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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

@syzzA THNHE subscriber offers for sale the
lETsEI Il situation where he now lives,
E---E3A consisting of new two-story Dwelling
House, with Shop adjoining, and good Gar
den; very pleasantly situated in the West Viii
lage in Millbury, and is probably the best stand
for custom Shoemaker in the County.
EPHRAlM GOULDING, JR.
Millbury, Feb. 81. If
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

School FOR ORATORS We perceive by the
Washington papers, that Orator Emmons of
Boston, has procured the use of the Representa-
tives' Hall, at Washington, for display of his
rhetorical powers, and that he has invited the
members of Congress, &c. to attend. Such an
exhibition will probably be of great advantage
to the junior members of Congress, for, although
they have the benefit of witnessing the unri-
catted performances of Kremer, Daniel, &c.
yet they will have more confidence in taking
as model, one who is something more than
merely Congress orator-eyen professor of
the oratorical art. We hope that the attentions
paid Professor EnmOns by the great men of
the nation, may not wean his heart entirely
from his native land but that, even now, when
he has surmounted the q rugged steep,' and Sc
cured to himself niche in Fames proud
temple he will occasionally turn to New Eng
land, which boasts the honor of being his birth
place, and illumine our borders with portion
of the light which he now so literally sheds
abroad upon other sections of our thrice happy
land.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

TALES OF A GRANDFArAER. This is a
childs book, inscribed to Master Hugh Little
John, but will serve for the edification of read
ers OF every age. 1t is an instructive as well
as an entertaining work, in which the history
OF Scotland is abridged, and the principal events
described in simple and attractive style It
may be said of it as the author says of Robert
Bruce; His adventures are as curious and en-
tertaining, as those which men invent for story
books, with this advantage, that they are all
true Although written q in the interval of
other avocations, and without the labor of in
Vention, the genius of the author of Waverlv is
still apparent; and we doubt after all, if his
pen has ever been more usefllllv employed than
IN this series of historical pictures. We will
agree to dispense with all further relations of
the Chronicles of the Canongate, fthe e G. rand
father" will give Master Hugh a couple Of vol
umes OF similar tales founded on the history of
England
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

GENERAL JACKSON. Some of the Jackson
papers have chuckled considerably at the evil
dence Of talent displayed in the replies of Gen.
Jackson to the numerous addresses made to
him during his late visit to New Orleans This
has led to the examination of the replies and a
comparison of the style of them with that of
the known and acknowledged productions of
the General, and such an entire and total dis
similarity is manifest, as to prove that the re-
plies must have been prepared by some other
person probably by one of the withdrawing
committee which attended him. On this sub
ject correspondent of the National Journal
says:
1t is impossible TO decide which is most to be
wondered at, the audacity which endeavors to
palm on public creduity the answers at New
Orleans as the productions of Gen Jackson ;
the meanness of the General in attempting the
impostuIe or the insensibiity to the honor of
the country, which would elevate to the Presi-
dency man SO ignorant, that he is necessarily
the mere mouth-piece of others.
The editor of the Journal says that he shall.
at his leisure, furnish the public with some
specimens of the Generals writing, that they
may judge of his ability and qualifications for
the Office to which he aspires. In the mean
time he publishes the following note, received
from him short time since, which is given
verbatim ct iiteratim:
To the Editors Of the Washington Journal
When ihe midnight assassins plunges his dag
ger to the heart & rifles your goods, the tur-
pitude OF this scene looses all its horrors when
compared with the act of the secrete assassins
poinard levelled against femal character by the
hired minions of power.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

GOVERNOR CLINTON. The papers from the
State of New York, are literally filled with ac-
counts of the various testimonials of respect paid
to the memory of this great man. Now that he
is gone, the mists which passion, prejudice, and
party spirit had thrown around his character
are dissipated, and all seem anxious to testify
to their convictions of his greatness and his
worth. Few, while he lived were sensible how
large space he occupied, and the truth could
be demonstrated, only, by showing how vast the
void which his death has made His family are
said to be nearly destitute The Legislature of
the State, have voted to continue to them the
salary of the Governor, till the end of the year,
and proposition is before it, for paying to them
the amount of the salary of Canal Commits
sioner, for the term of time which he held that
office. While he held it, he always declined re-
ceiving, and never did receive, any salary for it.
1t therefore seems but an act of sheer Justice
that the allowance should be made
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-02-27

