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[From the Nashua (N. II.) Gazette.]
By the death of Gen. Tay lor , Mb. Fiixmork be-
come? President of the United States. lie was in-
augurated on the day succeeding the late 1resident s
(loath ,and is,of cour se.now President. He becomes
President by virtue of the following clause in the
Constitutio n :—"In case of llie removal of the Presi-
dent from office , or of his death , resignation or ina-
bility tp, discharge the powers and duties ol the said
offieo , the sa me "hall devolve on the vice president :
and the Congress may, by law , provide for the cast
of removal ,death ,resi gnation or inability, bot h of the
president ;(u .
d yfee president ,..declaring what pffi cei
shall then act as President ; and such officer shall
then wet according ly .until the disability be removed,
qr a president shall be elected." Congress, in pur-
suance of the power here given , have-provided that
in case q( the removal , riemh, resignation , or inabil-
j ty of both the president and vice president , ibe
president of the Senate pro lempore , and , i n case
there shall be no president pro tern., then the spea-
ker of the house of repre sentatives for the time be-
fng shall act as president , until the disabi lity be re-
moved , or 'a president shall be elected. The easi
Of there being no speaker is unprovided for.
Mr. Eillmore was born at Sumnor Hill , Cayuga
Go., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1800, and is according ly now a
if little over fift y years old. In 1823 he was admit-
ted to the bar.and settled at Aurpm .N. Y. In 1820.
\
)g ailicle from a eotemporary , cx-
pressjiifi; distrust qf Pre.isdent Fillmore—ore pf (lie
Sqnjjest tried and truest whi gs of the nation , and
fo rji;st)a< )qwjii« hostility to the. administration— we
congressional burying ground ,
sjnd i(p|.jropriali [)g $200P for the same. Passed.—
'phe bill to remit to the heirs of D
,r. Cooper his fine
lender the sedition law , was passed.
Tli e Mincsqtq road bill was amended ,and ordered
to a third reading.
4-t 12 o'clock Mr- Weqster took t))e floor. Jlis
purpose was to follow Mr. Butler last week , but the
death, of the President prevented. After an elo-
quent tribute to the memory of Gen. Tay lor , and
j'e.lioit atip.us on th .e manner in which tlie country
sustained the shock , l|e proceeded tP 'I'e discussion
of tl)s bjll at large. He urgently demanded an im-
medjare and final setljemenr. Continued agitation
and delay increased public anxiety. Me advocated
the immediate admission of California. Mr. Web-
ster 'argued, thaf not onl y the north and south , but
t he \ybole country wpiild gain by the passage of the
bill , besides effecting an adj ustment pf nearl y all the
[lending questions concerning slavery, and , most of
all, tl je restoration of the government to the exercise
of its legitimate funetiqns. \yiiat ,he inquired ,would
be lost ? Nothing but the app lication of the W'il-
niof proviso' ; and that was not a princip le, but onl y
n meiins to effect a certain end. And' since it was
agreed on all hands that slavery could never exist
in the territories, the nrpvisq was yaluless.
^|r.
W. argued agaj nsf mock members being
b.qund by local instructions. They were,sworn to
legislate for the whole country, and not for their
pwn section. Instructions placed them in conflict
with the constitution , and in a partial and un fair
pqsi^ipn
in congress, lie.spoke of
existing prejn-
ifi pes on the slayery 'qnestion in different sections of
the country, and apolog ized for southern prejud ices.
He did not believe the Nashvilje convention aimed
nt disunion.
Mr. Barnwell interrupted ,and said he understood
th p Nashville resolutions to mean that unless a
pl'
l
'iinge Ipok place in the, temper of the north and
in their treatment of the south , no permanent union
pqnhj be cpntinued.
Mr. Webster rep lied , that he believed _ the south
to be as patriotic supporters of the Union as the
north ; they were the defendants of a common rev-
olutionary ancestry, and had a common interest at
stake. Trie nuhj 'P mind in Massachusetts and in
New IJnglaijcl was laboring under prejudices , which
arose out of incessant and' misguided efforts,but they
jnd jeated ijp want of patriotism. I|e accounted for
t-he,. fugitive slave excitement upon similar grounds ,
aifd contended as before tha t it was of no practical
iip Rqrta'nce. The great bod y of the pepp lo enter-
tain moderate , views ,and were devoted to the Union.
Jf tl)e time should come when the excitement would
shake the rest of the country, there would be found
pne 'roek which would remain for ever as solic) as his
pwn granite hills—one star which would shine bri ght-
pr and bri ghter for ever , and foremost in offering
her bi pod amj treasure fqr the maintenance of the
"Pnion. M.isjachusetts would be ever read y with a
thousand times more warm and strong hearts to
maintain it . The.ylory of Miissiichuse tts would be
perpetual. [App lause.]
1
Jn conclusio n , he i-pp i-atpd his determination to
!is ^n An}''1"'1"1" '
or
tllR
S°°d Q* the. whole country,
be the eo'iiscqiienccs to himself what they minht ,
Mr. Clay repeated jj is wish to ad(]ress 'the Senate,
but would acquiesce, in tlie generid desire to have a
jest vote taken , thoug h lie wished the amendments
disposed of before taking that vote. Mr , Clay en-
iprtaine fl the Senate with a very pungent and fnc.e-
j 'ious descri ption of n meeting qf *he frionds pf the
omnibus hill recentl y.
