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Massachusetts Legislature.
Monday , Jnn-. 21.—-Senate.— On motion of air.
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Walker , it Wiis ordered that be a committ ee ,
to be joined by t he House , to inquire and report
what means Ban be adopted to secure the advan-
tages of secret ballot to the peop le of this Common-
wea lth.
This order occasioned some debate. An attempt
was made to amend it , by substituting the Judicia ry
committee for h special committee. The yeas and
nays on this amendment were taken on motion of
Mc.Cazncau , and the result was as follows—Yeas
15, nays 16.
The yeas and nays on the adoption of the order
were also called , and the result was—Yeas 27, nays
5.
The President announced that the committee on
the part of the Senate would consist of Messis.
Walker and Dawes.
House.—The remonstrance of Valentine Pease,
Jr. and others against the petition of John Cook ,
was presented and referred.
Mr. Safford of Dorchester , from the Committee
on the Judiciary , reported a bill to amend the act
regulating the compensation of Sheriffs, providing
that the return s of the Sheriffs shall give some addi-
tiona l particulars to those now required by law.—
lie also reported that the Committee had examined
the returns of the Sheriffs for this year , and found
them substantiall y correct.
On motion of Sir. Eames of Wilming ton , it, was
ordered that the Committee on the Militia consider
t he expediency of amending the law requiring the
clerks 'of cities and towns to transmit to the Adju-
tant General's office a return of the names of all per-
sons enrol led , that those returns may be made by
stat ing the number onl y of the persons enrolled—
adopted.
Tuesday , Jan. 22.—Senate.— On motion of Mr-
Thompson , the orders of the day were taken up—
and the bill authorizing Thomas II. Whorf , Jr. to
build a wharf , and the resolves respecting a board
of agriculture , were ordered to th ird leadings.
The bill concerning defects in hi ghways was
passed to be engrossed.
House.—Mr. Lawrence of Belehertown , from the
special committee on a new valuation of the proper-
ty of the Commonwealth , repor ted a bill to ascer-
tain the rateable estate within this Commonwealth ,
which was read by its title onl y and ordered to be
printed.
Wednesday , Jan. 23.—Senate.— Orders Adopt-
ed— On motion of Mr. King, that the Committee on
Education inquire into the expediency of requiring
school committees to deposit a dup licate certificate
of the qualifications of Teachers with the Selectmen
of towns , instead of filing them with the Treasurers
of Towns.
, On motion of Mr. Harding, that . the Committee
on the Judiciary consider the expediency of sc
amondi n» chap. 242 , sec. 4, of the Statutes of 1837.
as to compel courts to imprison in cases specified—
also requiring all persons convicted of sell ing intox-
icat ing drinks , to enter into recognizance with sure-
t ies to keep-the peace.
On motion of Mr. Baker , that the, Committee on
Mercantile Affirirs consider the expediency of prov id-
ing for the reduction of the rates of inspecting sole
leather.
The orders of the day were then taken up, and
the bill authorizin g Thomas R. Whorf , Jr. to build
a whdrf , was passed to be engrossed.
, Thursday , Jan 24.—Senate.—Mr Hilliard , from
t he Gomm 'ttee on Fisheries , on t he petition of John
Cook , Jv. and others , reported a bill for the protec-
tion of the fisheries in the vicinity of Nantucket.
Read and ordered to a second reading.
House.—The Speaker announced as the Commit-
tee on the Senate order relative to secret ballot ,
Messrs. Plimpton of Boston , Covvdry of Stoneham ,
Kimball of Salem , Bliss of Cheshire , and Bates of
Grany ille.
The bill authorizing Thomas R. Whorf, Jr. to
build a wharf , was passed to be enacted.
The petition of Freeman and William A. Atkins
for authority to build a marine railway in Province-
town , was presented and referred.
Mr. Dinsmoor of Lowell , from the Committee on
Elections , reported that that committee have exam-
ined the credentials of 297 members,arid found them
satisfactory except in three instances—those of
Messrs. Gifford *
of Duxbury, Kingman of South
Reading, and Nickerson of Harwich—where there
were slight informalities in the returns.
