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The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
SOME HOPE VET

We understand i u the intention Of the
Minnesota and Northweslern Rail Road Conn
fany, 10 con est the right Of Cong RS. to re- peal
The Minnes"ta Land Bill. The ground assumed.
We suppose. i. that after The passage Of the
b''l making ne grant, and tie organization Of
the C"mpaa'y, rights vested n third parties.
which Consr~ss has ro fi9h. to disturb. One
q the strong prints IN ii. case will be, whether
he alteration IN ,hs Nfinnrs,.a Bill after il
passed me fl'us', and before il passed the
sensie, i material. Il srems to be the opinion
n many q ths bes, legal minds in the country
tAst The alteration i ir..na,erial. Whether
'n,ses = or not. has Congress ,hs authority to
!! disensb rights vrssed 5; virtue Of previor.
srsislssiy- Act, ays,n mere blunder Or error
- y N ,dr rtb.rs
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

1 Hon. w Murray came passenger by
Ii. to accompany his family visit to their
friends. He brings intelligence of another
" nigger" that has been found under the Min
nesota wood pile at Washington Mime sotian.
What's the nigger's" name-is it Cesar,
George, Peter, Washington, Jones, or What
Dubuque Obserosr.
ls this all that the valian, Observer" whose
editor processes to feel such lively interest in
Dubuque end the North West, can say in rela-
ion to the misfortune visited upon the North
West, in the repeal of the Minnesota Land
Bill? One would suppose that the editor ought
to manifest little regard for the interest of the
place and the country around.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
DOUGLAS STUMPlNG IT.

Stephen A Douglas, it is said, will stump
the State Of Illinois from this to the Election,
in favor Of Nebraska and the Doughface Can
didates for Congress- He should be met on all
occasions, by one capable OF exposing his So
phis,ry and misrepresentation, and we doubt
not that of the scores of able Wings scattered
all over lllpois, there will always be some on
hand to meet the Little Giant. Douglas is q
disgrace to the North and West, and we trust
that he will get such drubbing this fall as will
send him down the Mississippi to take care of
his siaves.-pattey Whig.
In hunting for customers to drub the " Little
Giant, we would suggest that you do not in
troduce Senators Seward, Sumner, Wade and
Chase, as the country had specimen of their
dru6ting qualities in the Senate, on the passage
of the Nebraska Bill, when Seward acknowl-
edged to Sumner, that Douglas had fairly
whipped them, and that his concluding speech
upon that Bill, could not be answered.
The Wings of Illinois and Iowa will have
fine time drubting Douglas in debate.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
TERRIBLE FATE.

Speaking Of the Hon. 3. A. Douglas and
hisarrival in Chicago, the hopeful youth who
writes for the Dubuque Tribune, says " He
is an xahoiy thing, and all zoe feel disposed to
do. is to s6fr oxr seal of condemnation upon
Aim, sad let kim 90 dopn to the sectusion Of
either Of his yla~tations, SC. What terri
Bile fate 10 this, which has been reserved for IL
linois' gifted son. alas, poor Yorriek. Again
y . ingenious young gentlemen remarks -
y He il only worthy Of the treatment we would
give snake. His doom 10 fixed--is sealed
the people win trample his very memory in the
DUST s
We should Judge from the above, ,rthat our
neighbor has an eternal srfipathy to snakes,
and unless their snakeships want 10 be extermi.
mated from the face Of creation, they had better
Be making tracks from this quarter. Perhaps
their snakeships might conciliase the sorath Of
this |" Sir Edwin the Poet of Maquaketa
Valley, and thereby save themselves the trouble
and danger Of IN emigration in hot weather.
We hope no enemy Of the Senator will be 90
k1Sd keavseS and inhsmsn, a. to send HIM
copy Of last evening - Tribune. His afflic.
tons, according TO the Abolition Journals, are
20 numerous shout this time, that to multiply
them, might endanger his life, or at least. haz-
ard the tsrstisg IF the buttons from his pest.
Il ID said the Senator has determined to
stump the State Of Illinois. We are not sur
prised at this result, since we are familiar with
the labored efforts Of the Tribune 10 kill him
od, snd can appreciate the influence Of the
pstsst efforts. The distinguished Senator no
doubt regards the mater in The same light that
his friends 10. and therefore has resolved, if
possible, 70 restore and preserve his character,
By st1mPing the State ana explaining to the
people Of Illinois, wherein Sir Edwin, the Au-
taor and Ed tor, has wronged him.
We hops the Senator will be successful in
regaining his fame.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

