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And so Forth !
1—We have at List lost one sub-
scriber because we went "against the Nashville Con-
venl ion ,&\ &e. &<•. &c.," and he advises us to "move
to the North." We advise him him to move to South
Carolina , as payment and set oil" to his advice. We
wUh j him , and every subscriber we have got, to
understand (if they do not alread y) that yi&are f lat-
ly, positively and unchangeab ly opposed to a dissolu-
tion of the Union, and to every man , measure,men ,or
•scheme that looks that way, come from what quarter
it ma y, Nort h, South , East, West , Nashville , Ashe-
vill , Ne w York , or Kentuck y, and to the whole
batch of selfish , ambitious , fanatical ag itators , North
mid South , who sanction such a measure in the re-
motest way. With them we want no fellowshi p;—
we mean such as are and have been try ing for
mo..lbs , bjs tvorrls and acts , to sever the Union
innqng whom we may class the notorious Rhett , and
all his followers and abettors.
We recommend hempen cravats lo nil such de-
ceperate sons of American sires 5 and while we wish
this understoqd , we wish it also understood that we
iiQ for the South , (he North , the East and the West
—the S
,outh for the sake of the Union , and the Un-
ion for th*>, sake of the South. We have not seen
and now see no cause for a dissolution of this Union ,
«ni| no probable cause but Mexico, Utah , &c-, and
these we had rather see to the d—1 than to see one
Strits severed from the Union ; and till we do see
innre causes than we have yet ,we are read y to write ,
ta lk , ina rch , fig ht a|id die "in the field of battle ," in
lii'ftince of our common Constituti on , our common
roiiutr y, and our heaven-born Union ! We recom-
mend to this subscriber the "roarer " or Bumblebee's
,
Ye«/.—[ Ashevill , N. C, ]\lessem:er.
"Country towns which are , by the grace of the
Whi g Legislature , allowed to send any Representa-
nves to the General Court , should take notice that
Boston is to send eight more than last year ,and gov-
ern themselves according ly. Do not fail to send
throu g h remissness,. Don't be divided upon trifles .
I?ut unite on any tolerable candidate rather than re-
main unrepresented , and rather than be misrepre-
sented by a blii^l or willing up holder of the reign-
ing dynasty. "—[Boston Post.
Yes. Boston sends to the Legisla ture this year
forty four Represent atives. g0 t|ie country towns ,
if they do not wish to be ruled harder than ever by
i he Sinle street stock-jobbers , should see that the
ounlrv '$ fu'l y represented , ami by men who will
represent the interests of the peop le, and not merely
the interests of cap ital and privilege.—[Lynn Jiav
Slate.
" The Taunton Whi g is favorabl y impressed with a
suggestion of somebod y's, that Ihe Bristol Co. catth
show hereafter be held two days instead of one. Wt;
s.inction tlits new move as far at it goes,but the time
should by all means be extended to three days ;—ope
day far (he whi gs, one for the democrats and one for
ihe free sqilers. For several years past the whi g gen-
try haye engrossed pretty much ovary thing—office?,
dinners , speeches and premiums , and not content
with bearin g off all the honors , they haye this year
turned the dinner table into an electioneering en-
gine. If politics are to rule ip future , we regard it
as hi ghly proper that all parties have a hearin c.—
We therefore recommend three days.— [Fall River
News.
An ecdote qf Jenny Lind.—In the Home Jour-
nal we find the following sketch of an occurrence
which happened during Jenny 's first visit to New
York :-—
"During b,e.r. fi rst visit here, a Swede, palled , and
sent up a ppta in his native language , requesti pg to
see her. She did not remember the name, as she
read it , but when the.young man came in , she at
o-nee remembered hjs countenance—an old playfe l-
low when they were children together at school.—
she inquired his circumstances. He is a cabinet
maker ,residing with his wife and children at Brook-
lyn. The next day Jenny Lind drove over and
made the wife of her old schoolfellow a. long visit. —
Again , the next day, j ust before leaving the city for
Bostoji , she went again. The husband was not at
home. She gave to the wife a note for him—he.
opened it on his return —it (ontained a sweetl y
woi'ded request that he would allow her to give to his
children ;l 'memento q( their father 's school friend-
shi p with Jenny Lind. The 'memento ' vyas a check
for $1Q,QOO. This anecdote , we assure our readers ,
is correct in all particulars. The fashionables say
it is impossible to get a visit from Jenny Lind! ft
reminds us—with the above circumstance—of a
proverb we, have somewhere seen : 'Th e Hicif dra.w
FKIKNR5 to them—the poor draw angels."
'
Buiwt to Death.—It is with deep regret and
sympath y that we record a fata! occurrence in the
fa mily qf Mr. Joseph Ki pp, in the town of Somers,
which resulted in the death qf his wife in the most
fixertaeiat ing manner. It appears that Mrs. ]£i pp, a
WQmaii of about §Q years pr upwards , went , one
evening recentl y, into the garret of her house, with
3 lighted candle , Cor some object , and accidentall y
(5t«
.t fire to a file of papers hang ing there. In the ef-
fort tq extinguish the blazin g papers , her clothes
?sol? fire , and she wa.s horribl y burned. AH efforts
(0 r-elieyp, her were unavail ing, and slip expired
iitjQut six ho urs afterwards.—[Sing Sing Herald.
