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Arrival of the Ohio !—Important fr om Havana!—
Landing of Gen. Lopez and Surrender of Carde-
r.as !— Capture of \ \ b o
f the Invaders subsequent-
ly, and their Condemnation to Death >
Sew YoliK, Ma y 24, 5 o'clock, P. M.
The steamshi p Ohio , Lieut. Schenck. U. S. N-,
commandin g, arr ived ;,t lier dock iibout a quarter of
8 o'clock tins afternoon.
(Jen. Lopez landed at Cardenas, aboul 90 miles
IVom Havana, on the 17th hist , with about 500 men ,
(Hid took possession of the town ! The garrison con-
futed of one company of about 60 men , who mat e
b:it a slight resistance , were driven into a church ,
a:id after losing 3 killed, surrendered.
The General landed in the steamer Creole,which
left Ximv Orleans on the Till mst. Several other
vessels containing i" all """"' J 2 n ll!1(l
left New OrleaiijTurisvio ns to the Cieole ; but whcie
t hey are 'to land is not kno wn. Tin- greatest excite-
nient prevailed "t llaiana , amountin g to a panic.—
The tits" was under martial biw , mid several thou-
miih I mil itary had been enrolled , and nini s were be-
in^ delivered to' them . The resident forei gners weie
called u pon to enrol.
Tiieri! we re 1500 troops at Matan zas , and 800
were despatched from Maian.i al 1 o'cloc k , A, JI., "I
the 20th , t o reinforc e ilieni and march against Li>'
pez. Jt was reporte d '
t hat tl.e force un'.Ter Lopez
had inc reased to 2000 , and th at lie. was alread y hall
wav lo Alat.inzus .
On t he JGtli , ne«-s..n-jis received that a large force
was collecte d on Woman 's Island , nea r I'atne he.
Yucatan. The Gent-ral of Marin es , w ith several
vessels and about 3000 men. stalled for i hat point ,
Just before, the Ohio left , the Spanish steamer Pi-
zairo ciime in with 105 prisoners taken from that
Island. It was said that they woe mostl y Germans
and Irish.
The report w.is that they were to be. shot that day
(it 12 o'clock , or at least evei y tenth man shot, and
t he I'eni.iinder confined in the dungeons of Moro
Cast le. The force on the Creole , with which Gen.
Ln pez effected the landing, is onl y a small part ol
th.! expedition . Ii is known that some ten or twelve
vessels have left New Orleans and different parts til
thu G'lH', probabl y to land snnultaneouslv at diffe r-
ent points. It w.ts reported that Lopex h;jd broken
up tin* rail road to Canh'nas in several places.
The merchants and bankers in Havana were re-
moving their money lo the fort for safely. The Ohio ,
Georgia , and Falcon want obli ged to anchor at th e
entranc e of the harbor. Capl. Schenck protested
throug h the American Consul lo the Captain Geneiv
til , an d demanded a sale anchora ge , but was it-fused ,
and was told that he mi ght go to tea as soon as it
was pleasi'nt.
None of the passengers, except those hayin g pass-
ports , were permitted lo go on shore. No comniuni-
t ion whs allowed between the passengers , not even
betwee n the officers of the town , until a pern.it was
obtained from the Captain General. The. Ohio was
obli ged to wait more than 15 houi g for a permit to
transfe r her passengers , a fler she. was lead y for sea.
Gen. Lopez's address to the Cuban peop le is a
document of great eloquence , anil calculated lo pro-
d uce a tremendous effect.
Gen. Lop ez's Address to the Spanish Soldiers in Cuba.
on the occasion of his arrival .
Soldiers of the. Spanish Army ;
Called by the inha bitants of this Island to place
myself at the. head of a great popular movement ,
which has for its only obj ect Political Liberty and
Independen ce , and up held in this j ust cause by the
power of a great and geneious peop le , I now come
to th ese p laces at the head of war worn troops, de-
termined to consummate so glori ous >iu undertak ing.
Soldi ers ! I know that you endure both the despot-
ism a nd the harshness of yoiir .clii cl'n ; I kno w, thii t ,
to rn from your firesides , and horn the arms of vour
fath ers , your brothers , a nd all most dear , by th e bar-
ba rous law of conscri pti on, j-nti have been confined
in this country , wh ere in pi ,ice of mild treatment ,
which would , at, least in a ineasuie , soften your
misery, you are treated like beasts, and i n the midst
of the mosl profound peace, jui; are subj ected to all
th e fati gues and .
vigors of war.
