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THE EXPRESS.
H. HOLT, EDITOR.
H. HOLT & A. KEESECKER,
O I E O S
WEDNESDAY:: OCT. *4, 1849.
orviCE ox MAIN-STREET:::::: ENTRANCE SECOND
DOOR ADOTE THE BANK.
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ANTI-FOGEISM.
However offensive to good taste may be
the terms
u
Fogie"'' and "Anti-Fogie
brought into use as a provincialism, in
the days of Geo. L. Nightingale, we know
of no other by which we can designate
the two factions of the Whig party of Du
buque, and therefore hope to be excused
for giving the above heading to this artU
cle. It is now a long time since we have
either heard, or used tho term, and Until1
within the last two or threp^
had supposed the faction*!
originally applieJ, had be
extinct. The recent cor
the Tribune,signed "Ju3|j
shows that such is not
less A. P. Wood shall s
the management of the 1
the citizens of Dubuque
mortification of seeing the Fogiea,
Fogie War renewed.
The Tribune is lending itself, in a re
markable degree to the Anties, and eve ry
stroke of "Justice" and ''Truth" is aim
ed at,and does execution upon, the head
of the Fogie Party.
sent incumbent, nor io keep up a contro
versy upon this or any other subject with
any anonymous individual. If the Edit
or pro tempore of the Tribune has any
charges to make,let him bring them forth,
and they shall receive a candid examina
tion. General Booth, as we suppose, ma
nages the office, or ought to, according to
his own notions of right or wrong, and
is amenable to the proper authorities for
any derilection of duty. In dispensing
tho patronage of the office, he will no
doubt be obliged to disappoint many a one
who arrogale to themselves extraordina
ry rights and privileges, and among these
may be classed the correspondent of the
Tribune, who signs himself "Truth."
OO-We find a list of Senators to the
thirty-first Congress published in the
Washington Union of the 12th inst., and
as it is intended as a correct summary
which it is not—wo beg leave to correct
the list. Senator Jones of Iowa, is made
to vacate his seal in 1851, whilst the
drawing which took place on the 26th
December, shows that his term expires in
1853. We quote the official proceeding.
Mr. Allen submitted the following ro
solution which was considered and a
dopted:
Resolved, That the Senate proceed to
ascertain the classes in which the Sena
tors from the State of Iowa shall be in
serted, in conformity with the resolution
of the Nth May, 1789, and as the consti
tution provides.
Mr. A. then submitted the fallowing
resolution which was also considered
and adopted:
•Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Senate put into tne ballot box two papers
of equal size, one of which shall be num
bered one, and the other shall be number
ed three, and each senator shall draw out
one paper that the senator who shall
draw the paper numbered one shall be
inserted in the class of senators whose
term of service will expire on the
of March, 1849 and the senator whq.shall
draw the paper numbered three, shfti bo
inserted in the class of senators whose
term of service will expire the 3d
March, 1853.
Whereupon, the papers above niientfon.
ed, were put by the Secretary In
to the
box in conformity with the resolciltjMfy*
and tho Hon. Mr. JONES drew
Extensive
|is and is now offer
mment of goods as can
be found city. Persons from
country will do well to call upon
Mr.
Hagan, bofore purchasing elsewhere.
His advertisement has been received
and will appear shortly.
3 ABSQUATULATED.—Joseph W. Ho1
gH lately of Allemakee county, has wai
ed off into parts unknown, and negl
to pay his subscription. Editors w
well to enter his name in their Black
HI' TAB NORTHERN BOUNDARY.—Captain
Lee, of the Topographical Engineers, re
turned to this City some days ago, having
ttr completed the observations necessary for
the establishment of tho point where the
Latitude of 43™ 30' strikes the river, and
has fixed at lhat point a cast iron monu
ment seven feet high above the ground,
containing, on the south side, the word
"Iowa," on the north "Minnesota," on
the east "Lat. 43° 30'and on the west
"1849."
The line the Boundary KriH proba
bly be run during tho next summer. Ac
cording to the bill of last winter, this is
to be done by the Surveyor General of
Iowa and Wisconsin, under the direction
of th* Commissioner of the General Land
Offic*.
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OHIKX!«•
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
DR.MASOX his placed upon th« front of hii
Drug Store on Main at- a large and elegant
ly finished painting, representing the Scrip
ture" scene of We Good Samaritan. The
painting is by Mr. E. F. M. Blair of this
city, whose merits asan artist, we fear have
not been fully appreciated by our citizens.
We have seen many of Mr. Blair's produc
tions, all of which do him great credit, but
the one-tip which we now refer is sufficient
of itself to establish his reputation asan Ar
tist of no interior merit.
The design is strikingly appropriate and
the delicacy of coloring and finish such as
to render the etiftlct pleasing in the extreme.