A Blood-thirsty Disposition.—The New Al-
bany (I nd .) Bulletin tells the following :—William
fri'pss., the young map who v?as recentl y convict ed
of iflurder , in the confession of his guilt which was
given in evidence on the trial , stated that he had np
niQtj vp in the perpetration of the inhuman act, ex-
cept the desjre, to gratif y a fiendish thirst for blood ,
jitid a demoniacal satisfaction in seeing the death
^IfUgg les. of his fellow beings , which feelings he had
jsyibihed during the Mexican campai gn.
Ten of the crew of the shi p Sqnantum , Captain
Jiavid Crocker , were brough t before the U. S. Com-
m issioner , Charles Simmer, charged with a reyolt
* pn Sunday mornin g week , when the ship wag off
(Jeorge's Shoals, on Ihe passage from Liverpool to
Boston. Several witnesses testified to the guilt of
iho revolters. The Commissioner ordered the aeons;
*!d tq give pail in »1OQQ each, for trial in the District
Cfiu rt.
The TU UQTJK Yoisktown-.—TIig report pf the
Insa of thi s vessel with the. captain and three of his
iU'ew, which was published a day or two since on the
jfii thorily qf a New York pa per, is thoug ht to be in-
£Prrect. Captain Howes of the barque Lenox ,who
arrived at this pqrt on Thursday from Trapanj, states
that he wag on the coast from the IG ih to the SQth
fl f 4ug«st , the time stated in which the vessel was
lost—anil i( any such accident had occurred , he is
pertain it would, not have escaped his knowled ge.—
The irregular manner in which the report was first
received , is further evidence of jig falsity.—[Bosto n
¦'. Journal ,
A Sailor's Idea of Good Meat.—Wnrbur-
?on , in his account of his voyage up |he Nile , gives
(in amusing instance pf the singular opin ion held by
¦
sailors. He says 1 "On arriving at Kench , we gave
the crew *feast, consistin g of an old ram, preferred
hy them to young mutton , because it stood more
{/hewin
g.*
THE PAT RIO T , The last mail tiiat reaches us before our paper
goes to press usuall y brings us that bitter black"uard ,
nasty sheet , the New Bedford Mercury. It has done
so this week ; and we find the leading editorial of its
last Saturday 's issue, is a length y, characteristi c po-
tice of the late Democratic Convention held here
It pretends to review and criticise the resolutions
adopted by the Convention ;—but more especiall y is
it busied in a persona l defamatory impeachment of
ourself , because that Convention saw fit to honor us
as its presiding officer.
No length y reply is called for from us; for the
resolutions , being unanimousl y adopted , are the con-
ventions ; and the infamous slang of the Mercury
respecting them is distributed upon its members.
Nor could we ,at this late moment ,appropriate len"th
of space in our columns , or of time lo fill such a
space with the consideration of the whole column of
falsehood and fillh to which we refer.
But for the purpose of very briefl y and categori-
call y pronouncing its writer—whosoever he may be
—a liar and a scoundrel , we now extract from the
article , in question the followin g base paraerap h,ded-
icated to our especial abuse.
"The man made President , was one S. B. Phin-
ney, late Collector of the Barnstable District , and
editor of the scurrilous print known as the Barnsta-
ble Patriot. Phinney was removal from the Collec-
torship for cause , and if the Treasury' Department
has done with him yet , Mr. Corwin is not the man
we take him for. Under Ihe virtuous administration
of this delectable 'Preside nt ' Phinney, the expenses
of the Barnstable District were swelled lo a most
unprecedented amount , for printing, storage , hom-
ing &c, actuall y exceeding those of the New Bed-
ford District ; a fiict which carries its own commen-
tary along with it . If we think it expedient at a fu-
ture time , we will be more explicit on this subject ,
but for the present it suffices to say that this Phin-
ney was removed for malfeisance in office. "
We repeat , that the writer of the above, especially
that portion of it we have put in italics , is a base li-
ar , and we hold the evidence to convict him as such !
And , that none but a scoundrel would make our
presiding over a Conventio n of delegates from the
10th pjst rict, the occasion of utterin g those mali g-
nant falsehoods, will be conceded by every honora-
ble man.
And to show how deliberatel y, and to what ex-
tent , the same scoundrel continued to falsify, throug h
the rest of the infamous article in question , we also
extract therefrom th is next , sentence.
"While about half the officers of the customs in
the New Bedford and Ba'nslaUe Districts are , to thk
day, locofoco* or democrats , t his.'President " Phinn ey,
at an earl y day attracted the attention of Gen. Tay-
lor and was dismissed."
Every man in the Barnstable District knows that
not a single solitary "locofoco or democrat " holds an
office in it ; but that every man of them was "dis-
missed" when "Phinney was dismissed !'