Mr. tluuter , with "the permission of Mr. Clay.then
took the' flqqr for a fpeech to-morrow .
" Qr, nir>t 'ion qfM, r. Clay, the vote on Mr, Benton 's
amendment \v;is taken and rejected , 18 to 30.
Mabvklqus C«a.ngk— The Clu istia n Register,
|he oriiiin of the Unitarians , four years ago was ac-
pustoiv.ed to speak of Gen. Tay lor in any terms but
those of flattery. Now it has come to the conclu-
sion , that '^since Washington there bus not been a
man pi greater natural sagacjty, or a more sing le-
hearted patriot , at the head of ojir government."—
We have liad^ some pre|ty good presidents since
Washington ; but then they were nolhing but de-
mocrats ; and that makes a vast difference with some
Hjifiplo.—[Worcester Palladium.
poijssrjjjssi Wcifi'S.
The Register junto have had another hunt into
the back numbers of the Patriot , to discover some-
thing, if possible , to sustain them in some one of their
multifarious charges of fa lsehood upon us. We are
¦dad they are still at work. We rejoice that they
consent ,
"
from lime to time , to "report in part ," the
progress they make. We were, relieved when , a
few weeks ago, they made to their readers the fol-
lowing pregnant confession , viz :
"W e cvxNOT quote the language in which the
Patiiot direrll y ossrrts that the Cokpokatiox or l)i-
REC-rons had made the guaranty !"
Eelieved,\ve say, because those few readers of the
Register , whose good opinion of us we, would ever
covet , must , then , have been satisfied of the truth of
all we had ever asserted relative to (he "guaranty, "
as well as of the mali gnant mendacity of the gang of
scribbling reg isters at Yarmouth , who had so fre-
quentl y charged upon us the base falsehoods, which
they were driven at last thus to confess themselves
I he fa! hprs of.
But in their extremity then , and in the hope of
breaking their fall , somewhat , it will be remember-
ed, they caug ht , for momentary support , at another
falsehood. They followed the above confession, with
the deliberate declaration , that we had "Repkat-
edi/y , by insinuation , conveyed thai impression !"
No' direct language could be quoted—none could be
found in the Patriot—by which we had conveyed
that impression !—but we had "repeatedl y" done it ,
"by insinuatio n .'"
—thoug h they didn 't then choose to
"quote " one of those repeated insinuations of ours !
This did not appear strange to us ; for we knew
that in their disappointed search after direct ''lan-
guage ," they had nowhere been able to find an in-
direct "insinuation " of ours , "convey ing" to any
mnn , who knows the alphabet , any such "impres-
sion !" Yet they made the assertion , with the same
disregard of truth—with the same intent still to be-
lie us !
At last , however—chafed by our exposure of their
profligacy and mendacity, in following so closel y
their tortuous attempts to escape from the infamy of
both ; and goreil by our unexpected invitation to
them (o nuike a more thorough search into the back
files of the Patriot ; and our good-natured oner to
give them all the facilities at our command for doing
so—thev come now with a flourish of trumpets ,
and it word y spread of pitif ul per sonal slang [we do
not tall it "abuse; " by no-means ! It is onl y the
miserable raillery of the smallest of creatures ; per-
fectl y harmless ; there 's not a fang in the volumes of
it they have so lavishl y heaped upon us, that we
would have extracted.]—they come, with the pre-
tension that .at liist ,lh ey have found an "insinuatio n /''
We congratulate them !—We congratulate ourselves,
too, that we have extorted another "report in part "
from them. And now let us see what it is that they
have discovered !
But they don't "quote" it !—They confessed , be-
fore, that thev could not quote any direct "language ''
—they pretend now to have found an "insinuation ;"
(not "repealed insinuations ") and yet they dare not
"quote the language '' of that "insinuation " even !—
What is the presumption ,wo ask ; that after all their
efforts to fix a falsehood upon us, they pretend to
have done it , by finding language of "insinuatio n or
inuendo," and yet dare not quote that language , to
let their readers see what it is ? Presumption , can
onl y be conclusion, in such a case ; that there is nc
reliance whatever (o, be put in their statement !—
And such is the fact , in this instance again.
They have gone back to the Patriot of March
5th 1850.—They there find an article written hy a
correspondent of this paper—which appears over the
signature affixed to it by himself—an article con-
taining four propositions put by the writer , to J. II.
W. Page , as a lawyer , asking him "to lay before the
public a legal , professional opinion thereon , through
Ihe columns of a newspaper." The article is abl y,
courteousl y, very respectfull y written ;—written , as
we then stated editoriall y, "by a gentleman of char-
acter and standing in the commercial world." He is
a gentleman , by the way, who, some years since
contributed a series of scientific articles of much in-
terest , to our columns ; and never wrote a word of
political , nor a line of editorial reading in the Patri-
ot. We are thus particular about this , because , to
hel p out their pretended discovery of our "insinua-
tion," t'hey have the meanness (without which quali-
ty they were less, indeed , than they now are) to
charge us with writing ihe article ; notwithstanding
its signature and our editorial accompany ing its pub-
lication from which we have above quoted.
But what did this c&rrespondent last Marc h say in
the Patriot , for which toe, its editor , are now held
guilty of an "insinuationj" —The Register dare not
quote his language ! We will.