Former companions in arms ! you know me, and
1 also know you 5 I have seen .you in a hu ndred
baliles.
I kn ow that you are brave , and that yon deserve
In recover the dignity of men ; and to you I open
the r.iuks of my army , and invite you to occupy with *
in th em a place among the champ io ns of liberty.
Thus will \ou be able to have rest and a good re-
wa rd after the st rugg le, whi ch will be short , is over:
or, with the free , return to your finsidi- s, where the
voice of famil y a ffcetinn calls you.
Soldiers ! Between Liberty and the coiitinuanci-
of your ignominious servitude , choose.
li nt think well will) your swords drawn , and
sh eatha iliein not until you htn e left assured the
liberty of thu whole country ! Thus will you fill
with esteem
Your former General ,
The Commander in Chie
f of the Liberating Army n
f
Cuba , N ARC1SO LOPEZ.
Wi shing and Fishing Vksski.s.—The. fishin g
buslines this spring has been attende d with unusual-
ly discourag ing circumstanc es : since the year com-
mence d four new vessels have ,with their crews ,num-
bering abouf thirty live of the most enter prising fish-
ermen of the town , been lost on Georges Shoal. -—
The vesse ls were worth about $12,000, which loss
falls upon the Mutual Insuntm e Con pan} ,01 in ot h,
er words .upon all those engaged in the fishing busi-
ness. The loss of so manv enterprising and excel-
lent men has cast a gloom over the whole communi-
ty, which will not soon be dispelled. Many nf them
have left large families ,and some of these in strai ght-
ened < irc umstanccs. Added to these melanchol y
losses, is an usual want of success in the spiring fish-
ing, the catch of halibut and fish , beitiL ' much less
tlra n that oflast year. It has been estimated that
the foun is poorer by forty thousand dollars , than it
was last year at this lime / the consequent scarcity
of money in circulation has depressed all branches
of business.
Notwithstandin g these circumstances ,a large, num-
ber of new vessels have been built for our
"
fisher-
men ; most of these were, contracted for last fall
when no one dreamed of the disasters which have
occurred this spring.
Many of the fleet arp. about starting for the Bay
Chaleur , where several vessels were successful last
year , and we hope they will :dl meet wit h a bett er
fortune than has attended them this spring.
.["Gloucester News.
Snip Building.—We are glad to learn this im-
portant branch of "home manufactu re " has been
revived in this vicini ty with wonted vi gor ,and prom-
ises to afford full emp loyment for a laijr e class of
industrious and enierpnsing mechanics and others.
The keel of a new shi p of about 850 Ions was laid
last week in this city, for Abm. U. Hoiylaud , Esq.,
at the shi p-yard of .Mr. David Cannon. She is in-
tended for a whaler , and will be constructed in the
most substant ial manner , upon a superior model in
reward 10 capacit y as a carrier and a fast sailer .—
Her dimension s will be 112 feet length on deck ;—
breath of beam 26 feet 6 inches ; depth 14 feet 10
inches and of a capacity for stowing" 2250 bbls.—
She will be comp leted with all despatch.and is to be
comma.ided by dipt. Henry Eldrid ge, formerly 1st
officer of the shi p Tineas of'ihis port .
New Bedford built shi ps were formerl y af a pre-
mium in the first commercial ports in the Union ,
and we congratulate Ollr n ,,va] .,,.(.hit() (.ts th .lt i!l( .;,.
industry and skill have again hoen called into nobler
nmp loyrncnt than in rep,,;, j,, ,, ftn( ,
refittin !, (i,,t.(lye,i
hulks frpin the merchant service. [New Bed-
ford Mercury.
Death of a Noblk Dog.—Mr. l c. Childs , of
East Le x i n g t o n , has for some t i m e pa s t o u ne d a
'
no-
ble N e w l . m i d l a n d dog, who , besides ot h e r w f,vs of
m a k i ng h i m s elf generall y usefu l , has been in
'
t h e
liahii of rii!nii»!i d a i l v to t h e d ussiri g of t h e rail road
H e a r his master's residence , and ge l l i n g his p.-i [Yl .r >
whi ch was i h r n w n from t h e t r a i n . On t h e 23d inst .,
from some cause no t k n o w n , he was a l i t t l e behind
Ilis nsii .il t im e , a n d in order 10 escape, t h a t reproach
which j u s t l y atta ches itself to all d i l at o ry and tard y
¦ persons, he. r a n w i i h such haste , t h a t he was u n a b l e
to slon , u n t i l he had passed u n d e r t h e cars , and Was
l i t e r a l l y cat to p ieces. The o w n e r of this dng, we
are in formed , would not h ave t a k e n t w o h u n d r ed
dollars for him. \\U loss is deep ly rcgreted by the
nmil y, all of whom feel that they have lost a sincere
Jriomi and protector.—[Boston iYler, Joutnal.
