, forty feet long in-
tended for exhibition at the Fair, was made last
week. This exceeds anything in that line in
the United States, an Eastern company having
turned out one thirty five feet long some tirue
ago, which had previously been considered the
largest.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
For the Miners Express.
WINTER IS NEAR.
BY J. A. LISSLLL


The fog sits brooding on each height,
The hoar frost strews The plains
With ashes, meath the pan Of night,
Where death-like silence reigns.
All Nature dies, IS dries The tear
Of sorrow from the cheek
The vegetable race 10 scar,
And Natures breath is bieaiE.
Soon clasp within an icy fold,
Our chosen land must rest,
The streams in vestures pale and cold,
Will garb their. cryst breast.
The Sumach bushes in the Light
The Melon droops her heac,
The flowers are falling by the blight
The Dahlia is dead.
The vine her pulpy fruit uafolds,
While sick ming in the BLAST
The floeks at even crowd their fotd,,
The summer sun has pass ID
No Swallow skins the prairie fair,
The wood birds cease to sing:
Bat, Beauty will her dress repair,
And reappear in Spring
All Nature, on both hill and plainy
Must fall, and fade away;
|, too, must fall and rise again,
To see some future day
For He, who made and governs all,
Let's nought eternal die!
My corse, to feed the grave, must fall =
My soul must wing lis sky.
Dubaque, Telegraph Office, Oct 1859.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

The many forms of life he tried,
That minister to mans delight,
In soft desire, or sterner pride,
By day or night.
He taught the festal hours to swim
Upon the tide of song and cup;
As pleasure, to the goblet's brim,
Game floating up.
Each manlier sport he knew, when need
Ofnerve was there, or skilful grace;
And fearless upon flying steed
Provoked the chase.
With Science-lore his mind was filed;
He learned the tongues of other cimes,
Or in poetic fit distill'd
His brain in rhymes.
Fair woman fix'd his fond desire,
Until his foolish heart became,
As brought too close unto the fire,
Burnt by the fame.
But still he found that human bliss,
Though bright when caught, bad ready wing;
And felt in fortunes sweetest kiss
Some bitter thing.
The goblet lost its ruby Joy,
Aud weary science veil'd her face;
And oft repeated scene could cloy
T. en- In the chase.
And raven locks grew thin and grey,
And bloom and blossom faded by,
And slowly died the light away
From beauiy's eye.
He sought, 'naid shifting grief and bIiss
a bosom strung with unsw'ring tone;
Though many friends were round, in tais
He was alone.
He met with one who, more than men
Reflected both his love and thought;
He link d his life to hers, and then
Gain d what he sought.
For there he found, as still he rang'd
Der realms of nature and of art,
An earthly good that never changed,
II woaAN's HEART.
The heart of woman worn and bare,
The words have pass d from tongue to tongue,
Till the tired listener turns him where
New themes are sung.
Though stale the phrase, no phrase can tell
How fresh remains the blessing given;
From day to day the mamma fell,
But fell from HeaDg
So he, more firmly than before,
The earth in holy musings trod,
When signed the mystic bond which borg
The seal of God!
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

FIsAScIAL.--The New York .Merc9atile Jour-
nal which ty the way, seems to be cool, calm,
substantial, financial record, thus speaks OF the
prospect
"The failure Of Simeon Draper, appears to
have etariied some of our cotcmporarles--to Us;
who have we'll marked the course of the money
market, the only thing extraordinary in the af-
fair, is, how this great Banker, Broker, Auction
Ger, and Negociator Of Railroad Securities, has
been enabled so long 10 maina n his position
Sec cand rate Railroad Bonds have Tor some time
past been very difficult, of sale in this market,
and 10 raise money thegi has been almost inn
possible. In fact, since the Eastern question
first began to assnne SO 'oarlike an aspect, the
position of MIR. Draper has been very prccari-
Gus.
We fear that the stringcncy Of the Money Maj
ket will cansa oher failures--l4s. week we had
G Jerome, nov simeon Drapcr--.arcades
| ansbo-and to-day Alvah SPEAR announced at
| the boa,d his inability to faiiii bis Contracts,
| consequent on the failure Of Mr.. Draper.
| The prospects for the uncompeted Railroads.
| look gloomy, and many we fear must be discon=
tinued, owing to the lmpracticabilty of raising
the supplies.
/ The Secretary of the Treasury ias,,issued
orders requiring the Clerks Throughout tiie De.
par'ment 10 be- at their desks from 10 3 o. clock
until the 1st Of April next, and prohibitip<-
| go;D5 cut to take drinks on pcpalsy Of Ye1qix ~
! fro.a o.fi.e
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

THREE MEN KiLLEp-RAILRoAD AccT-
pENr-On Wednesday last the down train on
the Chicago and Mississippi Railroad ran into
some cattle upon an embankment l2 or IA feet
high, near Salt Creek, in Logan county. The
locomotive, and several baggage and freight
cars, were thrown off the track and rolled down
the embankment. The engineer, fireman, and
an al sistant, were killed. We have not learned
their namess The first passenger car was
thrown off at the forward end, and narrowly
escaped. precipitation down the bank with its
load of human life. 1t was saved by The for
tunate breakage of the coupling with the car in
advance of it-CHic Press,
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
J. D DOYL l rs
CHEAP CASH STORE,

