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The Comp romise Bill
People who are but indiffer ently posted in politi-
cal affairs are apt to confound the Compromise pro-
j ect , or the entire report of the Committee of Thir-
teen with the Compromise Bill , now before the (Sen-
ate (or its immediate notion. This error more read-
il y occurs jn consequence of the fact that persons
who perfectl y understand the difference between the
two thi ngs, very often , for the sake of brevity and
convenience , speak, of "the Compromise " when they
mean the Compromise Bill.
The Compromise Bill includes precisel y the fol-
low ing measures , and "Q more. First ,(lie admission
of California ,with her present constitution and bound-
aries ; secondly , the organization of N«iv Mexico
and Utah , as territories , with a prohibition of leg is-
lation respecting Afi ican slavery, on the part of the
territorial legislatures ; thirdl y, the difinition of the
boundary between Texas find New Mexico , the
bound ary line being drawn in such a manner as to
assign to the latter a tract of country equal in area
to nearly one third of the State of Texas , as that
State now defines and claims her boundarie s. For
the relinquishment of her claim , Texas is to be of-
fered a blank- numb er of million dollars. She claims
the Rio Grande as her western bonndai y from iis
mouth to its source. Of course the compromise iid-
ju stsmont contemp lates her rel in qnishment of a pret-
ty extensive tract east of that river.
These are all th e measures included in the Com-
promise bill. Jt is thi s mea«m e which is now before
the Senate ,aod Mr. Clay, the Coryp heasof the w hole
business , lias expressed his desire and hope to pet a
vote upon the bill this week, probabl y by Thursday
—to day. As citizens of the free North , we could
suggest amendments to this bill whic h would render
it more palateable to us and to our peop le ; for ex-
Mm ple , that New Mexico and Utah should be left at
liberty to exclnde slavery from their domain it they
choqse, But we,cannot always obtain what we wish ,
and all lye wish, of course , and jn such case the true
course is to obta in what we can with honesty.
Jt is pretty certain that the bill will pass the Sen-
lite .and nearl y in its present form; for every attempt
•
4t modification by amendments , whether proposed
by iiltraists from the North or from the South , has
heretofore proved a decided failure . The fate of
the measure in the House is more dubious ; but the
shrewdest and most practise*! political observers have
enunciated the op inion that if it passes the Senate it
will also pass the Ilonse. If it will settle the Cali-
fornia question ,the territorial quest ion , and the most
serious and threatning question of boundary between
Texas and her nei ghbor on the west , the reasons
should be very weig hty which should cause its re-
j ection, We shall probabl y witness some decisive
action on the matter in both houses before the expir-
ation of July. There should be, and we hope there
will be an end of strife on this great matter.—[Fall
River News of Thursd,av , 27th ult.
False Lights qx thk Bahamas !— Navigators
passing through the Gulf Stream, on their passage to
ports in Cuba or the Gulf of Mexico , should be on
their guard, as false lights have recentl y been exhib-
ited on the Bemini Islands , by some attrocious
scoundrels, for the purpose of misleading navi gators,
nii 4 runni ng the shi ps ashore ! The following certif-
icate has been handed to us for publication by a gen-
tleman just arrived from New Orleans.—[Journal.
New Ohleans , June 1st , 1850.
We, the undersi gned , do hereby certif y and make
known to whomsoever it may concern , that on the
8th ultimo , at 7 F, M,, the North Bremini Island
bearing southeast , by compass, distant nine miles,
our four shi ps being in company—made a revolving
light on the above island. Being well aware of our
position we continued on a SSW course, when at 9
P. M. we made the regular revolving light on Gun
Key !
Had we mistook the first, ligat for the Gun Key
Light, we should have steered a course that would
have broug ht us directl y upon the Moselle Shoal.—
for the benefit of navi gation we think it necessary
that the practice of showin g false lights should be
made known,
D. .T. Ryan ,
Shi p Rio Grande.
Lawron J.,. Watts ,
Shi p Emma Watts , of Ilailowcll.
Joseph II. Sears.
Ship Faneuil Hall , of Boston.
Wjlliam Gushing.
Shi p Iliudosta ri , of Salem.
Capt. Ryan also stales that he saw a revolving
lig ht on the Beinini Islands , op th e ni ght of the 19;fi
of April last ,
Paine's Nrcw Light.—The New York Journal
of Commerce says :—"A party composed of distin-
guished chemists from this city, Princeton and Bos-
ton , and other gentlemen , interested , met at Wor-
cester a day or two since , to examine the apparatus
• constructed by M r. Paine , to illustrate his alleged
discovery of a new method of ma nufacturin g gas
"
.
Mr, Paine left town on the approach of these gentle-
men , but his broth er remained to do the honors.
They first veiled the machine at the Exchange ,
which remains in the 'damaged' condition to whfe li
we alluded last week. They then adjourned to his
house , where the gas is shown burnin g, a nd succeed-
ed in detecting the trick by which visiters have
heretofore been deceived . They will furnish a full
acco'int of the exhibition in a da}' or two , and 'ex-
plode ' this humbug, which has excited such a large
share of public attention,
The Attempt of Bristol Bill upon tii ij
Life of Mr. Att'y I)avis,of Vt.— Bliss N, D.ivi
Esq., State Attorney, immediatel y after the sentence
had been passed ,went round on the outside of thebar ,
Mooped over , and began to whisper something to
Mead ows, whereupon Bristol Bill rose from his seat ,
went round to the side of Davis, and suddenl y drew
a knife and sprung upon Davis , inflicting a blow in
his neck , lay ing bare the jugular vein , leaving the
knife in the wound. The wound is deep, but not
considered fatal .as the jugular vein was not opened.
