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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-29
FOREIGN NEWS.

BY recent arrivals at Boston and New York
English papers to July II, are received, cx-
tracts from which viii be found under the prop.
or head. We have thrown together some ad-
ditional facts and remarks, which we give our
readers, beginning with
GREEcE. A treaty between Great Britain
France and Russia, for the qualification of this
country, has at length been signed, Although
it leaves Greece neutrality-suspicious. on Tur-
key, yet the terms are such as we apprehend
the Greeks will not refuse. Their late re-
verses will incline them to listen to such terms
as will entirely free them from the presence of
the Turks, and secure their future peace The
same cause will produce a contrary effect on
the Turks. Accounts from Constantinoplc
say, that the Sultan is much clated with the
news Of his successes Indeed, the London Cou-
rier the official paper, says it has received au-
thentic information that he has refused to re-
ccive the intervention of the European Courts,
and has summoned all faithful Mussulmans to
rally round the standard of tho Prophet Should
this prove true, il is said that the English,
French and Russian fleets in the Medtcrra
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-08-29
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST %, 1927.
MORE IMPOSITION

Last week we informed our readers that the
report of a robbery in Walpole was untrue. and
now it becomes necessary TO say there is good
reason to believe that the story of the robbery
of Royal A. Avery, in Stafford, is entirely des-
titute OF foundation, without even the excuse
OF his being drunk when he reported it.
The Hartford Mirror of the 27tb saws. q he
never manifested any anxiety abaut his money
after he declared himself TO have been robbed,
and it was with some reluctance that he con-
scented to go with his friends in pursuit, and
when he did go, it was on condition that he
was to come Immediately back, in order to go
home-and after starting for home at ii O'Clock
on Monday, he rode to Pittsfeld, a distance of
% miles, before he stopped for the night,
The string with which his hands were tied has
been examined, and it is ascertained that he
could have secured himself to the tree, and af-
forwards fastened his hands without the least
difficulty-and as we before intimated, there is
every reason to believe that the man was his
own robber
1t is much to be regretted that such cases
should occur; because it will make honest men
wary Of conveying money for others, lest, if
they should lose it, they might be unjustly sus-
pected and because it tends to lessen the Wig
lance of the public in cases of actual robbery.
But, if the suspicious in this case are unbound
ed, it is doubly unfortunate for the sufferer,
because, in addition to the heavy loss he sus-
tains, he must suffer in what is more valuable
to him than money-his reputation and char
acter, which, to an honest man, are above price
We therefore hope, most sincerely, that means
may be taken to free the subject from all
doubt, and that the true character of the trans
action may be BROUGHT TO light.
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d I z d