The countenance of the traveller, who in
his journey from Jerusalem to Jericho, has
fl^^.Wllongtliieves and been "strip! Of his
*afi»|nt,» "wounded" and left "half dead,"
it^exj^esses much of the anguish of
iB liglited up wi th hope
meets the'mi!dand gen
tgntoey that btfaoisfrom that of his
seen*.
wou
era
"i
the GdwJ
ferer to its hospitalities
We do not design to notice the indefin
ite, pointless inuendoes of this correspon
dent, with regard to the management of Ar^it butt^lo to th«4io[jri'itafc,
the Surveyor General's office by the pre-
Thj| picture »e not only accredit to the
ehowrT
®"*cl1 coo^edable liberality andjtfte
in fitting up hU tfe W 'establishments-Mid
making it ah ornament to ou&sitv.
TBE WHEAT Cmop.—The farmers are
now buSy i re
s i n th
e
iheatin getj
ting it, ready fur market. The yield or the
present year's harvest will be much less
than wa9 anticipated at the time of its com
ing into head, and even tip to the time of
harvesting. There fa an abundance of
straw, and an unusual quantity of chair,
which gave to the wheat fields a very de
ceptive appearance. The quality of the
wheat is good, but the number of bushels to
the acre less than anticipated. Complaints
of this kind are V3ry geneval in this section
of tho State.
DIJBUUUK MARKET.
The weather, for the last few days has
been delightfully pleasant, and business in
our streets has very much revived. On Sat
urday laot we observed more wagons from
the country than for a long time previous.
The roadf are in a tolerably good cbndition
at this time, and farmers are improving the
opportunity to bring their produce to mar
ket.
WHEAT is in demand at from 55 to 60 cts.
.A tolerably good supply at this time, but a
ready cash market for all that is brought
CORN, OTTP2! cts., New 20.—Oats 18 to
20 cts. Kay 5,50 per ton. Pork—a small
quantity coming into market, prices range
from 3 to 3,50. Butter 124 to 15 cts.—
Hides—green 2 to 2i—dry 5i. Wood $2,
to 2,50 per cord.
OUR SENATORS.—Hon Geo. W. Jones
will leave this city for Washington, the
latter part of the present, or first of
Hon.
3d day
clay
of
hekf.
No.
3, av*
is accordingly of the class (^|onat
whose term of service will ej|j
3d day of March, 1853
DODGE drew No. 1
the class of senat
vice will expire
1849.
next
week. We..understand his Lady an$L:
Niece arJ to accompany him, and remain
in Washington "during the session. His
Colleague.
A. C. Dodge, was* at the
last informaUoa^ at Old'PSiftt Comfort,
Virginia," inrcompany .withV his father
who had gone there for thebend:
sea breezes. They are^tttbly
NEW MAP®?!lowaA-We are^eaSed
to learn, lhat the-Map of the State of Io
wa, in diom oif^jvreparatioa-by Gify^ll.
Carletdtoj.Esq., ofth|s City/will be^wfil^
Sot
disinflation hy tne'first of January
soon will he, in 'Ftfte Terl|^P^. rnade ahder the direction
W the G^ernoi', and according to the act
of Congress, by |jhn Morgan, Esq'r,
W
ibe iectioMl
end of the present
doubt it will meet tho desir
rietor
ma
gjjt bor
aUtlol
on Sta-street* ha^ large
hei«*|Sf^rti»a«S. V
Seed
supply of the
vr w
tr*
HON. GEORGE W. JONES will please ac
cept our thanks for a copy of the Appen
dix to the Congressianal Globe, for the
1st session of the 30th Congress.
C^The neighborhood of San Francis
co would be a fine place for a market
garden. The News says, onions, beets,
iurnips, cabbages, $*c, are selling at from
a dollar to an ounco a piece.
One of our exchanges justly observes
that 'good newspapers are the only paper
currency that.is worth more than gold
or silver.' -,yr,
oyl* fnr MIM k*
•?"V
TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES,
"FOR THE "MINERS' EXPRESS"
FARTHER NEWS FROM EUROPE.
Ditpalche* from the French Government—
Poussin recalled—AJ Difficulty—Euro•
pcan War Anticipated.
The Niagara arrived at the Quarantine
ground last evening. She sustained some
damage on the voyago from Liverpool to
Halifax, and whilst coming from the latter
place, sustained heavy damage. It is tho't
one month will be required to make the ne
cessary repairs.
Among the passengers,isCpl. Hoe, bear
er of dispatches from the French Govern
ment to M. Poussin.
A Correspondent of the Chronicle says
no importance is attached to the difficulty
between M. Poussin and this Government.
Poussin being a Republican, he either had
been or was to b§ recalled.
