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A Califorxiax's Luck.—A friend who -w:is
passenger in the steamer Governor from Portland to
ISangor a week or two since , relates the following
adventure of a returned California!! , named John-
fon , bound for his home in Oldtown. Johnson took
i he bo.it at Portland , and being a "six foot in his
Mockin g" specimen , with beard and whiskers of
s-ime two years' growth , anil pretty well posted u p
i+i the fact and fancy wonder? of rtie gold reg ions. he
became, of course the grand centre of observation
an d interest. For the better safety and preserva-
tion of the "pile ''—about S5000 in dust—J ohnson
had tied it up in the corner of a dirty old blanket ,
which he had worn and slept on from the time he
left San Francisco, and on getting aboard the Gov.
ernor he threw it into his berth. Before reaching
Belfast the. blanket was observed by one of the ser-
va nts attached to tiie boat , who wondered how so
filth y a rag came in such a place , took it and threw
it upon some barrels on deck. On reachin g Be lfast ,
the Californian 's old blanket was carelessly tossed
on to the wharf , and left , the boat steaming on its
course, and our California n "gassing up" a crowd of
astonished and deli ghted listeners , in happy i"no-
rance of the loss of his "pile." He however learnt
the fact when the boat reached Bnn<>or ,an d of course
there was considerable of a fuss anil" inquiry about
the old blanket , when the facts came out. The first
conveyance back to Belf.ist was secured by the bag-
gage master and the now desperate Ca 'ifornian , and
mi reaching the wharf they found parti all y hid by
bales and rubbish , the identica l blanket , with the
t reasure safely tied up in the corner . 'The last seen
of Mr. Jolinson , he had the blanket safel y folded up
under his arm.—[Boston Mail.
The "Snake Story .''—We recentl y visited the
residence of Timoth y Kenned y, No. 115 Broad
st reet , to learn , if possible , what mi ght be true in the
marvellous statement that two green snakes (not two
, black crows) had been extracted from the "abdom-
inal regions" of the wife. Timoth y was riot at home.
but Mrs, K. was, and with her we entered into a
i parley. To an inquiry if she was the person from
whom the snakes were taken , she said "Yes, sir; but
there is four monsters in me yet . Two is in the
back , and one. is under each of me breasts. They
cause me great pain , and bite me so that I have to
screech. They trouble me most when ly ing in bed .
The ones in ,mo back between me shoulder blades ,
.ire the most troublesome; they lea p and plunge ,and
often bi-ing their heads and tails together , and when
t hey do the pain and torment is terrible sir. It is
' sixteen years since I first discovered that there were
snakes inside of me, and have been to the first pln-
v sieians in the place , but none of them "would consent
to take them out ol me, until the week before last ,
when Dr. White took two out of the lower part of
my bod y. I expect he will take the others out. ]
want him to ; for he is the onl y man who knows how
—as I have been in the Massachusetts Hospit al, and
the Doctors there wouldn 't give me any relief. They
either don 't know how fo take out snakes , or they
don 't want 'em."
This is the statement of Mrs. Kenned y,which was
delivered by her with great earnestness. She is an
Irishwoman ,about 45 years old , and has been in this
country about 20 years.—[Boston Courier .
Circumstantial Evidence.—To show how
scientific persons may err in jud ging of matters per-
taining to their own profession , we recur to_a case
on the criminal records of Ireland. In the year 1800,
an eminent physician of Dublin , who had his resi-
dence in the country, but rented rooms in the city
to which he came dail y at 10 o'clock , he came one
morning at the usual hour and was obli ged (o rap
three times , the last time very loud , before the door
was opened. It was at length opened by a young
man , but not before the physician had attracted by
his knocking the attention of a lady living on the
opposite side of the street.
The young man who opened the door passed out
suddenl y, which caused the physician to step into the
kitchen to see if anything was the matter , when he
found the servant girl in the agonies of death. The
jugular vein of her neck was pierced with a knittin g
needle ,with which she had been at work. The phy-
sician took her in his arms and carried her to his
room in order to restore her, if possible. In carry-
ing her , his clothes became spotted with blood.—
Finding he could do nothin g for her , he changed his
clothes, and went out to attend an urgent patient.
The lad y who had observed him knock ing at the
door noticed his hasty departure from the house ,and
huving both cui iosity and susp icion aroused caused
the house to be entered , and the physician 's room
opened , when the dead body was discovered. The
physician was arrested , tried , condemned , and exe-
cuted . The strongest evidence against him , was
that of a surgeon of eminence , who testified that no
one but a surgeon could have inflicted the wound in
so precise and scientific a manner.
