The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-01-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

at from Sl0OO00 10 5 10000, and no insurance
) ne hre Is supposed to have originated from a
defect in the furnace by which the building was
warmed
Inc proceeds nj the har o. steamer plyinc be-
tween New Haven and New York. which used
to average $I50O, has for the two last wears
averaged but $500.
DIR. Scudder Of New York, saws his artificial
eyes move. wink and close in sleep, and that he
has already made 432
There are 40 less than 2.5:}3 varieties of the
Rose. OF which IL belong 10 the NJ $50 Rose. d
to the Dog RISE, aud I,li5 to the Provence
Rose
Ill has been reported to the senate Of Ken.
'n"kv Or hibltng the importation of slaves into
that @tole. for sale. after the first day Of Jniy
io29- The bill passed to its third reading, 80
tor. O.
ArcTroS DUTIES. The amount Of dutjes
paid ny The auc,irneers of Philadelphia, for the
last quarter. is S40.472G7
The notorious Harnahas BidweIl is capd;.
date ;"r Speaker of the House of Commons l.,
Upper Canada. The Canadians had better
look out fIr the Yankee.
Among the extraordinary evidences of the
miioness OF the present season. the Savannah
GfOrg:dH notices that excellent Wafer .EeLo1s
"rre piched from green vine about Twelve
mills from hat city. on he 18th ult. Souosh-
eS wer" IN high stale of maturity. Gentle.
man ais" mt rines that he has ripe Mrazo.
IrTr'fT at The present time in his garden in
Can"nhorough
The Indiana Gazette states, that the increase
ut population III that STATE. during thu past year
is estimated at one hundred thon.and persoos.
BnsToN DivpEND,. The Amer can Tnsur
anre Company has declared se,ni.1nnuaI divi.
de nd at q nj La =
the Atlas of 8 per cent; and the Globe of 10
per cent.
1t is stated that the Vicerov Of Egypt being
apprebensive of a decrease of population. has
ordered that the peasants between the aces of
ID and VI years shat have al least tacO lcirss
aplece And Tor this purpose he has sent par.
ties If women through the country to be dis
tr bnted in the villages like cattle
In Philadelphia, rogne, who pretended to
he afflicted with commissions. TO excite charity.
was recently mich relieved by physician Of.
trring To bleed him; and was quite cured ON
another proposing to call n constable: won
der'ul evidences of sympathy between the mind
and the body.
On the 2'tl Sept. last there were lG,l77 u
States pensioners, receiving $500 600 year:
5l6 died the mst year.
In Raitimoe, on Christmas mornino man
named john iiosselhack was found dead in the
street. His death was caused by intemperance
and exposure. Another druukard in Noble
while lying in The street on the nioht of The 9th
nt' was run over by a carriage and killed
Rum does wonders
From the rep rt of the keeper Of the Ohio
PennenilaIy, il appears that the county of Har-
rls"n has no representative in the wise assem-
blage in that pace, which consists OF 1G7 per
sons. The Hrris IN Telegraph thinks it a
capital chance Inr office seekers.
POWDER MuL EXPLOSIONS. On Thursday.
Dec %, the slmck accustomed by the explosion
OF about 200 casks of powder, in Southwark
was felt IN this village. The mills and powder
belonged u Messrs. S. Smith & Co -Four
buildings were destroyed, hut no lives LOST
! lie tin was occasioncd by The boiling over o,
the ntre in the refining kette-damares est,
mated at $200O.-WesLieId Register.
At the late term Of the City Court, in Gin
cinna'i. Ohio) there were three convictions Cor
selling htery tickets, contrarr to the provisions
of the -htue, in each of which fine of $50.
was inflated npon tie offenders.
The masters of more than two hundred slaves
have notified the Colonization Society of their
herate them. on condition of their
going Ia Liberia. OftheSe, - are offered hy
lady q larvand-5O. by gen lcnian at Ken
lucky oI -. by clergy man Of Virginia
and a. ly a citizen Of Georgia.
Governor Trmble of Ohio took The cath OF
OH e. antdeliver"d Inaugural Address on The
10th nit. lie observes that the system nl Com.
mon Schools III that state, has been acceptable
TO a mai lily only ; respectable minority hay
lrg yIeldtd reluctantly to the operation of the
laws.
nnmber Of the citizens Of Brattiebornurh
and Bellows Falls (Vt) have subscribed funds.
aud contracted for the building nf Il steam at
/" ply mp and down The Connecticut RiveI he
tween Hartford and the southern villages N
Vermont.
SUGAR A~u CorroN Cons dcrable land. IN
the upper part %. Louisiana, IN winch cotton has
been rll Ell, