The miners' express., August 01, 1849, Image 1

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8 DOORS NORTH OF CITY HOTEL,
AIN-STREET, DUBUQUE, IOWA.
THEin
subscriber having located permanent
ly Dubuque, would respectfully inform
the citizens that he has, and will keep constant
ly on hand) a fine assortment of
&
SA9i
@&lPi§9
scan be found in the Northwestern countrv
and will make to order uny description of hats,
on the most reasonable terms. The following1
are a few ef the kinds on hand, all of the latest
style:
Fine Moleskin Silk ITats Neutre Hats
Rough and Ready do Russia do
Bucna Vista do Leghorn do
Panama do Pearl do
Men und Children Cloth Caps.
Don't forget the place, 3
doors north of City
Hotel. W. DON NELL AN.
Dubuque, mil 1st, 1849. 35-tf
WK. JOSiiUA BARNEY.
THOMAS ROGERS.
ROGERS & BARNEY,
4TT0RNE\S AT LAW, AND SOLICITORS IN
CHANCERY.
OFFICE, west aide Jl[ain between 3rd
and 4th streets DUBUQUE, IOWA.
Dec. 10nl3tf.
WM. Y. LOVELL. BEN J. M. SAMUELS.
LOYELL & SAMUELS
ATTORNEYS
3. Hammond's Store, Main-street, Du
buque, Iowa. 13.
C. C. ROCKWELL,
TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
Law, and Solicitor in Chancery—Lexing
Jonescounty, Iowa. '47n47
LINCOLN CLARK.
ATTORNEY
has removed his office into thd yellow
brick building, near the BOOK Siore.
Dubuque, June 18, 1849.
0"A!so, LAND WARRANTS for sale by
the same.
GEORGE MADEIRA,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Dubuque, Iowa Territory.
OFFICE AT THE COURT HOUSE.
STEPHEN IIEMl'STEAJ),
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW ANDSOLICITO
IN CHANCERY.
OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE.
Noio is the time for the Farmers.
NOW IS YOUR TIME TO BUY SALT,
rt A A
THEa
W4A
SacksG. A. Salt, on consignment,
& "J and for sale at §2.00 per sack, al
so 25 bbls. of Saline Salt, a new aaticle in
the market, and fit either for the table, the
butter tub, or the meat barrel, for 6ale to
euit purchasers by
sale
KEEP
AT LAW. OfficeoverF
& COUNSELOR AT LAW,
AUGUST 28. 1841. 4-
DIR. W. SCOTT,
CONTINUES TO PRACTICE THE VA
RIOUS BRANCHES OF HIS PROFES
SION.
kFFICE
and residence, corner of 6th and
Iowa streets. Wishing to avail himself
of every moans that may aid in restoring all
derangements of the human organization, he
has recently procured one of Dr. C. B. Barrett's
Lele?tro Galvanometers, which is admirably
adapted to tho treatment of many forms of dis
ease, to which many, who are beingdaily treat
ed, can attest.
O'
Dubuque, Iowa. Feb. G, 1849. 23 ly.
DOCTOR II. HOLT
RESPECTFULLY
tenders his professional
services to the ciiizcns of Dubuque, and
vicinity.
O^-Enquire at the Express Office.
B. J. O'IIALLORXW!^:
Telegraph Corner, Oct. 31, 1849.
TO FARMERS.
highest market price for WJ?EAT,
of good quality will be paid ip CASll
at the Dubuque City Mills, by
NADEAU, ROGERS Si CO.
Dec. 19, 1848. 16-tf
STAVES AND IiOOBP JLB&
"ANTED at the Dubuque Citynfflltr $jto
which tho highest prices will be
NADEAU, ROGERS $•
w
Dec. 19,1848. 16-tf
COOPERS! COQKRSI
N E immediately, several' good
COOPERS, to make Flo«r£ 'rels. to
whom liberal wyges will be paid, at~lbe .Du
buque City Mills.
NADEAU, ROGERS & QQ,
Dec. 19,1848. 16-tf
J. C. WEATHERBY,
WAGON AND CARRIAGE
WOULD
announce,
huquo, andfhe
that lie still continue* t6i
Stand, corner of Eighth
Dubuque, lie is preparediii
work for those who may*
Bhortest notice, and in a s'tjf
suit customers. He baa a large quantity 0{
Lumber on hand. He intends
made Wagons nn hand, and willdisppaooftheitt'
at prices to make it an objeet fdt tt^ito wishing
to purchase, to give him a call before pur«brfs
ing otherwheres. vtF
The character of his shop is
'—he having been in business in tttfy^lijr for
May 8,1849. 3$lm
ec
years
THEsubscribers
have on hand and effort
85 Sacks good Rio C«#ee.
15 lihdu. Sugar of different qualities*^ a $
1 caak fresh Rice.
