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Very Latest from Havana.— A telpgrap ic
despatch from Charleston , dated June J l'h , stII "'s
that the Isabel luul just arrive d, with advices from
Havana to (f)e Sib—4 days later. The Isabel re:
ports that there were 61 prisoners at Havana , con-
sisting of the volunteers aud crews of the Georgiana
and Sarah , who were undergoing trial in the Ma-
rine Court The British and American Consuls
were present. It is genera lly sup pospd that the
captains of tl)e vessels would |}e punished and the
remainde r cleared.
There is r.q intelli gence qf any other attempt at
invasion. Tt|e report of another exped ition by (he
men on board the steamer Fanny, js incorrect , as
that vessel is now al Key West and bound for JJe'iv
York.
The New Orleans papers contra dict the report
that Capf, Duperu was executed at Cardenas. Pis
was in New-York in the middle of May.
Seventeen of Lopez's men arrived at S
.avann- ih
on Saturday from Key West . Thev belon» to'lfen-
tiiQk y and-Ohio, and are anx ious to enlist for anoth-
er expeditio n to Cuba .
The boy executed at Cardenas was named Win.
Kelly, and was 19 years old. Ue was from Cincin-
nati , and did pot belong to the expedition , but was
on his way to Obagres.
Capt. Lope?, nephew of (Jen. Lopez, with th irty
men , nine of whom are. Spanish troops, w ho desert-
ed in the Creole , ar e tti)l at Key W«3t.—[Times.
Protection-
* qf ButDS an-d Fish.—The fol-
lowing is th t. „,;( of the last session , regulating the
killin g of certain birds,and (lie catehjng of pickerel
Hiid trout ;
"No persqn shall ta ke, kill , pr destroy any birds
on a.ny salt marshes, between tin 1 first day of March
and the first day of Jul y ; and if any person shall
shoot, take , or kill or sell any of the birds so taken ,
See.,he shall fprfeit the sum of two dollars (or every
offe nce.
No person shall take , confine , kill , or destroy any
of the birds called Plover , Curlew , Doug h Bird , or
Chicke n Bird , at any period from the firs t day of
March to the first day of Jul y, between the hour ol
sunset and pne hour befpie the sun 's rising ; and
every person offending against the provisions of this
sect ion , shall fqr every sin h bird so taken , confined ,
killed, or destroyed, forfeit the sum of one. dollar.
Half qf every penalty received for a violation of
the provision of said 53d chapter ,or of this act ,s|iall
inure tq tlie use ol (he prosecutor , and the oilier
half to the overseers of the town or city in which
the offenee»'eilPrs of horses in
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B, Mercury , that the whaleshi p Coral Cant S
bury, from I he Pacific Orean , arr ived at th-,'t Tn'1
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v..StBrd«y, wit h a carg o of 800J barrcie s of Sperm
Oil , to (,|deon Allen and others ; which , at present
prices is rall ied at about One Hundred and Thir
teeir J housnnd I)oll ills . The Coral has been absent
from Hits port about 'Three years an d a half. This is
probabl y the most valua ble cargo of Sperm Oil
aver entered in one vesseUt any port in the world.
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I n hen President Polk appointed the son of Lewis
Cass Minister to Rome,the Whi g press made a great
I outcry about his incompeten cy and nnfilness for
such a positipn . It was boldl y predicted that lie
would disgrace, his country by his conduct , or his di-
plomatic inexperie nce and want of information. —
But since his arrival at ,and res*lepee in ,Rome ,Ital y
has seen such convulsions , political and eclesiastical ,
as she has not before experienced in her modern his-
tory . Our Minister there , young Mr. Cass,b.is,dur-
im; these try ing and chang ing scenes, borne himsel f
with such dign ity :md independence and di plomat ic
propriety, that we have noticed the bestpwment up-
on him pf many approbatory comments , by writers
from Rome; and the Whi g papers wh ich profusely
abused him and his honored father , and his patron ,
President Polk , at the-time of his appointment , are
either obli ged to publ ish such commendaiion of him
now by thrir foreign correspondents , in silence , or
are manl y enoug h, (as we see they are in some in-
stances) tp acknowled ge t heir present appreciation
of his merits.
In the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser of last Sat-
urday, the editor gives a letter from its correspond-
ent at Rome ; intr oducing it to his readers thus :
" His statement pf fact , respecting Mr. Cass's con-
duct , we give in our correspondent 's own words.—
Feeling sure that Mr . Cass, would manifest a cour-
tesy equal to his independence , we rejoice that an
American Minister has set such an examp le. Our
letter says :—
' In this connection I find pleasure in noticing (lie
firmness of Mr. Cass, our charg e d'11flairs at Rome,
upon the occasion of escort ing the Pope to histhrone
in the Vatican. All the foreign Ministers except
himself kneeled and kissed the Pope's sli pper. His
conduct gave great olience 'at first to these gent le-
men ; and the Spanish Minister ,the senior d'iploran-
list ,remonstrated with him for his breach of etiquette .