VoIcE OF "OLD BERKs"-At a recent
meeting Of the Democracy of this old capital,
the following was among the resolutions adopt.
ted:
" R solved, That the passage of the Nebras.
ka Kansas Bill, recognising. as it does, the
great principle of srlt government, and estab,
lish ny finally the principle of non interference
by congress in the domestic affairs Of the States
and Territories of this Union, meets with our
hearty appr baton >
True to her ancient faith, the vanguard ofthe
Pennsylvania Democracy takes the field again
10 conquer.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
PENNSYLVANIA MOVING

large and enthusiastic democratic county
meeting was held at Easton. Pennsylvania. on
Monday week. Strong resolutions were passed
IN favor OF the national and State adminstra
tons. and Of the great principle involved in the
Nebraska bill. Among the speakers who ad'
dressed the meeting was Governor A. H.
Reeder, whose remarks were listened to with the
most profound attention. They ELECTED that
earnest, hearty applause which SO often prove
to be the harbinser of victory
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

BE- ON THE ALERr.-Some unmitigated
scamp last evening, cut the submerged Gutta
Percha Insulated Telegraph Wire in the middle
of the Slough. Ii is said that a robbery was
committed at the same time in this city, which
probably accounts for the cutting of the wire.
Peoole should be the look out.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

A DiscovERY- editor of the Tribune
noted for nothing but his stupidity and errors,
has discovered that there is to be an amalyam
,ion of the Express and Herald.
All that it is necessary for US to say, is
simply to rcmird the public that this is another
among the numerous blunders of this gentle
man.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
FRoA FRAEcE.-The following is an ex,rac
from letter, dated Paris AUG. 6:

Sour weather is temperate-rather cool; more
rain is threatened than would comfort the farm
ers and reapers Of the valley of the Seine, who
are now at work. There is deficiency Of
hands, and. in consequence, the Minister Of
War has authorized the superior officers of the
garrisons to allow the soldiers to hire themselves
for the labors of the harvest. The prices of
grain and -four have fallen sensibly in nearly all
the markets. At the Bourse scarcely any busi-
ness is transacted. Capitalists, brokers, jnbbers,
kept away during the spell of intense heat
Most of them are now rusticatiny or at the wa
tering places. They are tired of the uncertain
ty Of all telegraph and newspaper statements
Cholera spreads aIarmingly throughout Europe
The city Of Genoa is dreadfully afflicted. Thir-
~ thousand Of the inhabitants have migrated
and most of the shops are closed
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

u Col. Benton has announced his intention
Of " stumping" the whole State of Missouri for
the purpose Of securing his election as United
States Senator by the new Legislature, in place
of Mr.. Atchison, whose term will expire on
the 5,h day Of March next.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

The ST.. LOUIS REPUBLicAN-We give
below what the ST. Louis Republican says Of
the whig party of Iowa. 1t rebukes the wings
Of Iowa, as an honest, conservative, whig jour.
nal ever ought to do. lttells them some whole
some truths and it may be well for their party,
if they give them that consideration which their
| merits demand.
The Republican says:
THE IOWA ELECTION.
| Until the result became known it was gener-
ally supposed by those who were not aware of
the movement, that Whg victory could be
gained, and Wing victory acknowledged in
the recent election in Iowa We never looked
upon it in that light, and we confess that we re-
garded the Wing party as sold to the Abolition
lists, and we now see that it is so considered by
all those wh" were in the secret. The Cover
nor elect, Mr.. Grimcs-for whom we have
every respect-has always been acknowledged
as Wing, but, if we mistake not, his colleag
ues on the ticket were all Abolitionsts, and no
minated because they wereso. Nominations for
the Legislature and for Congress we're mainly
of the same stripe, and although the Abolition
lists were pow erless, SO far as numbers were
concerned-having usually, in previous cleo
tons, given from one thousand to twelve hun
dred votes only-yet it was SO con,rived that
Abolitionists and Free SoiIers should come
in and carry off the mass of all the Offices The
New York Tribune claims it as Republi-
cin" victory-and papers in Iowa deny any
right in the Wings TO appropriate any part Of
the triumph to themselves. It was not, accord
ing to them, Whg victory, but an anti
Nebraska aud "Republican party" victory-and
SO long as the Wings furnish the majority of
votes, and pursue this silly course, they may
expect to find that this will be the case. The
Wing party in Iowa composed four>ifihs of all
the opposition to Locntocoism as i, existed at
the las, Presidential election. They have suf-
fered themselves 10 be- absorbed by the minority
o. that opposition. made up of Aboltionists,
and all The Offices and even the name of the
party taken from them. 1t was a sort Of snatch
game, played upon them before they were
aware of il, and of which they will have ample
cause for repentance hereafter. Their fate, we
are inclined to believe from the signs in New
York and elsewhere, will not be lost upon those
who have TO participate in elections in c,he,
States
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

