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Pursuant to the notice published by the State
Central Committee , the Democratic State Conven-
tion met in the City Flail , Worcester , on Wednes-
day, and at a quarter before 11 o'clock was called to
order by J. S. C. Knowlton , Esq.. Chairman of the
State Central Committee , who read the official call
for the Convention.
On motion , voted , that a recording officer prc
tem be appointed , and Dr. George B. Loring ol
Chelsea, was thereupon nominated and chosen sec-
retary pro tern , and entered upon the duties of the
office,
On motion of Mr Jossel yn , of Lynn , voted , that n
committee of one from each county be appointed tr
retire and report a list of officers for the convention.
iind the committee was selected by nomi nation as
follows ;—
Messrs, Mayo of Boston , Pope of Salem , Bea rd ol
Lowell , Wood of Fitehburg, Smith of Spring field ,
Strong of Easthampton , Nims of Greenfield , All en
of Pittsfiehl , Farrar of Roxbury, Mac kio of New
Bedford , Wood of Middleborou g h , and X'hinney ol
Barnstable ; and there being no delegates present
fr om Nantucket and Dukes , Messrs. Thorndike ol
Charlestown , and Jossel yn of Lynn , were nominat-
ed at large,and appointed on the committee for those
coun ties.
On motion , voted, that a committee of oti c from
each county be raised to receive and examine the
credentials of members ,and the followin g were nom-
inated and appointed thereon ;—
Messrs. Hildreth of Lowell , Middlesex County :
Gill of Worcester , Worcester; Lyon of Bernards-
ton , Franklin; Dickinson of Amherst , Hampshire :
Leavitt of Cliicopee , Ilamp den; Emerson o( Lanes-
boro', Berkshire; Robinson of Quincy, Norfolk ; Idc
of Attltboro '-,- Bristol ; Bates of East Brid gewater.
Plymouth ; Basset of Barnstable , Barnstable; Or-
cutt of Chelsea , Suffolk; Chamberlain of Lynn
Essex,
It was now voted , that the Hon. George Hood , ol
Ly nn , be requested to address the convention , and
having been conducted to the platform , lhat gentle-
man m.ide an animated speech , in which he,express'
ed the belief that the time for the redemption of the
state from the present dominant party had arrived
He was satisfied that a majority of the people had
become convinced of the hypocritical professions ol
the whi gs, and were prepared to make a change ,and
would go with the democratic party, if it went into
the approaching election upon the state issues ol
econ omy and general reform of the course of legis-
lation , which for so many years has been almost en-
tirely in favor of special interests ,
Mr Mayo of Boston , from the committee appoint-
ed to nominate a list of officers for the convention ,
reported the following;—
PRESIDENT ;
WHITING GRISWOLD , of Greenfield ,
TICK PRESIDENTS ;
Aaron Bancroft , of Boston ,
George Hood , of Lynn ,
Bra dford Russell , of Groton ,
Charles Poole , of Charlestown ,
Pliny Merrick, of Worcester ,
Ch ester W. Chap in , of Spring field ,
L> H. Gamwell , of Pittsfickl ,
Amos Stevens , of' Koxburv ,
Eiiab Ward , of Middleboro 1
,
Edward W. Green , of New Bedford ,
SECRETARIES ;
George B. Loring, of Chelsea ,
Thomas Gill , of Boston ,
William L, Smith , of Spring field ,
John L. Chesley, of Lowell.
This report havjn g been unanimou sl y accepted ,
Messrs. Pavi?, of Worcester , and Whitaker , o!
Needham, by request of the chairman pro tem , con-
ducted Mr. Griswold , the president , to the chair ,
and , upon taking it , he addressed the convention as
follows ;-—
Gen tlemen of the Convention—Allow me to re-
turn to you my most sincere and heartfelt thanks for
this unexpected but distinguished and flattering mark
of your confidence. It would better comport with
my own wishes had yon selected some older and
more experienced member of the democratic party
to discharge the responsible duties of this occasion ;
nevertheless , rel y ing upon the courtesy, forbearance
and cooperation of the convention , I shall endeavor
to discharge these duties with candor , impartiality.
and to the best of my humble abilities.