Mr Cass answered that as a representative of a re-
publican government he could not kneel to any
monarch on earth ; and as Ihe. representative of a
Protestant government he certainl y could not per-
form such an act ol homage to the Papacy. This is
representing our government fairl y and insp iring
respect for it top , among Ihe intelli gent of Ital y.'"
lH5""It has come to be regardeil as an axipm that
he who has none too good a reputation himself is al-
ways the first to blacken thu character of others, »nd
to place the worst constru ct ion upon everything
they say or do."
The above is the first period pf a half column pf
stup id editoria l sermonizing in the last Yarmouth
Register. Our nei ghbor is nof so verdant as to
thin k that the moral he there sets out , has lately
"come tP be regarded as an axipm ," certa inl y ; for
ha cannot have forgotten how forcibly he found it
establ ished and illustr ated , in his youthful readings
of thatcelebrated old heathen moralist , JEsop. [We
recommend to our brot her of the Register the re-
p erusal of those pith y, sentent ious old fables. lie
wi ll find other "ax ioms" there , which it would be
well for him not to forget.]
But we apprehend that the above "axiom" prick-
ed into the recollection —and perhaps the conscience
—of our nei ghbor, upon rev iewing his late needless
attack upon us, and t he Jesuitical and unmanl y
"style in which he followed it up; attempting "first
to blacken the character of" the "late Collector ;''
and t hen "to place i he worst construction upon ev-
ery thin g "said in justificati on or defence. And we
are forced to this conclusion by the follpwin!» con-
fessions which the Register makes , in the same ser-
mon of which we have quoted (he text, abpve, viz :
"In relat ion tp the assertions of ours to which the
Patriot takes exceptions we frankl y state that as re-
gards the second one we were led into an error.
We readil y correct it, and will do the Patriot the
ju?tice ,to stale that it did not intend to assert that
Mr. Grinnell had any,agency in the appointment of
the Inspector at Barnstable ,hut that it refeired to a
later transa ct ion. It is but a trifling matter , any
way, and does not effect the leading questions un-
der discussion. In relation to the first subject about
whic h he makes such a furor we have a word to say.
We, slated week before last , t hat the expenses under
Miij. Phinney 's administratio n were more than
ilouli le" what they were under his predecessor , or are
under his successor ; that two officers that do not
now and did not prev iousl y exist—a bargeman and
Inspector at Barnstable—were appointed by him ;
that the bus iness community generall y did not know
or th is appointment. We.understood the Patriot as
admittin g these— if not wo will ourself assort that
t hey are correct. We did not slate that all the minor
matters discussed in our columns were assented to
by that journal ; but the main facts of the case,
wh hich we have alluded to above , we thin k he does
not deny ; at any rate they are true. This is what
we meant, and not hing more."
1 Now , neighbor, if that is all you meant , "and
- nothing more," why, we ask,need you have said more?
" All that we promptl y admitted—justified—»nt\ took
s cred it to ourself for it. All that we are content for
. you to "assert ;'' and proclaim that "they are true,"
nil 'the crack of doom ,'if it please you tp dp so.
And il you can fasten upon us the disapprobation
of "the business communit y, " or any Pl her decent
, commun ity, fpr all that, you are. welcome—entirel y
• welcome tp dp sp. If the abpve statement is "the
leading questipn under discussipfl ," with yon , then
rltxcws away. You'll find us waiting upon you. It
seems as if "discussion ," however , was somewhat
super fluous, where nil "the main facts of the case"
are admitted by us ! And so, indeed it would be,
ii' vou wou ld , in .your discussion keep as much with-
in the. bounds pf the truth, as you have in the above
statement. But when you proceed to state your
own "conc-Zu«ons''-T-that the late Collector paid his
Deputies extravagantl y—-that he appoint ed two offi-
cers for which there ,was rip necessity—one of them
with out the aut hority, or in violation of law ;—and
••'«'< tell 'the public that "the Patriot acknowledges
the correctness of your CONCLUSI ONS "—then we
sha ll take the trouble to warn you that you are
burning your fingers ! We shall never "denv 1'
your ':/hcte"_your "main facts" nor your "minor "
facts-Ami we hold you closely to the "
fads ;" and
when you draw your own "conclusions," don 't tell '
your readers, too hastil y, that "the Patr iot admits" '
them , if you please. '
Ihe remainder of the Register 's sermon is "next
of kin " to nonsense. He talks about our "attacks
upon his veracity"—our charging him with "unfair-
ness, falsehood , Sic. &c." We have made no such
attack, or charges , that we have not sustained , and
p roved—or made him acicnouiedge ! And we wish
him to un derstand that his whining about "personal-
ities"—and his offer "to submit his character , along
with ours, to the hands of those who know us both"
¦*7"¦''_' n°t exempt him from our watchfulness after
'" s misrepresentations of us , in future , as closely as
nithisrto. We shrink from any submission of our
character, t'to tt u> !¦.,>,,> » c 1 1 »*r •.,
, , , e nnn ds pf any bodv. We will
Ipok afler that ourself. We have no
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th ing to do
with hs charmer : except- as it exhibits itself in his
treatme nt of ,.,.,_«„„ thltn f it -g t|mt
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exa mine , and not his character.