The Paris Correspondent of the London
Timor, says, on the best authority, that
France siid England arc determinedorract
ing tog-ether to tho last, ill regard to lTlirk
ish affairs. The decidcd -fcttftfttlfrthe
ernments will shpw the Czar,tfcftt
'Ions will not beiolorated trith im-
e.J?
rill tcrmintifpflW hostility. *vf.
T^^^i^mstilutimiile" confirms the in
telligence, ihat
a joint note of the English
kafid Flench
Governments has been "sent
to St. Petersburgh, which was expected
to have the effect of preventing a rapture
between Russia and Turkey.
Vienna journals state, that five hundred
Hungarian Refugees, on the plains of
Widden, are surrounded by Turkish
troops Kossuth, Bern, and other chiefs,
are lodged in the fortress of Neeh.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22D--7 r. M.
Flour less active in market, with lim
ited demand.
Sales, $4 62 to
.$4.75,
94
Dure Genesee.
to
new Western—from
$4.98
for
$5.00
to
$5,124
for
Very little doing in Wheat-no sales
transpired. Little change in corn, 61 Jc.
to 63c. for mixed, 64c. for Western yol-
yellow.
Pork dull, and drooping—$10,50 for
Mess, $'9.62 for primo. Lard firm.
WAiiskey market quiet, hut. firm. Raw
26c. -/v.
—Population—Districts.—
We have received from a friend at St.
Paul, a copy of Gov. Ramsey^ Message to
the legislature^ awoxisfanied by many
documentsi among which' is a
^.U^Ki»^|ipi||i{i(ete ^e|urn of the census of
Sherffi%f the county of St. Croix.
Thereturn is made hy Districts, aoi6!
gives the name of each head
4of
family,
and4&e*t)umber offnales andYemales in
each family separately,
|^^pe^^|||ies 1.1th
which limd the
an^ of inlialitnnts was found
|^)P^^j^htch^'3.6(§7 w^.mt^^
|.73 fema^rs.
^S^l^ges^portil&'of the popiiiatioii
^^risi:^^s,foui^ .^n Saint Croix
ilSgpS^'is
di*
"lillwa
#1S Marine
-Little Canada
w Wing and
Rapids, 133
FartsbfSt. tJroix, 16 and Snake River,
d2~making 2,986 for this county. La
Pointe county contains 22 Big Stone
Lake and Lac qui-parle, 68 Little Rock,
Crow Wing precinct, 174 Prairie
jjirfljJe. 22 Oak Grove, 23 Black Dog Vil
18 Crow Wing, (east side) 70
idota, 122 Crow Village, 16 Red
ling Village, 33 Wabeshaw and Root
er, 114 Forts Snelling and Gaines,
ing the soldiers, [158 at the former
id 100 at the latter,J 355 Pembina, on
|%ed River of the North, 637 Mis
apari River, 86 —making in all, as be
fore stated, 4,680 inhabitant?, Indians ex
cluded.
The Prophecy of Parson Brownloto.—
In an address to the Whig party, after the
recent election in that State, this celebra
ted Coon Editor predicts tho total extinc
tinction of'.he Coon party in 1852. Ho
thinks there has been too much mixing of
breeds, in the "great Coon den1'at Wash
ington.
(£rThe Pacific News,* paper publish
ed at San Francisco, says, that in the Sa
cramento river and its brances, tho fishes
are dying by thousands, owing to the con
stant agitation of the wator by the gold
diggers.
ussssz'Lkjsf^*' -.ansa*
THE RAIL ROAD AGAIN.- The citizens
of Iowa City are awakened to the subject
of the Rail Road from this City to Keo
kuk.
A
mass meeting of the citizens of John
son county is to be held in that place, on
the 27th instant,
,{to
by this Convention.
4#
rr
the *favd£ wj$t
i||
m-
Bales!?— London pap& the 6th,
quoting from the Paris
the French Government s&itrely disa
vows also an
i)oun(^ai |he appointailSit of %ons. Bois
Le Cojnpt, late_Minister at Tu rin, as Mia
ister'Plenipotentiary to the U. State, Lu
#^n$j(i8-j^^»feoeeds him at'Turin.
INTknVENTION.
for common Slate
and mixed Western—$4.75 to
new straight State—$4
deliberate and de­
cide uponthe means of securing the ear
ly improvement of Iowa by Railways.1'
We would be glad to see this subject
engagiug the attention of the people of
the State more generally. The rapidly
increasing' population, and the multiplied
productions of our State, demand a more
easy and quick access to markets, which
can only bfe secured by means of internal
FottTBii MONUMENT.—The JMuscatine
Enquirer says.astene of peculiar texture,
ant} susceptible of a high polish, has been
found in that neighborhood, and suggests
,lhat a block of it be.selected as the contri-
learned, (according to a rumor that appear-
e(] in the Galena Gazette 0
that Prcsidenl Louis
was a
low, and 65c for Northern and Jersey he immediately faced about and in imita
tion ofa former monarch of La Belle France,
who "with his forty thousand men, first
marched up the hill and then marched down
again," retraced his stops to the Capital.—
Sr. Louis, Oct. 22—7 r. 51.
