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Massachusetts tegssSatus'c
Tuksdat Feb. 18.—Senate.—Tho bill to incor-
porate the East' Brid gewater lion company, was
passed to be enacted.
The petition of Asa Mann find others , tha t 1hysi-
ology &c. be taught in common schools , was presen-
oil and referred.
Bills concerning the Board of Education , was
passed to bo engrossed. _
The order for the appointm ent of a Jom Com-
mittee on Valuation and Appoi ntment was adop ted ,
mid the resolves for payment of the members ot the
ssine was passed to be engrossed.
House.—Petit ions , &c, were presented as follows:
S. Pease et al—severall y for a mechanics lien law ;
of-Fishers & Chap in and others , for a change in the
inspection laws of beef and pork—Severall y referred.
Orders accepted.—On motion of Mr. Sharp , of
Dorchester, the Committee on Banks and Banking
consider the expediency of amending the laws on
that subject ,so. as to provide that no Bank shall have
less than two officers , Cashier and Bookceper , to be
chosen by the' Directors.
Wednesday , Feb. 20.—Senate.—The Commit-
t«e on the Judiciary reported that the House bills—
in addition, &<".. for the due observance of the Lord s
day ; and to extend the powers of Collectors of tax-
es, ought not to pass.
Bills were reported—concern ing the distrib ution
and preservation of School Returns , &e.; to prot ect
ice intended for merchandise ; to incorporate the
to wn of Ilnmp dem
A Resolve was reported to fine Assessors for neg-
lect of duty under the . Volunteer Bill.
' House.—Sir. Tolman of Worcester presented the
remonstrance of Francis Jackson and others against
the action of the ,House , on Friday lastjn accepting
ths'
reportgivtng leave to withd raw on the variou s
petition s for secession from the Union , and moved
sh.it it be .referred to the Committee on the Judicia-
ry. This motion was rejected—5G to 121.
Mr. Codman of Boston moved that the roraon-
utrance, and on this the yeas and nays were ordered
—il to 125.
Mr. Enrle of Worcester moved to refer the remon-
•trancc to the Special Committee on Slavery. There
nui a long debate on this. Messrs. Earle and Tol-
•M»n of Worcester , Griswold of Greenfiel d ,Branning
ef'Tyring ham , an d Wilson of Natick , supporting the
commitment , and Messrs. Codman , Schouler and
Kimbrtll of Boston , and Hoar of Concord , opposing
it.
Mr, Williams of Taunlon demanded the previou s
question , which was ordered , thus cutting off the
motion to commit.
Th6 yeas and nays were then taken , and the mo-
tion giving leave to withdraw prevailed—yeas 192 ,
nays 63.
Thursday , Feb. 21.— Senate.—A bill from the
H,OUse , concerning County Taxes , was referred to ii
committee of which Mr. Jenkins was named chair-
m »n.
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House..—Tlis reports of the .Commissioners on
W«igh't« nnd Measures , and of (ho Commissioner ol
Manh pee and of Herring Pond Plantation , were re-
ceived and ordered to be printed.
A bill was reported authorizing Stephen Nickcr-
8sn to build a wharf in Provinrcto wn.
A debute took place on the question of instruct-
ing our Congressional delegation to endeavor to ef-
fort the abolition of spirit rations and flogg ing in thci
navy. Some members onl y go for the anti-grog re-
form.
Eocky Califoiinians.—The Hartford Times
says :— ,
"We are not without a few California 'fac ts " in our
own nei ghborhood. One man from New Hartford
who went out loss than a year ago in the Henry Lee
with 'about nothing, ' has como hack jing ling his long
bag of 820,000. lie says he feels thankful to Provi-
dence for his good luck , and ho has reason to. An-
other , chap formerly a clerk at Warehouse Point ,
went out prett y much the same as he came into the
world , and he iiow swings his 9f8O ,OOO. Another
man from the same town who failed , leaving debts
due to the amount of $90 ,000, went out. with a small
venture- of goods about two years ago. lie has just
bf.en realizing or li quidating his gains at San Fran-
r i«co, and finds himself possessed of $900 ,000 , ho-
»idp» -forty square miles of (he best timber land in
California. Ho \* lorome home in March and fetch
$300 ,000 of the yellow stuff with him for his friends
to see and perhaps to touch. These are a few of the
msm v stories which liitve come to us in a perfectl y
authentic and credible manner.''