' Let this
fact then , with the foregoing statement , be the test
and the measure of Ihe veracity of the knave of the
Mercury !—of the fellow who prates about the scur-
rility of the Barnstab le Patriot I
And now we invit e the black guard to be as "ex-
p licit on this subject " as he may "think it expedient,"
at any time ; and we will wait on him. If he is as-
tounded A:i{ New Bedford should be out done in any
tiling—even in the expenses of its Collection Dis-
trict—let him expatiate upon them ; and with the
hel p of the Congressional scavenger at his elbow ,
set them out in detail to his readers. lie will , doubt-
less, be able to increase the list of items so pompous-
ly published long ago, by our nearer nei ghbors—for
we know the extent of the prowling of that mali g-
nant old niouser , who found it so convenient lo be
absent from his seat , "at the Treasury Department on
business o
f importance to one of his constituents ''
when the Fug itive Slave Bill passed Ihe House. He
could contrive unlawfull y to abstract from the files
of that Department a confidential document and send
it down to the end of Cape Cod, to be hawked about
the town ; let him now furnish his toadeater of the
New Bedford Mercury, for publication , the results
of his later hunts among those files. We invite him
lo it.
And lastl y, we invite , and invoke , "the Treasury
Department '1 and "Mr. Secretary Corwin ," to any
scrutiny, or investi gation , or other process, whicli
the infamous New Bedford Mercury or its purse
proud patron , Congressman Grinnell , may insti-
gate.
But we are promised more such like stuff from
the Mercury ; therefore we will reserve the pleasure
of further rep ly.'
Later from Europe.—The steamshi p Asia ,
arrived at New York on Wednesday last , bring ing
Liverpool papers to the 11th inst., inclusive , and
London to the evening of the 11th.
There had been some hard fighting between the
Danes and Holsteiners ; and we have rumors of an-
t ici pated movements throug hout. Germany.
The journal s speak more confidentl y than ever
of the imperial desi gns of Louis Napoleon. Numer-
ous prosecutiqns qf political newspapers had taken
place.
Oporlo letters of Ihe 29th ultimo state that the
wine crops were being gathered with safety, and
the vinta ge is now expected to be a good one.
The Pope's Government has contracted with a
shi p-builder at Havre for the construction of a
steam frigate.
l£^"The peop le of South Carolina are loud in ex-
pressions of determination to resist tq death the en-
croaclitnents of the North .
<&Gne of the greatest curiosities of the day, is a
neat , pretty little paper called "The Jenny Lind ,'>
just issued from the press by Mr. Gleason , the en-
terprising publisher of the "Flag of our Union." It
is pr inted on whit e satin paper , in letters o
j gold ,»nt\
contains n portrait of Jenny, sketches of her charac-
ter , &c, and is a beautiful tribute to the Swedish
Nightingale.
Who made the Law ?-— Whi g President Fill-
more signed his name to the fugiti ve slave bill ; and
without th at signature it would never become a law.
Some whi gs appear to forget just now that they have
a whi g president in office. Jog their memories a
littl e on this point .—[Worcester Palladiu m.
A r t f ul Dodgkrs.—Will the iEgis have the
goodness to tell its readers that 24 whi g representa-
tives dod ged the vote on the fug itive
"
slave bill?—
Will it please advise them also that , its whi g presi-
dent Fillmore signed the bill and made it a law ?—
["Ibid.
SSSTMr. Grinnell didn 't fail to be among the num-
ber ot dodgers.
If^We call the attention of our villase readers
lo the notice , in another column , for a meeting to
organize a Lyceum. We are happy to see so gen-
eral an interest among our citize ns to sustain some
association for mutual improvement. The scries of
meetings last season were thoug ht to be as interest-
ing, as any similar series over held in this county ';
i(ud were so profitable and pleasant to all , that our
peop le will , we doubt not , engage with renewed en-
ergy to hava and to enj oy ti firis'
t-rato Lyceum this
winter, ' I
New Bedford Mercury. [From the New Bedford Standard.]
"Our Candidate for Congress.—We find hut
one opinion expressed with regard to the nomination of
Hon. Zeno Scudder for Congress. It is in every
way a most excellent selection , and will call forth the
hearty support of the Whi g masses.—[Mercury.
Well , now that 's cool ! perfectly cool. If the edi-
tor had said he had not heard one solitary whin speak
a word in Zeno's favor, he would have just hit the
truth. It is considered the first joke this political
season ; and we have scoied down one to the. credit
of the New Bedford Mercury. Onl y hear him !—
"Zeno is a gentleman , whose reputation is as wide as
the Commonwealth. " He did , Mi'.Editor , acquire
GREAT GLORY as President of the Senate ; but such
lasting glory , save our friends from ,—especia lly if
they are to immortali ze our Slate. Did any of us
ever hear of Zeno being elected President of the
Senate more than once ? It was a singular fact ,and
should be remembered , if he whs coin eded to be one
of the most able , dignified and impartial presiding
officers , who ever graced the honorable post , wh y
t he Peop le did not send him again lo the Senate to
be honored by him. AVho ever heard of a di gnified
and impartial presiding officer only President of the
Senate one year. We should have thoug ht there
would have been some honor conferred upon his
constituents ; but either his constituents never heard
of Zeno's glory or did not appreciate it. [How un-
grateful !