20 koss Nails,
10 half chests and boxes Imperial Tea,
Young Hyson and Black Teas.
Grindstones of various sizes.
june
14.
WM. LAWTHER^CO.
TO RENT.-r-One or two comfortable dwell
ing houses apply to EUKKSON & SHIELDS.
April 17th 1849.
GLASS.—50xBOXES
11
IG,
10
14,10
12,
8 10,12 18, and 7x9 Glass—first rate
article—just roe'd and for sale by
April
17. EMERSON &.
SHIELDS.
PREPARE FOR THE CHOLERA.
I
AM now preparing the Medicines for tho
Cholera, that are so highly recommended
by Drs. Cartwright and McDowell. The Me
dicines are prepared from the best of articles,
that are warranted pure and gonuiao. Direc
tion* ulieompany each package.
Pubuque, apl 25iu.
E.
l'\ GILLESPIE.
Under City Motel.
SASH! SASH!
A
first-rate lot of 8 10 /Sash, not factory
made, for salo BY JNO. Sturior.
THE
H. O. WAPI.K8 E. P. ZIRKLK-
WAPLE8 & ZIRKLE,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS IN DRY
GOODS, GROCERIES, &C.
MAIN STREET,DUBUQUE.
Jan. 1st, 1845. 17-7y
EMERSON & SHIELDS
Wmission
HOLESALE, RETAIL, AND COM
Merchants—No. 44, corner of
Main and 4th streets, Dubuqne, Iowa
B. J. O'LIALLORANJ
COMMISSION
MERCHANT WIIOLE-
sale and retail dealer in Groceries and
Provisious—corner of Main and 71h streets—
Dubuque, Iowa. n37-tf
WM. LAWT11ER & CO.
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS
AND SHOES, IRON, &C., &C.
Ma!
n street,Dubuque, Iowa Territory.
DAVID JONES,
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER,
AVAILS
himself of this opportunity to ten
dcr his thanks to thecitizens of Dubuquo
for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him
since his residence among them and humbly
hopes by prompt attention to his business, still
to merit a proportionate share of the patronage
of his fellow citizens.
ft^-Sash and Rlinds made to order.
Sept 7. n52 tf. DAVID JONES.
C. D. SULLIVAN & CO.
WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELLERS,
Successors to Jacard & Co.
No. 42, Main street, St. Louis, Mo.
constantly on hand a large as
sortment of GOLD AND SILVER WATCH
ES FRENCH and YANKEE CLOCKS, GOLD PEN
CILS, Gentlemen and Ladies' UREAST PINS,
GOLD LOCKETS, GOLD AND SILVER SPECTA
CLES, RINGS, GOLD GUARD CHAINS, $-C, S-C.
Silver Table, desert and Tea Spoons,
manufactured and for sale low. Watches
Ac Clocks carefully repaired and warranted
to keep time.
Sept. 17th, 1845.—(no. 10 v
REGULAR PACKET,
Between St. Louis, St. Peters, and St. Croix
THE substantial, light draught
steamer CORA, J. E. GORMAN,
Master, will run as a Regular
Packat between the above ports, during the
next season.commtncing her trips on the open
ing of navigation.
April 3d, 7849. 31-ds.
lO
DOZEN common Split Bottom Chairs,
for sale by EMERSOV & SUIKI-DR.
Military Land Warrants.
PERSONS
wishing to enter their lands with
Warrants, would do well to call on the
undersigned, Office adjoining the Land Office,
front room over V. Glcnat's store.
J. M. McDANELD.
Sept. 19. 1848. f.
NOTICE.
1
EXPECT to be temporarily absent for a
few months from the State, I hereby ap
point and constitute John II. Emerson my true
and lawful Agent, in the translation of all of
my business, during tho time of my absence.
JOHN G. SHIELDS.
Dubuque, June 6th, 1849. 40-tf
ENCOURAGE HOME MANUFACTURES
THOSEwishing
to be furnished with GRAVE
STONES, HEAD and FOOT STONKS, JTOMBS,
EHCDSffWIMISESr'iPS,
Sun Dials, Horizontal and Vertical, Hearth
stones, Sinks, &c., would do well to cail on
the subscriber, at his work shop, on the corner
of Locust and Second streets, as he is now pre
pared to furnish any of the above articles also
any thing else in hisline of business, with war
ranted correctness, on short notice and most
reasonable terms, either in cash or produce.
THOMAS
March 13, 1849. 28-tf
LAND
VOL. 8. DUBUQUE, IOWA, AUGUST 1, 1849.
WffltEB
HURLEY.
N B. 7'he strictest attention paid to orders
from a distance, directed to the subscriber.
Dubuque. Dcc. 4th 1845. n 13.—tf.