Mr. Thorndike of Charlestown submitted the fol-
lowing order , w hich lays over under the lules :—
Ordered-,—That the Special Committee of this
House , appointed to consider the expediency of di-
vidin g the cities and large towns into districts or
wards, for the election of representatives to the Leg-
islature , be instructed to consider the expediency of
amending th a constitution so as to provide , that in
all eases where the people fail to elect Senators at
the annual election s on the second Monday in No-
vembe r,-by a majority of votes for any distr ict , the
deficiency shall be supp lied in the follow ing man-
ner, viz:—On the ensuing fourth Monday in No-
vember , the qualified voters shall , in manner and
form prescribed for the annual elections aforesaid
vote for the persons who shall be found to have the
hi ghest number of votes in such districts , and not
elected , amounting to tw ice the number of Senators
wanting, if (here be so many voted for, and the
requisite number having the largest number of
votes sha ll be declared elected ; and no voles for
an y oiher persons than those specified shall be
counted .
Friday , Jan. 25.— Senate.—The bill authorizin g
Thomas R. Whorf , Jr., to build a wharf , was passed
to bo enacted.
House.—The petition of John B. Crocker , for
leave to build a dyke across Barnstable Harbor ,was
presented an d referred.
On motion of Mr. Munroe of Boston , the orders
of the day were taken up. The fi rst matter was ,
whether the report of the Judiciary Committee , that
the Plurality Bill oug ht not to pass, shou ld not be
accepted.
Messrs Barry of Hanover , and Stone of Charles-
town spoke in favor of the Plur ality Bill ; and
Messrs. Munroe of Boston , and Lawrence of Bel-
ehertown , opposed it- Mr. Schouler of Boston ,
closed the debate in a short speech , and then moved
the previous question.
The question was taken by yeas and nays, and re-
sulted : Yeas, 114 ; nays , 146 ; so the Bill was not
rejected , and it took its second read ing.
Revenue of San Francisco.—The first re-
port from the Collector of San Francisco has been
laid before the Committee of Ways and Means.—
The Collector commenced ths discharge of his du "
ties on November 12th , and the dutie s rece ived to
November 30th , eighteen days , were $113,000 ; ex-
pense in collecting $10,000. He is pay ing 929,000
per annum for a buil ding of four rooms in which is
transacted the custom house business.
As many—we bel ieve most—of the towns hold
their annual meetings next Monday, we take occa-
sion to recommend to the support of the voters, the
nomination for County Officers , which is found in
our columns.
For Commissioners , Messrs. Mayo , Lewis and
NYE , make a ticket wort hy of support , for many
reasons . They are all experienced business men-—
have had huge service of the peculiar prudential
and judicial natu re which constitutes the chief busi-
ness of the Board of Commissioners. They are men
of correct liberal , yet ecomonical views on matters of
publ ic policy. They are, also , well and properl y
located. Brewster , Barnstable and Sandwich , are
judicious points or post for the residence of these of-
ficers—at least for the next three years. We con-
fidentl y app.eal to the voters of all sections of the
County, belong ing to all parties , if in this respect
the ticket we are recommending, is not entitled
to their support , rather than that of the whi gs, the
local ity of all three candidates on which is included
in a circle of half a dozen miles radius—and the
westernmost of the three is at Bass River !
The foregoing remarks and recommendations
will , in all particulars , apply to our nom ination for
Special Commissioners. Mr. Wixon, of Dennis , is
extensivel y known as ent itled to confidence for his
business qualifications and experience , and his es-
tablished character for integrity and devotion to
whatever trusts are committed to him. At Fal-
mont h, also, no man enjoys more largel y the publ ic
con fidence and esteem that Sylvkstek Bourne,
Esq.
