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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

HEMP. About 1000 bushels of hemp
seed have been sown this season on 400
acres of land in Northampton Hadley, Hat
field, Sunderland, Deerfeld and Westfeld.
The number of acres of hemp in Northamp-
ton is about 200, of which us were sown
ny one company. Some seed was sown as
late July 1lth. The growing hemp gener.
ally looks wholesome of it is just out of the
ground, and some two or three feet high.
Some of the farmers in West Springfield
and Longmeadow have cultivated hemp for
some years past, and the number of hemp
growers in those towns, it is believed, has
not diminished the present season.
Northampton Gazette.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22
HAYANA. June %

To-day the British Government schooner
Pickle, brought in the Spanish SLAYER La
IMutattd, aoih three hundred and thirty, tive
stares! She kept up running fight with
the Pickle for one hour and twenty minutes,
when the loss of her mainmast by shot,
prevented her escape. The Pickle lost 9
men killed and z wounded on board the
Mulatta 10 killed and Is wounded.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22
From the Philadelphia Gazette.
MEXICO.

We are indebted to a gentleman of this
city for file of Vera Cruz papers, extend
ing to the 18th of June.
An invasion from Havana is spoken of as
expected, and the papers say the Mexcans
are well prepared to meet any force Ferdi-
nand may send against them.
In an address the President of the Con
fedcracy made to the Chamber of Repre-
sentatlves, at the close of their late session,
he spoke of the "relations of Mexico with
the United States as continuing to be OF
the most friendly nature. That there might
be no delay in the exchange of'the ratfca-
tons of the treaty of limits, competent au-
thority had been given to the Minister at
Washington that it might be verified. The
treaty of friendship, commerce and naviga-
ton, concluded by the plenipotentiaries of
the two republics, is still before the Senate,
and every day in the opinion of the Execu-
tive, makes more urgent the termination of
this negotiation, without which the relations
between the two countries cannot be made
permanent"
The Treasury of Mexico is empty. To
replenish it, decree has been passed, ex-
acting, for one year, a contribution of five
per cent. on all incomes of $1,000 and up
wards, ana oil ten per cent. on all incomes
of upwards of $4,000. The officers of
government are to make this contribution
in common with private citizens.
From the NJ Orleans .Mer. .4iu., June 25.
ExpED ITIoN AGAINST Mexico. The ex-
petition fitting out at Havana against the
Mexican States, and which is very shortly
to sail from tie above port, is now pretty
generally supposed to be destined to act
Immediately against the city Of Vera Cruz,
and not against the Province of Yucatan,
as was formerly imagined. 1t appears by
strangers just arrived in short passage
from the last named city, that the Castle of
st. Juan de Uloa is but poorly provisioned !;
consequently should the expedition, by TAX
ing the city, and cutting off all communica-
tion between it and the castle, prevent any
assistance being given, the taking Of the
former would, in all probability, be soon
followed by the surrender of the latter.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

THE HAIL STORM which passed through
Ashfeld on the Sd inst. was much more ex-
teDsive than we were aware Of 1t extend
ed through Conway, Hawley, &c, doing in
calculable injury to the crops. On the same
dsy hail storm was felt in Westfeld,
Springfield, Montgomery, Norwich, Bland
ford, and Southampton, also cutting down
the crops. In Belchertown, Ludlow, and
some towns on the east side of the river,
hail fell in immense quantities, on Saturday,
the 18th inst, spreading destruction among
the crops. In Ludlow, the hail in the drifts
measured thirteen inches in depth, and in
Springfield, six or seven.
Greenfield Gazette.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22
MONTREAL, June 8.


TORNADO. A most impetuous storm pass
ed last week, through the middle Of the
township of Drummond, u. c. in north
east direction. 1t did not spread widely,
but it has done great deal of injury in its
narrow range. Many cattle in the woods
or on the verge of them were killed by the
falling of trees, sundry houses materially
injured by the fury of the wind and hail,
and whole fields Of corn cut off as COM
pletely as if they had been mown down
with a scythe. We are assured 6y per-
son, on whose veracity we can put entire
confidence, that he gathered some of the
hail, which was a solid lump in the form of
die, and that measured two inches on the
edge, without calculating the length of the
various spars of something like hoary frost
which projected from the sides. This piece,
which is described to Us as hard as if it had
been cut from the river in the middle of
winter, would contain eight solid or cubic
inches. Besides destroying all kinds of
crops, as far as it reached. as may we'll be
supposed no windows against which it was
driven escaped hreakage. A young man
who was driving oxen from Lanark, with a
load for Mr.. Coleman, assures us, that he
was actually knocked down by the hail, so
violent was the Impetus of the tempest on
which it was waited.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22
ECoNoMY AND REFORM.