When called for his defence , the physician said
that were he on the Jury, he should decide such a
case as his, guilty, but declared before God and the
world , that he was innocent of the crime imputed to
him. Twenty years after his execution , a man on
his death bed confessed that the physician was inno-
cent. He said he was a lover of the girl , and was
in the habit of visitin g her mornings ; that on the
morning of her death she bade him go away, as t he
doctor's hou r was near , and he told her lie would go
after she gave him a kiss. In attempting to kiss her ,
she play full y raised her hand to push him , w hen the
needle which sbe held perforated the vein in her
neck . Hearing the physician 's knock at the door ,
he hastened to let him in and escape*himself , and
hearing of the physician 's ai rest , feared to come
forward and exp lain lest he should be Iriud. Thus ,
ii judicial murder was done upon the evidence of a
professional man , who was altogether mistaken.
Effkct of tii e Marriage Law.— The num-
ber of marriages in this vicinity has much increased
since tho passage of the new law at the late session.
Many get their marry ing done at home instead of
hurry ing off to other States,and patr onizing foreign
j ustices of the peace, clergymen , &c. The.Nashua
Oasis says— "The new marriace law in Massachu-
setts makes-it unnecessary for parties to come into
this state to be married ; conse quently , quite an
amount of perquisites is taken from the. hands of our
clergymen and justices ,heretofore received for wed-
ding fees. Rev. L C. Browne , of tl,i s town , joined
in 'marriag e.two hundred coup les between the months
of April , 1849 and 1850,for which he received near-
ly six hundred dollars. About nine-t enths of them
¦were from Massachusett s."—[Lowell Journal.
A Fatiikk and Four Children Drowxep.
As a Mr. Leonard was crossing the river with his
four children , two boys and two girls , in a skiff on
.Sunday evening, a few miles below the cilj , when
lioaring the shore, on this side , by accident or mis-
management , the current run ning hi gh, fheir boat
struck a raft moored at the bank and all five were
precipitated into the water and drowned.—[Ci ncin-
nati Gaz., May 7.
i It may bo expected that we should once more
I speak of this assemblage of the representa tive mag-
nets at the seat of government. They are there , yet
—and that is about all we can say of them , or for
tliam.
The Senate are hammering away, chiefl y, upon
the "Compromise " Report and Resolutions of the
committe e of thirteen—of which Mr. Clay was
j chairman ; and which report and resolutions he sup-
!
ports and defends. As a "compromise" of all the
difficulties upon the subject of slavery which have
so long kept the business of Congress at a stand-
• still , and the community in a tremendous excite-
' ment for these five or six months—the able eommit-
! t ee reported , that California be admitted at once
' with her present boundaries .and constitution pro-
hibiting shivery ; that New Mexico find Utah have
j territorial governments without any such prohibi-
! tion ; thar ,as in fixing the boundaries for New Mexi-
co, territory is taken that Texas claims , she be re-
! numerated from the treasury ; that the slave trade
I in the District of Columbia be abolished ; and that
further provision be made for the arrest and deliv-
ery of fug itive slaves. Such are its princi pal pro-
I visions. .What will be the determination upon this
] proposed compromise , cannot , with any clearness,
be now conjectured. It meets with opposition from
both the North and the South , in the Senate.
In the House, there seems to be. nn almost indefi-
nite amount of crimination and recnmmation—
charge upon charge—of swindling, frfru d, pecula-
tion and the like , made against present and "past of-
ficers of the Government and of the House.
The "Ga l phin claim " seems to be the most con-
sp icuous affair now on the tap is—of this we have
spoken in another article. There does nSl appear
to be much prospect of any adjournment of Con-
gress (or the present year—neither is there much, of
its accomp lishing any thing worth y of its hi gh char-
acter.
Invasion*of Cuba.—So many and various have
been the rumors about the invasion and conquest
of Cuba of late , that we had paid but little regard to
their multi plication. But they seem now to have
ta ken a tang ible and serious shape and consequence-
There can be little doubt , we think , that an expedi-
tion with a design to land upon and revolutionize
the government of that island , has been gathered at ,
and sailed from , the Southern ports of the United
States !—that it is under the command , at present ,
of Gen Lopez, a Spanish General , though the troops
are chiefl y those who served in our armies in the
late Mexican war. They number , it is said , from
7,000 to 10,000 men—and if they should succeed
in landing, they confidently expect to be joined by
a goodly number of the army of the island itself ,
whose inhabit ants , to a larg e extent , it is believed ,
favor this attempt and stand read y to aid it.
This conquest is paid to be looked upon favorably
by leading men in the South , who count upon Ctaba ,
as a fair offset for California , for annexation , and
admission as a State into our confederacy without
the slavery prohibition.
"The Galphin Claim."—We gave a brief state-
ment of the history of this claim a few weeks ago,
and of the extraordinary payment of 73 years in-
terest on it , by the present Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, without the justification of law or precedent
and in spite of the report of the proper accounting
officers of the last and the present administration that
it ought not to be paid —which interest amounted to
$191,000—half of which ,one of the Secretary 's broth-
er Cabinet officers—the Secretary of War—pocket-
ed,for his services as agent of the claimants! This
rather outdoes all the former swindlin g and"swart-
onting " of public officers—which , by the way, we
believe never reached into the Cabinet of any for-
mer President !