For Count y Treasurer , the Democrats have kept
in , nomination Charles Sears, Esq. of Yarmouth
—for the reason that no other , so good , man can be
found . We will not urge the propriety of electing
Mr. Soars—for any who do not see that it is the
very best selection ; and that it is their duty to vote
for him , as the best man , best located and best enti-
tled to the offi ce, are either too stup id to compre-
hend the most simp le and palpable facts , or wou ld
be too stubborn to listen to persuasion from us,
thoug h it were to procure their eternal welfare.—
Democrats , however , will, give the foregoing nomi-
nations their unanimous support—of this we are
certa in. To do any thing less than that , will be a
sin of important omission.
County Officers.
So.nator Dickinson—Disunion
The distinguished democratic Senator in Congress
from New York , in an admirab le impromptu speech
in the Senate , recentl y, further distinguished him-
self as an able and patriotic defender of the Consti-
tution and of the democracy of the North. It was
called out in reply to an injudicious denunciation of
the northern democracy as abolitionists , by Mr.
Clemens , the new Senator from Alabama ; and we
arc confident that it effectuall y took the sting out of
the latter Senator 's fury, which he then let fly.
We w ish we had room for Mr. Dickinson 's re-
mar ks in fu ll ; and they so truthful , and so directl y
meet our own views , and our own feelings so ardent-
ly respond to them , that we wi ll , at any rate, quote
at considerable length—and recommend the perusal
to our readers.
Mr. Dickinson said—
The northern sentiment upon the subject of sla-
very are in many respects ent irel y dissim ilar to those
of the South ; but when we are told that there must
be a sect ional issue raised because of this , let the
voice which so declares come from the North or from
the South , I stand here to repudiate it. The people
of the North regard the question of slavery as a con-
stitut ional guranty , precisel y as do the people of the
South , and as such are read y to respect it. It is the
political agitators in both sections who have made all
the mischief. Sir, take a small number of men out
of the northern and also out of the southern sections
of th is Union , and this accursed agitation could be
settled in less than a sing le week. I have not stood
up upon this question for any particular purpose ,oth-
er than to do my duty, and to stand by and sustain
the constitution. I am for maintaining the Union in
spirit as well as in form ; and I have deprecated the
assaults which I have seen made upon the constitu-
tion occasionall y in the non-slaveloldin g States , in
the refusal to deliver fugitives from serv ice accor-
ding to a solemn provision of that instrument ; but
th is, sir, I look upon as a matter which must be re-
formed at home , as it wil l be b)' a sound and health y
public opinion , when it shall set a just estimate
upon the interference of polit ical agitators , and con-
demn a morality that is purer than the fundamental
law. I desire to preserve in all its vi gor the glori-
ous in heritance which our fathers gave us—to see
the South secure in the full possession and enjoy-
ment of the ir constitutional rights. I have stood up
for them when I thoug ht them right ,regardlessof peril ,
and will now aid in shielding them from unjust and
improper aggressions upon their institutions. In this
strugg le numericall y they are. the weaker party ;
and althoug h , in the abstract ,I have the feeling com-
mon to all northern peop le , when I have seen the
South unjustl y assaulted and assailed ,my sympath ies
have been with them ; and I have exposed and de-
nounced not onl y the sectiona l agitat ors, but have
warned those aga inst exciteme nt whose views and
intentions are just , but who have been provoked by
just such wholesale sectional assaults as are now
heaped upon t he North by the Senator from Alabama.
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I believe that the great mass of the people of the
South are honest ,just , and generous , and t hat all
they desire is to remain secure in the possession of
t heir ri ghts. I believe too, sir , that the great mass
of the people of the North are equall y just and equal-
ly generous , true to the constitution , and that they,
too, desire nothing more than what they deem to be
the ir rights , and the rights of the whole people, and
best calculated to advance the honor of the confeder -
acy and the interest and happ iness of man kind.—
When rev iled , I will not revile again. I will by no
means repudiate the southern democracy. They
have too often proved themselves worth y ol the name
they bear. Nor , sir , upon the question of this Union ,
much and radicall y as I differ with them upon other
questions , will I repudiate the patriotic among our
opponents. * * * * * #
And alt houg h the Northern people are opposed to
the institution ot slavery, the great mass of them
have no intention or disposition to trench improper-
ly upon the constitutional ri ghts of the South , and
th is they will prove , should the occasion arise , even
thoug h they should sell their lives in her defence.
