Massachusetts spy and Worcester advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1823-1825, 1824-01-07

nessee, the blacks increased 80 per cent
and the whites only 81 in Georgia, the
blacks increased more than 40 per cent,
and the whites only 30; in North Caro-
Ina, the increase of blacks was 22 per
cent, and that of the whites only II
and in South Carolina, the increase of
the blacks was &c per cent, while tha!
of the whites was only 8.
At Willis assizes, England, two gum
cas- damages and costs were obtained
from person who had slandered the
character Of the plaintiffs horse.
Washington Dec. 27.-Mr Adams
gives grand Military Ball to;G Zen. Jack
son, the 9th January"
A late Liverpool paper says, that an
inquest had been held on the body Of
Ralph Mattram, Waterman, who had
fallen into the dry dock, and was drown-
ed before he could be taken out!
The people of Philadelphia held a
meeting on the Goth ult. and adopted
resolutions approving of the nomination
Of Gen. Jackson for President.
The Mentors of the Duke of Rovigo
[Savary] prettyclearlyshow that Talley.
rand was principal actor in that dis
graceful transaction, the murder of the
Duke of Enghein. But this wiley old
friend of America, of X. Y. z. memory,
still holds the first aud most honorable
and lucrative place in France, under
Louis XVIII. being still Grand Chamber
lain with nearly forty decorations. 4
The steamboats, Mercury and Pitts
burg, on the I'd ult. came in contact
with each other when under full way,
and the former was so much injured as
TO be unfit for service. The pilot Of
the M. lost his life in attempting to
jump on board the P.
The House of Bourbon, it is calcula-
ted, reigns at this time over forty seven
millions of people in Europe. viz: Ma
Piles and Sicily (new census) 5,422 $50;
Spain, 0,500,000, Tuscany, 300, 900;
and France, above 30,GOO,OOO.
Forty Poetical Addresses have been
presented to the Managers of the New
Orleans Theatre, for the Premiums
lately offered. They are mostly from
the northern States.
The Publisher of Don Juan has sew
eral more Cantos of that extraordinary
Poem in MS. three of which are now
in the press. He has also drama from
Lord Byron, of very curious kind,
entitled the Deformed Transformed
Supreme Court--On Saturday last the
Chief Justice prom ouDced the decision
Of the Court, in the case of John Cal
iender Us. Ephraim Marsh, in an action
of trespass against the defendant, who as
Surveyor of the Highways had digged
up the soil in the vicinity of the plain
Uf's house on Mount Vernon. The
decision was in favor of the defendant,
and nonsuit was entered.-CentineI
We are persuaded that our govern.
nent has received the most conclusive
information of the resolution of Great
Britain to oppose any aggressions which
he Allied Powers may make upon
South America, and propositions TO Join
her in that policy.-Richmond Enquirer
The City of New Orleans now con-
'ains upwards of $4,000 persons, and
employs abont 100000 tons of shipping.
In the year 1861, it contained only one
hundred miserable barracks and three
" four stone houses.-What gre at
Improvement in the comparatively
short space of sixty years!
Messis. Schuylers, of Troy, NY.
ave in their possession pig of the
;rass breed, 3 years old, which weighs
1882 pounds, and measures 8 feet in
length, 2 feet 5 iuches across the back,
'nd round the girth, feet inches.
London papers have been received to The
I'D Nov.-The only article Of interest which
hey contain is report of naval action b.
tween the Turks and Greeks, in which the
latter claim the victory, though il is said not
to be decisive.