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SnipWRF.CK AND SUFFERING. —T!lO bri g Or e"
gon , Capt. Berry, of Somerset , Mass., foundered at
f --a on the 17th ult., in hit 32 15,lon 71 7. Slielefi
S-ivannah on the 12th with n load of lumber for
ij une raet. A letter from the captain and roate,pnb-
lulled in the Savannah News, says :—
'•The vecsej had fiiiR weather for n few days , but
iho cre w were, dail y reduced bv sickness , u ntil onl y
"Me man before the must remained on duty. On
(!•!¦ 1 0th , she began to leak badl y—re qui ring con-
~';i nt use of the pumps. A heavy gale .setting m N.
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*. fa , enabled us to steer for Ch-u-leston ; the gale
incre asing jn violence , lji|t little sail "'a s kept on the
v<> ^- el ; the water rising in the hold over 3 feet. At
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A il ¦<• ¦n i r i i nn ii: ) i' o I ' M i r c o m r ad e s .A n« "i' us Xov-
: i:i , a tviv , i n t h e a 1 of heavy timber was thrown into the sea , and
dashed about by the waves for a time , greatl y en-
dangering the safety of the bqat , whjc.li was scarcel y
able to live in the heavy sen.
After clearing the foundered vessel , the crew , in
"heir small open boat , which they were onl y enabl ed
to keep afloat by constantl y bailing with their lints
am) shoes, floated about til) morning, exp ecti n g ev-
firy sea to swamp them. As soon as it was liyht ,
they directed their course for land , guided by t he
i"i;i), having no compass on board. In this situat ion,
with onl y a scanty supp ly of bread and water , with
five sick men , they were, exposed for thirt y hours ,
when they were fortun atel y discovered and* rescued
bv the J. W. Godfrey.
C.-ipt. B. was unable to save anything from tlit
wie.ck, having lost even his clothing, except what lit
Wov e at the time.
Sib John Ross's Exp edition.—The. annexed
letter was received yesterday afternoon ,by the Sec-
retary of the Hudson 's Bay Company, fioni Sir John
'loss, giving an account of the progress of his expe-
dition in search o( Sir John Franklin , It, will be
recollected that the ,expedition sailed from Scotland
on the 23d of May last. —[London Times Sept. 23.
"Fiihi Discovkky Vessel, )
Holsleinborg, June , 1850. f
My Dear Sir :—T leave this with the Danish Kcs-
i'lent at Holsteinborg, merel y to say that we have
wifel y arrived here , after a lair passage
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am) siltho '
we experienced two heavy gales , we sustained no
damage , while we had amp le' proof of both the ' Fe-
lix and the Mary being excellent steamboats as well
rn good sailors—in short , they are both everythin g
we could desire. As I do nqt expect that this will
reach yo u till Qcfober , a? ijt will go by the Danish
jto venimcnt vessel that leaves this in/September , I
shall not s'end my accounts , vouehers , §c, being in
hope that I shall oveitake the trans port |3mrna Eu-
gen ia aj Whali 'iish Island ,or at least some lionie.ward
b'u:nd ves>e! that will reach Eng land befoie that
time . My obj ect ill coming horn was to obtain a
Danish inter preter who understand ihe E-quimaux
language , and before I close tiiis I shall be able tn
«ay if I have succeeded. We overioojj the p,anislj
govern ment b.ri g Titus , SI days from Copenhagen ,
parted with her on 'the 1G of June , and arrived here
four (j ays before her , althoug h we had the Maiv in
to\y 1 have onl y to add tlift we arc well and in hi gh
.
ipjrj t's and that 1 am , yours very faithfully.
John Ross.
A. Barcla y , Esq.
p. S.—I have Ihe pleasure 1 to add that I have suc-
ceeded in obtaining an Esquimaux who understands
t he Danish language ; and having now made »|1 the
preparations necessary for our arduous undertakin g ,
we an' now ge!!ii >2 under wei ^h , I intend fir-t to
t''y 10 pret arrows at 01.ee , and , if I fail in th.if , to fol-
low ihe. usual course up the ens! side oi'ISafFji ^s Hjiy,
&c.
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Gijicat NEpno Indignation Mi- eting,—]>si
pveniii L' a large meeting of ihe < oloi cd jico ple ol th is
<-il y took place in the Zion 's Chr.reh,corner of Leon-
ard and Church streets. The building was crowded
to overflowing The j neplinn; being called to order ,
lilts follo wing officers were appo inted :— William I',
Ptwi'll , president: twent y one persons were elected
vice presidents , and two persons secretaries. A
flaming speech whs made by the president , whic h
5v,-is received with the loudest app lause. At the close
pfihe Rre-ndent 's address , Wi n. G. Wilson rend the .