His f irst proposition , alludes to the then well estab-
lishedfact, not denied now by any body, that Minor
S. Lincoln had obtained the subscri ption of Wm.
Sturgis Ksq. by guaranteeing to him interest or divi-
dend thereon ; and that , "in consequence of first se-
curing the name of Mr. Slurg is for so large a num-
ber of shares , he was able to persuade many other
persons, who were induced to believe that the large
subscri ption was voluntary and unboug ht, also to in-
vest in the same stock , considering it perfectly safe
to follow , where so careful and experienced a man
voluntaril y leads."
Then , our correspondent proceeded to ask lawyer
Page—"Secondly; —[and we "quote ," verbatim ]
" IF the Corporation for which these subscri ptions
'|nre thus obtained , SHALL, SUBSEQUENTLY ,
"by vote of its directors , assume the guaranty and war-
'• ranty giv en to the large, individual subscriber afore-
"said , an'd release the guarantor from his obli gatio ns
" —or SHALL otherwise agree to indemnif y him for
¦'¦ all payments on account of them--does not this act
" render the corporation alike lcsponsible to those suf-
" fering stockholders ; and equall y liabl e for all dain-
'• ages thev have or may sustain V
There ;—such was the language of a correspon-
dent of the Patriot last March. Such , "the head
and front of our offending !'' Therein is contained
the "insinuation or inuendo.; " and we suppose the
"repeated insinuations and inuendoes '' (for they have
found nothing else yet) in which \ve have been guil-
ty of "conveying" such horrid "im
press ions !"
The Register thinks that our correspondent "un-
doubtedl y meant " to ref er to M. S. Lincoln , Esq.,
as ('acting operator ;" Wm. Sturg is , Esq., as "influ-
ential merchant; " &c. We have no doubt about it ,
therefore we have substituted those names. And
knowin g that the "acting operator " had proposed to
one of the "Directors " to assume the "guaran ty " he
had given to the "influential merchant; " claiming
that "the rail road company was to makehim good—
was to assume the guaranty "—our correspondent asks
of lawyer Page, last March , hypothetical^,—"Sir—
IF Lincoln SHALL succeed in getting the road ,
by vote of its Directors , to assume (he gua ranty—
Come at last.
which he has tried to dp throug h Mr. Jarvcs and
failed (and has succeeded in driving him from the
board) JF he "SHALL SUBSEQUENTLY" car-
ry his point , and get the assumptio n winch he claims,
i then will not the corporation be responsible to other
(stockholders , who get no dividend or interest , and
who were deceived into subscribing by the inilu-
! enco of Mr. Sturgis' name thus obtained ?
| It was this hypothetical proposition , which we
\ above quote , put by another person to Mr. Presi-
dent Page, asking his legal , professional, opinion
thereon , that renders us liable to the charge, first ,
of directl y asserting, and then , of "repeatedl y institu-
ting," that the Corporation dii> assume the
guaranty— had paid it!
| This is all that the Register and Observer , both ,
lean find .that Mr. Sturg is came to Middleboro ' to de-
ny so "full y and unequicocall y .'" Mr. St urgis can-
not think it very complimentary to his sagaci ty, or
his courage. U& was fi ghting "a man of strati;'' in-
deed , if that is what he was dealing his blows at.—
He,owes large thanks to the Register gang for thus
making his antagonist—who had so woefull y misrep-
resented him about the guaranty—a pal pable entity.
He'll find his man in the above paragrap h of our
correspondent— if any body can find it! He'll be
able to deal his blows more directl y next time !—
President Page, too, thoug h he didn 't discover the
mischievous fellow,hidden in our correspondent 's in-
quiry, when addressed (o him last March ,sufiicientl y
to notice and expose him then—so that in his furious
disclaimer at the rail road meeting he had to deal
his knuckle-raps upon the rostrum of the chapel—
he, too, must feel grateful to the Yarmouth hounds
who have hunted up the embodiment ot his assail-
ant , in the very civil interrogatory put to him by
that correspondent ! He can thrust his fist at that
p aragraph next year.
But reall y, we are sensible that we take up too
much space in noticing such ridiculous resorts of the
Register to sustain itself. Its utter failure to fix up-
on us, by a shadow of a shade of the slightest proof ,
a sing le one of the many false charges it has made,
must be apparent; at least , it mast to those who
have seen both sides of the story.
We trust the search after "insinuations " will be
kept up. We are anxious that Mr. Sturgis, Mr.
Page, and all concerned , should be relieved from
the hocus-pocus position into which the Register
seems to be getting them deeper and deeper.
Dr. P. Pineo of this village, assisted by Dr. Geo>
W. Doane of Hyannis , very successfull y removed a
scirrhous tumor on Saturday last , from Mrs. Sally
Bourne of this village. The tumor was situated about
midway on the mammary gland of the left breast :
—it had been about five months in process of forma-
tion and had attained the size of a small hen 's egg,
requiring the removal of more than twice that amount
of the surrounding flesh. Ether was administered
\ri d its effect was most fortunate throughout. Mrs.
Bourne is now very comfortable and,has every rea-
son to believe her recovery will be speedy and per-
fect. Her decision and courage in submitting to
this operation , was trul y admirable ; and its timel y
execution has undoubtedl y-rescued her from a near
and most painful death , as this tumor was of that
class which invariabl y results in the malignant form
of cancer.