Gentlemen— [Ins is the anniversary of a party
whose princi ples are indissolubl y assoc iated with ev-
erything that is great , and good , and glorious in the
history of our country ; of a party whose earl y cham-
pion drafted the Declaration of Independence , and
framed the ordinance of 1787 ; of a party which has
administered , with short interruptions , the govern-
ment for the last fift y years with consummate wis-
¦dom and ability ; of the party which has never been
afraid to extend our territory, give new states to
freedom , and m.ike this republic the refuge and asy-
lum of the oppressed of every land ; of the parly,
which , in the most try ing limes of our country, has
adhered to the letter and the sp irit of the constitu-
tion , instead of sanctionin g every new and danger-
ous project under a latitudinarian construction ol
that sacred instrument ; of a party, which has re-
sisted ihe. dangerous and despotic doctrin es of con-
solidation in Ilie-ir tendency (o sweep away every
landmark of state ri ghls and state soverei gnty.
Yes, gentlemen , this is ihe annual celebration of
the party which would encourage , liy gifts and
bounties , the hard y pioneers , who are lay ing the
foundations of new and free commonwealths on tin
banks of the Mississi pp i and its tributaries , and on
the shores of the Pacific , rather than convert the
public lands into an eng ine of stupendous briber }
and corruption in the shape ofa division of their in-
come among the states ; of a party, which , while
they are willin g to foster the great manufacturing
interests of the . norlh by such incidental protection
as a revenue tariff properl y adjusted will afford ,can-
not go farther , and , for the express purpose of add-
ing new millions to the alread y overgrown wealth
of one class of our citizens , put new shackles upon
commerce and agticullure , and heavier taxes upon
the toilin g millions who consume these productions ;
of the party , which is opposed , under any and all
circumstance? , to the creation of a great centra ]
moneyed power , controlling as it might the prices ol
labor and merchandise , and ultimate l y the libeiiiet
of I lie people.
But , gentlemen , expanding our views beyond the
vastl y extended limits of our country, we present
here today the party whose keenest sympathies have
pvec been elicited in favor of freedom throug h all
its blood y strugg les with despotism in Greece , in
Poland , in France , and Hungary, or wherever else
the sun in its course looks down upon the image of
God strugg ling to break the. chains of his oppressor ;
of the party which has never proved false to the hon-
or and.jllory of our own country ; whic h has never
withheld the-p roteciion due to every American
citispn , whether a brave seaman impressed into
British service , or a no less brave soldier shot down
upon the banks of the Rio Grande ; which lias nev-
er-refuse d lo vote supp lies for the brave officers and
goldiers who were fignting the battles of their coun-
try in n forei gn and sickl y cli me , subjected to every
privation , and exposed to insta nt death.
Gentlomen of the Convention—The divisions and
bickerings which have too long distracted the dem-
ocratic'party happ il y for our ' country are passing
away, and the "friends of equal ri ghts , of reform , and
of progress , are harmonizin g, and uniting their
ftrength. Shall Massachusetts longer stand in ihe
way of the great reforms so much needed in our
own state ? I sincerel y believe that a majority of the
people of the commonwealth demand a change in
the rulers and the administration of our state q., - for the able , di gnified and im-
partia l manner in which he has presided over its
deliberations.
Also, on motion of Ihe same gentleman ,
Vote d, That the thanks of the convention be
tendered to the secretaries for the faithf u l and effi-
cient manner in which they have performed their
duties.
Voted , That Ihe thanks of the convention be ten-
dered lo the democratic citizens of Worcester , for
the excellent arrangements made by them for the
accommodation of this meetin g.