Congress appointed a Committee to look into the
matter ; and that Committee made report on F
.riday
last. Of this Report , the New York Herald of Sat-
urday thus speaks :
Important from Washington.— Our tele-
grap hic intelli gence from Washington , last evenim- ,
is very interestin g. The famous Gal phin ReporTs
lmve been presented to the House, and a terrible
outburst has been the first resnlf
The Report of the majority of the Gal phin Com-
mittee is a most extraordinary document , and de-
velopes transactions of such astoun ding venality, on
the part of the Cabinet , that the moral"
sense of the
nation will be utterl y shocked and oulra»ed. At-
tempts were made, in the House by debate and ex-
citement—b y counter reports and other tricks to
palliate , suppress , or obliterate the shocking linea-
ments of the Gal phin robbery ; but the stool-pigeon
did not succeed—and will not succeed.
The development of the Gal phin robbery of the
Treasury, is onl y the beginning of the corruption
and outrageous venalit y of the Cabinet. There are
the Cherokee claims, passed upon by Ewing the
De la Francia claims , passed upon by Mr. Clayton ,
besides others—all of which are equall y illegal " and
outrageous. No wonder that Mr. Meredith was com-
pelled to announc e a deficit in the Treasury of six-
teen millions, for the year ol our Lord , 1850.
. "The Honor op ti-e Craft."—The sprouts ,
who severall y conduct—the Register on the one
hand , and the Observer on the other—volunteer
the ir lectu res to us , now and then , on the propriet y
of our editorials (which in no wise refe r to them) as
if the,/ had , in their special keep ing, "the honor of the
craft "—"the credit at the craft 1" And , with p
'
hari-
saical gravity, inform us of our ignorance of "public
op inion ;"—or , on the other side , w ith "clumsy" in-
solence and canting self-oomplaisancy, taik of what
"the community at large " think of our "remarks"
.is if they were, indeed , the conservators of the pub-
lic, propriety, and the appointed censors of the press
hereabout s !
We wonder if it ever occurred to these yonn< * «en-
tlemen , as worth their while to look after their own
"honor " and protect their own "credit ;" as the best
security for "the honor " and "the credit " of "the
craft? " Our acquaintance and connexion with "the
craft ," dates somewhat antecedent to theirs ; and
has , at least , been as extensive ;—and it is our be-
lief that its "honor ," nor its "credit " never yet has
suffered at our hands—and , moreover , we Relieve
it has not been usual for juniors of "the craft " to
so frequentl y assume the pregmatieal office of lec-
turers of their elders, upon its "honor " and its "cred-
it ."'—and when they again have such dreams of pro-
fessional kni ght-erranty come over them , we hope
they will endeavor to rouse themselve to an appre-
ciation of a truer chivalry—such as taug ht the down-
east Yankee how to make his fortune, by minding
his own business '
The editors of the New Orleans Delta were pre-
sented on 30th ult. with a mess of green corn raised
by Mr. Dennis Wood , of the Munci pality.
' Congre ss.
lg^*A Washington correspondent
of the Boston
Times .spcaking of Mr. Foote says he possesses a rare
combination of qualific ations for a statesman ;—gen-
ius, energy, promp t ness, Hberality .perseverance and
sagacity. His speeches show him to be a man of
extensive reading and historical research , and of
classical attainment . lie is familiar with the poli-
t ics and legislation of the country, and with meti and
measu res, from the foundation of the government.—
He is well posted up, on all these matters. Long
practice as a lawyer and advocate , and iii legislative
bodies , has given him a panop ly of all the weapons
for parliamentary conflicts. He is not onl y a bold
' thinker and originator , but a read y debator , an able
writer , and useful member of committees. The per-
sonal and political enemies of Mr. Foote, have de-
nounced him as reckless, hasty, inconsiderate and
preci pitate. Such is not his character. He is in-
deed a man of strong impulses and ardent tempera-
ment. He comprehends difficult subjects at a glance ,
and grapp les obstacles with alacrity. But he is a
I man of frankness, of courteous and amiable feelings,
j He combines , in a remarkable degree, the suaviter
\inmodo , and the J ortiter in re. If he is anxious to
to carry out great princi ples, he is disposed to modi-
fy details so as to square with the prejudices of op-
ponents if possible. In this, he evinces the task of
a legislator. He who attempts to press throimh a for-
est without steering clear of the stumps will soon be
effectuall y slumped. I have great confidence that
the compromise will yet be carried out , wivin g re-
pose to the country. If so, it will be a happy fi nale
to the six months of suspense and anxious solicitude.
Tiif, Cabinet of President Tay lor have become
the butt of public ridicule , as well as the chief sub-
jects of congressional investi gation.
When General Tay lor came to Washington , to
be inaugurated , he broug ht along with him Col.