]
The truth was, that the "Boston Flats " interest
would not go again for him as President , since they
had used him and his friends to the accomp lishment
of their purposes ; and they were in a hurry to re-
deem the reputation of the Senate. Who can tell
how many votes Zeno obtained for President ?
Again , "the political p rincip les of Mr. Scudder are
f ixed and steadfast . He is in the best sense a Whig,
nor has he ever swerved a hair 's breadth from his
princi ples.''
Ila , ha , ha ! He, he, he ! Better and better !—
Well , it is natural for some folks to be addicted to
racy jokes. "Fixed and steadfast .
'" Did any bod y
ever hear of Zeno Scudder , the Democrat , Zeno
Scudder , a Whi g ? This is the same Zeno—the
renegade democrat , whom the Mercury says is
"fixed and steadfast in whi g princici ples." " All
our democrati c brethren know wh y Zeno, the dem-
ocrat , became Zeno , the whig. He was always
grasp ing after all offices—especiall y if there was
any pay ; and always stopped acting for the
party the very moment the party slacked up in
pushing him forward to office. But , not pushing
him hard enoug h they lost him; and now the wliigs
have got to bolster him , or he may bolt into some
other party .
The fact is, the whole article in the Mercury was
got ofl' for mere appearance sake: for if he meant
what he said he would not have made so many ri-
diculous assertions.
If the editor will go among the people ,he will hear
nothing but denun ciations poured upon Zeno's head
by whii;s of both organizations. Scarcel y a whiir in
New Bedford likes him ,for New Bedford whi gs have
always had a pride in supporting noble and high
minded men for honorable offices , and have never
before had thrus t upon them so small souled and
pettifogg ing man as Zeno Scudder. They openl y
proclaim that I hey will not vole for so small souled
a man , whose heart is so charitable that a sixpence
could not be wrested out of it to carry comfort to a
starving family ¦ Zeno cannot have the votes of New
Bedford—that is a settled point. If he alread y has
app lied to his tailor for a congressional suit, it will be
lelt to his heirs as the last relic of disappointed ambi-
tion. ifCS^
Practical Abolition;.—The New York Jour-
nal of Commerce has called for and obtained , within
Ihe past five months , subscri ptions to the amount of
$3900 , by which no less than forty one slaves have
been emanci pated and colonized in Liberia. Mr.
Hall ock , the editor of Ihe Journal of Commerce , has
himself given liberall y towards this philanthro p ic
obj ect.
Sectional Furling.—In Hinds County, Miss.,
resolutions have been passed , to emp loy no school
teachers , and to patronize no school ,under the man-
agement of persons who are "not wholl y Southern
in their feelings and opinions. " Also not to transact
any business with any merchant in the. city of New
Orleans who is known to be a free soiler in his sen-
timents , or unless his long residence in the South ,
and known op inions have identified him with the
South.
Serious Accident.—The Boston Herald states,
that as Mr. James Madison , of that city, was on a
gunning excursion to Brookline , on Tuesday last , he
came across a woodchuck hole , and in potting the
butt of his gun into the hole , the tri gger snapped ,
sending the , whole charge into his ri ght arm , and so
injurin g it , that ho will lose the use of his hand.
Escaped Counterfeite
r Arrested.—G eo.
Lincoln , who escaped from the Providence Court
House some time ago, was arrested in Boston last
week , and given up to the City Marshal qf Provi-
dence, and taken back to be tried on an indictm ent
for passing counterfeit bills.
Rkceivino Stolen Bank Bills.—Lincoln
Dudley, supposed to be connected with the Dor-
chester and Milton Bank robbery, was broug ht be-
fore the Police Court , Boston , charged with the
above offence, on Wednesday last , but his exami-
nation was postponed till today. In default of bail
in $1000, he was committed.
At a full meeting of the Whi g Nominatin g Con-
vention , held last evening, the nominati on of Zeno
Scudder was unanimously rep udiated , and a com-
mittee of six were appointed to report at an ad-
j ourned meeting on Friday evening next , a plan qf
operation for the coming Congressional election.
[New Bedford Mercury 22d.
What does this mean ,brother Mercury ?—[Boston
Atlas.
WnAT 's in a Name ?— At the Westboro' Fair
they had a cow named "Jenny Lind ," and a calf
named "Barnum."
An English Jury, in a criminal case, is said lo
have broug ht in the following verdict : "Guilty
with some little doubts as lo whether the prisoner is
the man."
It is stated that the valu ation of Massachusetts
will exceed five hundr ed mil lions of dollars. The
valuation of Boston for 1849 , was as follows :—Real
estate 8102,827 ,500 ; valuation of personal estate
$71,352,700: total $174 ,180,200.
Resigned .— Washington Oct. 24.—Maj. Hobbie,
1st Asst. P. M. General , has resi gned that office to
accept the Presidency of the Ocean Steam Naviga-
tion Co., of New York , at $6,000 salary .