Voted , That the proceedings o( this convention
be pub lished in all the democratic newspapers in
the commonwealth.
Three hearty cheers were now given for BOUT-
WELL and CUSHMAN , and thereupon the con-
vention was form all y dissolved.
fM^C coregressional district.
^•OCRATIC CONVENTION .
The Denurcrats in the several towns composing Con-
gressional District , No. 10, arc hereby notifi ed and re-
quested to elect delegates in the pioportio n of two for
every representative they are entitled to in the State
Legislature , to meet at. Crocker 's Hotel in Barnstable ,
on WEDNESDAY , .the 16th of October , at 11 o'clock,
A.M., for the purpose of selecting a candidat e to lie
supported by the Democratic party to represent said
District in the next Congress of the United States, and
for the transaction of such other business as may be
deemed necessary.
S. B. PIIINNEY , 1
ADAM MACKIE , | „. . .
JOHN PIERCE , i J'istnct
K. W. ALLEN, [Committee.
SIME ON 1IIG GINS, J
Sept. 17.
The Democrats in the several towns in Barnstable
County , are requested to send delegates equal to twice
their representation in the State Leg islature , to a
County Convention , to be holden at the Heading Room
of the Barnstable Patriot , on WEDNES DAY , Oct.
16th , at 9 o'clock, A. M , for the nomination of candi-
dates for the State Senate , and for the transaction of
all other business that may be deemed important.
By order of the Democratic County Committee .
S. B. PHINNEY , Chairman.
Barnstable , Sept.. 18, 1850.
Keinocrj atic Comnty Convention.
Every Massachusetts patriotic citizen , must feel
himsel f belittled , by the course of John Davis and
Robert C. Winthrop, her Senators in Congress , on
the great questions which have so seriousl y agitated
the country for the past nine months ; and which
have at last , so happ il y been quieted. And especial-
ly does the recent action of the last named of those
Senators give occas ion for a blush on the cheek of
his constituents. Aftej ; those great measures which
occasioned so many months of excitement and dis-
cord , and so violentl y t hreatened the disruption of
the Unnon, even , had been passed , and signed by the
President ; and while the whole country was re-
joicing over it; Winthrop—who has played upon
the ni gger question during the whole session , to the
disgust of those who had reason to ex pect more
statesman like conduct from him—introduced the ex-
citement anew into t-ke Senate , so needlessl y, and in
so boyish and silly a manne r, that his friends , even ,
must feel ashamed of him. On the subject of the
South imprisoning negro seamen from the North—
which they have long done , under certa in regula-
tions of their police , and which they feel it necessa-
ry to do, as a measure of safety—Winthrop read a
letter , in t he Senate , from a Captain Ranletf , ad-
dressed to himself , ma king a string of wholesale
charges aga inst the South , and pretending also to
give his own experience as a sea-Captain , touchin g
th is matter of negro imprisonment. Beside this ,
Winthrop pulled out some old memoranda he had
severa l years ago picked up from a negro boarding-
house- keeper , relative to this same kind of imprison-
ment , and paraded these details before the Senate !
Of course he was met—and met as he deserved to
be—by t he Southern Senators , with r idicu le and
sneers, for such a contemptible parade of such testi-
mony. He was called on to vouch for this testimo-
ny ;—ho couldn 't, for he knew nothin g about it ,
more than that it had come to him. Ho v/as inquir-
ed of if ho endorsed it ;—he couldn 't, for he had
neve r before heard of this "Capt. Ranlett. " lie was
asked if he believed it to be true ;—he didn 't know
anyth ing about it 1 This evidence which lie thus
foolishl y spread out in the Senate , was pronounced
false , by the whole Southern representation ; and
proved false, in part at least , by his brother Whi g
Senator Berrien of Georgia—and Winthrop couldn 't
defend it, nor support it. !—and thus the Senate were
kept two days in needless excitement bv this un-
timel y and very sill y interposition of Mr. Senator
Winthrop. Without the excuse which Mr. agita-
tion , abol ition Senator Hale would have had for such
a move—and without the courage or the ability
which he would have shown to defend it—Wi nthro p
made his sill y move , as it would seem , onl y to bring
ridicule upon himself , and mort ification to his con-
stituents. This Captain Ranlett , jud ging from his
own letter , wou ld be a fit companion for the famous
Capt . Walker , Ihe "bra nded hand" man , (the Har-
wich stare breaker,*
) who made so much fuss among
the abolitionists a few years ago, when he returned
from his negro stealin g expedition 1 And the next
disp lay Winthrop attempts ,on ni ggerdom in the Sen-
ate , we recommend to him to embellish by reading
also from Wal ker's book.
