The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-10-08
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Salem Gazette.

SICKNESS IN THE NEIGHBoRHooD. Pub
lie prayers were offered in some of our
churches last Sabbath, for the sick in the
towns and villages adjacent to New York.
From the statements that we hear, there
must be great deal of distress inthe coun-
try at the present moment. DIR. Spring
mentioned from his pulpit, that in large
church and congregation in this vicinity,
such was the prevalence of disease that but
l8 persons were able to attend church on
the preceding Sabbath. The Rev. gentle
man also stated, that in many places there
are not we'll people enough to take care of
the sick. Last year there was more sick
city but we believe the distress the pres
ent season is without parallel. Meantime
it should he cause of fervent gratitude to
Providence, that this city has been blessed
with an uninterrupted measure of health.
Indeed, we are informed that the old order
of things has so far been reversed, that the
sick from the country have been brought
into town, while many people have also
made temporary removals to the city, to
avoid the wasting sickness.
NJ Y. Com. .4dr.
HUGE STAGE Coach. The greatest object
of curiosity, just now in Philadelphia, is a huge
COACH constructed By Mr. j. Gleason, and in
tended for the citizens line, to run between
Bordentown and Washington, IN. j. This
enormous vehicle is divided into two apart
ments, one above the other, with seven seats in
each. The whole number of passengers to be
carried is hfty-six; twenty-eight below and the
same number above. The body of the carriage
is thirteen feet long, FIVE feet wide and ten in
height When placed on the wheels, the roof
will be about fourteen feet from the ground.
There are to be no more than four wheels;
those before are about three feet in diameter,
and the others something less than six. The
breadth of the wheels is eighteen inches, and
each has double set of spokes. The baggage
is to be carried on car, attached behind, and
drawn on a single wheel, two feet and half
broad. The whole is to be drawn by twelve
horses, three abreast, the driver to be aided by
two postillions. In the stages now in use, the
same number of horses with three men, instead
Of man and two boys, would be able TO carry
but twenty-seven passengers 1t is calculated
that the rate of travelling, as to speed, will be
about the same as in the four horse coaches.
Philadelphia Daily Chronicle.
"THE Laws DELAY" Some years ago there
lived in Ireland gentleman named Burton, who
kept clearinghouse in Dublin, whose credit
was so eminent that it became proverbal in
Ireland, where, when the goodness or security
was described, it was usual to say it was" as
good as Ben Burton" 1t happened, however,
in the chapter of casualties ever attendant on
human affairs, that honest Ben failed, and his
affairs were thrown into the bands of trustees.
"The glorious uncertainty of the law rem
dered this trust an hereditary concern; SCREEN
ty:four years the business had been involved in
litigation, and it was not until lately brought to
final issue in ChaBee-y, when the descendants
of the first trustees paid to the posterity Of the
original creditors their dividends upon the
claims of their forefathers, which dividends, as
the whole produce of Mr. Burtons assets were
thrown into the Funds, had accumulated so con-
siderablv, that one gentleman, named Fitzpatric,
the hereditary egatee for an original sum of
E970, received, as his dividend, upwards Of
10000 "Better late than ne1er."
English paper
SINGULAR DISCOVERY Mr.. Horton, gem
tlemeE who has been engaged in boring for wa
ter in Providence, has presented to tho public
some remarkable results. In his second exper-
ment in boring, he selected the extreme point
Of a wharf, many yards from the original land
lie bored through the artificial soil-then
through a stratum of mud-then through bog
meadow, containing good peat-then through
,and pebbles and quartz, gravel. Al this point
water, impregnated with copperas and arsenic
broke forth, but determining TO proceed farther
Mr.. Horton next struck a vineyard, and drew
lp vines, grapes, grape seeds, leaves, acorns,
,azel nuts, pine burs, and the seeds Of unknown
ruits, together with pure water This was 80
est below the bed Of the river - Pdttdd'"'r'