Davis fell , and exclaimed , "The rascal has killed
me. lie was taken up and carried to his lod«in«s
He bled most profusel y. Bill stabbed him with"a
case knife, the blade of which is some eioht inches
in length , and without a handle. He made onlv
one sudden thrust , and left the knife sticking in the
neck , where it remained till some one seizecf it ami
pulled it out. Much fear and excitement prevailed
in the Court room ; and thoug h Bill was fettered he
took control of the house for some minutes. The
Jud ge commanded the officers to arrest him ; but so
completel y terror-strick en were all present that no
one durat approach him. BUI stationed himself in
one corner of the room and swore ho would kill the
first man who should approach him ; but at last his
counsel , Mr. Farrar , went up to him , spoke a few
words, when without further resistance , he yielded
himself to the hands of an officer , and was immedi-
ately handcuffed and put in close confinement. Bill
seemed frantic with rage, said he intende d to kill
Davis on the spot , and "most G-—d d d sorry he
did not.'1 Where he obtained the knife no one
knows, but it is generall y supposed some one furn-
ished him with it—for what purpose that individual
best knows . It is a most desperate and lamentable
occurrence, and we trust that in the end strict just-
ice will be meted out , and Bill receive his just re-
ward.— [Boston Atlas
Escape from the State Pr.isox.
-Sheldon
Cla pp, 22 years of age, five feet nine inches hioh ,es-
caped from the State Prison at Charlestown .on Tues.
day, 85th inst.,under the following circumstances-
He with others , who had but a short time to serve,
were emp loy ed in the Prison yard , wilcre tho pn
'
largemenls and improvements are about to be made.
These prisoners wore in charge of a watchman ,armed
with a loaded gun. During the afternoon Clapp
asked permission to go to another part of the * yard
which was granted. Not returning, search was made
. for him , and his pants were found upon the wharf ,
giving the impression that he had escaped by this
route. He is supposed to have secured a second
pair of pants under his particolored ones, in which
he probabl y escaped the notice which otherwise
would be drawn upon him, Clapp belongs to South-
ampton , Mass., and was sentenced to the prison for
ft year for robbery, about eight months of which hadi
expired. |
¦If there is a princi ple of political economy which
is more universall y acknowled ged than another , among
men of sense and intelli gence, it is that which assu mes
the mutual dependence of one branch of industry upon
the other branches '"—and that any arbitrary protective
legislation in favor of any one branch at the expense of
the other brandies, disturbin g and destroy ing this mu- J
tuality, is, in the end. injurious to the whole. Experi-
j
encc has taugh t those trut hs , until the y have now comej
to be roencn ized by all enli ghtened nations :—and all '
are .striving'(as fast and as far as a fictitious condition !
of society induced by an opposite course will allow) to t
tzivc to "the bod y politic " th at freedom from restriction ,
iqion the natural and health y action of its several |
bra nches, that is so universall y considered indispcnsi- l
lilc "in relation to the human body." And yet. in the!
face of this experience , and in the midst of this general i
enli ghte nment , ''there are th ose in our midst. " who are
still cling in g to the old exp loded doctri nes of 'yrotic-
lion ;" and you will even rind some of them quoting the
sill y twattle about '¦protection '' put forth by tho I'liila -
(Itlj) hin Lairyer at present at the head of the Treasury
Department—now best known by the title of "Lord
Gal phi n !
''—which has been the subject of ridicule with
m en of sen se an d intelli gence on both sides of the At-
lantic.
Such men , too, will select "the iron manufacturer'' of
this cou n try in order to illustrat e thei r doctrine of the
necessity of a high protective tariff. They will tell you
lhat "iron works, giving emp loyment to over twenty
thousand men have been suspended within two years"
—That, "these twenty thousand men would earn ten
millions of dollars per annum , if employed" And of
course they would have you believe that these twenty
thousand men have not '-been em
p loyed" at all , for t wo
ycars,aud can 't possibly get any employment—havn 't.lh cre-
fore, earned , nor can 't, in any other way cam , any part
of the aforesaid ten millions o
f dollars—have starved or
must inevitabl y starve, or at any rate, all become pau-
pet s, with their families also !
And all this horrible mischief , they will tell you , is
the result of the legislatio n of the "Free Trade De-
mocracy !" Only think of it! But worse than this ;
th ey will tell you that
"The mischief resulting from the policy which has
thrown this number of iron-workers out of employment
docs not end with the evil endured by these men them-
selves. It reaches every other interest in the country.
These men , when emp loyed at their trad e, produce iron
hut they consume every other commodity usually re-
quired by tho working classes of the country. The ten
millions of dollars which they would have earned would
not have remained in their pockets. It would have
beGn exchanged for the thousand products of the me-
chanics , farmers , grocers , and merchants of the coun-
try. A million would have been expended in the erec-
tion of comfortable homesteads. Another milli on
would have been expended with the milliner , tailor ,
shoemaker, and schoolmaster. Another, with the mer-
chant and grocer, who are more or less dependent upon
commerce for their article of traffic. And three or four
millions with the farmer, the butcher, and tho baker.—
And each interest would , to that extent , have shared
in the benefits which always flow from well-requitted
:Iome Labor."