Daniel Webster—down to Robert C. Winthrop !
—"Oh what a fall was that my countrymen !" Con-
temp late the course of each of these men , in their
places at Washington , on the momentous questions
which they have taken part in for the last nine
months ; and consider that the last named , now oc-
cup ies the seat recentl y so gloriousl y filled by the
former as a Senator from Massachusetts during the
season of his greatest labors for his country 's good—
and what Massachusetts man will not involuntaril y
respond to the above quoted ejaculation.
District Convention.—Let us have a good
and a ful l representation from all parts of the Dis-
trict in the Convention for nomination of Member
of Congress here , or. the 16th prox imo. We oug ht
to put a good and true man in nomination , with a
determ ination to elect him. Nantucket , please send
us off some of you r good democrats—they are not
all in California , we know. Let us hear from the
Vineyard , too. New Bedford always attends. WT
e
hope the towns in this County will see to it that they
are represented.
The Agricultural Fair.— We believe there
is as much preparation for our approach ing fair, as
is usual. We hope we shall make a better show
than hitherto. We can 't expect any great things ,
here on the Cape ; but we have had no reason to
feel ashamed , or discouraged , here tofore ; and we
hope the interest of former years has increased.
Jenny Lind.—Jenny 's second concer t was full y
as enthus iastic as the first. She will appear in
Boston on Friday next.
Potato Rot in Matnk. —The editor of th e
Boston Atlas, who has been traveling throug h the
interior of Maine , stales t hat the rot is very preva-
lent , and the crop almost an entire failure in the
section whero ho has been,
Small Fry.
[Correspondence of the Barnstable Patriot.]
Washington , Sept. 20, 1850.
Since all the Omnibus has become lavs , we hav e
had rather quiet times in Washington. Both houses
have agreed to adjourn in a week from next Monday.
All hands are now on deck , busil y at work , in clos-
ing up the business of the session , and there is very
little to attract the attention of the quidnuncs. The
great attraction here just now , is the Turkish Am-
bassador. He came to the Cap ital yesterda y , and at-
tracted universal attention , wilh bis gorgeous naval
uniform and his cpi e.er cap. All the ladies are very
anxious to see him , notwithstanding that he is a
Turk , and probabl y has a score of wives at home.
But recollect , they are at home , and it may be pre-
sumed that being here , he may make love to all
the pretty women , married and sing le. It is said
however , that , in Constantinop le no Christian is al-
lowed to have any thing to say to the Turkish beau-
ti es. I presume that the lords of creation at the
Sublime Port , are the more cautious because they
have so many wives. The philosop hical and humor-
ous correspondent of the Baliimoie Sun thinks , that
if a treaty is made , with Tuikey, there should be
more reci procity on this impor tant matter. But I
leave that for Mr. Webster lo settle.
Yesterday the whole city was put in commotion
by an official report , that Jenny Lind was to be in
Baltimoi e on the 27th inst. There was a perfect
f uror here. The question was—will she visit Wash-
ington ? We must have her here , otherwise we shall
all have to go lo Baltimore. Some were for extend-
ing Ihe session a few days to see her. But next
mail knocked it all into a cocked hat ! An express
came from Barnum countermanding the order , and
so we must rest on our oais , and trust lo luck.
