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Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-22

DEsYEnATr Row 1T LrxenDuse Bar
srS's TEsr., ATTACKED The South. Side
Democrat Iesrns that terrible row took place
a, Lynchburg, Va, on Thursday night, be-
tween tie showusn at Bssnum,s mammoth
exhibition and the citizens Of Lycchourg, re-
suitiDs from the grat lumber ofextra charges
made, notwithstanding the publishsd notice
that he Whole was 10 be seen for fifty cents
We learn that IRE persons, two Of the eti.
Ssns AID tnrse of tie shoWMep were very Sc
IioTsiy II not fatally injured, and many others
fhghGy The afai: wound UP by the entire
demolition OF the ticket Office, anj the des-
sruoiicn Ct Is contents, together With 10 listis
reideo1aiasnage 60 fbs show fixtures .-
Inesseas 70 represented 10 have been fear
fal men, women and children were assembled
under the huge tent, and the g,eatesf eo,e...,-
la'ion pres sifed. Unable to Leave III go.
be:og in some csees deserted by thei, n,n,..,
orr, ana in all afraid Of being sho, or tno.S.d
down in ms lssIse, The alarm OF The ladies was
excessive. - mon
Aftereur lafsrn,ant .-ft the scene u action
he heard fifteen reports Of "'ssoi shots. aud
clubs and Eats we're very freely us. .durilg
the whole opH heaanee Of the disturbance.
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| The Isks House, barn and stables, in
Chicago, we're destroyed by ere on Thursday
morning last, and ton horses, including 9 VAL
liable team worth $500, we're burned to death
in the buildiug.
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&rSPLEspIn PiCruREs-Thueeo of our readers vic
dssrr to pses through splendid Gallery of Pictures
should rot fail to pay visit 70 Pumhs Rooms on
The Avenus Bahaso1 exhibition ther- come choice
specimsn- Of tee new art Of Dagu.rrs0.yois IN o.
which fcr beauty and excellence are iucoDips ~
There is portrait executed, IN THE last style. q
Presidsnt Pierce. that reflects greet credit On the
artist, every iineasnent thereof giving life like
PRESTON. Hr iHunbe lie reckope3 among the first
GsgueTrosn artiet NJ our TINA mar b.
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nspt. we mas get protection for time; bat
We think tbs. cur governments should Do nore;l
gle as permanent peace and security to our
lives and pro;er;y.
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~ THOSE IN WANT OF RxaDY-MAp. CIo-H,Sa
shoult, before purchasing e'sewhere, call at II nj,
Walker Co.'s Marble Hall Clothing Emporium,
where they will end materials Ct all kinds, colors.
and qualities made np in the most approved styl.,
and 1T prizes which cannot fail to induce them to
purchase They have just received an additional
large supply of those beautiful ard wei; Iad- Duck
Drilling Coats, which have no comparison in tb is
market Their stock is well kept Up, c*nsihting OF
everything belonging to gentlen ans wardrobe.
together with oovs' md servants clothing
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&S- RI WaED.-COMMON COUAGIL-
1hsss,s Edtt'r:: In amounting ,hs n-me O ous
much est emed fell W citizcu. LUTHER r. SlOoT
as o caadi1ate flr. sea. in the Beard of Common
conn II from this Ward, now vacated by tie d. tn
OF ". >: Paine, you will oblge many warn 'rlep..s
slect III .uc Is 20.
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PHILADELPHIA PRINT BUTTER.
DECISIONS desirnus Ct obtaining Phi xd.lpbis
i PRINT GUTTER. fire, from the 6airv. G %
DO 80 by calling ~ ny Stalis, (5S and 5i) Centre
Market.
Orders VIII be oeiyed by Messrs Shekell ne iley
No. 8, ofposit. Centre Market, and the Butter de-
lissred I" soy part Of tie city. . -. %
aug 1885, GEO NJ. OYSTER. s
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GRAND MILITARY AND CIVIC
EXCURSION AND CONCERT

