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„, ( „, , New York , June 5th.
The steamer Cherokee has arrived here and
brings one million one hundred and fifty two thous-
and dollars , 142 passengers.
. The Tr^Weekl y Placer Times has the fallowing
intelligence from the Sacramento digging. It will
be found to be the very latest from that section of
the gold region ;
Mr. Johnbury lias latel y returne d from the Trin-
ity. He went from here a short time ago, with a
party of five man , with seven mules ; the tri p each
Way consumed sixteen days. He reports the gold
in abundance in the beds and bars of the streams ,
but very fine indeed , requiring the use of quicksil-
ver machines , of which lie takes four back with him.
There were a great many more peop le there than
he ex peeled to find , an d none of them knew any
thing of ihts distance to the coast . Some of them
were getting read y to exp lore ihe river down. They
met no snow in the way, and had seen bpt two Jn-
dians.
Provisions at the di ggings, $2 50 per pound.
At I'lacerville , the whole town , almost , is dun
over. The miners think they have found a bed
where a creek formerl y run. In which at the dentl,
of from six to twelve feet , excellent di ggings are
For a town site , PlacerviUe does not do so well
us if it had been made the County scat. This es-
tablishment is located at Colon.,, , 'and that place is
progressing rapidl\\
Some large operation s have latel y been made on
the gold run , Deer Creek. We saw a gentleman
yesterday who relurns home on the next steamer,
and has just sold out a claim to one hundred and fif-
ty feet along the run for ten thousand dollars. Hi
says this is not as hi gh a figure as some other li ghl
claims have been disposed of; an eighth of one"
of
which broug ht four thous and dollars.
The steamer Tobago had arrived at Panama.
Public meetings were being held at various places
for the immediaie admission of California as a Slate.
The Alia California has the followin g : The
Pana ma sails loday at 4 P M., with 150 passengers
and $1,140,000 gold dust manifested . Th is shi p-
ment makes up an amount not less than $3,500,000
forwarded lo the Atlantic Stales by the steamers
since the 1st day of March. In other words, over
three and a half millions of dollars shi pped in three
steamers from this port.
The Legislature had adjou rned sifler havin» pass-
ed 143 acts , and 17 joint resolutions. "
The British steamer Driver will sail at an earl y
hour , for Val paraiso , with $200,000 in gold dust.
MARKETS.
[From the Journal of Commerce.]
In our last issue for the Atlantic States , on the
20th nit., we stated that business was improving.and
trade generall y was assuming a health y state"
and
we are happy to say that this state of things has
continued graduall y to improve. Up to ihe^
pres
'
ent time in the article, of Flour Ihcre has been a
large business transacted. Stock in marke t heavy,
and there appears something like a combination to
raise prices still higher.
Provisions are in good demand , and realize re-
muneratin g prices to the importers. We know of
no article of which there is any scarcity.
Dry Goods, Clothin g, Boots" and Shoos, &<:., are
also in demand at fair prices. With hard wares gen-
erall y the market is overstocked , and with few ex-
ceptions this descri ption of goods does not bring the
original cost. With lumher the market is still over-
stocked , and nearl y every arrival adds to the quan-
tity on hand , It sells at a price below frei ght and
charges, and must continue so until a greater de-
mand springs up, or a decrease of importations take
place.
In real estate there has been little doing of late ,
but when real transactions do tako place, fair prices
are obtained.
There is a great abundance of money among us,
without mqch demand , and the rates of discount
which were paid when speculation was in the. as- j
pendant , can no longer be obtained , A reduction
in the rate of interest must soon tak e, place.
Accounts from Ihe mining districts continue good ,
and we have fair evidence of it in the large quanti-
ties of the precious ore dail y broug ht to our <;iiy, for
sale or barter.
Flour is quoted—Chilian , in sacks of 200 lbs, $10
a 10 50 ; Oregon 9 50 a 10.
Boots , li ght, peg'd, doz. $60 a 65 ; heavy &80 a
100 ; sewed $90 a 100 ; Bro«ans 20 a 22 ; heavy ">2
a 27.
¦>
Mess Pork , 25 a 28; Mackerel , No. 1, 10 a 12.
_ American Lumber—- Roug h 23 a 28, planed one
side 2S a 32 50, well dressed , flooring 35 a 45;
Framing timber 35 a 40 ; scantling 35 a 40.
Candles—S perm 70 a 80 ; tallow 25 a 30,
Brown Sheetings , 4-4, 13 a 16; bleached 12 ;
Blankets , mackj naw, col'd , 40 per cent advance ,
Interesting News from the Gold Regions,
Trouble Brewing between the United Slates and
Spain —More Naval For ce Ordered to Cuba,
The New York Tribune has the following, under
date of Washington , June 3 :
Information has hee.n received of tho execution of
tour Americans at Cuba , and of the imprisonment
of between one hundred and two hundred others.
The Spanish author ities refifsed th« commander of
our squadron permission to see the prisoners , or to
permit them to be brought home for Iri.-.l .
The fri gate Congress sailed from Cuba to inter-
cept the Spanish vessel containin g a number of
Americans taken prisoners from an island near Yu-
catan , by a Spanish man-of-war.
Capt. Randol ph, in command of the Congress,
will rescue the American s if he can find the vessel
before she reaches Cuba ,
Despatches have been sent by this Government
to the Spanish authorities of Cuba , informing them
that the arrest of Americans on any other Island
will not be recognized nor permitted. These des-
patches went from here to Mobile this mornin " by
teleg raph.
