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Singular and Fa ta;, Accident.—A sfcort !
time since, Mr, James J?, Welch , an Overseer at the |
Atlantic Mills, whjie on a visit at Perry, N. H.,went •
out on a gunnj pg excursion. In the course of his ;
rambles, he found some walnuts near a stone wall, j
Jfe gathered a few, and leaning liis fowling piece !
against the wall , commenced cracking them with a
small stone. '|'heconcussion against the nail caused j
h stone to fall , which sliding along the barrel ,turned ,
the muzzle towards Mr. Welch , and striking the.j
Fr'"S;hj bit their
offs pring, and thinks that if it was done , a pair- of
twins that she has to exhibit mig ht come'in for the
first premium. —[Detroit Tribune.
JA p^MW-iMKNT .—The Buffalo Journal of Pom-
merc^ recommends Hon. Josicnr Gkinnkli., the
present member of Congress from this district , for
Secrpfpry of Ihe Treasury. The New Hertford Mer-
piry endorses the recommendation. His acquaint-
ance with "business f it (lie Treasury dep artment ,", we
presu me, is sufficient proof of his fitness or \}]p sta-
tion it is proposed, \o haye him (ill. —[New Bedford
Sta ndard , '
Fatal as*3 A]|'kul Accidekt.— On Monday
(forenoon Mr. Joseph P. Wheeler ,merchant ,42 Cen-
tral wharf , was passing by the hold of his shi p, the
Moses Wheeler , loading at Lewis wharf when he
was struck by the derrick swing ing in t hree casks of
jnnils , and knocked into the hold with great violence.
He was found to have, been instantl y killed ,his skull
iiaving been broken to pieces. Mr. Wheeler was
iibout, 45 years of age, and unmarried. An inquest
¦was holder ; t)y Coroner PraiL
[Boston Post , 10th inst.
Amu'KAn qf a Load of Girls !—Yesterday,the
<-nrs on t he Little Miami Railroad , at one time
brou ght down 218 girls ,from twe lve to twenty years
of age. TJiey came from "Yan keeij om ,'! and are
Jioing to flip new factory now just startin g at Carrol-
ton , Ky, TJie girls were , most of them , good , fresh-
look in ""
>
' ' : : '¦'' ' ["Boston Times.
§>TOREi]RKAKING IX WaUEHAM. —O n WcdnOS-
()iij' 'n'lgVjt', the store oi" Messrs."i;iiis & Howard , at
i\
y
areha'm Narrows , was broken 'into ,
tN
and the safe
Llown open by moans of gunpowder. Cash to the
n'mouiit o'f 'S95, and goods valued at about *§00,'were
stojen nnd carried away.' A large dog that was kept
iii the store" quietl y left the premises when the rob-
Bers' entered'. The animal should
' be forever ban-
|sh
'e(} froin tlVe.eiiniiie (Viite 'rnit'y for unfaithfulness tc
duty'.—[Boston Journal.
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Ea^AL Accident,—\
y
,e hear from Sharon , un-
der date pf Llfic, 10, that a shocking accident oc-
cur red fp Mj-. Bradford poleof' fhijt place ,which re-
sulted }n I}i8. cjmtth , Ife was if) ttiu woods felling
trees, with the aid Qf another man , when one of the
|^)fi« fell in
a different direction from what was ex-
pected, cj'ushjng hj ni to the ground , and filling hini
glnjost instantl y. Mr. Cole was a wealth y mid influ-
8|jfi,al ma n , somewhat advanced in years—about 67.
[New Haven Journal .
THE PATRI OT. :?
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Tuesday, December 17, 1SJ0. ,' c
DEM OC RATIC SOMIXATIOS . ; ij
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UHA'S B, H. FESSENDEN, U
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substantial facts ? >Vc are content to repeat them ,
and , with all the foregoing qualification of them , in-
vite the decision of any candid man.
The Custom House was closed all day ; while the
Collector and Deputy were both at the Hjann is
Conventio n , "all day. "
The Collector did vote to exclude the Ilowland
delegates from the Convention , Such a vote was
p aused.