Dr. Pineo performed this important operation
with great skill and success,manifesting perfect famil-
iarity with the uses of the operating knife. He has
had considerable experience in the removal of simi-
lar tumors and other diseased formations and we
have great confidence as well as pleasure in recom-
mending him (o those who are so unfortunate «s to
need the services of a skillful surgeon. Dr. Doane
also performed essential service.
Ladies Fair.—Wo hope to be able very soon
to report a long list—or a glance at one—of very
rare and beautifu l articles that have been , and are
in process of preparation for the Ladiks Fair which
is to come off on the 15th of next month with great
eclat—so we.trust.
The auxiliary Committee of gentlemen are re-
minded that a meeting of the Ladies Committee will
be held at the house of Mr. Frederick Crocker next
Thursday evening, and each member of that Com-
mittee is particularl y requested to bring thereto a
large basket filled with the aforesaid rare and beau-
tiful bijouteries.
It is expected also that the "Com mittee of Corres-
pondence" will repoit progress, at the above named
time and place. We believe Miss **** has charge
of the green bag.
Gex. Taylor.—Preliminary steps have been
taken by the munci pal authorities of the city of New
Bedford , for a proper expression of respect f or the
memory of the late President of the United States.
Messrs. Beetle,Thompson , Luce,Palmer , 1. D. Hall ,
and Ashmead , of the Common Council , together
with Messrs. Bourne, Bartlett , and Ward , of the
Board of Aldermen , constitute the Committee of
Arrangements. Col. Clifford was invited to pro-
nounce the funeral eulog ies,—and Gen. James D.
Thompson has been chosen Chief Marshal of the
day, by whom all the arrangements, for the civic
and military procession will be made in a style ap-
propriate to the occasion.
As a get off, a squeak out, Henry in a late paper
said that "Minor S. Lincoln (the orig inal operator
in this "guaranty " business), after he became a Di-
rector of the road , applied to Deming Jarves, then a
co-Director, claiming that "the Rail Road Company
was to make him good-—was to assume the guaran-
ty "—or words to that effect."
Now we are authorized , in writing, by one of the
parties above named , to say that ''no such conversa-
tion was ever had ; and that Henry 's statement of
the matter "IS NOT TRUE." You made the
statement: we are authorized to deny it; now Hen-
ry, back out , or bring your proof.—[Yarmouth Reg-
ister.
^sSTWith respectful acknowled gment of your po-
liteness, neighbor , we most cheerfull y accommodate
you . Not by backing out, however. That is not our
habit ! But we assure you , that we were, several
weeks since , "authorized in writing, by one ofthepar-
ties named, to say," precisely what we did then say—
which was precisel y what you have above quoted
from the Patriot—and which your "one of the par-
tics," says "Is Not True."
Probabl y your readers, and ours , will have no dif-
ficulty in determining by which "one of the parties"
we were , severall y, "authorized. " That will be all
sufficient for any honorable man , knowing both "the
parlies ," to draw a conclusion perfectly satisfactory
tp us. Are you , also, satisfied ?
We wonder , when Minor was about it , he hadn 't
"authorized " the Register to deny the whole story
aboju t "(he guaranty "'—for he told us, months ago,
that "all the Pa triot had said about the guaranty was
a d—n'd lie .'"
The Cholera contin ues to abate in Cnicinnati ,bul
alarming reports come in from along the rivers. —
Several cases have occurred at Columbus , the wipi
tal of Ohio.
Removal of a Scirrlious Tumor.
Thosk '¦persona lities."—Tlie Register and Ob-|
server have of late seemed to join their forces , or
else to have bean str iving to see which would outdo
the oilier , in hea ping epithets upon the individual at
Boston , who has, for the last twenty years—from the
first day of its publication—been a constant con-1
tribut or to the columns of the Patriot ! One would I
suppose that those journals had just made the dis- J
cover y that not every article admitted to our col-j
iimns was from our own pen ! W
e have never held
out any such idea . We have never denied the aid ,
invaluable aid, we have constantl y received , in our
editorial department , from the person now desig-1
nated , in the one and the other of those journal s,;
weekly, by some misnomer ; the application of some j
low epithet , some reference (whic h probabl y they
th ink gentlemanly) to his history, his fortune and
his misfortunes ; some sneer at his present avoca-
tion—an d , always at a time and in a manner entire-
ly irre levant to the subject in hand with them ;—as,
for instance , the last Register is lav ish of these
epithets , in confidentl y charging upon him the au-
thorshi p of a commun ication in our columns , which
was wr itten by one of its own political , certainl y,
and we believe p ersonal friends ! So little , do they
know (and so wide of the mark do they oftenget) ol
the persons who contribute , both , editoriall y and
anony mousl y, (o the Patriot.
