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Congress.
Tctedsday , April , 23.—-Senate.—Mr, Webster
gave notice that , lie should call up his land resolu-
tions the first opportunity after next week.
Mr. Rusk presented several, resolutions', from the
Legislature of Texas, in reference- to the slavery
question.
Mr. Douglass reported back the bill for deferring
land boundar ies and reservations in the Territory
of Minnesota, . .
Mr. Webster offered a resolution enquir ing into
tire expediency of adopting measures to facilitate
coinage at the mint. He will probabl y speak to-
morrow.
Mr. Bradbury advocated his resolution calling on
the-Execiiiive for the causes of removals. He spoke
three hours, an d was very severe on the Adminis-
tration . He will call the vote tomorrow.
Mr. Bell vindicated the President .and said he had
violated no pledges.
Mr. Bright replied , and said that removals in Jnr
diana had been made from false charges, The dis-
cussion continued till five o'clock , when the Senate
adjourned. :
House.— A committee was appointed to investi gate
the,chiWges against Mr. Ewing,consisting of Messrs.
Richardson , of Illinois ; Vinton , of Ohio; Brown , of
Mississippi; Rockwell , of Mass.; Ilall .of- i Evans,
of Md.; Ross, Allsfon , and Dunham.
Mr. Bailey asked the unanimous consent of the
House to report the Deficient B.ill .with the Senate's
amendments to a com mittee of the whole on the state
of the Umoru Mr. Inge objected.
The slavery question was discussed until the hour
of adjournment.
Wednesday , April ,24.— Senate.
—Mr. Webster,
in a speech, showed that seven or eight millions , not
yet made into coin ,were locked up in the Mints ,and
equal to twelve or thirteen millions of dollars with-
drawn from commerc ial purposes. Facts were ad-
duced , which threatened great inconvenience , and
^fould urge some measure for relief.
Mr. Downs said an additiona l force was required
in the Mints.
".The subject was discussed by Messrs. Downs,Hun-
ter*Dawson , and others, and the bill was passed.
House.—Mr. Gerry asked leave to introduce a
resolution instructing the Committee to report speed-
ily on the subject nf French Spoliations. Agreed to.
The Census Bill was called up, and Mr. Thomp-
son of Pa., explained the various provisions of the
bill.
Mr. Stevens, of Ga.,defended the minority report,
and was in favor of confining the bill to a mere
enu meration of inhabitants.
Mr. Wentwortli desired that the bill should em-
brace full statistical returns.
Thursday , April 25.—Senate.— On motion of
Mr. Webster , the print ing resolutions were taken
up, when Mr. Walker offered an amendment , re-
com mending that the Senate institute legal procee-
dings against the contractors. An animated discus-
won of two hours' durat ion followed , but the Senate
iook no action on the question.
House.—The House referred the resolution and
explanatory acts for bounty lands granted to soldiers
of the Mexican war , to a committee of the whole on
state of the Union.
The resolution offered to grant Mr. Grinnell the
assistance asked in aid of the search for Sir John
Franklin , came up and the yeas and nays were
called on lay ing it upon the table , whfe n it wag re-
fused.
Mr. Thompson , of Pa., moved that tho debate on
the Census bill terminate tomorrow ; lost. Tlie dis-
cussion continuvil till the adjournment.
¦Sew Routic to California.—It will he seen
by the following extract from the Washington cor-
respondence of the N. Y. Commercial , t hat it is pro-
posed to establis h a communication with the Pacific
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.. This route has
many advocates as tho most leasable for a railroad
or shi p cana l. It is about one thousand miles near-
er the States than the Panama route , and of course
is nearer to San Francisco, on the Pacific side :
" It ,is ;understood that a convention is about to be
concluded between the Secretary of State and Senor
X)e la Rosa, with the object of securing to an Amer-
ican company, certai n important privileges for the
establishment of a feasible plan of transportation
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The company
have already made arrangements for putting several
excellent steamers on this line from the city of New
Orleans to tlfc mouth of the Guasaealcos river. A
steamer suitable for the navi gat ion of that stream
lva^bee.n provided , and a. route, practicab le for wag-
gons and mules has been opened between the head
of navi gation on that river and Tehu'antp pee on the
Pacific From this point to San Francisco , steam-
ers alread y,running are to be placet! on lines be-
tween tlwt port and Panama , will complete the com-
munication.
Dr. Baldwin , of Philadel phia , so well known for
his enterprises of a similar character in Mexico ,and
for the outrages inflicted on him by that Govern'
r
aent, is concerned in the operations of this compa-
ny, and has proceeded to the isthmus. The distance
saved by th is route , in comparison with that by Pan-
ama, will be about 2000 miles, and letters fiom New
York would-reach San Francisco, if transmitted bj
Tehuantepec, in twenty five days."
Awfui. Steamboat Disaster !—Cincinnati ,
April 24.—The steamboat Belle of the West, Capt.
James, was destroyed by fire , one mile below War-
saw, Kentucky, at one o'clock.this morning. She
was on her way from this city to St. Louis with a
large number of California emigrants on board.
A despatch from MadisOn , Indian , says—"The
steamer was discovered on fire in the hold about
half past 12 o'cloek on Monday n ight , 22d inst., and
was immediatel y run ashore near , Warsaw , Ill inois ,
an d made fast. Up to this period the flumes had
not burst forth , and the after hatc h was opened for
the purpose of gett ing water into the hold , but such
was the rapid headway of the flames that all efforts
to check- thorn proved fruitless ,and in a few minutes
the entire boat was a mass of fire. The total number
ol passengers on board was about 400, amon g whom
were two California Companies and 30 families ,
who were removing farther to the W«st. From the
register of the boat it is ascertained that over 60
have per ished ,and the probability is that many have
been lost whose names were not enrolled thereon.
Before tho passengers could get out of their state
rooms after the first alarm , all communication be-
twee n the after-cabin and the forward part of the
boat was cut off", and all were compelled either to
jump into the water or to perish in the flames. At
the t ime of the deck falling in , a lady and gentle-
man , with a child , were stand ing between the chim-
neys. There were also on board a large number of
horses, which were mostl y burned to deat h ; the,re-
mainder were,so badl y burned that they were killed
to put them out of misery.
Loss of a Boston and New Ori.kans Packet.
The shi p Cora at New York , from Glasgow, reports
that [date not given ] in latitude 40, lon gitude 67 30,
fell in with the shi p Rialto , of Kingston , from Bos-
ton for New Orleans , with eight feet of water in her
hold , and took off part of her crew that night , but
could not gut off more as it was blowing a gale from
N. N. W. The Cora laid by the shi p that ni ght ,
and in the morn ing succeeded in saving the rest of
the crew, after staving two boats. The Rialto had
ice in tho lower hold , and hay and assorted art icles
between decks. The Rialto is owned by Mr. Alex-
an der Holmes, o'f Kingston , and tho Captain; she is
nbouf fifteen years old , and is thought not to be in-
curcd.
A Melancholy Coincidenck.— On Mr. Cal-
houn 's journey to Washington , last December, he
was among ot hers, accompanied by the lion. Mr.
Hilliard , his excellent wife , and his interest ing and
most promising son , a youth of seventeen years.—
Yesterday, that interestin g youth , accompanied by
his bereaved and deep ly afflicted parents , was borne
back to the South a corpse, in the same conveyance
wiiJch-bore the corpse of his late distinguished f'el tow
trave ller. They came together and together re-
turned—but under circumstances how sad , and how
different from what either then imag ined !—[Na-
tional Intelli gencer.
Thomas J. Hough , a post-office clerk in Philadel-
phia , lias been committed to jail in default of 85000
bail , on a charge of embezzling money to a large
Amount , from letters received at the post-office ,while
h« was connected with the establishment (luring ft
a period o/ three years.
The resolution of Mr. Bradbury, in the Senate,
calli ng on-the President, for such charges as have
been secretly made, by the office seekers, and the
office getters, against past officers who have been
removed , is a subject of great interest , all over the
country. Honest men of unimpeachable character,
have been defamed in the most reckless manner.—
Unpr inci pled men have been procured , to make
false affidavits , on mere suspicion ,against persons in
office . The affidavits have been carried to Wash-
ington , and secret ly filed in the Departments. Ac-
cused officers have been jud ged by these ex parte
affida vits, without the opportun ity to reply to them.
The first intimation they had on the subject , was a
summary remova l from office , and those who got up
the false charges, were appointed to their places.—
This has been the reckless course. Shall such pro-
ceedings be tolerated in this free country ? By no
means. Our people are prepared to rise up, in a
body against the calumniators. They deserve a good
coat of tar and feathers, and some of them may yet
get it.
Secret informers have been reprobated in all ages
and all countries. In the time of the revolution they
were hooted out of society, and became refugees to
the British Provinces , as Tories of the Revolution.
Secret informers have been detested in Eng land , in
Scotland and Ireland , time out of mind. They are
the bane of social intercourse , and demora lizers to
government and people. But there are informers
who tell the truth against those who evade oppres-
sive and tyran ical laws. But if such is the ignom i ny
cast by an ind ignant community, on those who te ll
the truth against their neighbors and fellow men ,
what measure of condemnation is too severe upon
those dastards , in this free country, who make false
charges against others , to get away their offices ?—
They should be branded with the mark of Cain up-
on their foreheads, as a perpetual reproach.
All that Mr. Bradbury asks in his resolution is,
that the. President should furnish the Senate with
the charges that are filed in the Departments. Why
should they not be furnished ? The Senate is a co-
ordinate blanc h of the Executive power of appoint-
ment. Wh y should not the Senate know all about
cand idates for office , and the causes of removal ?—
The Senate is'as competent as the President to de-
cide on personal merits. If reasonable charges are
verrilied against any public officer ,the Senate would
willing ly consent to his remov.il, and appoint any
respectable and competent successor. But if the
charges are false against an incumbent , he oug ht to
have a chance to repel it, and be confronted against
his accusors. It may be assumed, as a genera l ru le,
that t he applicant for the office is the princi pal ac-
cuser. It generall y happens, however, that he
skulks , and tries to hide his diminished head Under
the cloak of frauds and coadjutors. But this should
not screen him. He should be drawn forth , to the
li ght of day, and be made to take the responsibility
of his base accusations. He should be made to prove
openl y, all that he attempts toalled ge covet ly. Drag
him forth to the light of the sun , with the mask off.
