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BARNSTABLE PATRIOT,
COMMERCIAL
"
ADVERTISER, ,
,a f V B U Sa E D EVERY TUESDAY , A FEW DOORS
WE ST OP THE CO U UT HO USK , BY
S. B. PHINNEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WM. D. LEWIS PRISTEB.
—ojjMS—Two dollars per year, in advance , or
t .\L three months—o r two dollars and fifty cents at
I T end of the year.
/ ADVERTI SEMENTS inserted on the viost favora-
ile
J?r$ (>paper discontinued until all arrearages are
id except at the option of the Publisher.
Newspaper Agency.
V B PALMER , the American Newspaper Agent,
..Lent for the BARNSTABLE PATRI OT, and
nthorized to take Advertisements and Subscrip-
,io!»s at the same rates as required by us. His ofnces
^
Boston, 8 Congress street.
New Y
ork, Tribune Building.
Philadelphia, N.W. cor. Third and Chestnut streets.,
Baltimore, S. W. cor. North and Fayette "
rrf-S. M. Petten gHI , General Newspaper Ad-
Minna Agent, No. 10 State street , Boston , is Agent
frthe BARNSTABLE PATRIOT, and is authorized
Jo receive Advertisements and Subscriptions at the
same rates as required at this office.
inrJones & co.,
No. 1
TREMONT ROW,
B<0)§TOH2
Would call the attention of Purchasers to the immense
and complete assort ment of
RICH SILKS,
OF ALT. THE
JTEVV and VARIOUS STYLES and COLORS.
20 0?"
CASHMERE
LONG AND SQUARE
ilSAWM^
OF CHOI CE D E S I G N S ,
—IN—
White, Black, Blue, Green and Mode
Cente rs.
A LAKGE STOCK OP ALL COLOKS AND QUALITIES
CRAPE SHAWLS, '
BOTH EMBROIDERED AND PLAIN.
A GREAT MANY
BLACK SILK SHAWLS,
' - OF ALL SIZES.
ttlFEERENT WIDTHS AND QUALITIES OF
SILKS ,
IFW "NJTiMLfe® SlEKfll JD)3T®S§@§o
SIXTY CASES DESIRABLE
DRESS GOODS,
SUCH AS
bombazines, Alpaccas, Cashmeres , Ba-
reges, Muslins, Ginghams , De-
laines , &c.
Together with a full selection of
MOURNING GOODS,
ALSO, ALt THE
MfEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE STYLES OF
VISITES AND MANTILLAS,
OF ALL QUALITIES ,
ALL OF WHICH WE OFFER AT THE
MOST DECIDED BARGAINS,
'0 that all may be assured that the full value of their
money will be returned to them.
We give you some REASONS WHY it will be
to your advantage to purchase of us :—
1st. We do an immense business, and can afford to
*sll at a small advance .over the cost.
2d. We can purchase, ourselves, cheaper in- consc-
ience of buying in larger quantities.
,3d. Our expenses are smaller, in proportion to our
Wness, than any other Store in New England.
4ih. We close off, at the end of every business sea-
*°n> all the old stock on hand : this enables us to take
'y'
GtSntage of the market, and always offer new goods.
5th. We sell only for cash.so that we are not obliged
to overcharge our paying'customers to make up losses
011bad debts.
Anally, oUr Stock is selected with special reference
*"fte fashionable retailtrade, and comprises the plain-
wt and cheapest fabrics, as well as the richest and best
ffo Aq $®S5S®
& ©®°9
No. 1Tremont Row,
***'y opposite head of Hanover St.,
„, BOSTON.
-JH^U 6m
[From the Flag of our Union.J
P e t e r F l in n ' s L u c k .
BY FALCONBRIDGE.
In that beautiful , quiet city of parallel streets,
sweet butteriiml sweet women—Philadel phia—there
once did live a certain native of the Emerald Isle,
called Peter Flinn. A poor, hard-toiling, honest
and jolly man was Peter Flinn. His vocation was
that of the most honorable , because of its usefulness
to the commercial world—driving a dray. Peter
owned a very ancient and nowise spry horse, and
an equall y tinsliibled dray, by menus whereof he es-
sayed , and by dint of great physical exertion , suc-
ceeded , in obtaining for his large and growing fam-
ily '
a toleritble living.