"'
The whole lump," was pretty severel y leavened ,
with office holders of (lie Customs and Post Office—
and the nomination of Zeno Scudder , the ag itator
and abolitioni.st , was reached throug h this interfer-
enc e and leaoeaimj of the OFFICE holders o
f tkh
Coil lily I
Rob ert Bacox , Esq —If excuse is needed for
thus making the name of an unofficial gentleman the
caption of an editorial , we ghe it , by say ing , that
Sir. Bacon is a native , of our village , and though a
resident of Boston and vicinity, since his youth , his
reputation is ours , still—to defend when assailed , at
least—for , endeared to his place of nativit y always ,
he has—b y the large interest he has taken in the
prosperity of our town ,and the welfare and ndvance-
jment of her citizens at homo and on their going
! ab road ; by his liberality, his read y counsel and his
]generous sympath y—he has remained , throug h a
somewhat long life , as one of our men people, ever.
We are induced to smv this now , and in this way,
because we haye noticed , from time to time , in the
j Boston papers , for the past year or two , occasional
I reports of suits at law , in which he wns involved ;
and in some of which he was named as dole udant in
i actions for slaader :—and more recentl y, some ani-
madversions by one paper , disparaging to his integ-
rity. This last , has called Mr. Bacon before the
pub lic , with several columns in his own defence , in
ihe Boston Courier of last week. We perused that
defence ; as also a pamp hlet of published details ,rel-
ative to the suits above ment ioned , and the circum-
stances out of which they grew ; and we do not hes-
itate to state , unequivocall y, that our fiiend , the
friend of our fathers , and the ever willing and gen-
erous patron of his old nei ghbors and associates ; to
whom hundreds of Barnstable boys are grateful , and
whom her widows and orp hans remember with thank-
fulness ; is not onl y guiltless of having done wrong
or injury to any one , in either property or charac-
ter , but has , himself , suffered foull y, from his assail-
ants—thousands of dollars in his estate , and greatl y
in the vexation of vindicati ve suits—nnd that it is
all the result of his over-generous nature ,,and his
characteristic confidence in the honor and intcaritv
of his fellow men.
Let the name of Robert Bacon , then , remain , to
Cape Codmen , as free from any association with
unjust or unfair , mercantile or business transaction ,
as it ever has—his character as unprejudiced and as
much the object of their esteem—and that his nativ-
ity was here , as much our boast—as they have al-
ways been. And whosoever , would see ihe particu-
lars to which we have here referred-—and which we
thus refer to, bepanse we could not appropriate the
large space they would occupy if we should repub-
lish them—will be gratified by reference to the Bos-
ton Courier of the 9th instant , or to the more elab-
orate pamp hlet address to the courts, jurors and
members of the bar , who have been connected with
the several trials spoken of ; and will , moreover , be
sure to come to the same conclusion we here give as
our own.
" The Patriot objects to Mr. Scudder because he
is in favor of the abolition of shivery in the District
of Columbia. * * *
The Patriot pretends to fear that Mr. Scndder
will act in opposi tion to Mr. AVebster and Mr. Fill-
more..'
1
fiTThe above are scraps from the last Register.
We turn that Journal now over to Mr. Webster and
Mr. Fillmore themselves. Their sentiments— their
ohjectians to Mr. Scudder are distinct l y and em-
phaticall y set forth in tho article w£ copy today
from their organ at Washington , the Republic.—
Here is what that paper says of Mr. Scudder—and
let the whi gs of this District understand , that is Mr.
Fillmore,and Mr. Webster speaking to them—with
Zeno's letter to the New Bedford negroes before
them.
" If Mr. Scudder should be elected to Congress,
he will come to Washington a professed po litical ag-
itator of the negro question. Such a man is neither
a Whi g, nor a friend of President Fillmore . lie
could do no good here for his constitue nts or the
country ; and we sincerel y hope that he may bo per-
mitted to remain in the 10th District and solace his
disappointed ambition by such local honors as it
may be in the power of his New Bedford correspon-
dents [the negi oes and fug itive slaves] to confe r up-
on him. "
The Register will please remember , that is not 'the
Major '" or " t he Patriot '' speaking of Zeno—but the
administration paper at Washing ton—the especial
organ of Mr. Webster and if r. Fillmore ! How well
it agrees with the Patriot , don 't it nei ghbor ? Don 't
you th ink that is ono of Mr. Fillmore 's '¦¦butterflies? "
— Give it battle , nei ghbor Reg ister !—We want to
see yo u down upon the Republic. Don 't stand any
such nonsense about your Custom House candidate!
