The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-08-19

DARING VnLANY. The dwelling house OIL
Mr.; Slater, in Dudley, was entered ON FRIDAY
night' Aug. z, by band of Williams A young
laoy Oh inc house hearing noise below, went
down stairs and on arriving at the foot of the
stairs, was seized and beat in a shameful
manner After beating her they made their es-
cape from the house. Mr. Slater was absent.
II is expected they were after large sum of
money which had been sent to Mr. S. the day
previous, but luckily the agent had it in his
posseSsion.-SOathJridge Register.
A one dolar.bill of the Sutton Bank, altered
10 three, was passed in Concord few DAYS
since. The alterations were made on the
coarse hgures and words on the corners and
margin, while the fine words all over the snr.
iace, spoke the truth, but in a small voice.
Look sharp.
Couhterteits of the Boston Bank So notes,
are IN clrcuaton-Perkins's plate badly exc
cuted
FIRES IN BosToN. The crockery ware store
OF Newman q Milne, Union-street, was DESTROY
ed by tlre on the night of the 18th inst. Loss,
,OOO-about half of which was insured
The dIstl!iery in Union-street, occupied by
French and Holmes, was destroyed by fire on
FRIDAY morning last, together with considera-
bic stock OF molasses and rum. Several other
buildings were injured. Part of the property
was insured
The "Mount Pit Circus" and twelve other
buildings were consumed by fire in New York
on tuesday morning, August 4th. The circus
was SAID to be the largest building in America,
having seats, &c, for 5000 spectators.
A celebration in commemoraton of the hun
dredth year Of the existence of Baltimore, was
had on Friday week last, in that city. One
hundred years ago, the site of the city was part
OF the farm of John Fleming, whose residence
was, probably, the only dwelling house on that
farm; Baltimore, that now contains seventy
live thousand inhabitants, and is the third CITY
IN commercial Importance in the United States,
had not then" local habtation or a name"
A snake was lately shot at Miramachi, IN. b.
which measured IL feet Z inches in length.
Five whole pigeons were found in its stomach.
GEORGIA. Gov. Forsyth has publicly declin-
ed a reelection as Governor, and announced
himself a candidate for the Senate of the U.
States.
A daughter of Mr. Lewis Hogan of Beaver
dam, Is. CO. aged 3 years, died last month,
having eaten some molasses in which cobalt
had been mixed to kill flies. Some Druggists
in S. Carolina think that cobalt is poison to
flies only; but there are instances of poultry
and kittens having been killed, from eating
flies which had been destroyed by cobalt.
During the thunder storm on the 9Th inst. a
valuable barn belonging to Gen NJ NJ Rutter
OF East Sudbury, was struck with lightning
and wholly consumed, with all its contents Of
hay and grain.
The Baltimore Patriot, in noticing the num-
Der of barns that have recently been set on fire
by electric fluid, Observes 1t is a we'll known
fact that barns are in more danger for the first
few weeks after the grain and hay are housed,
than any other season of the year, on account
ofthe Sweating process, the vapor arising there
from operating as conductor TO the fluid"
Since the emancipation of the Catholics, the
Protestant and Catholic clocks in Montreal,
Canada, which had been always at variance 90
on lovingly together. This must pass for
sign of the times.
A tanner in Hungary, Germany, uses the
pyrohgneous acid or cssense of smoke, to
preserve or recover skins from putrefaction
1t does not deprive them of their useful quail
tiles if applied with brush
In New York, the dandies wear blue striped
and checked shirts
Upwards of 100 passengers arrived at Sara
toga Springs during the last week. There are
supposed to be 1900 now there. Among them
are, Mr.. Vaughn, the British minister, Count
de Girardin; Count Ney, son of the late Mar
shall Ney; Count Survilliers (Joseph Bona
part) and suit.
. 1t is said that 100, 900 sheep have persisted in
the West of England this season by what is
called the dry rot
HIGH Prices. Flour was recently selling in
Bucnos Ayres at eighty dollars per Larrett and
Hay about SeUentyJfUe dollars a ton in
Mobile month ago