But now, for tho last two years, these twenty thous-
and men, not finding it profitable to make iron—even
with a dut y of Thirty Per Cunt, on all imported—
finding competition with foreign manufacture of iron
unprofitable , notwithstanding this "protection " by gov-
ernment of thirty per cent., beside the heavy charges ot
freight , insurance and commissions — these twenty
thousand men have not been able to earn a dollar, and
of courso have not been able to purchase a dollars worth
of any of "the thousand products of the mechanic, or
the farmer, or tho grocer, or the merchant!" They
havn 't built a single house—bought a single babj 's
bonn et of th e "milliner" (!)—a single pair of breeches
of tho "tailor ," nor a pair of shoes of the "shoemaker,"
nor paid a farthing to the "schoolmaster !" They have
eaten no meat or bread, and of course have paid noth-
ing either to the "butcher " or "baker I"
Now, what a sad state of things this is! But, sad as
it is, it isn't the whole of the mischief! These croakers
will toll you further , that "these ten milli on of dollars ,
instead of being thus beneficentl y and profitabl y dif-
fused through our own community, are sent abroad,
and find their way into the pockets of the artizans , tra-
ders , and agriculturists of Great Britain !
" So that ,
whilst those twenty thousand men have been idle, the
ten millions o
f dollars have been sent out of the coun-
try, on account of this iron working interest alone, in two
years ! A nd then the croakers tell you , also, that to
illustrate this dreadful condition of things , they "hav e
taken the iron instead of the cotton manuf acture for
examp le, because it is the lesser interes t of the two.and
because what is true of the one is also true , in a great-
er degree of the other !" So it fen milli ons have gone
in two years for iron , probabl y twenty have gone for
otton manufactures ;" and so on , probabl y to f if t yor
an hundred millions !—and the proportion ate thousands
of laborers in the cotton and other manufactures , have
either starved also—or gone, with their families, to the
poor house ! What a condition our country must be in!
And yet, we notice, by authentic statistics (notwith-
standing- these millions upon millions which we have
sent "into the pockets of the artizans , traders and ag-
riculturalists of Great Britain " in tho last two years )
that, there arc actuall y several millions of specie more
in our own country now—in the Banks and "the pock-
ets" of our countrymen—than there ever was before
since we had existence as a government !
When will such foolish—contemptibl y foolish
croaking be done with ?
We have no wish to pursue this matter further—such
absurd ity, it is needless further to expose, than thus to
analize it. But as our eye rests upon a solution , upon
quite a moderate scalf i, of the problem "who is bene-
fitted by ft-cc trade ?"-wo will quote it, from one of
our exchange papers of last week. It is this •
ofZ
h°M
H
TV GC°4'
ge
?
HSS °f MassncWctJ, President
of the Michigan Southern Unit Koad , has contracted
uit h Wm. F. Weld & Co. of Bos.o^who are "^ms o
Thompson & Forman of London , for'sooo tons ol heavy
1rail iron to comp lete their road beyond Colwater t o
a point near the Indmna state line ; tho iron to be de
bvcred at Quebec at S33 SO per ton. The transi.or tx-
tion from Quebec to Toledo , Ohio , on the line of the
™lX ™$°Z$ ver ton morc- To be dcIiw-
Now. as we read this , we couldn 't help thinking, that
"the shi p builders and owners of Cape Cod , and the
laborers whom its groat navi gating i nterests emp loy "
would bo likely to understand , tha t the freighting,
this 3000 tons was as beneficial to their interests, as it
would be for this iron to be manufactured in Pennsyl-
vania. And we believe they will think , too, that iron
manufacturing, which cannot compote successfully in
the making of rails , to bo laid down within 150 miles I
of its furnaces , against foreign manufacturin g, whicli is
[
alread y taxed f lirty per cent, by government , and lias '
to pay thirty per cent, morc for freight across the Atlan-
tic , besides insurance , commissions , &c, &c.—that a
business which can 't live without more government "pr» -\
lection" than that ; which protection is a tax upon all
the other industrial branches of the country—had bet-
tor bo abandoned ; and let "Cape Cod shi p builders and
owners " profit , by the transportation of our agricultur-
al products abroad , to purchase foreign rails with , and
1
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P
i
'"f' '>y froiShtinS tIlosc rai]s ovpr to this country.
t, n7- » i
S but a si "S'c and sli ght instance, illus-
t at.ng the folly of the doctrines of the high protection-
SaTho populati on of Chatham according to the
late census ,s2 ,438 ; i , 1 184o , 2) 2 78 . increns;in lon
years , ICO.
Commer ce and tlse Tari ff,
Wo go in for that ! We must have it ;—and to
Hyannis too ! We regret that onr neighbors lay us
under such large obli gations to keep talkin g about
the old road. We want inore time , and room, for
advocacy of the extension, to Hyannis and Yarmouth.
We would have quit the old story, long ago, if they
would have let us. But we never fail toiook after
the veracity of tho Patriot , when it is impeached .—
And we have had the skill thus far ,to protect it no
very difficult task neither—from all the insidious
thrusts , and the open assaults , of the hosts of impu-
dent and cowardl y black guards, and hypocrites ,who
have essayed to injure n*. We shall continue the
old f ight, just so long as there is a foe in the field.—
We neither cap itulate nor beg a truce ;—nor do we
invite the continuance of their attacks. We would
have them understand that we are perfectl y indiffer-
ent as to the course they may please to pursue.