Fug itive Slave Bill and also a series of resolutions ,
denouncing the law and the fVamers ol if, and calling
iipor] the colored peop le to rise up and arm them-
selves. The resolutions were received with gieat
cheering and loud huzz.irs—and order being restor-
ed they were unanimousl y passed. Dr. McCnne
Ki nitl i was intro duced , and made quite a len gth y ad-
diess— at the conclusion he appealed with feeling to
the, case, of the slave Hamlet, who was latel y taken
back to Baltimore , and restored to his owner ,in which
he sa|d that when Hamlet 's wife heard of it , her
rninf f was so tortured th at she, shortl y after died. —
At the conclusion of this address , a liymn was snn«
and a collection taken up, to defray the expenses of
certain fugiti ve slaves , who were now on thei r way
fo Canada. Several other speakers were then in-
troduced , after which , the meeting broke up verv
quietl y.—[New York Sun , Oct. 2.
Horrid Murder is Chi'-stkh County.—We
jir a informed by letter from West Chester , ol a mur-
der in Chester county, The victim was Ph pehe
Hharp less, daug hter of Aaron Sharp less, near Ilain-
f rton. in that county. She had been the teac her of
1% school near Rock y Hill , three miles ea«t of West
Chester. On Saturday morning, about S o'clock, as
the schplara began to assemble at ihe school , they
discovered her lying lifeless at the door , she havin«
been ehot in the back part of the neck ,so as to cause
justant death.
The yyadtji ng of a gun was lying near by,and the
person who perpetrated the deed must have been
secreted behind a walrut tree which stooil at the
distanc e of 35 or 40 feet in front of the door.
The unf ortunate young lady was about twent y
ytfiirs of age , and of 'the hi ghest respectab ility. Her
unhappy fate has excited the deepest feeling of re-
gret , and aro'ised the whoie popul ation in the vicin-
ity of West Chester.
ITesterday morning, a young man named George
Pharaoh , was arrested , who is supposed to be. tlie
murderer. Circumstances tend strong l y to fix tlie
crime wpon him. He had frequently been seen a-
bo'ut the place , and the gun wnd ding picked up was
of paper correspond ing with a numbe r of the Sat-
urday Evening Post found upon liis person.
The prisoner denies knowing anything ol the mat-
ter, lie acknowled ges that he was out gunnin g on
the morning of the murder , but asserts that he was
pot nearer the school house than a quarter of a
mile,.—[Philadel phia North American , 30lh.
Attempt to d e f r au d a Hani.:.—On Thurs-
da y a person , whose n.ime is unknown , induced a
boy in Sea street to present a check for 8?I ,G84 , at
the Freeman 's Bank , pur porting to be signed by
the President of that bank. The money was paid ,
ftnd when the boy looked for his emp loyer he was
(lot to be found. Mr. Lak' n , a blacksmith , seeini;
the boy in scan h of some one , questioned him ,' the
money was returned to the B,mk , and it was dis-
fovercd on examinatio n that the check whs a f'or-
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»r^r.—fKosto n Atlas , S»lurd»r.
TesBSii €'O5"agrcssj oisa! Disis'ict.
DEMOCR ATIC CONVENTION.
T:>c Oemoci .its in the several tow ns compo-ing Con-
erL ^ -ioiiMl JJNnii t. No. 10, are hereby notified and re-
qiK' -ted to elect delegates in the nt'o)>o ,tiou of two for
every rcprc sc ntathe they are entitled to in the State
fA'g iMatuic. to meet at Crocker 's Hotel in Barnsud.le.
on WKv XKiSDAY , the ICth of October , at II o'clock ,
A. ,M., for the purpose of selecting a candidate to lie
sn pportetl l\v the Dcmocr.nie |>a.rtv to represent said
Di strict in the next Cormre-s of the United States, and
(or th e transaction of such other business as may be
d eemed nccctsarv.
IS, B. PIITNNRY , "I
ADAM MACKIB , _ . . .
JOHN 1'IERCE , L Dlitnct
K. \V. ALLEN", f Committee.
SIMEON H1GGINS , J
Sept. 17.
1he Dem ocrats in the several towns in Barnstablc
County, are requested to send delegates equal to twice
thei r representation in the State Legislature , to a
County Convention, to he holclen at the Heading- Room
of the Barnstahle Patriot , on WEDNESDAY , Oct.
16th. at 9 o'clock , A. M , for the nomination of candi-
dates for the State Senate , a nd for the transaction of
all other business that may ho deemed important.
Bv order of the Democratic County Committee.
S. B. PHINNEY , Chairman.
Barnstsiblc, Sept. IS , 1830.
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Democratic County Convention.