The Mortality in California.— A loiter
writer for the Taunton Gazette , under date of Yu-
ba River , Nov. 17th , writes as follows :—
" To give you some idea of the way people die
hern , I will name a few instances :—One company
from Fairhavcn , of 40 men , have burried 10. A
man and four sons came from New York this sum-
mer ; one of the sons died on the Isthmus , one two
months since , here ; the father six weeks since , an-
other son two weeks since , and the last of the .f'amil y
in now in miserable health , and will soon follow un-
less he leaves the country. Another company ot
seven , lost f ive. Another of five losl f our, &«:., &c.
There is now on this bar si girl 14 years of age , and
an older and younger brother than Jiersvlf. who lost
this side of tho South Pass of the Eocky Mountains
their father , mother , brother , and sister .
A Fast Sailer.—Tho whuleshi p William Ham-
ilton , Capt. Hump hrey II. Shockloy, of this port ,ar-
rived at Tarpaulin Cove on Tuesday, in a passage
of 11.9 days from Sandwich Islands. The Win,
Hamilton has been absent from this port onl y twen-
ty one months ; and brings a cargo of 4000 barrels
of oil , 310 of which were taken in the Ochotsk
(Russian) Sea , during the last season . This makes
the third consecutive passage which the Win . Ham-
ilton has accomp lished from the Sandwich Islands
to this port within 120 days e.ich.—[New Bedford
Mercury.
The Fiianklin Expedition.—The Secretary
ef tho Navy has signified his disposition to extend
every 'f.ioility to the praisworthv enterprise projec-
ted by Mr. Grinnel l , of New York , for equi pping
vessels to prosecute the search after Sir John Frank-
lin ; and as soon as the proposition is submitted in
form, -he will select from the volunteers who will
doubtless offer for -that hazardous service , a suffi-
cient number of officers whoso skill , experience-Kind
scientific attai nments , will at least give encourage-
ment to tho object of the expedition.
It is not competent , of course , for thu Head of the
Nsvy Department to order officers to vessels not
connected with ihe service , and hence it is that the
enterprise must rel y upon volunteers , so fa r as t he
Nav y is concerned. —[Wash ington Cor. of tho North
American.
Freight s.—The Mobil* Advertiser remarks that
f«w porsons ,probabl y,are aware of the heavy amount
paid .annuall y for shi pp ing our cotton crop to Eu-
rops'. Estimating the quantity of cotton at l,G00 ,-
000 bal oa , and. the frei ght at $5 a bale, which is a
fAir average , and it amounts to ei ght millions of dol-
lars—a sum -which would buy half (he cotton crop of
Alabama.
James Lenox , Esq., of New York , for whom the
ori ginal j nnmiscri pt- of Washington 's Farewell Ad-
dress was purchased n t Philadel phia , has a fortune
which ,y ields SI 20 ,000 per annum. II« is a bache-
lor , and a man of the most princel y liberality and
bonovotonco . It is said that his charitable contribu-
tions amount to 860 ,000 par annum—one half of his
income. '
Tiik California Fevkk.—The rush for tickets
for passage to Calif ornia , via tho Isthmus , is greater
than ever. Cap t. John II. Richmond , agent for the
California steamers , informs us th at all "through tick-
ets" which he had in hi* possession have been sold
up to the steamer for the 13th clay of April next-
Some of the tickets which he has sold , has since
changed hands at an advance of$125.
[Boston Journal.
From California.—The Philadel phia will be
dun at New York from Chagros on the 1st of March
She will probabl y bung the San Francisco mail o:
January loth.
Tt is now said the mysterious knockings tn Koch-
ester and Auburn , arc occasioned by the Senators
and 'Ruprcsnntativ ps from California , rapp ing for ad-
mission at the door of the Union.
No response , from any quarter , to the inquiries so
generall y made for exp lanation of the statement , in
the Register and Observer ,of the affairs of this road !