tfow, neighbor, go on with your "discussion -*—
Itlr, Cjiss (|nd the Pope.
execut e vour pompous ,thrent , to ^thoroughly probe -
nil pu blic tra nsactions of a questionable nature .'"—
Tou'll find a plenty such , to tak e, up Jour attentio n ,
in tliese days of official "galp hinism"—and we won't
interfere wit h your researches. But if you aie ,
sincerel y, "aware that personal quarrels are not
pleasing to your readers," t hen we would remind
you of that other excellent old "axiom"—to "leave
pff contention before it is begun."
I^It js evident (hat Mr. Grinnell ,for the purpose
of inj uring the late Collector , has been at his dirty
work ,finding fault because the expenses pf the Cape
Corl Collection District were larger ,the _\par before
last than lliey have beep of ljite , lie thus begrud ges
bount ies to the fisheimen , and just pay to the In-
spectors. Why should he wish to prevent the In-
spectors of Cape Cod receiving compens ation equal
to what is paid ill Boston and elsewhere ? It re-
sults from the same n iggardl y spirit , which induced
him to take Nat P. Willis with him on an ex< ursion
down the Cape, to ridicule the manners of the Cape
Cod women , because they did not dress and put on
the same ridicul ous airs, as are pract iced by the New
York fashionable ladies , where he lived long enough
to make a fort une. He wants to be again elected to
Congress, and we are cur ious to know whether the
Whi gs will mominate him fpr re-election. If he does
noi sing smaller than any pther man , who was ever
a cand idate , we miss our calculation very much.
The fact is, Grinnell is a granny. He has en-
tirel y mistaken his calling in wishing to legislate for
a great nat ion. In the first place he is no speaker.
He is unable to speak in public. He sometimes at-
tempts to speak , but is sure to break down at the
end of a dozen wor.is. All he is fit for, is to mouse
about among the poor Light House keepers,and en-
ter into intri gue to turn them out of their offices.—
We have abundant proof's of this , and shal l publ isl
theirTal l in good time , whenever he shall oiTer him-
self for any office in the Commonwealth. He makes
no scru ple of making all sorts of charges against
honest men, to accom plish his purpose. Let the in-
jured and defamed ones appeal to the tribunals and
the juries of the country. We have no idea of al-
lowing men to escape , because they are wealth y.—
The onl y fair way, is tp institute judicial invesli ga-
tipns, and call for persons and papers. As to our
pwn official affairs, we are ready to meet nny scruti-
ny and challenge enquiry. He was never chosen a
member of Congress to dabb le in the persecution of
honest public officers , whether the v are Collectors ,
Inspectors or keepers of Light Houses. What busi-
ness is it tp him , whet her a Light House keeper is
in office , or whether an Inspector received poor pay,
nr last ly, whether the fishermen receive their boun-
ties. He, may pretend that he is innocent of this.
But documents are plenty enoug h in this District ,
FRANKED , BY HIM , sett ing forth the large ex-
penses of this District , mainl y in consequence cf the
bount ies justl y due to the. fishermen .
"To be piloried in the Patriot is a 'feat her in the
cap' of a business man , and makes a firs t rate issue
with which a candid ate for popular favors , can safe-
ly go before the people. It has been the making of
more than one man.''— [Yarmouth Register.
We confess we do npt know what the Register
means by being "p iloried in the Patriot." We are
rat her poorl y off for dictionaries —never having felt
able to incur the expense of Webster 's great ''una-
bridged." But such as'we have , leave us in . the
dark how to define "pilor ied"—whic h we dpn 'l find
in any of them. If the Register is coining words , it
oug ht to define them as-it goes along. But we sup-
pose t he Register to mean in the above extract , that
t he more clearl y the Patriot shows up the meanness,
the hypoer icy, the incompetency, and want of merit,
of any Whig "candidate for popular favor,'' herea-
bouts , Ihe mpre sure the Whi gs aie to elect him!
