The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-26
TEMpERANcs~p Politics

W POLITICS.
ourold friend Esop who ofsaa ptea, many
good stories that have preserved sA~;. poin, for
some two thousand years, has, among his'....,s.-
yarns drama, in which the actor>>are porce.
lain bowiaad brass one as they float dyrn the
current of a rapiA river Our readers will re-
member how earness>s Bass bowl proposed
closer companionship, aha~s,at they should Join
hand and 60 along cheek by jo>Sx laying their
heads gether for their mutual aSsantage.-
Porcelain, who seems 10 have been asN&snile-
man of grea, and jndicious delicacy Of feehas,
replied thlt tn best ih ng perhaps for his own
interests would be to keep ou, Of an intimity y
which might result completely knocking him up
and 'nding him down From the middle of
tha, river, Porcelain gave forth, correct 'cold
water )ctrins, if our te mp rance friends Of
thes days would but hear ii. Ii they will be
content to rely on their own strength, and the
inherent truth and beauty Of their own prin-
ciples proper, there can be no doubt but thai
the har Dor will BE- gained at last. But If they
seek an alliance with the brass bowl OF politics
they must expect aid and comfort mostly IN the
way of rough knocks and rude jlsiles, which
cannot make an Impression on lis rough partner,
but may crack CON- ss'y sss.n i.~ 's.',r
material.
Tive or three years ago the State or Ohio,
was considered in sentiment one Of tn, fist Of
the Temperance states. In the face of this
sentiment, there was not a paper from Cleve-
land 10 Cincinn,ti dared openly oppose the
Maine'.aw. Things ware m'ving along in the
best IS .ib!e train for the interests OF Tcmper-
ance In the mi DIST of this healthy state o,
affairs, tile touchnot taste nots began to re
Their reasoning as it seems was apparently not
bad logic. Ii they had done SO much aoith-
out party, what m GIT they MT effect aoth it
The Whig purity, ever re ady to reinforce It's
Joined hands with it, and the porcelain and
brass bowls commenced their cruise. 1t was
very well until, about week ag', after many
hard bumps, ,ihere came an awful crash, and pool
Porcelain split to pieces and went suddenly t.
the bottom, while Brass, as suddenly filled, anC
followed after il, before the eyes of more thar
forty thousand astonished Democrats.
So much for an alliance with politics. LIE
the temperance people Of Iowa look to 1t. |
is better to borrow experience than TO buy it
The STEAMER GoLpES ERA LosT -Thi
fine steamer will be remembered by all of ou
4 readers who have travelled between this cit
and St. Louis. They will all be sorry to hea
that while on her upward trip to the Rapids o
Wednesday night last, she struck snag fe'
miles below Hannibal, tearing off almost he
entire bottom, and in the short time of abor
three minutes sunk 10 boiler deck. Indeed "
are informed that the engineers had barely tim
TO make their escape to the upper part of tt
boat, before she went 10 the bottom. The bo
is supposed to be a total loss.
70 The Cincinnati Atlas Of the Ist amour
i ces that aGov Slade Of Vermont, left the Broa
way Hotel this morning for Iowa, Tennessee
and Missouri, with thirteen young ladies d
signed for school teachers in these States. Til
" is the second party of New England teache
that has been brought outfor distribution amor
the Western States.
s. CouRT TERMs-The full terms Of the ID
O trlct court in this district will be held as f
Iowa:
Clayton County, October Q
ho Allamakee :. November
!; Fayetto .s
X. EeeWare 6 .
In Winneshiek, Buchanan, Black Hay
Bremen and Chckasaw the terms are to be fl,
by the Judge.
Loss OF THE STEAMER "WEsT NEWTON
III We learn that the ssWest Newton on her do
rs trip struck snag at the foot of Lake Pepin
IND md sunk almost Immediately parting near the VIII
icb house. We understand that it will be total !
fn n with the exception of the machinery.
the She was, we believe, owned at Galena
Ids :, " -,,,-.,
u largely democratic in both branches. So m
for the policy of Gen. Pierce and dernocr
ai,- administration.
DDS s. SOME PuMpKI. Mr. Daniel Wheels
~ of Marion Township, this county, has just
- ed into our Office mammoth something, W
he says grew on a pumpkin vine, soinew
about his premises, measuring yfUs feet, one
nam nro and a quarter in circumference, and sonnet
INST over two feet long, and weighs just one hun
all posnds. Owing TO The fact of its having 81
:, on.a pumpkn-vine, we are bound 10 call
'.,f Pun,pkiu--I Ioua Obseyr