The New York Herald says ;—Our Government
has indeed sent telegrap hic, and other despatches ,
to naval officers at Charleston , Norfolk and Mobile
who go to the coast of Cuba , to demand the release
and surrender of 105 men captured near Yucatan.
The demand is to be peremptory—a compliance
'
or the consequences are to be held strai ght out lo'
Cuban authorities. War looks probable. Our con-
sul at Havana has sent here (or immediate aid.
This news Mr. Clayton this day communicated to
mv reliable informant.
T«e Census of 1850.—The census bill which
has recentl y passed Congress, provides for obtainin g
statistics in relation to the followin g subje cts :
" Population , profession , color , occupation , place
of nativi ty, births , marriages , deaths paupers , con-
victs, ignoramuses, deaf , dumb .blind , idiots , lunatics ,
slaves, fug itives , freemen ; products of agriculture ,
names of owners , agents ,and managers , acres of land
improved and unimproved , cash value of farms, and
value ol all farming imp lements ; horses, mules and
asses ; working oxen , milch cows and other cattle,
sheep and swine ; value of live stock and animals
slaughtered during the year ; wheat , beans , peas,
buckwheat , barley, potatoes , clover , grass-seed , ryo ,
corn , oats , fla x-seed , rice, tobacco , cotton , orchard
and garden products, cheese, butter , flax, hops, silk
cocoons, sugar , molasses, hemp, value of home made
manufacturc. sprodncts of industry . the name of man-
ufacturing corporati ons, companies and-indivirtmils ;
k,nds of manufactur ing busings, cap ital invested in
real and personal estate , quant ity, kind, and value
of raw material used , mdi ,„ f,;
^
th(J kill(l of mOr
live power , number of hand * emp loyed , numb er and
cost of male and female labor , and the annu al quan-
tity, kind and value ol such product ; the a"<>rp ">tte
valuation of all real and personal estMe .st atec ounty
parish , town and road taxes , the number and char,'
aoter of colleges, academics , and schools, the amount
raised for schools, and received by them from public-
funds , the libraries and their extent , the number ,
class, and circulation of Ihe periodicals and newspa-
pers, Sunday schools, the churches , thei r names , and
the number each will accommodate; the cost of la-
bor, the average wages of female domestics , carpen-
ters, day laborers,-farm hands ,whether with or with-
out board , the average , and short crops, and in short
everything that in any way relates to the character
and the political economy of the nation. "
The emigrant arrivals at New York from Europ e
average about 1000 per dar,
Tne Culban Affair.
• ¦a ye*
"The Patriot of this week acknowledges the cor-
rectness of the conclusions we arrived at last week
in relati on to the expenses of collecting the Reve-
nue in this District during the administration of af-
fairs of the editor of (hat journal. "
The above is from the last Register—and it could
not well make a more bald and bare-faced misrepre-
sentation of us ! We are ashamed of its editor. —
We have frankl y met his charges and representa-
tions , respecting "the expenses of collecting the
revenue in this District under the administration of
u(Fairs of the editor of this journal. "
We acknowled ged , unhesitating ly, the correct-
ness of his quotations from Mr. Secretary Meredith's
Report—which he seemed to expect we should "de-
ny"—and in what we have said of his comments
thereon , we have represented them fairly , and
quoted from them largel y and correctl y. Our nei gh-
bor cannot deny this entire statement. We have
not soug ht (o pervert , or palliate his statement of
facts or f igures from authentic sources—but have
met them promptl y and manfully ; anil pointedl y
repelled and repudiated (he "Conclusions'' he
drew from them. Were we not authorized—after
such an open and above-board course on our part ,in
meeting the charges against us, which had been so
carefull y concocted , and so pompousl y put forth-
had we not reason to, expect something bette r—
than so gross a falsehood as we have above quoted ?
Is it not wilful— deliberate , designed 1
! If it is not,
ihcn our nei ghbor "will take that back ,'' square !
Your "conclusions'' were , that under (he late Col-
lector "two officers were app ointed , for which there
was no necessity." "That the expenses of (he of-
fice under the late Collector were extravagantly
large." "That the appointment of the additional
Inspector was not authori zed by la w." And ll.ese
•'conclusions,'' you now tell your readers "th e Pal-
not acknowled ges the truth of!" You knew that
was false ! Wh y not , instead , give your readers
what we did say, on each of these "conclusions " of
yours ? (Were wo not as fair towards you ?) Let
them see that we promptl y denied each of them.
We choose lo deal fairly with an opponent—if we
must have a skirmish with him ; and it is our cus-
tom to quote largel y and fairl y what we comment
upon , of his charge or argument:—and it is unman-
ly to do otherwise. We fear not your assaults upon
us—whether as Hale Collector ," or present editor
we have had to encounter too many from you , and
the gang about you ; and the scores who have pre-
ceeded you :—assaults of almost every nature ; and
we are read y for any more which you and they may
cbeose to make—but we heartily detest the mean-
ness which will misquote—or not quote at all but
grossl y misrepresent—the argument of an opponent ,
in order to persuade your readers that you have
vanquished Aim—that he absolutel y "acknowled ges
the correctness of your conclusions"—when you
enow it is an absolute falsehood ! Again , the Regis-
ter says :
"In relation to the appointment of the additio nal
Inspector , (he Patriot makes a great flourish of
trumpets about Mr. Orinnell's agency in the affair. "
The Register knew that was false also ! And the
evidence of that falsehood follows in the same paper,
a half a dozen lines afterwards ! The Register
knew that thi s "additional Inspector 1
' had been in
office nearl y a year, when , "on the 17th of Feb.