II Wood is selling at an enormous price at
Baltimore. The Advertiser Of the 23d, says
the very commonest sort of oak cannot be had
under SIX dollars per cord.-Erehange.
Almost as high in this Western city. Wood
is selling here for $5 per cord.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
R lstnn Aug 90

- 'oLoH. aug 80.
Inc Republican party met IN Convention
and appointed 80 Delegates to tae Conven
uoh. me Delegates We're instructed to urge
on lhe Convention The passage OF a resolut' on
calling upon the Clergy to lend all all the influ
ence In tn ir power to secure the colonization
OF the newly acqnred territory OF Kansas and
Nebi aska BY freenen
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
tsiddings
Hutchins
Sutlif

The intelligent citizens of Dubuque had a
great celebration on last Thursday evening in
honor ofthc Anti Nebraska iumph recently
achieved in this State. ate.-[Davepport Gazette.
Yes, celebration which would have honor
70 one house t,wn up mud creek.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

G Have you ever had any written CORES
pand-nce with Mr. Washbnrne in relation to
bic action, or the action Of Congress, upon the
bill making grants Of lands TO the Territory OF
Minnesota?
A. None Whatever.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

GiDDIsGs AT HoME.-We have already an
nounced for re election of Hon. Joshua r
Giddings in the old abolition district which he
has SO long represented. The Cleveland (Ohio)
Plandealer says that the vete on the fifth and
last ballot stood as follows:
iiddings 43
Hutchns 40
Sutliff
We are not disposed 10 draw uncharitable
inferences; but it seems to US that few more
such ballotings as the above would leave the
gentle Joshua at home.
THE Ba.ks-We are indebted to F. e
Adams, Esq of this city. for dispatch re-
crived on Saturday a ternoon from N Y, which
says: The Erie and Kalamazoo Bank is
good; but the Milford Bank, of Delaware, and
The Drovers Bank Of Oydensbnrgh, N. Y, are
broke. Merchants and olhers will please take
notice; and act accordingly MIR. Adams con
tinues TO receive the Kalauaz 20 money on
deposit at the usual rates.
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06
VOLUME XIII.

IN With shameless etIrontery the Du>
buQue Herald follows in the wake OF the Ex-
press, in misre presenting the testimony before
the Minnesota Land Bill Investigating Com-
mittee Let it publish the testimony-'he
whole tes,imony-let it be shown how Mr.
WAsHBuRNE baffied all the forgers and sw,nd-
lers, and how triumphantly he was vindlcated
from their attacks. Let the people OF Mime
sofa see that they lost their magnificent grant
solely through the agency OF the DUbUQoE T.
aud that they are indebted 10 the
in Congress from this dis'fict
for the exposure which saved their Territory
from falling into the hands OF the most mer' :
cenary set of knaves in existence.-(G Galena
Advertiser OF the 2Sth inst.
What do you mean Sir, by recapitulasing the
charge, that we misrepresented the testimony
If Messrs. Billings and Lowbers The only
.pology that can be made for you, is, by pre-
'uming that your statements are founded upon
he representations Of interested individuals,
md not upon an examination of the published
We have the investigation be-
ore us, and we again assure the editor, tina,
We have not misreprescnted the testimony spok.
N Of and that he most fouly msrepresents and
land.rs the character Of Gen. Jones, when he
tributes the repeal of the Minnesota Bill, to
lis agency. There is nothing in the inves.isa-
ion from beginning to end, which duplicates
Zen. Jones, as having had any agency in chang
ng the Bill.
The editor can never succeed in relieving his
riend Mr. Washburne, from the odium of hav-
ng participated in the defeat Of the Bill and
ishonored himself, by attempts to defame the
haracter ef others. Washburue stands before
ne world convicted traitor to the interests Of
10 constituents and the North West, and de-
ased and corrupt man; and he cannot shuttle
be responsibilities of his position upon inno-
ent nartiea
The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-09-06