Bullitt , a New Orleans editor ; and an administra-
tion paper was at once started at Washington , to be
edited by Col. B. and an associate. This.new af-
fair went on swimming ly for a time.
—but the frail-
ty, and the trickery of the Cabinet , was too much
for Col. Bullitt to back up, much as he loved their
head , the Old General. The "Republic '' the new
paper in question , from time to time gave evidence
of its uneasiness in such company—and this evidence
grew stronger , and at last so opened-monthed , that
the Cabinet resolved that the President must either
dismiss Col. Bullitt or dismiss them , and gather a
new gang of Secretaries. The old General , 'tis
said , was in much tribulation , hut it was finall y de-
termined to buy out Bullitt & Sargent , and put new
editors into the "organ ," rafher than have a blow-
up of the Cabinet—and this has been done. But
this change cures nothing. The Cabinet is made no
stronger , or wiser, or better or more popular, by
this change ;—and there is no dispute but that it is
the weakest, and simplest, and worst and most unpop-
ular Cabinet ever gathered by any President-—to
say nothing of the wholesale robbery of the Treas-
ury which has characterized its existence. So sick
have the public become of the present dynasty that
a Tay lor paper—-an "original Taylor paper" at
New York , in ridicule , advertises the following :
"A Cure for Selecting Military Presi-
dents.—The best cure for this polit ical cholera ,
among republican people , has been invented by
some quiet gentlemen in Washington , usuall y call-
ed the 'cabinet .' A full bottle of their mixture will
cure a whole nation for a quarter of a century."
KaTThe editor of the Register, week before the
last, told his readers what i
l
(liepublic " thoug ht of us !
In his last paper he essays to speak for "the commu-
nity at large ''—who we suppose, are the same sort of
people with "the public ." He says now , that our re-
marks relative to the small pox at the Barnslable
Bank appear , "to the community at largp , most un-
feeling, and uncalled for ! We doubt whether "the
communit y at large " are quite so sensitive to every
allusion to the "Barnstable Bank" as the Register
concern is. We have said nothin g about "thefamily
who occupy the house attached to the Dank ''—nor of
the house either. It is the "unfeeling " Register,
which has "dr agged them before the public ;" in its
"clumsy" attempt to find fault with us.
The worth, and the respectabi lity,of that famil y
are appreciated ,wherever they are known ; and any
"clumsy " introdu ction of them ,or their "calamities ,''
to the "community at larg e," throug h the Register ,
because they happen to occupy a house adjoining
the Bank , will hardl y entitle its editor to the com-
mendation of "the public " which he seems so ready
to court , at our expense. lie admits that the occu-
pants of that house "are private individuals , in no
way connected with the Bank." Then we have said
nothin g about them—never before alluded to them !
—and if "our cotemporary '' had "full y understood"
what was "for the credit of humanity, as well as for
the honor o
f the craft "—and especially if he had pos-
sessed a decent sense of propriety and good-manners
—he would hav«. kep_
t his "unfeeling" connection of
them and their "sufferings" with the Bank and its
movements , to himself ;—but for his "uncalled for"
officiousness in "the matter ," no one who sincerely
sympathizes with "the sufferers ,"will thank him.
Confirmations by the Senate. These
seem to be dropp ing along, now, slowl y. AH the
appointments for New York—Collector , Marshal
and District Attorney—were confirmed on Friday
last. It is about time to look out for those for Mas-
sachusetts now. Collector and Postmaster for Bos-
ton , Collectors for Barnstable and New Bedford ,&c.
Fatal Accident.—We learn that several school
boys were play ing with a loaded gun , a few days
since at Wellfleet , which resulted in the death of
one of thtir number. The gun was loaded with
shot , and while it was held by a young lad , at half
cock , the tri gger caug ht in some bushes and exp lod-
ed. The whole contents of the charge passed into
the breast of his playmate , killin g him almost in-
stantl y.
^"Ourthanks are due Hon. T. H. Bayley, of
Virg inia , for valuable Congressional documents.—
The speech of this gentleman , as our readers will
recollect , "on the joint resolution limiting the ex-
pense of collecting the revenue," was one of the
ablest of the session.
A young man at Burlington , N. J., ate a piece of
honey-comb, in which a bee was concealed. While
in the act of swallowin g it the. bee stung him in the
throat , which swelled so as to occasion , within half
an hour , his death by suffocation.
The General Conference of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church is in session in Baltimore. Rev. L.R.
Reese, of Baltimore , is President.
A student has been expelled from Harvard Uni-
versity, for "cheating at cards.
It is reported that Sir John Franklin has discov-
ered the northwest passage and is safe.