Flour.—Good country brands $4.00—
Good to choice brand, $4.37i to 4.50—
Wheat market quite brisk, and prices
firm. Inferior to choice samples 55c^to
95c Corn, 35c., sacks returned Oats,
27 to 28c., sacks returned.
v
improvementsof the^ature contcmplkte^^ ]earn tfiat a Post Office has recently
....
a fijlttoji of Iowa to the Washington Monu
suggestion is worthy ofcon
Oj.and will, no doubt*, be so re
the Secretary..of State, who
authorized u make the eelec-
INTERESTING FROM THE PACIFIC.—-Those
wfio have friends on the overland route- to
California, and are sbffertng from anxiety
on their account, will b'e ifejoiced to learn
that the noble-hearted General Fersifer F.
Soiith, Governor of California, has been
prompt in providing relief for all emigrants
who may be suffering from want before thoy
reach their destination. The last Pacific
Acici informs us, that Major Rucker, ofthe
U. S. Dragoons, has had, $100,000 in mo
ney, besides large amounts of government
stores, placed at his command by tho Gov
ernor, and ordered to make depots of provis
ions, horses and men, at intervals of about
three day's distance from the Sacramento
Valley, eastward to the desert beyond Sal
mon Trout River. How cheering^to the
heart of the (Baj*e*worn and desponding trav
eller to meet this friendly aid, ere the chill
ing blasts from the Sierra Nevada
shall have
dissipated the last ray of hope!
BACK AGAIN.—GeneralTaylor's "Star of
Destiny," (that same Btar whose glories
were recent'y sung by one of our most Star
ry Poets,) has again interPefSd and arrest
ed him in his journey to the North.- He
left the City of Washington, sometime the
rore
$4.87
for
part of this month with the intention
of completing the "tour of observation''
which he so unfortunately commenced last
Summer, but on arriving at Philadelphia,
Friday last)
Napoleon, of France,
bout to attack him in the rear, when
We know not the source ofthe information
which he may have receivsd, or whether,
indeed tho whole story may not be a hoax.'
Nothing has publicly transpired, which is
in any way calculated to frighten'so brave
a soldier as the General is known to be,
and nothing which would lead any one to
suppose a war with iri JJM'ioast do
gri&e probable,
We look upon the wjhole matter of
VFrffi&eh Difficulties^' as a magnificent
farce, growing out of the fact, that Secreta
ry Clayton will not tolerate the introduc
tion^
a French-GsMfelte among the elite of
Washington.
The following^ an admirable take off,
upon the Poussin correspondence,and is in
perfect keeping with tho whole affair^ even
t$,the^etrrarada ra
Taylor.' 'v •.
ORlGfW#L CORRESPONDENTEiDN
Tlji FRENCH aUfpTl^
The Syricuw Reville hei tlie following
capital take opon the Pouijfin difficulty—
Read it, and "laugh and gro% fais"
Highly interesting and original Corres
pondence between Old Zach and the JUajor
OulVem Tell Puss-in-Boats,, the French
Jtlini»ter.-rilf extraordinary express we
:have,..f$pei7ed the followinghighly interest
iftjtcoftgspondence between the President
«ll»e United States, honest old Zack, and
theirrassible French Minister, Major Gull
'ein Tell Puss-in-Boots. It will be seen
that although the dates do not exactly cor
respond wilh official documents, it places
ths subject ofthe present unfortunate differ
ence between the two governments in a
light ab clear as Jersey mud.
The French Minister to the President.
[Imperfect Translation.]
FRENCH LEGATION, WASHINGTON,
September 2,1849.
M. le President, Vieux Zack—
I beg leave to call zo attention S$re*j|ov
ernmentofde les Etats Unis, to von grand
instance of rascally (60s) ingratitude on ze
part of von officer of ze IJ. .S. Navy, M. le
Captain Carpender. He has dare to save a
French vessel,ze Eugenie, whose crew was
only half drown. Allow me to observe, viz
all ze politeness characteristique of la belle
nation which I have ze honneour to repre
sent, zat such conduct will not be tolerate
by his Majesty, my master, ze President of
France. Inetant reparation is expected,
or ze bloody consequence will rest upon ze
government de les Etats Unis.
I have the honor to be, with distinguish
consideration, your Excellency's very obe
dient servantc.
GULL'EM TELI, PUSS-IN-BOOTS.
Thz President to the French Minister.
WASHINGTON, Sep. 2, 1849.