On the first page of (lie Patriot today, we liave
placed specimens of the popular op inion among the
Democrats of the Northern State's , respecting the
wisdom , the. upri ghtness and consistency of conduct ,
and i he exalted merits , of the eminent statesman
whose name we have, written above. Wt; inv ite the
attention of otir readers to them. We find like sen-
timents to pervade the political speculations in the
papers of the Democratic party p roper. No higher
comp liment could be paid to Gen. Cass—not even
by an election to the Presidency—than is paid in the
adoption , by the leg islature of Ihe country, of the
very princi ples on which he , himself , made the great
issue of 1848, on which his friends so gallantl y foug ht
for his elevation ,and against which were then array-
ed the very champ ions of his opponents ; and to
have those same champ ions now battlin g side by side
with him in the Senate , and strivin g to outdo him ,
even , in efforts to establish those princi ples and en-
graft them into the legislation of the country.
U ho does not remember the ridicule and sneers
vy ilh which the Nicholson letter was received by the
Whi gs, and the obloquy with which its author and
his adherents weie loaded by the Whi g press and
Whi g statesmen , durin g the canvass of '48 ?—and
who could have thou g ht that Webster and Clay
would so soon hav e emp loyed , to the utmost , their
united powers and their united influence , to estab-
lish I lie doctiines , and carry into effect the very re-
commendations , of that celebrated letter ? What
does not Lewis Cass merit , for havin g laid down the
very princip les—as iiis own princi ples, and those on
which he would haye his election to depend—the
yery princi ples which the party coming into power
by repudiating, find themselves obli ged to adopt as
Ihe correct princi p les, and the onl y, on which to
preserve the harmon y and unity of the government,
Surel y, if fidelity to princi p le be meritori ous, then
docs Lewis Chss deserve the hi ghest honors his
countr y can bestow , for boldl y declarin g those prin-
ci ples on which he and his friends were overthrown
in a popular encounter ; and , notwithstandin g thai
deluat , for faithfull y and pcrsevering ly adheiing to
them until th ey trium p h over all the opposition of
al l factions , and in sp ite of pride and ptejudice , are
adopted , by those n.osl eminent , of those who most
wilfull y foug ht against them , three years ago. We
a^ain ask attenti on to the first page of the Patriot
todav.
Hon. ILcivis Cj sss.
Who Shall He Bk. ?— That 's th e question. —
Tho Whi gs take it for granted that they shall choose
their man , and so seem to be strivin g in the dif-
ferent sections of the District to secure tho nom-
ination- for different favorites. Now "cntlemen
—you of New Bedford , and you , also, at Nan-
tucket (and we mig ht as well speak to them on the
Vineyard too , we suppose)—don 't give yourselves
any further trouble about the matter , at all ! We
assure you the question is settled/o»-)/o«. The cards
have been shuffled , cut , and so dealt ,tha t "you can 't
come in ," and you may as well dismiss all further
anxiet y. We announce to you , that our worth y
friend and nei ghbor , the distinguished ex-president
of the Senate, the Hon. Zeno Scudder , is to be your
candidate ;—and , if he can 't be beaten , he 'll be youi
—nji r—member of Congress !
lour needn 't ask us , how we know this ;—fo r we
shall not tell you , if you do. But yon are wastin g
wordsj n discussin g, in the. New Bedford Mercury,
the qualification s of Mr . George Rowland Jr. and
Mr. Thomas D. Elliot—for we tell you ,Zeno is to It
the man .
' Nonsense , for New Bedford to think ol
any bod y else but Zeno. And how sill y it is, foi
the Nantucket Inquirer to parade before the public ,
that in the last thirty years , Barnstable County has
had the Representative twenty, and Nantu cket bin
two years ! That 's nothing, and has noth ing to do
with the case. Zeno is the man—ami Zeno is to he
your candidate ! The Mr. Mitchell you recommend
may be a very nice sort ofa man—doubtless is—but
he must wait anothe r quarter of a century , or so:
for Zeuo is ta go—provided he can be chosen—you
have got to have him for your candidate ,at any rate !
And then our neutral friend of the Vineyard Ga-
zette—we. don 't blame you , for remindin g the other
portions of No. 10, that your Island , also, hel ps to
make up the "Fishing District ;" and that you have
some cap ital men amonast you ,fit to go to Congress.
It is no go, however. Your Doctor Fisher 's claims
and qualifications have been talked over—but you
and he, and all your claims , are to be blinked , and
Zeno is ta be nominated ! We feel rather sorry for
the host of Whi g asp irants about the District. It
woul d be a very pretty affair for Mr. Elliot , if he
could go to Congress. Fie can afford it , t hey say.—
And Mr. President Page—who has long been itch-
ing and aching to get there—could be spared from
the Cape <£od Bran ch (Amos could take charge ol
that now under Lincoln 's tutela ge) but the wiley
['resident has har dl y got over his defeat ill the at-
tempt to get, at the head of the Old Colony Road ,
with a salary of $3500, and he hiowx 'tis settled that
Zeno is to be the man , anil so he'll "lay low" and not
expose himself again. They have another man.