In Leicester, on the 22d inst Mrs. Priscilla
Mathews, wife of Lieut. Asel Mathews, aged
60. Printers in N. York, Vermont and .Ndine
are requested to insert this DEATH
In Sturbridge, Mrs. Phebe Eastwood, wife
of Jonas E. and daughter of Joseph Park, aged
81.
In Sutton, July p, Charles Austin, youngest
son of Mr.. Osmon Hathaway, aged 80 months
In Springfield, Mrs. Phebe Bates, aged 76
Mr., Joseph Miller, aged rs
In Brimfield, on the 1lth inst Mr.. Reuben
Townsley, aged 70.
In Harvard, Mr.. Jonathan Rand, aged %.
In Guiliord, Vt. on the 18th inst Mrs Mar,
Bixby formerly of this town, aged 81
In Mason, n. II. July II, Sally T. wife o
Mr.. George Elliot, and daughter of Jonathan
Farnsworth, Esq. Of Sharon, aged 80.
In New York, Mrs. Mary NJ. Wiher, aged
100 years, native of Germany, and for the
last so years a respectable inhabitant of tha
city,
in Owasco, n. Y. Mr.. Conrad Packard, aget
100 years and months Also, in the same
great great grand child of the fourth genera
ton, an infant twin son of Abram Pickard, aget
8 weeks; both Of whom were deposited in ont
grave.
In Bolivar, (Tonn) Mr. William Barnes
aged l06 years He was one of those wh(
fought at Braddock defeat in 1855, and subse
quently at Bunker Hill, Brandywine, and nu
merous other engagements, in the revolution
airy war, and volunteered his services in tht
late Indian war, but was discharged on accoun
of his age and inability.
In Winchester, (Va) Margaret Windle. aget
95--the oldest inhabitant of the town, having
settled there when there were but four houses
in the place. Tive days after the birth of he
first child, she waded the South Branch of the
Potomac. She never took dose of medicine
lost tooth, wore pair of spectacles, or wa!
bled in her life.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The daily quantity of salt made at Salina, n.
York, is equal to about 1000 bushels; about
1900 bushels of this is coarse, and the residue
fine. The well at Geddes, and the one near
Liverpool both prove pretty good, and afford,
each, about COCO gallons of water the hour.
The engineer is now boring for salt water in the
village of Syracuse. He has descended 104
feet.
Bricks In tho vicinity of London, upwards
of 1000 acres have been dug to the depth Of
from TO 10 feet for brick-earth. The bricks
from an acre of brck-earth produce about
$4,000 dollars; and the sum paid to the owners
Of the soil, is $4,000 per aero. An acre at
feet deep, Yields millions of bricks. In the
manufacture of bricks, the earth is mixed with
coal-ashes and sand.--Hampshiro Gazette.
In Philadelphia, on the 9Th instant, Michael
Keough and Catharine Kcough, came to their
death by reason of drinking cold water over
heated they were man and wife, and were
lying dead in the same house at the same time
The citizens of Chittenden and Pittsford VT
turned ont on the 18th inst. to the number of
100, and surrounded a piece of woods, into
which she bear and two cubs had been seen
to enter from pasture. They succeeded in
killing four bears, and took one cub alive.
The quantity of Boots and Shoes manufac-
tured in Massachusetts is believed TO amount
to many millions of pairs annually for exporta-
ton, besides those for home consumption. Mas
sachusetts may be said to supply Gndenendcnt
of those sent 60 New York; most of the south
ern and western states, South America, West
Indies, &c.
BEpsrEAp. Mr. Powles, of Philadelphia,
has constructed a bedstead, which keeps the
sacking continually stretched, in such man
ner as 10 afford no accommodation 10 bodbugs
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MARRIED.

In Athol, on the 18th ult Mr. Darrell Bige-
low to Miss Hannah Stockwell
In Mendon, Mr.. Pelatiah Smith, Jr. of Bel
lingham, to Miss Julia Bates
In Douglas, on the 10th inst William I'll
Williams, Esq. of Burke county, Geo to Miss
Azubah II. Craggin, daughter of BENZ. Crag-
gin, Esq. of the former place.
Ia Uxbridge, on Tuesday week, Mr.. Paris
Hill, of Savannah, Geo. to Miss Sarah Chaplin
daughter of Amariah Chaplin, Esq.
In Paxton, on the 6th inst. by Rev. Mr. Co
nant, Mr.. Arson Bartlett, of Ward, to Mis-.
Isabella G. Estabrook, of Paxton.
In New Orleans, May 9, Mr.. Edwin White
more, of Natchez, (Miss) and formerly of thi.
town, to Miss Letitia II. Spiller, of the former
Mace
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ELECTIONS.

NORTH CAROLINA. The election Of Repre-
sentatives to Congress has recently taken
place in this State. There does not appear to
have been much excitement ON the occasion
In the only district where there was any con-
test the administration candidates have been
chosen.
KENTUCKY. In several districts of this state
the choice of members of Congress has been
warmly contested. 1t is supposed to have re-
suited in the election of eight administration
and three opposition candidates. One other
district is doubtful, but it is believed that the
administration candidate has succeeded in on
position to Mr.. Hatton, Jackson member of
the last Congress. The Jackson papers had
predicted the election of majority of their
candidates with great apparent confidence.
TENNESSEE. The returns of votes for Gov
ernor in Is counties give for Gen Houston Is,
954 Cannon 1927 Blount ,097. Houston is
considered the Jackson candidate, par crcel-
Iemce, though Cannon is not avowcdly opposed
to the General. In the Nashville district
where Gen. Jackson resides, John Bell, man
of liberal politics, has been elected to Con-
gress, in opposition to the noted Felix Grundy,
the former governor of the State, and a favor
tic of Gen. Jack sons. IN the Knoxville dis
trict, Arnold, the administration candidate
who published the pamphlet relative to Gen
Jackson's matrimonial affairs lacked but 90
votes of a choice. In the other districts Jack
son men are elected
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EXECUTION OF sTRANG