"War in Cub a begun! !!
Mr. Webster sinii I3ie Leading Whi gs
of thi s Countv.
The Register is republishing n series of essays
from the Boston Atlas, written by Franklin Dexter,
Esq., on Mr . Webster's late speech in the U. S.
Senate. These essays are sharp criticism s on Mr,
Webster's course on the Slavery question , and de-
signed to bring him into disfavor with the Whi gs of
Massachusetts ;—the Atlas calls them "crushing "
cr iticism s ! The Reg ister is lendin g its aid 10 hel p
crunk Mr. Webster !—and it announces that it does
this '-AT THE SUGGESTIO N' OF SEVERAL OF OUR
LEADIN G WHIGS !
1
'
No doubt Mr. Collector . Bacon , and his Anti-
Slavery Deputies — are among those LEADING
WU1GS who are thus endeavoring to aid the Atlas
parl y in '- crushing '' Mr. Webster ! A nd it is ex-
pdcied that this "aid and comfort ," tlius afforded to
ihat sect ion of the Whi g party by the '-Le ading
Wnifls " of Barnstabl e County, will hel p to secure
the confirmation by the Senate of Mr. Collector Ba-
con ! We shall see ! Mr. Webster has written
home , recentl y, that he "felt pretty well , for a
crushed man ;" but then he had not learned of the
additional strength the "crushing '' party were about
to receive from Mr . Collector Bacon and his Anti-
Slavery Deputies, and other "Leading Whigs" of this
District ! Will he be able to stand up under this
new crush f
The annual meeting of this corporation must be
near at hand , and yet we don 't observe any stir or
preparation for it. Not owning a sing le shin e of its
sloi k, we may be thoug ht — by some of our quiet
neighbors who never busy themselves about other
peop le's business—to be ''intermeddling,'' if we ex-
press any opinion relative to the imp ortant ,business
which is lo be transacted at the coming Rail Road
meeting;. But then , we excuse * ourselves for our
anxiety on the subject , on the ground that ,us a mem-
ber of "the community af targc ,'' we have an interest
in the welfare of the Road. As a member , there-
fore, of that "community " (n ot as ils organ , by any
means , th.it is the Reg ister 's peculiar office) we feel
somu concern that the reform, and !he economical,
\\\\i\ prof itable management (!) which has character-
ized the past years direction of the Road , should be
continued—at least for one year more. In short , we
cannot withhold our direct advice to the stockhold-
ers, that they re-elect , at the coming meeting, the
present efficient and gentlemanly Hoard of Directors
—and , especially , the "Member from Yarmouth .'"
Better not sli ght this advice , now. Remember we
have , hitherto , given you good counsel—some ot
which we have no doubt you deeply regret you did
not follow—and we are sincere in l!iis recommenda-
tion now . It was some time since rumored , that the
Road would lose the invaluable services of their
present President , M r. Page, another year. But
tlut was , probabl y, in view of the prospect , then
ahead , of his being elected President of the Old Col-
ony Road , with a salary of $3,500 ! As, however ,
that prospect has vanished (Mr. Page not securing
an election on the Board of Directors of tluit l?n:id.
but receiving the smallest vote of any one on the
ticket) it is likel y that the Cape Cod Road can have
his services again. Certainl y, we hope so. If, how-
ever, he should be. incorri gible , anil will not yield to
what we believe to be the unanimous wish of "the
community at large ;'" including "the rest of man-
kind ;" and it is found impracticable to secure the
services of some other New Bedford Lawyer for
their President , then we shall go in (or we should ,
if we. had a vote to give) for our precio us friend ,
"the Member from Yarmouth ,"for President.
He certainl y has all the claims , and all the quali-
fications now , to t he. office of Director , whiih were
so eloquentl y and abl y set forth in the Register and
Observer last year ; add to these the last year 's ex-
p erience too , and he must be eminentl y qualified for
the Presidency of the Road ! We beg not to be
thoug ht o
fficious , but we can 't hel p nominating
Amos Otis for re-election ; and if any stockholders
who cannot attend themselves shall send us their
proxies , we shall vote for him.
