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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
DEATH OF PROF. ANDREWS.

This most accomplished scholar died on the
10Th He was close and vigorous writer in
polemical discussion, and has left few equals
behind him, in that department of literature.
He wrote but few pacms Suchas he did write,
were distinguished by strong imagination
rather than fancy, and a faithful adherence to
nature. His lines entitled " Bury me with my
Fathers" while they are favorable specimen
Of his power OF condensation, are peculiarly
appropriate at this moment We do not know
that the whole English language can produce
its superior to the fidelity Of this rhymed pic.
ture-We give it from memory
BURY ME- WITH MY FATHERS.
Oh nee upon my grave be shed
The bitter tears Of sinking age,
That mourns its pcrished comforts shed.
With griefs no human hopes assuage
When through the still and gazing street
| NV funeral winds its sad array,
| Ne'er may fathers falering feet
Lead with slow steps the church yard way
Meier may my mother hide her tears,
As the mute circle spreads around,
Or turning from my grave, she hears
1 The clod fall last with heavy sound
). Ne'er may she know the sinking heart,
The dreary loneliness Of grief,
Il When all is 0 er-when all depart,
And cease to yield their sad relief
Nor entering in my vacant room
Feel in its chill and heavy air
AS il the vapors Of the tomb
And spirits of the dead were there
II The experience Of every one who has lost
Il friend, brother, or child will attest the te
rible accuracy Of these lines, now SO long o
l0f print as to be almost forgotten.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

FAILURE THE ADMINISTRATIONS
American Corrcsp ,ndent of the London Times
under due date of New York, August l6, torci
bly, sets forth the reasons Of the failure of Gen
eral Pierce's Administration. Guiana Alder
tiScr
That is the way the poor devils Of :" the late
whig concern" talk, when eyrcy election has
trium2hantly endorsed the Administration. A
failure Wha; does our Fever River and con
sumption slough friend think of the Maine ant
Vermont elections? 1t will presently, if it get
worse, talk about the fine prospects of Galena
Insanity has It's little peculiarities.
No administration was ever stronger than III
present one in the hearts and minds of, the peo
pie, in the field aud at the ballot box, as IN
votes of thousands of exutant democrats attes
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

u Prof Jewett of South Carolina still sticks
to his theory Of the comet striking the earth
He insists that he has not set up with the com
ct all night for nothing, and feels certain that i
bit some place in China. He is waiting for the
nsxt mail, and is taking bets freely with bar
that The re was palpable hit
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

in Van Buren, county, are anxious to star. e
church in Iowa. They thus set forth the'' ge-
hatred io this wicked world. 1t is wide
range, and we hope, while we publish II "w'lh
Measure in our valuable paper,' tnat they VIII
have a GOOD time. They are very extensive
young gentlemen
,bope YOU will publish this notice with pleas
"'p n,.;,r v,Iuabe paper, as our church is ia
's xnrab,e 10 every spssies of Moral reform, being
anu slavery, an,uintemperance, t,.war, ami
lcsn,ious. and snti-despotic, 10th politically ane
eceIesiasticaIJy. And all Freesoiiers to man
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

LEE CoUNTy MATTERS We have noticed
quite correspondence in relation TO the Plain
dealer, a sheet printed, we believe, in Lee Coun-
ty, or some place down there. 1t seems by a
long letter of Mr.. Bates that he did not wish
to be mentioned as the owner of the press of
that paper. From what We can gather, it ap.
pears that Mr.. Bates is or was the conductor Of
a respectable religious and moral paper, which
very naturally accounts for his anxiety to have
no dealings above board with the Ptaindealer.
The thoughtlessness or malice of the editor ex.
posed the fact of his connection, of which MIR
Bates with great jus ice and feeling complains, in
bitter terms. We are not informed whether he
has yet commenced suit for libel or not, though
it seems probable. 1t is one of the oldest doc
trines of the law that the truth can not be given
in defence Of libel.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

~ The Grand Lodge of the United States
voted a donation Of $500. to the sufferers by
the epidemic at New Orleans, and S3 o. to
those at Mobile.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

