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Wedn esday , Feb. 13.—Senate.—The Grocers '
Bank petitioned for a renewal of charter , and bills
were reported concerning the removal of insane
convicts from Jails and ifouses of Correction ; con-
cerning grants for purposes of Education ; to pre-
vent the use of fraudulent marks and stumps ; relat-
ing to limited Partnershi ps; authorizing the Nor-
wich and Worcester Railroad to increase its cap ital.
House.—Various Resolves passed , and petitions
were presented and referred. A petition tor thu
secession of Massachusetts from the Union. This
last was laid on the table by u vote of 138 to 16.—
This vote , however , was reconsidered , and the peti-
tion was referred to the Committee on the Judicia-
ry, as was also another one immediatel y afterwaids
presented from the citizens of Fituhbur g for a simi-
lar purpose.
Pursuant to assignment , both branches met in
Convention for the choice of State Auditor. The
whole number of votes was 248,of which D.ivid Wil-
der, Jr., Esq , had 240 and was refle cted.
Mr. Baldwin .of Pl ymouth ,announced to the House
the deat h of Francis Johnson , E
Thursdax , Feb. 14. Senate —-Petitions present-
ed : of Asa Sellew and 135 others of Provincetown |
and Truro , for an alteration of the act authorizin g
the construction of a hig hway across the East harbor ,
in Truro ; of Watson Crocker , for leave to build a !
wharf in Provinoetown.
Mr. Jenkins , from special committee , presented a
report and resolves containin g a plan for ihe next
valuation and apportionment of the Commonwealth ,
and providing for a Commission consisting of 13
Senators, and 27 Representatives.
House.—Petitions presented : of Jesse Boy den and
511 inhabitants of Sandwich , for the abolition of the
punishment of death for crime ; of Town of Dennis ,
for alteration of act of 1825 relatin g to fishing in that
(own ; of Jus. Small of Truro , that part of said low n
may be set off to Provin cetown.
A bill was reported , requiring onl y three davs '
notice of intentions of m.irriage , said' notice to be
given to the Town Clerk.
. FniDAY , Feb. 15.—Senate.—The eoi uniltee on
Manufactures reported a bill to increase the Cap ital
of the Plymouth Corda«e*Co.
Ordered , that the Committee on Railways and
Canals consider the expediency of altering the form
of the annual returns of Railroad Corporations.
House.—Onl y a few petitions were presented
several of them being for a change in the license
laws.
Passed to be enacted—Bills—in addition , &c, in-
corporating the City of New Bedford .
Pursuant to assignment ,both branches met in con-
vention at 12 o'clock , for the election of two State
Directors of the Western Railroad , and a committee
was appointed to receive the votes.
Messrs. Lawrence and Griswold were elected.
The orders of the day were then taken up, and
•tindry matters therein (mostl y private bills) were
advanced one intermediate stage.
Massachusetts jLegisinJisre.
Capt. Ika Bunsu:v, who commanded the packet
shi p Ilottingner , the wreck of which is mentioned in
the forei gn news, was a natiw. of I'arnstable. lie1
commenced a seafarin g life at an earl y age , and by
his manl y upri ghtness , energy, boldness , and skill ,
soon rose to the command of a shi p. In that capac-
ity, he sailed several years out of this port. For
many years past , he has sailed between New York
and Liverpool as commander of a packet shi p, and
was admitted to bo one of the most experienced
captains in the trade. The shi p IIolti ngne ,r,of which
he was part owner and captain , sailed from Lner-
pool on the 10th nil., and on the 12th struck on
Blackwatcr Bank , off the Coast of Wexford , and
must have been seriousl y damaged , for the passen-
gers and part of the crew were sent ashore. Likea
true sailor , he Stuck to his shi p, while a hope of sav-
iiijf her remained ; and great must have been the
confidence of the crew in hisskiil ,for thirteen of them
volunteered to share his (ale. In case of shi pwrei k ,
when a chance of escape presents itself , none b ut
volunteers will remain. The commander who has
confidence in himself , can generall y command the
confidence of his ciew. (,'a pt. Buinlev was even-
inch a sailor—lie had passed throii 'di all the grades
of his profession—he knew what men ,resolve d,would
endure and dare in the discharge of their duty, and
in the hour of peril was read y to face the worst .—
"With skill superior glowed his darin g mind. '1 But
neither skill nor daring could save him and his gal-
lant crew . Their shi p was driven from one rot k.