And we are half inclined to believe it is so! Expe-
rience does, certainl y teach us that!
But then , it teaches another fact also. That the
Whigs are apt , to very soon get sick enough ofthose
same men—and they lose t he "popular favor" and
come to be odious to their party, and are cast off by
them ! We could name several , who have floated
u p against the stream of the Patriot 's fearless expos-
ure, to the head waters of Whi g favor in this sectipn
—w ith nothing else to buoy them. But they quickl y
san k , there, and t he popular nose is now turn 'd up
at the disgusting remembrance of their off'ensiveness.
Little better than this , we believe , is the. present
cond ition of their present member of Congress.whom
the Patriot has "p iloried," and the whi gs have boost-
ed, till they begin tp hpld their breath , if not their
noses, at t he nuisance. It isn't wort h while fqr us
to mentio n lots of other ,smaller fry—who have gpne
tp t he botlom after being thus "piloried ," or are
floating, as dead fish , on the whi g eddies and stag-
nant pools.
The Register certainl y pays a popr compliment
to t heir great men hereabouts—in intimating that
they have become great men , not of their own merits,
but the Patriot has "made" themby piloting them !—
and a st ill poorer compliment 10 the "Justness"com-
munity—and Ihe "popu lar "electors—in saying that
whe n they are about to make selection for pffice they
will see if the Patriot hasn 't stuck "« feather in the
cap " of some one, whom they hadn 't thoug ht of be-
for« I
Wel l, so it goes—We knew we exerted a consid-
erable influence with the VVhi gs,before. We thoug ht
we had "been the making o
f more ' of their men- than
the Register had.
What's the thouble, now ?—A Washington
correspondent of the Boston Bee, (whig) daled last
Friday, says :
"You must not be surprised to hear,—not imme-
diatel y, but after a conveni ent season ,—of the rejec-
tion of certa in persons, hold ing important offices
'iJown hast. Ihe unworthy acts by whic h thev are
said to have gained t heir positions , operate against
them m the Senate , and will 'return to pla<»u e the
inventor. ' Whom , if any, of your office-holders such
charges or suspicions reach, I know not but that
1here are persons in such predicament , I am assured
on good aut hority. "
l^*It can 't be possible that the abnve has refer-
ence to the rejection of any one in this Congression-
al District ! Some one, on reading t he above, how-
ever, reminds us of certain "charges" once preferred
by certain individuals who mot at the Lyceum Hall
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¦ Yarmouth Port , to "write Phinney down at any
rate .
'" Did any office-holder hereabouts obtain his
place by such "unworthy acts .
*" Who knows what
new and importan t developments are about to "re-
turn to plague the inve ntor !
"
U. S. 1Consul to LAHAiNA. -CharlesBunker ,
Esq., of Nantucket , havin g been ap pointed U. S.
CpiisuI for the port of Lahain a , Sandwich Islands ,
left New York on Friday last, in the steamer Phila-
ael phia. He takes out the Treaty recentl y conclud-
ed with t he Sandwich Islands by the TJ. S. Govern-
ment , with authorit y to make an exchange of ratifi-
cat ions.
Capt. J. Simpson , pf the bark Sulipte , retur ned
IP Belfast last week , br ing in g with him a lump of
gold attac hed to a piece of quartz rock, wej'diipg
thir teen, ounces,an d viduecj at $222.
Excursion to MMdlcboro'
Did you ever , k ind reader , arouse yourself at
earl y dawn for a morn ing excursion in the beaut ifu l
month of June ? Taking it for granted you have ,
and that you are acquainted with the balmy breath
of nature , the music of- the birds , and the bracing
air of this period of the day, I shall pass it over in
silence. Our stage driver was nearly an hour be-
hind his lime. The man had over slept himself—
Who blames him ? He was at home'. But he "put
us through"—wit h his excellent team and better
skill—10 Sandwich in one hour and twenty minutes
from the Unitarian Church. We were in abundant
season for the morn ing train.
Well we arc at Middleboro '. Here are congre-
gated today (he beauty and Ihe stren gth of Barns-
table , Bristol and Plymouth Cpunties—the School
Tkachkrs pf our model schools. We have come
together in conventi on. It was organized by the
appointment of B. Sandford , Esq., pf Brid gewater ,
President ; F. N. Blake of Barnstabl e, Vice Presi-
dent; and S. C. Dillin g ham of Falmpulh , Secretary.