Sir , if it shotild come to the worst , as it never will ,so
firmly are the Northern peop le devoted to the Con-
stitution , and armed incendiarism should push- her
mad crusade aga inst the South , and she be placed
in peril , 1 am free to declare that for one , and so I
bel ieve would every patriotic man of the free States
who had a sword to draw , draw it in the defence of
their Southern brethren , and of t he rights guaran-
tied to them by a common compact, anil stand by
them to the death. [Applause. ] But , sir ,they will
onl y stand by her when she is ri ght , and so long as
she is so, no swords wil l be called into requisition ,
except aga inst a foreign and a common foe.
Northern agitators and Southern agitators will
find themse lves side by side in their errand of mu-
tual mischief . And the great mass of the American
peop le wil l look upon this Union as it is, and upon
Southern rights and Northern rights as they are,
and will stand by them and protect them. °Our correspondent at Piovincetown , under
date of 21st inst., furnishes us with the following :
Whale Captured.— On Monday morning last,
a fine right whale came into the harbor of Province -
town to see how matters stood there. About an
hour afterwards Capt. Ebenezer Cook and a boat 's
crew made fast to him , and after a severe battle ,
with the assistance of two other boats, succeeded in
captur ing him , and took him to the shore. He yields
about 50 barre ls of oil.
Vessel on Fire—About the same tirpe,on Mon-
da y, schooner Clara , Quinn , of Provincetown , from
Boston to finish loading for Wilmington , N. C, took
fire from lime in the hold , and but for the exertions
of the Engine Company and the citizens , who un-
bent the sails and threw the cargo overboard ,
must have been destroyed with everything on board.
Her cargo consisted of 100 casks of lim e,500 barrels
potatoes, 500 boxes herrin g, and 100 sacks of tab le
salt. The vessel was slightly injured. Damage on
cargo, about $600.
Legislature.—Nothing particularl y in teresting
cal ls for notice from us under this head. A bill for
the election of Members of Congress by a plurality
instead of majority, after one unsuccessful trial , has
passed the House—but it is thought it will be killed
in the Senate. The House has begun to meet at
eleven o'clock in the morning—that 's some improve-
men t.
A Prize.— A large winter Shark was drove
ashore in the storm of the 20th inst., at Cotuit Port.
It was 15 feet in length , and his liver made 15 gal-
lons of oil.
The celebrity which Mr. Simmons of Oak
Hall, Boston , has gained for successful competition
in the prices of Clothing, must be env ied by some of
his compet itors. His House always controls the
market prices. Go there and look at his goods, and
you can then jud ge for yourself.
iarihe Chairman of the Committee on Mercan-
ti le Affairs and Insurance , reported a bill in the
House of Represen tatives , on Saturday, to aut horize
Alexander Baxter to construct a Marine railway, at
Lewis Bay in Barnstable Harbor , extending three
hundred feet into said harbor.
<§rThe second of the course of Lectures at the
Methodist Chapel , on Friday evening last , was de-
li vered by Rev. Mr. Stearns, and was an extremel y
interesting one. The House was well filled. The
Rev. Mr. Bellows , will deliver the third of the course,
at the same place , next Friday evening.
Igg-It commenced snowing in this place, with the
wind to the N. E., Monday night.
Vessels Sold.—Within a few days seven ves-
sels of the Gloucester fleet have been sold ; schrs.
Kentuck y for $2700; the John Prince for $2200; the
Wm. II- Steele for $3100; the A. Parker. Jr. for
$3350. The Lamartine , Ida, E. Davis , and sloop
Washingt on—the others sold—belonged to Annis-
quam. Most of these schooners are but 3 or 4 years
old , and have gone to Yarmouth , Dennis , and other
towns on Cane Cod.—[ Gloucester News.