But we are led to these remarks now , by the con-
stant swaggerin g and crowing of these papers over
what they have done, in this way ! The Register
pretends to be, of late , particularl y gratified that
their "lash is fell"—that there is "wincing" and
"squirming" on the part of the individual they so
especiall y honor! This is, indeed ,lau ghable ! One
who has received with so much complacency, and so
little annoyance , for twent y years, the "lash" of the
old "Barnstablo Journal ," find all its adjuncts , t h ro'
all its devious windings , under all its aliases , in all
its lettings down ; from the time when it had re-
spectable patronage, force of character and decent
management ; so, alon g, under the control of a va-
riety of scribblers, down to its present feebleness—
nothingness —the Yarmouth Register, as it is ! That
any body— more especiall y one who has so long out-
lived and up iived al l that is implied in the chronol-
ogy just run over—should be supposed now to
"wince " or "squirm ," or show a sensitiveness , of any
degree, at any thing "personal ," the Yarmouth Reg-
ister , in the plen itude of its present imbecility ' , mi ght
pile upon the object of its notice, wou ld be t he most
ridiculous of suppositions , surel y. So, once for al l,
we beg the Register to be assured, that what it thinks
so smart ; which it evidentl y plumes itself so much
upon in the way of "personalities ," as it calls them ;
are always enjoyed as heartily by the individual
against whom they are directed , as they can possibly
be by any of itsfriends. We will never receive them
or consider them as at all disparag ing or abusive ;
and un less, possibly, they may sometimes have suffi-
cient force to react upon their aut hor, they will re-
main altogether innocuous; and their continuance
is rather invited than deprecated , just so long, and
frequent as the managers of that journal can thus
grat ify their own inclinations or flatter themselves
that they contribute to any reader's merriment.
But the Observer. ?A«rf puts on a dubious , sanc-
timonious face, and whines with an especial pha risa-
ical cant , last week, upon this same subject , altogeth-
er pitiful ! What seems most to grieve the young
missionary who conducts it is, that he cannot correct
the "style" of "the Boston tvriter for the Patriot !"—
Well , there may be faults in that "style." He will
by no means claim that there are not ; and when
this pattern of juvenile humility queries with him ,
whether he "can perceive nothing blameworthy in his
own character t" he shall not receive an answer in the
same "stan d-thou-afar-off" style in which the young
pharisee so unbecoming ly propounds it. But , it is
our "style" applied to th e Observer, on one or two
late occasions, when plainness of speech alone seem-
ed likely to bring it to a sense of its own "blame-
wort hyness," tha t, it grieves over. The young man
has more,than once, intermeddled without the slight-
est occasion , in business not his own ; that did not
concern him—accused usf alsely, and of falsehood—
and when reproved , becomingly, therefor , has de-
liberatel y repeated his accusations , amd endeavored
to sk ul k beh ind another , and another ; and has
shown no disposition to do us justice , when he knew
his/aZse position towards us. We.have no soft words
to wast e on such a customer. If we say, that such a
man has given us "the lie ;" and that we hold the doc-
umentary evidence to "fasten the lie" upon him an d
his coadjutors ; he sanctimoniousl y roll- up his eves
and talks of the "Sabbath Schools !" Better , far,
that "youth catch the spirit which breathes through"
our plai n-spoken "paragraphs," than be "poisoned " by
the Jesuitical cant and hypocritical misrepresenta-
tions of their nei ghbors, which such meek professors
as him of the Observer are constantl y mixing up in-
to appeals to "honest men !"
Storm.—The south-easterl y storm and blow ,
which was felt to some extent here , last Friday, was
fel t quite seyerel y at Boston , New York and even
farther south than Baltimore. A large quantity of
rain fell , and towards night , in Boston it blew a
gale. At the South it is said to have been more se-
vere than has been experienced for some time pre-
vious—doing injury to shi pping in Port , blowing
down chimneys and trees, and in some places doing
considerable injury to crops. In Mary land the corn
crop has sustained much damage. The New York
Southern mail of the 21st brought nothing south of
Augusta.
The Fall River Boat put into Huntington on that
ni ght , where she rode out the gale in safety.
K7-A party of ladies and gentlemen composed of
the descendents of the early settlers of West Barn -
stable, reached this village , with a beautiful team ot
white horses, just as our paper was going to press on
Monday night. We recognised no one of the party
except the President of the late whi g County Con-
vention , who as usual , was holding the reins. They
mot with a hearty reception .
USTTlie Plymouth Rock ,has recentl y appeared in
a new dress, and looks as neat as a pin. The Rock
does good service in the democratic ranks in the j
old Bay State , and has never been more abl y con-
ducted than in the hands ol our triend Baldwin.
Let the democrats of the Old Colony look to it , and
see that he has, as he deserves, a liberal support. I
With as little regard , therefore , for the treatment
we receive at the hands of the Observer man—
whether he shall attempt another column of pitiful
buffoonery-and badinage , at the intended expense
of "the Boston writer for the Patriot ," as week be-
fore last—or, sick, and evidentl y ashamed , ot that ;
shall , as last week, address himself to a pious anal y-
sis of that writer 's "behavior ," and to the gracious
consideration of the prospective effects of "his arti-
cles" on the mora ls o
f the Cape ! we beg him to be-
lieve , that there is the like indifferen ce to cither or
bofh.
Having now "defined our position ," of per fect in-
difference, to all our neighbors' "personalities ,d we
trust there will be no need of referring to that sub-
ject aga in.
[Fortlie BaniMabl e Palrioi.]
Deah Maj or— The bitterness that chariot
the replies of the Yarmouth Register and s
'. ?es
Observer , to your various charges—shews the ^^'^h
and pungency of your remarks relatin g <0 ,i. triUh
agement of the Cape Cod Rail Ror.d."
Th ai-
put words into your mouth never published'^?' ''avs
and put up men of straw to knock down ,and
y
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by dod ge the question at issue. They () e'e.
meet it. It answers their purpose for (hen?