Now Jackson is our President,
Well save the nation every cent"
y, Dat true, CRIES Cuff, "but den what follow ?
You save de cent, but spend de DOLLAR"
Portland .Adrertiser.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

EFFECTS OF THE PRESENT BANKING
system. One Of the objections to our
present banking system is, that it is the
parent of a system of mutual guaranteeing,
by which every mans success in life is
made to depend quite as much on the good
conduct and good fortune of his neighbors
as on his own industry and economy.
Take case in point. A gentleman of
this city, to oblige friend, endorsed notes
10 the amount of $4,000. the friend failed.
The endorser could not conveniently paw
the amount without extra bank acommoda-
tons. To procure this, he was obliged to
prevail on another friend to endorse for
him in his turn. The $4,000 were paid :;
but, as one good turn deserves another, the
gentleman could not when called upon bv
the friend who had assisted him in his first
difficulty, refuse to put his name on his
friends paper. The second friend failed,
and the gentleman found himself response
BILE for debts to the amount of $4,000.
The $4,000 were paid, through the assist
ance Of n third friend who then wanted no
bank accommodation. In time, however.
he called for reciprocation of the favor he
had conferred. The gentleman could not
refuse. The third friend broke. And the
gentleman found that his original endorse
ment of notes to the amount of $4,000, had
involved him in debt to the amount of
100000.
Such is our commercial system. Change
the amounts to suit different cases. and this
paragraph will serve as the history of hun
dreds and thousands of the American nno-
pie. PHILADELPHIA aurora.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

BARBARoUs. The Providence papers
give an account of the Imprisonment of ii
poor woman in that town, destitute of the
most common and ordinary necessaries of
life, who had been compelled 70 consult
with physician once or twice, for which he
charged her SO; and not having means of
paying, was sued for the satne. When the
officer came with the writ, she requested
him to inform the doctor she could not pay in
money, but would do any kind of work for
him in her power. This would not answer,
and the officer was compelled in the dis
charge Of his duty, and to the eternal dis
grace of the creditor, to take this poor wo-
man upon the execution, with her nursing
infant, and commit her to gaol There she
remained pennyless and almost naked, for
about ten days, and but for the humanity
of the gaoler, she and her infant must have
persisted
Such an inhuman monster, (says the Ca
det) ought not to be suffered to tread in the
paths of men; and, in justice, his name
should be revealed, an object for the "slow
unmoving finger of scorn." No delicacy
ought to conceal the names of such individ4
uals.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

AIAINo. pIuLTaCueu, mum
form, and multifarious, and up to the last ac-
counts, still abortive attempts to fasten an
indictment upon this individual, certainly
speak hugely for the skill of the law officers
of the Government. An agricultural friend
at our elbow very apty likens the doings
ofthese astncious functonaries to the efforts
of clumsy lout of fellow trying to knock
down an ox-6rst he hits him on one side
of the head-then on the other-then upon
the nose-haf stunning and Grazing. the
poor beast without bringing him to the
ground-a great batter of brains to very
little purpose.-.Ne,O Bedford Mercury.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

A BOYIsH TRIcK. The Hartford Weekly
Review gives the following account ola trick
played off on the Postmaster General by
some Connecticut ways, which though cal
culated to move ones iisibles, deserves the
severest public censure. From version Of
the same story in the Hartford Times, we
learn that the ''boys" were full grown and
of mems years; to "years Of discretion"
they certainly had not arrived.
Reform. The administration have act
ed such ridiculous part in the prosecution
of what they denominate reform, that they
have literally come at last to be, not only
the scorn of men, but the jest of boys. A
few frolicksome youngsters, in town about
30 miles from here, assembled few days
ago, and after making fools of each other,
conceived the idea of making fools of Gen.
Jackson and Major Barry. One Of the num-
Der, more sober than the rest, drew up a
petition for the removal Of the Postmaster,
and the appointment of a certain other per-
sonage designated in the petition. The in
strument was signed by the other boys and
forthwith sent to Washington. AS had been
foreseen, the project succeeded, and the re-
turn mail brought commission for the
new Postmaster. Now the joke of the
whole matter is this. The new Postmaster
is the most ragged, drunken vagabond in
seven cities, and cannot for the life of him,
decipher the superscription of a letter.
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New YoRK, July 10.
SAILING OF THE EXPEDITION PROM HA-
vANA. The ship Lavina, Captain Miner,
which arrived last evening from New Or
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FROM COLOMBIA. By thebrig Athenlan,
from Carthagena whence she sailed on the
29th of June, papers TO the latest dates are
received from that place.
The war still continued between Peru
and Colombia. but, owing 10 the .Tarm
season, was not prosecuted with much vigor.
Bolivar was at Quito, and expected at Be-
gotta in all June. Seditious papers were
picked up in the streets Of Bogota, calling
upon the soldiers to revolt On the 10th of
June, $50 troops sailed from Carthagena for
Chagres, for the purpose of crossing the
Isthmus of Darien, to defend Panama against
an expected attack from the Peruvians.
On the DIST, the Colombian frigate Cundi-
namarca sailed for Porto Cabello, having on
board General Santander, close prisoner,
to be confined in the fortress al that place
under the charge of Gen. Paez,
Sener Pedro Gual, minister plenipoten-
tiary of Colombia, for Peru, has been taken
prisoner on his return to his own country.
The pacific mission on which he was sent,
might have been expected to be sufficient
security for his safety and free passage.
PERU. Information was brought by a mas
ter ofa vessel from Paita, who was at Tom
AGO or the 10Th of April, after passage Of
IL days, that parties of 200 or 300 men were
marching about the streets in Limp 6sgIhlttiiBg
Three couriers had gone with the news
and there were no troops at Lima to secure
order.-.Ne1c York paper.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

