The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-26

forgive me. Adieu. Your unhappy and
lost husband. w. PARKER"
CHILLICoTHE, (Ohio,) Dec. 6.
INTEMPERANCE. A lamentable instance
OF the deplorable effects which result from
an excessive fondness for ardent spirits,
occurred on Thursday afternoon. An in
diyidual named WiItiam armstrong, either
from the love of the liquor, or from previous
lntoxication, undertook to drink quart of
whlskey which some unthinking persons
had agreed to bestow on him for the pur-
pose and, after huzzaing for Jackson,
actually contrived to swallow about three
half pints in the course of a few minutes
As might naturally be expected, the
draught was almost instantly fatal and
the wretched man who had come to this
place for the purpose, as we understand, of
teaching school, breathed his last about
dusk the same evening, in spite of every
exertlon which was made for his recovery.
"THE WAGES OF" Rum "Is DEATH"
Mr.. Edward M'Gregor, of Fredonia, Cha
tauque county, a man between 40 and so
years OF age, who lived in a house alone,
was found few mornings since lying in
sensible In his fireplace, one side, one
shoulder and part Of his back being
burnt to crisp. He came to his senses
shortly after being taken up, and said he
got up In the night, made fire, took a
dram and sat down in chair, from which
he fell into the fire, and was unable to Get
out. He died in about "a hours aftershe
was found. He had for some time been
subject to habits of intemperance.
Monroe Rep.
DUELLING. In the Legislature of South
Carolina on the 9TH inst. as we learn from
the Charleston Mercury, Mr. Aiken, from
the Special Joint Committee to which the
memorial of the Anti-Duelling Association
had been referred, reported "a Bill so to
alter the Constitution of the State, as to
render it part of the qualification of a
voter, that he should never in any way, d.
rectly or indirectly, have been concerned
IN duel; and that he shallbe required to
swear to that effect before he shall be al
lowed to vote. And also to render any
person Ineligible to seat in the Legisla-
ture, who shall have been in any way CON
cerned in duel, and to require all persons
returned members of either House, to take
an oath to that effect, in addition to the
usual qualification oath, now required by
the Constitution. The Bill was ordered to
be printed.-.N Y. Statesman.
Gen. Jackson's SO electoral votes have
been loudly talked of as an imposing evil
dence of popular sentiment in his favor,
and many think that because he had Is
more than Mr.. Adams, he was therefore
entitled to greater consideration by Con-
gress than Mr.. A. was. But let us see
ho,o he got this majority over Mr.. A. Why
principally by the aid OF Mr.. Adams's
friends, and partly by the aid of Mr.. Craw-
ford's friends. In North Carolina, which
gives Is electors, Mr.. Crawford had a
larger vote than any other candidate, but
the Jackson ticket succeeded in conse-
quence of union with the Adams ticket.
And how was the vote of New Jersey (Sl
secured to the General? BY an union with
the Crawford ticket. Thus the friends of
Crawford wished to weaken the strength
of Adams in the North, as did the friends
Of Adams that of Crawford, in the South
both acting a suicidal part.) How, also,
did he get electoral votes in Louisiana
1t is well known that in the Legislature of
that State (which had the appointment of
electors,) Mr.. Clay had majority But
by an union of the friends of Gen. jackson
and those of Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Clay's friends
were outvoted, the electors divided, and 3
given to the General and to Mr.. Adams.
So that, without the aid of coalitions, (of
which the General and his friends have
DolC an lRStinctiUe dbhorence,l his vote in
the electoral college would have been but
70. And so far only was he the real choice
of the people. Yet he is held up as hav-
ing been the man Of the people, and cheat
ed out of-tohdt did not belong to him
Va. Free Press
Our YANKEES WILL HAVE THEIR No
TIoNs. A gentleman residing in the vii
lage of ct. Darlington, warm friend of
the Administration, and who for some years
past has been subscriber for the Connec-
ticut Herald, finding that the Editor of that
paper (yNr. WoOd-Ourd) had lately become
rather too much HickOry-loGrd to suit our
New England climate, addressed him
letter on the subject few weeks since,
protesting against Jacksenism, and request
ing Mr.. w. to send during the remainder
of the year, for which he was paid in adj
vance, blank instead of printed paper,
as the latter according to his notion, was
not worth the patronage. This request
has been complied with, the gentleman re-
ceives his blank regularly, every week, and
declares it to be the best Jackson paper
that he has had the pleasure of seeing.
80 1t ls-our yankees will have their no.
tlons.-Ber6Sh1re Star.
The MISUNDERSTANDING event occurred
lately in Crawford County, Georgia. Two
young men went out one morning to hunt
wild tur kies-having separated, one crept
behind a log, to watch for game, and min
ickad the call of the tnrkeu. he WINS ~.