Freaks of Fortune —Jud ge Bibb, late Chan-
cellor of Kentuck y,and later Secretary of Ihe Treas-
ury under Mr. Tyler , now occup ies the humble post
of a copyist clerk in the Treasury Department.
The estimated population of London is 2,206,075,
namely , 1,032,630 males, and 1,173.44 5 females. In
1849 there were 72,662 births , and 61 ,532 deaths.
It is said that the late Bounty Land bill will give
away about forty millions of acres.
Circumstances alter cases.—The Plymou th
Rock very trul y says :—
"It is worth y of remark that the Whi g papers are
loud in their denunciati ons of those whose duty it is
to enforce the. fug itive slave law , while they have
nothing to say against thoso who were instrumental
in ntalangiho law ,"
First Fugitive Slave Cases in B
Warrants were issued yesterd ay by the U X
^0
**'^
under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, for
' C
°">H,
rest of William Crafts , and Ellen Crafts ],- *?-
and William Jones, alleged fug itive slave'
s. "
V*
«i
is a cabinet maker , doing business at his
' ft«
Cambrid ge-street , and with his wife m., /a'le iti
escape from bondage in Macon , Ga., about t if
since. It will be recollecte d that Mrs. Crif
0 )'
'
"
*
is of a very li ght comp lexion , dispU;se(1 |(
' *' H ad- ''
was emp loyed at Parker 's eatin g house . Th r
''e
the warrants havin g been issued caused cons'nt "^°'
excitement in our community.—[Boston A 1 *
Saturday. ."as of
Th e Fugitive Slave Cask.—No «rro
fug itive slaves have yet been made, und er tli
'*
°'
rants granted last week by the U. S. Court , i
**'"
Craft , about whom so much has been said , (0 • •
to attend to his business as usual , :ilthoun|, ,
Ue
'
of his friends have advised him to leave tlie V*"^
Ellen , his wife , has been conveyed out of tl, .
and is now in a safe retreat. Durin g Saturday T
J
'
noon , all was quiet in all sections of thfi (.;, , 'e'
about noon some little stir began to be mad,, 0
count of a rumor being circulated that writ s ^'
about to be issued for the arrest of a "slave ha
*'* I
named Kni ght , for slander , in charg ing Craft •
'
the crime of larceny. This rumor proved to '!
true , and about 3 o'clock r. m., Deputy Sheriff j> *
arrested Kni ght , and a large crowd gatherc] '
Court Square in order to see the result. Mr .gn|!"
was required to give bail in Ihe sum of $i0o!'
which was promptl y furnished , and he whs disci] '
ed from custod y, making his egress from the Si
iff's office by a rear passage way. Knots of colorp
"
)
people, among whom were a few whites , confirm
to remain in the Square for two or three hours /]¦
cussing Ihe merits of the law , Ihe course pursued !
Mr. Webster , and various other matters connect,j
with the case.—[Courier , of Mondav.
Death of Rev. S. Snowden.— Rev. S. Sno*
den , well known as a colored preacher of the Mtih
odist Episcopal Church , died suddenl y in Boston
some lew days since. He was over eight y years of
age and had been a minister for forty years, p.
was formerl y a slave , but had been free for some
fifty years. Mr. Snowden was quite popular as
preacher and as a man , among the sect lo which lie
belonged. He died of palsy.
A Pennsy lvania whig paper thus announces tli9
electiqn in that state :—
'31 'O
^"•xaai Miix uha o^i
Riot and Rescue.—In the following extract
from an exchange paper will be seen one of the evil
consequences of popular resistance to the law:—
"A negro man was latel y arrested for larceny in
Camden , N. J., and while 'lhe constables were c on.
vey ing him to jai l , passing near a church whore a
colored congregation was assembled , he raised the
cry of "kidnappers ," when the vehicle on whic h lie
rorle was surrounded by a mob of men and women ,
armed with whatev er missiles they could put tlieir
hands upon , the harness was cut to pieces, and the
man was set at liberty. "
_ Cattle Accidents are of dail y occurrence in (lie
city of New York. On Wednesday an infurialHox
was killed by the Police , after he had dashed lliro'
several street's, to the consternation of the |>eo|>lp.
About the same time another made his iippenrnncB
in Wall Street. An elderl y gentleman was thrown
down and seriousl y injured , causing a panic union s
the "Bulls and Bears" of that locality.—[Boston
Transcri pt.
Dobbs says that the first time a girl kissed him, ho
felt as if he were sliding down a rainbow , with Yan-
kee Doodle in each hand.
The distance which young Rilter fell , in tumbling
off East Rock , New Haven , is 191 feet , as prove,.!
by actual measurement. It is aston ishing that U
was not instant l y killed , yet there is good reason for
expecting that he may recover.
A young lad y, of delicate health , in this city, says
the Portsmouth Cli pper ,attemp led suicide by fitting
eleven ears of green corn ,a few days since. No cause
assigned.
The Con gregational meeting house in Foxcroft,
M e., was burned down on the night of the 21st bj
an incendiary.
Rev . C. W. Denison , junior editor of the Boston
Olive Branch , is appointed an inspector of ill" cui"
toms at San Francisco. The salary is &2200 Pcr
annum.
