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liater from California.
ARR IVAL OF THE STEAMER PHILADEL-
PHIA, WIT H $I,©0©,©00 IN GOLD.
The steamer Philadel phia arrived at New York
on Wednesday last. She brings 130 passengers-
no inails. |
The Philadel phia , from the 16th to 18th , on her
outward passage ,encounte red a heavy gale from the
aastward. On the morning of the 16th , she shi pped
a heav y sea , which stove bulwar ks, &c, &c, slightl y
injuring some of the passengers and breaking the
right leg of James Kief , seaman. On the evening
of the same day, Joseph Hall , seaman , fell over-
board and was lost ; and on the day ..following, Ar"
thnr Hawkins , fireman , died suddendl y of conges-
tion of the brain , caused by being overheated.
The Philadal phia reached Chagres on the morn-
ing of the 20th , and was deta ined there 13 days, a-
¦wait ing the arrival of the Tennessee at Panama.—
The California mail , brou ght down by the Tennes-
see for the Falcon , which sailed Jul y 1«, was deta in-
ed at Panama.
Business at San Trancisco was improving. Mer-
chandise was more in demand , and acquiring in-
creased value , as the surp lus stock with which the
mar ket was glutted has diminished. In Sacramentc
and Marysville , a considerable amount of business
has been
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doue during the last month. In Stockton
and Sonora , business operations have been consider-
ably depressed .
The gold discoveries that have been made in
fcarson Valley and other places on the Eastern
HfLi-si of (he Sierra Neva da , have give n a new im-
WKnsv.
lo tlm mining operatio ns. The newl y arr ived
Overland immi grants represent that in crossing these
slopes , they found gold in abundance , but in conse-
quence ot their provisions failing them , they were
obli ged to come on ior supp lies.
The squatter excitement in Sacramento and oth-
er places has died away.
In a portion of the southern mines life and prop-
erty have been somewhat insecure of late , from the
attac ks of marauding parties of Mexicans , Chilians ,
and ot her foreigne rs.
The news from various diggings is the most en-
courag ing we have had for some length of time. The
discovery of rich placers, with frequent exhibitions
of large and immensel y valuable specimens , have
imparted a degree of activity and life to all branche s
of business throu ghout the up-river towns , such as
has not been known since last fall.
Difficulties ara apprehended about the settling on
vacan t lands.
Financial affairs were somewhat embarrassed at
San Francisco , the outlays for the ne xt year being
large. An efficient firo department , hospitals, &c,
are to be establ ished. .
New di ggings have been discovered latel y on the
upper wafers of Yuba and Feather rivers , which
promise to yield a rich harvest. The water is yet
too high for working the bars of streams, but there
is every confidence that the yield will be equal to
any part of last season , as soon as the water falls,
which may be shortl y expected.
The manufacture of bricks had commenced at
Stockton. They have begun the extension of the
long wharf at San Francisco.
A letter says that the diggings on the Gold Run ,
a tributa ry of Deer Creek/orty miles from Auburn ,
are su pposed to be the richest in California. Claims
of sixty feet square had been sold at from 2000 to
$11,000. Some of the miners were raising from one
50 six ounces each a day. The di gging, however ,
was lim ited , and claims could onl y be obta ined by
purchase.
The Sacramento Transcri pt notices the discovery
of a rich ravine about five miles from Auburn ;
three miles of it had been taken possession of by
diggers. Some of the claims were held at from
8000 to $4000 each ; thoug h it will be impossible to
take out the gold before another winter , as there is
no water near.
Miraculous Escape.—Mrs. Dodge, (the moth-
er of John T. Dodge, street commissioner) residing
at 111 Seventh street , New York , was seized with
. a violent fit on Monday ni ght , about 10 o'clock ,
raised one of the front windows of the second story,
deliberatel y wal ked out , and landed upon the bal-
cony below , without injuring any portion of her
body by the fall. The lad y is upwards of sixty
3^ears of age. g
Frost in Dog Days.—The Albany Argus
states that on Friday ni ght , 16(h iust., there was a
frost at Bethlehem , N. Y., and in all that region.—
The weather during Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, the same paper says, was cold enoug h for
June , though (he sky was clear and the sun had fair
play.
A Motherly Cock Turkey.—A gentleman
in Wilton has a cock turkey, wh ich set upon and
hatc hed out a half dozen chickens last spring. He
bui lt him a nest , and man ifested such strong perti-
nac ity in selling upon it , that his owner thoug ht he
¦wou ld try an experiment , and put some hen 's eggs
under him. After they were hatched , the old fel-
low was as care ful of his brood , and as anxious as
any old hen could be. He was not very successful
however in his motherl y operat ions as he reared on-
ly one of them.—[Nashua Gazette.