1849, Mr. Whi g Congressman Grinnell labored
with Mr. Democratic Secretary Walker, for stilt,
anothkr additi onal officer in this District. " And
yet the Register gives its readers (who did not know
that fact) to understand that we represent Mr.
Grinnell as using efforts and having an agency "in
relatio n to the appointment of the additional In-
spector."
This misrepresentation of the Register may have
been carelessl y made—and not with design. If so,
"the editor will please take that back." For we owe
Mr. Whig Congressman Grinnell nothing, heaven
knows— nothing .
'—not even on the score of decency
and common civility :—and we will award him no
part of the credit (and credit we wish to be under,
stood as claiming) for the appointment of addi-
tional officers , and the increase of salaries, to a
standard nearer approaching that of other Districts,
under the late Collector. What we obtained , in
this respect , was without Ihe aid of that old congres-
sional granny .
A year after "the additional Inspector " was ap-
pointed , which now so much troubles the Register ,
Madame Grin-n ell did wake up, and asked "for still
another additional officer in this District .
'" But the
late Collector acquits him , entirel y, of any "efforts
to have the additional Inspector appointed in Barn-
stable" the year before.
Besides the misrepresentations above alluded to,
there is little in the Register 's last effusion on the
subject of this all-wonderful developemenr—which
was expected by some of its friends lo annihil ate
us, if it worked no other miracle—very little , that
requires the least notice from us. There has been a
sad flattenin g down—a melancholy collapse , in fact
—of the exceedingly inflated affair ; which was got
up by the old stagers in such miserable deviltry, with
a view to affect om- personal reputation , or to brinn-
reproach upon our late official administration. We
pricked the bubble at once ; and the gass bavin- es-
caped , ,t would have been more honorable in our
cotemporary to have owned up; and let those who
have misled him take the odium which belong (o
them—than to endeavor to eke out the controversy
by palty misrepresentations , or far-fetched "conclu-
sions." •
"Wanted"—at last .
'—Twenty-one shares of the
Cape Cod Branch Rail Road stock sold at auction ,
in Boston , on Wednesday last , at thirty-nine dollars
per share ! The purchaser had not then seen the
whining of "Senex " in the last Register for he
seems to hold out the opinion that it will go much
lower ; anfl to advise the friends of the road not to
bwxyel. He asks "why should a man buy nn article
at one dollar , if (here is a chance of obtaining it at a
quarter ?"
^"Richard N. Berry of Boston has entered into
partnership with Barker Burnell , the once well-
known banking financier of Nantucket , and they
are doing an extensive commission business at San
Francisco.
BwThe California mail to Ihe 1st of May, arrived
at New York on Sunday, and letters for this office
will probably be here today.
iiTWe learn that David Bursley, E. 15. Phmney, m»n , '
" J. N. Bellows , Miss Mary C. Davis
" Joseph Bursley, " Lucy a
'
Otis
"'
" David Bursley, " Abby Munroe ,
" Heina n Foster, " Susan Reed.
" David Swinerton ,
The following genilemen were chosen a Special
Committee , in aid of the foregoing Committee of
ladies :
Frederick W. Crocker, Heman Foster
Zeno Scudder , Eben H. Eldredae,
S. B. Phmney, Joseph Bursley
~
David Bursley, James D. Crocker
Miss Eliza Scudder , Secretary and Treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Phinney and Miss Eliza Reed
were chosen a Committee of Correspondence.
Thursday, the 16th of August next , was selected
for the opening of the Fair,which will probabl y con-
tinue two or three days. The Fair campai gne is
now fairly opened , and we feel assured its friends
will exert M fair and generous efforts (o bring it to
a pleasant and profitable consummation , that they
may attain the very desirable purposes for which
it is undertaken—primary among which , are, im-
provements on the Unitarian House of Worshi p in
this village , and the enjoyment of a social and
pleasant reunion with our friends of Cape Cod ori-
gin who have "cast their lines in other places,"yet
have not forgotten its dear old homes. To such and
to all a cordial invitation and welcome are extended
8©*"WilI Mr. Phinney undertake to assert that
his services and those of his Deputies are worth
more than those of the other two Collectors ?"'
[Yarmouth Reg ister.
Will the Register "undertake to assert'' that Mr.
Phinney received a single dollar more for his ser-
vices, than did "the other two Collectors ?" If it
does, it will "undertake to assert " another falsehood!
As to "Am Deputies" Mr. Phinney will "undertake
to assert ," that their services "were worth more than
those of the other two Collectors'" Deputies :—for
the reason that they were required , by peremptory
orders from the Treasury Department , to perform
more than double the service I Is the Register an-
swered ?
A Troop of Galpiiins.—The Washington Un.
ion makes a catalogue of the claims refused by for-
mer Cabinets and granted by tho present, These
are—
"The.Franrsia Claim ,"originatin g in 1810—rotten
in the beginning, and refused by every administra-
tion since—by Clay , in 1826 , among others—now
it is paid—princi pal $12,675, with interest for forty
years, at 6 per cent.—about $40,000.
" The Benson Claim ," less than ten years old , re-
jected by Tyler, and by other administrat ions , not
allowed and paid. The amourft of claim not stated.