Confront him with the accused , face to face, and let
them look each other full in the face, juror and pris-
oner fashion. This is the onl y fair and honorable
way. Let but the Senate adopt Mr. Bradbury 's
resolution , and we shall have it all on a fair foot-
ing. Mr. Bradbury deserves the than ks, not only
of the democratic party of the Union , but of honest
men of all part ies, throug hout the country , for his
man ly stand against a system of secret accusations,
to be compared only with the Spanish Inquisition ,
or the infamous system of the notorious Fouche, in
Trance. We want no such system in this country.
Every man , who applies for an office , by turning
an honest mnn out , is an accuser, directl y or indi-
rectl y, throug h friends. If he does it directl y, he is
bad enough, and ought to be rejected. But if he
does it indirectl y, and under cover, he superadds
meanness to his dishonesty, and ought to be kicked
out of the Senate, in tb'e most summary manner pos-
sible,. In either case, hs is a corrupt man and a
kna ve.
— - ¦
Mr. Bradbnrv's Resolutio n.
Our friend of the Register, evident ly refers to
MR. WEBSTER as the '¦'great Northern statesman"
in the following extract from the leading article of
t he last No. of that paper. We are glad to see our
neighbor maintain his own consistency, while lie is
obliged to confess that upon the shifting of the wind
or the turning of the vane by Mr. Webster, "multi-
tudes" of wh igs, "who have all along been firm advo-
cates of the Prov iso, sudden ly,t» the twinkling of an
eye," have turned their vanes too !
This exhibition of "weat hercock politics," docs
not seem to us to be a novelty with the whi gs, by
any means. Such has been their politics for years.
But we are glad our brother of the Register has got
his eyes open ,so that he can see it , even in Mr. Web-
ster—and the "multitudes'" who turn whenever he
does.
[From the last Register.]
Six months ago it seemed as if the entire North was
committed to the support of the "Wilmot Proviso ," ss
it was called ; and our public men were quite anxious
to have it. understood tha; they had ever been its firm
supporters. At that time no northern candidate for
member of Congress dared to avow his opposition to
the Proviso, at the peril of loosing his election. The
princi ple had been affirmed in Congress, and it was be-
lieved to be the deliberate determination of the coun-
try to maintain the doctrine at all hazards. The vanes
all seemed to turn that way.
But now things have changed. The Proviso is in
some quarters deemed inexpedient , in others useless,
and not a few are found north of Mason & Dixon 's line
who pronounce it a sheer humbug. The wind has shift-
ed , or, at least the vanes turn another way.
What is the reason of this sudden and remarkable
change ? Has any thing occurred to demonstrate the
inutility of slavery restriction ? Has the south grown
less arrogant ami pretending 1 None of these things
have come to pass. But n great northern statesman
has given it as his opinion that the app lication of the
Proviso to the territory in New Mexico and California
is entirel y unnecessary, and would ho fraught with
mischievous remits, and multitudes who have all along
I een firm advocates of the Proviso, suddenly, in the
twinkling of an eve,' begin to think so too. Is this a
sufficient reason for such a display of weathercock pol-
itics?
Eveuy Intelligent Mkrciiant knows the dis-
advantagos of purcha sing goods at prices required
to gurantee the losses of the credit system. Those
who preler the One Price . Cash System of small
profits and no losses,must not fail to call at the New
England Print Warehouse, Nos. 18 & 20 Pearl
street , Boston , where they can select Prints from
-over five hundred samp le cases, comprising every
variety of the latest and most desirable styles. See
advertisement in another column.
^"We invite attention to the article from an in-
telli gent correspondent, in another column , review-
ing the report of the C. C. Branch Rail Road.
®"A noble haul of 40,000 herring was made on
Thursday last, at Martha's Vineyard.
The Wilmot Proviso.
Nineteenth of April '75
We made brief mention , last week, of the obser-
vance of t he 75th aniversary of the Concord Fi<»ht.
It warcreditable to the old town of Concord and
strengthening to the patr iotism and love of country
of all who partici pated in its ceremonies; and was
well calculated to renew our remembrance of, and
increase our adm iration for, the stern and sterling
love of liberty which filled the whole soul of our an-
cest ry and prompted them to that resolute resistance
to tyrann y which poured out its first blood at the
"Old North Brid ge," at Concord, April 19. 1775.
Bnt two, of all those resistants , were left to bless
the sight nnd st ir the hearts of the numerouslv con-
gregated decendants at this last anniversary ¦
and
their evident frailty and decrep itude sadly warned
us that the probability was slight of anot her, or at
most, of tw o or three more, such anniversaries beiim
graced with any such living mementoes .of the deeds
of that awfull y glorious occasion.