The WSsisr Candidate for Congress.
whose qualifications are brillia ntl y, extravagantl y,
set forth in the Mercury . We don 't know him , nor
do we,exactly remember his name now ,and we have
mislaid the paper ; but we, think it reads "Ninni-
cuin Fideiius Esq., of Squairbetly .
'" Doubtless that
is a whi g village wiihin the limits of tlie te nth dis-
trict—and we are inclined to think ,from the exalted
ch aracter given him in Ihe Merr-ur\ , that N innicum
is the best qualified of all the candidate s—including
Zeno.
We, hear of the pretensi ons of Mr. Senator Jenk-
ins of Faimouth , and Mr. Commissioner Crowell of
Den nis—or , rathe r, of the pretensions some of their
friends make for them ; for they are both too modest
and too sensible to intii gue for the nomination and
ri ght good wort hy citizens they are too , and would ,
either of them , be an irresistible candidat e vy*nomi-
natei l, and a most excellent M. C. (/elected ; (th us
much we do not hesitate to volunteer for those gen-
tlemanl y whi gs) but " 'tis all over " with them , and
their friends !
In short ,we repeat , f inally ; and we know where-
of we do affirm ;—'t is settled , the Hon. Zeno Scud-
der of Barnstable—whom Jesse Mann the distin-
miishcd Native American at Boston , nominated for
Lieut. Governor , in Fa neuil Hall , about a month
ago \_idiat are you laug hing c7i ?] in place of Gov.
Reed , and who has never yet declined that nomina-
tion—he z's la be your candidate for Congress from
the 10th District.
Still , you gentlemen delegates from Nantucket ,
New Bedford Sir., had better come down to Il ya n-
nis to the Convention. You 'll have a pleasant time.
Goodspeed will feed you well. We w.int to see you
here too. We want you should hel p get up our ex-
tension rail-road excitement. The thing diags ; and
toe can 't do it all , alone. Come down ; you 'll have
all the more leisure to help us,for your own business
being done up so snug for you before hand.
Hotel at Coh,vssi;t Naerows.—Wo noticed in
the Sandwich Observer , a week or two since , a commu-
eation upon this subject. We then laid the paper by,
intending to refer to it, but cannot now lay our hand
upon it again, We have , bcfoic , had our attention
called to that subject , and know something of the loca-
tion and of the importance of having a public house , of
the ri ght stamp there ;—aiid travelling that way again
last week , our attention was drawn anew to the consid-
eration of the subject. "Cohassct Narrows ,'1 is, indeed
a most eli gible , most ca pital point , at which to concen-
trate fashionable summer travel ; offering inducements
for recmition and enjoyment , and holding out promise
of invi goration and restoration to invalids , which can-
not, hereabouts, be surpassed—neither at Newport or
Nahant—and which would not for a sing le season
longer be neglected , if proper accommodations should
be provided. A hotel , a good one , is greatl y needed
there for such , and for more constant accommodation.
We remember that this matter engaged the atten-
tion of some enterprising cap italists , a couple of )rears
ago, or so ; and a subscr iptio n of (520,000 we think)
was at once filled for tli e purpose of building, by joint
stock company, a proper house at the Narrows. There
socmed then , nothing to hinder the immediate carrying
out of this project. The site was determined on , and
the Directors of the Cape Cod Branch Kail Hoad were
addressed upon the subject , by the projectors of the
enterprise , asking their consideration of it , and wheth-
er it would meet with any favor from them. And here
it is not improper to say—indeed we think it very ap-
propriate to speak of it. for because of it ,wo bclieve jthc
enterprise was then abandoned—that dignified and gra-
cious clan of ^
's-managcr.s,those wonderfull y astute fin-
anciers.who have done so many other like clever things
to keep clown the success of theii road and the price of
its stock , and to enlist the prejudices and anti pathies
of the public—its best patrons in particular—against
it—those gentlemanly Directors , never gave the matter
any consideration at all !—did not so much ns reply to
the communication sent them !
In accordance with the rest of their stupid manage-
ment of tha affairs of that corporation , they suffered
this opportunity to increase the business of their road
and -the travel over it , to go by,unnoticed—turned their
hacks upon it , and engaged in fouvpenny reductions of
stage fare on the Cape , and sent their President on
twopenny Car speculations into the country !
Tiie Company proposing to build—and who were
prepared to build—a much needed hotel , at, this most
eligible spot; not being able to hear from the famous
managers of the road ; not knowing whether they were
li kel y to receive the encouragement or countenance of
those managers—or whether the cars would ever be al-
lowed to stop in the vicinity ,—or whether they should
be more likel y to incur the jealousy and hostility of
those Directors (as every thing and every bod y else
had that had promised to advance the best interest of
the road ) abandoned the proposed erection of a hotel
in discouragement and disgust.