Daughters, intelli gent , gentle ,and dutif nl ,make
tho best wives, and by far the most beautiful !
gg°Tho Washington Union of the 18th inst., in an
able article upon the signs of the times, closes with
the following excellent sentiments . They are wor-
th y the consideration of every democrat in the coun-
ty. Read them :—
"The moral inculcated by the history and fate of
the whig parly should not be lost upon the democ-
racy. The democratic party now has it in its pow-
er to consolidate and perpetuate its ascendency for
a quarter of a century. It has onl y to preserve itsj
nationali ty, which it can do by doing justice to all
parts of this great confederacy ; to settle and adjust
:he <-reat questions which now agitate the country .|
to prove itself the true party of the constitution and |
the Union ; and its ascendency for another quarter
of a century 'will be insured. By taking a wise.mod-
erate , and conciliatory course at this time , rebuking
fanaticism and faction of all sorts, and healing up
the wounds which now afflict the country, it will at-
tract to its ranks a portion of the American people
who have hitherto kept aloof from it. It will draw
into its ranks the business men of the North , and
the moderate and Union-loving portion of the late
whi g party of the South , and thus secure elements
ofstrength which will make it invincible. The whi g
party has proved its utter incapacity to conduct the
government , and the whole country will demand the
return of democratic wisdom and energy to its coun-
cils. Let not the democracy lose the golden oppor-
tunity to consolidate its power and perpetuate its
ascendency which the present moment presents."
Serious Loss.—Mr. Stephe n Hilliard , of Prov-
incetown , lost a pocket book containing $2500, prin-
ci pall y in bills on the Freeman 's bank , Boston. It
sli pped from his pocket between the Eastern steam-
boat wharf and Charlestown. Upon examining his
pocket , he as«ertained,that the bottom had not been
sewed tight ly.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Maj or : Your friend , the Cashier , stated at the
annual meeting of the Rail Road Stockholders at
Sandwich , last June , that he had a plan in his nod-
dle, by which the passengers over the road from b«-
low could be increased ten per cent ! Well , perhaps
he couldn 't have taken a better course to electioneer
for himself, than to throw out such promises—for we
were all desirous to increase the travel—so we elec-
ted him a-Direetor ; and ,sure enoug h,he did increase
the number of passengers (by the application of his
scheme) about fifteen per cent I believe, as the late
returns to the legislature show. But , at the same
time there is a decrease in the income of the road !
Now Major—I believe your friend Amos has been
a schoolmaster in his day ; and without doubt is it1
mathematician—for I believe be is a sort of "Jack at
all trades"—and I wish he would figure out fer me
this problem—viz :—
If the passengers increase fifteen per cent and the
"net income" decrease $54.3 in one year, how many
years will it be with the same relative increase and
decrease, before there will be no such item as "net
income'' left—admitting that item for last year to
have been $20,000 ?
Accident.—Yesterday, a telegrap hic despatch
was received here stating that Oliver S. Lovell , a
hand on board the schooner Elizabeth , of Boston
now at Coxsackie , had been killed ; how , was not
stated. The deceased was from Osterville , Mass.
[Albany Argus, 17th inst.
A young woman named Bridget Colfer, employed
as a servant in the family of Mr. Burr , No. 16
Greenwich street , New York , on Monday evening,
was badly burned by attempting to fill a glass lamp
with sp irit gass, when the lamp exploded , burning
her horribl y about the face, chest and arms. She
Was conveyed to the hospital , suffering intensel y.—
The building also came near being set on fire.
Anecdote op Washington.—It is related that
when the British soldiers were about to march out
and lay down arms at Yerktown , Washington said
to the American army, "My boys, let there be no
insults over a conquered foe ! When they lay down
their arms don't huzza ! posterity will huzza for
you!"
Matrimonial Agency.—A company is said to
have been formed in Boston , with a cap ital of $15,-
000, called "The N. E. Matrimonial Agency Co."—
Gentlemen in want of wives, and ladies in want of
husbands , pay $3 and have their names registered.
This done, they are entitled for one year to receive
introductions and other assistance from the Compa-
ny-
A Hardened Mother.—An inquest was held
at New Bedford on Tuesday upon the body of a
male child , about five months old , which was found
on Sunday morning in the woods in North Dart-
mouth. From the testimony, it appeared that the
name of the mother of the child was Catharine Quinn ,
but a short time in this country, and recentl y an in-
mate of the New Bedford Alms-house. The child
was left alive in the woods by the mother and came
to its death by exposure to the cold. The woman
has not been arrested.
Accident.—A man named Nathan Harris, in
Milford , Mass., on Thursday night , had his left arm
cut off near his shoulder by a knife from a plaining
machine , wh ich was broken off,and it dropped by his
side. A surgeon was called , the wound dressed .and
the man is now doing well. He is an enterprising
man , about 45 years of age.—[Post.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows turned
out in grand procession at New Orleans ,on the 29th
ult., for the purpose of lay ing the corner stone of
their new Hall. The procession is said to have been
a very imposing affair, and passed off in the best
spirit.
The only class of men in the world , the Chicago
Journal says, who are not in the habit of disparag-
ing their nei ghbors are assessors of taxes, for it is
well known that they never "underrate '1 any body in
the slightest degree.