LUMBiiU!
A
A A Feet of Dry Lumber,
OLfLF.UUU 300,000 Pine Shingles:
Also, Lath and square timber, always on hand.
J. L. LANGWORTHY.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY.
THE
undersigned, have opened.an office in
Anamosa, Jones co., Iowa, for tbe trans
action of a General Land Agency business.—
'Tne purchase and ^le of Land Warrants, the
urchase and sj^fi
now
thing opttBected La nd agency
buaineaS throughout fef* State. They'will
be prepared with^aboaitownship plats,
«t$^townshi psi n aftd arouWd Jonea«ouftt
sfiSwing the poaition of the etrcams, timber,
prairie, &c. Mr. Skinner baabBealiony tihie
a.resident of the State, rimBi^al
Surveyor, tlieyvwilJ have pefsuliar f^ptliliQs/or
transacting, correctly and saifaiia&otiljr, any
busin'eau this line, ertmstedlo th^fn.' f*
(^OfficeinFt)rdbuU4 ^g. onjtfaipi stre»t«i.
Anamosa.
n«9tf RK:i|0»NeR
FAitMEUS HOME.
The Undersigned would respectfujlyiuforni
the travelling priblid, that he has taken the
House formerly occupied by Mr. Henry Pfort
ser.on Main Street, where heintends to keep a
BOARDING HOUSE.
He assures the public, that no efforts on his
part, will be left untried to give perfect satis
faction to all who may favor him with their
patronage. Tlie house has undergone thorouhg
repairs, which renders it equal to any in the
City, in point of comfort and convenience.
Attached to the prerniaesisexcellentStabling.
In short, every thing necessary toconductaucn
anestablishmcnthas been provided.
PETER KIENE.
April 15,1946. no31y
"J GALLONS Alcohol for sale by
vr T.
MASOJV,
CLEANSE YOUR HOUSES if CELLARS.
J"fco'v®d one barrel of superior
CHLORIDE OF LIME, for purifying
cellars, &c., for sale by E. F. GILLESPIE.
Dubuque apl 25th. Under City Hotel.
COFFEE—Prince
Rio, green Havana, *8
Domingo, Laguyree, and Java ooflee
for sals by [n37j b. J. O'lIALLOUA,N.
*V
:*R
MINER
K
Correspondence of tlie Miners*
Express.
For the Express.
Tls Distance lends Enchantment
to the view.
Men seem to have grown so tired of ordinary
old-fashioned republican virtue, that in the be
stowal of favors, they look abroad for some con
spicuousindividual to bestow that reward which
is due only to transcendant merit. No matter
how that individual miy have attained to noto
riety—provided he be notorious—no matter
what may be his qualifications for the intended
trust—if he has shown any ability in the em
ployment which has rendered his name first
known—this notorious individual must be forth
with invested with the greatest power given
to a human being upon earth—the power and
authority of guiding—of directing—aye, of
leading the destinies of a free people.
And this power—this authority, has been
conferied upon General Taylor, by a constitu
tional—by a legal majority of the People of
these United Slates. In the bestowal of this
great power, this legal majority looked not for „.,...
of the man whom they chose, otherwise than
as the leader of an invincible band of heroes—
every one of whom may be as well entitled to
their gratitude and applause as he, for aught
they knew. They looked not foru man of vir
tue, else they would not have choscn at ran
dom they would leave nothing to a dubious
inference, where true virtue was to be, or at
least ought to be, a distinguishing character
istic of their choice.
But thsy did look for an individual who was
sufficiently notorious to be strong—who was
sufficiently incompetent to be weak. They
looked for a strong man to elect—and he was
elected —they looked for a weak man to con
trol—and they control him.
What -.vas it that secured for the present in
cumbent of the Presidential chair the lofty po
sition that he now holds, or rather that lie ought
to hold? Ilis democratic character as a soldier
—his success while acting in that character—
his pledges to the people, based upon that char
acter—these had their influence with the de
mocrats —we have already seen what influen
ced the opponents of Democracy.
What is it that makcB his administration of
the government a reproach—a libel upon the
institutions of his country? His want of that
character in his new position which gained him
success in a subordinate capacity.
Proposing to act as the President of the Peo
ple, if elected, he makes tbe principles of a mi
nority of the people to be the rule by which he
determines who the People are—makes this
vital & first principle of whiggery to be the rule
by which an individual is o be recognised as
«f the People. This most dangerous prin
ciple of whiggery—thu inveterate enemy of
popular rights, is the guiding principlo of this
Taylor Administration. We must either as
sume this to bo true, or else brand our Presi
dent with the crime of having perpetrated a
premeditated falsehood—of having pre-deter
mincd to impose upon the people bj Ins popular
professions. Well, then, he is thu President
of the People, according to the whig rule of
determining who are the People—and by this
intepretation of his pledge, to be the President
of tho People, we can understand his acts sub
sequent tohis election. By tl.in interpretation,
we can understand why it is that he has chos
en his advisers and subordinates, not only from
the elite of dignified whiggery, but also from
-the elite of the vagabondism of the same party.