RAILROAD SMASH We learn that ON Fri
day last, as the freight train of the Galena and
Chicago Union Railroad was about three miles
this side of a Cherry Valley, a COW jump on
the track about ten feet from the engine. The
train was thrown from the track, the engineer
and fireman badly injured, and thirteen Of the
cars, loaded with wheat demolished The loss
OF property is e>timat d at $25 OUO. The mail
due Saturday morning, failed on account Of this
accident. Gaa ;3do.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

ly- The total value of India rubber goods
manufactured in the United States is estimated
at ten millions annually. The .rade has sprung
up since 1874.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

- Dog -fennel is said to answer the purpose
Of Quinine as a medicine, and is said that lis
bruised leaves, made into poultice, hlisters very
quickly
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

~ By law of Connecticut, which went
into operation on the Isl inst, all railroad trains
are required, in that State TO come to full stop
a. all draw bridges and railway crossings.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

Ey Cleveland paper says. that black-
smith in that city, gives ffactious horses choro-
form before shoeing them, and thus makes them
as docile as kittens.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
SnIn nur

( s1lHN0aART Z BUCHANAN have sold out their !.
u dire ssock az Goods to WilLsAM 8. HAIL.
DesOs Of closing up their business, ndebt-
"a % then by n0eeor account expected TO come
Onward and ssttls up immediatcly. -
zssarea - March 30th 1888 daw-tf 4
~ Ths business hereafter will be carried on by
WrGsakM 8. HALL, 1t the old stand, who will keep
UaeTaI assurtm sntof Goods on hand At all times.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

\ EY-Our little affair of an earth at present
neseris three ncomprehensbilities, over which
aler long aicaci:cs and tremendous essays as to
lthir cause, origin, progress, conclusion, and
effct, we all know perhaps shade less than
vIAn the explanations commenced. We refer
to tie Turkish Question, the Chinese rebellion,
aadNew York Politics. In relation 10 these
m,tters, " e feel like the fellow who had been
somewhat wsaried with long sickness OF his
beterhalf. He was heard to express fervent
wis, that " she would get well or something =
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Fever and Ague,

E4HILL Fever, Dumb Ague, Intermittent and Remit
tent Fevers, and all the various forms of Billfons
Diseases apccaly and thoroughly cured by Dr. Osgoods
fndSea Ckeiareruc. Sold by DR.. T. Mason aud w. T.
Arixr Dubuque. July 25, 1853. dawtf
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

- 8 copasenerslp between subscribers, under the
- arm Of Twicheil & Mogridge. dissolved in Sep
tcrnber iast by the death Of John W. Twichell The
lYmission ana Forwa waring business viii be continued
!. ~ the survivor, Joseph Mosridge
ap JNO. w. TWICHELL.
JOSEPH MOGRIDGE.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

ay benjamin franklin organized the first
FIRE company in this country, in Philadelphia,
l159
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Quite a difficulty has grown out Of the
Railroad tax in Cedar county. Itappears that
at the April election that county voted a loan Of
$50,0e0, to the Lyons Road, but owing 10 some
supposed informality ia the Judge in ncglecting
TO keep record OF his proceedings in relation to
the order, portion of the people, have declared
their intention 10 resist the collection of the
tax. A meeting has besn held aud resolutions
to this effect passed They also resolved to Con-
tribute to the expense oil tes ing the legality Of
said tax and order
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

THE ERIcssoN. In reply TO numerous inqui-
ries in relation to the caioric shin. we will state
generally that faith in Ericsson's entire
success is still undiminished. Between this
and the first of the coming mouth, we shink a
practical answer will egiven 10 all optics by
the ship itself that will put the calolic motor
auesiivn nf0ssvc!, at s.--.H Y Ere Mirror.
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3.