"The Barren Claim ," $50,000, refused by former
administrations—granted by this—now under inves-
ti gation of Congress.
"The Ewi ng Claim "—$79 ,000, for goods sold the
Menominee Indians—refused by Gov. Marcy and
Mr. Medill—under investi gation.
"The Albany Claim"—$80,000, resuscitated by
Meredith , and paid by him.
"The Al len Claim "—onl y $5,500 paid to J. W.
Allen , of Cleveland , for two months' serrice in col-
lecting rents of mineral lands in Lake Superior.
These, with Ihe Mammoth Gal phin included ,
amount in the aggregate to a million of dollars, paid
by cabinet officers, without warrant or authority of
law.
®""We have never heard that Ihe present Col-
lector found any trouble in procuring Deputies at
the present rates paid."—[Yarmouth Register.
No, and there are hungry Whi gs all over fhe
County now , squealin g for treasury pap, who would
work for half the present rates I Mr. Collecior Ba-
con had better pursue his system of saving a litlle
further , and advertise for Deputies who will work
for the cheapest rates !—Or else put (he j ob up at
auction , at each out-port—as some towns do the
support of their poor— to ihe lowest bidder ! The
Regisler i3 so deli ghted with the economy of "the
present Collector ," doubtless it would advertise for
him gratis.
I^Tbose in want of Looking Glass and Picture
Frames, will find at the Manufactory of Messrs.
Soule & Ward , 43 Cornhill , Boston ,a most excellent
assortment. They keep on hand , for sale, as good
an assortment , as can be found in Boston .
of superior
Frames, on the most favorable terms. Don't fail to
call upon them.
H^We see it stated that new and rigid regula-
tions have been adopted at the Treasury Depart-
ment at Washington ; so that not even members of
Congress can have access to the files of that Depart-
ment ! No doubt this course was adopted , either
because the astute old member from this District
pilfered—or procured the pilfering of—ori ginal pa-
pers from those files, to send away down to the "bit-
ter end" of Cape Cod ; or else, because the present
Secretary does not mean the members shall find out
how much money has been galp hinizeA out of the
Treasury since the present administration came in-
to power !
®The old Congressional Gump, who still mis-
represents this District , flooded it with copies of the
speech of a fellow Whig Congressional Booby, from
Pennsy lvania , which represented "the expenses of
collecting the Revenue in (his District "at from for-
ty to f .
f ly thousand dollars per annum , under "the
late Collector !
"—not knowin g any better (or else
thus wilfull y ly ing about it) than to include the
$40,000 of Bounty paid to Fishermen , in the amount
of ex
penses of the District ! And yet, after that , the
same old granny asked the Secretary, to further in-
crease the expenses , by appointing another additional
officer in the District !
I^The County Commissioners will be in session
at (he Court House in this town tomorrow, and a
Court of Probate will be holden at the same place
next Tuesday.
The Republican , semi-wreki y, the sole oro-an of
the free soil party in Boston , has been discontinued.
If you would get a good start in the world, marry
a widow with twelve children.
»".'tilif i " Fair. Slaver y and the Pulpit
It is surprising to us, that so many among the
clergy should undertake to lecture an audience .on the
Sabbath—when (hey are fortunate enoug h to get
one upon the subject of Slavery, the "Compromise"
&c, when it cannot but be evident to every obser*
ver,that they are lecturing their hearers upon sub-
j ects they know but little about. The following mer-
ited rebuke was administered recentl y by Mr. Web-
ster to Mr. Mann , in a letter to the cili?en3 ofNew-
buryport , and we hope it will be read and profited
by those who are so conscientiously wise "above the
Constitution and above the law." There would not
be a community in Christendom where it would be
possible ,even for Christians to live ,six months hence ,
should the advice which is sometimes given from the
pul pit , upon the Slavery question , be followed .—
Those who hold such fanatical doctrines should re-
flect upon what they have witnessed in our own
nei ghborhood by a sect who conscientiously believe
it their duty to "resist all law " for their supposed
notions of the "will of God !" When the "laws of
Ihe land" are found unjust and oppressive, they
should be repealed—but until then they should be
obeyed , even by those who conceive that they are in
possession of some "higher authority !'' Those who
are unacquainted with the Constitution of their coun-
try , would do well to follow Mr. Webster's advise to
Mr. Mann :—
" I have seen a publication by Mr. Horace Mann ,
a member of Congress from Massachusetts in which
I find this sentence. Speaking of the bill before the
Senate he says—'This bill derides the trial by jury
secured by the Constitution. A man may not lose
his horse,without a rig ht to this trial , but he may his
freedom. Mr. Webster speaks for the South and
for slavery, not for ihe North and for freedom ,when
he abandons this right.' This personal vituperat ion
does not annoy me, but I lament to see a public man
of Massachusetts so crude and confused in his legal
apprehensions , and so little acquainted with the Con-
stitution of his country as these opinions evince Mr.