If these bo the People, then lias he performed,
and well performed, bis promise but as if it
were a part of the principles which he takes
for his rule to be consistent, to be false, lie lias,
in performing his pledge to be the President of
the People—i. e., the.^hig party—violated
other as solemnly made/' V as important to
be kept.
Ho promised that no disK^jglfct man should
receive his favor. One of hi^®rst acts was to
smile upon a swindler. He scouted at the idea
of appointing a drunkard to office and now he
embraces the drunkard, and loads him with his
patronage. He would not sully the record of
his favor with the name of a duelist, and he
confers upon professed duelists the manage
ment of our foreign delations—relying moia,
no doubt, upon their bull-dog propensities than
upon diplomatic etiquette.-
Thus na«te bis promises been kept—his pledg
es and his chapter redeemed. And thus, too,
have the predictta"-e the Dcmocra^ Party
been verified, in his incompeicitoe. Y
With his profvsaiona uponiiis lips, he was.
elected —when elected,Jidlfcasfalsified his pro
Tensions. Believing in his professions, Demo
crats gave him their support. By this support
his election was secured be received a legal
majority, and is constitutionally the President.
But does he not kriour—do net the whig party
know, that without his professions of no party
isms—his pledges based upon this 110 paityisin,
a man of merit—for they knew not the merit themselves the right of meddling—the right of
Without tbe democratic votes he received,
upoiltApsffJpledg
es—liecould not--wpuld
de knuW it. W hat, then, must be thinkl^Wbai
must the Whig party think? WhjL
they think, buMhat they hava^^pra «nfugl
of Democrats to rauja, the whig patty 10 pQWe
*-to pjafce tftem infk tfwftion. in- .fcbj&jt tfaW
Deiuo^ma, wbo rfgardtiSje]
*ione'ftb«^:th,au laugtl.at't*
their umple
.orwtulityv ...
iheMl^emocrats, the whig«-^r&*rpM
indri
mormlfet
EMKftftOTttf ItLDK
'4%08Bm?QWi'fUK.PEPiTt HE
WHITE
LEAD,
A large stock of the ^bove gcods ju^t^e
xm ceivbd and for sale by
April 25th. E F. OiuuEnftiB
exAeei-sOnte jle$ao*»:
tdi let tbemselvet"
jfl o*tb«r States J»i
tjowtnir
3»n other Statsa-^fco
cheated yourselves, if^
in their proffliw*.WhEt
ref th»y tawi?
whfgs have! i npy empire
not as men—a»ieingi h&Vii.
but such a* enables them to"
to—
miniated
t.,a*d
e^ndssfsmd
pa dVmocfit*
without upirit—without faefin£-^iji»W*i
pathies in fine, as bein^s iiol fit for iikrc
ment, but to be governed. Snob^s'tbe^pa
use*
governed. Sneb^s tbe-par
wbo now rule tHedsftiniM Of thia.UniOn-eoi
as Executive patronsfcextani#^—rucb ar.etl
meant by which ,that party and that ETxeettti*^ I
have acquired their position. Such,Jpo,isthe
party, and such, or similar, will Write means
resorted toby them to acquirep»S*er in this
State Let their death-knelt be tolled on the
first Mon lay in August, 1849, ,»nd as soon as
may be convenient, lst.4)te Corie be interred
with all t.ie honor due to arrOgancs, intrigue,
deceit and treachery. .JACKSON.
A new Whig poetntaiter in Wisconsin
snapped two cape on a: loaded pistol, at a
mail carrier for rattling at the door of tbe
post office, to arouse iiim from his slumbers
to deliver a mail in tbe night. The post,
master nxcused himself on the ground that
he had besn dreaming be was the second as
sistant postmaster general, and was trying
to defend himself against the attacks of his
creditors.—[Ottawa (Illinois) Free Trader.
EULOGY OK Mr, POLK.—The Hon. John
V- Mason has been selected to deliver an
address at Richmond, in commemoration of
the life and character of Ex President Polk.
mr s
For the Express.
The Amalgamation Candidate for
the Board of Public Works.
From the choice made hj the Abolitionists
and Whigs, in their nomination of a candidate
for Secretary of the Board of Public Works,
one would be led to infer that the gentlemen
making this nomination, saw some relation ex
isting, or intended to make such a relation ex
ist, between Negro Slavery and the Public
Works of the State of Iowa. Unless one of
these bo the object of the Abolition portion of
these gentlemen, wo can see no object they
can legitimately have as Abolitionists.