A newl y married couple, riding in a carr iage,
were overturned , whereupon a stander by said it
was a "shocking sight ." "Oh yes," said the gentle-
man , "to see those just wedded , 'fall out so soon.'"
How to get to Si.rep.—How to get to sleep
is, to many persons, a matter of high importance. —
Nervous persons , who are troubled with wakeful-
ness and excitability, usually have a strong tenden-
cy of blood to the bra in , with cold extremities . The
pressure of blood on tha brain keeps it in a stimulat-
ed or wakefu l state , and the pulsations in the head
are often painful. Let such rise and chafe the body
and extremities with a crash towel , or rub smartl y
with the hands, to promote circulation , and with-
draw the excessive amount of blood from the brain ,
and they will fall asleep in a few moments. A cold
bath , or sponge bath , and rubbing, or a good run, or
rapid walk in the open air, or going up and down
stairs a few times, just before retiring, will aid in
equalizing circulation and promoting sleep. These
rules are simple, and easy of application in castle or
cabin , and may minister to the comfort of thousands
who would freel y expend money for an anodyne to
promote "Nature 's sweet restorer, balmy sleep."
The Potato— The Wyoming (N. Y.) Mirror
learns from a farmer in Warsaw , tha t the potato
blight has begun to make its appearanc e in that
neighborhood. The tops of some are dying, and on
digging them he finds that some of the potatoes
have begun to rot.
We notice reports , (says the Boston Journal) of
n partial re-appearance of the potato rot in Rhode
Island , New York, and some parts of Maine.
THE PATRIOT ,
BAJR1TBTABLB :
Tuesday, August §7, 1850,
The Democratic State Central Committee , authoriz-
ed and empowered by the State Convention , to cal l
conventions , met in Boston , pursua nt to public notice,
and passed the following votes :—
-Voted , That a State Convention of^ Democratic
party be held at Worcester,*on, \\ KDM,SDA\ tht
8th dav of September next , at 10 o clock. A. M ,for
th ™™ e of nominating candidates for Governor
nml L e nen.int Governor of the Commonwealth , to be
vo ed for on the 11th of November next , nnd to trans-
act such other business as may come before the con-
vention. . . ,
Voted , That the basis of representat ion in the <-on-
ventio n shall be one delegate from each town ,
^
and one
del egate in additio n thereto for every twenty-h 've_ dem-
ocratic votes given at the gubernatorial election in
1849." *
In pursuance of the abov e votes , dem ocr
ats of the
several towns and cities in the Commonwealth are re-
quested to send Delegates to the Convention , in the
proportion and for the purposes therein desi gnated.
By order of the Democratic State Central Commit-
tee J- S. C. KNOWLTON , Chairman.
Boston , Aug. 14 , 1850.
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Democratic State Convent*®1
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Queen Victoria has seven babies alread y, with
every reasonable prospect ot comp let ing the baker's
dozen, for the hard-working, starv ing population of
Great Britain to support in splendor within a few
years more. What is the cost of that support for
each royal brat , may be gathered from the follow-
ing remarks jlately made in Parliament , by Mr. Roe-
buck, The occasion of those remarks was the propo-
sition of Mr. Hume to fix the annuity to the
Duke of Cambrid ge at £10 ,000 per year.or $50,000
—tw ice as much as the President ot the United
States has ! The remarks of Mr. Roebuck are om-
inous of a reform inquiry in Eng land , surel y. Who
can calculate the immensity and the enormity of the
I amount whic h is taxed upon "t.he hard earnings of
the laborious millions ," as Mr. Roebuck says,to keep
the "splendor " of the British govern ment? How
long must that people bear it ? How long will they
bear it 'I We have seen some attempts to estimate
t hat amount ,but it runs into a string of figures which
our limited arithmetic does not enable us to enumer-
ate.
This Duke of Cambrid ge, whose annuity was un-
der discussion , we su ppose to be one of Vic's cous-
ins, though we profess not to be skilled in the matter
of roval pedi gree. Mr. Roebuck said :
"If this country had a Royal Famil y, it was ne-
cessary they shou ld make provisions for ceitain por-
tions of them ; but it became a question of impor-
ta nce to know when individ uals of that famil y shou ld
cease to have a claim on the public. As the branches
became removed in point of relationshi p from t he
actual heir and possessor of the crown , the less did
they seem to have a right to demand sup port from
publ ic means. (Hear , hear.) A person so near the
throne as the Duke of Cambrid ge oug ht to be pro-
vided for. But the committee oug ht to j ud ge of the
case very much by reference to the hab its o; she
people among whom they lived. £10,000 was a
very lar ge sum of money. (Hear , hear.) It oug ht
to be recol lected , first , that the late Duke of Cam-
brid ge had from the,country altogether £27 ,000. lie
died , leaving two daug hters , each of whom was to
rece ive £3,000 a year. Ho had a son , to whom it
was proposed by the Government to give £12,000 ;
which made £18,0o0 to his descendants , besides a
prov ision to his widow of £6,000. That made £24 ,-
000 a year , to the fam ily of the late Dnke of Cam-
brid ge. Her most gracious Majesty had a famil y of
seven children , every one of who m had Ihe same
claim on the country as the Duke of Cambridge ;
and every one of them might hel p to mu lti ply the
number of the Royal Famil y. (Hear ,bear.) Where
was this to end ? (Hear , hear.) It mi ght appear
un generous to enter on discussions of this sort. If
Parliament could make the money, without app ly ing
to the laborious population of the country, he should
not be disposed to express the same scrup les ; but if
was wrun g from the hard earnings of the laborious
millions ; and it was the business of Parliam ent to
see from what source the money was to be derived ,
and to what purpose it was to be applied. What was
t he object ? The maintenance of these Royal per-
sons in decent splendor. The sum given to the fam-
il y of the late Duke of Cambrid ge went a great way
beyond what he thoug ht decent splendor.
