The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-09-21

IIsKiSG A IEIFiE.-- Inc GdifH6 JtDeT-
soaian possessed with the Fever river delirihnl,
at last in the ex;rsmty of It's desperation, thus
offers to risk an entire striflc. As thus,
.we know nothing OF the intentions Of The
Illinois Central H. r. Co, except whit we
gather from passing events, and an occasional
ofacular hint from those who are in the coni-
d.nce of he concern; but we dare risk uIiie
with the editor nf the Dubuqne Express, That
the campany will take hold oil the North Wes-
tern road from 1'ee dies Mort To the Minnesota
River in such way that one hundred miles OF
the york will be built vi hin the next eighteen
mouths. We dare risk a larger sum, that the
road ill not be tmpletedto Dunlelth until the
expiration of The time allowed by the charter
If ever built to that point at all. And we are
willing 70 buck up our opinion that no iecoHio-
tive will run within ten miles of Dubuque IN the
next five years
A belts no argument, but il is a fact. What
says The Exprcss2''
We dislike very much to bet against one who
has bis pockets fun of 'spassing events and
oracu hints, but since the Je6srsonian ms SIS
on trfle, it bring on its bears. We will
agaitissthe Galena stock in the Northwestern
Rallroadssbat no .s Company will take hold Of
the North-W>stern road from Tete des Mort &c
the Minnesota rsser in such way that ono hun
drsd yards of the M>rlx will be built within the
next eighteen years. >sNr are glad 10 see ,ha;
alter its repeated failures, re spirit of Galrna
still keeps up, and though its fnoe of !. aiding
has set, it still feels like "a bettinss
What says the Je6ersonian9
But seriously, and TO make truthful atsier
to the JeGcrsonian's stock of g oracular hints,,
lie, us assure that paper that we hive il from II,
lie authority than Col. Mason, Chief Enginee
and one Of the first men Of the Illinois Central
tina. the Company has moi now, nor has eve
had any intention to favor, either ~mediately ol
immediately, the empty project Of the /" NORTH
Weston Railroad" This is by no means new.
to most people, but as Galena is generally be-
hind in the way of news, she will perhaps thank
for this liHle information about 6 her inter-
ests.
MUNICIPAL CoRPoRATIoys AND RaILRoAp
STocK.-The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
have decided that municipal corporations may
of right, become stockholders in Railroad com
panics. This decision will go very far towards
settling The public mind upon this great qurs
ton. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has
always had the reputation Of being composed Of
able Jurists, whose opinions il generally
safe to rely on implicitly in matters Of law
What makes i, OF more significance in this
case is the fact that the members of the Court
are Democrats, who were bnt recently elected
To their present position by the popular vote of
their party in Pennsylvania We menion this
fact en- passant, as an inpudent contemporary
makes mans position on this question test
of his democracy.
The foregoing from the Herald of this morn
ing, evinccs how impossible it is for that paper to
conceive that different safes may possess differ
ent constitutions and different laws 1t
cannot understand that there is difficulty
founded on the generat principles controlling
there are various objections founded on the pc
cuiar statutory law OF each STATE. According
t. the Herald, slavery will BE- lawful, just, and
right, If decision in louisiana or Sou'h Caro-
lima can be found affirming it to be SO.
Turning 10 the Cincinnati Railroad Record,
the editor Of which has every reason to watch
The status of this question, we find the fol-
lowing general summing up, in lis issue Of Aug.
25,h
8 The consituiionaldy of the loan Of county
credit, in The way of bonds, in aid OF railroad
has been mootnd point, and will
sill remain so, notwithstanding FL that can be
said Tor or against IT. v------4s