onl y to be dashed upon another , and every soul on
board perished in her ruins. It may be said that he
ought to have abandoned her when the passengers
were sent ashore ; but , let it he borne in mind , 'tint
a change of wind ,moderate wei\lhcr ,or a spring tide ,
might have floated ihe shi p oft", and then she would
unquestionabl y have been taken possession of by
•ome of the numerou s vessels continuall y eiuising in
that vicinit y, and perhaps have been broug ht into
port. Then the cry would have been ,"he was fri ght-
ened and deserted his shi p loo soon." Like a true
sailor, he preferred death to the probability ofbeing
charged with neglect of duty , lie died with his no-
ble crew "ere infirmity, disease , or age had broken
their spirits. " Deep ly as we regret their lose, and
sincerel y as we sympathize with their bereaved
friends—their trul y heroic daring, and their devo-
tion to duty,"awaken to us admiration as well as sor-
row. Capt. liursley was 51 years of age. As a
mark of respect to his memory, the shi pp ing of this
port wore their colors at half mast all Saturday.
[Boston Alias.
Thk Supposed Murder near Layvhexck.—
The Traveller understands that a young man em-
ployed in one of the mills of Lawrence , has been ar-
rested upon susp icion of knowing something of Ihe
matter. lie formerl y paid attention to Miss
~
Adains.
but when arrested , assorted that he had not seen her
since Christmas , when , as he said , she was on her
way to this city. It has sinco been ascertained ,how-
ever, that he was in her company eight days after
hu said he had last seen her.
Loss oif Bark Velocity.—The bark Velocit y,
(of Chatham.) Capt. Joshua Atkins , sailed from Sa-
vannah for Boston on the 29th ult., with a cargo of
rice and cotton , and on Sunday morning last , about
four o'clock , she went ashore at Brid gehampton , L.
L, and will become, a total loss. The officers and
crew succeeded in saving th eir lives ; but Captai n
Atkins and two men were severel y injured in "et-
ting ashore. Some of ihe cotton may bo save d in a
damaged state , but there is no hopes of savin" 'my
of the rice.—[New York Herald. ° ' '
Philadelphia , Feb. 12.—The original manu-
scr ipt copy of Washington 's Farewell Addiess was
«o!d at auction today. It was started at S500, and
was knocked down at $2300 to the Rev. Dr. Board-
man ,who purciiased it for a gentlem an at a distance.
Dkstbuctiom of a California Ship.—The
telegrap h reports that the shi p Russia , with a full
cargo of provisions, for San Francisco, look fire a!
the Balize of the Mississi ppi , on or previous lo 8th
mst., and was consumed. The Russia hails from an
Eastern port —[Boston Journal.
A California Hog.— A California letter writer
tells about a hog which hud got his livin g in the
woods until hu wei ghed 550 pounds , wheif he was
slaughtered and sold for the neal liitle , sum of $600 !
A piri
cient (we didn 't say stvindling) managers of the Road.
We, this week , givu place to the arti cles of two
correspondents touchin g the affairs of this Road—
and the more length y one, which we know to be,
trul y, fi om "A Stockholder ," re\iews and analizes
the statement in the. Observer , so much in detail ,
thai we think it needless for us to do so. We call
attention to that communic ation. It is evdient that
the writer has endeavor ed to make out something
icliable—and encourag ing too— from the exhibit of
the affairs and stati stics of the Road. But Ihe same
confusion and contradi ction have slood in his way.
And he calls , as it seems lo us he has a right to call
—and as all the stockhold ers should call—for some-
thing more intelli gible,; something, at least , explan-
atory of what the Directors have permitted , now
these three weeks, to remain before the public as
representin g (heir condition uf their affairs ; and
which is grossl y bung ling and contradictor y .
If , in alluding to one or two items and statements
in the exhibit made by t he Register and Observer ,
we shall be thoug ht by our fastidious contemporaries ,
as meddlin g with what does not concern us , because
ice own no stock, we now crave their pardon , in ad-
vance. Or , if some of the equall y fastidious stock-
holders , themselves ,incline lo rebuke us, because we
feel more solicitous that Ihe.y be correctly informed
than they seem to be, themselves , wo beg them also ,
to excuse us. If we should exhibit any show of
"hostility to the road ," which we have so often been
accused of entertainin g, we beseech tire gentlemcrd y
Directors especiall y, and all intereste d , to believe
us, that i( is only show—and that we arc now, better
fi iends than ever brfore ,o( this most unfor tunate con-
cern ! This grows out of our very nature and dis-
position—to sympathise , more deep ly,and sincerel y,
with any concern ,the deeper it gels itself into inextri-
cable difficulties. ¦
But , first—the cost of ihe Road. Is there ever to
be any end to its cost ?—its "first cost'1
we mean ,
commonl y called "construction ?' Is th e "constrtic-
iion account '' of this It.iad ever to be closed ?