We are glad to sec the subject renewed again. We
hope our Sandwich friends will agitate it. A first class
hotel , like the Samoset House at Plymouth—costing
about half as much , though—would be thronged with
the most popular and profitable visitors during the
summer , we are sure ; and it could not hut indirectl y
benefit Sandwich and the rest of us further down the
Cane.
JnR Democratic State Central Commit-
tee met in the Democratic Reading Room, Boston ,
on Wednesday last , and was organized by the choice
of Edwai'd Thoinilike , of Charlestown , as Chair-
man ; Thomas Gill , Secretary, and George Robeits ,
Treasurer. Executive Committee—Caleb Gushing,
of Newbur yport ; Frederick Robinson , of Marble-
head ; Henry Crocker , and John T. Heaid , of Bos-
ton , and Ithamar W. Beard , of Low ell. Messrs.
dishing, of Newbur yporl ; Mayo , of Boston ; Bea rd ,
of Lowell ; Dresser , of Worcester , and Leland , ol
Fall River , were appo inted a Committee to prepare
a State Address , and subse quentl y reported one,
which was accepted , and referred to the Executive
Committee with instructions to print , &c.
BiT'The following Delegates have been chosen
to attend the District and County Conventions, to be-
holden in this place on the IGlh inst., viz : John A.
Baxter , S. B. Phinney, Daniel Basset , Freeman Ilal-
Ict , Thomas B. Lewis , Daniel Parker , Tho mas Nye,
Henry E. McCollum , Robinson Weeks , Fre derick
Parker , Leander Nit kerson , Ja mes N. Lovell.
Agawam.—The "Rochester Knockings "' have re-
centl y made their appearance in the quiet little vil-
lage of Agawam. Those who were unac quainted
with the mysteries of these singular knockings , be-
came considerabl y alarmed , and the excitement they
produced has not wholl y subsided.
SSTThe bri g Rngelim , Capt. Crouell , now on the
Railway of Capt. Elijah Tay lor , at fi yannis , will be
launched thi s afternoon at 2 o'clock. She is about
300 tons burthen , and if good weather a large num-
ber of persons will bo in attendance to witne ss the
interesting sight.
Thanksgiving.—The Governor , with the ad-
vice and consent of the Council , has appointed
Thursday, the, 28th (lay of November , as the day for
Ihe annual Tlianksgivin " in this Commonwealth.
lH?'The recei pt of the Mechanic Exhibition at
Faneuil and Qniucy Halls , Boston , for the sixteen
days were, upwards of $20 ,000, and the expendi -
t ures equall y liberal .
Sixteen Days Later from California.—
News from the Mines.—The steamshi p Cherokee ,
from .Chagres , arrived at New York last Saturday,
with later news from California and the Isthmus.
She left Chagrcs on the , 20th of September , and
brings San Francisco dates to Sept. 1st.
The Cherokee left the steamers Georg ia , Emp ire
City and Alabama , at Chagres, waiting passengers.
Tho mails and bullion had come down ; they were
all expected to sail the same day.
The Cherokee had 140 passengers , and over one
million gold on frei ght and in the hands of passen-
gers.
The followin g intelli gence fiom the mines is taken
from the A lia California :
"Accounts from the mines are encourag ing. The
mines in the vicinity of Humboldt Bay, are , perhaps ,
at the present time , full y as rich as the most profita-
ble deposits in California yet known. In the Trin-
ity, Chaste and Kilmarth rivers , thousands are at
work with extraordinary average success, and new
diuer debts and acts , but may be prosecuted if he
weds another during the life time of his paramour.
The Spring field Republican says that the colored
peop le of that place are getting considerabl y excit-
ed in regard to the new slave law , and have armed
themselves against any emergency that may arise.
The Rev. Mr. Mars (colored) preached a sermon
from the text , "And he that hath no sword , let him
sell his garment (o buy one."
Fred erick Douglass, the disunio nist , stands
in a perilous position . Affidavits have been made
in Mary land, with a view to carry ing him back to
slavery. We should not cry if his master caug ht
him. —[Boston Herald.
Mr. Willis has found out one imperfection in
Jenny Lind—viz : she cannot mount on horseback
without a chair !
Sea Seirpeait in flic I-Icavctis.
Assaults on Seamen.—Before th P it^^
F. Hallelt , U. S. Commissioner .Daniel R i *• fc
ter , and Tbos. W. Stafford , mate of , h(, , K «,£
K. Aiken , we re beard on the charge of h,, " ^vh
woundin g Cba.les M yers , one of "
the ere "R «n 1
voyage, to Trinidad. It appeared that the »!' Ol1
Hi,
beca l me d , and was ta ken abac k whil e lj ' >i»
colored seaman ,) was steering at the whe p1
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wh ich the mate ran alt , and alte r some wo,-(i ' "l'oi,
the man in the face and drew blood . rJ-i sl rUi-L
who was below at the time , cam e on dcel- .