AMHERST COLLEGE His Exceency the
Governor has been elected Trustee of Am
herst College to supply the vacancy occasioned
by the death of Judge Howe.
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-04-26
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If you have no particular ambition 10 de
your insects, (as the giant Graganatua did
pilgrims, according to kabelai.. with YOUR
salads. cabbagcs, sc. you will steep them
a few minutes in salt water before boilino
or eating. Clean water from the sea, or a
solution Of common salt, will answer equal
ly well. You may wash your vegetables !
second time IN clean fresh ,aier. and thc
same salt water will answer for scrcro.
tlmv~ II II be strained immtdiatly after. and
dccanted immediately before you use i
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-04-26

departed spirits now form brilliant con
stellatlon IN Heaven. Or ii retrospective
view present the nIourntui scene of family
clrcled round the death bed Of a beloved
and venerable parent, receiving the diving
benediction of undving atfection-or if it
represent the most affecting scene Of all,
the closing eyes of Young father or
youthful mother. gllmmcrlng alternately on
the bosom friend and the unconscious sm
ling infant, that formed affections hottest.
strongest link between them-even recur-
renee to scene like this. though it mantle
the mind IN sensltlveness, cannot envelope
its mid day vigor and brightness in anguish
and despair. 10 look back from the meri,
dian of life on scenes like these. may soften
the turbulent and aspiring passions of tbc
mind; but it is the recollection of guilt.
vice, revenge, hypocrisy, malignity. revi
ling. and the black catalogue of vicious pro
penSilies, that makes reflection so painful
at this period of existence. As traveller
on the summit OF a mountain is occupied
on the ascent or descent, so the noon of life
is turning point. and at no period is the
mind 50 frequently changing from examn-
"'ioN nus bcSti, W tlIttl anu IL
to come.
In looking down the declivitv of the bill
of life, though the verge is bounded BY the
grave. still there are pictured in the imagi
nation OF the sojourner many happy seats
and tranquil spots, where temporary rest
may be enjoyed; and though man knows
where his journey will inevitably end, he has
the happy faculty always to expect another
year Of pilgrimage. But although life com
mences and ends As it does, rising to Ger
tain height, and then descending to the dark
valley of deatf-and though mans brightest
perceptions are yelled in impcryious clouds,
it is one of the wisest plans in the Divine
economy. that bis present existence is thus
surrounded with barriers that reason car
never penetrate. 1t is the nature of mar
to draw his comforts from the fountain OF
Hope and II more certainty could beam on
his present existence. it would diminish hi,
happiness. He does not look with horror on,
the grave. who confidently believes it IS
'Mans >ubterranean road to bliss"
Nor does he rcpine because hi, noon da.
prospects are circuul-cr}cd who feels a,
,nied thai the soul viii Dc invested, in it.
higher existence, Ni-h 4 mantle of radiance
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-04-26