6
"ot
and friends to s:ty —that your paper is « l-;n
Se
'Ves
foco paper , and your remarks are onl y for^or '•
Oco
purposes ! I am sorry, however , tha t it \,
lc»l
some, effect among my whi g friends ;—but t\
S
''^
sourse is failing them. The farce latel y gol '"' re-
perfoimed at the annual meeting at MiddhK "^
opened the eyes of many, and I can assur ° »J
many others beside myself , feel under grent V^
0
exposed the conduct of the Directors of the Tj ^'°*
They now say it is all settled—Capf. Slur "'"'"
isfied all present that the Rail Road Co. \*'\ Sat-
given him a guaranty for his one hundr ed sli, "ot
And who has asserted that the Road had gj v
res>
>
one ? You can defy both of the. editois , ,"„() \ ^
in the bargain , to prove that ever a chargf. 3n
"*
nature had been made in the columns '"
of *t
paper . Mr. Sturg is did not say he had no/°Uf
from an individual nnd a Director in the bcuirt) i"e
did not say he would not lake one from th e i! 'e
of Directors. O||
'<1
It can be proved before any legal ti-ibunn]
j Minor S. Lincoln did say he "had g iven Copt o '
\g is a guarant y hand , and he. did ex
pect t/te 'p "'
lload would hold him harmless !" ""'
Had you not sounded the alarm when you ,]' ]
with others believe ihe Road at this time w \
have been saddled with that guarant y bo nd. j> ' '
doing, and calling the atten tion of the stock],,^ !
°
to it , the consummation has been prevente d, v ,ji
Stur gis never before attended an annual mpfi'1 ¦'
and the Capo peop le know he is in the hiibi'
i"^.
looking after his own affairs personall y—i,,^ ¦?
not probable he would have before attende d |
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looked after stock that cost 810,000? R]os,
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tainlv he would—and now at the, tliii d .,„ Cr"
. . . . . . . . . 'Uiiii^i
meeting he meets with the stockholders , to t(.-!
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what all knew before—that he had no guaran ty / ^
the Corporation!! J *
I do not see wh y so much mystery is made uha
it at this time. If the guaranty is not to be fof , 'f
on Ihe Corporation , and 1 believe it will not 1
done this year—wh y not acknowled ge it at once? "
If to induce you to subscribe to any undeTtak'
inw
I offer to guaranty 4, 5 and 6 per cent, income , a,^'
you therefore take $10,000 in stock , it is our '
bus'
ness nnd no one's else. To set every thing at rest
Mr. Lincoln has onl y to come out and say ]
^
given the guaranty—it is mine only—i t is a
^
bargain—but I abide by it. Then one of the V(.XP(|
questions that has so much injured the stock would
be put at rest , and one evil less would be removed
Sandwich , Julv 18th. q '
[For the Barnstable Patriot.]
Mr. Editor—The attempt of J. H. W. pllnf
President of the Cape Cod Rail Road , to injure 'the
standing of the Mechanics of Sandwich, by mean, pit.
tiftil and most dishonorable insinuations—dis grace.
ful to any gentleman of honor ,—to use in tlie mode
and manner he did at the late annual meetinj of
the stockholders of the road , by convey ing the mi-
pression that the cars he had caused to be built at
Worcester, were $50 less price and worth $75 more
each car than he could hnve procured the same of
Sandwich manufacture ! Under such imputation ,I
as a Sandwich mechanic , do not submit without an
appeal to the public, throug h the columns of your
paper.
I wish to premise that I am. a resident -workman
of Sandwich , and have for nearl y 30 years obtained
my living in this town , and expect to the close of
my life , to support myself and famil y by the sweat
of my brow. I have not one dollar 's interest in Ike
rail road , but I have much interest in the success of
the mechanics of this place, and feel sorrow snul re-
gret that J. H. W. Page , as President of the rail •
road , should see fit to asperse their skill , by tee in- ,
sinuations tending to deprive them of their work. J
The President knew one story was good till an- .
other was told ; and no one being present who knew
enoug h of the facts to rep ly, and it being his voc»- )
tion "to make the worse appear the better cause,"
he no doubt felt he was working for a client , mil
must obtain the cause without being over-scrupu-
lous as to the mode.
1have made inquiry, and have authority to stall,
that the statement made by the President , an d pub-
lished abroad by his editor in the Sandwich Obser-
ver , isfalse—-that J. H. W. Pago never djd directly
or indirectl y app ly to the Manomet Iron Company
to build cars for the Cape Cod Rail Road , or eier
gave them an opportunity to throw in a proposal.-
I am aware the editor of the Sandwich Observer
has stated that he had the authority of President
Page to assert in his paper , that he. did procure can
to be built at Worcester $50 less than he could h»B
had them made in Sandwich. I again repent, tk«
statement is not true , neither in letter or spirit
The President not content with authorizing lj»
editor of the Sandwich Observer to make iinil i'11"'
lish such falsehoods , now adds insult to ii)jiir)'i <.
say ing that the cars were worth , i. e., the quality ol
workmanshi p $75 more each car than they t"11
'
be made for in Sandwich.