To the French Minister—
Your note ofthe 1st instant is ungentle
manly. You can withdraw it or cut sticks
just as you please.
I have the honor to remain with feeling
of the utmost respect, your very obedient
servant Z. TAYLOR.
The French Minister Io the President.
[Imperfect Translasion.]
M. le President—
Vat you call "cut stick!" Do you take
mo for ze wood chopper! I bavo zepresent
ze French nation hero littlo time, and have
seen enough rascale to mako ze blood freeze
wiz terrible. Your navy officers are a pack
of scamps, sad ze government is not much
better.
V U K S O N &
Dabafast March 6th, 1849.
Renewing ze assurance of mv big consid
eration, have ze honor to remain,
Your most obedient servant,
G. T. Puss IN-BOOTS.
The President to the French Minister.
[Evidently written in a rage-1
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.
To the French Minister—
lege t-t-o go t-t-o h-l, you d-d
French Crapo Z. TAYLOR.
It will be perceived that the Correspon
dence had rathur an abrupt termination.
Q^7-Thurlow
Weed, the somewhat noto­
rious Editor of the Albany Evening Journal,
is about to retire. He will be succeeded by
Mr. Raymond, of the New York Courier &
Enquirer.
Another Push Office Clayton County.—
been established at McGregor's Landing,
in Clayton county.
l-
the contractor is in correspondence with the
P. M. Genl. as to the terms ofthe contract.
A MONUMENT »tq{ be ejected in hdfi0r||f
the lato Silas Wright.
Latcrence, Mass.—The new manufactur
ing city of L^wrenceraccording to the Oen
sus recently taken, contains & population of
i,325. fn the summer of l84o, ^e visited
the place, when- there was but on^ or two
houses upon the grpund.
f*1 -i 1' i
ANNIBXATION.—The Watchman ofMon
treal, one ofthe best relig'ious papers of Ca
nada, has enlisted itself irr tbe support of
the snheino of annexing the British Provin
ces to the American Union. The feeling
in its favor seems to be gaining ground a
mong the Canadians. -A'
DISEASE IN*WHEAT.
Sfomc weeks since, we extracted,aiif ftrti
cle from the St. Louis Union4 upon the sub
ject of "Sick Wheat," wherein the writer
attempted to account for the phenomenon,
as being the effect of the Rust.
The following communication from one of
our most intelligent and scientific farmers,
gives a much more satisfactory explanation
of the cause of this evil:
DN. HOLT—SIR: In yourpaper bfthe
Sept. 1 observed an article froni the Saint
Louis Unioh.on the subject of "nkk wheat,".
in which there appeared^to he-n grnat waul
of correct
infojmiii-««r:"—
Tlic rusting of wheat p.iters it in no other
way, except that it is lighter than when it
is not rusted. "Sick wheat" is never so
formed during its growth, but by putrefac
tion afterwards.
The fibrine of the wheat, by exposure to
rain and a warm atmosphere, has parted
with some portion of its nitrogen, which has
combined with hydrogen to form amonia
this changing its elementary composition,
and like all putrid substances, it becomcs a
poison.
The fibrine in good wheat has a composi
tion identical with that of the constituents
of blood. It is especially to be noticed that
by t!ie phrase identity of composition is not
meant mere similarity but even in regard
to tho presence and relative amount of sul
phur, phosphorus, and phosphate ofiimo, no
d'fference can be observed. And it is a
well-known fact, that no nitrogenized com
pound, the composition of which differs from
that, is Capable of supporting the vital pro
cess. ..
The fibrine of wheat contains nearly 17
per cent of nitrogen, which is held in all its
combinations by a very slight tenure, and
predisposes ail substances of which it forms
a component part, to change their chemical
combination particularly when moisture
and a Warm atmosphere are present. At
the time ofthe late harvest in Missouri, this
was eminently the case, rain fell in abund
ance almost every day, and at the 5ame time
the weather ivns extremely warm and in
Crawford and Franklin counties, much of
the wheat was sprouted before it was stack
ed, but even that would not make sick wheat.
PvtiefaEtion-hjust first take place. i
S. B. PRESTON.
CALIFORNIA NEWS.
TJw.teamer Emp.re Gay, whose arri,^
val at New York we noticed last week,
has furnished, some interesting items of
news. We.give all that seems to have
any interest. .-
GOVERNMENT.—The Convention for
formipg a State Government, assembled
at Monterey on the 31st August, 'fhe
proclamation ofGen. Riley fixed the num
ber of Delegates at thirty-seven, leaving
to each district the privilege of adding oth
ers in proportion to the increase of popu
lation. Under this privilege, number
of delegates was increased to fifty-snf. i
STATISTICS.—During the month of Au
gust, there arrived at the port "df*'San
Francisco 3,806 males and 87 females
of the males, 3,342 were Americans, and
ofthe females 42 six of tho females
were married women.