The Oration by Mr. Rantoul , was exceed ingly in-
teresting , instr uctive , eloquent and soul-stir in".
There were many incidents , which gave an enliven-
ing and gratif ying zest to the ceremonies. The elo-
quent speech of that most eloquent of Massachusetts
men , Edward Everett , was sufficient reward for a
tri p to old Concord—Choate , Palfrey and others of
our eminent men were also present and contributed
to the interest of the ceremonies, beside the Gover-
nor , the Legislature and a due proportion of the
Military.
While the sentiments and addresses of those pres-
ent were entertaining the vast assemblage, the wing
of the lightning brought also to their presence the
words of one, who thoug h distant from them , bodily,
was at home with them in spirit and communion of
bot h thoug ht and speech. The Hon. GEORGE
VV. WRIGHT—now knocking at the doors of Con-
gress, in behalf of the herculean infant-state of Cali-
forn ia , for her admission into the Union , and for
himsel f a seat within those doors, as her Represen-
tative—is a Concord bov !—was born and reared
near the spot where Davis and Hosmcr fejl in that
first fight for our freedom ! At about 3 o'clock, in
the midst of the flow of soul and sentiment which
the company was so well enjoy ing, John S. Keyes,
Esq., announced that tho telegrap h had broug ht to
him a communication from their distinguished friend ,
the Concord Boy, aforesa id , dated at Washington
that very da y at twelve o'clock—just three hours be-
fore—intended as a reply to their invitation to him
to be present ! This announcement was received
with great enthusiasm , and the reading of the com-
muni cation and accompany ing sent iment was most
profoundly listened to. We give them.
Washington , April 19, 12 o'clock, M.
Hon. John S. Keys, Concord , Mass. :
My Dear Sir,—I have this moment received your
favor, in which I am honored with iin invitation to
be present at the Grand Union Celebration of the
events of April 19, 1775. There are fifty reasons
why 1cannot be with you :—The first , that no hu-
man power can dart me along in season for the oc-
casion. The other forty-nine I will not enumerate.
Could I reach you by the same agency which is to
carry t ins reply, I would forthwith mount some trus-
ty thunderbolt and lay my course for the sacred bat-
tle-field of human liberty ; for nothing on earth
could give me greater pleasure, than to join the
citizens of my native town and county in a celebra-
tion designed to commemorate the glorious nine-
teent h, which you have been pleased to designa te as
the birth day of American Liberty ; and why may
we not claim it the birth day of universal liberty ?
The first appeal ever made to the American people
in favor of independence , was pub lished at Phila-
del phia , some six months subsequent to the events
of the 19th. That appeal would never have been
countenanced and sustained ,but for thr illing and
soul-stirring allusions, made to the bloody conflict of
the 19th. It was the watch word of a seven years'
war. Our republican government has ever since
been the watchword , the beacon li ghr, which has
guided the patriots of every nation , and led them on
to victory.
Thanking you most sincerel y for t he very kind
manner in which you have alluded to the fact of my
having been born within sight of the old battle-field ;
presenting my profouridest respects to the old pat-
r
iots who have been spared to you ; with my ki ndest
regards to each and all your guests, I will conclude
with an humble but heartfelt offering :—
The Descendants oj the Immortal Patriots of the
19th.—May they ming le their blood with the sacred
dust of Davis and Ilosmer, sooner than be found in
the ranks of the enemy of human liberty.
GEORGE W. WRIGHT.
The foregoing was followed by cheers upon cheers,
long continued , by the whole company.
Mr. Wri ght's history, though as yet short ,has been
eventful and is instructive ; and should stimulate the
ambition of our youth to energetic action, when it
so clearly demonstrates that
"Honor and fame from no condition rise."
Born of poor parents, and his tender years watch-
ed over by a widowed mother of several other little
ones besides himself, he was necessitated to early,
active industry, with but a common—a very common
—school education. Fortune took him by the hand ,
and in her trainin g led him into our own region.—
Nantucket became his home for a time. While
there , we remember him as the enterprising and
gentlemanl y young landlord of the "Gosnold House"
—which was burnt at the calamitous conflagration
there a few years since. Of Mr. Wri ght's wander-
ings, subsequently, we are not connectedl y ac-
quainted. Suffice it , that wherever he went , what-
ever he engaged in , industry , integrity and a never-
slumbering remembrance of his origin , and a con-
fiding trust in his high destiny, went with him and
controlled his actions, as they stimulated his aspira-
tions ; and , a short year or two ago, set him down
in the golden wilderness of California ! We need
not say more, than tha t the evidences of his possess-
ing all those hi gh characteristics we have above
spoken of, made themselves so prominent there—
among strangers—that he is now their chosen one, a
first Representative of that new sovereignty, to the
high Court of Confederation of these our glorious
Un ited States.
Well may Old Concord be proud of this her boy,
in his presont capacity ! We feel proud in the belief
that while sojouring'. here in our own Congressional
District ,and batt ling with us for the rightjn politics ,
as well as for an honorable livelihood , he lost none
ol that spirit of patriotism ,but he rather experienced
its quickening, which he so eloquentl y evinces in his
"heart felt offering" above quote d.