Cape Cod Branch Rail Road .
For the week previous there had been portenfious
muttering *, pregnant whisperings , and significant
ihreatnings , afloat upon the scandalizing breath of
the busy-body clique which has its locale in the vi-
cinity of Use Barnstable Bank—extended , of course,
so as to include di g.nitaiies of vaiious classes, Lieut.
Gove rnors , Collectors with their Deputies, and a
gang of Cashiers, Editors and other scribblers , all of
that " same feather
1
'—the interpretation of all
which seemed to be, briefl y this ;—that this immac-
ulate conglomeration of purity, piety, pimps and
poltroons, hail , by the li ght of some extraordinary
L'tish of the auror a borealis perhaps , in their scout
after new scandal , struck into a fertile labyrinth ,
and had actuall y found another MARE'S NEST!
and that the Register concern had taken the Colt
home to nurse !—due announcement of which was
to be officiall y made in the last issue of th.it "organ!"
Of course (having been carefull y warned ,throug h
the tattlin a agency of Mr. Collector Bacon 's "Tit-
t lubat-Tit-Mouse ," that something was forthcomin g)
we "were full y prepared to expect, anything that
they mi ght see fit to publish. " And , according ly,
the "mountain" havin g concluded its travail , on
Thursday hist t he "mouse" was exhibited , in the
columns of the Register!
We must refer our readers to that paper for a full
appreciation of' this grand denotement. But will en-
deavor to tell them , succinctl y, what is the sub-
Stance of this discovery, which has so agitated and
awed the "community at large" which congregates
in the pestiferous neighborhood aforesaid.
They have j ust got hold of, or just thoug ht to
look into , the "annual report " of that renowned
leader of the present "Gal phin Cabinet ," Mr. Sec-
retary Meredith ! Therein they have made the
discovery that the "expenses for the collection of
the customs in the District of Barnstable " for the
last year of the late Collector 's tei m , considerabl y
exceeded those of his predeces sor,f or a similar term !—
and that it also considerabl y exceeded those of the
present economical Collector for his f irst year—
which has not terminated yet (thoug h' probabl y he.
lias furnished the Reg ister with an estimate of what
he is going to w
rake it !)—and further , that there
were "two functionaries ," under the late Collector ,
"1offices, respecting which , the Regisler thinks "it
may be. proper to remark , that no sucli offices at
present exist ,•" am i that they "are informed that the
appointment of one of them [mm additional inspec-
tor] was not authorized by law"— their informant ,
however , being either an ignoramus or a knave.—
But what seems to stagger this famous exp loringgang
"A Cloud without Rain <"
most from their propriefy, is the fact , as the Regis- j
tdr states it , that "until the appearance of this doc-
ument , it was entirel y unknown , by any in this com- 1
munity, as far as we can Irarn , that any such'offic ej
ever existed I" Well , that does seem rather too:
bad—tha t the late Collector should have presumed!
to have done any thing ; even with the authot iiy of
law and thu approbation of the government ; with-j
out first con sulting with the "community '' at the j
Barnstable Bank and the Register office 1 and that '
t hat "community"' should have been kept in entire
ignorance that he had appointed an "additional In-
spector," until after he had , himself, been almost a
year out of offiie , and the Register's friends had
been in power at Washington some fourteen months
—with a willing old tool , in the person of their
.Member of Congress from this District , prowling
about the Treasury Department smuggling from its
'files the orig inal correspondence with that Depart-
ment and sending it into the extremes of his Dis-
trict for exhibition ! We don 't much wonder that
the Register is struck aback ! What has Granny
1 Grinnell been about all this time , that he should
j leave this important matter so long undiscovered , to
[ break so suddenl y now upon "this community, " to
astound his devoted worshi ppers at Yarmouth?
