The miners' express., October 03, 1849, Image 2

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II. HOLT,
II. IIOLT
The
State a
General
ope of
•tgns him
ttgines hi
lude of Republic
lor and his Cabinet ha?l
injustice to refj
fey or Gen
with equal
trnct! "Ala
justilia, runt a
through the colum
will show to the w
ass. He has be
rious as a fttfo
is^sl*ish.'" llgHMist qua re
does. li«J^||»upon
"fhfej
Now,
jnents betwJ
anted,
ths, i
"1)00 will ga
sMMiMrr iwaamrar
OCT.
BDKIGSD
ovrics
talked o
But who are the friends spoken of, to
"whom contracts have been given? Poli
tical friends, of course, must be referred
to, as the burden of the article is to show
that the patronage of the office is used
for political purposes. Who are they?
He names Ball, Marsh, Wiltse, Norris,
Smith, Jarrett, Freeman, and O'Ferrall
*—five of whom are known to be tchigs,
and the other three Democrats! "^his,
so far as the evidence of "Justice" goes,
is the manner in which the "Loco foco
incumbcnt in the office of Surveyor Gen
Uofjke
eral, isvspenrii
for the benefit o
But what .-gays
ence of t(^^iftice?s'
^"Tliis qlljee has placed this State,ah
lie Statelbf
ncal influ
as follows:
J^ i sco n s i ic
rule. Shotild the
permitted to
he can
whig si
lis the
strongth
able ft
be bo
ry a charrgFfTWM^H|@Mpce
important office. nMUpn $5
^60,0Qfl^HtWtec
SGMKB^BKSSK ben
Hy, to t^o
frength."
rV
If any occasion e^
certainly should
^big party and we dol
the mottJti(ute
amo1
precato thevi»x»«ir®nco
.question.
FALL AND WIN'
We would call attention to t!
jasement of F. C. & E, H. SMITH, ai
r|K that of FELLOWS & YOUNG. They have
both replished their stock, and are offer
ing an extensive and well-selected assort
ment of goods.
.F ON* MINNESOTA CORRESPONDENCE#-
•'^MTe present to day the second letter from
our correspondent at St. Paul, in the new
v
Jerritory of Minnesota. We can but
congratulate ourself and our readers, in
harbig secured the services of one, so ob-
«sm_nt of passing events, and so happy
10 Mp comments upon those events. We
thirtK igO' can promise a continuation of
tbi* inuttbtiw correspondence
Taut YAwll£»~We artf indebted to the
steamer ty 'tite papers. Very
el9V«r boo
foukcc.
!V
»0
Lv ilt
rb trte privi
r,andobvial
ts
President, aa
mend its adopt i
quarrelhe
in
th
is,
fnei
to press vi
diate act^
no
Jen. Booth ga?mSBri
'who knew nothing about s
permitted them to employ men w
qualified, to do the work, enter into bonds,
&c., although he knew these men only
received one half, and in many instances
only one fourth." Such is the "prevail
ing opinion" of this ill used .individual,
though he offers no proof that any other
person ever thought of the matter.
ny once chartered
surwmnfnaiiM^^jnMl that nofiMtic!$
bo in tnmKB^Sfimmedts^lv com
mencing the constru«pn'^or",1ne road on
the whole route, going to work at once
on as many diiTeront parts as practicable,
and building at difficult points, temporary
roads, to be used while the permanent one
is constructing and actually bringing
into use the various portions of the road
as fast as completed.
The company, being in possession of
ample means, and acting under a sense
of the imperative necessity of giving to
the public the facilities of railroad travell
ing, as fast as practicable, would very
soon reduce to a moderate distance, the
inconveniences of a land jonrnoy to Cal
ifornia. and would secure the completion
Of the entire line in the briefest j^sriod
praCticable. '4
In connection with the road, it it is prb
posed to construct,j*line of Telegraph
as far and fas^
lllf
IEATH 0
last Morarf
it the ®el
.1
......,,
U
in in April
lb© sijlgtfct*
•jw.
inasmuch
to tran
intellii'e.p
mlfiiiiiiflii a i in
a jUWep
roadH^fli^^ol
dire
It. Louis Convl
jition the samo spi-^
1
asmM
tm
i*ptM
iw
had«'|i#
she left lb*
of her—cargo.
LATER FROM THE FRENCH MINIS,
TER.
