The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-04-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
.Meso Teiocipede.-A new species of self
impelling carriage has been invented by NJ. |
Barrett, OF Lyons, which, is capable of perform
ing distance of 100 leagues in Is hours. 1t |
was lately exhibited at Lyons by M. Barrett,
who went in it from his own house in the |
Place des CeLestsns, to the Port ST. CLAIR |
The carriage rests upon three wheels; one of
these is placed in front, and acts the same as |
sort OF rudder to regulate the motions of the !
vehicle. person sitting in the body of the
carriage sets the two greater wheels in mo !
ton, by means of his feet, which he strikes
alternately against a piece OF mechanism
formed in the interior. The carriage, by each
stroke, is made to perform a distance of six
teen feet, from which the whole can be east
y calculated. The most remarkable part of
this invention is that the person who regulates
the movements of the directing wheel, or
rudder, has it in his power to turn the carriage
round, and give it contrary direction, when
ever he pleases.
! Care an GGrdiner.-We understand that
the singular discovery of an inhabited Gaze
was made last week in Gardner about mile
| from the village. The person who discover
ed it is said to have perceived smoke issue
Ham hollow tree, which led hin to search
9OihO CduSPs WIN a good
deal e difficulty he found the entrance Of the
cave, bud discovered that it was inhabited
by sometf the human race. But while he
went TO Set assistance, the tenants escaped.-l
Inc cave Is oiIconsderable size, and contain ed
some VestIges of depredations committed by
us innhates' HdllOtceN Gas.
Expedition 10 .4srica.-An expedition ha,
left England for the purpose of maxine d;.c6v.
cries in Central Afric, It consists of Conr
persons, viz. Capt. Pcarc,, DIR. Morrison. Cant
Clapperton, and Mr.. Dixon, The latter onn.
tleman has resided several Vars in the West
Indies, practising as an apothetary. The ex-
petition does not conte mplate a,y separat;on
until all its members reach Timbucoo. Then
| If found practicable, Capt. Pearce, and DR.
Morrison, will endeavor to proceed in en- cas.
tern direction towards Abyssinia; Capt 0,lan-
perton and Mr.. Dixon propose to take rahe,
a northern course.
Bolivar's name should be accented on the
second syllable with the sound of the 4 like e
long. The correct accent aud sound is Bolee-
var and not Bolivar. The capital of Cololn-
bia also is Bogota, and the town where the
Congress of South America is in session. is
Panama. Both should be accented on the
last syllable, and the sound of the a at the
end Of them is like the sound Of a in father.
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D young man by name Ephram Collins,
was going after fiddle, to give finishing
stroke to ga merry Christmas" Having TO
cross part OF Naples, or Henderson Bay. he
took his skates. When he was ready to pro-
coed, he vociferated-"I'll skate into he'll and
damnation in Eve minutes'' 1t was probably
not half that time, before he skated into
hole of the ice, and sunk to the bottom of the
Lake Wesfern Record.
Dazzling. act has passed the Legisla-
ture OF Alabama, requiring test oath of ev-
cry person holding an Office, and of attornies.
that they have never engaged directly or in
directly in duel, and will never so engage
while in ofhee-to take effect after January,
1926.
Fat SIERRA pair of FIVE year old steers,
were exhibited in the streets Of New York on
Saturday last, by Mr.. George Merkle, butch
er, weighing alive, fire thousand sic hundred
pounds.
Rogaes eaught.-Jac1son Saunders and his
son Parker, of Groton, have been arrested. and
goods found concealed in their house, which
were recognized as those stolen from MIR. Park
er'sstore in Pepereli, last Dec.
The Small Pox has made its appearance in
an alarming manner'in some of the Western
and southwestern States.
Louisville Ken. paper, March 3, states, |
that" the Ohio river is now very full. In the |
north or lowe7 part Of the town, such of thu
inhabitants as have not abandoned their dwell |
liugs, have been driven into the upper stories
Of them. Steamboats, are riding majestically |
in our streets, and occasionally king cxcur. |
sions through our lots, passing over fences, &c.
The Spotted Fever RACES in the towns near |
Little Falls. ". Y. Five collins were taken
from one shop in one day.
During late term Of the Court of Oyer and |
/ Ternner, for the County Of Clinton, Andrew
/ Bowright was tried aud convicted for stealing
horse from his father and James Weeks,
brother-n-law of the prisoner, and wit
ness for him, was ordered into custody by
Judge Walworth, indicted and convicted for
perjury committed on the same trial. They
were both sentenced TO confinement in the
State Prison, the former for s, and the latter
fer years. Keesriile Herald