The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-10-15

Governor Johnston
The character of the present Wkig Cover
nor, of Pennsylvania, has been so fatally. dis
closed by his tiinidity,ia the Christiana outrage,
that he has been abandoned by hosts OF his for
mer admirers, and sin sled out as an object OF
scorn and contempt BY all law abiding citizens
If, anterior to that time, his reelection was
probable, il IS universally. conceded 70 be now
impossible This convection has carried with 1t
so much, disappointment, that those of his
friends who confidently looked forward to gubcr-
material patronage, in the supposed certainty of
his reelection, have grown blind with rage and
evaporation, and like their chief, destitute of
every moral impulse, are stranins every effort
the desperate condition which deems such an ct
fort necessary, is most shamcfully portrayed in
the following emanation Of ruifianism from the
york County Peoples Advocate leading
sucl,'s letters to The Governor, i. says:
Whoever the author OF this villaiaaus produce
ton ,n,y be, for We do not believe it to be the
son Of the respected deccascd9 the only harm
we wisl, him is tl1t the lli! hid pierced his in.
famous heart instcadef Mr. Gorsuc's; such a
base viihfier s,rclsa hcis!l ftlser, liar and in
fcrHaI monster, deserves no more than load of
powder and ball, and scarcely that. If we
had a friend or brother Ike this vcnomous rep
tile, we would leave the country-and if acc
were but a thous1ndth part as b9se as he, we
would hang ourselves on the frs. tree. But
woc vcr this ficnd may be, we are satisfied that
he has been hired BY some IN crested, unscrupu-
lous Iocofocos. who seek by such means to de-
feat HONEST BILL. JOHNSTON.
The Baltimore county Jacksonian, published
whcrcthe family of the deceased Gorsuch re
sides, alludcs to tl,ispassngc as follows:
We assure the editor of the above paper that
his denunciations of Mr.. Gors lch will but the
more convince the people of MARYLAND that
Governor Johnston and his adhercnts arc indeed
wlia. they believe tlem-rcckess not only to
the laws Of the land but the ininnc.ions of truth
Mr. Gers,ich is one OF tlm most rious and learn
cd ministers iii tbs country, and could neither
state an untrnth nor stoop to any act having i'm
view par.;zan warfare. Not he alone, in this
community, cntertains such opinions of Gov.
Johnston, as the letter express :.
British Judgement oa the Course of the
Administration.
We subon The following brief extracts from
the two leading journals Of England, both
charging upon the administration neglect to
prevent the fitting out of the expedition to
Cuba, which il yet denounced beforehand as
piratical The Times Of the l6.h of September
says.
awe ara quite ready 10 suppose that the
r IL
unprincipled youths, by the Sp,nisI, authorities,
shocked many WIN III no way sympath zed with
the objects or justified the conduct of the unfor-
innate sufferers upon this occasion. Feelings
Of nationa! vanity We're quickly mixed up wi h
the an scr reused by the inhumani.v Of The ex-
ccuti, n and thus somewhat generous senti-
ment, and an almost unpardonable weakness,
contributed simultaneously to sudden nuibnrst
nf passion. There are alsn so.nr, politicians
in the United States who consider Cuba an
exceedingly desirable acquisition for their cnun
try. and who view with untisruscd satisfaction
any events which may tend to bring ii about
These men join the sympa;hzers, and swell the
shoLt which demands revenge and seeks to en-.
force punishment. II to these we add all who
belong 10 the class Of Those VIII, suff.r-yiz
all the idle, reckless buccaneers who still remain
IN the United States, and are eager for a Fray
we shall understand the nature Of the cry raised
and lis probable influence upon the sober mind
government Of The United Stats Tint 00r-
eminent cannot fail 10 Mment the inadrerfcnce
10 gsre Il no ether Rnmc-,rhich permitted the
erpcditiom against Cnba to sail aud they ought
hencetnrth To, xercise with proper energy the
pawer which the law gives them to pnt down
every attempt to renew such an outrage upon
the comfy of nations"
The Morning Chronicic Of the same day
bears down with even more fierce upon The past
action of the government in The case, but hopes
better things for the future. Itsays:
Notwithstanding the difficulties nrisii. from
the exctt. d feeling the American people, it APP
pears thatt the government of The United States
is taking vigorous steps to prevent any further
nfractihn Of treaties by its citizens II is said
that President Fillmore is determined to perse-
we're in the policy laid down by Ills predtccs-
sors, and that precautions rW be adopted to pre-
vent the departure OF the bodies Of troops which
l,rvc lately bcencpllscttd in different parts Of III.
o.'nn. The government, is already, to some
As'' ~Nswerable for the ,ffcts Of its pre- vious
.'-..e'r. - AMI Tor the want of viriance on the
.,: - "ncers But il the federal an,hori
L,,......s ,'snived To restrain the nnrulv
~, ..a.,a.a ~, ~, s'uih, there is no d,nht Ia,
uiey possess the means or :, !, % uo' '-i"'
N'LpEp ~ LIGnTSIxG.--A short ,,,c s;,,o
whilst David and Hiram Brooks wcr. dr;u.
homo some hegs, in Fayctte county, the ,,t,,
was struck dead by lightning. His brother
was seriously injured, but at last accounts, his
life had not been despaircd Of Thus, Sin the
midst of life, we are in death
PRoGREss ~ TuE AGE.-Whiskcy from
tomatoes, sugar from water melons, and cotton
from flax. One more tuuch--honest men from
Wing p it'ciaiS-and the world will be about
finished of. Ind siatc JoarAat.