CoMMR MATHEk NOT AGQUirrED.-lt seem,
after all, that Commr. Maller was found guilty
on one of the articles of impeachment. The
vote stood Ia for, to Is against him We give
the article below.
That the said John G.. MatI,er, as such Canal
Commissioner, in procuring the materials for
the said work mentioned in the preceding ar
t'cie, did knowingly, negligen'ly, and corrupt
Iy make or cause 10 be made, a wasteful and
extravagant contract, for the materials neces-
sary to construct said work, on the plan so lille
gaily and w.thou, authority Of law adopted by
him, with certain firm by the name of Roose.
welt n Beach were to receive and be paid an
unusual and exorbitant price for said materials.
consisting OF large quantity Of lumber and
timber, to wit, for 300 900 feet of pine timber.
board measure, when the said pine timber could
with ordinary care and diligence have been pro-
cured and purchased for much less sum per
thousand, than the same was so puchased and for
100000 feet Of hemlock timber, board measure.
when the said hemlock timber, could with or.
d'nary care and diligence hive been procured
md purchased for a mush less sum than the
same was SO purchased; which act of the said
John e. Maihcr corrupt, negligent and
improper wasting of the public money, and oc
,assioned great loss and Inconvenience TO The
State.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

D:A4n OF GEN. McKAy.-Gen. James j.
McKay,of North Carolina, died suddenly upon
the cars, near Wilmington, on the 18th inst. He
was . aenber of Congress from North Caro-
lima TO period Of sixteen years, and Chairman
Of the Committee Of Ways and means at the
time Of the passage of the tariff Of 1916.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

1The pay of soldier in Russia is less than
six cents monthly, in cash.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

70 They are trying the Mayor of Toronto in
Canada for misappication of some $4,000 OF
the municipal funds.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

u A terrible cloud Of Iocusts Save ravaged
Southern Mexico for distance of 400 miles,
destroying the indigo and corn crops.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

A MODEL CASpIDArE.-The following de-
scription ofa Mississippi can idaie, taken from
Mississippi paper will answer as a" model
candidate for almost any quarter where popular
suffrage prevails. +" Judge, the candidate
for, has no quality which distinguishes
him from the herd Of mankind, except a pecu-
liar and fascinating manner Of exte nding to you
his FIVE digs, and of saying " how are you ?"
and trotting baby on his knees and grinning
at the mother, and winking slyly at the resin
heeled gals, as they are called. He is not the
first man, bya long shot, wao has introduced
himself 10 public notice, by the flexibiliiy of his
spinal column, and the graceful bend of his dex-
ter elbow. He has sort of home sweet
home, manner of saying Good morning,
Jchn,' which is said to make the sov's hug
up to him, and of saying, How dye do
sonny That's nice little miss, which
goes plump TO the hearts of the well pleased
mas /; and then he is said to be the very Napo-
le on oftbe dancers has such an every day,
good natured way of squeezing the fingers of
his partner, who curchies' and bushes, and
when she sits down by her lover, says, sWhat
a nice man Judge-is you on ht to vote
for him Bill
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

CV Rufus Porter announces that sometime
next month he will start from Washington with
a machine called Me Ereport, through the sky,
stay long at the latter point, it is only flying
|
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05
ENGLISH NlMITY AND AVA.
RICE

England is very fond of giving us lessons on
slavery while her own people slaving for
want of bread, and talking in high tone about
morality, when no grea'er robber ever ex xsted,
certainly never on reader to sell her repu'ed
honor for gold. In this eastern affair she has
exhibited, as her own presses charge, the most
timid, vacillating. cowardly conduct yet known
in great nation, and here is her apology for it
1t is an extract from the speech Of MIR. Cobden
the Free Trade leader in Parliament. lfitis not
palpable balancing the gain of cent per cent
against honor, and their pledges to Turkey,
then our languages are not the same. We
can make more money and trade by allowing
Russia to annihlate Turkey, let her therefore
annl!.ilate !"
"All the commerce which we have in the
Black Sea has been owing to the encroachments
of Russia upon its coasts. Our grain and flax
we do not now get from Turkey, but from Rus
sia ; and would MT Russia be as glad to send us
her talow, hemp, and corn, whatever agrees
ions she might make Turkey, as she is at
present Again we have trade with Russia
in the Baltic. Our imports there are certainly
not very large, because Russia has followed
our policy OF thirty or forty years ago, and has
put heavy duty upon imports discard alto
ge,her the idea that Russia is country that
does not encourage trade ; bu. what prospect
have we ola trade with Turkey? llis coun-
try without road. You cannot go three miles
| from Constantnople upon wheeled carriage,
but must proceed on horseback. There is moi
pavemen, or lamp, or a scavenger, excep
the dogs, and scarcely stone or brick building
in the whole capital Of Constantinople. Well
can a country like that contribute to the com
merce of the world Let us not deceive our
selves by suppos:ng that in maintaining Tur
key instead of Russia maintaining
more commercial people. Let look at ST
Petersburgh, at her quays, and wharves, ant
warehouses, and the whole city, combining the
splendor of the buildings of Paris, with th,
ma gnificent river (only twice the width) whicl
flows through London. Go to Moscow, am
then pass down to Constantinople, and com
pare the two. Cne is most favored spot b.
Nature, and yet, as has been described by ar,
American traveller, it is but a city of boxes will
the lids open all day and shut up at night. TIL
other is little favored by Nature, but it is bus
mart Of commercial industry and enterprise
What natural alliance, then, can we have wit
such country as Turkey There can b
none whatever and protest against its bein
argued that. we are bound to protect Turkey
in the possession of those rich and fertile terr
, tories"
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rz5- rhe Morcans who made the assault on
MIR. Hone at Newport, have oeeh afles'ea anu
were ordered to give security in the sum OF one
,,,o,sand dollars each to answer at the next term
E liz Cannon Pleas Court.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-10-05

