The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-01-03
NORTHAMPTON. DEC. OF.

Nat. GGz.
NORTHAMPTON, DEC. Of.
Stage Disaster, most distressing ac-
Cident occurred about seven miles west
of this place on Thursday evening last.
The stage from Albany was overturned
near the foot of Bacon's Hill, in West
hampton, and the passengers and driver
ten in all, were thrown with violence a.
mong the rocks. Two were killed, two
had bone broken, four were sadly
bruised, and two escaped unhurt. Mrs
Livingston, one of the wounded, with
some difficulty reached the house of Mr..
Jonas Brewer, about 90 rods distant, and
gave notice of the disaster. A son Of
Mr.. B. (Mr B. was not at honey repair
ed Immediately TO the fatal spot, where
one of the most horrid spectacles that
can be imagined presented itseIl-two
horses were lying on the ground; the
stage was dashed to pieces among the
fragments we're two dying men, three or
four persons severely wounded, and 9TH
ers less injured who had hardly recover
ed from the shock.
The following is a list Of all those in
the Stages males and females.
Eliab Jones, the driver, a respectable
young man, aged about %. son of Mr..
Elijah Jones, of Chesterfield. He was
so severely injured that he died ia about
two hours.
Charles Tower, aged about 10, son of
the late Mr.. Micah Tower, of this town,
was shockjngly bruised, and expired "a
bout 8 O'Clock the next morning.
Mr. COTE, of Milbury, Worcester CO.
had his thigh tractured-is doing well.
Miss Russell, of Chesterfield, had her
shoulder badly broken, but is likely to
recover.
Miss Sarah Dwight, daughter of Mr.
Jonathan Dwight, of BeIcher:own, Mrs.
Livingston, of Amsterdam, N. Y. (sister
of Mrs. J. Dwight, and her daughter
IL or IA years old, were considerably III
jured. Mrs. L.'s infantchild was unhurt.
These four proceeded to Belchertown,
on Saturday.
Miss Delano, Of New-Braintree, was
severely bruised, but is fast recovering,
Miss Nye, Of Braintree, received no in
jury.
AS the passengers were all shut up in
the coach, and no one with the driver, it
is impossible to ascertain the cause OF
this deplorable accident. The driver
was steady, careful young man, who
had been employed on the same line
or years. We cannot learn that any
blame is TO be imputed to him, or to The
stage proprletors.
Old BGtchelors.-Mr. Reneau introduce
ed bill lin the Legislature of Tennes-
see) by which it was made the duty OF
each county to make an annual return
of every man who shall have attained
the age of thirty without marrying
and also of all his property, on which a
tax of % per cent is to be laid, and
the fund thereby created by the pro-
visions of the bill, is to be divided
among such unmarried ladies as have
reached the age of twenty-five. The
bill further provides that any old batch
elor suffers himself 10 be returned three
times, he shall thenceforth be deemed
incorrigible and the tax increased TO fifty
per cent. The bill passed with great
unahimity in the House of Representa-
tives, but the Senate ordered i, to lie on
the table for 80 years. Nashville Rep.
The Massachusetts, Peace Society
held their annual meeting on Christmas
day, when interesting reports were
made, and disposition manifested to in
crease the efficacy of the Institution.
Ia the evening, an address was deliver
ed in the Old South Church, by Hon.
T. Fuller, of Cambridge, in which ar
guments and historical facts were en-
ployed TO recommend the purposes of
the Society, and its friends were ably
indicated from the charge of attempt
lug visionary project
Gro7Cth Of a SycGmore.-1n the year
1881, Mr.. Joseph Smith, Of Hadley
brought from Hockanum sprout of
button-ball or sycamore, not so large as
MS finger, and set it in the earth near
his house, where it lived and hourished
He cut it down on The 18th inst. and
.ound by measuring, that what was
only riding-stick As years ago, was
now tree ga feet in height, and four