No one will pretend to assert that there ex
ists at present any connexion between negro
slavery and State improvements. They are
sufficiently wide apart, and it would take an
extraordinary stretch of visual, or even imagi
native perception, to discern in what they are
connccfed. But the Abolitionists, as such—
that is, as haters of slavery in other States—
want to elect haters-of-slavery officers to man
age the Public Works. If they were content
with this appellation of slavery-haters—if the
term Abolitionist, and the pride they take in
•being so designated, did not imply much more
than slavery-hater—if it did not imply that
those who aro so distinguished, arrogate to
6
changing—the right of inodifyding the insti
tutions of States of which they aro not citi
?ens~rif this term did not imply all this, and
more, it would bo as harmless a designation as
to call a dog—Cajsar. But this term Abolition
iet docs imply all ihis, and if this right of mo
difying, or meddling with the institutions of
other States be co.nr.eded to them—the citizens
of these States must necessarily be first depri
ved of the power or the right of managing their
own affairs—that is, they must bo deprived of
their liberty. And under the assumption that
the people of Iowa are prepared for all this—
that the people of Iowa are ready at a word
f'om these fanatics, to tnake war upon men
who off'-iid them not—these Aboiitionists ask
them, as a ma'jife.'itation of this intention, to
elect as a high public officer, a man, known by
them to profess these sentiments. For if they
nominate a man for office as ALolitianists, and
make their principles bo the issue at the polls,
it must be evident that they see nothing more
than the triumph of their principles—and the
triumph of their principles would be the tri
umph of the Negro over the white race in ma
ny States of this Union.
If, then, the people of Iowa really desire
these principles to prevail—if thoy desire to
meddle with the affairs of their neighbors—if
they intend that onc-hj.lf the States of this
confederacy shall be compelled, by force, to
make their domestic and political economy
conform to their notions—then ought they, by
ALC, LIICANS, encourage these Abolitionists—
even to the electing of them to every office in
their gift. And to Cjrry out the consequence
further, if they believe it would tend to cir
culate and harmonise, and make the blacks
and whites love each other tho more, to sec
thrm placcil upon an absolute equality—in
this too—by helping the Abolitionists—they
shall be gratified to their heart's content. For
some eight or ten of the States would have
black executioners—some would haye a rep
resentative in Congress of every stripe—from
the fair-skinned Coucasian to tho ebon black
of Ethiopia. 11 mankind were kind and good,
and charitable and brother-loving, as the}'
ought to be, this state of things would no doubt
work the intended effect. But they are not.
Mankind is not so furmcd. The distinguish
ing characteristics of the races will never al
low them to live at peace, if they should ever
bo placed upon a political equality in the same
State or Nation.
The realization of this theory is, then, at
best, but a consummation to be wished for,
but one which will never be consummated.
This Abolitionism has another feature, or
perhaps it were more properly called a 'syin
pathy which it designs to elevate into a irtuo.
Under this feature, &nd through this sympa
thy, encouragoui. nt is given to the propaga
tion of free negroism—that is, a state of being
in which the negro is merely allowed to in
crease and live without the political privilege
of a freeman, or the protection duo to a slave
Now, of all othcrstatcs of existence, this is the
most humiliating—the most degraded—tho
most debasing. Humiliating, since no merit
can exult them. Degrading, sinco they arc
suiik as low as they can be in a free state and
debasing, since all experience proves, that
mankind cannot remain for any length of time
in the same state of civilization. lie must rise
or fall—progress or retrograde. And if the
negro cannot rise to the same height as his
neighbor of another color—if he is prevented
by law from acquiring that importance in soci
ety which merit may acquire for him, if he
were of another race—what inducement will'
he have to acquire merit? lie must retrograde
until he sinks lower than his original condition
in his native forests. And yet such is the con
dition to which these virtuous sympathisers
would elevate the Negro slave.
Can the blacks, either slave or free, be be-,
nefited by inducing thcu to tan hither—to
emigrate hither? Do the people of this ^tate
expect to profit by,,this utate of^thinge, sought
lbr»with BO mucumvidity by tifwifc Abolition-
Are they td make |his State a
efrrefago w rulbaway sliy«»t .or do they
addition Of negroes em i
»-jir*r£uteB? Kih**
a*
MPfH
U«y
irUiefc
»it Abolition ary
Allow aureiiaukJtjri) fearftti
nbjic-^b
NI
»ts, yi'
S«niM
*Amd
See! they st
Tyrants,^
"1
J*'
J"
ih brav
»ains!
iia's C:
fyour pi
minions
)tspots, di
HUMOR.
of tho
jSood hpnff iH tbe clear blue
soOl, on w^n every start of Widt will
shiuf more%1^arly, and the sun ofjmgiie en
counter no vapors in this passago^^tt is a
most exquisite beauty of a fine
facc*~a')*-M
deeming grace in a homely one. like
the green in the landscape—barmoniaiqf
with every color, mellowing the giofi
the bright, and softening the hue Ih#
dark, or, like tbe flute in a full coMpit
instruments, a sound not at first dis^r#nra
by tbe ear, yet filling the breaks in
cord wi&ki *oftjn»iody.