Rall y the officeholders—m ake a grand demonstra-
tion ! Can 't you deny that Zeno ever wrote that
abol ition letter to those negroes ? Suppose you try
it ?—Do something, or pther ; quickl y, indi gnant ly !
Take, our advice , now , and pou nce upon the Re-
public and Mr. Fillmore and Mr. Webster , all at
once ;—that nasty ik ing at New Bedford , the " Mer-
cury, " let ily the other day, in good earnest. We
want to see you follow suit. Let go your hold on
t he Patriot , and sei ze the Republic !
The Sons of New England have formed n so-
ciety in San Francisco. In the constitution adopted
it is stated that "The objects of this Association shall
be to ma ke the sons of New Eng land , and of New
Eng land parents ,residing in San Francisco ,in closer
bonds of fraternal fellowshi p—to promote Liter":
ture and Benevolence among them—to perpetuate
the memory and princ iples of the Pil grim fathers .and
to celebrate each returnin g anniversary of their
landin g on Pl ymouth rock."
Counterfeit SI 0's on the Mechanic 's Bank, Hew
Bedford , have appeared ; the paper is poor. Coun-
terfeit $3's and $5's on the Worcester Bank have
also made their appearance.
" Help, Cassius, or I sink !"—The Reg ister is
I calling on the Sandwich Observer , to lend a hand
i to extricate '!the Whig candidate for Congress in
\ihis District ," from the awful sloug h into which he
i has so unfortunatel y tumbled ! and it winds up its
invitation thus— "Sauce for the goose is sauce for the
\gander .'"—Which is ''the goose"—or which " the
^ gander "—of their fluttering flock , now , it would be
difficult to determine , we imag ine.
Congress.—But little business has been done in
either branch of Congress during the past week.
A hen-pecked husband says that ,instead of he and
his wife being one , they arc ten ; for she i§ 1 and he
is 0.
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AVe copy the following from a leading editorial
article in the Washington Republic .; which pa per is
the organ of the President , and Mr. Webster, at
Washington , and is known to speak th eir sentiments
most especiall y on the subject treated of in the
following article. The article , in the. Republic , is
headed— "M assachusetts and Zicno Scudder"
iind after some introductory remarks upon the
late Congressional elections in this state ,comes down
to matters in the tenth District as follows :—and we
commend its perusal to all the citizens of this Dis-
tr ict , and most especiall y to the Office JIoldeks
in it.
We will illustrate what we menu by a single instance.
Since we havp known any thing of politics , the tenth
district ' of Massachusetts has been unilorml y represent-
ed by a Whi g. For some twenty years it was repre-
se nted by the ever faithful John Reed , the present
Lieutenant Governor of tiic state. For the last seven
or ei ght years , it lias been represented by an intelli gent
and iii gh-toned Whi g gentlema n, Mr. Josep h Grinnell.
There was no good reason why it should not continue
to be represented by a Whi g; but in an evil day our
W hig friend s there nominated Mr. Zeno Scudder , and
Mr. Scudder entered into a correspondence with cer-
tain free negroes and fugitive slav es in New Bedford ,to
whom he pled ged himself that lie would , ''at' all ti mes
and under all circumstances , advocate and act for the
repeal of the fug itiv e slave law*—the repeal of all laws
which countenance n vestive of shivery in the District
of Columbia; and to prevent the admission of any new
slave states , or the organization of any new slave terri-
torial government. "
The recent official exposition of "President Fillmore's
views , and the entire unanimity of the Whig press in
its su pp ort, indi cate , with sufficient distinctness.the line
which separates the friends of the Administration from
its enemies. For the future , at all events , we ima gine
that no one will venture to proclaim himself a support-
er, i n good faith , of that Administration , while he ar-
rays himself in opposition to the policy upon which it
has staked its fort unes.
