The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-06-27

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out, In which the vessel has new name give
: her, to be commanded by the said Tardy; anC
alter making small Spanish ensign of som
Q bunting which they had brought on board
I Tardy then told Mr.. Dobson (the mate) tina
they must sail for Hamburg Finding, how
, ever, that they would require more provisions
they concluded to put into st. Mary's, in Geor
gia, but were prevented by head winds" Tar
3 dy, saying he did not like to go into Savannah
{ or Charleston, for there he was known, ther
ordered the vessel to the Chesapeake, where
) they arrived and anchored in Hampton Roads
, on the 18th inst. Hero the mate succeeded in
escaping TO the shore in the boat, which Tardy
discovering, after calling TO him and inquiring
if he meant to betray him, ran into the cabin
and cut his throat with razor from ear to ear,
thus anticipating the death which the laws
would soon have awarded him. The Spaniards
escaped to the shore, but have since been TAX
en-, and arc in custody to await their trial.
Such are some of the particulars of the life,
and such the shocking death of Alexander
Tardy, who has afforded an awful instance of
perverted talents, and of human depravity,
when left to the control of the evil passions of
our nature.
Of the victims to the bloc.l thirsty mon
sters who wrought this horrible catastrophe,
tie following PARTICULARS are obtained from Mr..
Dobson Capt. Henry Brightman, of Troy,
Mass. stabbed and thrown overheard Asa
S'cknell, seaman, Of Connecticut, shot and
4 thrown overheard Joseph Dolliver, seaman, of
Salem, Mass. throat cut and thrown overheard !;
Oliver Potter, seaman, Of Westport, Mass.
stabbed desperately, but escaped from their
clutches, and ran up the mast head, where he
remained until exhausted by the loss of blood,
he fell to the deck and expired Nathan -,
seaman, jumped overheard, and was sometime
afterwards heard calling for a plank or barrel
to be thrown to him, but the demons regarded
him not Mr. Norman Robinson, of Connect
icut, passenger and part owner of the cargo,
jumped out of the cabin window and was
drowned an Irishman, carpenter by trade,
from Providence, r. !. who had been following
his business for some time at Matanzas, was
killed and thrown overheard"
QUALIFICATIONS FOR President. 1t will
be recollected that Gen. Jackson, in his>corres-
pondence with President Munroe, expressed it
as having always been his opinion that Madi-
son was unfit for President, because che
could not look on blOodShcd and carnage ,Uuh
compOsure." Our readers probably do not
doubt the Generals qualifications for the Office
on this score, but lest any of them should, we
publish the following account from the Ken
lucky Commentator of one of his affairs of
honor. 1t is proper to say, that the friends of
the General have never denied the entire truth
of the story -
"The affair Of honor, in which the Gen
eral deliberately shot Charles Dickerson,
took place in the summer of 1906. The
record of that bloody transaction has for
many years been in our possession. Charles
Dickerson threw away his fire Gen. Jack
son then advanced, and presented the pis-
tol to the mans head, and with an oath bid
him make concessions or die. Dickerson
refused: Jackson took down his pistol,
picked the flint, and presented it a second
like effect; and, after repeating this SIEVE
raj times, finally shot the man dead on the
spot. Appalling as this statement is, we
have a circumstance to add to it, which
made our informant's "blood run cold"
when he heard it, as well it might. Soon
after the duel, Jackson wrote letter to
SAM Pryor, a noted gameSter, and crony
of the General, then residing in this State,
giving him an account of it. In that letter
the HERO expressed himself to this effect
/ reserved my fire, and, ,Chen / did shoot,
you man be assured Ileft the damned rascal
iceltering in his blood" 1t is many years
since our informant heard the letter read,
readily believe it, made an impression up
l. NH oh ri, 20
while memory endures."
AmALGAMATIoN The Greenfield Gazette
and the Franklin Herald, two papers heretofore
published at Greenfield, have been united and
will hereafter be published by the former edi-
tors jointly. BY this union, and the removal
of the Post from Greenfield to Northampton,
the number of papers in Franklin County is
reduced from three to one, which, we should
suppose, would be sufficient for the patronage
of the County. This system, of uniting pa-
pers, might be adopted in other parts of the
State, and be attended with the most beneficial
effects. The business is altogether overdone.
and some Of the establishments must be in a
starving condition. In Berkshire there are six
papers, in Hampshire four, and four in Bristol
in neither of which Counties there can be pat
ronage sufficient to give decent support to
more than two. We would recommend this
subject to the consideration of those sensitive
editors who have exhibited such horror at the
very idea of amalgamation.
WooLLEN MANUFACTURE. IAN article in our
last may serve to give some idea of the impor-
lance of the Woollen Manufacture to the peo.
pie of this County. By reference thereto it
will be seen that eleven factories, situated in
the towns of Mendon, Uxbridge, Northbridge
and Grafton, when in full operation. will man
ufacture taco thousand one hundred and fifth
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