SCOTT ON ANNEXATION.
The following letter, from Gen. Winfield
Scott wufi originally published in the Sara
toga Whig. It expresses in plain language,
the views of the old General upon tbe sub
ject of the annexation of Canada to the Unit
ed States.
This is a subject of increasing importance,
Will those Provinces form themselves in
to au independent nation, or seek a connec
tion with the Union? I tbinft the probabil
ity is greatly in the favor of the latter. In
my judgment the interests of both sides
would be much promoted by annexation
the Beveral Provinces coming into tho Un
ion on equal terms with our present thirty
States. The free navigation of the St. Law
rence is already of immense importance to
perhaps a third of our present population,
and would be of great value to the remain
der. After annexation, two Revenue Cut
ters, below Quebec, would give us a better
security against smuggling than 30,000
Custom House employees strung along ihe
line that separates us from the British Pos
sessions on our continent. I am well ac
quainted with that line, and know a great
deal of the interests and character of the
Provincials. Though opposed to incorpora
ting with us any district densely peopled
with the Mexican race, I should be most
happy to fraternize with oin northern ant!
northeastern neighbors.
What may be the views ofour Executive
Government .on the subject, I think abso
lutely nothing but I think I cannot err in
saying that two-thirds of tho people would
rejoice at the incorporation, and the other
third soon perceive its benefits.
Ofcouree, I am opposed to any under
hand measures, on our part, in favor of the
measure, or any other act of bad faith to
wards Great Britain. Her good will, in my
view of the matter, is only second to that
of the Provincials thembelves, and that the
former would soon follow the latter, con
sidering the present tempei and condition
of Christendom, cannot be doubted.
The foregoing views 1 have long been in
the habit of expressing in conversation. 1
give them to you for what they are worth.
Faithfully yours,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
ANCIENT PANAMA.
The town of Panama, has become a place
of some interest to the American reader, on
account of its location upon the route of
travel to California. The following letter
from the Boston Post contains a fuller ac
count of the present condition of the An
cient Panama, than we have any where
seen.
PANAMA, April 23, 1840
I have just returned from an excursion a
mong the ruins of the old city of Panama,
(seven miles east of the new city) accom
panied by Mr. Bell, an ornithologit of some
note in New York Mr Fry, mathematical
instrument maker in New York and anoth
er New York friend, Mr. Vandervoort. We
pitched our tent, arranged our cooking ap
paratus, and sallied forth «n quest of game.
The city was founded in 1510, on a plain
near the shore, about twelve feet above high
water mark, and was mostly of brick and
stone masonry. But.J suppose you know
something of its early history. I will de
scribe it as it now is. A dense forest now*
covers the city so that walls standing,
twenty or thirty feet high, cannot be seen
until you approach within tifty or a' hun
dred feet of them. Immense blocks of build
ings, half fallen down, and sections of walls,
peering up among the trunks of large trees
and underbrush, forin quite a graphic pic
ture to the traveller. One immenso cathe
dral is now standing except one end wali,
within-which
I measured a cotton-wood
tree eighteen feet in circumference, and on
one of the main arches, thirty feet high,
grows a tree somax'HirtJ feet higher entire
!y supported'Jty.th£ arch? On Another «ec
twn ofthjB Wftll. about thirty feet high, hms
grown a tree mbout fifteen in circiitnSu'-
taking root "on tup -^of ttie
»|l44f*doiim^ts into tfie earth,
town a tViV tq
the ground^
at his heels,
rcity, within aev
}, should sosoc
slid so completf
of its streets,
tod become tl
N»y? Such
je that
ry, or
^ulty^ioi
souiaacc
oanipainmiMBd
UtaflltrlVted'
We pitdhM our tent tf
tho 001
an arob in preser
pas*ed4l)e
goon in rti
destroyed too
•9P
A*.
ad to UIHH wua 'uor
of the buccaneers, who
and put the inhabitans
y memory serves me
I*,
v
,V"W
r*'
3^
and one that absorbs much of the public at- ye* future lie does not so much think of,
tention, both in Canada and upon our North-t.he worldly tr^Mi^bew to leave be
ern Frontier:»
WEST POINT, June 29,
My Dear Sir:—The news from the Par
liament of Great Britain this morning, must,
I think, increase the discontent ofour neigh
bors on the otlior side of the St. Lawrance
and the Lakes not a little and that those
discontents will in a few years lead to a
separation of the Canadas, and New Bruns
wick, &c., 4c., fiom the. mother country,
deems equally probable.
since I read the history of the buccanecrs
and ofSir Francis Drake. It was founded
in 1519, but when destroyed I do no* re
member. w,
A DEATH-BED CONTRACT.—There lives
in Covington* K.y., (or did yesterday) a man
wortb about $70,000, who iies upon what
may be, and probably will be his death-bed.
