The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1853-11-16
.THE MUSTER ROLL,

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y yield in that way TO the editor. He has his su
scRiBERs They are the boys for him Ma
people have their friends, bu, how few like t
editor ."write their names in book" Th
5 are all there There is no partiality shown,
y poor John Smith or Timothy Jenkins or 'Jol
d ToddleAins' is set side by side with the Ho
e llighfaluln IIighfyer, or Mr.. Fitz Edwa
e Upperen, or His Excellency Rumbledown Bi
a head. The editors book is strict republi
t where distinctions are lost or disregarded Yo,
i things He follows the veritable Mrs. Gias
receipt for cooking hare" first catch yo,
hare" Titles and all that sort of thing al
minor considerations, and it is due to the edltt
10 say, that as general thing he is above sue
"beggarly elements of the world" Havin
secured a sufficient lot, he commences and cor
tinues his good work with them. We have beer
as we venture to say SHAVE of the lamp as len,
as most ofthe craft in the Iowa neck of woods
and could perhaps tell of as many difiicultie
and struggles as any of our brethren. but afte
all, it cannot be disguised that the life smack
strongly of one blessing, which is, indepen
dence of thought, and opportunity TO express il
People in the street, and on the highway, sa
6. there goes my lawyer or "here comes m
doctor, or g don't exactly like the way m
preacher talked last Sunday" but you canno
find one person who, with irreyerent soul, woul'
dare to say "that's my editor" Not quite. No
1t assumes another form of words. 81 am
subscriber of his.'' g That's the ticket tina
gets into the menagerie" Not thatthere is any
social sort of slavery recognized in the matter
but that the popular heart, which ever strips the
disguise from sophistry when it invades prac,i-
cal life, sees at once that the obligation is almost
entirely on the side of the subscribers, who pays
a dollar and half to one who thereupon works
day and night for him for year, climbs The tel
egraph, and prods up the lazy mails to bring
him the latest news, the spicest jokes, and the
most useful information. And the subscriber
scriber of his" He says, to be sure, :" this is
my paper," and 50 it is, for he has, we hope
paid for it
But while it is allowed that there is benefit
to the editors muster-roll, accruing from his
labors, we have not the slightest wish to deny
the very decided benefit which that muster roll
is to him. The thought that he has labored
faithfully fortheir interests that he has struggled
for them andthat they feel grateful for it, cheers
him in those hours of dependency which come
on all men of woman born When assailed by
foes. when met by pecuniary embarrassment, or
any other evil in the significant language Of
the law, he "puts himself upon the country
and to the everlasting hon ,r of that muser-roll,
the " subscribers be it said, they seldom fail
TO sustain him. if he has what the 'hoys
term seven half show In the words, then
of that most un- English author, Carlyle, let
us say, g take courage then Oh Editor where
ever thou art. For in the stiffness ofyour dark.
ened ana p,per-strewed saactum, thousand
men lurkin you. inkstand, many invisible
hands sustain your pen, and behind your chair
unseen stands your Muster Roll
Tue ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILNoAp.-Fhe
AHica5o i'eNtOCTdt tiiS puts aoWH tie IeSuil5
of the work so far on this gigantic road. 1t is
highly honorable to the industry and energy Of
its directors.
s.It is but little over one year since this great
work, near 700 miles i'll length, the longest IN
the United States, was undertaken. The exec
utive committee are now IN this State e9amin-
ing the lines, and they post up thsir books as
follows:
Three quarters of the whole work is gra-
ded.
They have more iron on hand than Will be
necessary to complete the whole road
The entire amount of money necessary tor
the completion of the road has been provided
for.
One-third of the whole road will be in
running order and operated by Jlnuary lst
next.
The board of directors hope (and if the chol.
era or some other unforeseen calamity does not
befal our State they will be successfully to be
able to have the whole road in operation by
January lst, 1854
This, when completed, will be the grea est
railroad achievement of the age. Ii such
men as have charge of the Illinois Central
railroad shall get hold of the great Pacific road
men as old as Co onel Benton may live to see i,
completed.
Tie public are already looking to these
men to lead off in that great enterprise; but we
think the glory they have achieved Ill llllnoI S
will satisfy their ambition