The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-02-26


efforts to trace out the DOCTORS course.
they set off for Vermont, depending up
on the humanity of landlords and stage
proprietors for passage, and reached
their home on Tuesday week. Bedford
is well-built square-shouldered man,
somewhere about FIVE feet ten inches in
height black hair dark eye, and some
what lowering erect in his carriage /;
of serious department fashionable in
his dress and possesses the exterior of
a gentleman
From the Boston Evening Gazette
a Man, Wogom, and tao Horses missing.
The latter part, of December last.
Mr.. Dan Hitchcock, man of reputable
character left Westminster, iVermont,)
with a wagon and two horses, loaded
with produce, belonging to several of
his neighbours, for Boston, where he
arrived and disposed of the same. He
informed those who inquired after he
had sold his produce, that he should
load UP with MackereI, sc. and did on
the lst day of January last, leave MIR.
Banard's publick house 10 this town. as
was supposed, on his return home; since
which time he has not been heard from.
Mr.. II. is poor, but has always been con-
sdered an honest, sober man-36 wears
OF AGES rather over the common
height, is well proportioned, has brown
hair and is of a reddish complexion.-
The ends of two of his toes are cut off.
The wagon, was originally painted
red; but is now Of light colour, with
the tore-board framed into the body of
the wagon. One of the horses hired,
with the said Hitchcock, is the property
of Robert Miller, of Westminster she
is light grey mare, about IS years of
age, common size, has lost one eye, and
is half hipped. The other horse is the
property OF Paul Moores, of Putney
said horse is Of sorrel colour, with
white stripe on his face, over the COM
mon size, and is about IL or 10 years
of age. It rs feared, he has absconded
with the property, or was murdered
Any person who will give information
to Messrs. John and Robert Miller, in
Westminster, in Vermont, or to Isaac
Child, India-street, Boston, concerning
said Dan Hitchcock, or the property a.
bove described, shall be generously re-
warded, and will greatly relieve the
anxiety of wife, Who is left with six
small children,
.4raother Cotton Factory bswnt-The
Cotton Factory, principally owned by
Mr.. d. Avery, in Meredith, n H. with
most of lis contents, machinery, sc.
we're destroyed by fire in the afternoon
Of Thursday, 18th inst The fire is re-
ported to have originated in the Picker,
placed near the stairs; aud the flames
were SO rapid as to produce theaentire
destruction Of the building in 81 minutes.
Seven females were at work in the
third story at the time, and being pre-
cluded the means Of escape by the stairs,
six of them leaped from the windows,
distance of 80 feet, and were more or
less grieyously injured from broken
limbs and bruises; and the other was
taken from small window by means
of ladder, almost sufocated. The
Factory contained 700 spindles, and
90 looms, and the loss is estimated at
between % and $4,000 doIlars-of which
only $4,000 were insured; and that was
made by the Manufacturing Insurance
Company in this city the 9Th inst. As
this is said to be the third instance of
factories being burnt by fire communi-
Gated from the Picker, the fact ought to
induce the greater caution in the use of
the machine. boston CcntineE
From the Rhode Island Americana
The republican presses in Massachu-