Isaac Davis and Abnkr Hosmer.—These
were tho names of the two patriots who fell at the
first fire of British Regulars at the "Old North
Brid ge" at Concord—where the first armed resist-
ance was made to British aggression in '75. An
awfull y solemn scene was that—and yet , how true
the prophet ic words of Samuel Adams, uttered at
the t ime, "Oh ! what a glorious day ia this for my
coun try 1" Where these men fell , the Old Pine
Tree Flag of Massachusetts waved quietl y on the
late celebration ,while at the other end of the Bridge
was also, at half mast, the St. George's Cross, on the
spot where full the two British soldiers,who received
the return fire of the Provincials.
^"Wc see by the Boston papers.that 50 shares of
Cape Cod Branch Rail Road, are to be sold at auc-
tion by Stephen Brown , tomorrow, at 12 1-2 o'clock.
[Correspondence of the Barnstnble Patriot.]
Washington , April 25, 1850.
The most important business of the past week has
been the appointment of the Compromise Commit-
tee in the Senate , to whom is referred the adjust-
ment of the slavery question , California , Deseret
and New Mexico. It was strenuousl y opposed , but
finall y adopted by a decisive vote. The announce-
ment of the committee has reached you , and you
will perceive that it is one of the most able commit-
tees ever raised in the Ssnate. It is composed of
men of all part ies, and sections, and its deliberations
will arrest the attention of the whole country. Such
men as Clay, Cass, Webster and Dickinson , will de-
vise a plan of comprom ise worth y of the respect and
con fidence of a great nation , and their report will
be ex pected with anxious solicitude.
On Monday the remains of the lamented Calhoun
were conveyed from this city for South Carolina ,
accompanied by six Senators, several members of
the House, and a committee of twenty four cit izens
of Carolina. In the mean time, it is the understand-
ing that no business of importance shall be transact-
ed during their absence. Several other Senators
have also availed themselves of the occasion , to visit
their families, and t he Senate is but thinl y attended.
Yesterday the Senate adjourned over to Monday.
Much of the time of the House for some days
past , has been occu pied by arrang ing the details of
the census bill. The princi pal topies of discussion
are, in regard to what kind of statistics are to be
collected. Some take the ground , that , as the con-
stitution provides onl y for taking the number of in-
habitants , all farther information is irregular. 1do
not however hold to this doctrine , and have no
doubt, that it is competent for Congress to get all
sorts of facts. This has been the practice of the
Govern ment , and the last census was enriched with
a great variety of information , beyond the enumera-
tion of the inhabitants. The majority of both Houses
appear to be inclined to go extensivel y int o these
matt ers.
The two special committees , on the Gal phin claim
and on the investi gat ion of the decision of Mr.
Ewing, on another private claim ,are busily at work,
Many witnesses have been examined , and both sub-
jects will undergo a severe scrutiny. It is impossi-
ble to say, when the reports will be presented , and
the quidnuncs are on the lookout for the result.—
Reports are not expected for several days.
In haste, N.
Now FOR it—Boys and Girls !—The Legislature
have given you an open road now. You needn 't
run away out of the state, to get married. You may
have just as private a wedding as you please at home.
You needn 't have to blush, a whole fortni ght , to see
yourselves posted on the church door, as intending
to get married! All you will hereafter have to dp is to
go to the Town Clerk and buy a certificate to show
that yon have bought it, and then go directly to the
Parson , and present it to him and that is his sufficient
authority for ly ing the noose at once ! So you may be
married any day hereafter,when you happen to feel
like it, and agree to it, in an hours notice—in fact,
without any notice, to an y body,but the Town Clerk
and the Minister of Justice of the Peace ! And as
our Clerk is a Justice too,you can make very quick
work of it. But then ,we caut ion you , notw ithstand-
ing, friends, not to be too hasty, because the facilities
are so ready at your hands. This getting married
is just as serious a business as it ever was. It should
be as deliberatel y an d sincerely engaged in as ever
for it is still just as solemnly binding now , not onl y
by the decrees of Heaven , but also by the laws of
the state, as formerly. Once entered into , all the
responsibilities attach and the same tenure will bind
as before.
We see it stated that the last coup le published in
Boston , under the former law which has just now
been repealed , were a black man to a white woman !
Court.—The May term of the Supreme Judi-
cial Couit ,for the Counties of Barnstable and Dukes,
will commence in this place on Tuesday next.
The Ladies of Boston find they can- clothe
their little boys at one half the expense they former-
ly did, by visiting Oak Hall , Ann Street. There is
an immense stock of Boy's Clothing in the beau-
tiful Rotunda of this Establisement , and our ladies
will do well to take their boys there , when in Bos-
ton.
^"Matters seem more calm at Washington. The
slavery subject has, for the present , been transferred
from the Senate to a committee of that body of
which Mr. Clay is chairman , and of which Messrs.