The mechanics of Sandwich believe tlioy caj
match any other mechanics , as to the quality al . ,
faithfulness of their work in car making—p ut ""
as good wheelwri ghts , blacksmiths and forgemeij^
good carpenters and .painters and will V'el l
jj [
themselves to turn out good cars, and at iis JoW
as can be built anywhere—notwithsta nding <••
W. Pace's assertion (o the contrary. . ¦
„
J. U. W. Page by his own peculiar loJgcrfl pni^ '
may satisf y those who are always ready to svm
all he says as law '; but let him st'ate by what ogii
can prove out his statement , that the cars
^
he I
cured were $50 less in price than the San"' ;
cars—the price of which he never ascertain^. , ,
even asked for, or price made. By what for?
imag ination he can prove the cars he did <-lOI"||0t j
for were worth $75 more than cars that have !
yet been built. And now , Mr. Edi tor , I call up
( ,
the President of the Road (o disprove this shite"1"
if he can. • |
v
I have further authority to state , th at the o -
contract ever offered by the Rail Road to the J*
omet Iron Company was in 1847. The eoWi'
then was, that they should be made as well as' „
the road had engaged to be bui lt in Braintree.
far this lias been fulfilled , let those who wish!.j on ,
them examined. They often stand side by ^(1 '
the track—who ever examines them will "u
^
et
t
that in the, most important part of each car ,
^.
the Braintree cars have one bolt and nut , ' p(tl '
wich cars have two. The iron work in ,^ v
L'
lt'
e ''-
of the Sandwich cars are at least one'" gr.,int/f-'
and will hold one-quarter more than the- ^? '
eX,#
cars. As to the workmanshi p, let those )™ '
n If
ine them ,jud ge—and the mechanics of |'"s
lieve they will i,ot suffer by the compai"'*0"1
fe j ^
The President stated that some of these
^
^t!.
fective and proved bad. One car which *> «
j^
,]:e
loaded—(11 Ions being put on it)— b!
'0U
J gofff
springs down , which were promptl y repair
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j,nii'
others were hi gher on the spring s thani tn
^ ^
,,(•
at Braintree , and again these were reduc ji b*
commodate the height of the Braintree cars, ,$
officer of the road gave a receipt appi' ovm "
in all respects.
^
tllC
1will now state what the payment wiis
,,t #'!l
Iron Company submitted to. The »greeI
^
ulllity'
that their cars were to be of the same q .^i
same price and terms as made with the
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,,iv.
car manufacturer , which was three-fourt'lS ^l(1ijer c.
one-fourth in slock of the rail road. -"' d ]ie ecf
the Braintr ee cars was promptl y paid. ". ,.oa pii
to make it good. Their business deP^icb,
'$
ing good ears, and to maintain tliero «»
d or » .
came their interest to do so, as proof ot g
^
fl Ot
^
work was always before them. JW
the TO*"'
with makers liv'ing a hundred miles from I
THE PATRI OT.
BARNBTAELE ;
Tuesday, July 23, 1850. _
ICorrespondence of the Barnstable Patriot.]
Washington , Jul y 19, 1850.
Since the death of General Taylor , the good people
of Washington , includi ng persons from all parts of the
United States, have been busy in forming a Cabinet
for President Fillmore. Especiall y, the friends of
different aspirants for the Departments have been un-
tiring in thei r efforts , to form a Cabinet composed of i
their personal friends. Every day a new programme !
has been formed , and despatched , by mail and tele- ]
grap h, to dista nt papers , as feelers , for experiment.—
They are sent abroad , for the sim ple reason , tiiat th e
regular papers here , are not quick to publish them , for
want of faith in the statements. Of their foundations ,
I presume the President has no knowled ge. The
"Southern Press.;' of this city, is the only paper here, i
that has ventured any prediction. That paper , of this [
mornins, has the following programme: j
Mr. Webster, Secretary of State. j
Mr. Viuton of Ohio. Secretary of the Treasury. I
Mr. McKennon of'I'enn.. Secretary of the Interior, i
Mr. Morchead of North Carolina ,Secretary of War.
Mr. Crittendcn of Kentuck y. Attorney General.
Here thy chapter ends. While, it is not. improba-
ble , that ther e is good reason for this statement, it is i
bv »o means certain that any such announcement has)
been made. I will add , that Mr. Simmons of Rhode I
Island , has been named , in hi gh places, as likel y to bo
Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. Pearce of Mary-
land , as Secretary of the "Navy. Mr. T. Butier King
of Georgia , has been named frequentl y for the Navy,
as also Mr. Graham of North Carolina. One fact ap-
pears to be more '-fixed" than any other , which is,that
Mr. Webster is to take the State Department . Most
every bod y says this , and what everybod y says,must be
true. But the President keeps his own counsels pret-
ty cl ose, and I doubt veiy mtich , whether any bod y
else, saving confidential friends , know any thing about
the matter.
It is generally admitted nnd believed , that the old
Cabinet 's resi gnations have all been accepted. It is a
question of (imp onl y, therefore , when they leave. I
am credibl y informed , that th e Presiden t proposed to
them , to remain SO days, to which they objected , on
accou nt of having made u other business arrariii'C-
ments." If so, this decisi on will probabl y expedite
the change. But it seems rather strange , that, on the
emergency of the sudden death of a President , that ,
they could not spend 30 days , to the service of the
country. Sneh a dogmatic decision would not argue an
excess of patriotism. Still it may be so, and some
think , on this supposition , that the new Cabinet will be
nomi nated to the Senate next Monday, 22d inst. I am
inclined to think , however , that should the old Cabinet
insist on leaving, before Mr. Filimoro can arrange his
Cabinet to his entire satisfaction , temporary officers will
be commissioned , to sign papers and transact the ordi-
nary business. In such eases, the Chief Clerks are
usuall y qualified.