On Main street, tetcefn Fourth and Fifth ,nsr
Door to John Simpt0ts.
TIME subscriber begs leas inform the
Dubuque and surrounding country, that he hasJust
returned from New York with fresh and seasonah.e
supply Of STAPLE and FANCY. DRY GOODS, CLIO
been bought on the advantageous terns and will
be sold for cash at the lowest remunerating prices
Country storekeepers respectfully requested TO cal
md examine the goods and rces before making purchas
es elsewhere Cne price only will be asked and no aae
ment made the stock wi be found the follow
pg;
Slperfine Black Cloth Fancy SATIN, silk * gingham
and fancy cassmeres cravatsScarlet, blue and
N Doe skins white wrappers, sdrawers
4slmereties, satinets, cot Suspenders, comfoners,
aton GOODS Turkey red and madder
kached sheetings, ,lo4l handkerchiess,
!. L. bleached and brown Green and blue barege Bloc
3rill;nrs mer corded skirts,
. kched brown & striped Swiss and jackonet insert
Writings; ings and edgngs;
ted abaeks, diapers towel Lsle and thread inssrngs
Ia; and edgings. black silk lace,
Co. IN bleached and brown capnets, ,sewed musiincol
6ask table clofh lars and cuffs;
IL Abite and yellow fan Black lace falls
II IL Cashmere, silk and wool
= Kk,ncs. .counterpanes, WOOL cloth, Berlin, Lisls
worp, cotton yarn and cotton gloves
OK OK; aschels, carpetbags nerino and cotton socks
sea s Anbrellas; adics' merino, cashmere
ioa Gu s calicoes, linseys and cotton hose,
"a. iackonei, swiss, Threads, sewing / knittn
= nHietoria lawn and cottons, purses, eiastlcs
- nnslins, wristlets, purse twist, Re
hu1 3nohairs, coburgs, phyr wooij
De La printed calicocs Jenny Lind and Kate lIaye
ir Frenek kerinoes Canten gown buttons, pearl agate
Ham cambrcs CAM linen and ivory buttons;
brio "a erchief; Dressing, back and sid
Brown md Irish linen, combs, hair and clot
OILED cHtable covers, Coat Links;
D0yieyekk velvet; Bay State long shawls.
auut biting;
Of n CLOTHING.
Gentie black cloth Cashmere and Doeski
- cioaks bing and blank pants,
tovel quilting satin ludia rubber
. enu - est, ~
.ns ,.n AGROCERlES, &c. -
rhp boice In Yonns Hy- Pure cognac Brandy old
nsd son. Oo & souchong nongahela and Ohio VIII
Teas. key,
= Chocolates lasses
!. Loaf, ernal ,vi- .n andIsmoking and chewing
- brown = - - baceo
= Sperm, stat hllow can n.lPrincipe HaYana end s.
IL cadies, root cigars
doves, nut amo.l Fancy and plain soaps, in,
ginger mpst1 IA ,,epporI 20, lard oil, tubs, buc
lars Table CUTLERY \ omeens- cts, coffee mills,
ex- ware, &C. lRaisins, almonds, curreI
han F. DOYLE
any Nov. l5--d1
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

THE MAINE GoLD MINES The Waterville
Nail says that several persons have just return
ed from the diggings at Madrid on Sandy river,
Me. The company engaged in digging con-
sists of six persons, most ofthem from Spring
field, Mass. They have bought twenty or thirty
acres of land, and are engaged in sinking shaft
and washing the earth for gold. The amount
obtained thus far will pay them moderate wages
nothing more. The gold is found in fine black
sand, in pieces ranging from about the size of a
wheat kernel to the smallest percepiible parti
cles-though pieces are said to have been found
as large kernel Of corn. The opinion is ex-
pressed that the quantity is small, and that the
mines will not nav for working.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
PENNSYLVANIA ELECTION

York, (Pa } Oct. l2-Demecratic majority
on State ticket in this county about 1000, be-
ing gain Of more than one presidential vote,
Entire democratic State ticket elected by a large
majority.
Pittsburg, (Pa. Oct. l2-Almost the entire
democratic ticket elected in Allegheny county
McClintock (dem.) elected senator. Wing ma
jortty in this county in 1852 was near twenty
four hundred.
Creswell (dem) elected senator in Blair
| Whig majority in Blair in 1852, six hundred
and ftiy-nine
Philadelphia Oct. l2.-Siate democratic
ticket elected by more than eighteen in tn,
county.
Bucks county gives 500 democratic majority
Washington county gives 800 democratic ma
jority, being gain of fifty on the presidential
vote.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26

INFORMATION WANTED.-Barbara Zinn, w ho
formerly resided in Ohio, more recently at st.
Louis, and still more recently at La Grange
Mo-, arrived in this place few days since in
search of a brother-in-law by the name of Fred
erick Lind, whom she supposed TO reside about
four miles from town.-She is deaf and dumb
and at present staying at the house Of Mr.. Syl-
vanus johnson. Any one knowing Of the
whereabouts of Frederick Lind will confer a
favor upon destitute and unfortunate girl by
sending word to this Office or 10 Mr.. John
son.
Papers in the State will please copy.-Cap.
Rem