And we shall find it easy enoug h for the future ,
we doubt not , to protect our rear , from the snarling
pupp ies, who keiSp up their yel ping and snapp i ng,
while we "push on the column ,'' in aid of the work
before us !
So, now for the extension ' The proper prelimi-
nary step has been taken. $500 has been appropri-
ated for a survey. If that proves insufficient , the
needful addition can be raised by immediate contri-
bution , we know. Let 's all take hold and hel p on
this survey. Don 't let us be too selfish , and each be
determined to have our own favorite route—by our
own door. Let the survey ascertain which route is,
on the whole , most feasable. Then , let all the land
be g iven. It will ,we believe ,iny«»'c nobody—go which
way it will. Let nobod y claim damages then. Let
deeds for the whole route be secured before a stroke
is struck. And let , also , all the stock be J aken ,before
the work is begun. Then we shall know where we
are. Then we will have no Company "Bonds"
hawked about at a large discount , before the road is
half completed ; nor no '[floating debt ," sinking the
credit and eating up the stock of the company. Let
us profit by experience, and by observation.
To extend, is the onl y salvation for the present
road. We believe it can be done. Most ol those
who are '¦
¦infor it," with the present road , will be
willin g to go deeper in with the new. There is no
other place in the world where a road can ba built
cheaper. Let reliable estimates be made—let the
whole public know tho whole story—have no "guar-
anties" to secure the wealth y, and deceive the poor-
er. No hucksterin g or hugger-mugger management
about it; but an open show and an earnest call ; and
it loill be done !
We have , before, put forth estimates, from very
judicious and reliable sources, showing how cheap ly
a road to Hyannis can be built; and as a survey is
ordered , and it can now so soon be officiall y report-
ed upon , we need not use figures in the matter again
at present. The Road is "bound to be"built " to Hy-
annis , or Yarmouth—or both. Of that we are sure.
®"Mr. President Page's organ , at Sandwich,
makes no attempt , either on Ids behalf or its own, to
sustain or defend its grossl y calumnious statements
respecting the Patriot , which we noticed at length
last week. Nor has it the manliness , or decency, to
retract or qualif y those statements I The onl y and un-
mistakable conclusion , therefore is, that they are sat-
! isfied to sit down ,with the disgrace of their own shame-
less efforts to affix the sti gma of falsehood upon the
Patriot , covering them all over , as with a mantle of
ly ing leprousy—the contempt of every honest man !
Not a sing le specification^ either of "the hundred
and one.slandets," which they last week charged up-
on the Patriot , in gross , dare they attempt now to
set forth ! Nor has the editor of the Observer , who
then made such gross charges against us, confessedly
upon hearsay evidence (to which ho readil y lent his
willing ear) the honesty, now, to admit the errone-
ousness ot that evidence. Of all this , we, by no
means,, complain. They shall enjoy their present
position in regard to us.
Tho Observer , however , does devote a column of
ils last number to the Pa/riot. But as it is entirely
personal , and dedicated to an individual whom it is
pleased to designate "the Boston writer"—a nd , more-
over , as it is the very lowest and meanest of slang—
wholly slang —so far beneath the level of contemptu-
ousness , that to call it abusive would be to dignify it
—of course it requires no sort of consideration or
notice at our hands.
IgTLook out for the "statistics !" The Register
apologizes for omitting, last week , its republicalion
of the "expenditures of this revenue district in
1848-9." But it intimates that they shall be forth-
coming this week. We hope so. We will thank
th e Register to "keep it before the people"—Wo
are desirous for all to know, how "extravagant" the
'Hale Collector" was—and how mean the present
one is—in regard to the salaries and compensation
of the revenue officers of this District ! Don't fail ,
neither , to get the small pettifogger at the Custom
House, to expound a littl e more upon the "Revenue
Laws !
" He has shown himself so very expert , and
profound, at it!
By the way, why won't the Register, when it is
abolit it, turn back a few years further , and "repro-
duce " also that stale old story of the "extravagant ''
amount the Patriot received from the Government
for publishin g the mail-contract advertisements ?—
8287, we believe it was—thoug h we have almost
forgotten , and want to be "refreshed."
Missixg Vessel.— Bark Francia , Capt. Lot
Crocker , Jr. left Pillau in Prussia about 1st Nov.
last , passed Klsineur 4th ,and put into Noereito-c near
Arendal in Norway 7th , and left there two days af-
terwards , bound to Boston ,since which time nothin g
hits been heard of her. The vessel and cargo are
owned in Boston. The Captain wrote to the
"
own-
ers from Pillau , that he had only one of the original
crew with him , one man discharged sick , left with
the Consul , therefore the names of the men cannot
be given .but the first mate's name was Nath aniel E.
Pilsbury, second do James WcNott; there was also
one passenger Alfred Ilagen of Pillau. Capt. Crock-
er belonged to Ilyannis.
DiiAWixG.-It will be seen by our advertising
columns that Mr. George H. Swift has opened a
Drawi ng School in thi s place, aftbrdins to scholars a
hne opportunit y to avail themselves of the instruc-
tion of an experienced teacher in this usefu l accom-
plishment.