grlmage. may very properly be compared
to traveller on an emnence-whosc salts
faction III contemplating his toilsome ascent
to the summit. is often great in proportion
to the difficulties he had to surhount. and
the obstacles he had to remove Aud be-
sides the satisfaction that arises from these
considerations, he feels in his elevated stu
alton kind OF self-complacency and sub
Unity of thought with which the humble
vale could not inspire him. These sensa-
tons very naturally proceed from the ex-
tent oil his prospect, and the varicgated
scenery which surrounds MN. Thus ex-
allied, his eye is the organ to convey pleasure
to his fancy; his heart sIows with gratitude
IN the contemplation Of the beauties of ma
ture and art, blended together, and spread
ing far beneath his feet-and his soul, as if
Goubv conscious of its immortality, seems
almost anxi 3us to dissolve its union with the
BODY. and float triumphant on the pure
Ceruiean.
So, at the noon of life, man alternately
i looks back even to childhood, to the earliest
thing or action that memory has recorded
and forward to the dissolution of mortality.
when the conneXion between terrestrial and
l."
beyond these two points. either in retro
specuon or anticipation. how vast soever
may be the conceptions Of the mind or cx-
tenslve the flights of fancy. reason can
exercise no definite power. Can any facul-
ty of the mind go back beyond the research
cs OF memory: Or can reason look forward
farther than the confines of the grave, the
extreme landmark of human knowledge
II the brightest visions of the mind in its
most vigorous epoch Of existence here, are
only DIM perception rising out of a dark
mist IN the east, IT we may 50 speak, and
descending in an impenetrable cloud in the
west-lt these are the noon day visions of
man, what are his morning and evening
dreams?
Bnt to continue our similitudc: When
on the top OF the hili Of existence, in CLAN
eng back through the vista of that portion
already passed. The only rational and per
nancnt satisfaction to Le derived is from
the recollection If WORTHY actions that re-
suited irom good motives. and from tie
remembrance Of having met with becoming
iortl'ude AL lie change, Of fortune ami
vIcia,ltude- Of life. They who have shroud-
ed tie cold but beautiful pledges of alltc-
ton. and resigned to tic tomb the smiling
casket that en,hrined the nlant mind. under
the influence OF a Just sense Of man, tuui-
tive state. and an un,hahen reliance on the
wisdom and goodness ii tie nrcat father Of
ail-notWlth- tandng the ties Of love and
hnmanity were severed and vibrateti in an
gii>A-c2n derive. not barrel, consolation
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-04-26
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL a6, 1928.

That amiabe spirit of beneyolence which is
one of the brightest traits in the female charac-
Ter, is now in full exercise in the Eastern states
Sympathy for the Greeks has aroused the ladies
TO most earnest effort and never were the
heavenly charities exertcd in a nobler cause
The fund raised in Boston alone amounts TO
about two thousand dollars; in Connecticut
large sums of money have been raised, and the
needle has been piled most vigiant]y to provide
clothing for the destitute Dr. HowE, well
known for his unceasing exertlons in behalf of
the unfortunate people of Greece, is making
tour through the state Of New York, for the
purpose Of aiding the cause, and is said to have
been very uccessful-meeting, wherever he
goes, liberal hearts and open hands
DR. Howe closes OF his forcible and pathe-
tic appeals to the American people in behalf of the
Greeks as follows
'Greece expects aid of vou-she has tasted
your bounty and looks for continuance of il, and
will venture TO say, that of those enca,nled on
her eashore, thousands Of women and children
are now watching every sail tina: comes from the
west, and hattering themselves with the hope that
i may be an American ship with provisions for
them"
This suggestion has given birth to the following
2eautitul poetca ehusion, which first appeared in
Tic Connecticut Courant Il " 7. .}ntricap.
On the steep coast they stand
And watch the tossing sea-
For the banner Of our glorious lan.,
The land of liberty
When on the misty deep,
Like a dark speck it seems,
hey trace its clustering stars, aud weep,
And bless their pit. ing beams
Why thFoug those wdow'd Ones
Wish Id and eager tread
Where are your mothers stately sons
Her sons with the dead.
That naked orphan train,
With want and famine pale,
Why rush they near the sounding main
They watch our countly's sail
why gaze, as once the band
Winch Isracrs desert spread,
',Az'i tan'Ing that SAyiour's hand
Which dealt the broken bread
Film sparta's c,est is low
5;iseit Athen, IN the dust,
\ltI Scr I.er homes tv Moslcnl f3c
tNuits in :Ic and Iu4t
That cline which threw her ro.e
of cl,~,e light o'er all,
Whose ~ Is and sps,s Sale :1c 81 ,be
10 MA f.s'iyai,
Bread and garment needs
Awake cur Fathers Land
md while her Struggling bosom blce1~,
Extend IL! healing hand.
!Ic flrje -'E'Ia ,rtc :,
The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-04-26

Tie 1fsIhe arts in themselves are TOO
4niable TO need recommendation 10 the fair
Sex; all the objects they offer 70 their view have
some analogy with woman, aud are like them
adorned with the brightest colours
The mind IS generally soothed by those ina
ses 'hlch poetry, painting and music trace out
TO y especially II they arc found to agree with
purity Of manners
The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-16

the only certain thing IN the matter is, that
when two People once set about throwing
stones at each Other,the chances are that both
may get broken head. II is evident that
this subject excites much uneasiness 10 Eng
land
The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-16

