The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-19
MISCELLANEOUS TTE1Ls.


Jackson AND DECATUR. A letter of Gen.
Jacksons has been published, in which he de-
MES the truth of the account of the quarrel,
SAID to have taken place between him anC
Com. Decatur IN the anti-chamber of the Sen
ate. Whether true or false, the responsibility
Of reporting it rests upon some of his present
political friends among whom are the two
senator's from Virginia.
The annual election of CITY and Ward Off
GERS took place in Boston, on Monday the 10Th
inst The whole number of votes piven for
Mayor was 2629-of which Hon Josiah GUM
cy had 2IS9; A. Binney. Esq $40 Scattering
100. aldermen eicctcd-John F. Luriug, Rob
ert Fennoly, james Savage; Thomas Kendall,
John Pickering, James Hall, Phineas Upham,
Samuel T. Armstrong.
A Danish fisherman lately caught in the
Baltic enormous salmon. round the throat of
which was tied sort of amulet, with antique
characters engraved thereon The Academy
of Copenhagen had declared the characters to
be Runic, Simplifying Fish, you were once my
prisoner, but merciiul as skilful, the great and
powerful Erik restores you to the sea deities !;
return thanks, therefore, to Odin" This is
/ expressed in five lines of poetry, below which
there Is another inscription the meaning of
which has not yet been discovered 1t APP
pears, according to common report that the
salmon was first caught before the kingdoms of
Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, were convert
ed to Christianity Paris paper.
A locksmth in Lexington, XIV has manu-
featured curious lock, which he intends as
present to Mr.. Clay. Ii is splendid piece
of Workmanship A premium Of one hundred
dollars and the lock itself is offered to any one
who viii IN twelve hours time prove that he
is able to open the escutcheon ard unlock it.
when fixed upon door, having possession of
the key and the means by which the proprietor
can in one second Of time unlock il with entire
case. No other instrument is to be used ex-
cept the key"
4 SrUpENrs' Caucus. The Students of Yale
\ College have had Presidential Caucus, when
{ III votes were given for Adams, SO for Jack
son, and 10 for Clinton
/ VISITING CARDS. The practice Of present
/ ing visiting cards IS one which does not pre-
vail only in civilized nations of Europe. The
Chiefs of the Loochoo Islands invariably pre-
sent them to strangers, on the occasion of their
first visit it is stated by Capt. Maxwell, of II
1 NJ. ship Alceste that when the heir apparent
came on board Of his ship, one of the chiefs
rowed forward in canoe and presented his
I Royal Highncss's visiting card. II was made
/ of red paper, and measured forty-eight inches
long by eleven wide !--.ilass. Jouraai.
I The u S. ship Deiaoare, which was launch
4 ed at G0sport. (Na) in October, 1890 is now
fitting out at Norfolk for the Mediterranean
station She is said to be the largest and best
ship in the American Navy.
/ The Egyptians instructed the Greeks; the
Greeks performed the same Office to the Ro-
mans, and the latter have transmitted much OF
( '!lat knowledge to the world, of which we are
IN possession at this day
/ Cadmus, about 1919, introduced alphabetical
writing into Greece, from Phoenicia The al
! phabet then had only sixteen letters; and the
mode of writing was alternately from right to
left aud left to right.
The four solemn games Of the Greeks, the
Olympic, the Pthian, the Nemean, and the
Isthmian, consisted principally in contests of
skill in all the athletic exercises, and the prizes
were chiefly honorary marks Of distinction.