Large GAMBLING Loss.-A part Of the dow
ry Of the Duchess Of Brabant, the Emperor
Of Austra ssister, ($40,OO0,) was lost on the
wedding iay. The gentleman who acted as
her cashier entered gambling house, lost the
money, and New out his brains.
The only wonder is that the individual
should have trains to blow out.
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rn IET.

YCOM we'll situsted for an Once: situated
q Epurth street, uncer city Hotel.
-, tn Saloon lately occupied by starr q CO.,
~ nons Of city nose) fronting ON Fourth street:
7@z5~lIs cf gsrnsox Z SnuELDs. KENNEDY, GrLLI-
a.1s& e6I OuSndoe. Jnne 9th, fe53. dit
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TKlR psrtnership heretofore existing uader the
q @. X. West and ca, u this day dissolved BY
sux1cpynent. g. b. W1sT III demands against
ntA cnccrn, and who alone is anthosxcd receive all
G5fes duo tho concern. G. 4. WEST,
I'D II. j. GOFF.
DuhuQuc. Amg 05th, 1853 dawff
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DISCOVERY OF NEW Coal FIELp.-We
are informed by an intelligent friend who has
been lately travelling extensively in the west,
that fine field Of coal has lately been discov-
cred to exist in Harlem county, Iowa. 1t is
OF the bituminous kind and, where exposed,
the vein presents face of sixteen feet There
are, also, beds of rich iron ore and some parti-
cles gold have been found but whether in
sufficient quantity to justify working, is not yet
known.
We take the above from the Pittsburg Visi-
ter. 1t is however an evident mistake for
Hardin county. Some veins of this coal have
been opened, though we can not speak by the
card as to its quality. The quantity how
ever is inexhaustible. The Iowa river runs
through this county, having bold bluffs on each
bank, rising in some instances to the height of
l50 and 200 feet. The coal is seen in many
places in heavy ledges half way up these
bluffs, with dip towards the south west. The
county is filling up with great rapidity on ac-
count of its superior water privileges, coal and
iron ore. In addition to this it is one Of the
best timbered counties in the State This city
is its nearest river market, as it lies due west
distant about 13O miles.
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" David Wilson, revolutionary soldier,
died lately in Dearborn county, Indiana, aged
l07 yearsand two months. He had had five
wives, andat the time OF his dea tn was father of
AZ children.
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SPRUCE SEED.
DissOlW(iOY0.