4 -
person
A. do not recollect that have, and should
| no: likely know if such had been done, unless
i, became a matter Of conversation in the office.
| @. From your knowledge Of the business Of
The office, and your experience there, state whe.
ther or not it has been customary tor the clerks
in the Office to make alterations similar to the
one in this bill after its en- grossment
A. cannot answer that q .estion. do not
| RENE dlbsr any such alterations,
Hon. George W. Jones, Of Io,oa, suorn.
Question Have you ever seen this bill Tori.
ginal bill ,
Answer. No, never before j
Question. Did you ever see the engrossed
7 fbill' 80 ;
Answer. Yes, as member of the engrossine
committee.
Question. Has any alteration been made in
i, since you first saw il? - i
Answer Yes; the word sand" has been
substituted for the word "or''
Question. DO you know by whom, and when
and where, this change was made
Answer. | do not,
Question. Did you know Of the change being
made
Answer. don't Gnow where, when, or by
whom it made - =
Question. Did you have conversation WITH
any one in regard to the change before 1t was
made; and if so, with whom
Answer. MIR. George w Billings asked the
it could not, as chairman OF Commlitee on
| Enrolled Bills change it from "or" to "aRd,
| and told him could not.
G What reason did Mr.. Billings assign
for asking the change to be made ),
| A. None, except ii was clerical error o! the
! Clerk Of the Hause, or lhe .nier3bers OF the
| i1,,lse who belonged TO the enrolling com
| nittee.
Q Did you ever have any conversation With
MIR. Billings as to the effect OF such change Of
that or any other part of the bill
A. Never, L.
| Q Doyou knaw who. brought the bill to the
House clerk to get tie alteration made'
| A do n"t ~
@ Can you state what conuexion Mr. bil
i"gs has with the grant of land proposed oy
this bill
/ A. know of none tha, he or any one els:
has with it..
@ Did yru ever hear him state thai any par:
ticnIar company expected to get the benefit 0!
this grant
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-06-24
JEFFERSON COUNTY, va SATURDAY MORNING

divan, apparently ifeess. 1t was poor
Rose who lay before him. Under his
care her senses returned: but Manly saw,
TO his unulterabe grief, that she was dy-
ing. Immediately on her arrival at SIAM
bou, she told him she was bought for a
large sum by the pacha, in whose house
she then lay. The pacha made her his
iavorie, and the other odalisks grew
Jealous. Finding they could not succeed
in alternating the pacha's love from Rose,
they determined to poison her--and that
very morning she had swallowed the Ia
tai drug in her coffee. She said she did
not regret to dle--for her life had been
one of constant suffering since her sepa-
ration from Manly. She could never
love but him, and she would take her love
with her TO the other world that he spoke
of, and there await his coming. And she
talked Of her native mountains, and of the
happy hours they had passed there to-
geiher; and, speaking in this way, she
laid her head upon his shoulder, and,
drawing long sigh, she died. She is
buried amongst the cypress trees, upon a
height above the pacha's yally.
1t was on a summers evening, years
ago, when seated beside poor Roses
grave that | heard the story.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-06-24
Discomfort.