MARKETS OF SAN FRANCISCO.—-Bread
stuffs and provisions low,
MINING—A party is operating on tho
Middle fork with a submarine armor, by
which- arrangement they expect, when
they get the apparatus fairly at work,
to make $10,000 per day.
RIOTS.—Tho Peruvians and Chilians
have been pretty thoroughly routed from
the Middle and North forks, and the dis
position to expel them seems to pervade
the whole mining community.
JEWELRY, SILVER WARE AND FANCY AR
TICLES.—Fourth street, opposite the Plan
ter's House, presents a very attractive and
tempting appearance. Several of the heav
iest dealers in Jewelry, since the fire, havo
located there, and amongst them we ob
serve that C. D. SULLIVAN & Co. are 0
pening ono of tho richest, most elegant and
varied assortments we have seen in our ci
ty. Looking into their window, show cases
and on their shelves, there seems to be eve
ry thing that the fancy or luxury of man, or
even woman, could desire. Their stock is
large, and selected by themselves with care
and a due regard to this market. Those
who wish to purchase, and arc not afraid of
their purses, will do well to call before
the
stock is culled—Mo. Republican.
.N. B. Seo Sullivan's advortiemont in an
other column.
"10U 1 or ssi«"fty
April 1". EKKSSOW
Foreign Items.
0^7-Secret Societies, having for their ob
ject a combined opposition to the payment
payment of rent, are starting up in the South
of Ireland. This iil-F-ited, too-much-gov
erncd country is doomed to be the prey of
ali the evils to which a conquered nation—
an enslaved people ever be subjected. These
ln their own country. They have no other
Let them come hither. I
0
The rhpidity with which this beautiful we perceiviT that an English gentleman. Breeds, a Court will probably be establish
and fertile county is filling up, demands a who has already settled in Connanght, is ed in Wabashaw county, which comprises
rapid multiplication of post-office facilities. succcefihg~rtdmirably. He owns about 1000
The«route from here to Garnavillo has not acres, and gives employment Jo some ninety ,^311^,0^1^3^ field' for^ future" e^TeT
yet bi^en extended to Monona, though au- persons, of whom eigSty aro irien. Many
thorized by the Department. "We believantof the people were so weak frokj want of i bill has been introduced in the House rela
food, that thev could not at iir^t perforrt a I
3
v
ttT The Right Rev. Dr. Murphy has been
consecrated Bishop^of CleynjiniLRoss, Ire
land. The ceremony took place in the
Church of Terry, and was conducted with
all the pomp and solemnity, whifch usually
§ttach to it.J? f'"4
0^7-Brjgham and Mayger^ipontractors on
the^Des Moines River Improvement, adver
tise for 200 hangs, at one do'lar per d«y
03^A really honorable man, says the Bos
ton Post, is not made any more so by pre
fixing the Hon. to his name but the Hon.
Truman Smith could insist upon tho^tle^n.
all casas. "'M
0^P°
rm
^^i
s en
0*
(,
s
societies are narrowly watched bv the gov-! gnvYha in» I in r!t1'
Fine Place for Doctors.—It is said
that Doctor's fees at the California mines,
are one hundred dollars a visit.
U*A paper in Canada, that publishes
births, heads them "J\~ew Arrivals.
O'A new State has been formed in the
Valley ofthe Salt Lako, by tho name of
"Deserat." State flicers and a delegate to
Congress have been elected.
0^7=*Tho friends of Bishop Onderdonk, of
the Episcopal Church, arc earnestly sup
porting his claim to restoration. It will be
remembered that he was suspended from
his Episcopal functions for an alledged /ia
son with.soind-of his tenderjlock*^'-
Enterprising.—The barque EurekaJs a
bout to sail from Cleveland, Ohio, for Cali
fornia. She is represented as being a fine
vessel, and the c*ptniQdpromisesto«how his
heels to tho salt watCT^ferafi^bnHhft t^jp.—
Success to him,
It is 6aid that the Florida war, though
nipped in the^ud, has co*t tho government
somf tbree hundred thousand dollars. Oh!
the expense of war.
-fj
It is rumored that Andrew Stewart is to
go as Minister to Brazil. No wonder—he.
is one of tho bull-dogs of Taylorism.
^-J^TRIMONY.—Men are May when they
and when they ore
rj,, y Part. care will bo taken in the composi-
tiy.®"to
*, will undoubtedly piss. J5
day s work in the oruinary time. \v»
v- ':J v ,1 are DICBSPCI uitiirain in any quantity,
O^j-The number fef-Emigratit8|^hf^h'j a°d mght before last wo were visited by'ti
reached^ Now York this year, in 0 «mititii*, w'ttlature tnow s^orm, the first of the sea-
Kn in
ending September, was lo3,193.
