The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-07-26

. conformity
w''n The resolution, to be adopted in case tn,
!, resolution should be finally agreed to. On IN,
i'h' 'he Committee were appointed, and con
,, sis'ea OF L. Jefferson, John Adams. DR.. Frank
, ian, IL. Sherman, and n. r. Livingston. Jse
, ie''On ana Adams, the two first named on the
| committee, were appointed suh.C Committee
10 make The draft. The Salem Register say,
mat Mr.. Jefferson's appointment on this com.
mittec, We have understood was owing r.
tue absence OF Mr.. Lee. Mr.. Lee, who wa,
me writer, and the leader of the Vi,o;o;.
delegation, having moved the resolution. wou,d
unquestionably If present have been placed .,
the head ofthe committee-but prev;on. ,o ~
day on which they were appointed, he was
called home by sickness in his family. This
circumstance, which we have learnt from /.
respectable source, is confirmed by the follow
ing fact-that to draft two addresses after
wards, the same year, one to the States. and
the other to the People, in both cases Mr.. Lee
was associated with Mr.. Adams. In one case
Mr.. Witherspoon, in the other, Mr.. Wilson.
was associated with them.n
| On the 28th of June, the Committee to pre-
pare the Declaration brought in draft. which
was read and ordered to lie on the table. On
the LIST Of July, the original Resolution of r.
| II. fee was taken up Dad dIscu.seu In com.
mittee OF the whole, and reported to Congress.
when it was deferred till the 81 and then a.
dopted. The Declaration was discussed July
! I'd, Sd, and 9TH, and adopted unanimously. and
ordered TO be promulgated on the 9TH.
| will be reco,lected, that, at this time, the
votes were taken by States. When the vote
! on the resolution was taken, 10 Committee of
the whole, on the LIST of July, Pennsylvania
and Delaware voted against it. The dele
gates from Pennsylvania who were in the mega
tive were " K. Dickinson, r. Morris, C. Hum
phries, and +. Willing--those in the affirmative.
John Morton, B. Franklin and ]. Wilson.
Delaware was divided, It. M'Kean in favor,
and q. Read opposed. The 18th of July
was rainy day, Morris and Dickinson were
absent-hence the vote Of Pennsylvania was
given in favor of independence. The arrival
Of Caesar Rodney from Delaware, for whom
Mr.. M'Kean had sent an express, secured the
vote Of that State, and made the vote unari-
nous. No member signed the Declaration on
the 4th Of July, nor for many days afterwards. I
Among the names subscribed, one, G.. Read, |
was opposed to it, and seven were not in Con.
gEess at the time. The name Of Henry Wis |
ner is not among the subscribers although he |
was present and voted for independence. |
Robert Morris was not in Congress on the 4th |
Of July.
"The following sgners of the Declaration of
Independence were not members on the 4th |
of July, 1776. Matthew Thornton, BENJAMIN
Rush, George Clymer, James Smith, George |
Taylor, and George Ross. The FIVE last
were not chosen until the Goth of July the
first, not until the 10Th of September, nor did |
he take his seat until the 4th of November, |
four months after"
DISEASED FaUIr- TREEs.-We have seen |
several notices IN the pfpers OF disorder on
fruit-trees, which prevails in this vicinity, and |
which, it seems, is considerably spread over
the country. 1t most frequently attacks
ptar-trees, out apple-trees are not exempt
from its ravages. The first indications of il
are the dying of the leaves near the ends of
some of the branches, from which, If no! sea-
sonabIy checked, il extends over the whole
tree and destroys it. On examination, the
bark, in the vicinity Of the decaying leaves,
is found TO be shrivelled and discoloured and,
long standing, the dscolouration extends III
to the wood. The cause of the disorder, we
believe, has never been discovered, nor have
we seen in the papers any remedy prescribed.
Till some better remedy can be sscertained,
we would recommend one which, whenever
it has been faithfully performed, has been uni
formly successful. As soon as the leaves be
gin to die, the diseased part should be imme-
diately removed. The bark should be care
fully examined, as it is frequently the case
that the disease has extended below where
it is indicated by The appearance of the leaves,
and the twigs or limbs should be cut off
where the bark is in healthy state. BY
little timely attention, many valuable trees
might thus be saved, with little injury TO
them, which otherwise must inevitably be |
lost. The convenience Of having good fruit,
and the length OF time it takes to replace it |
when lost, we should suppose would be a
sufficient inducement to care and labor for its
preservation when necessary.
We publish the following without being full |
ly convinced of the authors opinion, though il |
appears to us more satisfactory than any other
VIII ich has been advanced on the subject
We should like to have information from
diaries, where poisonous quality has been
detected in their cheese, whether the vessel in
which the curd was set, was Of wood or brass.
If the latter should be the case, it would afford
some confirmation 10 the opinion Of our cores