Mr. President Page,in his Report to the stockhol-
ders last June , told them that the Road had then
cost $593,380 32—and that a "small number of claims
for laud damages and oilier unadjusted matters were
still outstandin g " then , which would "probabl y swell
the total cost lo $000 ,000 or upivard. " Well , now ,
on the 1st. December just six months more (accor-
ding to the Reg ister and Observer , both) the cost of
the Road is SGI6 ,750 94.
Here is an addition to the cost of the Road ,in onl y
six months of more than twenty three thousand dol-
lars !—and near SI 7,000 more than Ihe sum the Pres-
ident named as probabl y to be leached as the "total
cost .'" Now , has the "total cost" been yet reached ?
Is that "small number of claims for land damages "
finall y disposed of? No, we know it is not. We
know there sire several "other unadjusted matters
sull outstandin g. How much higher the "probable
swell" of tho "total cost '' now rises , we don 't know
as the President now undertakes to estimate.
Next , tho nuWicr of Merest. The statement now
put forth , tells us that the "average rale of interest
paid is 7 1-10 per cent." This has been paid on the
Bonds of the Company, say SI 71 800 00
Floalin g Debt , SS3,733 38
Less Bills receivable , 20.609 9.1
• 65,129 15
$236,929 15
7 and 1-10 per cent interest on this debt amounts
lo the sum of SlG ,821 95.
This is for interest on the debts they owe, alone.
But where has this interest been charged ? We see
no item in tho statement put forth , where , it could ,
with propriety, have been charged. Does it remain
to be deducted from the "Net Income ?" or has it ,
again been charged to "constructio n," as it was in
the President 's Report ? If the latter is the dispo-
sition of it , then it is properl y lo bo deducted from
the earnings in order for stockholder s to know how
much they are gaining ahead. Well , the statement
of the Register and Observer make the. "Net In-
come " for the year ending Dee. 1, '49, 20 ,130 23
Deduct the above amount of interest , 16,821 95
Leaving for dividend ;j 3^ 2$
! Cape Coil Branch KaiJ Road.
So that a Road which has cost $600,000 can divide
fro m its earnings for a whole year , 3,314 28 or a little
over half of one per cent ! But it must i>e remem-
bered that nothing is allowed for depreciation of the
road (not of the stock, but of the bu ilding s and mate-
rials ami equi pments)—this , by piudent Directors
of other new roadsis allowed at lO percent ! Where
do the stockholders of thu Cape Cod Branch find
themselves ? No intere st allowe d on the Cap ital
paid in—and yet , out of the earnings of Ihe road .for
a year , they can get but half per cent on the cost of
the road , which has depreciated ten per cent ! And
all the time , we. hear , throu g h the Register and Ob-
server , a talk about the wond eifn l business the load
is doing .
'—earning 6 per cent on the old and 3 per
cent on the new stock !—and such like criminal non-
sense.
We have pmsued thi» subject farther th an we in-
tended ; but we oug ht in justice to notice one of the
addit ioi.id stall meuts of tie 01.se ru'i. It i.-t hiV
"Tlie net earni ngs of the last six months are over $13 -
000." The last was undo ubtedl y more profilable
than \Ui < first half of the year—so it will , probabl y,
always be. lint call the income of the whole year
to come $26 ,000, if you please ; and deduct nothing
for interest on Bonds and Floating Debt nothin g
for depreciation—but charge all these to construc-
tion again ; and then , even this amount pays less
than four and a half per cent on the cost ; while the
depreciation alone is twice that amount at least.—
More light is wanted , certainl y .
We record with much regret , the death of this es-
timable townsman and sea-captain , who died in this
village last Thursday, the 14th inst., after an illness
of several months , from chronic dysentery, at the
age of thirty-five years.
In A pril of last year , he left his home here, in the
full health and strength of prime manhood , lo take
command of the "Encarnacion ," a fine bri<» , and
sailed from Boston on the 29th of that month. On
the eleventh of Jul y following, while doublin g Cape
Horn , the Enearnacion was thr own down and dis-
mantled in a gale, and obli ged to put back to Rio ii
distress. Here she was condemned , the voyage
abandoned , and Capt . Lewis returned to Boston ,
where he arrived in January, in a precarious state
of health , havin g contracted the disease of which
he died and otherwise inj ured his health by wreat
exposure and fat i gue during his shi pwreck and
passage back to Rio.
A wife is left ,who deep ly mourns this early separ-
ation from the companion of her youth and affection.
Aged parents , a brother , and numerous friends de-
plore their mutu al loss and bereavement.