pROsPERI's COR MET BAND.
Da0SPERlS C0aNEr BAsD most respectfully
i nnpourc to the itzens of Washington, George
sown, and Aiex snd-is that they will give a grand
Ex'urs:on snd Concert TO the white House Psyl
ion On the 2eth August
Particulars 10 future adver dsement.
s. nlX
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~ Great Council L. O. OF n. NJ
- Tt e. will be neetit & Il The Great Councii
Of he nistr C. of Columbia, Oh WEDNf SOAY, ed
INST MT. It Island HsI The members IRE requesa
ed to he p nctual 10 after snce. there VIII tie
butintfs II isnpG1tange to transact
by order It he Great sachep:
...-t..-.. VIM. p BROWN.
aug 2'-.t* G. C. r. q c. d O.
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MASTER ADAMS.

FTfIE CLAIMING VOCALIsT,-This young va.
i highly gifted and farorite singer. had a la se
and ash oEab'e audience spell boun1 by his en-
trantingy sweet voice, at the Nation al last enpp
Trulp huntel has host Of talen in his incom, ar.
able band worthy Of al a p,eci4ion. aug q
4 CHANCE FOR pRINrERs-An rmrer;s,
"A Smith Pres, In coed order, several L ps
Stands and Gai,ese, Cabinet o. Gases, ten or ff n
tais of sses, Chases, Cuts &C, TOR ssl- on remark
ably low terms. Apply at the star Office.
aug o. If .-a.
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1'BE NAV AND POPULAR SONG. Il tou my
/ foft Guitar" composed and arranged Tor the
Piano Forte by Prof }. q. Foertsch, words b. Hen
~ X. Stoddsrd. Fsl and d, dicafed to John y. me
Qusde, Esq, Of New York, can re had at tn. Music
ID pot Of HILBUs q HITZ
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~ JOE BURLINGTON receives al the New Books
and Sswspapers as fast as pubii.hed. lie is agent
or Htr ELS and all the other Magazines, and cur
leaders will always find largo and good sesort
men: CO Bank Books and Stationery at bis Book
store, nieon Building, corner OAK stIe.t an Penn
syiysaie ayerue ano ia
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a. The Association OF tho Solids els
OF g al. xican w ordered to t at Klnmsn's
opposite do Fellows Hal, at o'clo. 4 TO MGR
20" I'VE nssdsy) to bury their deceased co.i4r.le.
III 3 Ctarney. jas. L. sTEUART,
aug FIT Act'Q Pres A. M
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OFFICIAL
DreAnTyEx1 OF STATE,
WasAsnsfnn lnp