Mann to be. His citalion of a supposed case as in
point , if it have any analog y to the matter , would
prove that , if Mr. Mann 's horse, stray into hi s neigh-
bor's field , he cannot lead him back without a previ-
ous trial by jury to ascertain the right. Trul y, if
what Mr. Mann says of the piovisions of the Consti-
tution in Iliis publication be a test of his accuracy
in Ihe understandin g of that instrument , lie would
do well not to seek lo protect his peculiar notions
under its sanction , but appeal at once, as others do,
to that hi gher authority which sils enthroned above
the Constitution and above the law.*''
*I may be permitted to add , in a note , an extract
from a private letter from one of the most distin-
guished men in England , dated as late as the 29th of
January :
Reli gion is an excellent thing in every matter except
in politics. There it seems to make men mad ; and I
do not know of any people more mad than the anti-sla-
very people on your side of the water and on ours. Up
to the present time I have no doubt they have aggrava-
ted every evil they have endeavored to miti gate or pre-
vent. If you tell one of them what has been the result
ofthisofficiousness ,he answers "Libemvi animam vieam"
—I may have done wrong, but I shall go to Heaven for
it. So I believe that your abolitionists have made the
state of the slave , and still more that of the free black ,
much worse than it would have been, and probabl y in
many States—that of Virginia , for instance—have re-
tarded his enfranchisement. But they care little ,if they
save their own souls. On the other hand , the southern-
ers seem as unreasonable. To require California to
accept slavery seems both wicked and unjust.
In these sentences my friend means, undoubtedly ,
to ascribe the. evils which he so trul y states , not io
true, and genuine reli gion , not to the reli gion of the .
Gospel but to that fantasti cal notion of reli gion which
sometimes possesses men 's imag inations. The reli-
gion of the New Testament—that reli gion which is
founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ and his
apostles—is as sure a guide (o duty in politics as in
any other concern in life.
Words of Washington.—"Those measures
which have a tendency to dissolve the Union , ought
to be considered hostile to Ihe Liberty and Indepen-
dence of America , and their authors treated accor-
ding ly."
lfeg"The Barnstable Patriot calls the Register "Mr.
Bacon 's organ." The editor will please take thai
charge back. Mr. Bacon very promptl y*
pays his
subscri ption for his paper, as several hundr ed other
gentlemen do. If that constitutes us his organ , we
are such ; but he has no other connection with the
paper.—[Reg ister.
Yes, Sir ! We take it back with pleasure. We
didn 't exactl y mean to say "Mr. Bacon's organ." It
is evidentl y the Custom House "organj ' however , or
it would not have so read y access to all the particu-
la rs of the "compensation " paid there, now and
heretofore ; and wouldn 't so stoutl y defend the
present parsimony of the concern ! It would be
quite as creditable to have the Collector himself
turn the "organ ," we think , as to submit the grind-
ing to the little small fry underlings of the office.
But our neighbor seems to think otherwise—and we
submit.
Light House Appropriations— The follow-
ing appropriations for Light Houses, &c, in M assa-
chusetts, are contained in the bill reported in the
U. S. House of Representatives on the 21st ult. :
For a dwelling-house for the keeper of the Bea-
con Lig ht at Hyannis , eight hundred dollars.
*o r a Spar Buoy on (he Middle-ground off Chat-
ham , one on the east end of Monomoy Ri p, one on
Schooner bar , one at Powder Hole harbor , and one
on btone Horse Shoal , near Pollock Rip,—(bur
hundred dollars.
For one Spar Buoy at the north and one at the
south end of a ledge called Muskeget Rocks , one
on the northwest end of the Horseshoe, one at Hy-
ann,s,one on the Sturgeon flat , one off Stony Point,
and one on Blankenshi p's Rock, in Edgarlown dis-
trict ,—nve hundred and sixty dollars.
.hoUTH*
d&
h
.
r"
onE sg rocki neiu' Nah «nt .fi ™
For a Fog Bel! to be placed at the outer Light
House in Boston Bay, five thousand dollars. *"
*or Spare Buoys at the entranc e of Lynn har-
bor viz : one on the Dol phin rock, one on U.e Lib-
by rock one on Sawney 's rock , one. on the north-
Old H rr
°ne
°V'le SOllth -west of P* rocks, one on
Old Harry rock, and one on Lobster rock -five
hundred and sixty dollars
sho
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LlSllt HoUM "t E«lg«rtown , four thou-
h»S™te.;
tth * h-'b" rfM «^pot, five
ri^:f:uSlSndL^,.'he ^^wa,er at Bass
For a Beacon on Bird Island , and one on the
False Sp,l ,an,l a Buoy on Slate ledge, near the low-
er Middle ,n the harbor of Boston^two thousand
nine hundred dollars.
For the erection of a Beacon and placing Buoys
at the mouth of, and in Essex river, Ipswich Bay,-
seven hundred and fifty dollars.
For a Light House upon a reef of rocks called Ihe
Sow ami Pigs off the Island of Cutty hunk , in place
of the Light Boat stationed off said reef, and the
Light House oh said Island , provided on examina-
tion a good foundation can be found ,—thirty thou-
sand dollars.
I^The editor of the Rfegisfer has "made dili gent
inquiry "
—unsuccessfull
y—Xo find out what service
that "additio nal Inspector 1
' ever performed ! Bet-
ter put Amos on the hunt ;—and perhaps a distin
"
gu ished ex-Senator would make a lour down the
Cape to hunt up evidence for you. j t won,dn , .
an entirel y new se,rvice, for him
0-Bead the communicat ion of Our Truro CO]W
pondent , on the first page, j, VM qrowded
pqr couimna last week.
SlTThe Register "happens to know, that a large
proportion of the time o
f the additional Inspector, un-
der the late Collector, was otherwise em
p loyed than in
the service of the Government!"
And the same Register gives notice ,that two days
of the time of Ihe Deputy Collector and Inspector
at Barnstable , under the present Collecior, were last
week emp loyed , at Yarmouth, in "abl y defending"
(!) a prisoner before "Mr. Justice Otis !