Capt. Lewis was a member of the Cape Cod Lodge
ot Odd Fellows , and his remains were interred last
Sabbath from the Unitarian church in this villnge .by
the impressive rites of this ordeiyinder the direction
of Charles Lewis, N. G. aided b£ John A Baxter
Marshal , and Brothers David Bursley, and Lothrop
Hinckley , Assistants—prayer havin g been offered at
the house of the deceased , by Re v. Mr . Woodbury.
A requiem was here sung by the choir , the scri p-
tures read , and a prayer offered by Rev. Mr. Bellows,
and a sermon delivered by the Rev . Mr. Pope, of
Ilyannis. At the grave , the ritual prayer of the
Order was repeated by Dr. Allen , cha plain , and ev-
ergreen spri gs, the tokens of friendshi p mid remem-
brance were then strewn over the lamented Brother ,
and a last farewell taken. These services throug hout ,
were deep ly interestin g and solemn , speak ing lo
many hearts , a touchin g admonition of the mutation s
of life .
Thus has been removed from our midst , in the
most vi gorous season of ri pened manhood , an es-
teemed (itizen , who gave pioniue of much usefulness
as a member of the noble but hazardous profession
of a mariner , as also of this community, where his
absence will be lamented since there are so few of
its native young men who on going forth to the busy
world , return to "cast their lines '' among us.
On this mournful occasion, the assemblage at the
church from this and the neighboring villages , was
much »r«ater than we have seen there for many
years.
g®"Tlie death of Mr. Francis W. Bacon, son
of Ebon Bacon , Esq., of this lown , the news of
whose decease at Maeoa , in China , has been recent-
ly received , brings affliction and sorrow to many
hearts and homes where he was well known and
much loved. At Ihe ago of twent y-five , he yielded
up the asp irations and hopes of that buoyant ,bri ght-
ening period of earl y manhood , and resignedly pass-
ed from lime to eternit y . Thoug h in a far distant
foreign land , he was surrounded by many of his
countrymen , who were as brothers in his season of
mortal trial .
In this death our commun ity are again called to
regret the loss of a promising young townsman , and
to add another naftie to the alread y large catalogue
of those who have gone from ns, lo return no more.
There is not another section of New England
where so many of its native citizens meet their last
hour on the solemn deep, or in some distant land , as
here , on this isolated Cape , nor can there be anoth-
er where the loss of so many of its young, enter-
prising and valued peop le,is so severel y felt or where
it makes such wide breaches and deep inroads on its
prosperity and social condition.
Anni versary Lkcture before the Cape Cod
Lodge of Odd Fellows.—The Rev. Mr. Sanger of
Sandwich .by inv itation of Ihe members of this Lodge,
I delivered on Wednesday evening of last week , its
first anniversary, Lecture . It was upon the benefits
of the Institution and was a hi ghl y finished literary
' product ion ,—affording the aud ience much informa-
tion in relation to the Institut ion , if it did not full y
enli ghten t hem upon the mysteries of the Order.-—
The Hall of the 1. O. of O. F. was crowded to over-
flowing, and t he Lecture listeced to with breathless
attent ion throug hout.
The Lectures which have been delivered in this
place during the winter have heen for the most part ,
well attended , and there is not to our mind , a surer
indication of the literary taste of a community, than
is afforded by the encouragement whk.Ii is extended
lo lecturers on rel igious ,liierary, or scient ific subjects.
Coxguess.—Nothing of importance has been done I
in Congress durin g (he past week , except t he pas-
sage of the Revenue Bill ,and discuss ing the Slavery j
question. Mr . Calhoun still continu es"
very feeble,i
and it is not now expected he will be able to speak
upon this question.
feril is expected that Dr. Sears and Mr. Charles
Northern! will lecture in this place, somet ime dur-
ing next week , at which lime it is hoped a conven-
tion for discussing the great interests of education ,
will meet. Due notice will ho given of time and '
place in our next paper.
SH"For the reports of several of the Town Meet-
ings in this County, we arc indebte d fo the Tar-:
mout h Reg ister.
Death of Capt. Robinson Lewis.
The Register's hoped for ability to notice this sub-
ject more at length , has dwindled down to Ihe ad-
mission of the painfull y puerile effort of some
Barnslable correspondent. Wo seldom treat con-
temptuously, ;my scribbler who thinks fit to notice
us, but , reall y we cannot condescend very gravel y
to rep ly to , or attempt to aigne with , the wise-acre
who has volunteered to hel p the Reg ister out with
its insinuations. Too much of "Looker-on " 's com-
munication is sill y, childish twatlle , lo merit notice;
the rest is chiefl y downri ght falsehood ; and alto-
gether too feebl y put forth to need any other treat-
ment than so to denominate it.