Stephen Girard, lived and carried on his immense
mercantile transactions about the time of which I
write, and was a principal performer in my little
story. The one-eyed little Frenehman ,~t he great
pet of dame Fortune, was not a man of very won-
derful developement of heart and soul , or sympath y
in the misfortunes, crosses or losses of his fellow be-
ings ; but now and then he was known , more throug h
eccentricity than aught else, to perform' some very
cred itable and reidly\ magnificent acts of kindness
and generosity towards those falling in his way.—
One day he said to Peter Flinn , whom he had oft
and for a long time employed upon wharves , in
hauling goods from his large ships to his warehouse.
"Pe-tair , I believe yoa have worked rvery hard."'
"Yes, sir, and be my soul I have," responded Pe-
ter.
"Very long time ; you no save anything ?" said
the banker, I he merchant prince, the millionaire I
"Be me conscience, Mist her Ge-rurd, it 's not a
ha'puth I save at all ; the divil hisself might dance a
hornp ipe in me pockets of a Monday morning with-
out disturbing a toe nail of his fut again the silver at
all there."
"Two, three, five, seven of de children at home,
eh ?"
"Faix , and it 's yerself that 's guessed it exactl y,
Misther Ge-rard ; I have seven as brave boys and
gals as iver ye clapped an eye upon , sir,"
"Ah , yes, I see, I see ; very well , Pe-tair, you
shall have one chance presently, by-and-by, direct ly,
to do sumthing bettaire zan drive ze old horse and
dray."
"Faix , Misther Ge-rard , it 's meself that 's a saying
it as shou ld not be saying it, p'ra ps,but it's few men
labor harder nor longer, for the meat , bread ,praties
and hay that we ate , "than meself and Barney, the
old hoss (here ; and be me conscience, it would be a
god send that would put us both , meself and the
poor ould baste there, over all our ills and miseries ''
"All ha ! very well, Pe-tair, you come into my
counting-house by-and-by,"and the little old F.reneh-
man , with his hands locked'behind him , stalked ofl
to his counting-house , leaving the poor drayman
considerabl y mystified as to what the result of this
conference was to be.
"Bedaout
one-t hird of the way over became entang led in a
coil of rope, and was preci pitated o\erbonrd. He
was carr ied under the boat a distance of about 150
feet to the state dam , which is ten feet high. The
current being very strqng,he was borne with fearful
rapidity, and was watc hed by the speitators on the
ban ks withjhe most intense anxiety. He was a good
swimmer and retained his presence of mind ,and up-
on reaching the dam endeavored to gain a foothold ,
but was hurled like a feather into the boiling suYgcj
among the rocks below. Not being seen for some
time, all hopes of his escape were lost , and ever y
eye was stra ined to discover his body on the rap ids.
But to the surprise and joy of all , he soon emerged
alive ! and struck boldl y for the island below , as he
was borne swiftl y down. On this he soon landed ,
and assistance being promptl y rejideres« truths to be self-evident—that the
party now wield ing the power and patronage of the
National government, have ¦violated «*ery piincijile
and phd ge, under wh ich they asked , and obtained
i he con fidence of the people. In proof of which , let
the facts be submitted to a patriotic And intelligent
people.
Gen. Taylor voluntaril y, emphatically declared,
and placed that declaration publicly And .unequivo-
call y upon record , that in no case, and under no
circumstances, would he, in the evtwi-tof his eleutian
to t he Presidency, allow party fealty to influenue
appointments to office.
It needs no argument to prove fhe prompt nn&
unblush ing violation of a soldier's word and a «ol-
dier 's honor, in the application of partizan tests b§
the administration of Ren. T«vlor.
General Taylor declared , before his election, anil
reiterated that declaration in his first address to the
generous nation that confided its destinies to his
keeping, that honesty and capacity should be the
rule of his appointments.and that where these exist-
ed no removals should be made.
Gen. Taylor has since permitted removals to be
made, and given as the only ground of such remo-
vals, the political preferences of the removed.