Yesterday, the President gave a dinner party to
some dozen and a half members of Congress. In
the arrangement Mr. Holmes , the able and distin-
guished member from South Carolina , chanced to be
placed between Gen. C'ass and Mr . Clay. Mr. Dick-
inson ,the talented and able Senator from New York ,
remarked audibl y, and with great naivete , and good
humor , "I can tell wh y the President has placed you
in this position. " The President and all the compa-
ny listened to the solution. "In the East Indies ,"
said the witty Senator , "when they take a wild
elep hant , they place him bet ween two tame ones."
There was a roar of good humored laug hter all
round , in which Mr . Holmes and the President join-
ed most heartil y. This was intended as a good
humored sall y at the extreme notions of South Car-
olina , and the Southern member , who is one of the
ablest statesmen of the South , knew how to take a
good joke.
The rumor of the clay is, that the Fillmore and
Seward sections of the Whi g party in New York ,
have buried the hatchet and united for the ensuing
election at last. This must admonish Democrats to
unite everywhere. Cato.
Gen. Cass.—The democrats of twenty-one coun-
ties in the State of Pennsy lvania have expressed
their preference of Gen. Cass for the Presidency in
1352. Many other portions of the democracy of the
Union have given expression to the same sentiments.
IfST'The steamer Ohio arrived at New York yes-
terday, with the California mails to the 18th ultimo.
Several fatal cases of cholera occurred on board the
Falcon and Ohjo. The news by Ihe Ohio is no later
than that found in another part of our today 's pa-
per by the Pennsy lvania.
lUTDr. Basselt , of Falmonlh , who was reported
as havin g fallen overboard from the steamer South-
erner , on her passage from Cleaveland to Detroit ,
requests us to say "lhat the followin g story, publish-
ed in the Detroit Tribune , is without foundation ,
and that it was gotten up with an attempt to injure
his private character:1
' "Justice ," in an article in
the New Bedford Mercury, also pronounces the
"whole a base tissue of falsehoods ," while the De-
troit Advertiser says Ihe story was a hoax got up by
Dr. Bassett himself to "comfort his wife " as "he was
bound to California , and wished her to think him
dead." We have ourself seen the veritable Doctor ,
and have no reason lo doubt the truth of his denial
of this marvellous story !
A NEW WAY TO GET RID OF A WlFE.—We
announced in the Tribune of Saturday, lhat Dr. Bas-
sett was drowned from the Southerner , on her wav
from Cleveland to Detroit. We did it on good au-
thority, but it now seems there is a little romance in
the story, and that Dr. Bassett is still alive and kick-
ing.
The facts, as they are related to us, are as follows.
A gentleman came on board of the Southerner , and
purchased a ticket for himself , calling his name
Morse. The Clerk gave him a slate room , and told
him he should be compelled to put another man in
the room with him. AH satisfactory. Mr. Morse
was very indifferentl y dressed. In a very short time
a person very genteell y dressed called for a ticket
under the name of Dr. B.issett. The Clerk gave
him a birth in the state room with Mr. Morse.
On the passage up, the story was started by Morse
that Dr. Bassett had fallen overboard while in the
act of vomiting. All credited it. After a few mo-
ments the Captain came to the conclusion that it
was singular that no other person than Mr. Morse
saw the accident , and some surmised foul play.
Dr. Bsssett's baggage was looked for in his room ,
but nothing but an old russet leather valise with his
name on it , could be found. This appeared rather
singular for so genteel a traveller , who would re-
quire at least a change of linen. Thus matters re-
mained until after the boat 's arrival at our wharf ,
and Mrs. Bassett was telegrap hed that she was a
widow.
On reviewing the whole circumstances , it was
concluded that Mr. Morse oug ht to be arrested and
an investi gation had. Accordingl y, a warrant was
obtained and an officer took charge of him. Mr.
