The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-19

4 WORD OR TWO OF EXPLANATION


TO Iowa, for Pacific Rail Road says:
s.It may be that the Government considers
that the SPLENDID grant for the Des MONIES i'm
prnvenent which has gone to return m more
(sare IA tie pockets Of the fauored te,c who be-
Tong to the "Court PsrtyO all OF the pub
lie daain our Stale is entitled 10; be tina. as II
may, il is certain our State has not Benton or
a Rusk to urge The South Pass route; our peo-
Pile must depend upon their own exerti MS
ltaoud be we'll for Mr.. IT. U. ", t, re-
view the history of the :" Iowa Land Bill, and
learn from the defeat Of that measure, brought
about BY home nduence,and divided Congress
sional Dele CATION, that no two men, however
potent in intellect, and influential, could have
done more to secure grant TO the State, than
did our Senators. They labored earnestly and
faithfully for the grant, directed by the Le-
gislaiure and were rewarded by its triumphan;
passage through the Senate, although they could
mol prevent its defeat in the House, where the
opposition had clear sailing. Had the Delrga-
lion been unit upon the subject, we have
every assurance 70: saying, that Iowa would
have received liberal grant of lands for rail
fore caution the correspondent of the Herald to
post himself up, before he determines absolute
ly that Benton, or Rusk could have accom-
plished what our Senators did not In these
times Of Reorganization and double dealing, men
may be innocen,ly drawn into erroneous con
clusiuns and the u'terance Of oague and nn-
meaning expressions, such for instance, as
/" Court party" dynasty &c; and it is to
aid such in arriving at more wholesome con-
illusions, and unavoiding the use of expressions
which are simply ridiculous, that We have in
dulyed the above comments.
EFFECTS OF A WAR IN EUROPE.
The last Cincinnati Rail Road Record has a
long article on this suhjec, from which we ex-
tract the following. The con siderations of MIR
Mansfield will be found interesting in their
connection with the building Of our Railroads.
The seat Of war, on the Danube and in Asia
Minor, is SO remote, that it will not interfere
| with the commerce of the Atlantic, and our in-
trrcourse with Europe. Our commerce, there
fore, will be unembarassed, and we shall con-
tnue our commercial concerns with safety.
| This is important.
| The effect Of war among any, or all the
powers of Europe, will be profitable to American
agriculture and commerce indeed, to all branch
es of business War is destructive, and VIVA,
is destroyed, must be supplied, and be obtained
only from oountries-free from such evils, with
undis'urbed labor and navigation.
War creates demand for capital, which CAPT
tai is destroyed, or it is used; assuming onl,
the idedl form of bonds,-which are drafts or
the next generation, with interest paid now
The effect Of this is to raise the rate of intcrest
and then divert capital from productive industry
This is altogether most disastrous result
The consequences of war, to which Turkey
Russia, France and Austria are parties, woul,
be an immediate demand for war loans. Inter
est would rise, and the temptation to get hig
interest is so great, that millions of money
which would be otherwise put in public works
will go into national loans.
The effect of this, will be to prevent the ne
COLLATION. of American railway bonds in Europe
and we think, that in case Of war, and deman,
for national loans, we must cease t, expec
money, -at least to any great extent, from Eu
! rope;
Unless, contingency certainly possible, tina
war in Europe may result in termination Q
the republican party, and consequent overtime,
Of governments. In tkat case, capital would b
sort TO America. This is possible, but not prot
able.
;. The effect of war, and still more Of scarcit
of bread, will stimulate all kinds of industry i
, The United States, and enable our produce of a
f descriptions 10 command the highest prices :
The whole surplus produce Of this country wi
be demanded, and during the next twelve month
immense profits will be made, by farmers an
: merchants.
An ineyilable result Of this, is The rapid acc,
!, mutation Of the domestic capital. Its railway
will need an outlet, and that too often at gre
e sacrifcc;-this domestic capital will chiefly G
: into railway investments.
The effects Of war, and scarcity Of brea
will therefore be both favorable and unfavorabl
but we must say in candor, the latter will pre-
), new enterprises; the want Of an European bre;
: market, and the high price of labor, in cons'
). quence of the high price Of bread. Against tha
will be the general prosperity Of the countr
y and the rapid accumulation of American capit'
e We think all railways, that are considerably Al
,fI vanced, can, in any event, be finished; and III
!. is a very important matter. On the other han
: new railways, especially competing lines, c.
:; hardly succeed, unless their capital is whol
e local. Foreign capital they cannot expect, in
= state of war and scarcity.
= CoALiTioN IN WIscoSsiN.-The new tick
brought out by the Wings and Free Sollers
:, Wisconsin, 10 defeat the democratic nomin
, tons is m re than usually speckled.' Il CO
II slsts says the Racine Democrat, of three VIII
Dr. Messrs. Farewell, Hadley, and McMynn thu
: Free Sellers, Messrs. Holton, Hastings :,
j. Booth /: and tre p-rfessed Democrats, Mess
Knowlt,n and Baker
I'll FREsH OYsrERs can be had during the f
% and winter, either by the can or dozen Of Sam
! Cox.
N They are received twice week, ny EXPIRE!
10 MERcHAxTs MEETISo.-The proceedn
re of a meeting held on the 10th, Of the merchar
and clerks Of this city in relation TO the closir
: Of stores at an earlier hour than heretofore, a
unavoidably crowded out to-day.
al The CHOLERA ENGLAND,-This terrib
1t disease has recommended its ravages in En-
Is land, beginning nearly at the same points whe
T. il first appeared in AZ. That general epid
Is mic is apprchended, may be inferred from I
er action Of the General Board Of Aealth for I
al Kingdom. That body has officially announc
Is ga third visitation of epidemic cholera" a
a ordered general cleansing Of cities, tow
le and villages.
10 The CoNvicTIoN OF KIssANE THE FoRG q
y We have before noticed the second convi