'' Two
days, in one week .
' The fellow ought not to have so
much pay !
I^The person who left four pair of unfinished
linen sacks in L. L. Goodspeed s carriage , can have
the same by callin g at this office.
®"We like » m"n who know s his own business,
better than we do one who knows e\ary body's
else.
[For the Barnstabl e Patriot.]
Mk. Editor— The period is at hand when the stock-
holders of the Cape Cod Rail Eoad should receive the
annual report of their Directors, and we trust it will he
a true one, and not, as heretofore, one maue for effect.
We want to know the worst of the matter , and the real
value of the stock. No confidence has been placed in
any of the prevjpus reports ;—for it is well known , they
were not taken from any trial balance of the books. |
Three reports the Directors have given—and by com-
paring the last, with the previous ones, the income, ev-
ery six months , is shown to he on the downward
grade ! Last June, the net earnings of the road came
near S22,000—last January, with six months more
earnings—th e income was $1000 less—i. e.. it must
have cost more to run the road from June to Decem-
ber than its recei pts—provided the President 's report
to the stockholders last June was a true one. The Di-
rectors' report to the Legislature last January—was
weak and deceptive—and it has surprised the friends
of the President , that he should have lent his name to
such a report. The Legislature required a truthfu l
answer to certain interrogativ es ;—among them is,
"How much has been paid for interest the past year '!"
Instead of making a candid answer , the spirit that has
always directed these reports prevailed , and a deceptive
response was made , vi z—"No interest paid for running
expenses of the road!" Can the President tell , or ex-
plain , what it means? If he can, he deserves to be—
as he estimates himself—the head of the New Bedford
Bar. The reply means nothing—expresses nothing.—
Now it is well known , that the Directors paid over
$20,000 for interest ! Wh y not so state it ?—and not
cover it up under the item of Engineering expenses, and
swell that to over $42,000—leaving an extravagant
balance under that head—when it is known that no
engineer, the past year, has been employed on the road
—or any engineering done ! But the master sp irit is
seen in all their doings ; who has acted as fugleman to
the President, since he elected him to that office. He
has, and will , control the Board—as his triangle clique
forming a majority of the Board , will always do his
bidding.
That master spirit—who has shown so much talent
anil skill as to manage the Board , and make wiser
heads than his own do what he dictates—is of no ordi-
nary character. How far his talents have benefited the
stockholders, the market value of the shares tells plain-
y ;—but still we must concede lo him great praise , for
the shrewd management h« has practiced—so to use
the Board (throug h his triangle cli que) for his pur-
poses.
In all societies, however small , there will be a mas-
ter spirit—a controling power—one who will rule by
indirect means ; and the present Board of Directors
has one of this character ; who has always directed
their movements and controlled their actions. An an-
ecdote , derived from undoubted authority , will illus-
trate it. In the earl y formation of the Company, and
before he was a Director, th e Board consisted of twelv e
members. In locating the road throug h Wareham , it
was decided to run the line south of the present road—
thereby avoiding the deep cut through '-Mackie 's Hill ;"
much deliberation was bestowed upon it, and finall y it
was, by a vote of 10 to 2, agreed to locate the road
south of the present track. As soon as this gentleman
heard of it, he took them to task , in no gentle terms ;
and his habit of life manifested itself ; ceasing not, till
at the next meeting, he procured a change of the route
and placed it where it now is—at an extra cost o
f not
less than 830,000 !! A man who could do this, is no or-
dinary man. He must he a terrible man ! We next find
him bringing down , at the annual meeting in 1848, a
printed list of Directors—modestl y placing his own
name on the list to he elected ! And it should not be
forgotten, that when the road was opened to Wareham ,
he told a gentleman from the Cape, that he had got a
road to Wareham , and if they wished it made to Sand-
wieh , the Cape Cod people must do it themselves ;—
manifesting a very disinterested sp irit ! But since the
road has been built , he comes out with a flourish of
trumpets , and proclaims he built the road!
Doct. Johnson has stated , that there are persons so
constituted that they cannot drink tea , except by strat-
agem ; and such an one as our hero-director must have
set for the picture. The moral responsibilit y of words,
he never appears full y to appreciate , but seems to fit the
character given to Mercutio—"A man who will say
more in an hour than he will stand to in a month ."—
Yet, having his mouth in every man 's ear ; restless and
unstable ; he always will control , or quarrel with, those
he may be associated with . So far, the Board has con-
formed to his dictation ;—how much longer he shall be
clothed with that power , is for the stockholders at their
annual meeting, to declare. The present Board con-
sists of five members , and the triangle clique, ruled l.y
him. forms a majority, for his purpose—leaving the
minority lookers on !
We trust , that at the coming meeting, a Board of Di-
rectors will be agreed upon , who will have the interest
of the road at heart , and will regain that part of the
business , incidental to the road—which the present
Board has lost—fuster and enconrage other business
along the line, and with common civility, treat the cus-
tomers with whom they may from time to time have
intercourse. Mist.
Grace—and that in commendin K theni T^*
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He is able to keep that which we entrust ? Pis
G^
Duty obliges me to a.ld , beware of V
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death ! Parents guard your children ii, ,}f; weap0
you ng people take warning by this accid ent ?C>
lest your hands are imbued in vour feiu» , he (, 'is
Wellfleet , June 3. " tUl0Ws bl00d%
s.
