The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-05-11
AWFUL CALAMITY !-DEsTRUCfIoN
OFTHE ROCHESTER HOUSE -FOUR
PERSONS BURNEDn
Rochester. Aprl' %.

PEhSoNS DC nANED
Rochester, Apr 90.
About one O'Clock the Rochester Temper
ance Hotel was disco, ere to be on FIRE, and,
sad to relate, four don estes, three women and
one boy, persisted in the Il mes. There were
about 100 persons in the house. The scene of
confusion and dismay which occurred was in.
conceivable.
The inmates who persisted we're all consumed
except a few cliarred bones, sufficient to desig-
nate the number ofthe victims. We learn only
the names Of two Of them-Catharine Conlin,
aged about AZ, and Jones Pheeney, aged about
fourteen.
The building was recently purchased by J.
nj. French, for $25,5O0 insured for $4,000
1t was kept by Bryan, Cone and Co., as Tenn
perance House. About two-thirds OF the build
ing was destroyed except the walls. large
amount Of personal property was destroyed
| The fire occurred from the cooking and drying
room. The ST. Charles Livery stable was
burned. Property saved. The loss in the
| Rochester House cannot be- ascertained with
any precious at present.
The Courier and Enquirer says the following
| definitions are from an unpublished dictionary,
which it is proposed to submit to the revision of
Lewis Cass and Martin Van Buren,:
| Hard Shell HunEer.-A Democrat who voted
| for Cass stands by the resolutions OF 80. ours
es Van Buren,, and refuses all compromise or
determination with the Barnburners of '45.
Soft Shell Hanker.-A Democrat who voted
for Cass, deplores the division in the party, ad.
mits that Barbarner may be Democrat, and
is disposed to forget the past, and commun.
with the opposing faction
Hard Shell BGrnburner. Democrat who
still insists standing upon the fragments of the
Buffalo platform, swears that Cass distracted
the party in as, adores Van Buren,, reads the
Evening Post, and becomes grabbed at the
name or presence of a bunker.
Soft Shell Barnburner.-A Democrat VIII
Processes attachment TO The principles Of the
Buffalo platform, but is supposed to regard the
compromise as finality, thinks there was some
excuse for the presumption of Cass in az, and
will not object to friendly drink with bunker
provided the latter pays.
w That seveT sided tho able journal. the
N. Y Tribune, after musing over the defeat o.
its party, falls into sort of penitential mooe
and tone
1--WE consider the Wing party not only de-
ftated, but undone. We can contemplate il.
history with all the philosophic candor that We
could bring to bear on the history Of the Englisf
| War OF the Roses or the rise and fall OF the
Girondsts in Revolutionary France We be-.
lleVe mat tne only eject OF keeping up tht
wing organization and standard is the perpe-
traton OF abuses and iniqnities like those nov
so rampant in the government ofour city"
What precious confession from 2ape
that has grown rich to plethora in its advocacy
Of the principles and measures of that defunc
party!
Still SLoPMILK -MR HARRISON, a dairymar
Of Chicago, and apparently an intelligent man
contends in communities alton for the Chicag,
Tribune, that still slopmilk is not pernicious
and that cows are not, by reason of feeding to
considerable extent on such slop, injured in ,hei
health. He remarks, however:
'sThere is a principle connected with this sub
ject worthy Of attention, namely that as gen
eral thing the exclusive feeding of almost AM
one article # food IS injurious certain
amoun. OF salt is necessary ingredient in
healthy diet, but the long continued use of sal
meat, for example, produces scurvy. So too
exclusive use of still sl"p would undoubtedly b,
injurious, but certain proportion of it w.
deem altogether beneficial In other words, i
does not follow that because an article of foot
is, under certain circumstances and in certain
quantities hur'ful, therefore it is hurtful in al
cases just in proportion to the quantity used.