- DEPAnTyExy OF SI4TE,
g Washington, Aug H. 1854
The follor Ing notice Of a new light house on The
'sand Of Koste, 1t Tire ter extzs nity Of the c.
teSat, has been received ~ this department fo-
The legation of the United States at STOCK hcl a. sw
den and il published for the ben. ut Of tho-e h
It may concern:
TIE Royal Department. of Marine trnouncss hat
. rtfecting appAratu', of the 4th ord ,r nj wing
Fixed light which, at shert iLter,.ls S.hes ST. arp
w. has bssp established in the a1rta ls, us4 O.
K a.tr. in Ilsca o:t-e former light. There's frh,
was begun o. the sd Of ju.e last; and the result,
of -xpsru Mt IN, tLat In capns u aud It ength q
q She's which sr. OF seven ss-ondS durs, ios, are
etusi to steady, ref ting II III. Of tAs Sd oslsr
They vers visib trcm d stance Il thr~ gsogrs pm
icAl miles. rst--c-
STOCKHOLM jul Il 1854 ,....--.
n FOR SALE-Ibe Sleep GEO. VASE
~ TNGTON, lying at Itch It WI arf sh- Is in
- selling crter. seven tons freight. For terms
enq1ire at the corner 10th and X streets.
auyz2-U
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Ss- EsSTatN'S HEADACHE REMEDT has never We
tailed to cure sick Esasiaehe Cali for proof Of THU
at GrLxAN's Drug Store
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GIVE are Indebted t. {. r. Lupdy Of
Georgetown, fer copy q. Fosters 'Eut. en-
Minutes AhsRt New Yask."
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~ TO TEE VOTERS OF TIE FIRST Wa.D
CHAS A. DAVIS haviug consented to become a
capdijats to fiji the vacancy cccasiontd by tn.
des' OF O. 6. Paine, & BE viii be supported b,
the friends OF Civil and Religious Liberty, at tie
sp' cial election to CO held on the 18th inst.
"
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~ preserve YOUR HAR-It Is a melancholy
and startling fact that quite large clasa CT the
America people are bald ard that too st an early
age, and 1t becomes those afflicted to pause end ex
anime the causes Of Badness and then the remedy.
= Emcrson's American Hair Restorative stands I'm.
ricalied tor that purpose 1t ia an Indian prepara
ton prepared purely the scientific principles Of
the Red Man, end whe ever sen a bald headed In
diant such q thin has never b. en- known.
See Circulars to be had Of Druggists, giving par
Hcuisrs.
Price 81. In large bottles. --r
Sold In Washington and Georgetown D. c., By ali
the principal Druggi t., and by Druggists generally
throughout the United States and Canadas
d. GILMAN, Wholesale and General Agent
Washington, D. c.
C.E. Fisher CO. Prcrr;etors,
Nc. AZ Superior Street, Cleveland. 0
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* FIRST WARD.-Mr. WIN II. PERKIS.
is reconmsr ded Ia the voters ef the First Wrr e,
.ssitab'e pers'n to represent them In the Conner
Council and will BE- SUP porter by
aug l5-Iws MANY VOTERS
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sar tclyrfns fsfzg sHCFR.

TOE BROWN tosk orr cinseug By ssoxm o. ne
Oh Nationa, Theatre lest light. He g JUDGED he
mo wonderful, sxible snd bra ISM JIG dsn~ef
that eIpeared In THE city. sna his ,les alone
l. vorth more tssr some Ell sssxhh fcns We h-re
eeen hv O. hsr frouoes aux -
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LEATHER AND SHOE FINDINGS
EMPORIUM

VNH1S dav receiving rye surplv Of LEATHER
l. LASTINGS q SfOE FINDINGS
100 sid-s of Sole Learner
IS dozen French Calf skins Of The best makes
leo dozen Morocco and Liuiuy SIX Us
100 sdts Harness ara Birdie ealher
~ d. zen superior Parent Calf Ssins
Home n ale Calf aud Kipp skips
Upper and tkirtipg Leath,r
Book Finders Leather OF all descriptions
eolzs's Tools, and his Warmth &C.
Please % call aud examine for yourselves sU OF
viii will Re scll on tie most reasonable snd 60
commOdsting terms. T. @. FORD,
near the Patent Cffice, 7th street
- $50 sid prime SPANISH SOLE LEATH-
En-, at IS cents per ID auy 2l-2v
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aNUk IA 4k-The stock and FIXTURES of q Clot b,
4 Log Store. TITO stock Is small and the stand in
go d location f'r business For further parilcu.
lsrs address 81 4 Ii, at the Star Office.
anO I2-Sfk
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TEs sTzsxosoop. --Tlia beautiful instrument
and Wonderful a teautifui--haa been eeiseS upon
By the Deuerreotyp sts, simpliisd, and put before
the public for general adoption. On viewing the
application of it 10 Dsguerreoype pictures 1t is hard
10 Eestss sin ones warmest euthusasm so astonish.
Ing is the result produced The object of vision seen
through The stersosoepe IS nc longer picture; II
has ali ;hs inesr,ents, and pscssrities, and pres
en,e Of the living subject, only less in size The
completeness with hich this IL done must be reen
to be believed. The snly place that We know OF in
the city share Microscopic Dagusrreotypss can be
procure; is NGITERURsT's, on Pennsylvania avenue
The world Ia indebted to Professor WHEArsTosk for
tile beautiful invention, wbch 60 uas, in fact what
We only sad CT in the fabulous mirscles Of Fria-
Baroa. ..@-~ % '
The beautiful Dasuerreotypes described above
ere Gaiiy sold ct WRIrEHURsr's GALLERY, Pennsylvs.
ai5 avenue near AK street @ &c
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- Temperance Meetlng.-Coiuynhia
l3 District snt viii hold . public 'emperanee
Nee ing IN THURSDAY EVENING, thu 24sh ms.
At the Msthodist Protestant Church. 9Th street,
"a O'clock. The II. Z. o. tia Order, EDWARD 4!
SLosR II. ~iil dsliy or the Cpsning Addle ard will
b. f3it wed by speeches from dstirgui. he'd mem
bsrs of the High Tent frcn, different tcrs of tie
country. THE COSMIrTRt.
es- fh' Complimentary Supper the High Ten,
ofd ers and members vi take pace On THURSDAY
n'snt. Sug PITTS
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BREAD. BREAD BREADTH