This emily caused growl Of disappeint-
ment, and no one blenched or seemed dis
posed to shrink from the foremost expos
ure. They knew that their number would
enable them to bear down and destroy the
handful of marines, after the first discharge,
and before they we're ordered to retire ;
but they were answered the pieces could
be reloaded. The marines were ordered
so as to be sure to kill as many as possible
their guns were preSented-but not one
prisoner stirred except to grasp more firm
" his weapon. Still DESTROYS to avoid the
tremendous slaughter that must have fol-
lowed the discharge of single gun, Major
w. advanced step or two urging them to
depart. Again, and while looking directly
into the muzzIes of the guns, which they
had just seen loaded with ball, they declar-
ed it their intention to fight it OUT This
intrepid officer then took out his watch, &
told his men to hold their pieces aimed al
the convicts, but not to fire until they had
order then turning to the prisoners, he
said, you must quit this hall: give you
three minutes to consider; if, at the end OF
that time, man remains he shall be sho
dead No situation of greater interes
can be described. At one end of the hall,
a fearless multitude of the most desperate
and powerful men in creation, waiting fo:
the assault at the other, a little band O.
disciplined men, waiting,with arms presen-
ted aud ready to begin the carnage; and
their tall and imposing commander, hold
up his watch to count the lapse of three
minutes, given as the reprieve to the lives
of numbers. No poet or painter can Coli
ceive of spectacle of more dark and ter
rible sublimity I; none can conceive situa-
ton of more appalling suspense. For two
minutes not a person nor a muscle was mo-
we'd, not sound was heard in the unwon,-
ed stiffness of the prison, except the labor
ed breathings ofthe infatuated wretches, as
they began to pant between fear and re-
venge; at the expiration of two minutes
during which they had faced the ministers
of death with unblenchng eyes, two or
three ofthose in the rear, and nearest the
farther entrance, went slowly out-a few
more followed the example, dropping oul
quietly and deliberately, and before half of
he last minute was gone, every man was
struck with the panic, land made an exit; &
the hall was cleared as if by magic. Thus
the steady firmness of moral force, and the
strong effect of determination acting DELHI
erately, awed the most savage men, and
suppressed scene of carnage which would
have instantly followed the least precipi-
fancy |or exer!ion of physical force.
We heard this related, some time since,
by an eye witness, and though some little
particulars may not be in exact accordance
with the facts, owing to the treachery of
yet we know that all the import.
ant points of the affair are correctly sta
led. 1t affords useful example to others
similarly situated in the government of pri-
sons.
The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-16
EXTRAORDINARY PHENOME.
NON.

The family of Mr.. Shepard of Gillygate
were recently alarmed by the smell of fire
and knowing there had been none in the
house since the previous night preceded
to inquire into the cause. On two of the
family of Nj. Shepard going up stairs; they
observed in The lodging room window ba-
sin and an ever, and over them were laid
towels; at a little distance was placed a
globular glass bottle filled with water, in
which boquet of flowers had been placed.
The rays of the sun had been concentrated
into focus by the water and the glsbe of
glass, and thus conducted with all their
force upon the towels,in which large hole
was actually burnt, and at time of entering
the room they were in flames. Had this
timely discovery not been made, the house
might have fallen sacrifice to the devou-
ring element. English paper.]
BORING FOR WATER.---Many successful
experiments in boring for water have been
made in different places within a few years
A late Providence Journal contains particu-
lar acc punt Of boring operations in that town.
under the direction Of Mr.. Horton, agent for
Mr.. DisbrOw, the results of which were com.
pletely successful. The first experiment was
made 10 land on which stands the stable Of
The Litchfield County post., 1828-10-16
THE TAR AND THE WHALE.