We see it stated in some of the papers that the cus-
tom-house officers in Mr. Scudder 's district have been
activel y electioneering in his behalf. We do not know
that there is any truth in this charge. It is the receiv-
ed Whi g doctrine that custom-house officers should be
content with the exercise of the elective franchise , with-
out busy ing- themsplvcs too much in political affairs.—
We have no reason to believe that the present Admin-
istration entertains any other than the Whig doctrines
upon this or any other subject. Without meddling with
the exercise of private jud gement, every government is
entitled to expect from its appointees a decorous re-
gard to those measures and that policy by which it
seeks to commend itself to the peop le. We haye never
doubted that it was alike the right and duty of govern-
ment to sustain itself by its friends rather than its ene-
mi es, for it is obvious enoug h that no government can
command the respect of the peop le, which cannot com-
mand the respect" of its official incumbents.
If Mr. Scudder should be elected to Congress,he will
come to Washington a professed agitator of the negro
question. Such a man is neither a Whig, nor a friend
of President Fillmore. He could do no good here for
his constituents or the country ; and we sincerely hope
that he may be permitted to remain in the 10th district ,
and solace his disappointed ambition by such local hon-
ors as it may be in the power of his New Bedford cor-
respondents to confer upon him.
It must be obvious enough to any one who is ac-
quainted with the peop le of Massachusetts, that no man
could receive their confidence who would condescend
to solicit vote s by entering into ati y such humiliating
covenants. It is in that state esteemed the duty of a
Representative to act always with reference to the cir-
cumstances existing at the time he may be called upon
to act. The idea of binding his jud gement to any par-
ticular measure , or set of measures, is not consistent
with that free exercise of his discretion which is indis-
pensable to wise and well-considered legislation. The
idea of conciliating, as a political party, an assembly of
free negroes and fugitive slaves , was not palatable to
the peop le of tho tenth district ; and it would have been
strange indeed if a candidate whohadsolictcd suffrages
by such means could have commended himself to a ma-
jority of its intelli gent voters.
It, was well understood by the Whi gs of Mr. Scud-
der's dist rict , flint the ad™in'§tratjo,n was pled ged, by
every imp lication , to the support in good faith of the
adjustment to which Mr. Scudder had thus declared his
opposition. It was well understood from the formation
of Air. Fillmore 's Cabin et, from his selectio n of Mr.
Webster as the Secretary of State, and from the well-
known cordiality existing between himself and Mr.
Clny, that no Whig could indicate a disposition to re-
open the agitating controversy of the last session, and
claim to be a supporter of the administration. To agi-
tate the abolition of slavery in the District of Colum-
bia , to seek the repeal of a law which was merel y the
re-enactment of a constitutional provision , with the
pled ge of pursuing these objects at all tiroes and under
all circumstances , was in effect to assume a hostile at-
titude towards the administration of which Mr. Scud-
der professed to be a supporter. How then could he
expeci to rall y the friends of the administration in his
behalf ? Was it not a mockery to claim to be a friend
of tl(e administration , while he was opposed to the pol-
icy which it deemed essential to the peace and welfare
of tho country ?
Dedication" of a new School House.—
The new School House recentl y erecte d at Mars-
ton 's Mills , was ded icated on Monday afternoon , 2d
inst. The services were as follows—-Prayer by the
Rev. Mr. Wakefiold of Gjstervil le: an Original
Hymn was then sun g: and a very able and instruc-
tive Address delivered by Mr. Freeman N. Blake ,
Princi pal of the Barnstable Academy—after which ,
appropr iate, remarks were made by Messrs. Wake-
field , N. Ilinckley, Esq., and Dr. Allen. The day
was fine , and the exercises passed off very pleasant-
ly to the large number of parents and friends pres-
ent. The house is a very commodi gus one; the
health and convenience of the scholars appears to
have been consulted in its erection , and we hope
the scholars will improve their advantages and make
rap id progress in their studies.
In erecting this house after the approved models
of the present day, and in consecrating it to learn-
ing and virtue , the citizens of that village have act-
ed wisel y and with commendable forethoug ht for the
good of com ing generations ; aud it is hoped that
the examp le will be speedil y followed in other por-
tions of the town and Cape,where the school houses
are in an un fit condition for the reception of pup ils.