Cass and Webster are also members. Mr. Clay is
determined to be the great compromiser again.—
Well , if he bring harmony out of such terrible dis-
cord as has been rampant in Congress these last five
months, let him have the credit.
It is One of our chief duties to show up all good
things to our Readers, and we must include in the
list , Messrs. Jewett $" Prescoit 's Shawl and Silk Es-
tablishment , No. 2 Milk street , Boston. The beauti-
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[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Sandwich, April 26, 1830.
Mr. Editor—I like your remarks relative to the J
deception so long practised on the stockholders of
the C. C. B, Railroad . The recent investi gation
into the af fairs of the Old Colony road , by a com-
mittee ot its stockholders , has created a serious sen-
sation with those of other roads ; and the affairs of
none , certainl y,call louder for a searching investiga-
tion than those of the Cape Cod Branch . The Di-
rectors have seen fit to withhold the needful infor-
mation ; and to ascertain , or to be able to reach any
reasonable conclusion , about their affairs, the unfo r-
tunate stockholders are obli ged to compare the Pres-
ident 's report of last June and the Directors official
report to the Legislature , under oath—and the n ,
both are so mystified and clothed with legal logic,
that on such comparison and anal ysis,onets obli ged
to conclude that nothing has been accomplished 'by
these reports—and , indeed , that but little else was
intended to be accomp lished—than to prevent any
bod y's understanding the affairs of the company.
There are, however , some figures in these two re-
ports, from nh ich some, conclusion may possibl y be
deduced—as for instance : In June last the Presi-
dent reported the "net earnings " of the road up to
that time—$21 ,988. Six months afterwards—a pe-
riod of six months, too, in wh ich thfy have been
continuall y boasting that the ir business was more
prosperous than ever before—and they then report
the ir "net earnings '' to be onl y $20,136—ma king
the road worse off Dec. 1st than it was June 1st , by
the sum of $1,802 !! This must be advancing back-
wards—and this was after the road had netted $18,-
000 for the same six months , accord ing to the state-
ment of the Sandwith Observer ! In what a dile-
ma would not a merc hant find himself who repre-
sented to his creditors that he had earned np to the
1st of June $21,938, and for th e succeding six
months 813,000 more, and yet , when making a re-
port at the end of that six months , under oath .he re-
duces that amount of "net earnings " to $20,136 ?—
Would not his creditors demand immediate investiga-
tion ?—and would it not be a reasonable demand ?
But from the. Directors report to the Legislature,
under oath , Dec. 1, 1849, we can gather no more
sat isfactory informatio n on many other points.—
To the interrogator y the law puts and requires the
Directors to answer on oath , viz. "How much has
been paid for interest the past year ?" They swear
that "no interest has been paid on account of expen-
ditures Jor working the road.'" A most contempt i-
ble evasion of the requirement of the law;—dis-
gracefu l to any honorable men. What does such
dodging the question , mean ?—and who is the "art-
ful dodger ?"—for I cannot believe that the whole
board of Directors full y comprehend the extent of
this subterfuge and its meanness. Some of them , 1
know , neve r would have verified that statement by
an oat h, if they had so full y understood it at the
time; and they must feel mortified to see it now;
and ind ignant towards him ,"or those,who t hus palmed
such a trick off and procured their signatures and
oaths to it.
But there is another item , which must certainl y
open the eves of t he swindled stockholders , viz.—:
Paid last year "for engineering and other expenses''
t he enormous sum of $42,838 !—whereas all they
had ever before paid since the commencement of
the organ ization of the company, under this same
head of "eng ineering and other expenses," was only
$20,575—more than double the amout last year to
that of all the other years put together I
To show the extravagance of this and some other
items, I will place it in comparison with several oth-
er roads nearest of its class.
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C. C. Branch , '$42,838 *5l ,000 8500,000 $3,552
01(1 Colony, 638 275,000 2,000,000 10^970
Fall, River , nothing 70,000 1,200,000 8,354
Taunton , nothing 108,000 250,000 1,874
New Bedford , nothing 134,000 400,000 3,709
Nashua & Lowell , 800 156,000 600,000 5,000
Lawrence and do, 63 42,000 300,000 1,250
Eastern , 312 547.000 3,500,000 10,499
Fitchburg , 8,341 493,000 3,320,000 . 865
GrancUunction, 1854
n°'at",n^" 1,200,000 4,425
Cheshire, 12,563 172,000 1,700,000 5J227
From the above it will be seen that the Directors
of the Cape Cod Branch have covered up some
heavy ex penditure under this head of "engineering,"
which has swelled that item to nearl y double the
amount of that of all the other ten roads put together !
And this on a finished road , where scarcely a single
day's '.'engineering " could have been done in all last
year ! Will not the stockholders demand investiga-
tion into this?