The Cost ot Royalty.
Friday.—The Indian intercourse bill was passed
by the Senate,and in the House the motion to strike
out of the general appropriation bill the clause for
the payment of taxes due on the Philadel phia mint
was not agre ed to.
The Journal of Commerce says—
"The last of the five passengers in Mr. Clay 's om-
nibus has been put throug h the Senate. No south-
ern senator voted against the bill , and no nort hern
senator for it, except Messrs Dodge, of Iowa , and
Sturgeon , of Pa . Many senators wore absent , or if
present , did not vote.
Saturday.—Senate not in session. In commit-
tee of the whole , the discussion of the civil and di-
plomatic bill was resumed.
®SfTl^MRember term
of
the Court
of
Com-
mon Plea^jyill
be
helden
in
this place nex t Tues-
day.
Congress.
California Matters.—The Boston Journal
says , we have a private letter from our valued cor-
respondent , "A. G. K,." received by the Tennessee , j
from which we make the following extracts. It is
dated San Francisco , Aug. 14. After announc ing
his arrival , he says :
"1find that matters and things 'ain 't as they used |
to was.' "When I left home , I thoug ht five years |
would give me amp le time to make a fortune , in-!
eluding two or three 'burst tips ,' and several fires,
^
but now I fear 1 must double the time .say ten years ,
with the usual calamities above mentioned.
The last fire was decidedl y bad , and the building s
j
have not risen from the ashes so majesticall y as in
days of yore. Several streets are knocked into one
larae square , and the blackened ruins present a mel-
anchol y aspect. Many substantial brick buildings
are going up, and in less than a year 1 hope to see
many more. Then a fire will not be dreaded as
now.
The merchants now keep their goods afloat in
store shi ps, and sell from samp les, which will ease
th« minds of many consi gnors at borne , who are not
aware of this new feature in the business. The har-
bor is full of shi pp ing, and looks much more impor-
tant than Boston harbor.
You will see by Ihe papers that we had a roug h
time in the little New World , having broken our
steam chest , and run a little to close to the rocks to
please a nervous man ; and when we wound up with
a cry of 'onl y two days ' coal for six days ' run ,' I be-
gan to pucker up my li p, and would have sold out
my interest in California at par. The stock is up
thoug h , now , and I hope that when I arrive at Sac-
ramento , I can say, 'still advancing. ' I have been
turned inside out on the passage , and cannot collect
my ideas. I will write up my notes when I am not
so full of business as at present."
An Elopement.—The police interfered at the
Depot last ni ght , and took into custod y a man nam-
ed James P. Chamberlain , who was about to leave
town in company with a widow , named Weaver ,
whose husband died a few days since. Chamberlain
is a married man , and was arrested at the instance
of his wife and some of the nei ghbors of Mrs. Wea-
ver, who suspected foul play in the death of the
lad y's husband , inasmuch as the parties were famil-
iar before his death. On an investi gation of the
matter , there was nothing to justif y suspicion of any
agency on the part of the accused in causing the
death of Weaver. He was committed , however , in
default of bail to support bis famil y.
Neither of the parties have children , and are re-
centl y from England. Mrs. W. is a bright , intelli-
gent appearing young woman , and seems to manifest
a great attachment for Chamberlain; and be , thoug h
guilty of unfaithfulness to his lawful partner , was
not so indifferent to his duty and her claims upon
him , but that he provide d her with some means of
subsistence before 1 his attempted departure. He
made over the articles for a house and lot to Mrs.
C, and gave her some other means , but of course
she preferred retaining the num.—[Rochester Dai-
ly Advertiser.