Gen. Tay lor , before his election , declared that no
office holder should be permitted to interfere in the
elections of the people, and that such interference
should be considered sufficient cause for removal.
Gen. Taylor keeps a regular corps of political
pedd lers, and partizan pimps and letterwriters ,quar-
tered upo n the' treasury of the people, who spend
their lim« and their talents in fulsome flattery of
himself and cabinet , and in denouncing and black-
ening the characters of the leading men of the dem-
ocratic party.
He has abdicated the government ofthe nation
into the hands of an irresponsible cabal, alike desti-
tute of talent and patriotism , who spend their time
in hunting up and allowing old and rejected claims
aga inst the government , and in dividing such allow-
ances amo ng themselves.
An administration thus marked by all that is false
in princi ple and infamous in action , deserted by the
upright of its own party, and susta ined alone by the
servility of the paid mercenaries who flatter thai
they may steal , is totall y unwort hy ofthe confidence
it has betrayed , and should be made to feel the uni-
ted ind ignation of the people whom it misrepresents
and misgoverns. ,
Such being our candid estimate of the party in
power, we shall here doff our neutrality, and pledge
ourselves from this time forth to use every available
weapon recognized in political warfare, for the de-
struction of the corrupt rulers who now bask, in the'
sunshine of a success conceived in fraud and consum-
mated in shame and disgrace.
In coining to this determination , we have consult*
ed with no member ofthe democratic party whatever,
and have sought to make no terms for countenance
or support from that party. We have taken up arms
in opposit ion to Tay lor-Cabinet Whi ggery, because
we believe it has forfeited all claims to the respect
and con fidence of the nation. Many will choose to
misrepresent our motive—some from miilice, some
from ignorance , and ot hers from the opportunity it
will afford to gratif y a nat ural appetite for slander.
We can bear, unmoved , the opposition of all sudi,
conscious of the rectitude of our intentions , and in-
different to either the enmity or friendshi p of the
creat ures we despise.
Steam for Cakifoknia.—The pretty little
steamer S. B. Wheeler, which has made some tri ps
betwee n Eastport flnd this city, has been purchased,
as we are in formed , by Mr. Eastman of St. Stephen.
It is the intention of Mr. Eastman to- send the S. B.
Wheeler to California , and for that purpose he ig
building the hull of a large shi p, which when partl y
finished will be launched and sunk. The S. B.
Wheeler will then be floated in , and the hull will be
lifted and finished. In this way she will be carried
to California , the spare space on board the ship be-
ing filled with coals. This is a novel mode of ex-
porting steamboats, which we hope will be success-
ful.—[Newbrunswicker.
Ju st oun Idea of the Thing.—Of all self-
acknowled ged puppies, the young man who speak*
lightl y of female character, and female virtue , de-
serves the highest place in the congregation of lepersi
There is no more certain indication of a weak .brain ,
or a rotten heart , than the tongue which would dis-
pariioe female virtue ; which would forget its moth-
er or its sister, iii cast ing its foul venom upon a pu-
rity which it can never hope to attain. —[Bee.
Poisoned by Wild Parsnips,—The Toronto,
Christian Guardian states that five persons we,1'*P°«-
r
soned by eat ing soup made with wild parsnips- JO- ,
seph Allen , his wife , one young m« J'*OT8 "ol(1
-*
a boy of 12, and a girl of 5, a «
s
8
S [ ?f the Bis Htit
'°pp°3'te the 1>ost office >
"-4|^ in this village , and keeps on hand for
^ sale, as good an assortment of
Hats and Caps
Hg can h
* mayilepend
»er „ , Work heing done in the most thorough man-
rv-2?!' wi
"be sold on the most favorable terms.
nOti^
and Caps macte
to
order , at the shortest
patt
e hasjust received a splendid assortment of Spring
Jjjjj rns> »nd gentlemen in want of superior fashionabl e
r> ' ave invited tcvall and axamine his assortment,
-^arnstable, April 16. eop3m
'SU,PeMOiTbLACK vIsT
tE SlLK-^For sale
yy $i[, T- HALLET.
'Wmouth Port, May 28.