*altd/ Was bled in
Spain, her lover purchased of the surgeon
the bandages or cloth on which the blood
had fallen.
S^5r V-. 'TV ..
is said th&t printed declaratidhs^
with blank forms, arc to be used by young
ladies who have lovers too modest to pro
pose. We can furnish the blanks. Who
wants the declaration?
Do you see anything Jydiculous sfTdut
thjg wa young gentleman to Cur
ran. "Nothing," replied the wit, "but the
hea'd that is in it."
SJTShin Curtains.—Wc see that "Panta
letts" aro now and hereafter to bo called
Shin Curtains.
„.0„.
Pray what are they when they get the
mitten?—[Telegraph.
A regular line of coaches has been es-
tablished between Keokuk and Dubuque
via Fairfield and Iowa City. By this
route all persons bound for the north fr om
Keokuk, or the south from Dubuque, will
savo a day and a half in time of passage
to either point, besides traveling over the
face of the most interesting portion pf all
iowa.—[Fairfield Sentinel.
£ittlejohn, tho abolition nominee for
Governor of Michigan, whom tho whig
State Convention has endorsed, (but which
the whig masses have not,) boasts that he
never voted a whig ticket in his life. He
was a candidate for Van Buren elector
last fall and stumped the State against
Taylor and Fillmore. In his grandilo
quent declamations against Taylor, ho
denounced him "as a tyrannical slave
holder, and slave-breeder, holding 280
human beings, formed in God's image, in
bondage and chains."
Among thejiooking-glasses at the late
Exhibition of National Industry, in the
Champs Elysecs, Paris, was one sixteen
feet by twelve, the price of which wns
marked at 12,00df. A similar mirror
was shipped at Havre for New Orleans.
The baptismal admonition of the Hin
doos is as impressive on the bystander as,
it is beautiful: Littlo babo, thou entercst Ival
tho world weeping, while all around you
depart in smiles whilst all around you.
v/eep.
Solouque, the black emperor ofHayti, we
see it stated, has forwarded $38,000 to
London, to purchase a crown for his wool
ly head. The Senate fixed his salary at
,$150,000, but subsequently added $50,
000 for "pin money" for the empress.
family ofOliver
extinct in the person of Mrs.
fAlilSKA I
tc SHIIWI. 'S
Basaaaatn..!
ERS, No o. 1
MINNESOTA LETTERS,
AUTHORSHIP OF LETTERS—ll.u.r-BttgiJ.
TREATY—COURT AT WAB/ SIIMV SNOVI
—LEGISLATION, ETC. ETC.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 18, 1840.
Much excitement exists here, by the ap
pearance of letters in your paper relative tc
events transpiring in the Territory—blame
"Cached to the originator of "Minnesota
1r°')0(letters
*'iat should
1 say tho authorship of these is claim-
eminent spies, and condemned by the rler ed by two different persons. 'Wafer' claim*
gy. Alas for Ireland! its starved, distract-! No. 1 and and tho signature to the otli
ed, divided people, have no longer a homo
era
have been "Pliilo Wafer." On
(lion wilh t!ic ellme pajnfJ a8 hercloforet nn(J
resting placc than that which is offered them I do not think the contents of future letters
beneath the starry constellation of America.1
W1-'
as
'"jure the feelings of any partizans in
ie lcrr,
^°P
K
ent®
Q^Colonieation of Irctahd.--A company to mo. I do not hold myself responsible
of English speculators ard atiotit planting n (of the truth of rumors which I may mention
colony of Englishmen in Ireland. -£*i)00,-!
eucl"»
transpiring here will
be chronicled without fear and as reported
but rr»y own assertions wil be ?ub-
ctnnf-iofrwl
000 have been raised for this purpose, and having brcn made with the
I
uanii^ u»uii uiaiic wnti Hie linii-Half-
I U I U
lc
1
Purchase* I his will be the comtnonco-
prise presents itself in this purchase. A
fie establishing ofthe Court which
nr«» li«Drari
o son. esterday s sun, however, soon cau?-
e to
jjsappgar^
... I
an(
mud -'abounds in
piofusion."
The Legislature will adjourn on the first
day of November. Commissioners, com
prising those learned in th^ law. will bo bal
loted for in joint ballot of both Houses on
Saturday the 27th for the purpose of revis
inga code of laws. Politics enter into tho
choice.
The bill to incorporate tho Minnesota
Mutiul Insurance Company has passed the
House.
Po!itical-excite|pent contmups in a mild
degree many aro looking Cvith anxiety to
the proceedings of the Convention to talro
place on Saturday. It will probably bo the
largest gathering for political purposes ev
er held in Minnesota.