—except, that the last Register says, "If any one de-
nies Ihe correctness of the f igures which v:e published ,
it would be well to produce something beyond bare as-
sertion to sustain the po sition." Now. as nobod y,
from any quarter , has made such denial —and as
nobod y, any whcrc ,seems disposed to do so—we take
the above defiance of the Register to be conclusive,
that the figures , as we used them last week—and as
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'a Stockholder ," in our columns used them— are
correct. The road , then , lust year , earned , by ca r-
ry ing passengers , frei ght , mails , &c. $51,282 21
And the expense of working the road in
order lo earn this .amount , was 31,145 08
Leaving a balance , of net earnings , $20,136 23
Now , how has this balance been app lied ? It surel y
should have been app lied to pay ing interest on the
debt the road owes. If it has been , then how much
is left in the treasury, of the net earnings ? Let us
see. The figures the Register gave us , make this
debt $230 ,929 15. Interest , at 7 1-10 per cent, on
this sum is 816,821 97. Deduct this sum from the
net earnings , above , and it leaves in the treasury
83,314 28. Well , hero is this sum , left of last year 's
earnings to be applied to pay ing off the debt of the
corporation— for the stockholders voted last June
that no dividend should be declared until the f loating
debt was paid off. The Observer tells us that /7m/
debt was reduced , on the 1st instant , by the pay-
ments for the balance of new shares , to $20 ,000.—
Well , admitting that ; surel y, at three thousand dol-
lars a year net earnings , it will take five or six years
to pay that off—for , thoug h the floating deb t may
have been reduced thus , them is SI 71,800 of fund-
ed debt left , to pay interest on. So th at , with the
same income (his year , nnd for future years , there is
no chance of dividend for several years to come cer-
tainly. Let it be remembered , now , that in Dee.
1851, $171,800 of Bonds fall due , also—all on one
day ! How are these to be provided for then ?—
Perhaps it will bo said by the issue and sale of new
ones to take their places. Well , admit it ; and is it
then to be expected , or hoped , that they will sell
any better than the old ones did—at ten p er cent
discount—(except those the present Director of
such remarkable "financial jud gment " put off, on
the Cape at par.) No, it is not to be looked for.—
Here, the n, will bo a neio f loating debt created , in
less than two years from this time , of SI 7,800 ! And ,
as nothing has any where been allowed for depreci-
tion of the road , which will begin to be felt as a se-
rious charge , to some account or other , before two
years more—what prospect is there for ever seeing
a dividend ? It looks to us as if " matters must con-
tinue to go on , growing worse—a heavier debt being
yearl y accumulated , and the prospect of a dividend
farther , and still farther , off. We should be happy
to be able to figure out a different conclusion , from
(he data furnished by the Reg ister (and which -i t
insists again is correct) together with the liberal ad-
dition furnished by tho Observer; but we do not
see how it can be done.
But , it will be said , perhaps , that we have, based
our calculations on last year 's income. True , so
we have;—and who hopes the present year wil
give any bettor result ? If any bod y, let him be
undeceived. One fact alone , will hel p him to this
end , viz. The income to the road the last year ,
from the transportation of freight alone , -was about
f ifte en thousand dollars. Of this sum , the Tremont
Iron Co. at Warehnni paid above eight thousand dol-
lars. This company have now made a contract
with oij "ht individuals , for the transportation of their
frei ght for the present year , by teams —taking this
transportation away from the rail road ! This was
more than half of all their frei ght last year. Who
hears of any -new business ,or.new resource from which
the road can make up this important falling off in
that large item ? Other arrangements have been,
and are being made , by other companies , which
will take off another important slice of this frei ght
income. We have said , here , nothing about the
rap id increase of the "total cost ," or "construction "
account;—an increase of $23 ,000 from June to
January last ! We know not what items have so
swelled this ; nor whether there is to continue to be
the like increase. If there is, the floating debt must
be rapidl y increased also from that quarter;—for it
must be remembered that tho shares are all taken up
now ; no further income can flow from their sale.
In
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condusion , we beg the stockholders to be pa-
tient. We would by no means alarm thorn. Oh ,
no;—doubtless the wonder-workin g geniuses who
manage matters will , some how or other , work out a
miruculous escape for them , and perhaps permit
them to carry off a dividend too. Patience ; pa-
tience '.
Conorkss.—Ifour own legislature is doing little ;
Congress really seems to.bo doing less. They arc
expending nn immense amount of gas on the all-pro-
voking and all absorbing question of slavery. Noth-
ing can be proposed in either House , but tho con-
sideration of it mast run immediatel y into the turbid
channel of negroism. Many of our contemporaries
put on solemn face.', and utter solemn sentences , al-
most in despair of the continued union of the stales !