Marr ied , in Greenwich , Conn., by the Rev. Eli
phalct Peck , Mr. David Peck to Miss Deborah Peck
Three Pecks we find have here begun ,
To make two different Pecks but one ;
But vain their labors we shall see,
For let them pass of months a score,
Three Pecks will be increased to four ,
Am) then a bushel there will be.
Sailors' Wages from California.—A let-
ter of the earl y par t of November , from Californ ia,
states that the Captain of the Architect had some
time before been offering sailors at San Francisco
the sum of $1500 for the passage to New York.
Sai> Death of a Child.—A child , aged nine
years, of Jacob Hi les , at Lafayette , N. J., got access
to a jug of liquor in the house , and dran k so much
that it died next day.
Robbing an Honorable Legislator.—The
Hon. William Q, Starbuck , Senator from Nantucket ,
reports at the Marshal's Office , that he had stolen
from his hat in the Senate Chamber on the 19th inst.
a pair of gold bowed spectacles of the value of $10.
[Boston Traveller.
The Fruit of Industry.—Mr .Jones, driver of
the Duxbury and Scituate stage to Cohasset and ex-
press agent between those towns and this city, has
been emp loyed on that line for about 35 years. He
commenced life a comparativel y poor man , and is
now worth $40,000. He never drank a glass of in-
toxicatin g liquors in 'his life.— [Boston Bee.
One of the California Congressmen , Mr. Gilbert ,
was formerl y a journeyman printer in the office of
the Albany Atlas , and went out as a volunteer in
Col. Step henson 's regiment. The other Mr. Wright ,
was formerly a trader at Nantucket.
Compliment to an Editoij —The political
friends of John II. Warhind , editor of the Lowell
Courier , gave him a complimentary supper recent-
ly, and , what was more substant ial , a gold watch i
chain and seal, worth $125.
Mrs. Parlington , according to the Boston Post,ex-
presses great apprehension that the people in Cali-
fornia will bleed to death , as every paper she picks
up announces another vein opened.
Sensible.—A correspondent of Burritt 's Chris-
t ian Citizen says that the cash system is the onl y
one on which any periodical should ever be publish-
ed—the onl y j ust one to all concerned , publishers ,
editors , printers and readers.
Warm Preparation.—An old bachelor in coun-
selling a youn g friend , cautioned him in this man-
ner:— "Ne'er take a wife till thou hast a house (and
a fire) to put her in ."
Whether we laug h or cry, creep or hop, tremble
j or rage, hope or fear , bel ieve or doubt , we shall all
! meet in the grave. But there is one thing that will
profit us—a clear prospect ; and one thing that will
endure—justice ; and one thing which meditate for
us— love.
Quick Work.—Latel y, in the north of Devon
the following remarkable occurrence took place :
A lady was baptised in the mornin g at nine , eon-
firmed at ten , and married at eleven o'clock in the
same day.
The Portsmouth Gazette says that the schr. Ed-
win Haven ,has returned to that port dismasted .after
an unsuccessful search for doubloons supposed to be
burr ied on Corn Island , Spanish Main. ' Like many
ot her golden dreams , this has proved to be " all a
dream."
A company called the Newport Fishing Compa-
ny has been formed in Newport , R. I. The compa-
ny own three new schooners , and will start about
the 1st of May on their voyages. The shares $500
each.
There are nine persons in prison at Cincinnati ,
charged with murder.
Trust him litt le who praises all—and him less who
censures all'—and him less who is indifferent about
all.