Not a word of our slatomunt last week relative to
the union of Ihe Whi gs and Free Soilers is denied ;
nothing of it controvert ed. He has a good deal to
say about "my op inion ;" "/aided ;" "/ regretted ;"
tells of the arrangement being "un k n o w n t o me,"
and such like egotism ; and , reall y, if the Barnsta -
ble Whi gs don 't hereafter pay more deference to
this man 's op inions and desiies , than they hitherto
seem to have done , Ihey may expect to find them-
selves beyond hel p from counsel or conli nance , ere
long 1 The idea of this vain sap-head tellin g "t he
citizens of Barnstable ," that they are "flattered and
hoodwinked into the traces of "Locofocoism ," is
rather too sill y to be called even n joke. And after
being largel y outvoted for County Commissioners,
and defeated in their "union "' trial for Moderator
and for Selectmen , by large Democratic majorit ies,
then to claim a Whi g triump h, because the very
candidate for "Town Clerk" which Ihe Whi g caucus
"eschewed"' from their ticket to adopt a Free Soiler,
was elected by the lown , is a new specimen of Whi g
pre sumption , as well as a touching instance of glory-
ing in their treachery to their new allies.
Suicide.—Mr. Joseph -E. Stickney, of ths firm of
Brown , Lawrence & Stickney, Clothing dealers ,Bos-
ton , committed suicide on Monday morning week ,by
drown ing himself in the Back Bay, near the Wor-
cester Rail Road crossing, wh ile in a state of part ial
derangement. He had just returned from San Fran-
cisco , where he had been successfull y en gaged in
business for a year past. The deceased was about
32 years of age and was universall y respected and
beloved. He leaves a wife, but no children.
^"Rev. W. II. Ryder has removed to Roxbury,
Mass., and commenced his duties as pastor of the
Universalist Society in that place. The Churc h is
not yet read y for reopenin g ; but will be so in a few
weeks.
iSiTTho Post Master General has established a
Post Office , at Coluit in this County, and appointed
Rev. P. Fish , Post Master.
^"Steamer Cherokee , with the California mail ,
for Chagres, sailed from New York , on Saturday
last, at 3 o'clock.
gp"llon. J. W. Bradbury ,has our thanks for Con-
gressional documents.
l§i?"A very extensive fire occurred at New Or-
leans on Saturday last , destroy ing nineteen build-
ings, most of wh ich were large stores. The loss is
estimated at ,
r)00,000 dollars.
^"Several news articles intended for today 's pa-
per are necessar il y crowded out lo ma ke room Col-
our valued correspondents and advertisin g friends.
" marriage Consumm ated. "
lo the Editor of the Barnstable, Patrio t :
Dear Sir—The Editor of the Sandwich Observer has
favored the public with statistics of the Cape Cod Branch
Rail Road for the pa.«t year; milling, by way of supp le-
ment, that the -'fi gures give but a very imperfect ac-
count of the conditi on of the Hoad ," (something of a
left hand comp liment to the Directors ,) and that the
"net earnings of the last six months are over $13,000.':
But he makes the net income onl y $20,136 23 for the
last year. This result will no doubt disappoint those
who placed dependence , on the statement , so indus-
triousl y circulated , that the Road was earning 12
per cent on the new stock , and 6 per cent on the old.
For one, I am greatl y disappointed. I full y believed
the net income would exceed 830,000. This has led me
to compare the present report with the one made by
the President to the stockholders, at their annual meet-
ing- last June. The President stated that the number
of shares subscribed for, and those agreed to be taken
for contracts, was
3443 sha res at S100 per share is 8344,300
Capital stock paid in Dec. 1, 6 ms. after , 377,760
Yielding an available fund beyond means in June, of
833,450, of which 813,373 has been expended by the in-
creased cost of the Road , which deducted from amount
received for stck, pays into the treasury an available
cash fund of 820,077. Quite an item towards reducing
the floating debt.