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out any inquiry into tho matter struc k '
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the wheel several blows. Afterw ards , in ^ "*""> si
tween the male and the captain , t h e '
cat'\' -'"^ W.
the mate that he (the mate) was in the wron'"" to||i
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the helm and the man was li ght. 8 iUio^
The commissioner sent up both partie s to I)
cnit Court the 16(h Oc tober , on the; ground ''•
was always unjustifiable to strike a mai 'it
wheel , that the mate was in the wrong, am|
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tain wrong in following up and supportin g 11,
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before be ascertained the ri ghts of the niatt (.
e
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re quired in $50 each , which was "ivcn rV» ™«i|
Post, 4th inst. * LB(-'Sl0h
An Insane Mayor.—Pittshurg, Oct. g
thoug ht that the Mayor of this city has beeoivT '••
sane. On Tuesday ni ght he ordered a por(;
e "¦li-
the City Councillors to be arrested and sent t ". 'f
They were immediatel y discharged by the JUlt -'"'I
Writ of Habeas Corpus. Next day Barker tj
2e
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encd to hang the Jud ge. The Councillor s w(,, e
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gain committed tojail ,aiid again diseharop c] 0 ^
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the Mayor 's hands. Barker threatened to inir, .^1
them all , and all the Jud ges. Great excit L''""
1
prevails in the city. le»l j
Ihe Boston Republican , free sod , speaki ggo f .,
Democratic candidate for Governor , says :
¦Mr. Boutwell , their candidate for Governor , j,
young man of about 33 years of age , of talent ,!). '
acter and experience. He is deservedl y |iop (,j
with his party , and Mill poll its full strength. Shmii
he be elected Governor ,the government ol th (> S|
would be safe in his hands . He is a warm fVipi^ i
Temperance and Education , an advocate of t'|,()|,
my and n lorm in state affairs , and in point of 3':]"
it}- superior to Gov . Bri»«s.
Glorious Jimi< s in Congress. —The ¦\Vil ,i
ington correspondent ol the N. Y. Evenin g Post j
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n
a letter written on Sunday week , says :
"Last ni ght, was a glorious lime in the House. J .
refer first to personal matters , the chairman of tL
Committee of Ways and Means , (Mr. Bayl y of V»\
and some other members were gloriously ruddy
and the House , generall y, was in a gloriousl y <>o0(j
humor. "
If Congress should pass a law abolishing the snir.
it rations in the Cap itol , business would be trnii saf|.
cd with more promptness and wisdom than has
hitherto been the case.—[Boston Journal.
The Directors of the Barnstable Bank hav e de.
clared their fiftieth semi-annual dividend ol fout
and one-half per cent , payable on Monday, the, Jt|,
inst. We are informed that this Bank has paid dj.
vidends , including the present one, to the amount of
183 1-2 per cent on its cap ital stock since its incur,
poration in 1825.—[Reg ister.
We learn that Mr. Samuel Rogers, was killed by
the up setting ofa cart upon him , in Chatham , on
Saturday, 21st ult. He was about sixty years of
age.— [Ibid.
Elopement.— A Hard Case.—W m. L. Wood,
who has recentl y lived on the Boston road , near the
Armory, has disappeared from town , and his disap-
pearance has been attended by circumstances which
combine to form a peculiarl y bad case , if not one of
revolting humanity. Before leavin g he sold nil his
furniture to a female relative , who lives in West
Spring field , and she on Wednesday, after he hud
left , stri pped the house of everythin g it contained ,
not even excepting a bed for Mrs. Wood , who had
been confined within a week ! Mrs. W. thus left
without common comforts , and unable to hel p her-
self , managed to make her condition known ton (
nei ghbor , Mr. Reuben B. More , who took herloliis
house , where she was kindl y cared for. Her infiml
died on Wednesday ni ght in consequence , it is »)i\,
of' the exposure to which it was unleelin nl y subject-
ed. The nurse emp loyed to take care ol Mrs.
Wood during her illness is also missing and las
probabl y joined Wood. This is decidedl y a bail af-
fair.—rSpring field Post.
Several large fares of mackerel arrived at Glou-
cester last week from the Bay Chaleur. The vei-
scla on this coast , especiall y the Cape Cod »ml
South Shore vessels, have done literall y nothing. —
Sch. Joh n , Capt. Parker , arrived at Gloucester 011
Sunday week , with 400 bblf. mackerel , absent only
five weeks. Mackerel are sold as soon as landed »t
$10 for No. l's, $8 for No. 2's. The market will
improve if the catch does not increase.