Look again at the. disproportion in the salaries,
compared with the earning power , cap ital , length of
road , &c. It is unreasonable , and bears hard on the
stockholders. Rumor says that the President has
been paid $1000 per annum for his salary as Presi-
dent , and also his fee bill for legal services 'in sun-
dry law suits ; but this I am unwilling to believe ;
as it was expressl y understood , at . the last annual
meeting , t hat none of the Directors would charge
for t heir services ; and I, for on e, wish to cherish
the belief that no one of them has violated his imp li-
ed promise, then made to the- stockholders. But ,
Mr, .Editor, I conclude as I began , calli ng for inves-
tigation.—I believe the stockholders generall y want
it—and , as an humble fellow sufferer with them , to
the tune of severa l hundreds of dollars, I earnestl y
ask for it.—And remain yours , &c; '
Straight Forward.
[For the Barnstahle Patriot]
Mr. Editor—I was pleased to learn through the
columns ol your paper last week , t hat Fraterna l
Lodge, a masonic body of old Barnstable , was about
to be rev ived. I have from a child been accustom-
ed to reg ird that institut ion as one of the best and
most usefu l of all human instrumentalities for the
improvement and welfare of our race, the divine in-
stitution of the. Christian reli gion always excepted.
My earliest recollections are associated with deeds
of masonic charit y and brotherl y love, exercised to-
ward a sick and dying father in a land of strangers ,
and afterwards toward a widowed mother and*"her
fatherless childr en , which made a most favorable im-
pression on my mind , and , con firmed as it has been
by subsequent knowled ge.will undoubtedl y remain as
permanent as life. 1 love that ancient institution
for t he good it has done,nnd for what it is still doing;
and 1 love it none the less for all the false and slan-
derous accusat ions which have been heaped upon it
with such an unsparing hand in by-gone days. It
does not claim to be a religious institution , alt hough
no person can gain admittance within a Iodize, who
does not avow his firm belief in God as the Creator
and moral Governor of the universe. "But it does
clai m to be a moral institution , and to be governed
by high moral princi ples. In almost every part of
our countr y the institution is in a.more health y and
flourishing conditi on than it has been at any former
period within the recollection of its oldest members.
In Massachusetts , where it has experienced as se-
vere and protracted persecution probabl y as in any
part of the country, it now numbers over sixty
lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of
the State, embracing an aggregate of some thou-
sands of members, and among them some of the
most worth y and respected citizens in the towns
where those lod ges are located. I hope and trust
the members of Fraternal Lodge will feel encourag-
ed to go on in their organization , and Ion" be per-
mitted to prosecute their labors of love and charity.
Adelpiios.
Outrage in La whence.—A high-handed and
most disgraceful outrage was committed in Law-
rence on t he night of Tuesday last, the particulars
ol which are as follows :—It appears that Mr. Daniel
oaunder s, Town Treasurer , has, within a short time
past , entered com plaints against two or three indi-
vidua ls for violation of the license law, which has
caused no littl e ill feeling on the part of the delin-
quents towards the comp lainant. Tuesday night,
some person or persons placed a 25 pound keg
of gunpowder on the door steps of Mr. Saunder s
house, applied a match , and a loud explosion fol-
lowed. A moment after the explosion a man was
seen to run across the street , and enter a tenement
kept by one of the parties complained or. 101in-
nate ly, no person was injured , and the only damage
done by the explosion was the slight scorchin g and
blackening of a portion of the front of the house.
fa [Boston limes.
Cromwell did "not wait to strike till the iron wns
hot , but made it hot by striking." A lesson of perse-
vera nce.
The Liceksk LAw.-
The Senate^bnTZ^
the existmg license laws, passed the Hcm^
Wednesday by a vote of 171 to 50 The f n 0|>
is a copy of the bill : ' Iollo*ing
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AN Act for Regulating the Sale oflntox;
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ot Re™.
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Sect. 1 The forty seventh chapter ofti. ^
vised Statutes it hereby amended in the fi '*
ond , and third sections thereof, by stiikino l!c<"-
word "spiritous ," wherever it may occur"in "1
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and inserting in place of the same the word »•• eat ll>
eating." mJ$SJ«
Sect. 2. The County Commissioners,!
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not exceeding one year, and revocable at their I °
ure, as many persons as they shall think tie i *•
good may require.to sell in the towns or cities i, e
they reside, intoxicating liquors in a less qu I1
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medicinal purposes onl y. • ' ; Cfil
Skct. 3. Any person convicted of selling •'¦
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icating liquors of any kind , contrary to law sl 'll"*"
the third conviction , be required to .enter '
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less than one hundred , nor more than one |l
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From Panama,Cuagres axd Havana —Th
steamshi p Ohio from New Orleans and Hava'iT
rived at New York yesterday morning. At II- ' **"
she connected wit h the steamer Falcon , wliicp 'J'"'
Chagres on the 11th inst., at which tjme 'the stVaiT*
Un icorn , whic h it has been stated was to leave S"
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Francisco, March 15th for Panama , wit h niaifs a "
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passengers, had not arrived at the latter port .