^
Mr. Editor—Do you know who aro
for Directors of (he C. C. Branch RoV"
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year? It does seem as if there nu> *ht to
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1 took no part in the matter last "
year h?
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oug ht not (o find much fault with what elo.-^
but Heaven hel p me if I don 't hel p u
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it , this year. ° a pBr-f^
Onl y" look atit Mr. Editor—To turn out I *'
as Deming Jarvei, Joshua B. Tobey w. lf
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son , Philander Washburn and Howard p "1'^
of them large manufacturers , havin g i],e
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give to, or take from ,t he Road , a very |
(ll.n ''Ov»('f ,'
of business of their own , and eac h havi n
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flueuce with which to control the busii.^'' f > \*.
—to turn out such men ; all of them bus. "
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of large experience , and put in who ? vi>« **? ""en
Editor ? _ Wh y they put into those m"
,,,,. ol"> M ,[
Amos Otis and Minor S. Lincoln ! need -
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be named ! Ishonhl think not. How can t
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'Ote
holders expect their own interests in t]le g *l0ct.
flourish—how can they expect to have the no??'1
'o
of the public—after such a foolish and rij- *'H
change as that? And it is worse than folu !
'u'°ti!
tend to care nothimr for that aood will. T- "tn-p.
such men as Jarves, Stetson , Tobey, Washtm if<
Perry, and deliver the R-iad over to the ine " *N
ence , headlong impetuosit y and cnntemptih i'^'
i-
ty,of such men as Lincoln and Otis (who it isi)
Vl
"'i-
stood are allowed to act as chiuf managers)\v . ."
deed to commit business-suicide with the cono *8
''n"
Ami the best tilin g that can be done is t0 n.
rt
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back again as fast as possible. '""''lie
If you know who are the candidates , I lv;si
would publish them next week ; with this 1 ^
you have a mind to ; and let us know what js
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on ; and I hope (here will be a general tiim'
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Ihe. Stockholders at the meeting on Ihe 19th lo"!' 0
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after matters , and if possible get back on tl, o "^
(rack. Yours, B F~l^k
Monument , June C, 1850. '"
We can give our friend no information respect,
candidates for Directors. We have heard of "
contemp lated change—and if he will refer to
columns a few weeks back ,he will see that toe slioul I
oppose any change , if we were a stockholder , vy
are for giving the present, efficient Board a fair \fj
They came in for reform, as we understood it, an j
t hey have made it—to some extent—and we tr
they will be allowed to perfect it ! We don 't hM
like what our correspondent says about our fri(.n i
Amos' "inexperience ," "impetuosity, "
' "vanity" &e
We resent it /—[Ed. Patriot.]
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Mr. Editob : The new sctir. Edith of Harwich
whic h was recen tl y reported as having been struck bv
lightni ng, and put into Kew York for repairs, was on,
mackerel cruise. The electric fluid struck the main
mast , shivering it in pieces, coming down the prunm
shivering one and splitting the other in a fearfu l man
ner. It also struck down Capt. Ryder and four often
"
one of whom. Heman S. Chase, son of Mr. Luther
Chase, of West Harwich , a very amiable , intelligent
and promising young man , aged about 19 years, I re-'
gret to say, was morta ll y injured , and has since died—
At the time , he was dressed in woollen under clothes
covered by an oil suit. The fluid struck his left breast'
coursed down his left side and bowels,thence down the
leg, and passed off' at the foot. His bowels were burnt
in a shocking manner , and his under clothes partially
burnt and rent to atoms. At first life was entirel y ex-
tinct. but after bathing and rubbing him freel y for some
ti me with cold water, hi s lips at last moved and he
somewhat revived. He was then taken into the cabin
and every assistance rendered him until the vessel ar.'
rived at New York , where he was landed and received
the best of medical attention , hut all human skill prov-
ed in vai n , and after two weeks' suffering he died , per.
fectl y resigned to his Maker 's will. His beloved father
on hearing the news, immediat el y left for his dying lioy,
but arrived there a few minutes too late—the last, spark
of life had fled. The father's feelings can better be im-
agined than described. The young man 's remains were
conveyed to his friends and the parental roof, from
whence they were interred , on Tuesday last, in the
presence of a large, melanchol y and mournful assemhly,
Capt. Ryder nwl the others soon recovered , and have
sailed again from New York , but are greatl y affected by
the scene, and the loss of this promising young man.
West Harwich , June 8, 1850. 7,
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
.
, _ West Harwich , June 8th , 1850.
Me. JiDiTOR: I notice in my last Patriot that you
have been infoimed that the mackerel fishermen of this
vici nit y have brought in good fares, and are doing well ,
&c, &c, which , with other like verbal reports , has had
a tendency to check speculators, thereby causing mack-
erel to droop considerable in price. Now , sir I would
beg the liberty to inform you and your anxious renders,
that ihe report is a great mistake—no t even one vessel
has returned with a full fare as yet. Several of the early
fleet did quite well off Cape May and along the Jersey
shore, but nothing of consequence since, and for two or
three weeks past have done little or nothing. Most of
the fleet have not caught enough to pay expenses.—
1lease correct. Cod fishermen , and about all the
Spring Bankers have returned, but have done rather
sli m, and report the weather as uncommon blustering,
and fish scarce. Those returned have averaged from
150 to 300 qt.Is. per vessel. The Shoals fishermen have
done -till worse, on account of the extremel y blustering
weather, and have not averaged 100 qtls. per vessel as
yet. We see no cause why the fish market should droop
as it has of late, and hope ere long to report an upward
tendency, as the present, is very discourag ing to the har-
dy and persevering fish killers of the Cape, who linve
dipped deep into the business, especiall y at West Har-
wich and vicinity. One of thk B'hots.