Missing Mas.— One of the crew of the fishing
schr. Billingsgate , Capt. Noah Young, of Wellfleet ,
went on shore in that town on the 10th inst., since
which time he has been missing. His conduct while
on board the vessel has induced the fear that he has
committed suicide. He shi pped on board of the ves-
sel , as John B Park , belong ing to Mystic , Conn.;
a«ed 42. The dress in which he departed ,was black
pants , red baize shirt , without vest or coat , and a
tarpaulin hat. lie was of the- medium hei»hth ,rath-
er slender built , hair black and long, and face thin.
A reward of $10 is offered for the discovery of his
bod y, or information of him , if found in a bewilder-
ed state of mind .—[Reg ister.
Wrkck of Schr. Primus.—O n Monday last ,
Cap t. Pelham Gibbs , Jr., of this town , boarded a
vessel which was drifting in our bay. The wreck
proved to be the schr. Primus , of Sedgwick , Me.—
Her appearance indicated that she bad long been
abandoned ; she was partl y full of water , and had
had almost everything of value taken or washed
from her , with the exception of about sixty M. laths.
Cap t. Gibbs towed her ashore .freed her from water ,
on the beach. The vessel is now in the harbor at
West Sandwich. —[Sandwich Observer.
Putit Jurors.—The following named gentle-
men , belonging to this town , have been drawn to
serve as juro rs at the C. C. Pleas .to be held in Barn-
stable on the 1st Tuesday in September : John
Weeks, Clark Swift , and Joshua Hand y.—[Ib.
Congressional Elections on Monday.—In
the Boston district , Samuel A. Elliot , the whi g can-
didate , received 2S55 ; Charles Summer , free soil ,
473, and John T. Heard , democrat , 297 votes. Scat-
tering 21. Elliot 's majority 1564.
The Second District.—Th e vote in all but two
towns which gave over a hundred majority against
King at the former election , is for Dpharn , whig,
3325 ; Rantoul , dem., 2180 ; Pierpont , free soil ,1230 ;
Scattering 19. Majority against Upham , 104.
Fourth District.—In all but five towns , Palfry has
2799 ; Thompson 2654 ; Frothing ham , dem., 1079.
No choice , and never will be, in all probability.
A Monster Dwelling. There is now in
course of erection in Cherry street , between Roose-
velt and Franklin Square , a dwelling which , when
finished , will have one hundred and forty four resi-
dences , each of which will contain two rooms and a
hall , measuring eighteen feet by twenty, giving
twenty residences to each floor. The front of the
building is thirty five feet in breadth , and in length
two hundre d and forty four feet. It is intended
for a dwelling for the poor , and being lofty and well
ventilated , it will have many advantages over the
miserable shanties and cellars in which the majo rity
of the poor families of our cities dwell—[New York
Courier.
The Mechanic 's Fair.—The sixth exhibition
of American manufactur es and the Mechanic arts ,
under the directio n of the Massachusetts Charitable
Mechani c Associatio n , will open at Fanueil and
Quincy Halls , on the 11th day of Sep tember next ,
and it is expected to exceed in all respects , those of
any previous occasion. The tenants in Quiney
Hall , are about removing their stocks, and Fanueil
Hall will be read y for the reception of articles as
soon as divested of its mournin g for the late Presi-
dent. The motive power for the machinery is to be
a beautiful steam-eng ine , now building at the works
of Mr. Otis Tufl s, East Boston. The opening of
the Fair will be announced by a chime of ten bells
from the manufactory of Henry N. Hooper & Co.,
and during the exhibition an address will be deliv-
ered by John S. Skinner , Esq., of Philadel phia.
[Boston Journal.
!
®"Tvvo valuable horses have died in Sandwich
within a week. The owners wore Messrs, Wm. E.
Boyden , and Melatiah Tobey, 2d.
A smart boy that , who asked his father what kind
of wood the board of health was made of,
Next Fri day is the day appointed by the Ex- '¦
ecutive of the State , for the closing scene in the :
life of J ohn W
. Welster, well Iwown to all as the;
killer , if not the murderer of Dr. George Parkman , J
and would it mi ght give the last scene in that dark
and terrible tradegy in which he bus been the prin-
ci ple actor ; but withou t doubt , other fearful scenes
will follow , consequent on ibis one aud its prece-j
dent cause. U pon his immediate famil y, this con-i
sumation of his appalling fate will fall with a crush-;
ing force which no human art—not even the heal-
ing hand of time , can ever full y remove. Their
j trr ief , none can enter into in the untold measure in ;
which they feel it,—to which their social position ,)
their education and refinement , add not a little ol ;
its poignancy, —yet very many hearts ,near and afar , i
will deep ly sympathize with them in the hour of
their agony when they know and inutterab l y feel .
that the life of a husband and father is struck out of
existence in obeyauce to stern j ustice and a sterner
law. Indeed , there is no one , we trust ,evon among
those who would have disapproved a commutation
of the awful sentence of Dr. Webster , who cannot
see the abyss of woe into which its execution will
irow his wife and children , and feel that their fu-
ture , as the present is, will be forever on earth ,
shrouded in the deepest gloom and sorrow.