THE NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH AT Mon.
TREAL was opened for divine service on
the 18th inst, on which occasion all the
high dignitares of the province were in at.
tendance. The Montreal Courant furnish
es the following brief description of this
vast and magnificent edifce:
"The building is of itself an inter estinp
subject of observation. Some idea NAV be
formed of the edifce from the following
particulars, viz: No, of pews on the ground
floor, 504; do. on the first gallery, 372; do.
on the second gallery, 1863. Total 1914.
Length of the building inside, $50 feet,
breadth do, 1873 feet; height from floor to
ceiling, 81 feet. The galleries are sup.
ported by seven massive columns on each
side, surmounted by ground arches. with
mouldngs and ornaments in .fresco. There
are five affairs; the grand one in the CEN
tire of the chancel is almost finished, and
will be piece of exquisite workmanship.
The appearance of the edifce, when view
ed from the grand altar, is truly magnificent,
and presents coup-d'eI at once grand and
sublime. We believe it will be no exag-
geration to say, this church, when finished,
will excel any house of worship in Ameri-
ca, in architectural beauty, size, and beauty
of design"
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22
-" Keep the word of promise to the ear and
break it to the hone"

DIodh IL u Lue nope.
We have really quite promising Admin
istration. An old democrat from Philadel-
phia went to Washington and personally
solicited General jackson for an appoint
ment. The "virtuous Chief Magistrate"
promised him the boon, wrote down his
name, the place of his residence, and the
office to which he was to be appointed and
then turning to him said 5" There now, Sir,
you may return home and make your mind
easy; you see (holding up the writing to
him) there can no,U be no mistake about It,"
But the General in this case acted without
his host. Duff Green cast his blighting
glance upon the old gentleman's expeota-
tons, and they withered away.
1t is further stated, that Joseph Hardy
Prince, Esq, of Boston, made personal
application to Van Buren, for the office of
Navy Agent in Boston, and was assured
that he should have it, and might return
home in full confidence that his commission
should he sent after him. The fact being
publicly known induced a friend of Mr..
Harris, the present Agent, to call on the
General and demonstrate against his remov-
al The General knew nothing about it,
hut sent messenger to Van Buren, to as
certain the facts in the case, who found
that commission was then filed out, and
ready for signatures. The matter was
quashed, the present Agent retains his of
fee, and Joseph Hardy Prince, Esq, who
has really done the Administration some
service, is Jackson man and has promise,
hut no Office LoaceH Journal
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From the Cherokee Phenir of June 10.

Our readers, who have paid any attention
TO the progress of Indian emigration, will
recolIect that the country at the west is
highly extolled by the officers of the United
States. as being suitable in every respect
for Indian habitation. We are even told
that the Creeks, many of whom have al
ready removed, and the Choctaws and
Chlckasaws, who have explored it, are pleas
ed with 1t, and prefer it to their old homes.
All this shows, how determined interested
persons are to misrepresent the Indians,
and mislead the public. From all that we
can learn, the truth of the case is entirely
different. In letter addressed to an indi-
vldual in this nation, the Chickasaws say,
that the effect of the exploration west of the
Mississippi, made by them, is to bind Them
more closely to the land of their nativity.
They saw no country which could be COM
pared with the one that they now possess,
and in which they agree to reside.
They visited that section of the country
now inhabited by the Creeks, which is
very poor. "The Creeks" to use their own
expression, "are in poor condition. They
are continually mourning for the land Of
their births. The women are in continual
sorrow. We were told by the Creeks, that
the land was poor, and they were wretch
eddy situated" The explorers further saw.
that they saw the land owned by the Cher
oEees of Arkansaw-" all the good land
there IS in it, will soon be taken up-tbev
lCherokees will soon be crowded" This
is precisely what we have continually heard
from respectable eye witnesses. 1t is
therefore to deceive the public and to
draw the Indians from their present possess
slons, that the Misrepresentation is con-
stantly repeated.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