DRL.tD Oh CaD bRtAD
THE subscIiber t. kts this means of Informing his
] customers (nunber net KNOWN ihst lie Is all
right this Monday morning; AID, notW itbstapding
the attempt Of rival in business 10 exiting uish him
and his business, alt his hands except the wounGed
map) are IN the bake louss at work. and will lie
prepared, ususl 10 furnish all orders for his en-
pr cefent'd good Bread. aud eeer, thi- else his
iine OF buslnets. Look our for Frssier's wagous-
We wouli SEX the favor Of our Numerous c3s omers
to please be ready when the wagon mes rnd when
Trey hear The woris-" Here comes Frasier's Family
Bread and Tea Biscuit" along with yosr pla,es
aud money. lie, them only ''wsit for The wagon"
and they will he cheerfully supplied
JAMES FRASIER,
aug Il corner # + and 18th SIR cts
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VIM. II. KING. NJ. D.

W M. H. hINU, N. D.,
Office OH 7M STREET Sxt,ceen and X streets
nR. KING having been engaged IN The practice
- practice OF Msiicin- and sufsery fbr ten yer,p
in Pennsylvania, usts he will render sxtisfacto
to tho . who may WISH his professional ,s!riaa
3. The bsst ofTeferencss can be givsa.
Tang o. Inn .-.-- =
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II .z,,,,. .Gk0RG ErOWN ---,
CLASSICAL 4 SCIENTIFIC ACADEMY,

a.1 Hsst ssreet, rear corner Of High -
1laE duties o This Ipstitution will be resumed on
Il Monssy, the 4,h September.
The Principal has secures tha feTviees Of VIM. O.
enntter ss an Assistant. A yourg man, II fine
scholastic attachments, and Of great sptnsss Tor
teaching. 5-rs., - --s 80. ~ =
The number Of scholars y limited.
For terms 10, apply TO ~ s,,,,,.,,. x. !.
sug 2-dlws Principal
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AZ Uss HAMProN's VkastABLE TINcrURE.-Have
Tou hysIepsis Liver Con plaint, Nervous Debility
Diseases OF the Kidneys any Less Of Power and Dis
arrangement Of the eys:emf We but point you to
the Thousands who have used the GREAT INvIGoRi-
TOR
In proof Of what VA say above, we refer you to
Hanpton'a Vegetable Tncture," and it's effects
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MADAME CLINTON,

1 He CREST Natural Clsirvoyabt and Wonder Of
j Ofthe age, respectfully informs the citisene Of
Washington and virrty that at the request Of sew.
eral ladies end Gentlemen, she las returns 70 the
city, and taken rooms at Mrs. Rohineon's, Peuu,yL
vauis svrnue hetween Let sni ID streets pe.r the
sspitol, where the can be nsaltrd n the past,
present and future events of lie, love- marriages.
court<hip death, Law suits, &c. Ladies' fifty c.nts
1enF FL aug 2l-lvs
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AS3 cow LOST.-Whcever will return to the
EE4F1 owher, GU 2ith street, frss house north of
6lAA.n2l1D Peg nsylyaDia aFenue, o Fed COW with
borus, W its face, and wi h hole made IN ESQ.
he IN, viii be suitably rewsraeI. aug go
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A LII ID USlC rs sung by Kunkelie Nishtip-
n gale Ethiopian Opera Troupe. can be hsd {
the Music Depot Of HlLBUS HI,Z
aug IL
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L fsT- Ga the 10th instant a .o'd Sc We Button,
IL marsed J. r The fpdec will greatly oblise
che loser by lesyirg 1: 4. ills office.
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is. SELECT PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Y,HE MISSES QUINCY having re rovsd to tn
L northwest corner of & h aud streets, will b,
ready far the recor ton OF pspiis on MONDAY, Sep
teflber 4th. .iss ,-s.' - aug 22-iws
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hE. JOHN ERICSSON,