Like many of us, he doea not like to die,
hind. Physicians he utterly despises, and
has. during his preseof illness, suffered on
without their aid, but tlie excessive bodily
pains that hs has of.hute experienced, forced
him on Saturday, to send for one.
On the arrival 6ftbu doctor,-4ie submitted
his proposition, ?iz He agreed to give the
Doctor three thousand*dollars, if he would
restore him to heaj^, to be decided by three
citizens of Covington—but if he died^ tht
Doctor was to pa^ three hundred dollars to
such heir (unkfioVb) ae he should name in
his will and fatfpdiittvely asserted that not
one dime mor^ would he risk. Three thou*
sand dollars was As much as his life was
worth. The Doctor wou?d not. accede' to
the terms ir black and white, but finally
compromised in writing, on two thousand
dollars if he saved him, and ifnot he Was to
have no fee. Wo very much fear, our
worthy friend, the Doctor, from what we
bear oftheconditionof4Old Avarice.'* will,,
or has lost the two thousand dollars.—[Ciu.
Com.
Louis NAPOLEO,\ 'The cares of state do
not seem to wear on him he looks as well
as wh(-,n I saw him, last November, in the
halls of the National Assembly. But, poor
fellow, he has his troubles. The worst of
them come from members of his own family
his foes are they of his own household. His
cousin Murat is annoying him with claims
of millions against the 3tate for confiscation
of tho property of the elder Murat, former
King'of Naples his cousin Pierre is o Dem
ocrat of the first water, aud his cousin Na
poleon is a Socialist, and resigns his embas
sy to Spain, to be free to preach hio doc
trines at pleasure. When the President
sends his army to Rome, he finds thorp an
other cousin, Bonaparte, prince of Canino,
who commands the Roman troops. Th«
President, a few days ago, got to the end of
his patience, and exclaimed, "They say
that I have nothing in common with the
Emperor they will at least admit that I
have his family!" It will be remembered
that the great Napoleon quarrelled with all
his biothers.—Paris Correspondence oj the
JV*. Y. Commercial.
ROME.
The latest accounts show that after
twelve days battering and fighting, Gen
eral Oudinot was still on the outside of
the City of Rome. He had sent two sum
monses to the Triumvirate—calling on
them to surrender—to allow him to gel
into Rome quietly, and thereby spare the
destruction of the grand public buildings
of the "Eternal City," and the horrors of
a general storming. To the first, as to
the second, the Triumvirate sent, for all
reply, the assurance that as the govern
ment and people of Rome had committed
the defence of the city to their hands,
tn?yvjgld defend it—the burs'.ing bombs,
the sfrintered architecture, and all else,
notwithstanding. Very courageous in
deed and very embarrassing to the hu
mane general Oudinot. So on th e 14th
of June, he played his artillery for 24
hours upon the wails and bastions of
Rome, leaving his marks to be sure, but
not yet effecting any breach through
which a French "lorlorn hope^ would
dare to climb, with Garibaldi and his mer
ry men making faces at them from the
inside! However, reinforcements of
troops and guns were landed at Civita
Vecchia from Toulon on the 14th, and
Rcme would have a desperate and bloody
resistance to make against the enemy.
We really do not think it possible the
city can hold out. Here we have rein
forcements poured into Civita Vecchia,
and everything seems to show that the
President of Franee is determined to have
Rome, whatever blood, brains, and gun
powder it may cost his agents. And what
is it all for? Merely to force some dis
tasteful olla podrida of a constitution,
first, down the Pope's throat, and then
down the throat of the republic! No
thing more. For France does not pro
restore the '-Pope, fairly and
squarely, like those honest cut-throats,
Austria and Naples. The Pope himself
:8eems to deplore the bootless and bloody
,dwgtgs of the French aggressors. He has
Pftleotti to Paris to procure some
issiaa^fe fe rence
rial glo-
led a largo
)us croj
by 41
Ho was further rowii...rv..
lands valued at one million oF
Chronicle.
lion iaannounced to protect banks
pe from robbery. Tbe moment tM!
touch the locks inside or out a gal*
anic battery knocks tbem down and ringa a
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NO. 48.
WHEAT CROPS IN OHIO AND 1NDI
ANA.