Uninteresting to Custom House Officers, Post Mas*
tei'3. and other Government Officers, who arc busil y
engaged in getting a man elected to Congress, who is
pledged '•at all times and under all cirevmstonces , to ad-
vocate and act for the repeal of the fug itive slave law—the
repeal of all laws which countenance a vestige qf slavery in
the District of Columbia," &c. &c.
Tho Washington correspondent of the New 'Xork
Herald writes :
"The late removals of Seward men in the state of
New York , have excited some curiosity here. It is un-
derstood , however , that President Fillmore regards all
the enemies of the slavery adjustment as his enemies ,
ami all the friends of the late compromise as his friends.
This is his broad platform for a successful administra-
tion."
Add tq tins, the following- significant sentence from
the immediate orga n of President Fillmore , at Washing-
ton ; and it makes out a pretty clear case of an inten-
ti on , on the part of tho administration , to look after its
"official incumbents " very much in the same manner
which democratic administrations have heretofore
done. ' This is what the Republic says on this subject,
viz :
"Without meddling with the exercise of private
judgeme nt, every government is entitled to expect
from its appointees a decorous regard to those meas-
ur es and that policy by which it seeks to recommend
it self to the.people. We have never dqubtqd that it
was ali ke the right and duty of government to sustain
itself by its friends rather than its enemies , for 'it is ob-
vious enough that no government ' can command the
respect of the people, which cannoj; cqmmand the re-
spect of its official incumbents." ' ' '
That's tho ri ght doctrine. ' That 's democratic. We
are the "friends "- of such an administration.' ' ' '
Dkatii Sentence.—Dunbar ,who murdered two
little children , whom he su pposed stood between
him and some small inheritance , has been convicted
of murder at Albany, and sentence d to be hung in
January .
Take Npticc '
. D3-IIow can the Ileg-ister-Vnov.in.; our ev,
^ '
¦modrttij—how can they (latter us so extravag.m , e
That paper has , of late , devoted a good deal of
' " ?~"
to nice criti cisms on our "slyle" of writino- 0 , (fP^
Ce
^
liar stijle";—so much so, that we have °
tlipn«},
P
^
must hav e some ukcrio r, covert design tS
lhey \
bestowed much more attention to our "
slide th. " e
f acts and aujuments. We have suspected that -° °D?
! partl y becaus e the sty le p leased than letter *
a
'
than our facts and arguments ; but we hardl y ]
SUrei'
for so lavish an outpouring of comp limems as th °*
( lowing, in their last paper. y
*"
j "The pecu liarities of the Major 's style wo ha
toforc alluded to. It is emphaticall y the Mam *. e
<^
' Johnson , Addison , Carl yle, and Macaula y hav e
S
°Wn
'
j them founded schools of composition , and the °f
manki nd have been content to follow and imitate ^f*°^
, But the Major is no servile copy ist. He is an o •V
I8;
I in every sense of the word , and at the head oi' a ''"!n;i!
of his own."
i a S (-'iJ0«i,,
I Kow, we arc altogether too modest to suffer t]
bovc to go without some little correction. Yo
a"
mistaken , nei ghbor , about our entire originalit y t .
J6
don 't pretend to follow Carl yle , surel y ; and yve j ,
e ;
like Macaulcy very much , since he lied so about .i,'
j Quakers—but Johnson and Addison—wh y don't
think you discover some little resemblance in our stvl"
both of them ? We admire them both , especially j ^A.
son ! However, we confess that we have rather song),
"
to model our style after another "school"—a s^
> which the Register folks seem to be wholly imaoqilaj
ed viith; perhaps never heard of (so we should thint 1
their sty le, at least)—we mean the "Juxius" sc/(00;^^
Just get a copy of the letters of "the great unktio» »
nei ghbor Reg ister , and stud y it a littl e, instead of » ^
much of liI)oml>ey & Son ," "Cricket on the Hearths
and Dickens ' other trash. It will much improve yo»»
own i:sti/le "—depend upon it.
lUr We would call attention to the advertisement-
of Miss Sweet , which appears in today 's paper..