Accounts received at thisbffice, by te
legraph, dated Philadelphia, Sept. 26th,
states, that Poussin, through the interpo
sition of Mr. Cramption, tho English
Charge, submitted a conciliatory propo
sition to our Government. The Presi
dent refused to permit M. Poussin to re­
sume official intercourse until further ad
vices from France.
y
BftAT.
^actlvef
uter tiie Et
find also
unme
this n
Pthe Salt Like
jtyifat«lHgencjo of the
y
pf w»r fellow-citizen, VAT.EKTI'NB
titaajiylivi-t jfhU® on his way to tlie gol-
Mr. G. was well
mnHy." He was engaged
5^»pP-i#-'thia city for
had'seetired the confidence
a(4U' who knew him. At the
bifleaving, in April last, he held
and responsible office
If kh#'jCoonty of Dub
iCbisa guaranl
,(Sfc
esteet
lis fello|
la nnt
Judge
ue—the
the
in noW%^!
sabering in tW
Rocky Mouii|
ion touching
other
na de
%Choier&fi
tio suddenl
ssw: J*
Gazett* pob-
gathered
rated
id b«
himi
and
s flffe red 7BJ^6i%ie'b lie
Tificfctions a»'%n Enginier,
af'plK^was providedfwr jhi^n in the
Dep*rtinent (^Topographic*L Engineers,
Una finallyh# e^||Mdth8 U Army, and
iii his native -courtfj&?..bi* lfi®nds again
camp into power, wli jappointed
Minister to the Ui»itedSiat«p. I" i
THE MARKETS.
Owing to the indisposition of Mr. Ir­
win, of the Tulegraph^ffigfj we have not
been able to receive our dispatch for this
week. The latest report of the St. Louis
Market was up to the 30th. Plour $
to $5.75—Wheat, 75 to 95 cts.—-Oats 30
ets.—Corn 38. Lead $4.18 to $4.20.
DUBUQUE MARKET, without any change.
Good wheat very much in demand at 60
cts. Barley wanted at the Boston Brew
ery at good prices. Oats 20 cts. But
ter 12 to 15 cts. dry hides 5 ct«.
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL CONVENTION.—
Wc publish to-day the o^^lUfWhonn
moni* of t^e^tapipone^icnt ofthe Nationil
Common School donVention. It will be
hof^efl^lgtoMf^on the l?th inst^
\Are ^jfpiaftCol.
*Be"t|ton, he.
Cott^
-fS
mm''
v
s. t1S'v- rj.
vr i1 -W#"
3
id
POSTPON1
THE LATEST REVOLUTION.'
important fron i Hay
til!—Revolu
tions going backward— The darkest pic
ture in the Book of Republics!—Presi
dent Soulvuquc declared an Emperor!
By an arrhal W^Tew York from the
Island of Ha$i| intelligence has been re
ceived of one of |he most sudden and
Strang Revolutions of modern times.
On the 86&K of August last, the Legis
lative CouncSLof the Republic of Hay ti,
after some^tft^aning preliminaries, de
?to be Em pet or of the
]?|§terful Empire,of Hayti.
A lette^f^l^i^g|«tii rince gives the
full parti^Wjr^pmis extraordinary pro-
,l'"'th
pendt
jfectii
OK
'v. *WW-
ctions of the
the Nation^Convention
Common 8e$Ngls, which
aken place in ljp» city,
been postponed W'-i
countof the
roi
r3f
1,5
appoii
to tbe
the
versation remarked:
lent,
19) a mo-1
:hool Law,]
isible,U
oCAr
Cn'n.
184
THE 6
Me:~0O
raging at Ban
jpast week.
walking with a la
O commence a con-
I
Pleasant evening qtme a moon this eve
ning.'
•Yes,' said her attendant, catching bis
breath, 'veryquits!'
And again all was silence.
we publish tfre follow-
r«h| SoalQuque
pared for hift.
dad above,®,
beif
On arriving at the
took his seat in a chair
having a.smaM crown
The WnpetialcifOvn, whi
rlw before him to the church, by
his ex-ministers, was then handed,
liihi. By theway, some surprise was
felHhat th? office ef carding the croWiT
did not devolve rifobn tRe Minister of State.
e crown, Soulouque
Upon recet
*mymAr in h&mum head, the.
iter kneel-
fc:ning baifij'ig heen completed
rl«i ^ifll-known
ioccasiqflfi weni through the
jp6ttiff^* l^ter which,
jwed ti®^dnji»ge of
K ,4s
'After tfMi ceremony of the coronatiotf
was oVerl j^ depUtation of Senators ap
peared ^the piazza of the palace, in
^nt of wiich the troops were assembled,
^ndgav^ cheer» for the Emperor.