sequentl y there is nothing later from California
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Steamer Crescent City, which is advertised to lea
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New York , May 1, for Chagres, had not arr ived n 1
on the t he 11th. . The steamer Philadel phia w-tf ,
Chagres at that time, repairing, havin g rowVvwl
some injury on her outward passage. She would
sail for Jamaica and New York in'a day or two
The steamer Sarah Sands, from New Yorfe'D's
12, arr ived at Panama ,March 27 ; Gold lim,*, '
from New York ,Dec. 26, and 'Isthmus , frorii tJ
same port , Dec. 17, arrived at Panama on the 28rh
The Falcon arrived at Havana April 17, an,}'v '
to leave for New Orleans on the 20th .. The,OliiJ'
reported to have 248 passengers and Si50,000 in
gold. The Georgia , from New York , 18th inst, ar-
rived at Havana on the 19th , took on board the pas-
sengers by the Ohio from New Orleans, and waj to
proceed to Chagres next day. The Ral ph Riv«r#
the li ttle steamer in tended to navigate ChngrestivW*
also arrived at Havana on the 19th.—{Boston Cou-
rier, 25t h. •
"Sorrows come not single spies."—On Tues-
day last , we recorded the death of Mrs. Charlotte
Hunt , a young wife and mother in this city. On
the following day her little one, an only child , was
taken away, and last evening, even tit-fore her re-
mains were committed to the earth ,hcr husband Vm
also smitten by the hand of death—the flower and
the stalks being thus withered at a single blow.—
These three constituted the whole family—and they
are to be carried to their long home together, and
almost laid in one and the same grave. Tliercis
somet hing deeply afflicting in such a bereavement
as this , when the Destroyer , in his triump hant but
desolating march , after having stricken the gurdiun
angel from the fam il y circle , pauseth not , until lie
hath swept every member of it from their pleasant
hearth stone into the tomb. What an admonition
that 'In the midst of life we are in death.'
Mr. Hunt was a young man _of promise, and wa»
making arrangements to go to California , vtlien a
fever seized him and terminated in death last night.
[Lowell Courier , Thursday. .
"Rebellion in tiie Camp.'1—The Boston Cou-
rier, one of the princi ple whig organs of New Eng-
land , t hus raises the curtain and exposes to V
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view the condition of things at the present time, w
the whi g cam p :
"There is rebellion in the camp. The standnrd of
revolt is reared , and rival leaders unfurl their , ban-
ners for followers. Mr. Clay, instead of quietl y
working in harness, and coming in to the aid tind
support of the adm ini strat ion , avows his contempt
for its policy, and announces a grand "compromise,1
with a flourish of trumpets , wh ich is to supercede
all plans for the settlement of the territorial and
slavery questions. Mr. Webster fails ;to-3$cpgt"M
any virtue in the administration plan of settlement )
and likewise marks put a course for himself. -J
"Thus we go. What can come of it all .bnt wcnls?
ness, dispersion and dissolut ion , so far as the wmg
party is concerned ? Can a party stand , with its
leading men pulling openl y in different directions
on a great question of public and party policy ? ,?'
will not take a thimble full of brains to answer tli«
quest ion. The Northern whi g party, we fear , is al-
read y temporaril y shi pwrecked , to far as success m
t he elections goes,in consequence of these division*
And unless there shall be a speedy change in I™
tactics of some of the leading men of the party, *'8
foresee nothing but disaster upon disaster to tl>«,
whi gs, throug hout the North. , Can any body f*R!'<
see, (and , seeing it, shall we not acknowledge it,;
that Mr. Webster's speech is a bomb, fired into «>•
ranks of the whi gs of the Free States , that tlircw-
ens, nay, is producing a most disast rous explosion
The Expkditia^ in Search of Sib Jo'1*
Franklin.—The following are the ships either no
in search or going out in search of Sir John l'r!'"*'
Iin , and the two missing shi ps of his expedition
the Artie Seas, the Erebus and Terror :
In search , in Davis" Straits , the North Stfir ; '»
Bhfiring Straits , the Herald, Plover .Enterprise *«'"
the Investi gator.
Going in search to Jones' Sound and Welling'0"
Channel , the Lady Franklin and Sophia. .
Going in search to Cape Walker , Bank's Lanii
and Melville Island ,the Resolute ,Assistarice ,Pionfj'r
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and the Felix , with the old Artie veteran , Sir J«"n
Ross.
The foregoing are all British ships. The fol'oW_'
ing is the American expedition :—Lady *r.'ll'
Iin , Captain I)e Haven ,and Rescue.Captain «r"°,y
going, if not disappointed , to the point of d""£ '
where Sir John Franklin is to be found , " "T£
an d to convey him to Eng land under the l»»*
It is no small encouragement that »"• v"'*™"
artic sailor , Sir John Ross, who know* the *°*"™
seas like a book .has faith.in the safety of the n.iwt '&
and in that faith embarks for the search , witu
snows of seveaty winters upon his head.
A VALUABLE CARGO -The bark
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Baker, of Boston , »"'-',»V '^Ho^Iulu , Sand-
the short passage of 120 e
the Supreme Court at Lowell , was given to trie
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ry on Thursday afternoon , and a verdict w«
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turned yesterday in favor, of Mr. Oakcs. -J'
ters of guardianship wera accordingly rcvoKC"-
THE P A TR I O T ,
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Tuesday, April 30, 1850. .