I. O of O. F.-Tl.e following gentlemen have
been chosen officers of the Cape Cod LouVe I O
ol O. F., in this village , for the current tera:
David Bursi.ey, N. G.
Simeon JST. Smalt,, V. G.
O. M. IIincklky , Secretary.
Goriiam Hallet , Treasurer:
HifGen. Cass has our acknowled gments for his
many favors in forwarding to us valuable Congres-
sional documen ts,
P
Bail Road to Yarmouth , Tlte "GUAEAJTTY," asain !
The Yarmouth Register full y mainta ins its estab-
lished character for mendacity and barefaced im-
pudence ! It stated , week before last that , at the
late rail road meet ing,
"Mr. Sturg is full y and une quivocall y den ied the
correctness of the report that had been circulated
in the public prints or elsewhere , that he was or
had been guaranteed or paid six per cent, interest
on his stock."
We knew that the Register intended for that false
report of Mr. Sturg is' remarks, to pass current in
the commun ity, as branding the Patriot with false-
hood, in relation to the guaranty to Mr. Sturg is.—
We knew it , because we heard of it from the same
quarter—the Register editor and the Register clique
—ha lf a dozen times before it was published in its
columns . We therefore met it promptl y, and de-
nounced it as a "direct and absolute FALSE-
HOOD"—and , moreover , we expressed our belief
that the editor gave "his grossly false version " of
what Mr. Sturg is d id say , "with deliberation and
with intent to misrepresent the Patri ot." "We find
now , that we were not mistaken I He confesses it ;
in now giving his readers the true version of what
Mr. Sturg is said—showing that he knew that he was
falsifying before ; because he gives it now in a sp ir-
it of insolent bravado , and accompanied with addi-
tional base slanders of the Patriot , which defies the
presumption that he was mistaken, before. We here
give the two versions of what the Register has at-
tributed to Mr. Sturg is :
[From tho Register of June [From the Register of June
20T] 27.1
Mr. Sturgis full y and un- Mr. Sturgis did 'full y and
equivocall y denied the cor- unequivocally 'd eny that he
rcctness of the report that had been promised or paid ,
had boon circulated , in the BY THE ROAD OH BY
public prints or elsewlicvc ' ANY AGENT OF THE
that he was or had beon|ROAI) , any sum in con-
guaranteed or paid six per 'sidcration of his having
cent, interest on his stock, subscribed for the stock of
|the company.
And , to this last , and true version , the Register
appends the following—"That is what he stated , and
it requires an incredMe amount of brass and effron-
tery to deny it." To all which we say Amen !—
That is what Mr. Sturg is said—and it requires just
so much "brass and effrontery, " and just such a ly-
ing disposition and determination , as the Register
possesses, to thus falsify Mr. Sturg is'remarks on the
20th , and then , thus confess thatfalsif icatio n on the
27th.
On the 20th it represented Mr. S. as deny ing
"full y and unequivocall y" the report of his havin g
been guaranteed—as the "publicprints" [the Patri-
ot} had circulated that report. That representation
of his remarks was false and the editor of the Reg-
ister knew it wasfalse ! Mr. Sturg is spoke of the
Patriot. He comp limented the Patriot , and "the
editor of the Patriot ," as being as ho sincerel y be-
li eved , "a friend to the road and wishing for its pros-
perity" [which is, and ever has been strictl y true.]
He then elaboratel y and carefully proceeded to
make his statement upon the subject of the "gua r-
anty ;" and in that statement he did not deny or
contradict , one word—one sy llable— o
f all the Patri-
ot had ever stated respecting that "guaranty. " And
the editor of the Register sat by and heard that
elaborate careful statement — and could not but
aave noticed the strong emp hasis Mr. Sturg is put on
the words we have printed Pfv CAPITALS in the
above extract from the Register of the 27th—and
must have heard him call thoparticutovattention of
the President to his particular phraseology—and
that editor knew [or if he did not know it , he was a
blockhead then, and , for his last editorial upon the
subject is a base black guard now] that Mr. Sturgis
did not deny or contradict one word that the Patriot
had ever staled upon the subject !
r The Patriot never stated that Mr. Sturg is "had
, been promised or paid (or, in other words, had
been "guaranteed) by thk Road , or by any
Agent of the Road," any sum ! Therefore Mr.
Sturg is' full and unequivocal denial went for noth-
ing—positivel y nothing—as far as any statement of
- the Patriot was concerned.
The Patriot has stated , repeatedl y, that Mr. Stur-
gis was "promised or paid ," or "guaranteed ," inter-
est or dividend , in consideration of his having sub-
scribed , &e. In that statement the Patriot did not
intend to quibble or shuffle. It never-pretended to
know the precise tenor or terms or tenure of that
"guaranty." But that there was a "guaranty " giv-
en , it has asserted—it now reasserts. Mr. Sturg is
did not , never has , and we venture to predict , never
will, deny it.
We have, within the last year, slated , and repeat-
ed , and reiterate d, the tact, that such a guaranty
was given;—and have called for a denial of it.
and called in vain ! Nobody dared deny it ; until
the Yarmouth Register had the "bra ss and effron-
tery" to put such a "denial" into the mouth of Mr.