^fe|se-*^re but feel^v responded to by
the trbo^s Indeed,^!I seemed amazed
at the proceedings, aid scarcely'ltnew iu
what way to receivo them. What the
issue will be, no one can possibly divine.
tb$'5!*ception of the imperial fami
Ito whoexpect titles and digni
theip, none are eatisfied. The
^the name of Emperor, ever,
sincl|MH|toet days ofEmperor D^seline,
I ha^given you briefly an account of
this great event, which looks like a burl
esque got up by some of your Ethiopian
Serenaders, of the crowning of Napoleon
and Josephine. Ridiculous as it may seem,
however, it is every "word"of it true, and
it is a maiterof very serious consequence
to this unhnppy island.
RIOTS IN MONTREAL—Eight men Kill
ed.—A dispatch to the N. York Sun, say?,
lhatseriou8 riots have occurred between
the Ministerialists and Tories. On the
evening of the 27th, the riot was renew
ed, the parties met,and a dreadful conflict
ensued —numbers were wounded, and
eight are reported to have been kityed.
"A&gf*
0^7~ The Steamboat Jfya&i0ttvn on the
Lakesria said to ha|j^Wn^i through,—
Some of them ^£0 too consci|nciou».
-t, -:Fr°!ji|be Tribuna.
'•Kli STATEM^TjbMfeTED.
We give, -ola^e ng
ceiriw:
ppnss of bringingthe^Hib
s|tly
before the pfto^
itereeted, that
for the future^|^av
uii not i"
•A* yet
the returns fro!
ieneommi«sionerr8Cl
order to ascertain if
BlS
in accordance with tbe ticket!
}lUtOok« of-.tH /recent election for
bi^iVorkM.
regpefitfully,
JlonTWOALE,
clerk, Dubuque co«, Iowa.
DV^uqvb, S:
county
have b»^ fo ^irtified
the niistafee was ma
perio^ny intastifijp$irii
ia respsc^-a fae* wwch I be-
Tibe|ftipho
know-meg (whether friend
1 readily conofede. 1 am glad,
boWeve^jn vieW of the Rfperal result, that
my misvtetHs a matj#l?ef no consequence
Ijlsdn: under other circtt^nntan^es,
have beenlquite serious in ltSyxcf
1 remain,%r,
Ydnfcob't serv't,
•M
GEO. L. IT1NGALE.
metal
ickal, one
ts com
part of
posecTof one part
spelter bir zinc,a|i£rthree parts of copper.
l^%compenndJi economically used in
WMp-^aiiehlwl' of manufacture, and fills
a miwjpbich without it, would have to
Klllll^f with genuine silver or be left
vacaryfto the serious inconvenience of so
ctet^'.X- ,.
WASHINGTON, WATER WOBKS^A peti
tion will be presented to the next Congress
for an appropriation of $250,000 to begin
with towards the construction of an aque
duct from the great fall of tho Potomac,
fifteen milef from Washington, leading
into the heart of the National Capital.—
This will furnish a copious supply of
water for the most extensive system of
fountains, cisterns, fire plugs, and facto
ries.
U. States Marines are on board the
steamer Oregon.—{New York Express.
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES,
FOR' TilE "MINERS' EXPRESS"
ARRIVAL OF TIIE AMERICA—SEI
VEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
':A
ST. JOHNS, N. B., Sept.
The America arrived at Halifax(yes
terday morning at II o'clock.'*
ENGLAND.
I, LIVERPOOL, Sept. 15, 1849.
Business is not as active as last week.
Cotton is steady with moderate sales, and
very little change in prices. The Grain
markets are in a degree firmer holders
anticipate that they have not reached the
lowest point. Cured Provisions are in a
moderate request, and prices generally
well supported. The Funds are steady
—but only a limited business going for
ward.
Accounts- from the manufacturing dis
tricts are less encourhgiilg, neveftheless
a healthy state of trade prevails.
Breadjjtuffs.—Notwithstanding the ar
qfvbreadstufls have been Targe the
^tting firmer, owing to theuo
le advices regarding tho potato
crop. Yftsterday both Wheat and Flou
were tolerfhJy active—very little Indian
Corn was
drew
red. Many holders With
ples en expectation of ob
•^prices.