He Could'nt Comr It.—Unsuccessful -At-
tempt at Robbery.— An office in Allen 's Build-
ing, 70 State street , occup ied by Mr. Norris, agent
of the Roxbury Chemical Co., and others , was for-
cibly entered on Wednesday afternoon , 6th inst.,
during the absence of the occupants at dinner , but
the thief was not successful , however , in obtaining
any plunder. It seems that it has been the prac-
tice ol the occupants of the office (o leave the door
locked and the key remaining in ihe lo( k, so tlmt
any person so disposed would have no difficulty in
i nclini ng access to the room. The ropue entered
|about three o'clock , arid after runuifiing about (lie
|desks found a key to the iron safe, which is usually
kept in a desk in a remote part of the office nnd
which is hardl y ever used. With this key he un-
locked the safe, and taking out a trun k belong ing to'
Mr. Korns placed it upon a stool , and cutting a
string by which the key of (he trunk whs was fast-
ened to Hie han dle on the lid , inserted the key into
nie lock Just at this moment , a gentleman from
i Ivmout h (Mr. Spooner) opened the door to the of-
nee and Ihe rogue instantl y dashed past Mr. S.,
nearl y knock ing him to the floor , and rushing down
stfiirs , escaped by running down State street. Si"'1'
was the surprise of Mr , Spooner , at his unexpected
rough reception , that he failed lo pmsue the felloW i
whom he represents as being of penleel appearance-
Mr. Norris soon returned lo the office and found
matters in the condition above described , and upon
examinin g his trunk .ascertained that il bad not been
unlocked , and the contents , $25 in money, and «
negotiabl e check for $250, safe.—[Boston Times.
All the accounts from Wa-hingron show that Mr.
Cla y 's attack upon the policy of the Administrat ion
was even more resolute and violent than the speech
itself would indicate. His manner while defy ing
any Senator lo rise in defence of the President h'8
tone in denouncing Gen. Tay lor's policy ils we!,k and
inadequate—and his menacing prediction that if the
Compromise bill failed , nothin g would be done , »re
cited as evidence-of Mr. Clay 's warm and determined
hostility to the policy to which the President stands
committed. So says a whi g paper.
THE PATRIOT.
Tuesday, June 11
, 1850,
_ l For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Mr. Editor —I send you the following account foi
publication , at the request of several of the friends ol
the deceased :—
Isaac F. Freeman, aged 13 years, son of Isaac and
Abigail B. Freeman of Wellfleet , came by his death on
the 13th of May last , thro ugh the accidental disch-irire
of a gun in the hands of James A. Young, anothei- '
l-wl
,on of Mr. — Young. A number of Id had be n
out 10 p lay, Young having the gun. The |
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clustered together on the ground-Y onn » ^\n tht
act of raising the gun to fire it over hUl l •
suddenl y discharged into the midst of ( ' 'T'
being quite near, the charge "
ad m f
S''°Up ! "'
spread , and the unfortunate]-. ,? , "PP^'nity to
charge, taking effect from ?
received ihe wh,de cli.s-
the abdomen ,"prod ,c ™
i 'UpPer »'¦"of tho chest to
¦ng gloom in o tZ 1
1 ? ln\la"t»"eous death—spread-
able dist««"
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both f
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l¥ h l)orhood . a"li u"«P eak-
nected wi h tb P ? .foaulles more intimatel y con-
cern in Z r d h i r 1l m't7
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Xt WaS m
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visit
ingafflic ' "T ' e
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51" sccnes of mo''e heartrend-
Mf S-r
Ver have wi
'n«"»ed. It was hard to
t/ *
?fllmi
'y appeared to suffer the most distress.
huaMnM
r
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the b°fly Wi th the bloom of ' henlth a"d
him h ? .
°0k of pla^ < for so SU(ldcn (iid death meet
mm that that peculiar look of boyhood in its play was
undisturbed.) In the other , the lad chilled , almost pet-
nnca , with the thought that his young hands were im-
ouecl with his playmate 's blood. ' In one the mother ,
the tather and the grand parents deprived of the pviOe
or their eyes at a stroke. In the other , the parents ago-
nizing over their half frantic son , and remembering
that he was a homicid e. If ever I felt the powcrless-
ncss of humanity, I did then. I could sympathize ; my
heart cou ld ble ed with
1
them in their wo—but while I
desired , I felt powerless to relieve. I thanked God that
man is not left alone— "There is balm in Gilead—there
is a Physician there." I thanked God for the privilege
of pointing them to the Gbd of all consolation , of all
Thieving Monomania.—II n Ward of Ohio
city, a man of wealth and previous good standing in
the communit y, was arrested at Cleveland on Friday
olst ult., for stealing „ ,runk ,Vora a wn rt,house. A
large number of stolen goods were found in his pos-
session , and it is supposed that he had been carry ing
on the business for many years. It is stated that he
some time since paid a Cleveland firm 845J for goods
lie had stolen from ihem. When arrested , he ex-
claimed , "My God , what a miserable man 1 am ; I
believe the ve.ry di»vil is in me !
" He was bailed ,
but immediatel y re-arrested on another churge, and.
was committed.—[Boston Courier.