The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-05-31

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on ne l7,h iust. ne LETT il boiling TO attend to
1 otaer business--while absent, his son, about
seven years old, climbed up to the arch. in
which the caldren was set, and fell into the
| hosing liquor. lie cTawled out himself, and
GOT some distance from the fatal spot, towards
! The house, before any one saw him. Medical
aid was Immediately called; but unfortunate
y, it was beyond tie power Of the physician
10 save; he larguished about seven hours and
died. Berkshire .g1,erfean.
child Of Mr.. Samuel Ritter. of Reading.
Ia. about year old, was scolded 10 death, on
| The 18th inst. in a hogshead of water. boiling
not. 1t had been placed on straw mattrase,
covering the hogshead, for a moment, when
IN ats play the mattrass tilted, and il was preci-
plated to an awful and almost instant death.
The Sheriff Of Penobscot county has been
opposed in the execution of the duties of his
oitce. The difficulty arose from the seizure,
made by order of the Land Agents. Of Logs
cut on Lands belonging to Massachusetts, and
Malne-whch Logs have been retaken by
me persons who cut them, and are now forci-
bly, detained, or made into boards The
Bangor Register says, " the posse comitafus is
ordered out to assist the officers Of Govern
/ ment."
For several days past (says the Rochester
Album, of the 18th inst. much damage has
| Deen done by the ravages of fire in the
timber lands between this village and Lake
Ontario. We understand several houses have
| been consumed. the inmates Of which narrow
| ly escaped with their lives, by precptate
hight. boy in wagon. in endeavouring
10 escape from the fire, got entangled in The
woods, and only saved his life, by leaving the
horse and wagon TO the rayages Of the de-
vouring element.
Reeeired and Deliuered.-The following
memorandum is in Sir James Balfour's works
=" 1861, January 10. This day Lieut.. Gen.
| Middleton was released from his excommuni-
cation, and his penace in sackcloth in Dun
dee Church; and Col. Archibald Stracha
was accommodated, and delirered TO the
dertt IN The church ofPerth, on the same day"
| The members of the University of Cam,
bridge, (England) are four thousand eighe
hundred and Slrty-SiT in number. and those
the University OF Oxford, four thousand ssre,.
hundred and ninety ti0o, according 10 the res
pective Calendars Qor 1890 ofthose great in
stitu;ions.
Robbery.-The Diligence between Nantz
and Paris was stopped BY two highwaymen,
and although the passengers were thirteen in
number was efectually plundercd. An alarm
was given, and the gensd'armes went in pur-
suit Of the brigands. One of them was shot
and another taken. He was but 16 years of
age and confessed the robbery.
The principal officers, engineers and man
ufacturers in Egypt are Frenchmen. Gen.
Boyer commands the Arab troops, Mai. SIEVE
directs the operations in Greece, and NJ.
Jumeile manages the muslin and cotton man
ufactures in Cairo. The cotton is manulac-
tured by slaves, woven by Arabs, and print
ted by FrenChmen, under the direction of II.
Gunnie. The cannon foundry of Cairo, and
some of the manufactures OF arms are man
aged by Frenchmen.
1t has been ascertained by experiment that
linseed oil, being washed over trees previous
ly 70 their budding out, will render them i'm.
pervious to frost.
! The late Musical Festival at York, eng.
gave a profit 10 the Managers of O0OL
r which they have determined to divide in e.
f quail portions amongst the In6rplaries Of York,
Leeds, Hull and Sheffield, making G45, 500
each.
Perurian .4rehitecture.-A letter received
in this country, from a gentleman who had
ijust visited the ruins of the celebrated Tenn
I Pile OF the Sun in Cuzco, states that the ma
, sonry of that temple is exceedingly beautiful
, and substantial. The stones were cut anc
, groovcd so exactly, that he in vain endeavor
ed TO introduce a needle between them
This art was lost with the ancient Peruvians
: who, it is said, used the juice of a certain
herb, which sonened the stone. No Euro
, pean work has ever equalled it.
: Education an Paraeua the inhabi
a tants of Paragua, Indians as well as CreoIes
9 know how to read, write and cypher. Pub
lie schools are every where established, ant
no child is permitted to leave them until the
/ CGbitdo (the municipality of the place de-
? clare that they are sufficiently instructed.
Emigrdtioa.-From communication re.
Gently laid befnre the House of Representa-
!. tives, it appears that the whole number o
+, emgrants from foreign countries, males aut
females, who arrived in the United States il
one year, was 1861. The natural increas,
a of the population of the United States, j.
? 100000 every year. We are there fore in
|, dehed to foreign nations for only one Thrift
, eth part of our whole increase.
". Y. Observer.
I Mr.. A. Smyth, formerly Representative
in Congress from Virginia, is about to open
, and pledges himself to quslify student in siz
] months to obtain a license.
1t seems by the New-Haven Herald, tina
0 Mr. Hiram Hull, who requested his friend
( and cousins TO suspend their visits for two
: years, was lately sentenced to the State Pris
n on for that period.
Q Trial Of Beauchamp.-The trial of thi
;. man. charged with the murder of Col. 8
:. p. Sharp, commenced 9Th May, at Frankfort
:, Kentucky.
+, On Tuesday last week, Richard Cooley, o
Il Sunderland, aged 70, committed suicide BY
hanging himself.
A man by the name of Crisis was latel,
found dead in the woods in HalIowell. IIi
death was. supposed to have been caused BY