rfNIEST Z lLNSSEN have Tor sale large lot Of
N SPRUCE SEED, for Shade and Ornamental 4 rees.
xAsrt1 a.. u
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TnE CnIc AGO TwELvE.-The Chicago Ell
even were beaten by the Milwaukee boys at
Cricket We do not insinua,e any comparison,
but we give below the Chicago Twelve who
were bowed QUITO Alton. They have lost
the game but have certainly got the innings.
James II. Baldwin, robbery, sentenced 10 years
-. D.
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A PRacrIcAL BLooMER-A short time since
two young persons engaged boarding at house
in St Louis, giving out that they were brothers
Their dssmar appearance was noticed by the
host, VIII suspectins some sinister purpose, had
them arrested by the police. On being taken
to the calaboose, it was discovered that one of
them was female, though fully attired in mas
cunc hab;liments. She gave the following
explanation Of her assuming the unmention
ables.
Her maiden name was Phoebe Hays; she was
married to her companion and pretented broth
er, whose name is Ashley e. Baker, at the
town Of Plattsburg, New York, eight or nine
months ago. Soon after the marriage was SOL
emnized. he declared his intention Of going
west, and desired her to dress herself in male
attire, allie ing as a for it. that they could
ravel cheaper than otherwise; She Gid SO; her
husband thinking it more becoming and convcn-
lent than her righful and proper g,'rb, insisted
that she should continue to wear it, and she has
therefore retained ii until discovered on Satur
day.
She had genuine marriage certificate.
The husband was released but she was held
to answer the charge of wearing male attire, for
which small fine will probably be imposed
LEA most disgraceful affair happened lately |
at Newport A fellow BY the name Of Morgan
had whipped his wife, and Mr.. Hsne in
speaking Of the brute applied the word monster
10 him. On the l4th, as Mr.. Hone was enter
ing his carriage, he was called over to the Bell
view House by younger Morgan, where he
was Immediately attacked by the larger scoun-
drel with cow hide, and severely injured in
the face and head lie was finally rescued from
Morgan's hands. The Morgans are yosng men
Mr.. Hone is an old man, his hair is white as
snow; is infirm, and has been passing the sum-
mer in Newport on account Of his health.
Such an outrage as this demands something
more than law can award. We are no advo-
Gates of lynching, but really there are some Of
fences for the punishment of which, a res
ort to its code seems natural and appropri.
ate.
RAILROAD ExPLosIoNs-Of this subject we
are certain we know very little further than the
fact that STEAMBOATS, do blow up, and that by SO
doing they have made dreadful havoc from the
days of the Mozelle down. A great many ex
plantations have been attempted, but among
them all, the following from the correspondence
ofthe Scientific .7merican looks about the fairest
it's certainly easy to follow.
This SUBJECT of explosions has been mystifed
quite too much do not let the true fact be OBJ
scured by inexperienced wri,ers;-proclaim the Z
truth, that in ninety mine cases out OF every $
hundred, explosions occur from negligence of
the engineer, in letting the water get low in his
boilers. Keep up good supply OF water
place limit 10 excessive pressures, and employ !
engineers-are rules of more value
than all the abstrusc theories that can be writ
ten. Show me good supply of water and
will risk the air bubbles.
TnE CnIc AGO TwELvE.-The Chicago Ell f
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AN INTERESTING TIME AT MADISON, INDIAN
A.-The Missouri Republican has letter
from Madison, of the 18th, which says

"This town is all alive upon the subject of a
Railroad from here to the Lakes, by the way of
Sandusky and Eaton and Cleveland Ohio
There have been meetings held all over the
country on the subject, both by the citizens oi
Madison and New Albany, which place is try-
ing to rival US, in this as well all other things
of the kind. The country people have, howev-
er, rather taken sides with Madison
The Circuit Court is now in session, and il
will be an interesting one, as there are some
seven persons in Jail for trial, accused of MUIR
der. Our town is becoming quite city, sir
we have horse races Of cock-fghting every
week, and full attendance at each and gam
bling and raffiing are as common a, eating"
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+. ". ENG LIS r.,

Attorney at Law, Nsgociator = COLLECTOR,
0FFERS his services to professional gentlemen and
NJ others in the collection OF old debts, and the CON-
uSonisins Vi demands due in Wssterr iowa
psro,rr,oss taken to be used in any other State.
I&xxb WAnaAsrs bought and solds
a..ss. f.vv. Eeh Of Ias3 daw-ly
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WRAPPING PAPER.

TYOME Manufaciured Wrapping Paper. The SUB,
HI fcRjber has been appointed agent fcr the
Mills, = and will at al times have good supply o.
their Wrapping and PaiSrNc Paper ON hand. hch ne
= - Il. "A. PORTER.
Roek ls,.no Gem. % 35Q-tf