A brakeman on the Fall River Railroad stepped
out on Saturday ni ght week , to New Yrork , leaving
an interesting wife and one baby. Ca use , jealous/'
—[Boston Chronotype. ¥,
The Lowell Courier (whi g) savs that such a 'pM'
li lent heiesy ' as free soilism will not be supported 1"
that city.
350,000 acres of timber land have been purchas-
ed by New Eng land men on the Kanhawa river w
Virginia. Price, paid , 50 cents an acre.
A salute of one hundred guns was fired from Bos-
ton Common , week before last , because of the p-"".
sage by Congress of the series of measures to q»«c*
t he slavery ag itation. AVlii gs and democrats united
in the demonstration.
The lumbering business was never in a nior6
nouris hing state than it is at present. It goes off
quick at good prices , and no grumbling. Many "'
our large dealers have received orders some two f"
1
three weeks ahead of their abilit y to fill them , n°t-
withstandi ng they keep their mills snapp ing "'r
'1
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and day.— [Calais (Me.) Advertiser.
Oliver M. Whi pple 's powder mill in Gorl"11"' j
M e., blew up on Tuesday morning, 1st insl.
man was killed , and the exp losion was felt in ^°
land , ten miles distant.
Connecticut Murders.—Foote and Mc-C"1 '
rev were hanged at New Haven on We«'IieS '
last. David Bowen has been committed to be tn
for the murder of Ira Clarke in Orange. Hc lS r
ported to have been familiar with Mrs. Clarke.
A great Union meeting was held at Jack 50 '
Miss., on the 19th nit., which declared in favor °
the compromise bills.
If there should be any unusual disturbance 1'
tween this time and the November election, i' "'*•
safel y be laid to the Hon. Charles Francis Ad''"1"' .
who has announced it to bo his intention to "el
doavor to stir up the peop le of Massachuset ts.'
[Boston I'°st>
A small oar boat , containin g fi ve colored nK*11
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been capsized on Hog's Back , Hurl Gate , nnd h
hands drowned .
The public lands given by the present ^'""^
Congress to various contemp lated improvenie"J
reach the enormous sum of thirty-ei ght million
hundred thousand acres 1
The Democrats of Baltimore have Pr<>scnt*
vil i,
sp lended cane to Gen. Cass. It is of hickory, '
^
a head containing four ounces of gold and cost 9
THE PATRIOT.
Democratic Noimij iatioroS'
FOR GOVERNOR.
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL,
OF GROTOX.
FOR LIEU'FTgOVERXOR.
HENRY W. CUSRMAN ,
OF BERNA KDSTON .
3ARNSTAELS s
Tuesday, October 8S 1850.
A Good Joke.—Aunt Betsey Grinnell ,the pres-
ent member of Congress from this District , some
how or rather voted , with Mr. Eliot , of Boston ,
(they being the onl y two members from Massachu-
setts th at did) right—decidedl y ri ght , we say—on
one or two questions mixed up in the "Omnibus ''
load of colored questions in general. We are in-
clined to thi nk that the venerable lad y made a mis-
ta ke, and so got ri ght , for once , by mistake. But he
redeemed himself , entirel y,when the "fug itive slave "
bill came up. He clod g'd ! Cut and run ; accord-
ing to his confession ! Sundry in quisitive constitu-
ents of Dennis , have been quizzing Aunty, respect *
ing her absence when the vote ,on the Fug itive Slave
Bill was taken. Their letter , and tho rep ly to il ,are
published in the Reg ister. They express regret at
tho absence of their Representative 's name among
the list of voters on the passage of that Bill , and re-
quests him to account for himself. They do not in-
dicate which way they wanted him to vote , but of
course they expected him to vote/bi- it, as he had for
the kindred measures accompany ing it. The old
lad y, however , lays herself out quite elaboratel y in
rep ly. She says, "Your letter inqu irin g how it hap-
pened that my vote was not recorded against the
Fug itive Slave Bill reached me," &c. They i nqnir *
ed no such tiling ! This is what they inquired , and
all they inquired.
"With regret we notice the absence of your name
among the list of voters on the passage of the Fug i-
tive Slave Bill. Presuming you will gi\e us a satis-
factory exp lanation , and your views on Ihe subject,
we remain most respectful l y, your constituents and
fr iends. "
Aunty must have got her spectacles on up side
down ! and so she goes on to say that if—but here it
is; all she did say.
Washington City , Sept. 26th , 1850.
Gf.xti.kmf.N'—Your letter of 24th inst. reached
me this morning, inquirin g how it happened that my
vote wtis not recorded against the Fug itive Slave,
Bill. You cannot regret more sincerel y than I do
th at I lost inv vote on this occasion. Had 1 been
present I should have voted in the negative.because
some of the proyisions of the bill arw improperl y
st ringent and odious to the Free States ,an d because
it did not provide for the ri ght of trial by jury, and
for the writ of habeas corpus in the Stale , where
the! Fugitive nii ^ht be1 artested .