^
She is alread y favorabl y known in this village as »
teac her of vocal and instrumental music , where she
gave lessons throug h the autumn mont hs. Her rnus.
ica l education has been received from the best mas.
ters, and we have muc h confidence in recommend-
ing Miss Sweet as a teacher on the piano , and of the
vo ice, to those parents who have children they are
desirous, of placing under instruction in music
They will find the present opportunity a rare one
which they will not regret having improved. Jdjg,
Sweet will give lessons to pup ils at Yarmouth and
other neighbor ing villages. For terms, see adver-
tisement in another column.
Sflrihe Bangor Mercury contradicts the story
that a man named Joh nson of Orono, had been ar-
rested upon a charge of murder committed in Cali-
fornia. ,:
lUFThe American bark Shannon ,Capt. Eldrid ge,,
sailed from La Kochelle on the 10th ull., with the
largest cargo of brandy ever shi pped from that port,
to Boston , and her arr ival is hourl y ex pected.
ilTNo less than twelve fatal accidents upon Rail
Roads within the limits of New England , have been
reported during the past fifteen days.
lUTThe Connecticut was closed by ice the 13th
above and bedow Hartford.
[For the Barnstable Patriot.|
l@rAt a meeting of the members of the 95th
Transcendentalist-Universal-Orth odox Society in
Bungtown—Ihe undersi gned were appointed a Com-
mittee to investi gate th e charges, made in the Gos-
pel Thunderbolt , a reli gious newspa per printed in
Saccarappa , in the State of Down East , and edita/
by the llev. Lord Nosoo—wherein it is stated (tat;
our beloved Pastor , the Kev. Tophet Pukefire , was,
in the habitual practice of eating clams, without
cu tting oiF their snouts :—
It was Resolved, that such statement is false and
calumnious in tho hi ghest degree , and calculate d to
wound the feelings , and impair the usefulness ol our
said Pastor , and we, the said Committee , were also
instructed to address the aforesaid Lord Nosoo upon
tho subject, and publish the doings of the meeting,
in some extensivel y circulated newspaper , to the
end that the public might be set right in the mat-
ter, and the denial be as general as the charge.
Thousan o' Brick, )
Quintal o' Codfish , i- Committee.
Side o" Sole Leather,)
Bung town , Dec. 1850.
ed fo r Congress , a nd to procure his election after 1
his nomina tion. We are, not now going to reiterate <
them , further than is necessary , in a brief review , to
sil ence the slang of the. Iiegistcr , and to put to shame
|its friends for the sill y p revai icalions and contempt-
ible mi sstatements of that sheet , in its at tempts to
] shuffle off the odium fioni the Collector and the oth-
er office holders , who are so deep in that grand abo-
lition , nullification moveme nt.
The office hold ers of this District shall not so easi- '
hi escape, from the. odious position into which ihey
voluntaril y th rust tlieni.-cl vos before elec tion. \\ e
have repeatedl y set foith the extraordinary pains I
taken , and the indefati gable (dibits persisted in , by
M r. Collector Bacon , to "et Zeno Scudder nominal-
Aye ha ve before staled that the office holders of
this Coun ty were, packed into the {I yannis Conven-
tion wjjh Ihe desi gn , a nd deteiniinaljon , to foice
2Jcno upon it. Week before last the liegister affect-
ed lo be sati rical at our statement , and was , ind eed ,
a li ttle ' crafty. It did not p ositively deny tvhat we
stated of the Collector 's mana gement ; but left its
readers to infcr ,\hnl it was untrue. "One officer of the
Custom House from Provincetown , and one from Yar-
mouth, were klkct
f .d to the Conventio n, and lo '
they have leavened the whole luviv," it exclaimed. —
We followed up this prett y piece of Jesuitism , with
(he statement , last week , that besides those , his two
Deputies , who were "chosen lo the convention ," Mr .
Collector Bacon himself— who was not chosen— left
the Custom House closed cdl day.—his Deputy also
being absent on the same errand—an d went to Hy-
annis ; "ot himself voted into the Convention (to
which hs was not elected) and then worked ardentl y
and activel y, and voled also , to exclude the How-
land delegation from New Bedford , who were elect-
ed—and to procure the consummation of ihe object
lie had been drumming for months lo accomplish—
Zeno 's nomination.