The awful sentence Of the law was carried
into effect on the body of Jesse Strang, at Al
bany, on the Oath inst. and he is gone to rem
der his last account to that tribunal from which
the most secret thing cannot be hidden The
multitude, assembled to witness the dying ag-
onies Of their guilty fellow mortal, was i'm
mense, amounting as it was estimated to from
thirty to forty thousand persons among whom,
we regret to learn, were thousands of females.
That acOman, having any pretensions to re-
6nement, or delicacy of feeling, should become
the voluntary witness of such a spectacle, is,
indeed, pastour comprehension.
Before Strangs execution, he made full
and free confession and disclosure of all the
circumstances attending the murder, to one Of
his counsel, who prepared a copy for the press
and it has been published. His statements
confirm, and more than confirm, the worst sus
suspicious that had been entertained of the
wretched woman who has so deeply participat
ed with him in guilt He afirms that she
originally instigated him to the act, and that
it was not till she had made three unsuccess
full attempts to poison her husband, that ht
consented to undertake his murder, The de
gree of credit to be attached to his statements
is not for us TO determine. It is said that they
correspond with known facts, and were gene
rally believed in Albany We understand that
nearly his last words, when on the fatal scat
fold, were an affirmation of the truth of them.
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% The members of the Auxiliary Bible So.
clety OF Worcester County are reminded, that
their Annual Meeting for the choice of Off
GERS, DC. will be holden at Leicester. at L. A.
Towards Hotel, on THURSDAY, Sent I3. at
Ii o'clock, A. NJ. At 2 O'Clock, p. M. an oc-
casional Discourse will be delivered by Rev.
Mr.. Clarke, of Rutland. The Directors of the
Society are requested to meet at the same
place at 10 o'clock, A.. NJ. of the same dav.
JOSEPH ALLEN, Seen
Northboro,' Aug %.
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GOODS SELLING CHEAP.

TEvHE subscriber, intending to make new
RI arrangements in his business the first Of
October next, gives notice, that he will SELF
Goods until that time, at reduced prices.
man. Of them at ccy,-..
Purchasers are invited to call and examine
for themselves, as he has general assortment
of Goods on hand, such as
w. GOODS & GROCERIES;
ENGLISH & DOMESTIC GOODS;
CHINA, CROCKERY, 81 GLASS WARE;
IRON HOLLOW WARE-NAILS;
STONE JUGS, BROWN EARTHEN, &c.
All Of which will be sold as above stated for
Cash or Produce. GEORGE PERRIN
Worcester, August s. tf52
n. B. G.. P requests all those who are in
debted to him on Account TO call and settle be-
fore the 18th September, and all whose Notes
have been standing morethan six months to
pay the same as above, as settlement of this
kind is necessary without delay.
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STRAYED.

ENROM Boylston, dark red, middng sized.
IL MARE, with black name and tail, about &.
or z years old,-having a white spot in the
forehead, small white spot on the back of one
ear, and deep scar from the kick of another
horse) on the hip. Whoever will return her,
or give information where she may be found.
shall be generously rewarded.
SAMUEL RUSSELL.
Boylston, August %
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MILFORD ACADEMY.

VHNHE next quarter in this Institution will
Il commence as usual on WEDNESDAY,
ne l2th Of September ne1t. A course of Chem
zeal Lectures, accompanied with experiments,
VIII be delivered gratis,-to commence with
the quarter
-. GUSTAVUS D. PECK, ssc'ry.
Milford, Aug. 20. 2w
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Worcester Harmonic Society.

''0''o' AA"'"'OfttC O0Cte1y. y
WE members of the Worcester Harmonic
Il Society are hereby notified, that the an
nuai meeting of said Society for the choice of
Otlcers, and the transaction of such other bu-
slness as may come before them, will be held
at the Hall of said Society on MONDAY, the
lCth Of September, at o'clock, P. M. A gen
eral and punctual attendance is requested.
BY order of the President,
IL. w. MILLER, Secrv.
Worcester, August % 2w
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~ NOTICE.

FENITE members of the .MsoganliStic Club,
n are requested TO meet, at their usual place
THIS EVENING, at Z o'clock. Per order Of
the President.
N. b. A punctual attendance is requested.
West Broolkfield. AUGUST %.
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LUMBER, Nails GLASS.
BENZ. BUTMAN & co.