The following curious anecdote told me
by the Capt. of whale ship which was at
Valparaiso, shows US of what mistaken
torttude the hardy sons of Neptune are
possessed, and what Indifference they ev-
ince under the most severe and trying mis-
fortunes.
'One morning. says he, 'as we were
cruiz'ng about in search of whales, We es-
pied fine looking one, land at no great dis
lance from US. We Immediately manned 4
boats, and soon came up with this monster
of the deep, proved to be whale of
the sperm kind. We attacked him, and in
return for the death wound which we in
flcted, he, as is frequently the case with
these terOcious animals, stove one of the
boats. In the confusion which ensued ,one
poor fellow unluckil0 came within reach of
the whale, who, although in the agonies of
death, made a shift to draw one of his legs
into his mouth. The thigh was pierced by
one OF his tusks,and consequen ly broken.
Luckily for the sailor, however, The whale
began to gasp,and afforded himan opportu-
nifty to escape the jaws of death. On being
carried to the ship it was found necessar, to
amputate the leg above the joint, winch
was borne with the greatest equanlm-
ity. Shortly after | asked what were his
feelings when in the whales mouth. Why,
says he'll thought might furnish SIXTY bar
rets Of pretty good oil y
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-07-30

ed during long aud ignominous bondage; we
should rather admire them for that unbroken
spirit which they have maintained, through CEN
turtles of oppression, and that persovering at
tachment to their religion, which has remained
rooted in them, through ages of persecution
and disgrace. But whatever may be the moral
qualities of the people, they are suffering, and
suffering under pressure of calamities, almost
unequaled in the history of the world This is
of itself sufficient merit to entite them to our
sympathes. Iftheir misfortunes, and the gIo-
rious recollections, which attach themselves to
the soil they inhabit, should fail to awaken a
feeling of friendship towards the people them.
selves, who can withhold his appreciation and
support from the noble contest in which they
are engaged ? 1t is cause of no local, no ma
tional interest, but one in which the whole hu
man race are deeply concerned; and whoever
lends his aid to Greece in her struggle for indie
pendence, advances the cause of liberty. of re-
iigon, and the best interests of mankind
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-07-30
From the Miners (Penn5 Journal,

RATTLEsNAKEs. The present season has dis.
covered an unusual number Of these venomous
reptiles: several persons have been bitten, and
some lives lost The opinion of naturalists and
others as to the manner in which this snake in.
iicts the wound, or rather, when inflicted
elects the poison into it, does not appear to be
settled. Some suppose that the tooth itself is
the poisonous matter, and communicates it TO
the wound in the act of biting. Some suppose
that the poison Is thrown into the wound from
a bag seated at the root of its tongue, and locat
ed there by nature for its reception. Others
believe that the poison is contained in the upper
Jaw, and when the bite is inflicted it is injected
through small orlfice in the tooth into the
wound ' '''0
lhe latter hypothesis we believe is most cor.
rect The upper jaw of the rattlesnake is pro.
vded on each side with one, or two fangs, similar
IN size and appearance to the claw of a cats
foot. They are situated in the Jaw, with their
Ponts inward. When the snake prepares to
0He' nc, coils himselfup with his head drawn
DacK, ne maintains his ground with resolute
firmness, but with his rattle, warns Won of bis
presence. Should you approach too near, his
upper Jaw is thrown back presenting the fanps,
wh'le at the same instant he springs forward
upon the OBJECT of his vengeance The lower
jaw performs no part in the operation of bitinr
NAL. r"s " ''1' "'ii-
A lew days since a gentleman Of this town
caught a rrattlesnake, and with forkod stick
fastened HIM to the ground, while with knife
ne, extracted the fangs, after which the snake
DIT person with his mastcators, without iniu.
ry resulting from il. We examined two of the
iangs OF this snake, and the cylinder in them
was distinctly visible to the naked eye, and in
order TO be more certain we inserted horse
hair with ease through il. their cavity nass;,,r,
through the tooth from its root and coming ont
close by the point. 1t has been repeatedly said,
and correctly too, that there is no part, howev
er minute, of the animal creation, which nature
mas not adapted to some useful purpose. What
then are those cavities in the fang used for,
winch are SO entirely different from the ord
nary operations Of nature2 They are clearly
intended for the transmission Of the poison to
the wound inflicted. "