Having assembled in the lecture room of the Con-
gregational Church , the place was found too strai ght
lor us, an d we adjourned to the Baptist Church for
the lecture from Rev, Mr. Pope of Melrose. Pray-
er havin g been offered by Rev. Mr. Bri gham pf
Taunlon , the lecturer proceeded to read to us a
chaste , and in t he main , an excel lent production up-
on t lie following topics :—"The relation of the School
to the State, and of the Teacher to the Schools-
He commenced by allus ions to the past philosop hic-
al history of the schools. The school Teacher was
once regarded as a necessary fixture of the commu-
nity as much as the minister himself—a part of the
economies of every town. Views changed. There
came an interreg ium from which dates the history of
our present system. Paid a passing, yet deserved
tr ibute to Horace Mann. Alluded to the deepen-
ing interest felt in the subject of school education ,as
shown in the large assembly present—the numerou s
voluntary associations of (he State, and the new
and elegant school houses which were taking the
places of the smal l and inconvenient ones pf the
past. There was also a demand for better teach-
ers, and a disposition on the part of teachers them-
selves to meet the demand. He annpunced his sub-
ject tp be the Slate—the ScIippI and the Teacher
or t he relation of each to the other. Republicanism
was born in the free sclmol and would be fostered
by their continuance. Sppke pf the State provis-
ion fpr education and its design , Universal Educa-
tion. The school had been nourished onl y lor the
State's bene fi t, its own preservation. The time had
come when a h igher view should be taken and nobler
motives should induce action. The child's good
the.development of his mental and moral nature
fitting him to serve humanity, were considerations
wh ich ou ght to weigh with the State in its provision.
No fault found with what had been done, but the
State did not go far enpug h. In its duty to the
youn g it should prov ide for the due development of
his mental , moral and spcial nature , with a view tp
his particular benefit and usefulness as well as the
preservation ol society. Hence the necessity of
graduated Schools—the Primary, Grammar, and the
High School.
He next turned his attention to the relation of the
Teacher tp the School. The Stale had fixed the
mjniinnm of qualifications for her Teachers—but for
the maxi mum they were unl imited. A boundless
prospect was open before them. "I hey should mag-
nify t heir office and not confine themselves tp the
minimu m of instruction required. Spoke of the in-
fluence of (he Teacher. , The child is placed in his
hands at a receptive period of existence—can mould
at will the susceptible and yielding capacities—heart
is bound to heart, and seeming ly an und ying inter-
est is awakened. But is it lasting ? We look for
its continu ance , but seme fatj .1 worm has eaten
a»ay its ropts and we look in vain for the expected
results. This in part is owing (o brief per iods of in-
str uction , frequent change of Teachers, home influ-
ence, and a want of genera l interest on the part of
the g'uardia ns and conservators of society. All are
educalors , but it is more frequentl y in the wrong
than in the right directi on.
There is also an inclination le limit the number
of stud ies. Influence of the Teacher is not confined
lo the school room—manner—habits of life, speak.
He is always advancing. He belongs to a noble
profession. A difference,between the instructor -mid
educaior. He. condemned , qualifiedl y, the use of
manua ls—should be a manual himself? A master of
al l manual s, and not let the manuals master the
Teacher. Position solemn and responsible. Should
be in earnest and impart his own spirit to liis pup ils.
Labor should be (he mpttp pf the schppl room. The
mind and heart are to be educated. The law re-
quires moral as well as mental trainin g. It asks
the. utmost fidelity in the Teacher, as wel l as zeal ,
earnestness, and self denial. It requires habits
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of pat ient stud y—all knowled ge is before him , and
lie must pursue the ever opening path. Progress
should be his motto. There must be worth—moral
and menta l worth , not onl y possessed, but shin ing
out in all he dpes—and thus will his success depend
upon the purity pf his own intentions - and the
measure of the zeal wjth which he prosecutes them-
This is but a brief and imperfect outlin e of the
lecture.
Having returned to the Chapel remarks were
made upon (he topics Involved in the lecture , by N.
Tilling hast , Esq., Teacher of (he State Normal
School at Brid gewater ; Dr. Sears, the Secretary of
the Board of Education ; Rev. Mr. Bradford of
Brid gewater , and Rev. Mr. Bri gham , of Taunton ,
when the Convention adjourned to 11-2 o'clock p.m
'
Met again at the appoint ed hour , and the Presi-
dent continu ed the discussion of the subjects sug-
gested by the lecture.
On motion it was voted to take up fhe subject of
conducting recitat ions so as to render them the most
interestin g,
p'
Mr. Hunt , of Plymouth , led the discussion. His
remarks were confined princi pall y to his own expe-
rience and method of" doing the work. But if it was
as rambl ing as his way of telling it, I seriously doubt
its utility.
Mr. Edwards of the State Normal School was next
introduced. His remarks were of an instr uctive and
entertain ing character , calculated to do good and
leave a salutary impression on the mind. He is an
interest ing speaker. The same might also be said
of Mr. Colburn ,his associate in the same School wl
followed him. Mr. Tilling hast followed the last «en
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tleman , referring in his remarks to the use and
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im-
porlance of illustration s.