Morse and Dr. Bassett , from the story of the prison-
er , are one and the same man , and ihe unfortunate
plot was a stratagem to rid himself of his wife at the
East. Ho tells the story thus : When he got the
ticket , he wore an old suit. As soon as he got the
key of his state room he entered at once , and placed
upon his person anoth er suit of clothes and a pair o!
false whiskers and went to the Clerk for another
ticket , as Dr. Bassett , which he says is his real name.
The drownin g scene was got up for the Eastern
market , where he has a wife , and desired it for home
consumption.
But hero again is the dilemma. Ihe Doctor is a
stranger here , and the last we heard from him , he
had not been able to prove that he teas himself', or in
other words that he was the identical Dr. Bassett,
and the police still hold him a prisoner , until he can
make satisfactory evidence , t hat Dr. Bassett is not
now :i clrown pil man in Lake Erie.
iHTThe Rochester famil y have seen Professoi
Webster and Dr. Parkman walkin g arm in arm in
the Spirit World.
gifRead the advertisement of Mr. Joshua C.
Collins , in another column. He.keeps one of the
best assortments of Cooking Stoves , Japanned , Tin
and Britann ia Ware , to be found in Boston. He is
deservin g a large share of the Cape trade , and those
who want to buy on reasonable terms , will be sure
to call upon him at No. 57 Union street.
Light House on Minot 's Ledge.—We un-
derstand , says the Boston Herald , lh at Mr. J. C.
Bennett , well known to our mercantil e community
and to the public generall y, as the patentee of sev-
eral admirable inventions for the preservation of
human life at sea, has been appointed keeper of the
li ght house on Minot 's Ledge, the duties of which
office he will assume on the first of October.
lH"Tho State Valuation Committee met at Bos-
ton , on Wednesday, last.
iS°We shall be glad to hear from our Orleans
C orrespondent.
IfirGov. Hill says that the statement that his po-
tatoes are entirel y destroyed by the rot , is without
foundation.
JN ew York , Sept. 20, p >
The steamshi p Philadel phia ,fVom Chagre
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s
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at her wh.uf at a little past four o'clock
0
thi
a^ll v
°il
noon.
IS
"^Mif.
The Philadel phia brings one million dollars i '3
and one hundred passengers. 8"1(}
RIOT AT SACRAMEN TO.
By this arrival we have intelli gence of
and blood y riot at Sacramento. r
'0»s
The subject of the Government Reserves h
ated great excitement , and found its way • r
°re"
courts of law. A case had been decided jn
e
the courts against some squatters , (or those w|
6
°'
taken possession of , and settled on Govp ''^
lands , without legal authority,) which hii> hlv
Ctlt
perated the whole body, and they resolved o "^^
cible measures of resistance to the decree of n °f"
tborities. u"
A large number of the squatters proceeded t
themselves, and gave notice that they would *
tect the , land they had seized and occupied ,%v .
the spilling of blood was the consequence of •
tainin g what they believed to be their rights,
A numerous bod y of citizens were enrolled
armed , and awaited the orders of the magistrate
The excitement increasecl ,and soon a dreadfu l '
ensued. Guns and pistols were freel y used ,amj
conflict was terrible. The Mayor was bold a^j ,.
ilant in his endeavors to quell the riot ,but fell ., ,.
tim to the murderous shots of the infuriate d niob
Bravel y advancing into their very midst , he u
every exertion , first to persuade the rioters to peil
and then , when his voice was unheeded , to arr .
the ringleaders. The Mayor and the Cit y Assp
sor were mortall y wounded. Several citizens we
also wounded severel y,—some of them fatall y.
Some ten or twelve individuals were report.)
k illed in this affray—but the exact number was n
known.
Martial law was proclaimed ,immediatel y after tL
riot had been subdued ,and the citizens united in n,
most stringent measures to keep the peace.