The New York Tribune states on the authority
of a correspondent , that Dr. Webster has made an-
other confession to the effect that the killing of Dr.
Parkman was premed itated, rendering it murder in
the first degree. We hope this statement will not
prove correct , but should it be true , it will material-
ly add to the wei ght of the alread y intolerable bur-
then under which his poor famil y are now suffering,
while it will remove from them every consolation
derived from a conviction that the deed which he
exp iates with his own life, was but the rash prompt-
ings of a natura ll y hot and too often uncontrolled
passion. In either case , Dr. Webster is an object
of deepest pity—and Uis ignominous crime and
death , should be a warning voice to all "who think
they stand , to take heed , least they fall."
The Contrast.— When the last United States
Census was taken , it will be remembered , says the
Lowell Patriot and Republican , by every one whose
memory runs back to that period , that the leading
men and presses of the whi g party did all in their
power to make party cap ital , by attributing the then
administration with the desi gns , in taking the cen-
sus, of levy ing a direct tax and drafting from the
young men of the country a standing army, etc.—
With affected seriousness they told the old women
that their turkies , geese, chickens and pigs were to
be enumerated for the sole purpose of taxation , and
that the names and ages of families were to be taken
that the young men might thereafter be called into
Van Buren 's standing army. These , and like mis-
erable lies, caused the census takers considerable
trouble , and did much towards defeating the great
objects of the law.
But now whi g officers are taking the census, how
do Democrats and Democratic presses act ? Is there
any factiousness , or attempt on their part , to induce
people to, in any wa"y,thwart the officers of the gov-
ernment in obtaining all the information the law re-
quires ? None whatever. All advise that the ful-
lest and most correct information shall be given in
relation to every matter that the law requires shall
be inquired into. There are no lies got up to de-
feat the objects of the law , for the sake of making a
little party cap ital against the administration . But
everywhere , Democrats cordial l y aid in carry ing out
the objects of the law , that the population , wealth ,
product ions and resources of our country may be
accuratel y ascertained. And by this course we be-
lieve , in the long run , the Democracy will make
more party cap ital even ,than the Whi gs did by their
slanders and falsehoods.
SUTThe Bangor Courier says that within a few
days there have arrived at the mills in that vicinity,
a large quantity of saw logs of a superior qualitj
broug ht from land on the waters of the St. John
River , driven up Ihe lakes which natural l y feed that
river ,and turned into the Penobscot waters throueh
a canal , and thence run down the Penobscot. The
men and supplies to procure those logs were dis-
patched from that city last September , since which
time constant and dail y attention has been given to
the business , and after eleven months hard service ,
the logs have arrived at the mills. This shows one
of the features of Penobscot lumbering, where the
best of pine lumber is found.
I§ir52,700,000 Dollars.— On Monday last , as
reported in the Congressional proceedings , says the
Hartford Times , of week before last , Mr. Jones, of
Tennessee, a whi g,showed that the expenditures the
present year , will amount to the enormous sum of
fifty two millions seven hundred thousand dollars ; or
two dollars and a half to each man ,woman and child ,
black and white , bond or free , in the whole country !
This immense expenditure is made in a time of peace .
During a forei gn war , the whi gs comp lained that the
Democrats were extravagant in expending about
that sum.
Trul y the Gal phins have got hold of the National
Treasury, with,hungry mouths. Some of the whi gs
are alarmed , and Jones is put forward to stop the
flood of extravagance , if possible. But it is too late
—-the plunder has taken place. The people must
rouse, however , or there will be more of it , and of a
worse character , if possible.
Groceries.—There is not a more desirable place
in Boston to purchase West India Goods and Gro-
ceries, than at (he store of Messrs. Matthias Rich &
Co., No. 43 Commercial street. Cape traders will
find it for their interest to call upon them , and mus-
ters of vessels procurin g their Shi p Stores , will find
as great a variety as at any other place , and on the
most reasonable terms. They are gentlemanl y—
devotedl y engaged to their business , and intend to
secure the Cape trade by selling at small profits.
GSrShenff Eveleth has issued his invitations to
those designated to attend "the execution of John
W. Webst er, on Friday next , at 8 o'clock A. M., at
the Jail in Leverett street in Boston."
Whig State Convention.—The Whi g State
Convention is to be held at Worcester , on Tuesday,
October 1st.
The Plymouth Rock says Grace Greenwood is a
"smart , health y,coinfortable looking woman "at see-
ing whom every bachelor cannot hel p say ing— "Give
us Grace !" He adds that - she wei ghs as>uch as
half a dozen common poetesses !