Sturg is I And now, after giving an entirely different
version of Mr. Sturg is' "denial ," itstill has the "brass
and effrontery '' to add ,that its f irst version was "sub-
stantially correct !"
iho language of Daniel Webster to tho late mis-
representations of himself, by Horace Mann and
others , is eminentl y app licable to the Yarmouth Reg-
ister and its gang of "foul-mouthed calumniators "—
viz: "One hardly knows which most to contemn, the
nonsense or the dishonesty of such commentaries on
another 's words. I know o
f no passion more appro-
priate to Devils, than the passio n for gross misrepre-
sentation and libel. * * * They knew my mean-
ing well. They have chosen to pervert and misrepre-
sent it .
'"
The Register , finding itself transfixed to the wall ,
in all its base attacks upotUhe veracity and integri-
ty of the Patriot hitherto , endeavors , with brevity
of insolence , and sneering-bravado , to slur over , and
dod ge from , this fas* "
indul gence of its "passion for
gross misrepresentation and libel"—alike "appropri-
ate " to it and '7o Devils !" It shall not escape We
choose to hold it , while we brand info it , its appro-
priate impress.
The Reg ister concludes its last articl e ; full of
"falsehoods" by im
p lication; with the following
crafty sentence.
iurthersome , we have the authority of sever-
al of the Directors of the road for say ing,
that the corporation has never paid one cent as a
guaranty of six per cent, or any ether rate per cent ,
to any stockholders, and is under no obligation in hon-
or or by any im
p lied promise to pay any per cent, nei-
ther has the subject of paying such a 'guaranty been
prop osed in the board o
f Directors ! The public will
know where to fasten the falsehood !
"
Yes, "the public "shall "know where to fasten the
falsehood." You would have the public understand
that the Patriot has stated , or represented , that "the
corporation has paid or promised to pay,"on account
of the guaranty /—while you know that such an insin-
uatio n by you , is tantamou t to another direct fate
hood ! You know that the Patriot has never stated
"
or represented , any such thing ! Why then parade
your "authority o
f several of the Directors," to cor!
tradict what nobody has ever asserted *
The Patriot has asserted , virtually-,^ it now
repeats , directly ^ M;nor g_ L, /
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became a Doctor o
f the road , applied to im\na
Jar#s, then a co-Director , claiming that "lite Mail
Road Company was to make him good—was to as-
sume the gu a r a n t y"— or words to that affect—
Mr. Jarves promptl y refused to liilen to the proposi-
tion ; thereb y incurrin g the hostility ol certain gen-
tlemen ; and he was, last year , left o
ff the Board oS
Directors ! And we .10,5 add , that we have little
doubt , that it is to th o prompt exposure in the Pat-
riot , of this official attempt to get this guaranty as-
sumed by the company, that the corporation owes its
escape from the payment of interest upon it to this
time.
Now let "the public " fasten the falsehood ," where
it belongs !
We oug ht , in closing, to ask our readers to ex-
cuse us for noticin g the Reg ister 's perversion s and
falsifications of Mr. Sturg is' statement at such length.
It is not because the Reg ister 's opinions , or state-
ments , at any time , are in themselves, of any conse-
quence to us, however false or calumnious. But (as
in tho present instance) they are often caug ht up
by persons who , knowin g them to be false,are readv,
notwithstandin g, to circulate them in an unworth y,
cunnin g manner , with a kind of respectable en-
dorsement , giving them credit and currency with a
portion of the public—uninformed as to the facts
where , without such endorsement , they could not
find sufficient credulity to be remembered , even
through the readme.
In the present instance , Mr. Sturg is saw fit to
make an elaborate statement , which he seemed to
think was called for ; and which was given as ifin
contradiction of something, somewhere , at some time ,
published , by somebod y I This , it was not for us to
comp lain of. It contradi cted nothing we had ever
stated. Had he so contradicted us, we should ,
1 promptl y have ackno«lod ged our error ; corrected
jour misstatement . He probabl y would have gone
thus far with his contradiction , had not our state-
ment about the "guaranty " been true. Or, when
upon that subject , he could if he had been so dis-
posed , doubtless have confirmed our statement , so
far as it related to him in connexion with the guar-
anty. He had his reasons for his course , without
doubt. What he did say, and what he left unsaid ,
gave ms no occasion to say anything—nor should
we have said anything—had not the false but feeble
Register, perverted what he did say to its malicious
purposes : with the encouragement and virtual en-
dorsement of the crowd of its scarcel y less malicious,
thoug h more respectable , cunning backers and Jesuit-
ical advisers—who are ever ashamed , openly, of its
imbecility, and its want of honesty . It is to silence
them, and thus disabuse the public o( their sly ini qui-
ty in reference to the Patriot , that we so often no-
t ice the Reg ister—and at such length.
ggrThe Register is sill y enoug h to talk about our
being "annoyed" because "the same Board of Di-
rectors [of the C. C. Branch] was re-elected !" Wh y,
didn 't we go in for their re-election ? To bo sere
we did ! Some of the stockholders , appealed ear-
nestl y to us, two months ago, to "let the road alone"
because "Page and Amos were both going to decline
a re-election '—just as if all we have said about the
road was on their account I Our reply was, that
we had about got matters in right shape. We be-
lieved "Page and Amos" would both do better than
they had done—and we should advocate their re-
election. And we did so, as our readers know and
we succeeded I Besides, wo were moved to such
advocacy, partl y, from the sympath y we felt for our
worth y President , for the loss of the Presidency of
the Old Colony, which he had bargained for at
$3500 a year—and which bargain the stockholders
of that ungrateful corporation refused to ratif y.