Charles Rouse, of Pittsfield , Mass., shot a young
eagle on the 4th inst., whose wings, when spread,
measured 5 1-2 feet. This shot was made with a ri-
fle, at a distance of 75 rods.
On Thursday, 16th inst., one Capt. John Windsor ,
in the town of Middleford , Sussex Co., Delaware ,
shot his wife ; first deliberatel y telling her that he
intended to kill her, and resisting all her frantic en-
treaties for her life. He then tried to poison him-
self , but failed. He had entertained susp icions of
the unfortunate woman 's fidelity. She was seven-
teen and he between sixty and seventy years old
___JJBoston Post.
Mosks Hai lett Esq, a nati ve of Yarmouth
Mass, but an old settler in the West, died at Bet
netts Landing, in Missouri , on the 29th of April.
A vessel has arrived at New Ynrl- ,.,M, • .
of figments of boombsheHs L r n Vr C r u^ i r n
by Gen. Scott during hi, operations there. j
Arrival of tiie 5!il>eiuia.
SEVEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
- The Royal Mail steamshi p Hibernia arrived at
Boston on Friday, with seven days later intelli gence
from Europe.
AH quiet on the Continent. Eugene Sue is elect-
ed in Paris—no disturbance.
Cotton advanced 1-8 to 1 farthing; fair Orleans
7 8-8. Sales for the week 91,000—speculators took
38,000.
Flour advanced Is.—firm. Corn in good demand
|at about 7d. advance. Provisions full average busi-
|ness ; Beef has advanced from Is. to 2s. per tierce ;
j Pork , no change, but new Western is less firm ;
Hams in good demand at previous rates ; Bacon
stead y ; sales of 60 tons ; Lard at about 3d. lower;
Coffee dull at Liverpool , and 3s. lower at London ;
Cey lon quoted at 48s.
Ashes in fair demand at 28 to 30s. for Pearls and
Pots.
Naval Stores—Turpentine more in demand at 7s.
to 7s. 3d.
It will be seen that there has been a considerable
advance in cotton , corn , flour and provisions. "*
The election of Eugene Sue may be. regarded as
a great triump h for the friends of the Republic. The
opposing candidate , Leclerc, was a Bonapartist ,and
his Republican fidelity was dubious. Sue, althoug h
something of a theorist in his Social notions , is yet
relied upon as one who will be true to the Republic
and the cause of order.
The Qtjf.en.—The following is the most impor-
tant intelli gence brou«ht by this arrival :
ACCOUCII MENT OF HER MaJF.STY.—BlRTH OF A
Prince —Buckingham Palace , May 1.—This morn-
ing the Queen was safely delivered of a prince. In
the room with her Majesty was his Royal Highness
Prince Albert ,Dr. Loi-ock ,nnd Mrs.Lill y,the month-
ly nurse ; and in tho rooms adjoining wete the oth-
er medical attendants , Sir James Clark and Dr.
Ferguson , and the Ministers and Officers of State
summoned on the occasion. Several of the Privy
Councillors were in attendance.
Latest Bulletin.—Buckingham, Palace. —The
Queen has slept well.—Her Maj esty and her infant
Prince are going on quite favorabl y.
In alludin g to this event , the European Times
says—
The most striking event of the week is the birth
of another royal prince , ,which took place at Buck-
ingham Palace on the morning of Wednesday last.
The young stranger anil the royal parent are, the
official bulletin tell us, "progressing favorably." In
compliment to the most illustrous warrior of the age,
the third son of her Majesty is to be called Arthur.
Albert ,and Alfred and Arthur form a pretty alliter-
ation , with which succeeding generations will , in all
probability, become more familiar than our own.
Princes find their account in makin g a stir in the
world ; and , as the royal children are all reci pients
of excellent health , the boys whose names we have
give n, can hardl y fail to fill a consp icuous , and we
hope a brilliant , page in British history. They will
have before them at least the examp le of parents
whose private lives are models of the domestic vir-
tues. The sceptre which Queen Victoria wields so
gracefull y is certainl y not the .least powerless in the
world ; and rarely has a ruler , without effort.or os-
tentation , succeeded in securing the respect and es-
teem of a brave, and generous people.
Accommodation Stage.--Wo learn that Messrs.
Boytlen , Howard & Sears, the gentlemanl y proprietors
of the Mait Stage, between Yarmouth Port and Sand-
wich , commenced running an Accommodation Stage
on Monday last, leaving Yarmouth Port sufficientl y
early to connect with the morning cars to Boston—and
returning, will leave immediatel y upon the arrival of
the evening train at Sandwich. This Accommodation
will be continued throug h the ensuing season.
