The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-08-23
THE BRITISH FLEET IN IuC BAL
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war with Rass,a. They were in reply 70 som,
statements of Lord Dudley Stuart:
Admiral Berkeley said he could assure The
noble Lord that the Government were a.
anxious to send out gun boats he could be
but the matter was not 81 easy a as the
noble lord seemed to think The noble lord had
been pleased % say TIA, il twenty of these
vessels were sent gu, TO the Baltic, Cionstadl
would be successfully bembarded Now he had
q letter from the gallant officer who Conducted
ops rations If the Baltic AID as he had serv I'd
with that cficer he could state positively ihat IN
possible attempt would be omitted " h.ch held
out the promise OF getting at the enemy
lHrar, hear.1 Sir Caaries Napier said, that At
icas not In his p0.etr to do aay thing ,osta the
powerful feet xhich he had he ne, no,
tell the H ,use thar when the gallant adni al
penned III. 90 words, he vas chafag like lion
IN his den, tcheers but that to attack CrOn'
stadt or See atory scOuid be certais destruction
Giearl Aud wat said Admiral Chads, the
most sci nti ic officer in all THAI related 10 naval
gum. ~ OF the pr, sent day h. said that after
twu days aus, lection of tae forts and the ships,
he Nund tia. the r,tfcati0as aosrs far loo sHb
stantidt to ms..e any tmpresssoa GA tatns, and
Ia, it would BE- useless direct The FIRE al tie
ships az ains. such masses of granite. aud that,
rs l.. tic ship., tn y were placed as I" IN Ike
il IapossiLie . get al them Hear, hear J.
Tie would trouble the House with one more
short extract from letter o. Sir Admiral Sey'
| mour, the caplaul vi the fe {, whose busn. D il
was TO see that no vessel was without every
thing v hich was required. Admiral Seym,ur
s,.d. thai he had never been at any time in want
] os any lhirg-thanks to the provident measures
aa.c..ied by the Adm rahly. (iheers But the
worst STA. smeni u all was that with whoa the
nohl, I'd The NE Abei tsa,n Maryis b ne, wound
up his remarks. to the effect tn !. The cts and
| aisrnsis Of Russia night have been 'axeh
Seio:e t!,.s ...ae mad The gallant admiral oeen
| pplied with tie nquisi,e means by the gov.
ornament. l. hal been his da % draw up the
orders 10 the admra.s, and never had officers
received ~ re Car; biaachs orders TO do what
they pleased. Loud cheers
From tbs Philadelphia Bulletin Aug. IL.
DEATH OF COMMODORE DOWNES.
The Telegraph braas us The ms ihgance hat
Conlmodole John oSnes, one OF the oldest
and most mcntoriuus officers OF the AMERICAS
Navy, d,ed this morning at the harl, son
Nlvy \ ard, near Boston. he was the ,hird
on The list OF captains, Stewart AID Morris ony
being ab I'VE hiu.-Comnodo-- D"wnrs was
native Of MAssachutt- aud entered the service
June /, 1872 he early gave pr.of Of great
capacity aad courage a. naval officer. In the
very q. u year o his counIi. ssh IA a. a ,noshp-
man, lac aec, mpaa.d Lieut.. Porer in bold
attack up n Tue shipping IN the ha.h'r If Tr-
pol, and his CONDUCT was IN dc subject OF
esp. c al mention ia the report Ut The affair.