But how stands this debt 1 The President reported
at the June meeting that the debt was
¦Tune 1, '49 $89,887 16 Dec. 1, '49 883,738 38
Notes receivable 11.127 50 Notes receivable 29.609 23
By this it will be seen that the floating debt has onl y
been reduced a little over $6000, leaving funds on hand
from stock account of about $15 000
To which add tho net income of the Road the
past year, as by the Directors ' Report , the
sum of 20]136
Total paid in to the Treasurer S35,136
This is av a ilabl e by their own showing, and if they
would realize their notes receivable , the sum of $20,609
would be aililed—making a sum which would reduce
the floating debt to less than $30,000. Another strange
contradiction to the usual course of business is, that the
notes , or debts , due to the Company, instead of de-
creasing as they should have done—if of value—an , by
some strange process, run np to over $20,000. Now
for the Company to obtain these notes, they must have
given valuabl e consideration. When an individual
gives out his note , he does so for value received. What
has the Company sold ? Shares it cannot be, as tho Di-
rectors return capital stock paid in 8377,750—therefore
this must be in cash , for a note given for shares , could
not be for stock paid in. It is ,nic ,ll0 Treasurer had
cash on hand , as it appenrs ,and if tho Directors saw fit ,
could have loaned it , and taken notes to be paid at a
future day. I name this as one way to account for the
increased amount of notes receivable; but such is not
to be for one moment entertained. They would not be
so unwise ; and I have no doubt it will , all in good
time , be explained , and what now appears intricate will
by the Treasurer be unravelled.
'] But tho most,satisfactory statement of all comes from
j the Sandwich Editor , viz : "The new stock has all been
I taken up ami the payments made yesterday fFeb. 1] on
j account of it , reduce the floating debt to $20.000"—i. c.
I the floating debt being, 1st of January, $83,738, is now
; onl y $20,000 ! This is a consummation long looked
for, and the Directors have now onl y to realize their
notes receivable , which , if good , can now he done in a
week—and tho entire floating debt is annihilat ed I This
fact has give n me not onl y pleasure , but hope. I Iook
i upon my shares as worth 25 per cent more now, than a
month since , and am not willing to sell at a price I
should gladl y have sold at a short lime since The Ed
itor further states that although the year 's net income wis
r'CST r -
tIie not i~o^.e>-t 6 nr.hs
was $13,000 leaving the net income for the first 6
I
months onl y ^000-but I fear ,nc Kditor attempts to
prove too much. !„ ,llrn;Ilg ,„ ,,te r,.csi(,cn t
,s ,.e]10rt
of last June , I find ho reported tho net income then on
hand, at $21,938 24—and it must be borne in mind that
the last 6 months of the year ending Ju no 1st, are the 6
months of the report to the present Legislat ure—and is
the same part which the Editor reprc-'ents as ear ning
onl y S7000. Well , if we take $7000 out of the net
earnin gs to June 1st, it will give th e carnincs of the fi.st
6 months to be S14,93S-!,emg S200o
"
n,orc than
the Editor makes the earnings to be of the last 6
months-showing, in fact, if figures do not lie. that the
earnings from Doc. 1st, 1847 , to Dec 1st , 1848, were
ful l as largo as from Dee. 1, 1848 , to Dee. 1, 1849.
The stockholders may now depend that , if the state-
ments of the Sandwich Observer are to be relied on
(and I devoutl y pray that they may) then, before the
next annual meeting the floating debt will be paid in
full , and leave money in the Treasury. The vote passed
by the stockholders that no dividend should bo paid
till the Company had paid off their floating debt , will
be null , and this year the stockholders can look for a
divide nd , and however small , it wil l {jive life and value
to the stock. Another way to prove the amount of
funds in the Treasurer 's hands , is to take the statement
of the President of the Road , as made to the stockhold-
ers last June.
He therein stated the net income for the
year ending June 1st , to be $21 ,938 24
From June 1, to Dec. 1, 1849, the Sandwich
Editor states the Road netted in 6 ms. 13,000
To which add the amount received in the
same 6 months for capital stock , being
the amount over what the stock account
stood June 1st 33,450
Making the total availabl e means on the
1st of December $68,388 24
To which if you please add the Sandwich
Editor 's state ment, that on the lstof Feb-
ruary , the amount for new stock paid in
that day, would reduce the notes payable
from $83,738 to $20,000, the amount to
liquidate that difference will be 6.3,738
Making the debit of cash account $132,126 24
After giving their statement a deliberate examina-
tion , I come to the conclusion , if their figures arc cor-
rect, that tho Directors, since the 1st of June last , hav e
received , including the amount then on hand , as availa-
ble funds the above named sum , from which they have
expended on construction account , and charged to cost
of Road , the sum of $13,373
Amount app licable to4iquidate in part, notes
payable as stated by the Sandwich Editor 63,738
$77 ,111
Leaving unappropriated the sum of 556,015—for it
must not ho forgotten that the income is net , and the
expenses of running the trains are paid for. I do not
see wh y the ttoad—if tho Directors will dispose of the
notes receivable they now have on hand—may not li-
quidate every demand on them , and have over $60,000
on hand by the 1st of next June ! To arrive at this re-
sult I have taken their own fi gures and statements. If
my conclusion is not correct , I shall be pleased to hav e
it explained ; for a true state of affairs is due to the
stockholders ; and what is not understood should be ex-
plained. A Stockholder.
