The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-09-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The number of emigrants focking to the
west the present season is represented as very
great. The Cleaveland (Ohio) Herald esti-
mates that GOO, mostly from the eastern States,
were landed at that place in a single fortnight
The facilities for transportation by canals, and
the stagnation of business in the commercial
and manufacturing districts of the country, will
in all probability, induce great numbers Of their
population to seek new homes, and perhaps new
employments, in the unsettled tracts ofthe west
ern States.
EDINBURGH REVIEW. This celebrated quar-
terly that Jeffrey has edited nearly quarter of
a century with distinguished reputation, has
passed into the hands of Mr.. Napier.
Some idea may be formed of the government
al cement of national debt, as binding all
classes, from the fact, that in Britain there are
s5.1?4 stockholders, who do not receive over
q, s22, HIOO-l5, O46, E2OO-4si2, $500
3O76, E5OO-l50i, El0OO-436, E2OO and 1862,
over G2000.-PatLGdium.
A pair of Ostriches, from Goree, Africa, ar
rived at New York, last week, in the ship EN-
press, from Charleston. They are only FIVE
months old, and are upwards OF six feet high.
At Frankfort, (Ky.) about the end of July,
John Major was acquitted of the charge of hav.
ing murdered Reuben Gale in Sept last. The
Court refused to receive the deposition of Gale
taken as his dying declaration, he being proved
an unbeliever in the future state Of rewards
and punshments.
There is a story Of wolf who in one of his
nightly ranges, pseped into cottage and OBJ
served some shepherds making hearty supper
upon kid. "What a noise these rascals would
make" said he, if they were to catch me eat
ing kid or even looking into one of their Dirt
| sheep folds p
A late Edinburgh paper states that "the
small pox is extremely prevalent amongst
the higher class of society. 1t seems to hare
! been nOao (says the paper) thoroughly ascer-
tanned that the preUcnti1e quality of vaccination
tceGrS ont In seUeR or eight years"
An extensive bed of Iron Ore has been re.
Gently discovered near the head waters of Deer
! field river, about IL miles from marlborough
The tract is said to be large, and the orc of
! very productive and excellent quality.
Seventy pupils were admitted to the Fresh
man Class of Harvard University on Monday
I last week.
LEAP. In Charestown, (Va) while the
driver of the public team, was engaged, with
his wagon and two horses, upon the hill near
I Jefferson's Rock, a severe clap of thunder
frightened the horses, and they ran towards
the precipice. The impulse given by the wag-
on put it out of their power to stop, and they
were precipitated from large rock distance
of about 40 feet, before they struck. One of
! them was killed; and although the other was
severely bruised and cut, no was led off, and
will probably recover.
FATAL MISTAKE. A long obituary notice is
published in the Norfolk Beacon, of a MIR.
Elisha Copeland, whose death was ccasioned
by mistake in taking medicine. Feeling
somewhat unwell, he prepared for himself, as
he thought, slight dose of magnesia, but un-
| fortunately instead poured out two table spoon
fuls of tartar emetic. Errors of this kind are
of such frequent occurrence as implies great
carelessness in the use of medicines and il is
only by giving publicity to the fatal results
which they sometimes produce, that we can
hope effectualy 20 admonsh persons to be more
on their guard.
The steam boat Lady Richmond, Capt Har.
ris, arrived at New York few days since from
POughkeepsie, having on board upwards of 1000
head of sheep and calves, 700 of which were on
her upper deck She had also on board nearly
100 fat cattle and n few horses, larger num-
Der than was ever before brought 20 New York
by ono vessel. This must have been noisy
cargo.
LEEcHEs. SilIiman's Journal quotes author
ity to show, that in the application Of leeches,
when used second time, care should be taken
with respect 20 the nature of the disease of the
person on whom they are FIRST employed, since
diseases have been communicated by their agen-
cy.
An instance Of the tenacity Of life, says the
Savannah Georgian Of the 9Th ut., was exhib.
tied yesterday, by the heart Of a large alligator,
shot in the river opposite this city, For four
hours after il was extracted fiom the body il
continued to exhibit muscular irritability, by
strong Pulsations on the slightest touch Tho
alligator was few inches less than nine fcet
in length.