The war wHh Great Bfi,lau iouad AIR. Ouwnrs
. FIRST Lieutenant. Ia lol3 be sersed under
lapl. Por,er IN the Essex, ia that famous cruise
IN tine Pacific which will ever be memorable in
our naval histo y. lie commanded the board
ing party that tooa the british armed whaiers,
Georgian and Policy, und Cap, Potter having
determined u equip the prizes as cruisers,
Lieut.. Down.s was placed in the command CT
the Georgana, mounting Is guns. With a
crew of only Al men, Lieut.. Dowres captured
in shoyt cruise the British whale's Catherine \
and Rose, each carrying eight guns, manned
his priz. from his small crew, put his So
prisoners in irons, and with acrew Ut only ~
men and boys LETT on the Georgana, attacked
The British whaler Hector, OF go tonsi IS men
and III guns, though pierced tor 20. Alter a
sharp fight the Hector struck, having lost her
main top mast and had two men killed aud six
wounded. Af:er manning the Hector, he had
only ten men left in ,hs Georsiars, with 73
prisoners, some Of them wounded The Rose
being dull ship, he relieved himself Of HE
p is'"e by probing them aud putting them on
board oi her, g,vln. her Up To them condition
they shoud sail for St. Helena. He then with
Downes MAS here transferred to better ship a
prize named the Atlantic, which was refi,ted
and named the Essex Jarior armed with 20
guns aud manned with 81 men.-She rendered
efficient service during The remainder OF this
remarkable cruise.
WHAT TIE JOUNALS SAY ABROAD. |
Tor the defeat Of the Democratic party Of Iowa,
in the recent contest, the undue influence OF
the Clergy. This opinion hes been assailed a.
both unjust and erroneous. 70 show that we
are not alone in this opinion, We quote from,
other Jounals. In discoursing upon the result
Of the election, the "Wa.h;ng,on Argus" pub
lished in Washington County, Iowa, has the
following:
ELECTION.
The Ell. clion has passed, and the fate Of par
ties aud candidates 10 6xed by the Cat Of the |
ballot hox.
In this county the democ acy have fallen be-
fore the omnip"trnce of the allied forces ii
Whige. Freesoilers. Abolitionis,s and some say,
the Clergy Of every denomination.
Though the Demecrats had spme hope o.
victory, they were prepared for defeat, such
as they were used 10 u this wing and abolition
terous suit was MT anticipated By tbs most
hyp 'cto ,driacal.
But amid the VIZ, OK and ruin Of our nc pes
and buying ant,c pations, there if left us III.
con GA i.'n CT an approving Conscience. We,
Az done our duty acc"'d ny TO the hes, If cut
q d. ties and knowl dae--we have worked Win
all 'ur powei-we have preached aud exhorteo
IN al h NJ. sly; bu, v-, IL. jud. me nj OF the
ps pie hss tall,n with decisive pox'r against
us. LET Vi then submit 10 that judi &c n-nt-
the great tribunal before WATCH .i,, n and pr
ties mus' 5ox or break
Tn ugh cheerful SUBMISSION is the duty OF
every good criz =, we still ho.d 10 The rect,tad.
| af our principles. aud we believe that their
at. n.a.e inn,,pa ~ s.rr-tuxt the .h,-r second
| tLau. at will sus Gee d tae pses-n, u,.d xcite
,nett aud then all viii b.. right aad nothing
wreny.
lnoush disepro nt-d on this ccrasion, our
conf In the patr..t,sn. AUD judy Ient tat
p, ape - 10 in he least si,aaru because W
know -. n .bs.r.aioa that wurn the u.ass
! r. tley ID II honrstlv, and that they always
discover a.e their bsiore mischief
| a iloas
| nena cra.s .lsnt give up yous principles but
shaae Ut a.. dust CT d.tea; aud prepare Tor
another hsh,-7p'sce yous ,rus' in JUS, eausr
| AID tas Goa OF bu.irs, and VICTORY will perch
| ipun yoaI hanaer5 la 1916.
| Us,n the 81 ibjsct we published al ar
t;cir y~.t. rday, from the For, "Drs Mones Ar
gus winch b>.d y accus The Clergy Of undue
! influence IN the eiectlon.
| In View OF this noiorious fact, we hesitate
not 10 say, that every political Joafnast in, and
out Of the State, who 10 cngn.sant OF interior.
encs on the par, of The Clergy. owes it to him
self, to hi. party, aud society to rebuke in tie
s,ronsrs, Ian. .as' he can command sneh inter
!>.encc.