TX. JOH u GRE GSON,
IL graduate Ct the Roysl College Of Veterinary
Surgeons, London, offers his to the ct Zen.
OF " Washington, Georgetown, aud Al,xsudria in all
hare aiirg horses, or h. res with baa tricks, bul
persons being about 10 purchase st ok will find it
their advantage to consult him as to the tIus
dItion of the animals before purchasing. Terms
moderate. rs. d. -..s.-..'-.-..-.... = - < .
DE- G. always be found at his Office, at BiIch's
Stsblea, ON l4th street, daily. until 10, and al
fhos Smiths stables, ON 10th street, from 2 to-
D. m a. aug l9-2w
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TO THE LITTLE ONES.

M Z hear it rumorsd that Kunkel ever on ths
w alert to create smiles of JOY AMI gladnsss
intends giving to the children Of Wa, hing en- free
concert next SATURDAY al ernoon. Ford inuu ated
go TO us, and the news being agreeable de DC,
hesitEs to publish il for the benefit OF cur Juvenile
fsleLda ss -.t.t- - ,.s. .-. "a ~. kEx ~
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P.a.-Eiitors Of the above papers will please cop,
and seId their bits 70 the Patent Office with Ia
Ter containing this notca Aug l2-lsx3r
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ufo the pread OF the voters OF the North
who live on wages. 1t will be recol
Looted that FIVE Northern voters 1.-Two OIL
wages, for every one in the South SO sus-
tanned Hence the 80 much greater power
Of capital in political affairs at the North
A single season of terribly disastrous bust
ness throughout the North, growing out OF
their propensity to regulate the institutions Of
other will probably prove sufficient to awaken
the Northern mind to the fact, that the alti-
mate effect of abolitionism. if succeeding, will
be 10 transfer the slaves Of the South almost Ell,
n,asse to the North, as political and socia.
equals of the Northern masses, and their com
ee,isors for all descriptions Of manua! labor
employment. AS Competitors who will be able
to live satisfactorily to themselves ON half the
rates If wages now ruling north of Mason and
Dixon line. "
We do not fear a dissolution of the Union
only because that catastrophe will cost the
North too much. 80 soon as 1t becomes threat
ening, the white laborers will maTtyrise the
demagoEpes Who seek to use them. Ihei,
eyes will very speedily open to the fact iha
they have ali to loose and nothing to gain, by
forcing the South 10 trade altogether With Ed
rope, or manufacture for thenselyes-the result.
Of upsueea ssfaI continued threatening abdiil
tion efforts. On the o;hsr hand, BY stocking
every county Of every northern State with from
Of y to one hundred negro laborers and me
chanics. Tor svsry one such now domiciled
there, which, Common ssnse must teach every
body, win DO one of the very first results Of the
success of the effezts Of abolitiopism. .r.l. ..o
The Proposed Kew Government Buildings
in Northern Cities We hear that the secre
tary of the Interior has issued Instructions to
the United States Aarsha,s and Postmas,ers of
Boston. New York and Philadelphia, TO issue
adVsr isements for proposals TO be received
up to the last Saturday in SeptsmbsrD for
selling to the United States suitable sites
in the three cities for United State, Court
md Post ltOfscs purposes, according TO, the
law upon tho subject passed at the last sss-
sion Of Congress. Upon the bids expected
the Secretary will make rc0ntrae.s, witch
are to be submitted to congrsss before being
ratiSsa. II Is to- be hoped that this plan
Of aavertisin z .hus for tenders Of sites with OF
without buildings upon thsm, may enable the
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-24