A steamer was despatched from Sacramento |
0
Benicia , in order to obtain assistance from a body of
the United States forces stationed at that place.
The squatters were by no means thoroughl y beat,
en , and they threatened to make another attack ed
destroy the city by conflagration. The utmost alarm
existed in consequence. Indeed , the passengers 1W
the Philadel phia state that advices reached San
Francisco, just before the sailing of the steatner,
that the marauders had carried out the threat , anil
that the City of Sacramento was in ruins. . ,
THE MINERS.
The news from the gold region is rather more en-
courag ing than by the last arrival. The rivers had
lowered considerabl y, and miners began to wovk to
advantage. An immense amount of gold is begin,
ning to be taken from the banks of the Yuba , and
from beds of ravines in the nei ghborhood.
At the Mormon Gulch , miners have been more
than usuall y successful. The forei gners, who atono
lime had complete possession of this rich locality,
have been compelled to leave , but not without con.
siderable disturbance. * ' -
On the uppeAimnch of the Feather river, for-
tunes have b^B^^Bssed in a
very
short
time , and
the miners onl y waited easy transportation to San
Francisco. The water had been turned from small
streams , and the beds had been found to be literal-
ly "golden sands." A lump had been found , weigh-
ing about thirty pounds , about one half of which
was pure gold. Three individuals at this place, !
!
the result of twenty day 's labor , obtained about ${,-
000 each. Many were earning $40 per day, week
in and out. Notwithstanding all this , hundrerii of
persons , unused to mining, were experiencing Ihe
severest poverty and hardship.
The old miners give it as their opinion that Ili8
gold di gging has as yet hardl y commenced. Expe-
rience in prospecting, and the facilities of machinery,
it was thoug ht , would soon bring forth the hidden
ore in a profusion perfectl y astonishing to the citi-
zens on the A'.la'ntic seaboard.
The shi pments of gold , the present {all ,..will by
far exceed all previous invoices. '
» MARKETS.
Breadstuff 's—The arrivals have been larg e,anil
flour has a tendency to decline. Lumber—Slock
large , averaging $40 per M. Shing les and Lathi-
Market overstocked , and prices dull. Paints »w
Oils still in good demand. Boots, shoes, and cloth"
ing—Market well supp lied , and pr ices easy.
EUTThe splendid "Simmons Block ," corner of
Water and Congress streets , Boston , is well woilM
look. John Simmons & Co. now occupy the cllani-
bers with their vast stock of clothing, but are fillii'S
up the lower grand room for retail trade.
¦Attleboro ', in special town meeting, has diref'6"
its Selectmen to offer a reward of $500 for tie de-
tection of the incendiaries who have latel y stl "
v0
to school houses and barns in that town.
The net proceeds of the sale of tickets for Jenry
Lind's Third Concert in New York , amounte d'0
upwards of $27 ,000.
Mr. George Pratt , of Middlebor o', while 'ridi"?
throug h New Bedford , on Thursday last , wastni'owD
to the grou nd by the falling of his horse, aid con-
siderab ly injured. It is thoug ht he will reciver.
It is rumored , says the Bost on Post, that (Ch"r'eS
Hudson , Naval officer at Boston , wro te Preside"'
Fillmore , that if he signed the Boundary anl Terrl'
torial bills as they passed Congress , he woull i'es'»
his office.
In 1681, Henry Dow was chosen towncler* °
Hampton , N. II. Since that time the dfice l'ilS
been in the famil y, and held by himself anl descfi"
dents 120 years. Pie had it himSelf 21 yen's to be'
gin with.
The oldest man in Concord , Major Janes »8
ret , who was engaged in secreting the stoies, &c''#
the Americans on ihe 19th of April ,'1775, u> ed '"
that town on Thursday ni ght , aged 99.
Mrs. James Arnold of New Bedford , has g've"
real estate worth $8,000, to the city, f