We recommend to a certain good looking bache- '
lor about town , who has keen try ing to ask some-
1
bod y for the last thirt y years , to see Grace at once.
Robbery.—The schooner Sapp ho, Capf. Farvisj
of this port , whil e lying at Central Wharf , Boston '
was entered on Friday ni ght last , and robbed of two
Silver Watches,
Execution of John W.' Wefcster.
Democratic Statk Contention.—The Wor-
cester Paladium in referring to this subject , says,
that the State Central Committee , at their meetin g
week before last , decided to call a convention of the
democratic party to be held in this city on the 18th
of September. The basis of repr esentation in the
convention is one of so much liberality, especiall y
to the small towns , that it ought to secure a full at-
tendance. May it not be expected ? Let our de-
mocratic friends throug hout the slate , take seasona-
ble steps for the election of as many delegates as
they are entitled to ; and such , too , as will make
some sacrifice to attend.
There have ever been two great leading parties
in this country ; and the indications are strong that
they will continue substantiall y as they have been ;
modified in their organization and character by the
modifications of the circumstances in which they are
placed. The whi g party is timorous , conserative ,
and prefers rather to cherish abuses than risk any
convulsion in correcting them. The democratic -
party is the party of progress ; and thoug h its gait
may seem slow to men of ardent temperament , it is
the onl y party throug h whose instrumenta lity any
substantial reforms can be effected. Other parties
are but shoots from these two .that flourish for a sea-
son , and then disappear. Let this be remembered
by democrats when they incline to break away from
their party for other affiliations that are more showy
in their promises.
Disci osuheb.—The Louisville Courier , of the
14th iust., says— "Among the victims of the cholera
on Monda y ni ght last , was a convict in the Indian?
penite ntiary, at Jeftcrsonvil le , named Root. He
was sentenced to the penitentiary for G years , under
a charge of having robbed the bank at Madison , In-
diana , of some $28 ,000,and his sentence would have
exp ired next month . Our readers will recollect that
this robbery took place about seven years since ,and
created great excitement at the lime , an d suspicion
was cast upon some men occupy ing hi gh places.—
The money was never found , and to tins day, as has
been ascertained by memoranda kept by the bank ,
not a dollar of the stolen notes has ever been put in
ciiculalion. Root was a man of bad character , and
as he was at Madison about the time of the robbery,
he was pursued , arrested , and on trial , was convict-
ed of the crime , althoug h nothing positivel y was
proven against him , and notwithstanding he almost
positi vel y proved an alibi. On his death bed on
Monday ni ght , he freel y confessed to a number of
forgeries and crimes , and imp licated as being con-
nected with him in his forgery transactions , a per-
son who is at present a resident of tins city,and leho is
now reputed to be worth his hundred thousand dollars !
He , however , most earnest l y and solemnl y denied
having ever had anythi n g whatever to do with the
Madison Bank , robbery, or of knowing anything
about it , either directl y or indirectl y. As we have
alread y said , he freel y acknowled ged to many other
crimes , but with a full knowled ge that death would
soon claim him as a victim , he asservated to the
last that he was suffering the penalties for a crime of
which he was entirel y innocent. The confessions
were made to his physician , Dr . W. F. Collum , and
from all the attending circumstances , his statements
are believed to be true. "
Responsibilities of the Physician.—Many
will remember the circumstances of the capture of
Cap t. Bourne , by the Palagonians , at the eastern
Straits of Magellan , last year ; of his detention a-
tnoim the savages 95 days , and his final miraculous
escape. lie relates , we learn , many interestin g in-
cidents of his captivity, among others the following :
One day he presented his watch to the chief and
exp lained its use ; that physicians in the states em-
ployed it in counting the pulse of the sick , to de-
termine their state of health. To his surprise he
was immediatel y taken up as a doctor. Though dis-
avowing any knowled ge of medical practice , he was
sent by the chief to visit an old squaw who was sick.