How universal it is. We never knew
the man who would say ii am c0nten-
ted" Go where you will among the
rich or the poor, the man of competence
or the man who earns his bread by the
daily sweat of his brow. YOU hear the
murmuring and the voice of complaint.
The other day we stood by cooper who
was playing a merry tune with an adze
round cask. "Ah :" sighed he "mine
is hard lot; forever trotiing round like
dog, driving away at hoop"
"Heigho - sighs blacksmith, in one
of the hot days, as he wiped away the
drops of perspiralion from his brow,whlIe
his red iron gowed on his anvil, this is
a life with vengeance melting and fry
ing ones self over the fire"
ooh, that were a carpenter" ejacu-
lated a.shoamaker, as he bent over his lap
stone. "Here am, day after day, work
ing my soul away in making soles for
others, cooped up in a seven Ivy nine
room.
Il am sick of This outdoor work" ex-
claims the carpenter, "bolling and swcllcr-
ing under the sun or exposed to the m
cemency Of the weather. If ! were only
a tailor ~
"'Tis too bad" perpetnaIly cries the
tailor. "to be compelled to SIT PeEched up
here plying the needle all the while.
Would that mine were more active lile."
Last day of disgrace; the banks won't
discount; customers won't; what shall
do 2" grumbIes the merchant had
rather be track-horse, dog-anything."
"Happy fellows" groans The lawyer,
as he scratches his head over some per
picking case, or pores over some dry
record, 'happy fellows! had rather ham
mcr stone than cudgel my brains on this
tedious, vexalious question:
And through all the ramiications OF So
ciety all are complaining Of their condI-
lion, finding fault with their particular
calling. 'If were only this, or that or
the other, should be content" is the
universal cry, anything but what | am"
SO wags the world; so it has wagged and
so it will wag.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-06-24
The Staggering Young Man.

There is a style Of department much al
lected by some young men in this day,
which may be called the staggering sty !!e.
They appear 10 be on marvellous good
terms with themselves, are given 10 loud
and vehement tones, inflated and hyper
boIical language, seasoned highly with
oalhs and imprecalions. They are for
ward in the expression of their opinions,
impatient of contradiction, and greatly
wanting in reverence for things divine and
human. They are hashy in their style Of
dress, are conspicuous for jewelry and
walking-sticks, great irequenlers of the
bar-room, circus and race-course, and dis
posed 10 pride themselves on being men
of honor. In all these respects their de-
pertinent is Just the opposite of sohricty.
If such men only knew the estimation IN
which they are held by those whose oPin-
ions are Of any value, it might be TO them
profitable lesson. Nothing is more
credllabe to young man than a modest
simple style of dress, an
unprelending dialect, and temperate habits.
True merit is always modest and retreing,
not loud and arrogant, not boastful and
pompous, not fond of display and noise.
A man who desires a good reputation
with the sensible part of the community,
does not dress like harlequin, smoke like
a Turk, swear like pirate, and carry as
many pistols about him as brigand. lie
is not a street bawIer, nor a bully, a
patron of the dram-shOp and saloon, but
a sober-speaking, sober-dressing, sober
acting man, who attends to his own bus
mess with diligence and fidelity, and does
not mcddIe with hal or bis neighbOrs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-06-24
School Books.

THE subscriber has just received an as
1 softmcnt of School Books, among which
pc enumerates the following:--MltcheIIs
Primary Geography; MitcheIl's Geogra-
phy and Atlas; Sil!iman's Chemistry;
p Young Composer;M Mann & Chase's AriIh-
melic; Reeds Dictionary; Hazen's Spell
Ter & Defner; Davies Arithmetic; Greens
First Lessons in Grammar; Greens An
nallysis ; Smilh's Grammar Bonsal'S
Comfy; Ecleic Reader; Parks Arthme-
tic; Rays Arithmetic; Grimshaw's Uni
ted States; Chemistry of Common Life;
Familiar Science; Comly's Reader; Wal
ker's Dictionary, Blank Books, &c.
r. &. UILLTANS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-06-24
NYhn We're Farmers ?

Adam was farmer while yet in para
disc, and after his fall, commanded 10
earn his bread by the sweat Of his brow.
Job, the honest, upright and patient
was farmer, and lis endurance has pas
sed into proverbs.
Socrates was a farmer, aud yet welded
to his calling the glory OF hls immortal
philosophy.
ST. Luke was a farmer, and divides with
Promclheus the honor Of suhjectng the
OK for tie use Of man.
Cincinna,us was farmer, and the
nobIest Roman Of ,hem all.
Burns was farmer. and the Muse found
him at the plow, and filed his soul with
poetry.
Washington was a farmer, and retired
from the highest earthly station 10 enjoy
the quiet of rural life, and present 10 Ihe
world 4 spectacle Of human greatness.
TO these names might be added hOst
OF others, who sought peace and fePose
in the cultivation Of theIr mother earth
the enthusiastic Lafryeue; the sieadla-r
Pickering, the scholastic Jefferson, lhs
fiery Randolph, all found an EIdnIadO "I
consolation from life'S cares and Irunble III
the green and veTdant iawas ihat sanoun.
dcd thelr houesleaJ~.