Lady Miners in California—A you n*
from Maine , writin g to his friends , from Califo "0
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says that his party found , near the Sacramento ^
almost thirty miles from any other digging, t» ^
tclli gent and beautifu l young ladies. With n
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tendant except an old grey headed negro, ^h
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they had enticed to accompany them .and '
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servant of the father of one of them. The eld
these girls was not twenty. It seems their imso- °f
tion had become excited by the gold stories *)
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they had heard ,and they had determined to try th ^
hands at mak ing a fortune. The old ne«rn «.„
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work , and was left in the camp durin g the J. •'
look after the household affairs and keep watch \
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t he gifls pursued t heir mining operations. lyi
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the party reached the ir camp, the old darky "
alone in it—but the girls came in during the 1 *'
and received their visiters hospitably . 'Phe •
pressed no fear of being molested or robbed *"
said that they should leave for home when thev K
accumulated $10,000 ; they had alread y gmj,
$7,000. They were from Florida ,and the youiT"
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ran away from school to enter npon the cxpedY
A Dishonest Sailor.—A man called pr. ¦
W. Hill , mate of the schooner Grafton lyinn Hi p.
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No. 7, East ri ver ,was arres ted yesterday,on a cha n
of stealing from the cabin of said vessel a $20 bill "?
the Barnstable Bank , together wit h a silver watch
valued at $25, the property of Grafton Sears th '
master of the schooner. On searching the chest f
Hill , a $20 on the Barnstable Bank was discovered
corresponding exactl y with the one stolen from th
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ca ptain , and subsequentl y the accused finding tha
the captain intende.d fo prosecute , offered to sett!
the matter. The facts as set forth , showing strew
suspicion of guilt on the part of the accused , Justic
Lothrop committed him to prison for trial. [New
York Herald , Jan. 20.
Reported Shipwreck.—A letter dated San
Diego , Nov. 18, to the Now Orleans Delta , says:
a distress ing report is in circulation , that the bark
Col. Freemont , bound hence for San Francisco,with
100 passengers , has been foundered at sea, and that
all on board have perished. We have no particu-
lars , and trust that the repor t may prove unfounded
but fear t hat it is too true." The bri g Col. Free-
mont , at the latest da tes, was trading and cftrl-yin*
passen gers between San Diego and California , but
rumors of the above character were very frequent
on the coast , and usua ll y turn out to be incorrect.
[Baltimore Sun.-
The New York Evening Post states that Jonathan
Hunt , Esq., whose mysterious disappearance about
two years since , is probabl y in the recollection of
man y of onr readers,has at length been seen in Eng-
land. The idea was generall y entertained that he
had been drowned. He possessed a large fortune
which , after all hope of his recovery had been given
up, was regu larl y adm inistered upon. He was seen
by a gentleman of New York who had known him
well , and whom he informed that he had passed two
years in travelling throug h different countries in
Europe.— [Boston Journal.
Success of Steamer Senator.—Mr. Dnri-
vage writes to the New Orleans Picayune— "The
Senator has made several very successful tri ps to
Sacramento , and gone and returned full of passen-
gers. She averaged 250 passengers each tr ip. Her
rates are, cabin passage $30, deck passa ge $20 ,for a
state room $5, and for meals $2. She had made the
run in less than eight hours,and her accommodations
are so luxurious , after the cramped and dirty cabins
and dec ks of the launches and schooners that bave
heretofore carried all the passengers , that every one
is deli ghted with her. The owners were offered
$100,000 for her shortl y after she arrived. They
will realize every cent of that sum the first month."
[Boston Courier.
Money from Criminal Business.—In his re-
port , Mr. Parker , county attorney for Suffolk,makes
the followin g statement :—
"In addition to the great number of persons sent
for long periods of time to the several pen itent iaries
for adults and minor , the Sheriff of this County has
received in money, for fines and costs imposed by
this Court within the year (1849); the sum of eigh-
teen thousand four hundred and ninety eight dollars
and fifty one cents, and the Jailor has received for
like fines and costs paid at the Jail .upwards of twen-
ty five hundred dollars ; and Mr. Parker has collec-
ted and paid over to the State Treasurer within the
year eleven thousand two hundred and seventeen,
dollars and eighty four cents—collected from the
public justice ," making a total of thirty two' thousand
two hundred and sixteen dollars and thirty five cents,
real ized in money from the proceeding in one year
in the Munci pal Court of Boston.