^written by IiOuis Napoleon
to Ney3e iKya—French Rep|iblic
did not s4a|J ana.rmed force to%pOt down
Italian Lib0,ty^on the- contrary, it was
to regulate fl^id preservfe' it from ex
cesses, and to W^itce the pontifical Piiince
power who first to lgaij useful
psform. He.g^pressed reg'ret that the
Pope's benevoientinten'.ions we
reunf u i t
fu. Gen Randon waPs appointed on the
16th to the e^mmand oftbe Armf of I to?
ty, and it is stated that he hadtluparted
for his destinatkM^with instructions, that
should jhe Pdpe not return to Rome, to
carry'out instruction* furnished by Na
leon.
Garibaldi has reached Geneva, there
to remain until opportunity offered for
quitting Italy.
It is thought probable that the Pope
would end -by putting himself under the
protection ot tho Austrian flag.
Ii is rumorea that Austria would take
the Roman loan.
The Pope arrived at Naples on the 4th.
No news from Hungary, except that
Comorn and Peterwaraden still held out.
All the Northern States of Germany
—with the exception of Oldenburgh—
have acceeded to the proposition of alii
ance made by Prussia, Saxony^ and Han
over.
LIVERPOOL.
Wastern Canal .Fl«ar-*zs'r63 inferior,
18s. to 19s.—White Indian Corn, 27s.v6d
to 28s. Mixed and Yellow 26s. to 27s
American Wheat 5s. to 6s. 8d.
FIRE IN CHICAGO.—Property to tbe NM't
of $20,000 was destroyed by fire inCbfcago,
on the night of the 2l8t ult. An infant loft
in its eradle, in a house in Franklin street,
perished in tho flames.
IMPROVEMENT OF TIIE RAPIDS.—The St.
Louis papers announce the appointment of
twenty Jive Delegates from that city, to the
Rapids Improvement Convention, at Dav
enport i n th
i s State. ,,
_S vAT'i' ttfttey.....
1
T9B CORN CROP.—In Pennsylvania
Maryland-the Corn and Potatoes have been
seriously-injured by drought.
ORTiRrxiT on the State Bank
a.j?f the"|lenomination of two dol
3li*^ireuIntion. VJ,,
FlOIlT jr TBE INDIANB.—TifcivJflJ
Ln poate. On th^th df Aegust, ihe Opia
j/ell in with the Jfl^lae^out 350 m«es
uncil Bluffa, when a severe
pie.
will, of cour
candidate,
throug^it
exceeding great
that Vermont is
1849
ftnr^ Eeq"
king is at hi'
ik wlfeth!
of
sX
lias
the statement ef
Works, in tb:s
iy office.
tea to tMr*j»t4f|
1
rd, my cert^i'
receipt ofj
for Setf
idiate-
tion, and
eived 297
dians west ofthe^^puri River, do not iVffaf'the cattle d,
ink of thewaterab Btrongly im
pregneted with saleratus.
Seven Omahas and fineen
led—among the latter^'was
grew q^t.rof
byth^Pwnahos ^o 'years
were
ope Wd chiel
thit Duboqu*
i^lfbeen damagi
!^sir..Or-
i*6NTELEC^toN.--T li elSleetion
fjkutk resulted in no choice by
slature, being whig,
olidge, the whig
ofthe coon party
are rejoicing with
in view of the fact
Oh Fudge
proprietor of th®..
nVOTagazine" went-t.o?
ing,and,on the 13th of
e upper Sacyanw^to- Tbe
•aid of thousand*.
t'dieorge W. Jones, of Dilhquej
T. Fales, of Iowa City, arri
on Friday evening last, on
their way westward—examining the beau
ties of the Defif Moiiu Republic.—[/. B.
MASS*QHU9ETTS.—The Democrats have
nominated flena. George Bartwell for Go
vernor, and H. W.« Gushing for Lt. Gov
ernor.
A Goon BUSINESS.—The Michigan Cen­
tral Rail Road took in $41,000 the first
two weeks of Septpmbe r.
r,
THE ETHAN ALLEN ^was sunk lately^
on Lake Champlain, by a collission with
the Burlington. Two lives lost.
THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.—What
is Iowa doing towards furnishing a block
of her beautiful Marble, to be incorpora
ted into the magnificent and sacred struc
ture, now being erected at the Capital of
the nation, to the mem$$y of the illustri­
ous Washington?
