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

were inlpris ,ned, So fined, and 142 discharged
! There was but one case Of murder, and it oc-
Cured on the high seas
REFoRMAToRY PROCESSES.
We commend the following excellent and
well-timed suggestions, which we take from one
Of our exchanges, 10 those hcadlong enthusiasts
whe, itIier in religion or morals, hold
r. 6 ss----- hangman's whip
! 20 keep the wretch in order!'
] There is world Of good sound sense and
praclicatwisdom in the words which ,llow
II does not seem TO be part Of the system oi
Providence, tosadopt and carry forward every
| means devised by man for the furlherance Of
objects, in themselves laudablc. Heaven has
| Inanifesly required that the mode sloulds be as
just, as tile end is desirable Otherwise, per-
haps, the world would be perfected and the
end come before the time fixed by fate for such
a consunmaion :. God 5 mill grinds slow
too slow perhaps to suit the impatient spirit of
some of his milers
A full head and high pressure has never YET
made ila, mill grind any faster; and the OK
goad has hitherto failed t. induce men o increase
their pace heayenward. Let US look back 10
the days Of rampant reform, as directed toward
public licentioisness. A greatdeal OF noise was
made; several pers ms acquired great reputa-
ton and some money reiormers Exhibitions
oil the seductive pu,rdity Of cities became a
part Of the standard literature Of the country ;
and the whole thing eventuaed in worse than
IN seFable failure.
Ten OF fifteen years ago, a Legislative epidemic
ran through the Union, producing the passage
by several law making bodies of stringent laws
against breaches of the seventh commandment.
,af .d b,I
laturc OF Michigan, produced code that would
put the Levit:cal statutes 10 the blush for the
redundancy Of fines, penalties and penitenliary
clauses. ltwas passed the last week of The
session, aud yet it was said that nine -tenths OF
tn se who voted for il, rendered themselves liable
to impris ,nrnent for lfc, under its provisions,
before they left the seat Of government.
Massachusetts and Mississippi passed, years
ago, violent laws against intoxicating liquors,
vii Ii fell dead from the process OF enactment,
the memory of the striped pig,' being their
only monument. II would br-wrii to look into
their history, for perhaps moral may be found
ap ,,licable to existing circumstances Our great
grandsires inhibited the use of tobacco. aud we
Ia Ugh at them yet the use of tobacco is wrong,
demoralizing, injurious, some times destructive
to life, and, IN its excess, intoxicating.
1t seems to us that there is power above
which treats with carelessness that almost
amounts 10 contempt the snowy and pretentious
inventions of mankind to regenerate the world
by turning it upside down; and we have soIne-
times thought it far from impossible that the
standard by which Heaven estimated the emf
nent men of this world-the presidents, direc
tors and orators of our great reformatory soci
cites, and SO forth, might be avery different one
fron that which they themselves have adopt
ed
II has been supposed by many that those
Christians were nearest Heaven who worship
ped God in the most costly edifice. This may
be an error, and some apostle OF future age
may be bold enough to declare it TO be SO. He
who should do it within our day would incur
some odiumsand might be denounccd d and bran
ded as esteretic and seditionist Truth is too
powerful medicine TO be administered in large
doses, and il is not unfrcqucntly discovered 10
he the most disagresableeto those who profess
the greatest fondncss for its effect.
IL We extract the following from the relia-
bic money review of the Chicago Press, ofthe
10th. We are sorry, however, that the small
bill lave is disregarded, though we perceive that
i, is looked upon with small degree Of dislike
by the Press.
There is not single new feature in the money
affairs of Clark street. All the banks say that
money is very close. Depositorscan obtain lin
lied accommodations; but outsiders are obliged
20 resort to /" shining, "kaing are often
forced to submit 10 ga share, and generally
are "shnrt, rery short.
The Produce dealers are beginning to reguirc
large amounts of money, as the high prices OF
gram are bringing forward the crop early, and
so far as prospects now indicate the future, there
will be a large demand for money for the next
three inonIhs. Our advices from the Atlantic
cities show tbat money continues easier there,
and this must soon affect favorably the money
market in this city.
We mentioned last week hat the Marine
Bank had made further deposit Of stocks, and
would issne some $50,000 10 small bills. We
add that he Union Bank Of this city has also
made a rnngements to increase their stock, and
will very shortly make an additional issue Of
small bids.
THIS shows laueable disposition on the part
of the banks to accommodate the public But
the smalI bill law has partially become (" dead
ritter. So far our information extends, no
body prettnds to re cardt it. Even the precau.ion
al first used by the banks tn receive them Of de
postors s.for collection" is longer taken,
and The nall bills Of all good banks circulate
about as freely as ever.
RAILWAYS AT THE WEsr.-Ihe Hartford
Couraat of the Sd says. " 1t is rep,rted that
the English capitalists have refused to take into
consideration any HeD project for railways in
this country, or purchase the bonds OF any new
company. Its likewise said that New York
capitalists have likewise made the same resoIu
ton with reference TO Western i.ans They !
think that there are as my roads cre-zr
ing the Western States, Or an the c"',..Ts
construction, as can be iade pTefssr, p.'er a..
will be ahundanly ..ae,sn9s 5 . developmentf .,
growth o' sne S.yanpetion would njnre
',s resou,ers Sxs,Iflg roads, and prove ofi
The Prosper'9the holders Of stock and bond.
dls d, s,fs'ihat many Of these coSsempated roads
:. ispe beneficial to- some smail sections of a
Slate, or 70 some rising village, but Eastern
capitalists cannot BE- induced 10 loan money. for
The benefit Of lecal interes sis a. tho west.
There is, all over The conntry,sa.os areat 4
passion for short r3lts 6nd airline f.ads.,s
which i constructed will take away busipess
rom established roade. twithout really benefit.
ng the tlaselirg public I,