He carried the watch , examined the pulse , looked
grave , and ordered her to be thoroug hl y scrubb-
ed with soap and sand. The prescri ption was
hig hl y efficacious, and patients rap idl y multi plied.—
Following the examp le of the renowned Sangrado ,
the same remed y was ordered in all subsequent
cases. But the captain soon learned , accidentall y,
that the physician was held responsible for the pa-
tient 's recovery ; and in case of a fatal result , the
doctor would lose his life. He promptl y disowned
the profession , and obstinatel y refused any farther
practice ; resolving to make himself of no use to
the m , if his services mi "ht be thus cruell y rewarded
Gold vs. Rags.—The editor of the Ohio States-
man has received a lump of gold from California ,and
deals it out to the anti-Bank whi gs in the following
terse language— "We got the chunk of pure gold ,
and it would make a whi g's eye water. How fear-
ful the whi gs are that this gold will get a circulation
among the people. It would ruin their hopes in
rags ! Gold for the banker and rags for the people ,
is the whi g watchword. It is a fair issue between
the peop le and the moneyed men , who are to get
the real money. The Democrats say—Give the
people a fair chance ; but the whi gs say—No , it
would derange the business of the country too much
to give the peop le gold—they must still take rags,
and let the whi g ragmakers have the gold. In this
fight we shall see who'll whi p. We say the peoples
and the whigs say the raci-maiers,"
IgiTWe wish to call attention to the advertisement
of Messrs. -Pond & Co., of Boston ,—published first
in last week's Patriot ,—of their "Improved Union
Range." This company of manufacture rs have , been
engaged for many years in the construction and im-
provement of variou s patterns of Ranges, Furnaces ,
and every other kind of fixtur e for heating and
cooking purposes , and from their long experience
and perfect knowled ge of the princi ples upon which
these should be constructed , they have been making
from year to year many and important improve-
mennts in each , until now they have produced a
Range , which if not the ne plus ultra in the way of
all improvements , is the nearest approach to it which
has ever yet been made. It is called Pond's "Im-
proved Union Range "—and was first offered for
sale earl y in the present year. It is indeed a beau-
tiful union and combination of many improvements
which render it the most economical in its saving of
fuel , labor and unsavory edern, while a greater
amount of work can be accomp lished by it in a giv-
an time , than by any other Range now in use.
We have recentl y had one of these Ranges set
for our own famil y use with hot-air fixtures ,by which
two rooms are warmed in addition to the kitchen—
while the wash-boiler is supplied with the required
heat for all purposes from the same Range flue :
by which arrangement no heat is necessarily wasted ,
but all of it is made subservient to some use.
I®"All who were in attendance on the Camp
Ground at Eastham , during last Sabbath and the
ni ght following must have been seriousl y incommo-
ded by the great inclemency of the weather ; espec-
iall y those who were there with families of young
children. The wind , during the most of this time
raged violent l y from the East , and the rain at fre-
quent intervals poured down in torrents.
Owing to this severity of weather , we did not re-
ceive in season for to-day 's publication , a full ac-
count of the proceedings of the Camp Meeting of last
week , but shall be able to give full details in our
next paper.
SSJTYesterday (Monday) we saw f ive stages pass
our door for Sandwich ,each one of which was crowd-
ed with passengers ,every seat being occup ied inside ,
and three carry ing eleven persons outside , the other
two having twelve or fourteen outsiders between
them. Beside these , there were several private car-
riages filled with passengers—in all , numbering up-
wards of a hundred ladies and gentlemen on their
way to take Ihe Cape Cod Rail Road at Sandwich.
We never had any doubts as to which side of the
Cape the extension of this road should run , yet we
are now more then ever convinced it should take the
North side , and that right speedil y.
A "entloman lately expressed his opinion that a
dance at Bellevtie Hall , Newport , was a humbug, as
it had been announced as a "full dress'' ball , where-
as a number of the ladies present were , according
to his notion , but half-dressed. We think the hint
mi ght be taken by some of the softer sex in othe r
places.
The.following is the bill for the admission of n
"ornia , as it fi nall y passed the Senate : "'''
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into the Union. ^
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Whereas the peop le of Califor nia have pr .,
a constitution and asked admission into the T-"'1
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w hich constitution was submitted to Coimvess 1
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President of th e United Slates by mc^aw '} ''le
February 18, 1850 , and which on due examin- ¦ l
is found to be repub lican in ilsform of cvOvei
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House ol p'ent :
sentatives of the United Slates of America inT^**
gress assembled , That the State of California i "
be one , and is hereb y declared to be one , of
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United States of America , and admit ted i',,| '^e \%-
Union on an equal fooling with the ori gin^ g..'''6
in all respects whatever. u|es
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , tha t until
repiesentatives in Congress shall be apjiort; ,
accordinc to ,in actual enumeration of the in ]
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tants of the United States , the Slate of CnliiJ .'"
shall be entitled to two repres entatives in Qo ""a
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That tile
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State of California is admitted into the Union u
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the express condition that the peop le of said is,!1
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throug h their leg islature or otherwise , shall )1(f!e
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interfere with the primaiy disposal of the .Hl^
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lands within its limits , and shall pass no law IUl (j !
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no act whereby the title of the United States to •
right to dispose of, the same shall be impaired '"11
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questioned , and they shall never lay any tax or °r
sessments of any descri ption whatsoever Uj)on
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public domain of the United States ; and in no(.a,
shall non-resident proprietors , who are citizPns
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the United States , be taxed hi gher than reside,,,
and that all the navi gable waters within the s.