Dr. Jenks , of M idd leborough, the distinguished
and laborious Teacher pf the Academy in M., wa S
next called up, who related ,0 HS his success in
teaching and t he means he use,! to secure if. "It j.
not gemus? h e.remarked , ",l,at render, s,,,rfs,
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ta,n , but vulustry "^ remj|rk ful] of
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dom and good sense
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If WaS "°5V ™0
impracticabl e in its execut ion .
At four o'clock the Convention adjourned , appa-
rentl y highly pleased and pro fited. W^aid a short
visit to the Academy, to see the apparatus for illus-
trating science, which its distinguished Preceptor,
for the last eight years, with commendable industry
has been accumu lating. His collections in Geology
and Natural History are alread y quite extensive. —
We found the Academy marching off up street , to
be succeeded by a new and more elegant structure.
Success to the active and energetic instructor. *
The following paragrap h may be found in the
Laws of Congress, Session 1, 1844, ch. Wo, seel. 7,
and is now it, full force :
And be itfurther enacted , That the number of Inspect-
ors, gangers, weighers, measurers, or markers in any
Custom House, shall not ee increased beyond the
number now in service . .
At thai time ihe number of Deputies , Inspectors ,
&c. connected with the Customs in this District , was
seven. Under the late Collector an additional in-
spector was appointe d.in violation of this law. Who
"tppk thr responsibility " iu the affa ir—ihe Secreta-
ry of _ the Treasury or the Collector ? We have
seen in the Patriot some, most glowing accounts of
the patriot ism and fidelity of Mb. Robkut J. Walk-
er , and of course such a" pure-m inded; and upri g ht
man wou ld not go contrary to law. As the late
"Collector takes pride in some of his official acts, he
will perhaps father this affair also.—[Register.
Before you charge a "violation of the law" so fli p-
pant ly, neighbor , you had better be sure of your
reckoning. You are nof exactly out pf the woods
yet. First satisf y yoursel f when it was, that Free-
man Nickerson Esq., of Chatham was discharged
from the pfBce pf. Inspector , to which Mr. Collector
Bacon asked his appointment by letter to the Secreta-
ry of the Treasury dated April 28th , 1S43. [We don't
want to be underst ood as intimating here , that "the
business community generall y didn't know of this ap-
poin tment''—nor t hat there was "no necessity" for it.]
When you are satisfied about that, then we will talk
furt her with you respecting this "violatio n of law."—
We'll tell you who "took the responsibility "—and who
is able to bear it. We are sure pf some music yet,
put of the "organ ," if we can onl y keep the little fel-
low at tho Custom House, turning the crank.
The Seventeenth of June.—Yesterday the
Ann iversary of the battle of Bunker Hill was cele-
brated. On that day seventy five years since,
says t he Boston Journal , occurred one of the most
noted events in the history of the American struggle
for independence—an event which is well worth y
pf commemorati on by every true patriot. The his-
tory of the batik? is too well known to need recapit-
ulat ion. A few regiments of undisci plined troops,
many of them exhausted by a n ight of severe labor ,
badl y armed , and almost with out a le'ader , wit hstood
the assaults of more than double their number of
veterans trained to war, and aided by every adven-
titious circumstance which unlimited resources could
command. Twice these ill-matched combatants met
each olher face to face, with a proximit y so near
that each could see (he-whites of the eyes of their
foemen , a«id t-wice was the stronger party. .
"In tumult driven
Like chaff before the winds of heaven "
But the more am ple- resources of the British troops
preva iled over the valor of the Americans. It was
onl y when their ammunit ions was exhausted , that ,
beaten but not vanquished , the latter retired from
field , wit h a loss in killed and wounde d less than
one half that of their opponent s. The moral effect
of this battle upon the provinci alisls was perhaps as
great as thoug h a victory had been won. The re-
sult was a tr iump h tp the ccntinental army. They
had shown their ability tp eppe in the field wit'h the
tra ined troops of Great Britain , and had established
t he fact that those troops were by no means invinci-
ble. They had insp ired in the minds of the British
sold iers a conviction l-hat their adversari es were by
no means despicable as they had been lead to sup-
pose. A conviction which doubtless had an import-
ant influence upon the results of subsequent battles.
The British ministry showed (heir appreciation of
Ihe -importance of these results when they sus-
pended General Gage from the command as a mark
of disapprob ation.