OFFER EoR SALE
SUU M. Sawed Shingles, lst quail,
$50 do. Shaved do do do,
$50 do feet Inclosing Boards,
100 do. do. & Il inch Clear do
IS do. do. Z ZACH do. do.
20 do. do l 81 Il inch Eastern do.
20 do. do. Il & 9 inch Clear Plank,
20 do. do. 2 & % inch Common do
do. do. II, 2 & % inch Eastern do
do. do. 9, p 81 3 in Hard Wood do.
do. do. Maple Joist
3 do. do. Oak do
do. do. Pine do
10 do. DO. Eastern Clapboards,
do. do Country do
45 casks Nails and Brads, assorted,
10 bbls. Northn Linseed Oil, &c &c
D b. B. & Co, Agents for the New Eng
land Crown Glass Company, can execute or
ders for GLASS, of any size, on short notice..
at factory prices.
Worcester. August % If
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1t will be remembered that, some flve OF
six weeks since, an agent OF the Boston
Banks took about $33, 900 IN specie from
the vaults of the Fairfield County Bank
and its branch. This money was trans
ported to New York, and part of it at least
used in purchasing country notes, some OF
which not unlikely were of the. Fairfield
County Bank, and probably all were for
the purpose of similar attacks upon other
institutions. Last week the gentleman
. again made his appearance in this quarter
on the same errand. At the opening of
the Branch on Tuesday, he presented notes
to the amount of 11,466, and demanded
the specie. He was received with proper
attention, and assured that it should be
paid as fast as counted. The cashier pro-
ceeded to count the notes, and had nearly
finished, when the agent demanded to
know if the Bank would be closed at IL
and opened at 2. He was answered in the
affirmative. He then asked if the specie
would be paid by that time. The cashier
replied that it would be impossible to count
1t so soon. He then left the Bank, and in
a few minutes returned with notary, to
whom he delivered the bills, requiring him
to protest them. Without examining them,
or knowing whether they were notes of
the Branch or any other Bank, he did as
directed, making his demand for the whole
amount at once. The proceeding was
wholly unprecedented and irregular, yet
the cashier rendered the sum which he had
counted, amounting to near thousand dol
lars. This they refused to accept, and,
gathering up the notes, left the Bank. The
cashier and his assistant continued count
ing, and, before the usual hour of closing
the Bank in the afternoon, the whole sum
was ready for delivery, and rendered to
the notary. He declined to receive it, and
was then informed that it would be kept in
readiness for the payment of the notes
whenever they should be presented. The
following day the agent made his appear
ance at the Mother Bank, and presented
notes to the amount of $21, 794, demanding
the specie. He received the same assur-
.ances as at Danbury, that as soon as it
could be counted he should have it, and
the cashier accordingly proceeded first to
count the notes, and afterwards the spe-
Gle, with no particular objection on his
part, although he and every body else were
aware that, if reasons existed to justify his
conduct at Danbury, they existed here like
wise to the same extent. On Friday, the
specie being all counted, was delivered
over to him, and he departed with it for
New York, TO expend it perhaps as in the
former case, in buying up more notes for
another attack upon this or some other
Bank.-.Norl0dLk Gazette.
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EXECUTION OF THE PIRATES. The 3
Spaniards, Pope, Couro, and Felix, were
executed at Richmond on the 18th inst
1000 persons were supposed to be present.
They confessed that they were guilty of
the crimes for which they were to suffer,
and of many others. They appeared deep
ly affected at their awful fate. The plat
form was SO constructed that all three
might drop at once. When the prop was
withdrawn, they fell so suddenly, that the
ropes by which Pope and Couro were sus-
pended, broke, and they fell to the ground.
Felix, being not so heavy, remained sus-
pended. The others were considerably in
jured by the fall, and the pressure of the
cords around their necks. They struggled
upon the ground for few seconds, appar-
emily in great pain. Pope soon rose upon
his feet, and threw himself in the attitude
of supplication to Heaven. Couro remain
ed on the ground. As soon as possible, the
Deputy Alarshals had the platform again
raised; Pope again assembled the steps with
apparent strength and resolution. Couro
had only the appearance of life, and was
carried up. The ropes were again fixed
Couro was able to stand after being upon
his feet. Neither spoke, and Pope remain
ed in a duplicating attitude. The prop
being again removed, they were left sus-