Death of Winslow Lewis, Esq.—The Bos-
ton Journal of Monday afternoon says, our readers
will find recorded under our obituary head the death
of Winslow Lewis, Esq. Althoug h he died at
the good old age of four score years, the event
seemed sudden and unexpected , for but a few days
since he was in the midst of us, apparentl y in the
full enjoyment of that vigor of intellect , buoyancy of
spirit and strength of physical constitution ,for which
he has ever been distinguished. He has been con-
nected in a greater or less degree with the Light
House establishment in the United States for nearl y
half a century.
"Nothing to go back for."—Mr. Jesse Hay-
cock , formerly a lumbar dealer in this city, on
Wednesday showed to us some of the "lumps" which
he "dug; out " in the golden reg ion ; one of them is
worth 8500, and he has about $100,000 worth of
lumps and dust , in bags and bottles. About one
year ago Mr. Haycock left this city very much in
debt, and then , of course he "was nobod y !"
In one of the late steamers he came passenger,
and on his arrival in this"city he advertised to the
effect (hat all his creditors could have their pay by
calling at an Insurance Office in State street— they
were thar ! and received their dust. After paying
all his debts, and thus winning back his old friends
Mr. Haycock has "
j pile"" of .about $100,000 left '
,
and has "no desire to go back to California."
, [Boston Bee.
Death from taking Wild Cherry Tree
Bark.—We have the facts of the following case
from Dr. N. H. Carey, of Wayne , in this County,
who was called to the patient , but too late to save
her. In March last , Mrs. Gerry House, of Wayne ,
aged about thirty, having been unwell some two or
three weeks, prepared a strong decoction of the bark
of the wild cherry tree (prvnus Vir
g inica) to which
she added a few spoonsful of gin and drank about
half a pint of it. She immediatel y became sick and
convulsed , and died in three hours. When Dr.Ca-
rey arrived she was nearl y dead ; the pup ils Of her
eyes were dilated to the utmost extent , her face ex-
hibited singular distortions , and her breath emitted
a strong odor of prussic acid.
It was the acid , which is contained in the species
of the cherry, that caused death. We have seen
calves poisoned by eating freel y of the leaves. In
moderate doses this bark is an excellent tonic, bu t
ill large concentrated doses, it is a dangerous arti-
cle.—[Augusta (Me.) Farmer.
"New NANTucKi .:
T."_Some of the numerous
emigrants from Nantucket to California , have locat-
ed themselves upon the Tuolumne river, and date
their letters from the encampment at New Nan-
tucket.
Pollock h ave "struck in " at Eastport , where they
are caug ht n, great numbers , much to the satisfac-
tion of the editor of the Sentinel , who declares that
"when boiled fresh , and eaten with butter sauce,
they are nearl y equal to salmon."
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Elihu Burrit says the best cough drops for ladies
are to drop the practice of dressing thin , when they
go out in the night air.
We learn that a letter has been received from Mr.
Webster , written at Washington , in which he says
he feels very well for a "crushed" man.—[Boston
Post.
The Washing ton Union positivel y contradicts the
report that Mr. Burke is about to retire from that
Taper.
The following list comprises » portion of ii.
of the acts passed by the Legislature of this gf
litI e»
its recent session : ^"te a(
AN ACT for the protection of the fishevjc, .
vicinity of Nantucket. " th
— to authorize Alexander Baxter and *
construct a Marine Railway. ' "erg «
— to authorize Ezra Allen to extend his \Vi
— to authorize Step hen Nickerson to bui|<) \?K
— to incorporate the Massachusetts Fire '•'if
rine Insurance Company. 'Jli .
— to authorize Joshua Nickerson an'
d Lewi tb^4
erson to build a Wharf. 8 ¦"¦<»<¦
— to authorize the construction of a Brido
Oyster Pond River in the town of Chatl,^" aCf°Sj
— to authorize Isaac Small 2d , to build a 'tyi'
— to authorize Na ihaniel Chase 2d , and hi , f-
ales to build a Wharf. ilSsOci.
— to authorize Ira Darrow to build a Wharf
— to authorize Waterman Crocker to v, ..
Wharf.
bui |
'l a
— to authorize Nathaniel Chase and others t i
a Wharf. ° b0ild
— relating to Ranns of Marriage.
— authorizing the County Commissioners f
County of Bainstabl e to build a Brid ge, "'(
— relating to the branding of foreign pickled *•
— concerning the Alewive fishery in the tn •
Dennis. " of
— in addition to Acts for regulating the. Pilot,
vessels throug h the Vinevard Sound to Nsiiiti
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— concerning the plantation at Herrin g Pon ,i '•
— to incorporate the Mariners ' Bank in Di'nn '
— in addition to an act authorizing a hi«hwiv ., '
East Harbor in Truro. ° J *
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— in addition to the several acts for the b
preservation of usefu l birdsT et
— in relation to real estate in the county of ife
tucket.
— in relation to School Districts.
— for the appointment of Trial Justices.