The Whig party or rather prominent
Whigs, deny any organization existing or
being effected by them* The Democrats
will havo fully organized by the time you
receive this, and "I have it from good au
thority," that those oppose! to them bv
their organization, and in political princi
ples may possibly organize under the ban
ner of the Territorial Party
You request your correspondent to look
into the matter of speculation in stationery
by the Secretary of the Territory. I tako
the liberty to reply it is like"goinjr into a
dark collar without a candle, or as the Com
mittee on Education say in their report, it
is to my vision "obscurcd in the blncknr.ss
WAFER.
A GOOD STORY.
Old Col. W .formerly a well known
charactcr in one of our Eastern citrcs, was
remarkable tor but one passion out of tho
ordinary range of humanity, and that was
for buying any lot of old trumpery which
came under the head of'miscellaneous,' for
the reason tint it could not be classified.
Though close-listed in general, I10 was con
tinually throwing away Ilia momy in five*
and tens on such trash. In this way he hnd
filled all the old corners in his dwelling and
outhouses with a collection of nondescript
articles that would have puzzled a philoso
pher to tell what they were made for, or to
what use they could be put. This, howev
er, was a secondary consideration with tho
Colonel, for he seldom troubled his head a
Uout such articles after they were fairly
housed. Not so with his wife, however,
who w as continually remonstrating against
these purchases which served onlv to^clut
ter up the house, and ns food for the mirth
of tho domestics. But the Colonel, though
he often submitted to those remonstrances
of his better hal^ could not resitt the pas
sions—and so he went on adding from woek
to week to his miscellanies.
One day while sauntering down the
street, he heard the rich full tones of thn
Auctioneer, and of course stepped in to see
what was being sold. On the floor ho per
ceived a collection which looked as if it
might have been purloined from the garret
of some museum, and around which a moto
ly group were assembled while on the
counter stood tho portly auctioneer, in th»
height ofa mock indignation remonstrance
with his audierictf?
'Nine dollara and ninety cents!' cried
the auctioneer. 'Gentlemen, it is a shame,
it ia barbarous to stand by and permit such
a sacrifice of property! Nine dollars ar.rt
ninety—Good morning Colonel! A mag
nificent lot of—ANTIQUES—and all going
for nine dollars and ninety cents. Gentle
men, you'll never see another such
and a
h"
smile contrive so to live that you may without a word
1 -i 1 n o w w a o y o u n K 1 u s o n i n a
Russell,
daughter of the late Mr. Oliver Crom- struck him with the butt of your guiVK
well, the biographer of the Protector, suid he.
from whom ho descended in the dirccl 1 "So 1 should,1 replied the sentry, if
ill0
1
•(fry---
n42 W. LAW fHER A CO.
a
lot
£oing--going—going for nine dol­
lars and ninety cents. Col. VY
YOU permit such a sacrifice'!'
The Colonel glanced his eye
can
over
the lot,
and then with a nod and a wink, assured
him he could not. The next instant the
hammer came down, and the purchase waa
his at ten dollars. As the articles were to
be paid for and removed immediately, tho
Colonel lost no time in getting a cart, and
having seen every thing packed up and on
their way to the house, he proceeded to his
own store, chuckling within himself that
now, at least, he had made a bargain at
which even his wife could not grumble.
In'"due-time the Colonel was seated at
the dinner table, when lifting his eyes ha
observed a cloud on his wife's brow. 'Well,,
my dear!' said he inquiringly.
•Well, repeated his wife: it is not well,
Mr. W I am vexed beyond endurance..
You know the auctioneerl'
'Certainly,' replied the Colonel, 'and a
very gentlemanly person he is, too.'
•You may think so,' rejoined his wifo,
'but I don't, and I'll tell you why. A four
days ago I gathered together a I tho trum
pery with which you have been cluttering
the house for the last twelve months, and
sent it to him, with orders to sell the lot
immediately to the highest bidder for cash.
lie assured me he would do so in all this
week at farthest, and pay over tho proceeds
to my order. And here I have been con
gratulating myself on two things first on
having got rid" of a most intolerable nuia
sance and secondly, on receiving money
onough therefor to purchase that ne w vei-.
vet hat you promised me so long ago.
bout an hour /Ae whole lond came ack
of explanation/'
The Colonel looked blank for a moment,
and then proceeded to clear up the mystery.
But the good woman wa3 prcified only by
the promiso ofa ten dollar note beside that
in the hands ofthe auctioneer, on condition
however, that sho should never mention, it.
Of course sho kept her word.
A soldier on sontry duty at an encamp
ment, stabbed a dog with his bayonet, who
An English journal mentions lhat the was set on him by some boys. The own-
Cromwell has just becomo er came up, and was much voxed to see
his cur lifeless. "Why could'nt you have
the dog had run at me tail fwemosjt.
for sale by
C. & E. 137 BHI