SPECIAL NOTICES
!i3'cesiin.
Citizens of Barnstable desirous of sustaining a I'}"
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um the eniJ»ations.
ELECTION, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11.
FOK GOVERNOR.
GEORGE S. B0UTWELL,
Of GROTON.
FOR LIEUT . GOVERNOR.
HENRY ¥, CUSHMAN,
OF BERNARDSTON.
[tkntit congressional district.]
FOR REPRESENTATIVE TO CONGRESS.
C. B. H. FESSENDEN, of Sandwich.
FOR STATE SENATORS.
ALEXANDER BAXTER , of Yarmouth,
CALEB LOMBARD, of Wcllfleet.
BARNBTABIiB 1
Tuesday, October 29, 1850
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By the settlement of the disturbing questions
which , for a while , threatened a dissolution of the
Union , the Democratic party, throug h whose untir-
ing exertions the great work was achieved , may
boldl y and fearlessl y commend the cause they es-
pouse , and the princi ples they profess, for the adop-
tion of all the peop le. And they cordiall y in vite
such of their fellow citizens as have a desire to see
old Massachusetts broug ht within the influences ot
a more liberal sp irit , and who wish to see the ad-
ministration of its affairs conducted upon something
like republican piinci ples, to fall into the Democrat-
ic ranks , and share in the honors and trop hies of a
victory.
Our country has been extended from sea to sea.
and as far Irom pretty well north to an almost in-
definite distance to the south ,and over the vast area
Democracy infuses that fraterna l sentiment that
knows nothin g exclusive or sectional. It is the par-
ty that always has stood by the Union , and is the
onl y National Party. It professes to be progressive,
and it needs room to carry out its professions. The
North American continent will , ere long, become
too limited for the accommodation of all who will
claim the protection of our national flag. The "area
pf freedom '' in due time will be extended by over-
leap ing the Rio Grande and the Chagres , and the
Isthmus as the Alleg ha ny Mountains , the valley of
the Misfissi ppi and the Rock y Mountains have al-
read y been , not , however , for conquest , nor , per-
haps by force and, arms , but by the force of the in-
creasing care of republican liberty.
Politicians a few years ago talked fli ppantl y
against the extension of our limited borders, and
even certain grave senators looked real solemn when
they argued that by bringing in new Stales the
Union would be weakened ! But like some other
notions , that also has .become an "obsolete idea."—
Since the National Democracy have given to the
country Texas, California , New Mexico and Utah ,
we hear nothin g said about "fencing in the Union."
These , all these , are the trop hies secured throu g h
the enli ghtened statesmanshi p, foreeaste and skill-
ful management of affairs by the representatives of
the Naiional Democracy.
We believe this is not claiming too much— in-
deed , it is conceded. Gentlemen ! you who desire
a place to stand upon well defined , both sure and
steadfast , come u
p on to the democratic platform. —
There is room for all , and all who come will be cor-
diall y received and well cared for.
There is a strong probability that George S.
Boutweil will be the next Governor of Massachu-
setts. He is a young man of great moral purity of
character , and in all respects qualified to discharge
the duties well and satisfactoril y, and the coming
election will afford a good opportunity to enrol
your names in ihe National Democracy, by voting
the Democratic, ticket.
Barnstable Academy.—We neglected to no-
tice , last week , the closing of the autumn term of
M r. F. N. Blake 's school at the Academy in this place.
Those who witnessed the exhibition , pronounce it
very superior and worth y the hi gh character which
Mr . Blake has attained as a teacher. We are happy
to have it in our power to state that this gentleman
has been prevailed upon to remain with us, and con-
tinue the school throug h the winter months. This
will enabl e parents whose children suffered by inef-
ficient schools kept in the nei ghborhood durin g the
last year, to continue sending to the Academy thro '
the ensuing winter months ,—and it is indeed import- 1
ant th at children who have heen pursuin g a course
of useful stiidies .shoiild have an opportunity of con-
tinuin g them under the tuition of a competent
teacher.
It will be seen by an advertisement in anolhercol-
umn , that the winter term , under the instruction of
Mr. Blake , will commence on Monday, the 18lh of
November next.
We learn by the Vineyard Gazette , that much
interes t is awakened on the subj ect of Education in
that section , and that on Wednesday of last week
"an eloquent lecture on 'Compulsory Education ,'
was delivered by M r. F. N. Blake , of the Barnstable
Academy. The subject was handled in a masterl y
manner by the lecturer , who strong ly maintained
that the parent has no ri ght to detain his chrld from
school for a sing le moment . Some discussion took
place afterwards , which we hope , with the lecture ,
will set some of those who are heedless in regard to
this matter , to thinkin g about the welfare of their
child ren."
