The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-01-23

!
ing this article for the press, 9th January,
! 1921 it is almost as warm as midsummer,
and has been so with the exception of few
days) the whole of December. No snow
has fallen, and no indications of any, as yet:
| fire in our dwellings, is as little needed as
! generally in April, and windows are raised
! to render our rooms comfortably cool.
Much meat has been, spoiled hereabouts,
! by this untimely warm weather; and we
learn that from so to $50 miles south of this
great quantities have beer ruined-
wagon loads have been hauled out and
thrown away. AS a consequence of the
unusual warm weather of the season, we
have observed in the borough of Salisbury,
as well as in the country adjacent, that the
! turnps standing in the field have "gone to
Seed" and are now in bloom.
The Petersburg Intelligencer states, ''that
the Orange Trees are blooming in the
Green Houses; and early Peas, Potatoes,
&c. are some inches above ground in our
| gardens" The North Carolina papers re-
mark that " the White Shad was taken in
Pedee River, on Christmas day Insects of
various kinds, and among others the Mus
! quetoe IN swarms lnnumerable, are as trou-
hlesome as in Midsummer" The Tallahas-
see (FloLlda) Advocate, of December 22d.
says, "that whole fields of Cotton in this
neighborhood are still blooming and grow
ing!'' To these unusual aspects of the
season, we may add another feature nearly
quite as remarkable, and that is the almost
unexampled continuance of wet and cloudy
weather.
Kentucky has been completely deluged
with rains, and more water has fallen in that
state, than is ever recollected to have fallen
IN the same' length of time before The
streams are greatly swollen, and almost i'm
passabe, and the mails have frequently
been stopped in their course, or the carriers
compelled to swim the maddened streams.
REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IN FRANCE.
The French chamber of deputies consist of
430 members, who are now elected at once
| for period of years. The electors in all
France are about 100000 in number, and
are divided into two classes. The lowest
class consists of persons paying lin round
numbers so dollars IL pounds, or upwards,
! of direct taxes, and the highest of those
paying 1say 1870 dollars 90 pounds, or up
wards. The first meet IN what are called
the colleges of ACCOMPLISHMENTS, and elect
25S deputies: the second class meet in what
are called colleges of Departments, and
elect l72. The number of the first class is
about $4,000, and ofthe second about 10000:
but it is to be observed that the latter, THE
electors paying the highest assessment) vote
in the colleges ACCOMPLISHMENTS also, and
have thus double votes. The government.
of course by gaining the sutfrages of these
10000 double votes, secures in the first
place, ttCo ffhs 172) of the deputies directly,
and by the influence which the property of
these double voters give them, they NAV,
! probably, be able to return 100 more in the
colleges Of ACCOMPLISHMENTS Thus the art
of managing the French elections is rcduc-
ed to the business of corrupting 10000 per-
sons, very small number considering the
immense means which the government has
| in its hands. A French elector must be
not less than 30 years Of age, and deputy
not less than 40.
GENERAL JACKSON AND Mr.. EppEs.
Patrick Henry Darby, Esq. of Frankfort
Ken has written a letter to ]. G. Dana, of
Nashville, in which he states that he was
intimate with Gen. Jackson at the time his
conduct in the Seminole War was investi-
gated in the Senate, and that Jacksons in
! tention to personally chastise Mr. Eppes.
and going in search of him for that pur-
pose, formed topic of common converse
ton between HIMSELF Mr.. Darby,) General
Jackson, and Doctor Brunaug Mr. Darby
! says, 81 have heard Gen. jackson repeat
eddy state that he would have caned Mr..
Eppes if he could have found him, at the
time he went to the Senate Chamber for
that purpose, in the hopes of meeting him.
and that if he (Eppes) had resisted, he
toouId haze cut off has ears !!
Providence american.
How TO OBTAIN sUPERFINE BROAD
CLOTH SUIT. We have been told that some
of those Corinthians who are equally desti-
tute of cash and clothes, have ingeniously
supplied themselves with the latter by the
! following genteel operation. MIR Dinmont
calls upon a fashionable merchant tailor
and is measured mechanically for a suit
of clothes of the finest cloth he can find.
And in reply to the question "where shall
we send them, sir % gives the address of
some one of our citizens whose name is ia
miliar as gentleman Of fashion and for
tune. He wants them for particular &C.
casion, and must have them punctually by
8 o'clock of the appointed evening" Every
well Mr.. II, you shall have them at the
time" Mr.. DnmoDt with better name,
Illen uepdIls, anu Cne clotneS are punctudl-
ly sent to the residence of Mr. II. at the
! time, and left without suspicion In short
time afterwards the bell rings, the waiter
runs to the door, and il comes another Ind
of about the same size with the message of
the artist. beg pardon for troubling you,
sir, but left bundle here few minutes
ago by mistake" "Oh yes, here it is"
Young Mercury takes the bundle with
! thank'ee srn and awav he 0oas Az n
suitable time the draper sends the bill to
Mr.. II, when 10 and behold, the plot of
this little " Comedyo of Errors" is full y dis
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