" All same So."—The Chinese sailors who were
picked up at sea , and brou ght into Boston by ship
Coquimbo several months ago—and were befriend-
ed here by Captain Josiah Sturg is, of the revenue
cutter , who clothed them and procured by subscri p-
tion the means of sending them home in the Helicon
—arr ived safely in their own land , as we learn by »
letter from Captain Gore. Their return was thoug ht
to be a miracle , and the picture of Captain Sturg is>
which they exhibited to (he ir countrymen , was look-
ed upon with affectionate reverence. No doubt i'
will be multi plied all over the Celestial empire.
[Boston Post.
Another Wonder of California.—A lette r
from Major Emory, dated at Camp Riley, sout h of
San Diego, Au gust 20, says a river forty feet wide ,
and three or four feet deep.has appeared in the des-
ert betw een the mouth of the Gila and the moun-
tains. There was no river there in 184C, and the
water probabl y broke out between June 20, and Ju-
ly 1. It runs a little of North. A fine fresh water
lake has also been formed in that region , from the
back water of the Colorado. Major Emory thinks
the existence of water in the desert "must soon be
followed by the growth of grass ; and , if the river
continues , the route by the Gila ,'now much trav-
elled , wil l stand fair to rival all overland routes 1°
California. It is probabl y the onl y route within th e
limits of the United States that can be passed in
winter ,and the one upon which will concentra te tl'e
winter travel to the Pacific. "
A White Negro— The North Carolinian tells
a story of a slave , who has graduall y become white-
The change is supposed to have been caused by the
bite of a ra ttlesnake , which occurred some len <""
dozen years since. He was formerl y as black as a"
African , and now shows no sign of the negro except
the kinks in his hair .
A rusty shield prayed to the sun and said ," O sun!'
illume me with thy ray 1" To which the sun retort-
ed , "O shield ! make th yself clean !"
A woman 's affections, however strong, are senti-
ments when they run smooth ; and become passion3
onl y when opposed.
| THE PATRIOT.
Tuesday, January 29, 1850.
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BAmTSTABLS :
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
JEREMIAH MAYO, Brewster ,
THOMAS B. LEWIS , Barnstable ,
SETH F. NYE , Sandwich.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.
JOSHUA WIXON , Dennis ,
SYLVESTER BOURNE , Falmouth.
COUNTY TREASURER.
CHARLES SEARS, Yarmouth.
SJesisocratic Nominations.
Caucus.
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• The DEMOCRATS of the Town
JpS^JgiL of Barnstable , are requested to meet
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3 at the Town House.on SATURDAY
EVENING next , (February 2d ,) at 7 o'clock , for the
purpose of nominating candidates to be supported for
Town Officers, and for the transaction of any other
business that may be deemed necessary.
Per order of the Democratic Town Committee .
FREDERICK PARKER , Chairman.
Barnstable. Jan . 29, 1850.
Our nei ghbor sister, Maine , is abl y represented
in the United States Senate. Seldom , if ever , has
she been more so, in our estimation. Mr. Bradbu-
ry, of whom , and of Tvhose efforts the present ses-
sion , we have alread y spoken , is young and unas-
sum ing, and has waited with becoming modesty un-
til the present session , before he should very promi-
nentl y present himself to lead off in any important
or excitin g measure. He has done that , now, in a
manner which secures the confidence of the democ-
racy, that in him they have a champion and a de-
fender, able, ready and reliable.
Senator Hamlin long since , and in the other
branch , proved himself , to t he world , to be a sound ,
judicious , firm , consistent statesman—an honor to
New Eng land , and espec iall y cred itable to the
boundary state. lie needed to make no hurried
debu t in the Senate , when he first took a seat there ,
to excite attention. He has nowhere stood in need
of factitious disp lay, in order to enable him to take
the rank to wh ich merit entitled him. The Senate ,
at the organization of the present leg islative term ,
recognized in him the needful capacity and acquir-
ments—the. firmness and decision of character—the
sound jud gment , with the discreet action , of the well
versed business man—the everyway gratified states-
man , to place at the head of the important commit-
tee on commerce. His known integrity and devo-
tion to the right , and his established fame for perse-
verance in that right , warranted t hat selection ; and
the care he will besto w upon the important interest s
which will be submitted to his trust—both national
and individual —and his endeavors to meet out justice
upon measures ,and to men ,will be found ,we venture
to predict , full y justif y ing the high confidence re-
posed in him.