The New Orleans Courier of the 5th inst. in
an article setting forth the glazing inconsisten
cies committed By Mr. Benton in his late speech
against the Nebraska measure, has the follow
ing incidental remark
sBy the way, we know of know two journals
which have expressed much hearty eAula
ton at the publication of that speech as has
been done by the New York Tribune and the
New Orleans BE. The Tribune, as everybody
knows, is violent abolition print. The Bee is
the Bee, and nothing else. 1t is fitting,
however, and proper, that Benton's free soil
speech should be applauded by the Tribune and
the Bee But who could have anticipated
twenty years ago-that Is, when Benton was
the idol OF the democracy, and confidential
friend of Gen Jackson-who could have an'icl
pated at that time that Benton would ever in
his feline utter s'ntImen at war " It'll the
fundamental principles OF the democratic party
sentiments on the slave question which he a
hundred times denounced "a dangerous, and the
pTopa CATION of VIII Gil, throughout the Union,
and appcltion to his own Miss aur, he was
ready t. oppose sword in hand-senllments
which appauded and en- hus astically re-
echoed by the most virulent wing journals in
the country
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-24

The MURDER AT DAVENPORT learn
from the Davenport Gazette that the man stabb-
ed few nights since in the streets OF Daven-
port, W as returning late at night from German
dance in company with a German woman and
that a man approached them with something n
a handkerchief and gave the German two blows,
the last one pc netrating the lung and heart aud
producing death instantly
The cause is trbuted to fight which oc-
Cured at the dance and the woman describes the
man WHO gave the blows, as resembling the
then pilot of the Greek Slave. His Honor,
Mayor Grant, Of Davenport, has offered re
ward of 5000 Tor the apprehension of the mur
derer.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-24
The steamer Arabia, Royal Arch, and Lama
tine, are tight on the Lower Rapids.

Two MAILS A DAY-The Postmaster author
ICES US to say that two mails day are sent from
Chicago to Dubuque, as well as TO Galena, but
both are delivered here together This OF course
is the fault of the contractors, who leave the
bags al Warren or Galena until it suits their
convenience to bring them on in one load =
Sincerely should The people of Dubuque hope
to be rid of such contractors, for our sufferlnys
and dlsappointments were frequent and vexa-
tious during the last four years.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-05-24
REFLECTIONS OF A CHURCH-GOlNG
BELLE


So Mr. Brown is going TO preach to- day
hoped he would xchange suppose he rs
a good man, bu his sermons are dreadful dull
and so long i'll were a minister, would nj
write any sermon over fifteen minutes, and
would NJ average over ten
| wonder who that stranger is in Squire Bige
lows pew. How interesting he looks with his
long curls-l should Xix to get acquainted with
hun
Good gracious Georgiana Fuller has got a
new bonne' Well, W nders will Lever cease
1t isn't becoming in the least-however, ii will
d. well enough for ler Kate Melvin has a ne "
shawl H w beautiful it is I've NJ d, ubt she
got it at Warren's-l saw one the other day
just like it. TT 90 to- morrow, and see if !
can't get one similar.
Well, | never. If there isn't gentleman
in Miss Perlwinkle's pew onder whether
he is counting he old maid. Don't believe he'd
make quit such fool of himself, for shes
thirty. five or more, and ,ur and crnsty enough
to turn the sweetest milk. I've no doubt she d
like to get him, if she could, or any one else,
for that matter.
Heieh ha, what a long sermon
Oh there's Mrs Eustace, the brio de. How
sweetly she is dressed I'll call on her o-mor.
row. hear she's got brother in the army
I'll manage to get introduced, if, as hear, he
coinmIng here to pass a vacation OF few
weeks
Wonder whether any body sees my new silk
Il hope So for what's the use of having new
things, unless they are seen
The sermon Ihrough-what relief
elbow do you d., Mrs. Jones Fine ser
mon''
Yes, very. listened to it with pleasure.