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State shall be common hi ghways , and forever fr'|,
as well to the inhabitants of the State as to the. cv'
zens of the United States , without any tax impo st
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duty therefor : Provided , That not hin g Sicroin Cp
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tained shall be construed as recognizing or re] f f
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ing the propo sitions tendered by the people of Q \
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fornia as articles of compact in the ordinance adorn"
ed by Ihe convention which formed the Conslitu,;? "
of the State. n
Mutiny on a Charleston Schooner.
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schooner Aurora , Lank , master, of Charleston , U,g
sailed from here this morning for a port in Cuba,but
shortl y after the vessel had been fairl y at sea, and
the pilot with four able men returned on board liis
canoe, yet still within hearing, the crew rose upon
the captain and mutinied ; one man seized an axe
split the cabin door asunder , to which place the cap.
tain had run for safety, and attempted his life ,while
two others were equall y infuriated , and assisted liiro
in destroy ing several parts of the vessel.
The pilot observing the stir on board ,and hearing
screams , put back to the vessel , and with the assist-
ance of his men , was enabled to succeed in savin™
the life of the captain , and securing the mutine ers,
bring ing the vessel back into port , where she now
lies at anchor till the majesty of the law can be put
in operation against the miscreants .
The causes of the mutiny, it is reported , arose
from the fact of two of their shi pmates having been
tried at the instance of the captain , before the Mag.
istrates' Court here , and sent to prison , where they
are undergoing the term of their sentence. The
fellows are safely housed in jail , and we trust their
conduct will meet the punishment they merit.—[Ja-
maica Standard , Aug. 10.
Quick Intelligence.— On Saturday the tele-
grap h communicated a message from Washington to
New Orleans ahead of time. The message left
Washington at 30 minutes past 11 o'clock , Wash-
ington time , and reached here 5 minutes past 11
o'clock New Orleans time , thus travelling about
twice as fast as the apparent motion of the sun round
the earth , or correctl y speaking, double the velocity
of the earth's motion on its own axis , as the difier-
ence of time between the two places is aboutone
hour.—[N. O. Com. Bulletin.
Professor Webster's Family.—A paper has
been circulated , during the past week , among the
more wealth y of our citizens , to raise the sum of
$20,000, to be given to the wife and children of Dr.
Webster , to provide for them ,and place them above
want during life. The paper is headed by Mrs,
George Parkman , wife of the murdered man , with
the sum of $500. The subscri ptions have already
nearl y, but not quite reached the proposed amount.
Mr. Andrews ,tho jailer , says that Dr. Webster ,in
his op inion , will hold out firm to the last—tliat be
has not eaten so heartil y for some time past. H's
famil y visited him during last week , and remained
till six o'clock. They are not aware of the exact
time of execution , but know the day to be fixed.—
No persons are allowed to visit him , excep t hi s fail- -,.
ily, and clergymen for sp iritual purposes.—[Boston
Mail.
The Youngest Bearing Tikeh.— Mr. Step'"111
Adams, of West Newfield , Maine , says in a letter to
the Saco Union , dated on the 15th ult., that he tas
in his nursery an apple tree which came np f r0
seed in 1848 ; was budded with a Baldwin m Au-
gust , 1849 ; and now has an app le on it nearl)
large as those on large trees. It appears healthy an
promises to mature. The tree is about fourteen
inches high—the app le about four inches from t«»
ground. Mr. A. regards this tree as a small cun°s'
ity, and thinks it hard to beat.
In Virginia , when the wheat is harvested , it is"1
custom for all hands to step up and "liquor."
such occasions, the darkies deliver toasts, g'ass '
hand to the assembled crowd. Here 's one—•
I)c heifer find de hide ,
Da tanner tan do ledder,
Massa wear de boot ,
And nigga , stan do wedder !
Camp Meeting.— One of the largest and np°^
interesting of these meetings ever held on this is« ,
commenced in Wesleyan Grove on Thursoi»5'
15th inst., and closed on Wednesday morning "
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The attendance throug hout was very large , a"
^
times exceeded the expectations of the fnen
the meeting. —[Vineyard Cazette.
"You have onl y yourself to please ," said a ^
ried friend to an. old bachelor. . j
"True, but you cannot tell what a diffi<^t *
find it ," replied ho.
npid
A negro fell into a well a few days ag0> .
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you hick the bucket?" enquired an ebon-hued >' .
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of his. "No," said darkey ; "no, but I turned »
tie pale."
Mr. Smith , while at work in the Quaker
i wot*'
ground in Providence ,was shot and severely
ed by some young men firin " at a mark.
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Some of the western papers , in spcak.
mg
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bill to admit California , hav ing passed the
say that— "California is halfway in. "
Fifty years ago, there were v onl y two llU
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s(,v-
Catholics jn Glasgow , Scotland , now there «>
enty thousand.
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Prefer solid sense to wit; never study (0
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vert ing without being useful ; let no jes j ,
upon good manners , nor say anythi ng tha
fend modesty,
The California Bill.