The last Register after wasting a world of word y
nonsense about "the peculiarities of the Maj or 's
style"—a favorite resort with our opponents , when
they can 't manage our arguments—alludes lo our
statements , above mentioned , after this fashion , viz ;
"The assenions in the last issue , that the 'Deputy
Collector left the Custom House all tiny to attend '
the Hvannis Convention ; that the 'Custom House
was closed all day j' that the Collector voted to 'ex-
clude the Howland delegation from the seats they
were chosen to ,' arc simp ly untruths. No such vote
as is alluded to was passed."
"Simp ly untruths ," are they ? Let us see wheth-
er they are "simp ly untrttths ," or substantial facts"—
And we will restate , them , and in such a manner as
to expose your paltry quibbling about them ; and in
such manner , too, that you won 't dare deny them.—
First , for the Deputy Collector leaving the Custom
House "all day," to attend the Convention. S. N.
Small is the Deputy. He was the "chosen" delegate
from Yarmouth. He was made the Secretary of the
Convention. We saw him there , five miles from the
Custom House , soon affer {en o'clock in the fore-
noon j we left him there after the adjournment of
the Convention , late in the afternoon.
Nest for the Collector. We saw him there , like-
wise, from the same time , to the same tune. Now
was "the Custom House closed all day," or pot ? If
the Collector and the Register want to quibble about
day light, or any of our phraseology, wljich is as
clear as day light , to every man of common sense,let
them do it ; and we will expose them in jt- The
"office hours " of the, Custom House begin at nine
o'clock and close at f our. If for their purpose , of
denial of our statenient about "all day," they see fit
to contend that Bacon and Small were not in atten -
dance at the Convention ,all t he lime from ihe rising.
to the setting of the sun , wh y,then they are welcome
lo the use of such a quibble —and they may make
Ihe most of jt. We have stated ,trul y,how long they
were at Ilyannis , Thev could not ,neither of them ,
have been at the Custom house between half past \
nine in the morning and four in the afternoon. If
the}' were the re for the first half hour in the morn- j
ing (which we doubt) let them swear by that , then ,
in welcome !
Now , was "the Custom House closed ,'' in the ab-
sence of bolli Collector and Deputy, or not ? The
door mif i/U hav.e. been le
f t, open —very likelv it was—
we never intended to be so precise about that.—
TJieremight have been a child , or even an adult ,
there , to watch it , throug h the day ; but there was
no o
fficer o
f the Customs there , and no official bum',- ,
ness was done , or could have been done , during the ;
absence of both Collector and Deputy at Ihe Ilyan-
nis Converj ti pp-—which absence was for the time
above Mated. Was the office "closed" the n , or not ?
Next , for the Collector 's votin< » in the. Conven-
tion.
The Reg ister virtuall y denied , at first , that Ihe
Collector was in the Convention , at all. It admit-
ted that two deputies were there , "and lo ! they leav-
ened the whole lump, " But , followed up, they were
not quite so barefaced , last week. They onl y deny
that be voted lo "exclude the Howland delegation
from the seats they were chosen to; '1—and because
the}' say, "no such vole as is alluded to was passed. "
We will examin e thai. After some two hours
discussion , as lo wh ich set of delegates from New
Bedford should be received— the first vote passed
was, "that but f ifteen delegates should be admitted in-
to the Conventionfrom -A7e(p Bedford" —two sets, of
fift een each , having claimed admission . The next
vole passed , was that , on the motion made by Mis.
Post Master Davis of We
llf ieet , at I he siiirges-
tion of Wit . Collector Bacox of Barnstable , who
stood at his elbow [no office holding in
f luence in the
convention , oh no !] viz. "that the set of delegates of
which Mr. Delano was chairman [the anti-Howland
or Hunker] he admitted as the delegates from New
Bedford." For these motions Mr. Collector Bacon
did. vote ; and neither he , nor the Register , dare
den y it! Now, were these "such votes as ive alluded
to ?" 'Were these votes "to exclude the Howland del-
egation ,] ' or not J First , the vote to adm it "but f if-
teen?' That excluded fifteen. Then the vote that
the Delano , or 'f}ii 'ti- Hba.'/an