We do not exaggerate the importan ce of this bat-
tie when we maintain that it was the turnin g point
in the controversy, and Mecided th e nature
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of the
strugg le which was to charige the destiny of the
American colonies. Dating from the period when
the battle of Bunker Hill was fought , the colon ists,
arra yed against the mother country, were no longer
rebe ls, but revolutionists. From the blood y field"
of
Bunker Hill a voice went forth which called a nation
(0 arms , and insp ired the people with a confidence
which subsequent reverses failed to eradicate. With
the confidence of success came the desire fpr inde-
pendence , and t he Fourth of July, 1776 , echoed in
unmistaka blo tones (he vojee of freedom which
Bunker Hill had awakened.
The Connecticut River Bank Robbery
> We underst and (says the Boston Courier of yester-
• day morn ing) that the horse and wagon found on
" the road at Marlow , Vt. by farmer Gee, have both
been identified. The former answers to the descrip
t ion of one owned by the Leonards of Oxford , who
eft the ir home in that town on Tuesday, an(j who
had nof , it is said , returned up to Friday last The
wagon it is believed belonged to Silas Taft , who
keeps a hv.-ry stab le at Oxford , and t he buffalo
robe found ,n the wagon , marked "S. Barton , J, "
"t he property pf that individual , whp also lives in
"' l lle ^'onards, it will be recoll ected , were
nrresled a short time since for (he great robbery a.
i-'"ov,ncetown , and t hey have been somewhat fa-
mous for their banking operations.
A Good Suggestion \-Jewe
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fPrescott , No. 2
Milk St., Boston , advert ise their new Spring Stock
of Shawls and Silk Goods, and those who visit Bos-
ton shou ld call and feast their eyes on (he rich im-
portations of this widel y known firm. We can sirfe-
ly prom ise all purchasers a pleasing reception , and
plenty of rich goods at the lowest possible rates.
New England Print Warehouse.—This ex-
tensive establi shment for the exclusive sale of Print-
ed Calicoes is conducted on the One Price Cash Sys-
tem, and offers great inducements to country mer-
chants who wish to avoid paying the prices required
to guarantee the heavy losses of those who do a cred-
it business. Over five hundr ed samp le cases are
exhibited , from which purchasers can select by the
p iece, Sec advertisement in another column.
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Tlie t,avv.
[Correspondence of the Barnstable PaJj ^1
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Washington, June ia ' 1
The same old subjects are still up in bon *^0
of Congress-.he Compromise a.L"
»Z£. 5L
Senate , and the California Bill in ,„ '
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Representatives , and it is difficu lt to det Prn ¦
<*"«l£
and how they will end. h appears ^'S
c
prevailing opinion here, Unit the Comn. ^K
will pass the Senate and fail in the Hnnt - *
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California will finall y be adm itted "
hcJ,
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suppose that Clay 's Bill will finallv pass ul « 1
with slight amendments . ' '
''hd|2i *
There is a singular process going on in ti J
For many days the "hour rule." wis in Old fflST W
is to say, members were limite d to rnakin *"''' *
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not exceed ing one hour. When the 1ule
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operation , allowing members to propos**""^Jo" f
ments , but being lim ited to five miiiulfg S|^ "*
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This has been going on in Committee of tk?
l>
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for several days, and it is amusing to see I, ^r
cess. A member will bring an amend mo. .Pn>!
pocket , and commence a speech. Jn S( '
j' ^Ji
pretty well excited in t he midst of a spepJ**'l,
goes the hammer , and the spea ker is knoekei'1
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wj (h il , and some twenty others start on th '• *'"*« \
with another amendment As there ia nr.i-""'. fiti I
to their amendments , it is impossible to pr(.,i- '"'•»
ong this process will be kept up. The W«T*•%
become excessively war m, and as t he merem/ '!
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in the therm ometer , so rises t he excitement > *•
hard to tell what will be the feeling when Dh^!*
set fairl y in. ™
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The steam frigate Saranac has just arrived ,
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Havana , not with later advices, out with ml "*»
Ihentic accounts . Last Sunday there «as « q!^
Council held on the Cuban difficul-y, and i
,^ r
cidcd to despatch the little steam Vixen , no^If *!
Navy Yard here, with despatches. But bVi !
>
got off, the Saranac arrived , and she will now "•
ably take out new orders, if she -ocs at all » P**
1
sume she will. J N<
Yesterday it was annpunced , th at a Canlai
perau had been shot , as one of the prisoner1 77*" '
at Cardenas. Bnt Capt. D. states today, unV'i* '
own sign manual , that he has not been exeei. 1 !
l
"II , but is alive and well , and I presume we m1L" I
lieve him , and I rej oice that he is able to T I
good an account of his health , for it seems' M f ? '
did good service in the war with Mexico Hi, *
is Duperau ,but he had no idea of beinrr so fa,'i*"
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us to be shot by the Dons, and I don't Untie r,t?
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the least. men tn
Cato.