We see, in many—indeed in most—quaiters , symp-
toms of fearfu l forebodings on thn part of statesmen ,
editors and lecturers— and even the clergy preac h
about it. But , reall y,we cannot permit ourselves to
be wroug ht up to the least seriousness upon the sub-
j ect ; we mean to serious apprehension *. Wo look
upon Congress as tho great safety-valve , throug h
which the dangero us excess of negro steam is on-
volved—and surel y it is fas t escap ing now—and the
people; (he constituencies of those congressional
ranters about disunion , have no more idea of ever
seeking, or submitting to , the sundering of this" un-
ion of states , than of relinquishing their princi ples
and forms of self governme nt , for those of a mon-
arch y.
ISST" The Maiden and Married life of Mary Pow-
ell , afterwards Mistress Milton '' received. E. Lit-
tell & Co. Publishers , office of "Littell' s Living Age.1'
igFA now Post Office has been established in W.
Braintree called Cochcsct , Morton Al gcr , Esq.,P. M-
Cape Cod Branch Riiil Road.
I Mr. Bradbury 's Resolutions in Ihe U. S. Senate ,
calling upon tbe Executive to state (he ccn . '1
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|was the ceremony performed by the bretl 'V||:c
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the Lod ge ol Odd Fellows uf which the dv ?" Ot
was a me mber , and es pec iall y that part ()f
l'iis<;'l
I which they jo ined their hands , forming an unl ll
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!chain or band , encircling both the mourners niul ''n
' grave with its newl y icc eived tu-asure. Nu v- 'i
ing been connected with the order myself ¦
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not precisel y what lesson of instruc tion that ;,, "
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siv u ceremony was ucMgnen lo cc nvcj to t), ¦
itiated , but to my mind it shadowed forth most h '""
tiddl y Ihe unity and strength of brother ly lov^"
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well as a pled ge of sympath y toward tho snrvi
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partner and mourning friends of the deceased "^
am no poet , nor would I claim to be ranked '
am
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the lowest class of that gifted order , nnd V(.( ,
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retired from that grave , the spiiit of the iim.jj ^.
stirred , and almost before I was aware of it , i Vo/*!
myself writing the following lines : ll1
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With sadden ed hearts that de eply mourn
Our brother to the grave we've borne ;
The dust we no w comm it to dust ,
The spirit to th e Good and Just.
We can not give th ee back thy dead ,
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When once the vital spark has fled ,
Nor can we stay that tide of grief ,
Throug h which the spirit seeks relief.
We cannot hush to peaceful rest
The anguish of a mourner 's br east ,
For that belongs to Him alone
Who for our sins did once atone.
But we will heed with watchfu l eye
The wid ow's tea r and heavi ng si gh ,
And thus redeem the pled ge we {;:ive
To him we've laid wHhiri the grave.
And we will lift to God a prayer ,
That his rich blessing you may share
While life and being here are given ,
And share', at last, the joys of heaven. "" ' '"'
Remember too the pledge wo gave ,
When standing round our brother 's grave,
W ith hand in hand , and heart with heart ,
That we would act a brother 's part.
That living chain of hearts shall bo
A chain of sympath y for thee ,
To lighten care, suppress th y grief,
And bring th y wounded heart relief.
Thoug h one by one these links decay,
And ming le with their native cl»y.
Yet while there docs one link remain ,
That link shall prove of friendshi p's eliafn.
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fFor llio. Un rnstHblp . Vati-Intl
Mr. Editor :—This bod y which has been so long
dormant , not onl y now breaths free , but is showing
more signs of returning health and vigor, owing, to
a small dose timel y administered , which has had the
effect of disgorg ing the most foul,f ilthy, and gangre-
nous bile that was ever thrown from the stomach of
the most desperate case. Among the ingredientt
thus disgorged , is about thirt y lines ever the In-
ter "B" in tho last Patriot , containing not one dram
of truth , to about ten pounds of falsehood. • How tlie
patient survived so long with such an ulcerated
heart , is trul y astonishing, but medicine sometimes
performs wonders , altho ' administered by a "Qimtk."