By our correspondence from Minneso
ta, it will be seen that tho young Terri
tory have offered their tribute, and more
recently, we learn, that Michigan has
done so likewise. Minnesota sends
blook of ''Catlinite Michigan contri
butes a solid block of copper—a specimen
ol its greatest and most valuable natural
production, and one that, no doubt, will
be highly acceptable to the Building Com
mittee. Shall Iowa be represented in
that noble structure?
NEWS FROM THE PLAINS.
rrival from the Salt Lake—JWicsfrotn the
California Emigrants—-Their Progress
Territorial Government in -the Great
Basin.
In the Frontier Guardian, the paper pub
lished at Kanesville, Iowa, by Mr. O Hyde,
says the St. Louis Republican, we find some
This news was brought by A. W. Babbitt,
who arrived at Kanesfille on the 3d inst.,
in 36 days from, the Yalloy of the Sale Lake.
He was water bound on the route 8 days.—
He performed the trip with ono man and
seven horses, and a light wagon, in which
he brought the mail.
News from the Valley is quite cncottrag
ing. The crickets entirely disappear vwiere
fowl and swine are permitted to range.—
They have suffered comparatively nono this
year by those insects. Their wheit crops
are good, corn looks prosperous—beets, car
fits, squashes, pumpkins, and other vege
tables are excellent The health of the
citizens there was good, anil great activity
in business prevailed. Abo-it twelve or fif
teen thousand California emigrants passed
through the Valley, and about three thou
sand calculated to winter there. Many of
the Californians had been baptize:!, and in
tend to make that their place of home—
some of the fir«t class of thorn for wealth,
character, and influence. No difficulty ap
peared between our people and the Califor
nia emigrants, and the Indians aro all friend
J^fifid seem anxious to leirn and become
cl.iiice^- They wish to learn to cultivate
the soil, eo tfTSt'they can ha\s a plenty of
bread, &rc A
Ovr people celebraiad tho ~itfa of Juiy
instead of tbe 4th. for t» 'o reasons:—one
was. because Br. i'oung firsi^ entered the
Vallsy: and the other was, they n^d little
or no bread flour to make cukes, &c., til.at
early, and not wishing to celebrate on emp
ty stomachs, they postponed it till their
harvest came in. We are only able to sketch
the news of this week for want of time and
space, but we intend to pour out the whole
flood in our next number. The Valley has
been a place of general deposit for property,
goods, Ate., by Californians. When they^
saw a few bags and kegs of gold dust that
had been gathered and brought in by our
boys, it made them completely enthusiastic.
Pack mules and horses that were worth 25
or thirty dollars in ordinary times, would
readily bring two hundred dollars in the
most valuable property at tbe lowest prices.
Goods and other property wer=* daily offered
at auction in all parts of the city. For a
light Yankee wagon, sometimes three or
four great heavy ones would be offered in
exchange, and a yoke of oxen thrown in at
tha^
Com iiiu.il. ili in 1 ii
1
.MILL J.YFC .A,W-•:AJMMMIIM.WVTM -BUM.. •«%«.
aterand quite interesting newi from tho priissia. A Frankfort correspondent of a
•Salt Lake Valley, and the emigrants. The London paper writes, that there is but little
Guardian is the organ ofthe Mormons, and doubt that the Congress of Provinces will
ofcourso devoted a good deal of its space, on be held here in tho course of irext week for
this occasion, to Mormon affairs. Wa ex- the purpose of finally settling the German
tract so much of tho intelligence as is of ge
neral interest.
iiTf^'tHMii fro ml:
vo
TenTcents a yard by the bolt. The best
of spades and shovels for 50 cents each.—
Vests, that cost in St. Louis $1.50 each,
were sold at Sa!t Lake for 37* cents. Full
chests of joiner's tools, that would .$150 in
the Ea«t, were sold st that pluce for $25.
Indeed, almost every article except sugar,
is selling on an average of 50 per cent be
low wholesale prices in the eastern cities.
Would it not be a grand speculation for
Kanesville and St. Joseph to go to the Salt
Lake to lay in their stocks of goods? They
can buy plenty of wagons therefor less than
one half what tbe iron costs in St. Louis,
and any number of cattle thera to hanl them
back. This kind of operation has put the
people on their lejrs, in the valley, but when
the alcohol was brought forward and sold, it
threw some of them off their legs, not hav
ing had any for a couplo of years or so, and
being rather exhausted by digginggold all
the time, they were not wise to hazard a
contest with so potent an enemy, more to be
dreaded than the mobs of Illinois.