Cost of Boston Custom House.—The'final
act in the complet ion of the Boston Custom House
says the Courier , was performed last week , by mak-
ing up the account of the cost of the work. The
ent ire cost of the structu re has been $1,073,371 43.
iSlrDemocrats of Barnstable , attend the Caucus
next Saturday evening, at the Town House, to nom-
inate suitab le candidates to be supported for Town
Officers at the annual meeting to be holden next
Monday. Let there be a large mooting— and by
unitin g upon good men and true , it will do much
towards electing them tr iump hant ly.
^"A correspondent at Cotuit Port informs us
that fowl are selling hi that place for 20 cen ts per
pound , which beats the prices at Boston previous to
Thanksg iving.
Ten thousand steamers landed at Cincinna ti
during the past year.
Senator Hamlin—TJie Star in the East.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.] j
Mr. Editor :—"Macduff" lays on , wit h as little
regard to sense or syntax , as is evinced in the fa-
mous poem from the "new contr ibutor. " He may ,
"comprehend the true connexion between the ante-
cedent and the relativ e ;" but it is onl y by "lice nce1' ',
from A pollo , certainl y, that he could do such a sorry
retail business with that "connexion ," as in the
"poem" aforesaid. However , as the writer hereo f;
was never emulous of any hi gher fli ght , himself,
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than he could attain with the plain Ang lo- Saxon
prose ; he stands rebuked for his temerit y in ventur-
ing the critical suggestion which has so curdled !
"Macduff's" milk of human kindness ; and laments
his own ignorance of that "poetic license" which
calls dame nature , "the nursing mother of us all'1
—
with so unnatural a heart that she
'•¦ heeds not its [her infants] feeble cries
For nourishment; "
that Parnassian "/z'cense"—wh ich sends carniverous
bruin to grass, and make.s the leopard and kid ovipa-
rous !—vide the "poem :"
"The cow and bear the pastures graze,
While with the kid the leopard lays!'
Nurse Bottle.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Mr. Editor :—The renowned critic of a "re-
nowned physiologist" has shown his verdancy by
taking to his li ps the Nurse Bottle prepared for an-
other in a late number of the Patiiot. He evident-
ly is not weaned , or he would not relish the milk-
and-water product ion refered to.
And it would seem from the manner in which he
whines , that he is sick ; the contents of the "Bottle "
is too much for his stomach. I would advise him
not to prate much about poetic license. This may
sound well enoug h for such men as Longfellow and
Wh ittier , but from one , who , at best , can onl y tum-
ble down from plain prose to indifferent doggerel , it
is superlat ivel y ridiculous. I opine that "Nurse
Bottle " is able to read and understand Shakspeare ,
if he has not found out that nature is the universal j
mother of our race. And he knows , also, that it is
not safe "like wanton boys to venture far to sea on
bladders ," a truth which some wondrous critics have
failed to discover. Let Macduff and his favorite
contemporary beware how the y take the bottle , lest
they receive more than they can digest.
Jane Swisshelm, 2d.
[For the Barnstable Patriot .]
Mil. Editor—In the Patriot of the 15th inst. is
published an account of a fire kindled in the woods
near Hyannis Port by some boys. That account is
true , bu t as the Kil ley boys when cau ght irt the act ,
said that Henry, son of Mr. S. Lumbert had hel ped
them kindle the fire ,and since when questioned have
denied it , and now say that Mr. L's son Henry was
not with t hem ,but that it was some other Henry who
lived , they (the boys) did not know ,—there is rea-
son to doubt their statement. At any rate , such con-
tradictions do not prove Mr. L's son guilty, and I
make th is statement because Mr. L. believes his son
to be innocent , and feels aggrieved that the boys
shou ld have thus implicated him. * *