But , beside what is above spoken of and which
is given in interestin g detail and contrast by the
Register—there are also some extracts from the cor-
respondence of the late Collector with the Treasury
Department ; for all which we again refe r our read-
ers who are more particular , to that paper. They
will find it interesting, we assure them ; and were
it not that it would savor of egotism in us, and could
we afford the room, we would copy it entire. The
reader will conclude from its perusal , we are sure ,
that however "mean and parsimonious" was his^rg-
decessor , (and such Amos declared him to be in the
Regisler) ; or however mean and screwing may be
his 'successor —and we hear of his loud boastings ol
how cheaply he is going to administer hisjutiesi—
the late Collector, at least , endeavored to secure to
the officers associated with him , a compensation
somewhat in proportion to those paid in nei ghbor-
ing Districts for similar services. For this, he will
cheerfull y bear all the reproaches, which the mean-
spiiited gang who pursue him , can induce "the.com-
munity at large" to bestow upon him. He has the
satisfaction of kno«ing that those officers discharged
their several duties faithfull y—that they were ap-
pointed and commissioned by authority of law , and
with the approba tion of the Secretary of the Treas-
ury—and that there was no dipp ing of his own hand
into Uncle Sam's pocket , to pay them and himself ;
after the fashion of the present Galphin administra-
tion-—but that his accounts for these same salaries to
the officers of this District ; which the Bank gang
call extravagant , and unauthorized by law ; were du-
ly AUDITKD , APPROVED, ALLOWED and PAID, by
this present Tay lor Administration , six months after
its inauguration ; and the Collector 's^Bond was dul y
cancelled , and his honorable discharge fiom all lia-
bilities dul y certified , by the present Treasury De-
partment !
Now, the Register,and the Bank , and the present
honorable and public-spirited Collector , may, all of
theui ,niake the most of the wonderful discovery they
have so miraculousl y made.
P. S.—After the. foregoing was in the hands of
our compositor , we noticed that our kind nei ghbor
of the Sandwich Observer , had obli gingl y comp lied
with the. request of an anonymous app licant , and
copied from the Register the array of figures , and
the correspondence above spoken of—together with
the Reg ister 's editorial comments thereon , entire ; so
that that portion of "the community at larg e" who
can more easily see that paper , will be saved the
trouble of looking up the Register. We havn 't
learned what effect the astounding developments have
had on the "commuity at " Sandwich , yet. A week
or two hence , when , the excitement (!) shall have
somewhat abated—as it probabl y will—we may be
induced to refer to this subj ect again. In the mean
time we leave the further nursing of the whole mat-
ter , in the excellent hands into which it has so for-
tunatel y fallen !
Honohable Testimontal.—A beautiful silver
pitcher ,valued at $200, manufactured by Jones,Ball
& Poor, of Boston , was presented to Capt. Jewett ,of
the Fall River line , at the Tremont House, Tuesday
evening. 21st inst. On the pitcher , in front , are
representeif .in elegant raised figures, the Four Sea-
sons; and on the sides are the following inscri ptions:
On the right side—"To Capt. T. G. Jewett , from
his Boston Friends, May, 1850." On the other—
"Friendshi p—Justice—Truth."
Capt. Jewett formerly commanded the "Penob-
scot," which run from Boston to Bangor, and last
wi nter had the "State of Maine " upon the Sound.—
he is a generous , whole souled mariner, and an uni-
versal favorite .
MoitE Dignity—The Register-man having had
his knuckles pretty severely rapp 'd again , for his
meddlesomeness, has concluded to haul off and put
himself upon his dignity once more ! With an ex-
ceeding ly ill-natured growl about our "style nf writ-
ing" (which we regret we cannot , much as we have
striven to, adapt to his "fine tasie") he notifies us,for
the thousandth time, that he "certainly shall not fol-
low" us! The best thing he.can do is, to stick to
this determination , now , and mind his own business
hereafter.
&THon. Robert J. Walker , and Hon. Wadd y
Thompson , have both written letters to Mr. Foote,
in favor of Mr. Clay 's compromise, and urging the
Southern members to go for it. *
63TThe remains of the late President Polk were
removed from the City Cemetery to their final rest-
ing place in the grounds of his late residence, on
Wednesday , the 22d inst. The princi pal direction
of the ceremonies were left to the Masonic fraternity
ind the city authorities of Nashville.
The Missing Money—No tidin gs have been
received of the pocket book with S2500 in bank
bills , lost by Mr. Hilliard of Provincetown. We
learn that onl y a moderate portion belonged to Mr
H. The rest was the property of persons in Prov-
ineetown , engaged in the fishing business , and some
of it the hard earnings of the fishermen themselves,
which Mr. II. had broug ht to Boston on their ac-
count. We understand that the reward now offered
for its recovery is $500.
Resignation !—Our worth y neighbor of the
Regisler ,has acquired this comfortable state of mind.
In his last .paper he says, "We were fully prepare d
to expect any thing that he [the editor of the Patriot]
might see fit to write !" Reall y, we ar« unable to see
any good reason wh y our neighbor should not , at all
times , be "preparedto expect" as much as that.