I should not again Mr. Editor , have asked your
indul gence , did not the bloated , bigoted , bombastic,
black-guard , whose initial is ''B," and who has be-
come insolent and impudent , by being fed to long
from the public crib , require some notice. I am
well aware of the insi gnificancy of the game, and of
the condecension involved in the pursuit , yet 1 linre
felt it my duty, to defend myself and friends , fi om
his bare false, and uncalled-for atlatks. This leacli
seems to think that he can vili
fy, traduce , and slan-
der with impunity, let him try it .
The facts are Mr. Editor ,that the statements niado
by "B ," (with perhaps one or two exception*) are
utterl y false. "B" slates th.it "Parker PillsbHry lec-
tured before the Institute at the urgent request o!
one or two members , who vouched for his respectful
deportment 1
'—that "five dollars was paid Pillfbu ry
for his performance.''—that Mr. Pillfbury abused toe
peop le of H yunnis—and that Mr. P. "dictated the
article signed 'G.,' in the Patriot of tho 12th" iiut.,
—all of which is false. Again "B." states that tho
"constitution of the Ilyannis Institute ,.has not bffn
altered or amended ," which is not true. The consti-
tution or bye laws, contained an article prohib iting
the discussion of any religious or political question ;
which article ,has this winter been expunged ,and "B1
knew this fact when he penned the above. Now,
what am we to think of the being who thus know-
ing ly writes such falsehoods ? But not content
with the, above , he endeavors to sti gmatise , mid in-
sult those who never in the least knowing ly injure''
him. '¦Smallest specimen of mankind? ' "clvren foot
of Pillxbury , "peaked spectacled fel low,'' "quack Pill*-
bury," "quack O," "what they touch they defile '' «c-
How kind! how loving, wh.it a generous anil bt-
ne.volcnt spirit.
'' Think not there is no smile
I can bestow upon thee. There is a smile ,
A smile of nature too, which I can spare.
And yet perhaps thou wilt not thank mo for it.'
Ilyannis Feb. 1850. G-
The Ilyaimis Institute.
Gen. John McNeil died at Washington on Satur-
day morning, aged about 70 years. He wai » nit-
tive of Hillsboro ', N. II., and was known throug h-
out ihe country for his bravery and fervices in tho
Inst war wiih Great Britain , in which he was woun-
ded. For several years he liai held the offico of
surveyor at this port.—[Boston Post.
B. F. Bourne , mate of schooner John All yne of
New Bedford , who was taken prisoner by the »•*'
lives while ashore in Magellan Straits , escaped from
captivity, after being 97 days a prisoner , by «»»»-
ming ofT to an Eng lish boat. He was at hat ac-
counts on board a schooner bound to California-
Beat this if you can.—Mr. Wm. Durpi">.
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Sanbornton , raised a turni p the past season whir '
wei ghed (lightecrt pounds and three quarter' , "I
measured three feet and four and a half inch"
circumference.—[M eredith N. II. Gazette.
Health of Nkw Orleans.—The h»»lth of tri«
city continues hi ghly satisfactory. F»w c"f' ....
lickness in enmparison with the population , »n« •
fewrr d»atha. —[New Orleans Picayune , 10th.
Mrs. Margaret Hi gginj recentl y died in *>*
^
York , in the 105th year of her age." Her reco"f
tions of Washing ton were very distinct.sn d she. u'1
to speak of him as a young man cut ofl" in the I"'"*
of groat usefulness , and in the prime of life.
Gilmnn M. Burnham ,shi p-builder ,formerly off "
Boston ,is makings 100 a day at his trade in Sa."^ . .
cisco,and ho has been comp limented with a public '¦'
nor. So says the Led ger.
The lato David Carr , for many years a whol'"1 .
grocery merchant of Cincinnati ," has bequ<"»
f(,r
$15,000 for the purpose of creeling .in mjI«"| ..
indi gent and unfortun ate females. A worthy tl0
tion for a very worth y object.
"Si r, you arc no gentleman. " "Tha t may ''
p
')er.
but my wife says I am a gentleman , and I shall *
ttiinl y believe my own wife before you ; for if *
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cannot believ* his own wife , pray who can I>*
lievc ?"
Poor Devil.—A man who has no friends
those who profess to be such throug h self-ii'*clC
THE PATR IOT.
Tuesday, February 26, 1850. I
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