The cause! of mv absence on this occasion was
owing to Ihe vole being taken some hours earlier
fhan was expected. When the Bill was taken up I
said to one of my colleagues , t hat I shoulil vote a-
gainst it , and that the debate would last some hours.
I we nt to the Treasury De partment on business of
importan ce to one of my consti tuents , and returned
in two hours. The yea(s and nays were then beimr
taken on the passage of ' the Bill , and my name was
passed , so that it was impossible for me to vote.
I am very re^pecfully your friend. "
Onl y think of it ! the House sprung the trap upon
our distinguished Representative. The vole was
taken some hours earlier Uian was expected. He
told somebod y "tha t the debate would last some
hours !" Wonder that somebod y hadn 't told him
better. He went off and staid "two hours ''—that
was "some time—and got back j ust in time to be a
little too late to vote—his name was passed , "so that
it was im
possible .'" Some "one of his constituents "
had business for him just then ,of more "importance ''
than all the rest !
HiTWe see that a new Steamer , built at New
York to run to Chagres , made a Irial tri p last week ,
which tri p she extended as far as Nantucket ,having
on board Messrs. Gwinn and Freemont the Sena-
tors, and Wri ght and Gilbert the Rrpresenlati ves in
Congress from California. This must have been a
pleasant tri p, to those distinguished functionaries ,
and not an inappropriate one ; for many a famil y on
the Island has either father or brother , or both , in
that distant land , constituents of those legislators.
Maryland.—Returns from the entire state give
Clark , whi g, 26 ,046 votes, and Enoch L. Lowe ,
democrat , 27,597 , making Lowe's majority 1551.—
In the next Senate twelve whi gs and nine demo-
crats, the democrats havin g gained two members.
Godey s Lady s Book , for October is very
handsomel y embellished with a superb mezzotinto ,
an elegant colored engraving, a fine colored fashion
plate for the season , and some dozen or moie wood
engravings , illustrating subjects , or designs for
dresses , embroidery, costumes of all nations , (contin-
ued from previous numbers of the Book) cage birds ,
model cottages , caps , &c, &c.
The Book for this month has also much excellent
reading. The interesting novelette of "Katharine
Walton , or the Partisan 's Daug hter ," by W G.
Simms , Esq., is continued , with increasing interest.
Those who subscribe for the Book before the con-
elusion of the present volume , will be entitled to a
choice of two out of six superior engravin gs ;—after
Ihe close of 1850 no subscriber will receive premium
plates , and the terms to clubs will be advanced ,
hence those who wish to enjoy the pages of Godey
in the coming winter evenings , should subscribe
withou t dclav.
S. OF T.—The followin g persons have been in-
stalled as officers of Ri ght Arm Division No. 121 of
the Order of Suns of Temperance , at Hyannis , for
the current term :—
Timoth y Crocker , W. P.; John O. Thayer , W.
A.; Edwin Bilk er , R. S ; Samuel Pitcher , Jr., A.
R. S.; Alexander, Baxter , F. S.; Edw in Banter ,
T. ; Josep h Backus , C.; Jose ph VV. Howard , A C. ;
Benj . C. Bowman , I. S.; Franklin Ames, O. S.
ItSTThe storm of Friday ni ght , 27th ult., was very
violent at Nantucket , accompanied with rain and
hail. At Siasconset , the wind blew a perfect torna-
do from the south-west. Several houses were con-
siderabl y injured , barns and out-houses entirel y de-
molished , &c, &<;. The Inquirer says, "in the vi-
cinity of the course of the whirlwind the village is
a perfect wreck , a,nd it is doubled if a gale anything
like this ever occurred before in this part of the
country. "
The Fugitive Slave Excitement.— The
Boston Transcri pt says that large orders for pistols
and ammunition were received , in that city on Fri-
day last from a nei ghboring city. There is troubl e
brewing somewhere. Look out.
Wat er Cure.—A correspondent ,whose "No. 1.'
will be found on the first page today, has underta k-
en to enli ghten our readers on the subject' of this,
comparativel y new cure. Give him a reading.
The Free Soil State Convention mot at Boston on
Thursday. Messrs. Philli ps and Mills both declined
a renomina tion , but the former was taken and the
latter left , as the ticket now presented is Philli ps for
Governor , and Atnasa Walker , of Brookfield , Lieut.
Governor.
At New Orleans duri ng the week ending Sept.
27th , there were fifteen deaths from cholera and
eleven from yellow fever.
It is estimated th at tlie ,total draft s upon the U.
S. treasury the present fiscal year , includin g the old
French claims, will reach $80,000,000 !