Will the Patriot be so good as to state wUt • \
vice was performed by the Custom House offiJl'^
1848,-49 that is not performed at th"is time ? "*
[Yarmouth Yegisfcr '
We have not made that "dili gent inquiry " L f
Ihe service performed by the present Custom. Houi
°
officers , which our neighbor professed to have njjt '•¦
after those of 1848,-49—neither have we the to I
ties for ascertaining whether they earn the liial
fiJ . I
they are reduced to. As our neighbor rs f,,,fij|jL
with all the details of the Custom House bushiest, '
now administered , if ho will set forth the amount of
service "performed at this time," we shall be able '
then to compare ; and , thus , to answer his question
Corrections.—We are authorised to state tlmt
np change is contemp la ted in the office of Treasurer
of the "Great Marsh Dyke and Water Power*eon.
pany. The report , therefore , that the Cashier "of
another corporation , and Director of still (mother ,
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was to take the aforesaid treasuryshi p and become
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"financial agent" of the Dyke Company, cannot be '
correct.
W hile on this subject , pf corrections, we wish to
state, that whereas , we were informed , in Hoslon
last week , that one pf the -most active pf the present
Board of Directors of the C."
C. Branch Rail Road
—one who has served but one year yet—hurt cv t
pressed a desire (o retire from that Board , but «„,
deterred from doing so, because Jie "
f eared the Pat- ,
riot icould crow over him i
f he did "—now, therefore,
this is for t he'pur pose of promising, solemnly, (hit'
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in the happening of that event , The Patriot will '
NOT Crow ! Indeed , we can assure the public ,
¦
that in considerati on of the valuable services wliieli
;
we believe that Director has render ed—and Ihe ex- *
traord inaril y ki nd and gent lemanl y treatment we k
have received at his hands—the Patri6t will be rath-
er disposed to put on sackcloth than to "crow"over
his retir ement from the position he has so much ^
ho+iored.
Thi>nkw Discovery.—We don 't, know wh»t to
think of Paine 's new light. On eur outside.-will
be found an account of it from the Boston " Trail- 1
script. Since that was publishe d , we have seen 11
host of add ition al attest ations , in the newspapers, to -
its discovery, its wonderfu l power, its applicability " .
tP all the purposes for which both artificial light and
heat , are now emp loyed ! What are we coming to?
If wpod , coa l, peat , oil , candiles , and all lighting ami
healin g substance s , are to be at once superseded l>y j
this simp le discovery—so cheap, so ready at'.lwnuVo \
easi ly manufactu red , and out of nothin g but water—
what , wQ ask , is lo come next ? We don 't believe ,"
it ; because we can't believe it ! And yet in lh« :
age of wonders .whp can hel p turning his ear, t(? list-
en to t he story, however incredible , impossible, it
may appear ! We think , however , the safest v>h
for the present , is to' cont inue incredulous. The
ex periment is to be tried on a larg e scale, within a
month , by an attempt to light the Astor House,Ne»
York , with this new gas, from water only. If (ha'
succeed , as many scient ific men -say it will , then we
will believe. If it fails, why. then (here 's an end of
it. We can 't bel ieve, yet . that (he City of Boston,
for instance , can be wanned and lighted , merely by
applying an electrical machine to the water in the
Frog Pond 011 the Common 1
®°The Register gives the public no intimation
yet as to how much Mr. Bacon contributes to re-
plenish Uncle Sam 's Treasury, out of his ownp ay « {
Collector—whether he reduces, it in the same ratio
1hat he cuts down his Deputies or not.
I
whom Mr. Collector Bacon appointed "an additional \
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inspector" in April 1843 ? Does he "happen l' }f /{m
know" how large a proport ion of his time was oil"*' '
f
wise employed than in the service of the Government V {
These must be interest ing "inquiries f or one io j
make , who ts smelling about , "thoroughly pro bing ««
publu transa ctions o
f a questionable nature in our
mmst.?'J
Cknsus-.—We learn that the U. S. District Mar-
shall has appointe d Mr. Isaiah Gifford to take the
-'Btis us of Provincet own ,Trui-o,and Wellfleet—Baft-
ham , Orleans, and Brewster , Enoch Pralt—Cb»t-
ham , Freeman Nickerson —Dennis , James Howes--
Yarmouth , Barnstable , and Sandwich , David Bars - [
ley—Falmouth and Marsh pee, Geo. W. Donaldson-
Sodtii Carolina Senator.—The govern or of
^
South Carolina .has appointed Hon. Robert Bar:"- [
well Jthetr, to fill the vacancy in the United State" ,
Senate, vice Elmore deceased. . I
m.
THE PATR IO TS
. gARNSTAB^B ;
Tuesday, Jnne 18, 1850.