About the year 1685, the Legislature of Pennsyl-
vania passed a resolution that "no member thereof
should come to the House barefoot , or eat his bread
and cheese on the steps '"'
[Correspondence of the Barnstable Patriot.]
Washington , May 24, 1850.
In course of the present week , the Senate has
: been the scene of some of the most eloquent efforts
j of the session. It was announced , that Mr. Soule of
l Louisiana , had the floor for last Tuesday. At an
' early hour , the avenue was thronged with ladies ,
j wending their way to the cap ilol , to hear the gifted
orator. It. was the first time , during the session ,
that he was expected to speak, and every bodv was
I anxious lo hear him. He. spoke on the Compromise.
Bill , and was listened to with profound attention. —
He is a natural orator, and delivered himself to the
I admiration of all present. He was opposed to the
j measures of the compromise of the committee , but
spoke with such thrilling interest , as lo captivate all
ears. Mr. Clay replied to him , and the whole de-
bate was such as, it would have been "worth a jour-
ney to Washington , to hear. It was the collision of
great minds , in a great cause, and the Senate was
charmed by the eloquence, on both sides. On
! Thursday, Mr. Soule again obtained the floor, to re-
¦p ly to Mr. Downs and to some of the arguments of
Mr. Clay, and we had another thrilling debate , be-
fore crowded galleiie *. 1 have never before heard
such eloquence as was displayed on both sides.
The Compromise Bill will probably be debated
for a fortni ght , in the Senate , and what will be. the
result , time can only tell. Its friends are sanguine
of success, while ils opponents think it will be de-
feated. Meanwhile the country waits in anxious
solicitude.
You will observe that Sargent and Bullit have
retired from the editorial chair of the Republic ,and
that Mr. Hall , Lite assistant Secretary of the Treas-
ury, has assumed the responsibility. It was found
that the foi mer editors did not enter heartil y into
the views of the Executive , and hence the change.
Mr. Hall is a man of fine talents , and we shall now
look for the precise views oPthe Sxecutivc in the
especial organ. It is not yet decided who will take
Hall's place in the Treasury. After the demonstra-
tions made by the late editors , it was deemed expe-
dient to have a change , in the conduct of the paper,
to prevent all misconception.
Very little business will be done in Congress un-
til the Slavery question is settled. I am inclined to
think , that Clay 's Bill will pass , after some modifi-
cations to meet the views of Northern and Southern
ultras. It is very difficult to reconcile the differ-
ences, but I think it will be,accomp lished.
Every body here is on the que vine to hear from
Cuba. A speed y conquest of the Island is expect-
ed, and there are various opinions as to what will
be the final result. There is nothing today of much
importance. Cato.
The Business Stueets of Boston— IIano-
VElt Strket.—There are few , if an y, of our great
thoroug hlarcs, which give more undoubted prool ol
the increase of the business of our city than Hano-
ver street. But a few years ago it was hardl y known
to the business community ; now , we very much
doubt if, in the same space on any street in the
city, (excepting perhaps Washington street ,) t here
can be found so varied and so extensive a collection
of stores , covering almost every department of
trade , and supp ly ing the dail y wants of tens of thou-
sands of our citizens. ,
The local advantages which Hanover street pos-
sesses for securing a large amount of trade are very
favorable. It is the avenue over which passes the
greater portion of the ' immense travel from East
Boston , Che lsea , Charlcsiown , and the entire Not th-
em section of the city. Its near proximity to the
Bost on and Maine , and Fitchbmg Rail Roads , se-
cures for it a large amount of business from those
who visit our city by means of these roads, and the
branches which join them.
Commencing at the head and passing down the
street , t he passer-by can hardl y fail of being struck
with the great variety of ineichandize disp layed for
ins pection and sale. It "would seem as if no con-
ceivable article which the fertile ingenuity of man
has ever devised could be named , which would not
immediatel y spring from the case or shelf , obedient
to the call of the purchaser. Dry goods, thread
and lace, fancy goods, clothing, carpet , apot hecary
and drug, book , bonnet , hat and cap, furniture , and
numberless other descri ptions of stores follow each
other in rap id succession , rendering it impossible
for a person to go a dozen rods without finding the
means of satisfvin " every desire.