Narrow Escape.—Yesterday afternoon , a |
yer named Patrid ge, residing in Newton Ln
Falls, undertook to walk from Auburn Dale to I-
home upon the track. Just as he was crossing
narrow brid ge over Charles River , upon the Lo
°
Falls Branch , the quarter of six inward special tr •
hove in sight. Mr. Patrid ge immediatel y put },j
self into as small space as possible at one side of |)
brid ge, but was struck by the steps of a car in iv.
side,his coat partl y '
torn off , and he himself knock 1
into the river , a distance of about fifteen feet, jj,
train was stopped and assistance rendered.to Mf
Patrid ge, who when he was reached was clinibinn
up the bank , nearl y exhausted. He was tak en
home and found to have escaped with a few slight
flesh wounds.—[Boston Traveller.
Arrival of Shipwrecked Fishermf.n I|,e
crews of the four fishing schooners that were wreck,
ed a short time since at Cape May, arrived in this
city from New York yesterday morning. They
speak in great praise of, and wish to return their <
sincere thanks to, the pilots of Cape Henlopen , who
conveyed.them to Lewiston roads, where the keeper
of the Light gave them a cordial welcome. They
were afterwards conveyed gratuitousl y to New York .
They came to Boston by the Stonington route, and
complain that their last cent was exacted of them
for their passage in the boat. The Cape Ann Boys
were offered a free passage home on the Eastern
Railroad.— [Boston Times.
Serious Accident.— On Friday afternoon , as
Mr. Chas. Richards was at work on board a shi p at
Constitution wharf , Boston , one of the clew garnet
blocks fell from the main yard and sp lit open liis
nose, broke one of his cheek bones, and knocked
him backwards into the shi p's hold , a fall of 30 feet,
by which his head struck on the kelson , and lie re-
ceived other injuries. "
" Tho democracy of Connecticut may well be
proud of their new Governor , as well on account
of his undoubted ability jis his heroic and brilliant
conduct in the battles before the city of Mexico.—
The democracy of the whole country feel honored
in their choice."
Low Fares to Boston.—The throug h fare be-
tween New York and Boston , says the New York
Mirror , by the Norwich route , will be reduced in »
few days from $4 to $2 50.
Dangerous Sport.—The Boston Mail states
that a little girl , daug hter of Mr. G. N. Boardm«ri|
Essex street , had her eye put out last evening by a
lad blowing a pea or bean throug h a tin tube.—
These kinds of instruments are very common among
youngsters , and the wonder is "
they do not lead to
more mischief than they do. Let parents suppress
such proceedings at once.
A California Vessel.—Capt. Mayo , of brig
Leander , from Cape Haytien , arrived at this por'i
reports that on the 25th ult., he spoke sloop Osceo-
la, formerly a Cape packet .which sailed hence April
10, for California. Captain Merrill had been lost
overboard , and the vessel was in poor conditione d
would mnke for the nearest port.—Boston Times-
The Parker Murder.—The reporter for tn e
Bee, attending the examination at South Berwiwi
writes :
The testimony for the defence will probably &
all in by Thursday noon. The government w'"
then introduce rebutting testimony, which wiir proli-
ably occupy most if not all of the afternoon. Tbe
case will probably be brought to a close by Friday
night. There is now no - doubt that the prisoners
will be surrendered to the authorities of New H'lfP'
shire for examination joint ly with Horace Went-
worth and William, C. Chirk-. That cxaminnl'011
will take place at Manchester and will commer^
immediatel y at the close of this—probabl y not before
Monday or Tuesday of this week. The strong* |
testimony will then be brought forward.
The Washington correspondent of the Joiim-il o
Commerce , says that "Mr. Clay estimates their>au*
ence of the Northern whi g press at 0." Tb«'i fl
take it , is pretty well down to zero.
Another Explosion.—Another explosion io°
place on the 19th ult.,at the steam saw mill of Messr3>
Knight , in Milford, Ohio. The boiler was b'°
ffn
from sixteen to twenty rods,throug h trees.log hci'I"'
&c. Mr. Jesse Knight , one of the enterprising VT°'
prietors, was instantl y killed. The most of h's
""
der jaw was blown off', and both arms and sliou 'c"
;
broken. A Mr. Brown was also badl y scalded.
Body found in the Docic—Yesterday <°^'
t
noon the body of a man was taken from the i
inquest on the body.—[Boston Bee, 20th inst.
A stage upset , near the Post office , in Bh"?"
1'
]
Tuesday afternoon. Three ejderl y ladies im"" " ,i
were in the stage who.we are happy to be info"1
1'
were but sli ghtlv injured.
. Increasing.—Marriages in this State are rap'.'j
1
],
increasing under the new marriage law. As it '-))e
Yankee's prerogative to "calculate " we think
Old Bay Slate will save money enoug h by ''"'V^a
¦
je t, yearly, to pay off the leg islators who passe"
law.—[Boston Bee. ,
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Acts psossed at the late scssion^^
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BARNBTABLB :
Tuesday, May 21, 1850.