For some days past, a warm discussion has been rag-
ing in the House, on the question of admitting to a seat,
Mr. Smith , as Delegate from New Mexico, and the
question was taken this day, and resulted in lay ing the
matter on the table: ayes , 103—noes , 93—thus remand-
ing him hack again. The House next took up the
question , in regard to the Delegate from Utah,th e Mor-
mon Territory, whose name is Babbitt. The House ad-
journed , without coming to a decision , but it is suppos-
ed that he will share the same fate. These commni-
nitics will therefore be left without governments recog-
nized by Congress , unless the Compromise Bill passes ,
or some special acts in their favor.
It is said , that the Cabinet yesterday decided to with-
draw all President Taylor's nominations from the Sen-
ate , but that Mr. Fillmore overruled the decision. This
was probably intended by the Cabinet , if they came to
such decision , as a mode of relieving the President
from embarrassment , on account of nominations made
on their recommendation. But Capt. Fillmore appears
to be disposed to let them pass for what they are worth ,
and this is precious little , so far as regards many of
them.
As on all past occasions , on the accession of a new
President , vast numbers of politicians are flocking- to
the seat of government , to share the spoils. New York
and Pennsy lvania , as usual .are fully represented. Bui
nous verrons. Cato.
Later.—The Boston Evening Gazette says—We
have received a despatch from Washington , dated
Saturday evening, which gives the following Cabinet
Appointments , made by President Fillmore, which by
a subsequent despatch vie learn were all confirmed to-
day by the Senate in executive session -.
Daniel Webster , Mass., Secretary of State.
Thos. Corwin , Ohio, Secretary of Treasury.
James H. Pearce, Md., Secretary of Interior.
Edward Bates , Mo., Secretary of War.
Wm. A. Graham , N. C, Secretary of Navy.
J. J. Crittonden , Ky., Attorney General.
N. K. Hall, S. Y., Post Master General.
lUrThe Boston Post says that , the Hon. Edmund
Burke , late U. S. commissioner of patents , and asso-
ciate editor of the Union newspaper ,is passing a few
days at Cambrid ge, on his return to New Hamp-
shire, where he intends to resume the practice of
his profession. Mr. Burke is well qualified by tal-
ents, education and experience , to fill any public
stat ion , and we have no doubt his distinguished abil-
ities will , before long, aga in be required in the ser-
vice of his state or nation. As a writer , a debat er,
and a politician of enlarged and statesmanlike views ,
he has but few equals , and the democrac y of New
Hampshire , and of the country, justl y appreciate
his character , maugre all the abuse his opponents
have heaped upon him.
Ship Revenue.—This beautiful shi p now lies
moored at the wharf in East Dennis , (having float-
ed on Sunday following the day fixed upon for her
launch)where she now sits "like a queen upon her
nat ive element. " We learn that she will soon be
ta ken in tow by steamer Naushon to Boston , where
she will be rigged , and put in comp lete order for
sea.
l&We take pleasure in referring those who are
going to Boston , (o Mr. Simmons ' great clothing
establishment , Oak Hall. He has a splendid slock
of goods ; a better selection cannot be found in that
or any other city. His enterprise has won ior him
a fame , as a clothing dea ler, whic h quick sales and
small profits alone can give. Go and see one of the
greatest wonders in the "City of Notions ,"and make
you r purchases.
[B^Don't fail to read the communicat ions in anoth-
er column relating to the C. C. Branch Bail Road.
l^f Sylvanus Bourne,Esq., has been chosen Trea-
surer of
'
the Cape Cod Branch Rail Road , in place
of Southworth Shaw , Esq., who declined a re-elec-
tion. The Treasurer 's office will hereafter be kept
in Sandwich.
Jfif Wednesday last was Commencement Day at
Harvard Universit y. Gov. Brings iul d Lieut. Gov.
Reed were escorted to Cambrid ge by the Lancers.
The performances continu ed during five hours.—
There were sixty five graduates in the class of this
year.
A Taylor paper quotes the following from Henry
Clay 's late speech , to show that ho is returnin g to
the democratic fold :—
"I have had—I am happy to be able to avow it
or announce it to the country—I have had , in the
anxiety to settle these questions connected with the
institution of slavery, an intercourse with many o(
my democratic friends. I have known them better ,
and appreciate them more, than when looking at them
through the eyes of party. "
iKrTo whom it may concern.—-The following !
paragrap h, from the Worcester Palladium , is com-
mended to your especial attention :—
Newspaper Readers.—Is this paper , which
you are now reading, your own f Or have you lor- j
rowed \t of some subscriber ?—perhaps without his
knowledge or consent ! A gentle hint is said to be
sufficient to prompt a wise man to subscribe for a
paper he wishes to read.
Abner Smith from Massachusetts , took three alli-
gators from Louisiana tp Cincinnati , for the purpose
of exhibiting them. On Wednesday of last week,
one of them bit him on the arm , and a terrible in-
flammation supervening, hu died in the hospital 041
the following Sabbath,