GHOST. For several evenings last week
the town of Waltham had supernatural
visiter, who appeared in the edge of the
woods near the plain. Many people went
from Boston and vicinity to see his ghost
ship, who obtained u very comfortable noto-
riety. On Saturday evening, nearly 500
people are supposed to have collected neat
the spot, and word having been given out
that he would not appear until II O'Clock,
the tavern keepers in the neighborhood
drove pretty trade in the matter of provd-
ing Shippers, &c. The affair appears to have
been set on foot by some young men, to test
the courage Of a companion who had ex-
pressed his disbelief of apparitions. The
rifles said to have been fred at the unearth-
ly substance,it is believed, were discharged
by those who were in the secret, and who
took care that balls should not be forthcom-
ing. The deception, it is said, consisted of
person dressed in black, wrapping whi'e
sheet about him, and letting it fall in such
a manner as to appear as if he sank into
the earth. We congratulate all the trem-
bling old women and timid maidens that
the ghost is laid at last.-Boston Patriot.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

The President of the u. S. has recently
visited Norfolk, for the purpose of inspect
ing the public works in that vicinity. He
was accompanied by several distinguished
persons from Washington. He was re-
ceived at the Navy Yard with the customa-
ry signals of respect; and, after the cere-
monies of reception, visited the dry dock,
where all the workmen were drawn up to
receive him, and afterwards went to work
in their respective departments for the graf
ification of their visters. After taking
leave of the citizens of Portsmouth, the
President and suite crossed over the river
in the steam boat to Norfolk, where he was
likewise received with military and munich
pal honors. On Saturday, the llth, he visited
the Dismal Swamp Canal, at the magnitude
of which he expressed great surprise, and
spoke of its vast Importance to the nation.
On Sunday morning he attended religious
services at the church at Fortress Monroe,
on Monday, reviewed the regiment station
ed at the Fortress, and at II o'clock en-
barked on board the steamboat and return
ed to Neutrality-suspicious. Courier.
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SHOCKING OCCURRENCE. The Greenfield
Gazette relates that a man named Alfred
Elmer of Ashfield, who fancied himsefcom-
missiohed by Heaven TO kill three persons,
and derived hiswarrant from the lth chapter
of Revelations, killed two ofthe number on
the 9TH inst. There appears to be remlss-
~o~- rn-4s IF tho r1.--<'.-, ia not
confnlng insane persons, who would proba-
bly, be pronounced dangerous on proper in
vestigation.
The victims Of Elmer were child about
2years old, an only son of Mr.. Timothy Cat
lin, which was killed on the spot, and an old
gentleman, grandfather of the culprit, who
was SO severely wounded that there is no
hope OF his surviving. At the time of the
deed, the mother of the child was milking
on being told that Elmer had gone into the
house with a razor in his hands she imme-
dlately returned to the house, and on en-
tering the room, found the child dead in
the cradle in which she had left it sleeping,
having its throat cut in shocking manner.
The criminal, having committed this horrid
deed, FASTENED to his grandfather, whom
he struck on the head with an axe, and
would have repeated the blow, but for the
interference Ofsome females who were pres
ent. The old gentleman is between 20 and
80 years ofage. Since Elmer's commitment
to jail in Greenfield, on being questioned, he
"wished to say nothing about it." He is
sorry that he has committed the deed,
and states that he sometimes thought of
committing suicide, but has none now, nor
when he killed the child. The prisoner
was undoubtedly insane. He awaits his
trial at the next term of the Supreme Court
in September.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-07-22

SINGULAR WILL. A Portsmouth (Enp.I
paper contains an account of law suit re-
speeding will left by David Prowting, n
farmer, who died in JAM last. The will
appeared to have been written by the de-
ceased himself 1t commenced, "Ih the
name of God, amen," and after disposing in
the accustomed form, of his soul and body.
bequeathed his live and dead stock. his
houses and lands, according to his uncle's
will" TO his widow, directing that the paper
should be signed "by Mr.. VIM. Stair" his
attorney but it was not signed, sealed, nor
witnessed. This document he deposited
under some bundles of wool in his gfanarv,
where it was found carefully wrapt up in
pocket handkerchief Sir J. Nicholl was
ofopinion that, if all the circumstances were
proved, it was the deceased's intention that
the paper should operate as his will.
The Natchez Galaxy gives the following
melancholy picture of that town -
Business is worse than dull. The mer-
chants are "not at home" The lawyers, as
they say in Kentucky, have gone into state
of retiracy. The doctors wear the face of So
lemnity, and are shaved by the square foot. Tn
fact, we shall shortly require pack of hounds
to keep the rabbits and foxes from burrowing
upon Main.street,"