'"Heel-biting."— We don 't know whether this
word has got into any of the dictionaries yet ; but
it is getting to be quite classical , hereabouts. The
Honorable ?eno Seudder , late President of the
Senate , now candidate for Congress, used it in his
fatuous speech at the Hyannis County Convention ,
lie called somebod y; or bodies , "heel-biting dema-
gogues !" Now, we suppose he referred to W
higs,
somewhere , for our neighbor of the Register , the
other week, said that some in
f luential
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WKw of
Sandwich had been "biting the heels o
f old associ-
ates," and "creep ing in the grass" to do it too. By
the amount of virus he put into the paragrap h in'
question , we thoug ht hkel y the bite was of
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the rat-
tle-snake kind. Zeno's is a littlo milder , mere of
:he tara ntula order of yenQjii.
George S. Bouiwe!!.
"V illage Skminary , Hyannis.—This Institu-
tion , located in a retired part of the handsome and
enter prising village of Hyann is, standing upon ele-
vated ground , and commanding a livel y prospect of
the sea, affords a salubr ious and deli ghtfu l situation
to such as would pursue their studies , removed alike
from the bustle of the city and the rusticity of the
country. The buildings , entirel y new , and erected
expressly for a school , are capacious and elegantl y
furn ished. The grounds are amp le , and are being
ornament ed with shade trees.
The school is composed of both sexes, of about an
equal number of pup ils of each. Day Scholars from
the immediate and neighboring villages , are mainl y
under the care of, and responsible in their conduct
to , the ir parents and guardians , when not in atten -
dance on school.
A number of pup ils,not exceeding twe lve , are ad-
mitted in the family of the Princi pal , at the Semina-
ry, who compose a Select Famil y Boarding School.
Each pup il is parentall y super intended ,as well with
regard to his recreations, read ing, and general de-
port ment , as to the immediat e duties of the school-
room. The object is Education , in the widest sense,
of the term , t he promotion of vi gorous hea lth , the
tra ining of the affections , and the deve lopment of
the intellect , in order to the formation of manl y and
lad y-like character. Pup ils are expected to remain
at least one year , and such are preferred as intend
pursuing a course of several years' stud y.
Ihe course of stud y and instruct ion embraces ,lst ,
as t he foundation of all success, the elementary
branches of English , in wh ich great thorou ghness is
aimed at ; 2d, the higher bran ches of Eng lish gener-
all y ; 3d, the Latin , Spanish , French , and Italian
languages , (the latter two of which are spoken in
the famil y of the Princi pal ,) together with Music ,
drawing, and Gymnast ics. An Italian gentleman ,
wel l instructe d in his native language , is emp loyed
to teach the Italian language at Ihe school.
lH"They have had quite a sizzle at New Bed-
ford. The "Whi g Nominating Convention 1
'—t hat
is, the Convention which represents three fourths of
Ihe Whi g parly there—have unanimousl y repud i-
ated t he nomination of the Hon. Zeno Scudder for
Congress ! This leaves the nomination to be sup-
ported by the other fourt h [perhaps] or the wing
which is lead by the renowne d Col. Bombastes
Hatch ! The hero who boasts that "we pay all the
money," &c.
But besides this sizzle , we learn that even the
Negroes there , won 't vole for Zeno! All this , m ikes
his chance rather mpre dubious than we expected ,
when we were hel ping Zeno to get that nomin a-
t ion. We were quite confident he would secure the
votes of the color'd gem'en , at least.
Something is said about the Free Soilers on the
Cape deserting their own nomination , of Mr. Hart ,
and going for Zeno; provided they can get assur-
ance from him that he is all right on their doctrines
and measures. This would hel p him some, to be
sure ; and there isn 't the least doubt but they can
get any kind of assurance they ask for, for Zeno is
dreadful anx ious for votes. You have onl y to ask ,
gent lemen , and you 'll be gratified ; and if you want
an excuse to desert your own candidate Zeno will
give it to >'ou.
Nomination of Briggs and Rued.—The nom.
inat ion of these officers by the Whi g State Conven-
tion has been formall y noti fied to them , and the
nom inations have been severall y accepted.
Good Passage.—New shi p Shirley, from Bos-
ton Thursday mornin g, Oct. 2, (or New Orleans ,ar-
rived at the bar in 12 days , and was u p to Ihe city
at 10 P. M. on Wednesday Oct. 15, making the
whole passage in less than a fortni ght.
iiirNo street in our city is more rap idl y advanc-
ing in superior business than is Hanover Street.—
Many country dealers have for years experienced
the essential benefits result ing from purchases there
made , and present appearances in the tradin g com-
munit y indicate this as their prominent emporium.
For dry goods, either at wholesale or retail , no es-
tablishment is more extensive , and none can proba-
bly prove more advantageous to purchasers , than
that of Messrs. Jupe Snow & Co., No. 64. Their
grea t trade enables them to improve every favora-
ble feature in the market , which ,comb ined with con-
duct ing their establishment with strict reference to
economy, cannot but produce excellent bargains.
Saturday Rambler.
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Jtid ge Marston is holding Probate Courts on
the Cape this week.
OTThc remains of the lamented Taylor -were re-
moved to their last resting place in Kentuck y, on
Friday last. Peace to his ashes !