To be sure wo didn 't vote for their re-election ;
because we onl y became a stockholder the evening
before the meeting—and we were too modest to
make much of a bluster in our new company but
we didn't vote against than ! We should think tho
annoyance at the re-election , was all on the other
side ; for Amos' neighbors, over to Yarmouth , re-
peatedl y said that he was going to decline "must
decline." Even his master , the President of the
Bank , said so repeatedl y, and up to the very morn-
ing of the meeting. And it is probable that if the
Patriot hadn 't advocated his re-election , he would
have followed the advice of his Yarmouth friends;
and our Road would have lost his valuable services '
(©"The U. S. mail steamshi p Pacfic, arrived at
Halifax on Friday last , with four days later intelli-
gence from Europe.
^
The commercial news from
England is favorable. *
The comm ercial intelli gence
from China was not regarded as favorable.
FuRpuitE.-All who desire to purchase rich
and fashionable furniture , will find at the wholesale
and retail warehouse of Messrs. J. Danforfh & Co..
(successors to Fessenden & Haskell) No. 28 and SO
Broomfield street Boston , as elegant an assortment
as can be found at any other establishment , and on
the most favorable terms. Their assortment is large ,
—their stock superior , and we do not know where
our friends could be so well accommodated , with ev-
ery descri ption of r/urniture,as at this place. Messrs.
Danforth & Co. are thoroug hl y acquainted with every
branch of their business, and , make it a point to sell
it small prof its, and in this way they secure a Iar«e
and valuable trade. We hope our Cape friends wHl
give them a call.
Confession of Prof essor Webster.—A re-
port was in circulation on Saturday, that this indi-
vidual had sent a written communication to the Gov-
ernor and Council , confessing that he killed Dr.
Paikman ,but deny ing that the act was premeditate d.
As far as we can learn , no such communicati on has
yet been sent , nor has any confession been made
public by Dr. Webster. If is not denied , however
lhat something of this kind has been in prepar ation
for a week past , and we are informed that the Gov-
ernor and Council have been apprized on the part
of the prisoner , that he intend s to lay a paper before
them at their meeting tomorrow.-[[ios,on Courier
of JMondiiv.
®"It . easier , now-a-days ,0 leI| t,,e truth than
if ^ retail falsehood , yet wi.h our neighborin,
cotemporanes a, Snndwich and at Yarmouth, lyi^
¦* by far the most fashionabl e. With what sort ^
well , and others , du ring the past fo,,'/i e>Ba
which , Monday and Tuesdav ,^ere o^L -*' W>
Soule. The galleries have been erowd ' P
.T"h lV
by ladies , in the front seals ,with aPnt \ "'e lv» ,
two deep , above ami behind £ ?
^t
mercury in Faherinheit , at 92, and all th vR'"e ll
and numerous audit ors of both sexes "
n nato>!?
away in a bi g omnibus—tmn dlina a |
on ,; ..^ ' stoO
slow rate , with frequent warm disputes ' ^!t
¦
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M I
passengers , and you will have some faVnt ' ,
f'('n Hi"
scenes in Wash ington just now. But h "S
and the Lord have mercy on us all. °rfi
*e «t
But we have not got to" the end of tl,e ; *'
and Heaven onl y knows , wheth er wc,!
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down , upset , or get throu g h safe at all. 'c ' W'eV
for stopp ing where wo are , and some
'
are f°n
'e a
'e
on , but after two months 'j o urney, I am "' Soinn
a loss to determine , when or whe'
re we sli-ili"0
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Meanwhile , we are threatened , in this w,'
r
en<1-~.
er , with a civil war between Texas and Ko\^\)*
eiM
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All the speeches this week , have been p *'to
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able. Mr. Soule is a most deligh tfu l spol ^ly
rivets the atte ntion of his audience. il r
'i\
er
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is ditto. Mr. Webster, von knnw „»,. ' ,?
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.
what citizen of Massachusetts does not ? c •'»iii|
rest : all—all honorable men and able sn,,.f °' lW
boot. But if I should attem pt to give even a fl. (o
meagre sketch of their arguments , it won]!]"
* an'l
your one horse cab, more intolerabl y than is "P
omnibus , just now ; so I will not attempt it i'|
f
^S
however , as umal , you will send a copy of
'
v °K
per to each of the Senators , to lefresh thf ni -'r
?••
hot weather , with a missile from the cool S!)u'n
""
"s
breezes of Cape Cod—God bless her. ' *"•»(¦
There is no news here today, beyond the d ]
Every Wednesday afternoon ," we go to the p !
P!