Another observable feature , and perhaps to some
persons not an unp leasant one, is the striking con-
trast in the stores, which the purchaser is invited to
enter. In one place we have a magnificent granite
structure , with its monstrous windows , iron facings,
and its counters , laden with » disp lay of rich and
beautiful fabrics, not excelled by any similar estab-
lishment in the city or country ; while immediatel y
adjoining stands a little "ten-footer," a relic of by-
gone (lays, with ils old-fashioned windows, counters ,
shelves, &c.—and with a stock of goods in keeping
with its external appearance. These last are old
hind-marks which the hand of improvement has thus
far left unscathed , and which show in bold contrast
the way of doing business in former days when
compared with our own. We hope the day is far
distant when we shall be left with no witness of the
staid sober dealing of our fathers, by which we mav
measure the progress and improvement of their
sons.
But the busy hand of improvement is still at work,
and in various sections of the street , old buildings
are being pulled down to make room for those of a
more costly and elegant style, the belter lo accom-
modate the trade of that portion of the city. Build-
ings which for scores of years have been the quiet
dwellings of our citizens , are being transformed into
stores, and it requires no great effort of the imagi-
nation to picture the. day when the entire street ,
from its jun ction with Court street to its termination
at Che lsea Ferry , will be one continuous succession
of warehouses, devoted exclusively to the trade
which will centre within and around this thorough-
fare.
We rejoice to see such abundant evidences of the
»rowth anil prosperity of the business of our city as
the great improvements on Hanover street the last
ten or a dozen years indicate. The enterprise and
industry which has successfull y borne up against the
almost insurmount able depressions to which all the
departments of trade have been subjected during
several years of the most unparalleled financial
pressure which the count ry ever felt , is worth y of
all commendation ;—and now that a bli ghter day is
beginning to dawn , we trust that those who have
strugg led against the fury of the storm will meet
with a fitting reward.—[Boston Journal.
giTln connection with the above , we will men-
tion that our friends , Messrs. Jude Snow & Co
are well known in Hanover street , and Boston «en-
erall y. We are authorized to say/they are makin g
wide arrangements for the coming fall , as will ap-
pear in due season.
Jail BriKAKiNG.-On Saturd-.v night . 18th inst.,
our prisoners escaped from the jail in Belfast, and
three from the jail in Paris, Me.
The steamshi p Pacific , the second of the Ameri-
can line of Liverpool steamers , sailed from N. York
on Saturday afternoon with a large number of p.is-
seimers. She is commanded by Capt. Nye, an old
and experienced packet master.
Loss of the Yacht Nortiiuhn Light.—The
well known yacht Northern Light , formerl y belong-
ing to William P. Winchester , Esq., of this city ,
was lost on her passage from this port to California.
A letter received in this city stales that her crew-
arrived at Val paraiso previous to the 18 h. ult., but
gives no further particulars.—[Mer. Journal.
The Maine Hou«e of Representatives have unani-
mously passed a resolution to ballot for U. S. Sena-
tor on the 20th Juno next.
[For the BarnstaMe ratriot.|
Provincetown and Tram
Mr. Editor: I troubled you ami your re. 1
fe w weeks ago,with a somewhat discursive.m-
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the subject of the. past , and the prospective, °»
ditures by the general government for the
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ptirpose of protecting Provincetown Harbor 1 ^
virtuall y, admitted that I had onl y dealt v !' ",
subject in assertion ; anil promised at anoth "^
to uive . "a brief history of facts" to sustain Ul . "•«
tions. I find myself, Jn the mean time , sn,,.
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by two of your correspondents—both dtit in
Provincetown—for my temerity and presiii),r..^r
making the allusion to the subject which I di(j.7
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of them dealing with me in a spirit of hsirsh,'
not unfairness ,which does liltle credit to thpi r , S
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or hearts—and indul ging in a sty le of contcn, "^
ridicule of the inhabitants of Truro which l ,. ""'
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their claims to decency and propriety of coni|u
I do not propose now to reply to lheirdiro(.t
ges ; or to further notice their unwort hy ;„ •
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tions , t han to say, that some parts of "Davis"!
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slang, certainl y is not at all applicable to tli e w
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hereof; and that much of the vest of his over.™,, **
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impeachment of the good people of Triwo, ;s .
teli gible to me, at least , and I believe to aiost nf
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citizens.
In giving the "brief history of facts,"whiel) j
ly promised to do,I cannot now , nor did I orin;n.¦.
intend to, cite particular dates and precise Z81)(; '
—for I have not at hand ,nor can I (located aS j.
easil y obtain access to.or copies from votes.pei^p
reports , laws &c. to which I shall make ri'ferpn(, . '
this "brief history." If, therefore, I am to be f i
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lowed by such assailants as "Davis ," or such (.-rv
as "P." I confess thus much in advance , that t|
may be spared the pains of an endeavor to coti v"'
me of intentional omission ; and , in what I il 0 s...