The people there think more of their
wheat crop than of the gold mines, They
know, and have been made to feel, its supe
rior worth. Many of the emigrants would
pay.no attenti^h to the.
warnings, not to let
o
Ijjl n "Mnfmnri lnimlirMr"
They said it was
a "Mormon humbug" about the alkali
being strong enough to kill their cattle, and
the consequences were, that mora tban two
thousand dead carcases of oxen law strewed
alonggfehe way, and the very offensive smell
causmTthereby, rendered it almost impoigSr*
hlMo, travel near the road.
^Tbe chplera has been very fatal among
thef#nlliansv. In one place, Mr. Babbitt
BBe'fflrong having passed tan deserted lodges,
wpn ihany^Pead Indians lying about, and
^frait:
bodies torn St half eaten by the wolves
He' met Livingston & Kinkade's company
commanded by William Miller, about 200
miles west of Lariinie, then all well. Met
Fagan at WebberI^er Hickman 8c Hatch
beyond the South P%s»i#erkins & Taylor's
company this side ot LKramie. They had
one stampede about one hundred and fifty
teams, hitched up, took fright in the day
time, and ran with their loads like wild buf
falo. One lady was killed, (Mrs. Hawk,)
and several others badly bruised and injured.
George A's and Ezra's company were all
Welt, but getting along slowly, on account
of high water* and constant rains. Gully,
McCarty'ind Kellogg died of cholera out of
tho first company. But four of our people
died of Chblera 011 the road.
FOKEONNEWS.
^BRIVLRFOF THE STEAMER CAMBRIA.
We are indebted to the Chicago Tribune
of Sept. 21st for the following news:
NKJW YORK, Sept. 20.
The Cambria arrived at
Halifax last eve
ning..
The cbolera ii increasing in England, and
there were 1,600 deaths in London ia one
week. The cbolera was raging throughout
the continent, %pd there were 40 deaths a
day in Beolin.
LIVBRPOOT,, Sept. 8.
Markets dull, without much change.—
Harvest neariy housed, and pronounced a
bundant.
Trade is active, and employment in man
ufacturing districts awaits all who desire it.
HUNGARY.
Comoro and Peterwarden still holdout
Tho
The motherupd children ot Kossuth, and
several Magyar Generals, had been taken
to Prosburg, as prisoners. A great part of
the Russian army had received orders to
march to towards Gallicia. Buda and Pesth
are to be garrisoned by 3000 Austrians.—
The Hungarian corps of Perrzol entered
Oraova, but the Turkish authorities would
not them until they had 'aid down their
arms.
Lettersstake that the Emperor of Austria
has pardoned Georgy, and he has departed
for Styria.
•Jte*
PRUSSIA.
On tho Herman quostion there is to be a
Directory consisting of member* for tbe
confederation, provided by the cabinets of
Vienna and Munich, and it is to hold its sit
ting at Franklirt.
Executive commission for the Canton in
terests oftBe whole Presidency of Directors
w
ju
bo veste(
question.
tgaingt Jthe Auptriians and Russians.
formerepmiinariiled by Klapka, the latter by ROME.—Letters hnve readied Paris, which
Kiel. The Russian General'Hoig, had a state that the Pope had conferred on General
long interview with tbe latter on the 23d Oudinot the title of Duke of Pinerazio, and
ultf, which resulted in & Hungarian Majorl-f™"*^ him a pension of 6,000 crowns, for hia
being sent to Hay nan to arrange the terms valuable services tbe cause of tbe Holy See.
for capitulation- The impregnable position
of Comorn induced Klapka to demand good
conditions. A letter from Vienna states
that several renowned Magyar chiefs had
been expected by the Austrians.
alternately in Austria and
FRANCE,
The French Government refuses passports
to German refugees, who are 011 their way
to America, w£o aro forced to traverse
France. The news from France is uninter
esting, and not worth telegraphing.
No allusion is made to tho correspondence
between the United States and France, in
relation to tbe French Minister difficulty.
STATE"OF IRELAND.
The desolating evictions in Clare and
Tipperary, and the resistance of the unhap
py people (given in our Irish columns) will
give a pretty fair idea of the condition of
Ireland just now. The harvest is good and
plentiful but the population will be littlo
the belter for that the claims of the land
lords will swallow up the rights of the la
boring poor.
