The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-01-04
CONGRESSIONAL.
Memorials, Petitions, &c.

SENATE, Dec. 81 Mr. JONES, of Iowa, pre-
sented petition of residents of Clinton county,
Iowa, praying that grant Of land msy be made
to The Lyons Iowa Central Railroad COM
panv ;" which was referred Ia the Committee
on Public Lands.
Mr. J also submitted additional documents
IN relation TO the claim of Daniel n .chei /;
which, with his petition On the files of the
Senate, were referred to the Committee on
Pensions.
tg- The New York Herald has been making
fool ofiself by publishing reward OF $500
for pretended le;t"r Of Gen. PIEHcEs The
Hartford Times rldicules this humbug after this
fashion:
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS RswAnb will be
paid t, any person, black, rcd white, who
will furnish Us with an authentic copy ola GER
tam letter, said to have been written in 1851
by Winfield Scott, of New Jersey, TO one Billy
pwlgs, Seminole chief in reply to an in,i-
ta,lon to attend "talk" in OatI.lacoochee
swamp to t,in the forces of the red skin
against the pale faces The letter to Gen Scot,
was written by committee of squaws, or lain
married ladies' OF Florida, and his reply Is said
tn have been tha, he would SEE Billy Bowie IS
d--d Fl st but from certain privata motives
he, the SAID Billy Bowiees, cl'ned ;he dis in
grishcd honor. No questInns asked, ii the doc
umen,s be frhcoming Apply to the counting
room of this utiice, when the clerks are out
FEMALE rYPE-sETrERs 1t may be of inter-
est 10 many to know that females may readily
become expert CO npositors, and thereby earn
three times as much money they now do in
other pursuits. The Cincinnati Gazette, tho
proprietors Of whicl, now have large number OF
females in their employ, speaks of the expert.
ment as follows:
The Female compo.itors who have been re-
ctivrd as apprentices, 10 learn, are atready, at
Ter wv weeks experience, beginning TO be qul c
exert aud US -iul. The experiment, it is now
clear, will prove successful and mutually ad
vantageous. We have fifteen intelligent wo-
men, drawn from various occupa ions-teachers
miIiners, etc F., etc who will be able. at much
less labor, to earn much more than ever before,
and at steady employment. There are very
many no feel deep inteFest fsi this move
ment and We report progress Tor their benefit
In another year several hundred females will
find profitable employ ment in this new field.
~T The South Carona Legislature is again
discussing The propriely 81 allowing the Presi-
Denial Electors to be chosen by the people. |,
is singular this was not done long ago, Tor it is
the proper and democratic plan We wonder
that the people will submit to the old system OF
allowing the Legislature to cast the vote of the
State on question in which each citizen has a
personal interest, and should feel personal
pride. The ballot box where all may speak, is
The only sure way Of ascertainiug the will of the
majority. The desire of popular elee ions in
creases with the spread Of general intelligence
As the masses become educated, they feel con
scious of possesseng wisdom and discretion
enough to choose their own rulers This pre-
vailiRg opinion will break down the iroa Gus
toms OF the past, and place South Carolina or
an equal footing ith her sister titcs