I will aim at that fairness and general tiutli fulg , '
which should satisfy every man not a liyperc riti - ¦
reader and a determined fault-finder.
In the year 1825, the Selectmen of the tonn f
Truro , in behalf of the town ,petitioned to the L?,,;
s
lature to make some provision to protect the Prnv
ince lands , and prevent the sand thereof from ilriv
ing into and destroy ing the East Harbor meailoi,,
as well as the main road over these lands from T™
ro into the village of Provincetown. Upon 1Iits pe-
tition the Legislature passed a Resolve autlioii?;,,.
the Governor to appoint Commissioners to view tl^
premises and report thereupon. The Governor up.
pointed Zabdiel Sampson , then Collector of IV
mouth , and our present Jud ge of Probate , us sutli
Commissioner?. They visited the premises, and tq.
ported that it was necessary for the protection of
the meadows and road aforesaid , and also (or tlie
protection of Cape Cod Harbor , that Bench Grass
should be planted upon the beach for the distance
of four and a half miles, including the narro w strip or
neck above thos.e meadows : and they estimate d thai
it would cost $3,G00 to do it. In their action upon
this report and recommendation , the Legislaln'e, in
1826, passed a law prohibiting cattle from riiiin in»
at large, and all persons from cutting or pulliii o up
bushes, shrubs or roots, upon these lands ; and also
pissed resolves instructin g the Senators and request,
ing the Representatives in Congress from this Slnlc
to endeavor to obtain the appropriation estimat ed us
necessary by the Commissioners aforesaid. In con-
sequence of this action of the town of Truro , follow-
ed up as we have seen . Congress did appropiinle
$3,500—and they have subsequently continued to
appropriate , from time to time , until the whole
amounted ,a I stated in a former letter to you , lo
some $40,000.
I believe that this early history, of the efforts for
the protection of Cape Cod Harbor , and the eunest
attending them , cannot be denied—and they sustain
tin important portion of what I merel y asserted be-
fore.
When did Provincel own efforts commence ; and
what were their character , and their consequences?
I will , Mr. Editor , in some future letter , contin ue
my "brief hist.oty of facts," in order to answer lliis
question ; and will not occupy too much of your val-
uable space in any one number. And in the mean
time I recommend to my assailants and reviewew,to
exercise patience and forbearance.
Yours, Totten.
Truro, May 23, 1850.
Junius Smith , the South Carolina tea grower ,says
that his plants are coming on with gruat vigor, and
that tea can be raised in this country to such an ex-
tent of abundance and excellence , as to render "'
entirel y independent of China.
A great many people like an 'i ndependent press,
which always chimes exactl y with their own opi"i°n'!
but a trul y honest press must'd iffer from somebody'
A New London whaler, named Brown , h»' '"'
vented a mode of takin g whales , which promises a
greater safety in their capture. He fires tVie liar-
poon , with a line attached ,out of a gun , as acci>rii |c'
ly, it is said , as a musket ball.
A writer in the Boston Post says that the heavifs'
shi p-owner that ever flourished in New Eng land *»'
the late William Gray ; if we mistake not , he own-
ed and had at sea, at one time, trading wilh differ-
ent nations on the globe,' about one hundred sail of
square-ri gged vessels. Next to him came the P"1"
k inses, Theodore Lyman , Israel Thorndike , Joseph
Pcabody of Salein , Brown & Ives of Providenee,&c-
We learn from the Cincinnati Gazette that tl'e
General Conference of the Methodist EpU'.-;T^
Church , South , adjourned on the 15th inst., 01'
ing the reversion of Mr. Webster 's place , wlii'"1'*'*
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the latter retires. Gov. Briggs, too , it is said , w>"
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to be Stmator , and some of his particular i"e
want to have him.
THE PATRIOT ,
Tuesday, May 28, 1850.
Revolution in Cuba.— We give , in another
place , the latest intelli gence from the operations in
the island of Cuba. It seems likel y that the attempts
at invasion and revolution of the government there ,
will , this time , be entirel y successful . It appears to
be met favorabl y by the inha bitants of the island ,
who are tired of such a miserable government as
t hey have so long lived and suffered under. If such
is the. feeling of the islanders—if they desire eman-
ci pation from the thraldom of old Spain and will re-
ceive and join the standard of Lopez and his forces
and hel p on the efforts from abroad to bring about
revolution and s have b(ipn