The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS TTEyMs.

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executed at the desire and exnense of a e.
cie!y, called the Washington Monument A.
80 mas been deposited in its destine
IL 81 new room contiguous to the centre n
."e I'll side OF the State House. II is trul,
no"ie and commanding figure. If il wer,
nc statue OF any eminent man, il would no ar
I;JJI', VI great interest and admiration. as
mlsLy hnished work of human genius. Bn
800 ~ s'a'ue OF Washing ton, it will moi fail t,
49, "uiilllation and respect, in an uucommor
degree The figure is symmetricaI and ~
posing the costume highly appropriate the
lealuies not only correct, as to the outlines
pul exhibiting the peculiar traits of intellectual
e3ndiac'er, by which this wonderful man was
distlngushed-Bost. Gaz. was
WONDERFUL FAMILY. There are nov,, H.,
ing VI tne town of Pebbles in Scotland f,n,
! ny consisting of the father and motber u,;th
their X children who were born deafana dmmI
ana nave so remained ever since. Orr inGnrn,.
anu pah one OF them serving as an annrentic.
/ 20 me weaving business, and, barring the above
t nc was remarkably clever and learnt
ever bad Two Of the girls can articnIate =
iittie out very lndistinctly the rest are ou;te
deaI ana dumb. All these children have their
olher senses In great perfection.
roIsoNs 1t is now pretty generally u,der-
stooo thal the polsons of reptiles are nerfectlv
nafhiessto the stomach; it is the blood which
they act uPon, to which they are coronpncat-
ed oy Wounds An the fosh If a persDr, is I,iI
Zen oy yonomous serpent, he should in,medi-
". I sppy ms mouth to the wound, or get an
oinei 70 90 IL ne cannot himself reach it
W. MS mouth and suck the poison out of it.
II the mouth be sound the poison can have No
effect upon 1T, Cupping has been resortcd to
with success 10 similar cases. Hogs oar r,ttlo,
snakes heads and all, and fatten on then h,,
cautiously AVOID being bitten by them
X nne6ec Journal
InE CONTRAST Notwithstanding the cold
weather we have experienced for number of
weeks we nnd Mat during the week endino
on the 9th ult there was no less than fifteen
deaths of yellow Fever in Savannah.
The city of Hartford has voted to purchase
the lot IN Dorr street, called the Lee Place ON
which to erect market house, house for the
city meetings, including rooms for the com
mon mon council, &c. al an expense not exceeding
$@o,UO0 which anlount is to be borrowed on
the faith of the city,
LIBERIA This colony is now in the sixth
year OF It's exlstence,'a and contains upwards of
SIX hundred inhabitants, who live and cultivate
their helds In comfort. 1t extends two hum
dred miles along the coast, and indefinitely in
TO the interior. All The children of Monrovia.
In SIX months of the year 1896. the exnorts
amounted tn6 to $44, 900, the proft on which was
s3O,0O0, nearly three fourths A vessel. with
cargo OF $l1 900 disposed of the whole of il
there in 10 days, and every cent paid The
natives in their vicinity are friendly TO them.
and the presence of the colony, has in a GOOD
degree abated the slave trade.
Yesterday Says a Fredericksburg paper of
Oct' 90 a shoemaker was arraigned in this
county for stabbing, cutting, &c. one Thomas
Soleleather, and was defended by his counsel
On the ground that there was no law to pre-
vent shoemaker from cutting s0ie-ieather
MR. GALLATIN ARRIVED. The ship SYLVIA
nus Jenkins, from Liverpool, arrived at New
Lork on Thursday, having on board ALERT
%ALLATIN Esq. Minister to the Court of St
James, and family.
A letter from London to respectable house
in New York, speaking of the retnrn Of NJ
Galiat!n says | understand that tile Com
mefciai treaty between Great Britain and the
= mica states has been renewed for an indefin-
tie uine-each.party to give the other twelve
months notice if they wish it modified or IN
cease. The West India question remains in
Sfgta gao, Great Britain refusn- TO concede
what she offered in the first instance. IF the
TWO governments cannot agree respecting thu
eastern boundary, the matter is to be referred
EDvcATIo In the different medical schools
of the United States there were, in 1896. abou,
geo students; it is estimated there were then
about 1000 students of theology, and 1900 Of
law.
An English paper mentions that the ship
Mary Ann, from Bangor (Wales) with a load
of slate, sprung leak and was rapidly filing
IN spite OF the pumps-the crew took to the
boat, but finding the vessel did not sink as was
expected, they returned, set SAIL and got her
INTO Milford Haven. where she was examined
and it was found that the leak had been stop
ped by the body of fish, drawn into it with
some sea weed
1t was from circumstance like the above.
II we remember right, that the eldest son of
the king Of France and heir to the throne came
to be called the Dauphin The young prince
1--WE have not time to ascertain whether it was
Henry or Lewis or Charles) was at sea, and
the vessel he was in was prevented from sink
ing by dauphin Cor dolphin) getting stuck
fast in the leak. OF course 1t was considered
an Interference OF Providence TO save the son
of king Augusta JOaraaI.
FRENCH Navy. On the LIST of January next,
it is estimated that France viii haze aAoat 80
ships of the line, 35 frigates and 1874 smaller
vessels-l7O vessels are in service.
1t is said that more than fifty thousand
Turkies were for sale in the Boston market
day before Thanksgiving
Two respectable young ladies, says the Bata-
via Advocate, residing in village in New
York deoOured at one meal % large slap jacks
with half an ounce of honey to each! They
must have been Shaping tadies.
When corpse is buried in Russia, it is at
tired in its best clothing, or in an expensive
substitute for it; or, if the individual held any
station under Government, in his appropriate
uniform. This custom led TO q singular occur
renee on the decease of the late General Ala
hief After his internent, bill Of 10000
roubles was missing suspicion fell upon his
secretary, who was threatened with a prosocu-
ton, unless it was produced. Unable to ac-
count for the deficiency, the idea at length oc-
cured to him that the paper might have been
buried with his master the coffin was opened
and the bill found safe in the Generals pocket,
A child was left tied to chair, in house
,rbi tic thar ~ pr n