Feb. 11, 1850.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Mr. Piiinnky—The livel y interest you have tak-
en in the affairs of the Cape Cod Rail Road ,and *the
watchful care you*show for the Stockholders inter-
ests, make me, as one of them , feel my obli gations
to you. Our Nantuck et friends , I see, have of late
started the project of extending the road to the
south shore of the Cape. The lay of the land is fa-
vorable , and the followin g estimate per mile of the
cost, may be of some interest to you and other
friends to the road—say ,
For land , $500 per mile.
Fencing, 500 "
Rai ls, 54 lbs per yard , 4100 "
Chairs and Spikes , 500 "
Sleepers, 550 „
Rail Road grading, including mason-
ry, for cow paths , culverts , grubing
and making read y to reeeive rails ,
say, 3000 "
Laying rails , gravelling up and engin-
eering, say 600 "
Total , $9,750 "
This may appear a very low estimate ; but the
most material part can be contracted for, at this
li me, at the above estimate ; say all the iron and
grading for $7100 per mile. In estimating $3000
per mile for grading and masonry, it is based upon
the fact that the present road , from Cohasset Nar-
rows to the DopoJ in Sandwich , did not cost $3000
per mile , includin g all the masonry, which alone
exceeded $500 per mile , and this work was done
under some disadvant ages that enhanced the cost
in consequence of Ihe road being run so far into the
low marsh , and from the haul ground. Many
thousand squares of earth were expended in filling
up spring and swamp holes, before a bottom could
be found , and the earth had to be carted a long dis-
tance , as any one will discover who rides over it.
Yet tho work has been well done, within the sum
named ; and I feel assured the road can he buil t to
the South Shore at a rale not exceeding $10,000,
and made read y to receive the eng ine and cars.
For depot and eng ine house at the terminus , anoth-
er estimate mint be made.
Do continue to e.ncourage our Nantueket nei gh-
bors. We want their aid ; the road needs their pat-
ronage , and ought to have it. Barnstable , and all
the Cape , too, want such an extension ; and , soon-
er or later , will have it. The sooner , t he better ,
then. Such an estimate as I give you above (and
it can be relied on , as far as it goes,) surel y must
animate every one , who wishes well lo the road and
desires the public convenience , to put forth exer-
tions for such an extension.
Yours, Fublicola.
LFor the Barnstable Patriot 1
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Mr. Editor :—The friends of the "new con, -
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voya ges, and no one could fa il of being struck -wul,
the ir pale , sickl y countenances , in the spring, which
was ow ing lo dyspepsia they had contra cted"
by t), eir
manner of liv ing, or in other words , he said , their
good wives had stuffed them as we would stuff swinel
Can we not derive a lesson from this severe hint t
Yours, &c, " Plum Cake."
Mr, Editor :—It has been suggested to me by
one of the unini tiated (wisdom is sometimes in tlio
month of fools) that the term Odd Fellow may menu
"cannot be divided ;" like the odd numbers. Unity
is odd. All that is not odd can be divided . Thence
the signi ficance ofthe term , which is such a puzzle
to the ladies. * *
For the Patriot.
Bayard Tay lor writes to the New York Tribune
under date San Francisco , Dee. 15, as follows :—
"•Not onl y is the heavies t part of business hero
conducted on cash piinci ples, but all rents , even lo
lod gings in hotels, are paid in advance. A sing le
bowlin g alley, in the basement story of the Wai-il
House—a new Hotel on Portsm outh-square—pre-
pays $5,000 monthl y. The firm of Findley, John-
son & Co. recently sold their real estate , purchased
a year ago for $20 ,000 , at $800,000; 25,000 down,
and the rest in monthl y instalments of $12,500.—
The purchaser , Mr. Steinberger , has since been of-
fered $12,500 monthl y, in advance , for the rent
alone , which would thus pay at once , the first cost of
the property. This is a specimen of the speculations
dail y made here. Those on a lesser scale , are fre-
quentl y of a very amusing character , but the claims
on one 's astonishm ent are so constant , that the fac-
ulty soon wears out and the most unheard of openi-
tions are looked upon as a matter of course. The
greatest gains are still made by the gambling tables
and the eating-houses. Every device that art can
suggest is used lo swell the custom ofthe former.—
The latter find abundant suppoi t in Ihe necessities
of a large floatin g population in addition to the swarm
of permanent residents. Rowe 's Circus,, which is
still here , does an immense business , and a large and
handsome theulre is about to be erected on ihe up-
,ier side of Portsmouth square. If conducted wiih
becoming order and decency Ihe latter establish -
ment will have a decidedl y moral effect , by dimin-
ishing the influe nce of a much greater evil.