-
grounds , and every Saturday to the shades f'"'0
'
Wh ite House , to hear music "from the Marine I "le
and this is about all the fun we have in these"
"
'1
monitor y symptoms of Dog Days. Indeed ] l^
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not what will become of 11s all , when the Don e
0
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actuall y commences his rei gn of terror. But f
now insist on your allowing me to breat he In,, "r""
•lays. In haste. £A
* fe»
11-or the Barnstable Patriot.]
tetter to A. W*
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Dear Sir:—I hereby publicl y acknowledge the
ception of a copy of the " Report of the School C
"*'
niittec of the town cf ]S
T , for 1849-50." ^s
'0"''
were .1member of that Committee , I may presumem
*
self indebted to you for that favor. I am somow],,, "*"
a loss to determine the precise character of the moti
°'
which prompted the gift. If a goad one, and I W^
was, you will receive my thanks. If a bad one, I y\u
only say, the Lord forgive you , and create within you
spirit accordant with your Christian professio n. lt \
not the first favor , I believe , which I hav e received «nil
also another member of the old Board , at your hands •
and from certain peculiar circumstances attendin» the
gift , I am led to strong ly suspect tho latter that the
motive was not the purest—not such as would confer
honor upon the head or heart of a christion , much less
one filling the office of a Christian minister , as I sup/me
you do. My suspicion may be unfounded—I hope it
is—for I would not willing ly believe you capable of
that mean petty revenge which is the sure index ofa
mean , narrow, contemptible mind , and which would
onl y demonstrate the correctness of the decision by
whicli you was refused the office of teacher in this town.
A man who harbors such a spirit is certain ly both mor-
all y and mentall y unqualified to have the care and
teaching of children and youth. You no doubt felt
mortified and chagrined at Iho result of your examina-
tion, and thought tho committee actuated by unworthy
motives. Whether you did yourself justice or not in
that examination , the feelin g, perhaps , was natural
enough ; but the thought I cannot say was a reasonabl e
one , as you knew yourself to bo an entire stranger to
us, and your profession , your creed , reli giously and po-
liticall y, and everything else were as utterl y unknown
as those of the man in th'e moon, I say this, not apol-
ogeticall y, for I am the last-man to make apologies to
friend or foe when conscious of having done my duty ;
but to relievo your mind of a false impression , and to
hel p you to a better spirit than what I suspect you
now possess. I have served in the capacity of School
Committee 12 years, and of whatever other sins , either
of omission or of commission , I may have been guilty,
no man can justl y and truthfull y accuse me of being
influenced by a man 's creed in giving my vote against
him as a teacher, or of being influenced by any other
consideration than that of a settled conviction of right
and duty. And so far as I know my associates in your
case, I can say the same of them. I may have erred
in judgment—it would be little less than a miracle if I
had not—but never in feeling. I know I have been ac-
cused of acting differentl y, by those who are strongly
sectarian , and who , naturall y enoug h, perhaps , judg e
my actions by what they themselves would do in the
same situation . But such accusation is false anil un-
just, and there are those of the "contrary part" who
know it to be so, and who are not slow to testify it. ^3
you have held tho office of School Committee, and
doubtless will bold it again , you may learn by experi-
ence how a man can act from the purest motives and
from the firmest convictions of duty, and' yet be accus-
ed of injustice and intentional wrong—of being a sec-
tarian , a bigot, a violent and ty rannical partizan.—
Should that time over come, you will doubtless feel
better towards those you falsel y conceive your ene-
mies, and do them justice , if you have not al ready. I
hope such many never be your lot. I hope you ma)'
never know , in any office you may be called to fill,what
it is to have a fire of opposition kindled and burnin g to
madness in your front and rear—a n opposition not too
mean to stoop to the basest and most dishonorable and
unchristia n plots and schemes , throwing every obsta-
cle in the way of your duty, defaming your character ,
and ascribing your truest and most conscientious nets to
motives that would disgrace "Beelzebub the prince of
devil s." I wish you well , and your success and pros-
perity give me none other than pleasant feelings. I am
happy to learn of the success of Mr. H , and >lso
[ the fact to which you take pains to call my special at-
tention , that "/iis discipline has been good." I have no
I doubt he has improved in this and in all other respects,
j as he has a progressive mind. But if ho had not, tli o
j
fact to which you call my attention , would only prove
that men differ in their views , a circumstance , I believe,
which is not deemed very strange , or very good groin"'
on which to decide the correctness or incorrectness of
individual jud gment. Wishing you both success and a
stronghead and heart ami hand for duty, I subscribe my
self, Yours, &c,
"
R. S. P-
Ilyannis, Juno 25, 1850.
Pkttengill's Newspaper Agency .—The i«*
portance of a more direct communication helve'1'1
the business community and the proprietor s and ed-
itors of the various dail y and weekl y newspap01'5'
throug hout the country, was Ion" since seen a*"' at'
knowled ged. To Mr. Palmer ,"we believe belong'
^
in part if not altogether , the credit of maturi ng »"" /
methodising the idea , by the establi shment in sever- I
nl cities of agencies for tho trans action ofadve rli sing
and other business connected with newspap er estab-
lishments.
'Like most other enterprises , the business has in-
creased , and its importance has been established to
such an extent , that a broad field of fair and honor-
able competition has been opened ; and we wou»'
refer at this time particularl y to the Newspaper «»»
Advertising Agency of Mr. S. M. Pettkngiix, V
f ~
ton , Mr. Petteng'ill is particularl y well qualified .
lor
•lie discharge of the trusts which the business '»'
poses. Hi s manners are easy and courteous , '"°
habits prompt and energetic , his qualifications snpe-
rior, and his integrity unquestionable. It is "°^
theref ore, surprising that he has alread y, althon ,,
^
comparativ el y but a short time engaged in the e
^
torprise , secured a large business, and a wide a
high reputation. —[Bay Slate.
THE PATR fOT.
, SABNST.&ELS :
Tuesday, July % 1850,