An Abolitionist in Trouble.— A Southern
paper says.:—
J, S. Brown .from Oxford ,Mass.,arr !ved at Charles-
ton on Saturday nig ht , and was soon recognized as
the man who, under the name of Scott ,was recentl y
oiinght talking enticing ly to slaves , at Georgetown ,
S. C. A committee ordered him to 'leave ,' and he
was instantl y escorted across the river.
Sad Accident on; the Rail Road.—A little
girl about ten years old , in attem pting to cross the
trac k in front of the eng ine , as I he train was ap-
proaching the Weir crossing last evening, was run
over and instantl y killed. We were unable to learn
her name.— [New Bedford Mercury, 25th inst.
Jenny-alogy.— Seventeen females born in Prov.
iilenee , R. I., last week , were christened Jenny,
says the Providence Advertiser.
evinces a very scrutinizin g mind on the part of the
jailer in that town. A notori ous robber , n amed
Chas. Baker , is imprisoned there , an d a few days
sin ce an elegant ly bound book was sent to him by a
fema le, who passes for his wife, an d on it lettered
with gold "'al l for love." The jailer examined the
book, and afterwards took it to a book-binder , who
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also exa mined it ,and pronounced that nothin g could
be concealed about it. Not satisfied , however , the
jailer on retur ning home,resolved to cut up the cov-
j ers of the book, and on doing this , two small saws
about eight inches in length , such as machinists i,ise
|n snwjng iron, were brought to view j
Fatal Accident.—About 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon , as Mr. Charles W. Cumrnings , black-
smith , was at work on the new jail buildin g, he fell
a distance of about twenty feet , striking his head up-
on a stone, and killin g him almost instantl y.—[Bos-
ton Journal.
Ol.D South.—The repairs on this venerable edi-
fice are approachin g completion. It promises to
look as well as new . It has received a thoroug h
overhauling, and will yet stand good for a century.
[I 5oston Bee.
¦Shi p Revere,(of Boston) Captain Howes, arrived
at Liverpool , on the 8th inst., in 16 days passage
from Miramichi , New Brunswick. D
The Spring fie ld III. Jqnrnal , relates a case which
Arrangements have been made for holding « ^'*L !
ers' Institute in the Town of Falmouth, in the Co"
ty of Barnstable , to commence on MONDAY , 'he '' n
of November, at 10 o'clock a. m , and to continue »n
the afternoon of Saturday, of the same week.
The following regulations are to be observed ; ,j f
1. All app licants mu^t present themselves punc'
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at the lime specified for the meeting. j,.
2. The Institute is desi gned for those who nre Te"
ers in Public Schools in Massachusetts , or who in1'
reasonable prospect of becoming such within "
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from the time when such Institute shall he lie'd- tv),]*,
3. Each app licant must come provided with a *" w
Pen, Ink , and Paper, a Slate and Pencil , GeosW^ ,
and Alias, the Reading Book most, generally »sa" \
cre
highest class in the Schools of the neighborhood «
he resides , (and it would he well to bring more tlm'
kind.) Dictionary, and a blank book for taking *°l &c.,
_ I he expense of instruction , lect ures , room , lif!"1
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is defrayed % the Commonwealth , and the superv'
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and government of the Institute , arc place" ' •>
Hoard of Education in the hands of its Secretory - „
School Committees , and all the friends of i'<» r(,n.
Schools , are respectfull y ami earnestly roqucsteu .' f0
dor such aid as may seem to them proper """ ,•' josti-
facilita to the attendance of the members ot tut
tute. BARNAS SEARS ,
Secretary of the Bonrd of Educa"
Boston , Oct. 22, 1850. f ifd ucn''0"
N. 13. It is important that some friend ot i> sSi-
in each of the Towns should ascertain , as ta> ' •
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ble, the number of persons designing «° at
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communicate the same to Rev. Henry B. aoo ,
month. ]i fl t tn .
Individuals attending are requested toJ*..^
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Town House on their arrival , wher« a Comm ;
bfl found tp wait on them.
Teachers' Institute. i
Notice.—To the Democratic Committees
throughout the State.—At an adjourned meeting
of the Democratic State Central Committee , h eld thi<
da y, a vote was passed requesting the Chairman of the
several Democratic District , County npd Town Com-
lnittecs . to trans mit forthwith to the Secretary the or-
ganizations of their respective Committees , and the
nam es of the members thereof. Also, ordered that no-
tice of said vote be published.
THOMAS GILL,
Secretary Democratic State Central Com.
Boston , Oct. 16, '1850.
Notice.
The members of the Great Marsh Dyking, W«ter
Power and Fishing Company, and all others interest^
are hereby notified to meet at the Treasurer 's office, »'
Seth Parker 's store, in West Barnstable ,on WED^'
DAY , the 6th of November next , to choose a Com>"«-
tee to confer with the Rail Road Extension Comm 1"
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on the statement of their Engineer, that if the Py*111*
Company have their Dyke comp leted by the time W
wish , and are read y to extend the Rail Road l('n".'
ways of said Marshes , they, the Rail Road E^/S¦
Co., can afford to give the Dyking Co. a bonus ot »'^
000 to have a good and substantial Dyke to exclude m
salt water from their track. ,
N. HINCKLEY , Secy-
Bankable, Oct. 29.