The great want of San Francisco is Society.—
Think of a city of 30,000 inhabitants , peopled by
men alone! The like of this was never seen before.
Every man is his own housekeeper , doing, in many
instances his own sweep ing, cooking, washin g and
mending. A company of washmen are located at
the Fresh Water Pond/doing a drivin g business in
the laundry line. Many home-arts , learned rather
by observation than experience , here come conven-
ientl y into play. He who cannot make a bed , cook
a beefstea k, or sew u p his own ri ps and rents , is un-
fit to bo a citizen of California. Nevertheless ,since
the town has begun to assume a permanent shape ,
very many ofthe comforts of life in the, East are at-
tainable. A lamil y may now live here without suf-
fering any material privations ; and if every mairii'd
man , who intends spending some time in California
would bring his family wit h him , a social influence
would soon be. created to which we mi«ht look for
the happ iest results.
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There has been a vast improvement in the mf«n»
of livin g since my previous visit lo San Francisco.—
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Several huge hotels have been opened , whic h eqiud^,
in almost every respect the houses of the second clit>» '
in the Atlantic cities . The Ward House , kep t by
Col. Myers.and the. ST. Francis Hotel ,by the Mes?r«-
Parker , comp letel y throw into the shade all form'1'1
establi shments. The rooms are furnished with com-
fort and even luxury, and the fables lack few of tho
essentials of good living, according to a 'home' lai1""-
The sleep ing apartments of the St. Francis »i<" t'ie
best in California. The cost of board and lodjjii ' r
is $150 per month—which is considered unusu ally
cheap. A room at the Ward House costs $250
monthl y, without boardin< r . The prim iple rosm""
rants charge $35 a week ' for boarding, and there
are lod ging-houses where a berth or "bunk"—one
out of fifty in the same room—may be had for Se *
week."
A San i rancisco letter of Dec. 29, says :
"There is nothing that you can send out that «'"
pay. The market is glutted with most ofthe neces-
saiies of life , and of the few so much in donm""'
there will be a surp lus before yon could get an y °'
them out here. Two story houses , luniber , brick
and lime .sell best. Solar and hanging lamps arc »' ¦
demand ,and if I had broug ht some 'oiit .as Mr. S- ' ' .J
advised me to, I could have made a big spec. So,
too, wit h long boots ; they are from $50 (0 $80 per
pa ir ; but they will soon be plenty here. There arc
four months in the year , viz : November , December,
January and February, in which it is awful muddy-
This consi gn ing stuff to merchants here , is not prof-
itable for (lie owners. It is kept a spell ,then sold at
auction to pay the charges for storage, &e., and does
not net t he first cost. I've seen li quors, provisio;"1
hard ware, and vehicles , sold cheaper here than- in
Boston. It is the retaile r who slicks up the pricey
Don 't let the Price Current govern you. It isgi""'.
mon. I won't advise you to send goods." '
California Ite ms.
I THE PATRIOT .
Tuesday, February 19, 1850.
I _barnstablb"V
Mr. Editor:— In the last Patriot ,their is a short
communication respecting the Hyann is In stitu te ,
its Constitutio n , and Parker Pillsbur y—conc crninn
which I wish to make a few remarks. Parker Pills-
bury , it is true , lrctured before the Institute at the
urgent request of one or two meuibos, who vouch-
ed for his respectfu l deportment on the occasion —
The lecture was an historical one of some merit
but very badl y delivered. Five dollars was paid
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Pillsbury for his performance, an d he retired Hut
it seems he could not leave Hyannis witho ut indul-
"J
g himself in his accustomed abuse of the peo-
ple he visits , an d those who treat him well. "To
"" Wh om U m»y concern ," t hen , I have to inform
tliom that it is the op inion of those who1 know some
things , lhat Pillsbury dictated that communi cation
»i which his talents are lauded and p uffed, and one
of the "sma llest specimen "of mankind wrote it out ,
and sent it to the press. If furthei proof is want-
ed,the article itself betrays the "cloven foot'' of Pills-
bury, and his ingratitude for favors received , togeth-
er with the proverbial meanness of the peaked spirit-
ed spectacled fellow who signs himself G. The
Constitution of tho Ilyannis Institute has not been
altered or amended since its adoption , and it is likel y
to enjoy good health for time to,come, unless it falls
under the. care of Quack Pillsbury and Quack "G.,"
then no doubt it will soon "breath its last " for it is
well known what these prctende>s touch , they defile.
Hyannis. jj
For the Patriot.