pended, and soon breathed their last.
Boston Patriot.
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BITE OF A SNAKE. A Mr.. Schuyler, OF
Troy, IN. w. had a number of men employ
ed at moving i'll his meadow, who met with
large black snake, and killed it. When
the workmen came home from the meadow,
they told Mr.. Schuyler that they had killed
a snake of a very unusual size. Mr.. S. in
CURED where they had left it, and proposed
going to find it and bring it home. When
he found the place which his informers had
pointed out, he saw a snake, and, picking
up handful Of hay, stopped down to take
hold of 1t near its head. The snake instant
ly seized the finger of Mr.. Schuyler, cooled
itself around his arm, throwing its extremi-
ty into his face and around his neck, biting
very severely. Mr.. S. made several unsuc-
cessiul attempts to shake the serpent from
his hold at length he put his hand upon
the ground and bruised the head of the
snake with the heel of his boot. In this
effort he made the animal relinquish his
fangs, and succeeded in killing it. Mr.. S.
was much affected by the wound, and for
several days its effect was doubtful, if not
dangerous. Nearly fortnight has elapsed
since the accident, and Mr.. S. has not vet
wholly recovered from it. 1t appeared that
the snake which attacked Mr.. S. with such
ferocity was not the one which the work
men had seen, but was probably its mate.
1t was of the common species of black
snake, and nearly five feet in length.
Irog Budget.
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The Augusta Geo. papers publish the
death of a man named Joseph Martin, who
was beat and wounded by some persons
near Hamburg some days before, and that
Henry Schultz and - Boyd had been
committed to Edgeield jail. d. Lynar,
also accused, had fed. Much excitement
is said to prevail in Carolina respecting
this business.
Mr.. Schultz and Mr.. Boyd were carried
10 Edgefeld Jail ON Monday last The
circumstances attending the departure OF
Mr.. Schultz moved many of the stoutest
hearts, and enlisted the deepest sympathies
of those around him-even they who had
partaken of the excitement against him, OF
had been previously his personal enemies
All wished him surrendered to justice, but
when they saw him INCREASINGLY bound IN
cords, and weeping like a child in all the
agony of humility and despair-him who
had borne SO many extreme reverses OF for
tune with degree of firmness and unal-
tered perseverance which indicated almost
an iron heart, they were deeply overcome,
and many turned aside to hide the tears
they could not repress. Many of the most
respectable and wealthy citizens stepped
forward and begged Mr.. Tatom that he
might be united, and offered themselves as
guards on the way to Jail, but the request
was not granted. They then offered Mr.
Schultz their purses and responsibility, Sc
far as comfort was concerned; but he told
them, no--that he did not deserve theil
commiseration, for that he had disgraced
himself-that jail was his proper place
and that he would not be relieved from it.
even if it we're in their power to bah him.
In speaking of his offence, he placed it il
the most odious light, and seemed disposed
to draw upon himself all the guilt of those
concerned with him.
. Thus moved off, in ignominy and bon
dage, one who has, for many years, aston
ished thousands with the powers OF his
mind, and the vast effects of his enterprise
industry and exertion; and one who, how
ever inconsistent it may appear with hi
present conduct, has ever before been re
spected for his humanity, charity and mag
nanimity. What a moral lesson to all hi
fellow beings is the fallen state of thii
man! and what a striking illustration it il
of that sacred injunction, "let him WHIT
standeth take heed lest he fall"
Augusta Geo. Chronicle.
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MILITARY GOODS 4

YEyHE subscribers have recently made large
ID accession to their stock of MILITARY
ACCOUTREMENTS, consisting of Swords;
Epauletts; Wings; Sashes; Laces; Belts
Buttons; Counter Straps; Cater Chains
Plates; Stars; Eagles; Spurs; Gloves; Tu
lips; Swivels; Sword Knots and Chains;
Plumes; Feathers, &c.
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Sale of Household Furniture.

FEVHIS MORNING, at nine o'clock, at the
E late residence of the Misses SKIES, nearly
opposite the Court House, in Worcester, will
be sold at Public Auction, great variety OF
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.
consisting of BEDS BEDsTEADS TIA
BLES CHAIRS !; CARPETS CLOCK
COOKING STOVE; GLASS, CROCKE-
RY, and other KITCHEN WARE; DRY
CASKS, SC. &c.-on liberal credit, with
good security.
Worcester, August %