Between landlord and tenant, the proppo
rity of Ireland ia damaged on all sides. Tha
plain tendency and end of all
this is,
that
tho landlords will exterminate the peop]e_L
will clear them off their properties as fast
as possible. The law'pnd the soldiers are
on the side of the owners, and .the peasan
try must give way.
As for the resistance against the claims
of the proprietors, it in a goad thing wo
are sorry to think it is futile and wish tho
spirit of it was more formidable, more gen
eral, more united.
Air. Duffy has published his QCUr Nation.
In the first number (which has not reached
us) he devotes over five columns to a Htite
sibfll of his policy—which seems to indicate
thht he will be cautious. And indeed h?
needs to be so for he has & triumphant and
unscrupulous en^my to deal with, and, worst
of all,a divide'd'arfd cowed people to co op
erate with! There is no denying it—there
is a deplorable amount of loyalty—as it is
called—at this moment in Ireland, to dead
en the enterprise ot her teachers and patri
ots. And further, when we call to mifld,
that, on the subserviency of Irish parties to
government, may depend any future mercy
to the exiled patriots, and that this consid
eration will damp the ardor of thousand*,
we feel as if the attempt to awaken again
the patriot energy of Ireland will be a very
desperate one indeed. We were struck
with the fact, that the Co-k Southern lie
porte.u has given up repeal, ae hopeless
and absurd!"shows the reaction that
irns set in.
We do not know what to think of all this.
It is painful to think about it all.
[Boeton Pilot.
SOD FENCES.
In no country should the subjoct of sod
fenccsbe more interesting to farmers than in
this western region. Hero, where rock and
timber are so scarce, and the soil so fertile,
sod fences would prove invaluable, could
they be constructed with any certainty of
durability—and truly they can.
Every farmer knows how necessary a good
and permanent fence is to any proper system
of farming: and anything on the subject
should engage his sorious attention—hctica
wc have ventured on the matter.
I11 the western part of this St-ite (.Missou
ri) I saw a sod wall, which had been made
about, as I was told, eight years, anrl it was
yet staunch und firm. It was constructed
of oblong spits of prairie turf, all of the tamo
dimensions, placed so closely together thru
they seemed to be one solid mass. Iu tho
same neighborhood I saw a very neat and
comfortable dwelling,whose walls were built
ofthe same material, cut something larger
than a common brick, and thoroughly sun
drisd: and Mr. Jonesr, the owner, a man of
good sense and economical habits, told ins
that the walls were quite a? impervious as
those built of bricks. Why, then, cannot
sod tences bo made very durable in our prai
rie countrjl
A gentleman of Massachusetts, on tha
subject of sod fences, gives this "modus op
erandi.9
"With a plow, I in the first place turn
seven furrows, averaging from ten to twelve
inches in width and from four to five inches
in depth. I then begin the ''bank" three
feet at the bottom, placing the turf flat on
the outside, and filling up the interstices or
space between tho two parallel lines—about
twelve or fourteen inches 111 width—width
mould or loose dirt. In this manner I build
to the height of throe and a halffeet, gradu
ally lessening the width of tbe bank, as it
nears thetop, which being finished faced"
and "capped" measured sixteen inches a
cross." This fence cost thirty cents per
rod but in a prairie country,? one could be
constructed for half the amount. Great care
should be taken in facing and capping.
Who of our prairie farmers will not give
the subject a fair trial.—[Valley Farmer.
A MOBEL REPUBLICAN.—'Tis said that
Louis Napoleon has written to the Em
peror of Russia, congratulating him on
his successes against the Huugarians.
HIGH PRICE FOR FLOCH.—The failure of
the wheal crop in Georgia and Alabama,"
has had the effect of greatly raising the
price of flour in the upper portions of
these States. At Huntsville it costs about
$9 per barrel. The supply has to bo
drawn from- Nashville, Louisville, St.
Louis, &. Seed wheat has been selling at
$2 per bushel.—St. Louis Republican.
We once heard of a traveler at a Penn
sylvania hotel, who rose from his bed at
night to examine tho weather, but in
stead of looking out on the sky, thrust
his head through a glass window of a
cupboard. "Landlord," cried the aston
ished man "this is very singular weath
er the night is as dark as Egypt, and
smells like cheesa
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