The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-04-13
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commodore cambridge has been removed
from the situation of Commandant of ihe Navy
Yard in Philadelphia. Was he unfit for the
station in professional view? Certainly not
Had he been found guilty ofany official miscon-
duct! Even suspicion is silent on that score.
Had he neglected the duties of his office No
one exceeded him in zeal and fidelity. What
then was the nature of his offence p
Perhaps the gallant Commodore had offered
some Insult to the President. No. Probably
he had been hurried into some act of insubord.
nation against The Secretary of the Navy. Not
so. Where then must we look for the causes
Of his removal
We recollect to have heard, sometime in the
course of the year 1880, that some orders were
received by Commodore Bain5ridge, signed by
" Amos Kendall" On the receipt of orders
from such quarter, it was said that the Com
modore returned them, with a note, stating
that he had been accustomed, as the rules of
the service required, to receive all his orders
from the Navy Department, but that he had
never received any from the Treasury Depart
ment, nor could he recognize any from that
source. 1t may be that this determination, so
dlsrespectful to the Fourth Auditor, conslilut-
ed the first crime of the Commodore in the eyes
of the President.
! The Commodore has officiated recently as
President of the Court Martial, convened at
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1 ton. On the rising of the Court, it is reported
that Commodore Bainbridge and other officers
who had been members of the Court, made the
usual applications for the allowances ordinari-
! ly made TO them for this extra service. In re-
ply to some of the applications which were ad.
| dressed to the Fourth Auditor, that officer stat.
! ed that the allowances demanded were, in his
| opinion, contrary to law, and that the Secreta-
ry ofthe Navy concurred in this opinion. We
have heard that the letter Of the Commodore
was addressed to the Secretary of the Navy,
who replied that as the Fourth .4uditor had de-
cideG that the allowances we're contrary to law
they could not be made. If the Commodore,
! piqned by this treatment, should have written
another letter, containing some severe stric-
lures on tho conduct of the Fourth Auditor, it
is only what may reasonably have been ex.
| pected, and thus second offence against the
I Fourth Auditor may have been deemed by the
President so objectionable in its character as
1 to call forth the order for his removal from the
command Of the Navy Yard
J National Journal.
WooNsocKET FALLS. No part of this coun.
! try, perhaps, exhibits scene of greater activi-
| ty and hustle, than the Valley of the Black
stone. An almost uninterrupted succession Of
manufacturing villages, giving employ n ent
and support TO thousands, presents cheering
prospect to the friends of the American System
and effectually siences its opposers
! Among these villages, Woonsocket Falls is
mot the least fourishng. 1t affords a most
striking evidence of the beneficial effects of
manufactures on the prosperity Of a country
A large and thriving village has sprung up
where few years ago there were but two or
three dwelling houses. Though second in size
to no manufacturing village in Rhode Island,
| except Pawtucket, Woonsocket is comparative
ly but little known. 1t is situated on both sides
of the Blackstone river, partly in Cumberland
and partly in Smithfed The parts are con-
nected by three bridges, one of which is built
of stone. 1t now contains factories besides
one not yet fnished-3 machine shops, II stores
! bank, furnace, a post office, 60 dwelling
( houses, and according 10 the census of 1880,
nearly 1000 inhabitants. In 1920, it contained
one factory, 16 dwelling houses, and between
! 100 and 200 inhabitants.
/ The Blackstone Canal passes through the viii
| lage and establishes an easy communication
between it and Providence The water power
here is as great as at Pawtucket, and in time,
Woonsocket will probably rival this cradle Of
! American manufactures
! Connected with the increase of this village,
is the prosperity of the landed estate in it's vi
cinity. Farms which, before the erection of
manufacturing establishments, hardly repaid
the labor of cultivation, now yield their owners
handsome profits. From being scarcely worth
possessing, they are now among the most yalu.
able landed possessions in the State. The
owners find full employment for themselves
and ready market for their produce.
| Providence Journal
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