The following extracts from the Ohio and
Indianna papers, exhibit a great destruction
in the wheat crop of those States, ThOtt
two States are among the mort extensirei
wheat growing States of the country, and
if tLe destruction be as general as repre«
sen ted, it must sensibly affect the price of
wheat throughout the country.
The crop in this Stale is generally good,
and at a fair price will add very materially
to the wealth of the State.
From what we can learn from our farm
ers and others we doubt whether there will
be sufficient wheat saved from the present
crop for seed and to bread the producers un
til an other crop. Many have deoided not |Q
attempt to save any, and have turned theiy
stock into t^eir wheat fields. Tbe neigh
boring counties are not much, if any better
off, as the extracts from our exchanges show.
Flour has risen from $3 50 per barrel to $3
60, and will doubtless be higher before it in
lower.—Indiana State Sentinel.
The Wheat crop.—In this country tfca
wheat crop is almost *an entire failure.-
Hundreds of acres will not be tot^cbed by
the reapers. And that harvest will not yield
over half an average crop.—Much ef it wan
cut down during the wet days of last week,
& has become mildewed. The prospect foe
short cake is flattering in this section.
Shelbyville Oaz.
Rust in Wheal.—Wo are informed by
conversing with farmers, that great portion*
of the wheat crop in the neighborhood have
been destroyed with rust. Some field* am
hardly worth cutting, and otherseoUmag«d
as to yield but the third of a eropi,
Lafayette Journal.
Crops in Franklin Cfetfttiy.—'The wheat
in this county has befen so severely afiedted
by the rust, that .there will aot^behalf a crop
realized—We haye convcrsed with
Arm-
era from various parts of the coun|y,.and thfe
injury is represented to 1e genehtfc^in some
cases whole fields are not w^rth harvesting
The crop is very backward.
Bte»okville Bern.
The Crovs.-^We regret tp,learn diat the
prospect of an abundant harvest ia-this COQO
ty, has greatly diminished within "tfai-U*?* .!
ten days. Faruiors from many
the country are com plain mg* of tH(r|
tion of their or?ns ly en-insect, in
es said to«be.ll« 4nci _io otW%3
insect hitherto unkrenvn. j^lttsfia*!
ing damage in t?on?e qt
ric«sf
"U till
serious injury caqeeu by "n
recently the crops ofthis sectt.o:-" r.ri?*eateil:
an unusually promising appaarance, out wt
have lately heard farmers remark that tbey
do not look for more than one half Qf^Qfty-ww
erage yie',dTijjin{0)4iverti$er.
The Wheat Crop.—-The wheat in a por
tion of this country has been so badly injur
ed by the ruet and othei causes
Jbatlt "will
not average more than a fourth or thirdofa
crop. Many farmers have found it not worth
cutting and are making the most of it by
opening the fields to their 6tock. And judg
ing from the complaints that reach us
through our exchanges from many other por
tions of the State, the failure is general.—
This must operate as a serious drawback
upon those who depend upon this crop as
one of the chief means for making "ends
meet nville Advertiser.
Terrible Destruction of the Wheat Crop
in Ohio.—The news pours in upon us from
almost every quarter of tho state, of the ter
rible destruction of the wheat crop, by rust
and fly, (red Weavil.) Thousands upon thou
sands of acres are not worth cutting—wliolo
fields remain untouched by scythe or sickle.
Our own wheat is a pretty fair crop, and a
boutthe only one we know of in this region,
lent scene
written by the
Napoleon
tation
in
de
leol
andi||pti him t.nai
egf put into the
"iple Boiiapar
S%f the in
rend
a po
i
could not1
.affair at prei
bal
tries gai
tussians.
Ohio Statesman.
A French scene.—"The following is the
modo in which they settle Presidential duels
and brotherly brawls in France. It is ex
tracted from a French paper:
A considerable sensation had been crea*
ted in Paris, by a quarrel which took place
two days ago, between the President of the
Republic and his cousin. Napoleon Bona
parte, the late embassador at Madrid. It
is hardly necessary to state that the quar
rel has arisen with respect to the di&mis
sal of the latter from his office ad embassa
dor. It appears that Napoleon, in the first
place, called upon his sister, the Princess
Demidoff, when his language with respect
to the President was so violent, that she
intimated to him that she would ditpoitiNt.
with his further visits. He then
to the Palace of tlia^Elyeee, and
e v i e w
i
at
A scene followed whl
he Presdsnt fle
PrM
St a e
Pam, af
of all partiel
»to Mi
lish es
our
v
Statea. i
the di
»ii».*-*The Gity Council ttf Mit
have passed an ordinance to htise
%0UQ by levying a tax of one
|tnt upon her citiwos, as stoek »a ft*
W
aukeaha and^Mil waukee Railroad.
has
Poitmaster at Plattevilla,
«f Mr. ISastinan.
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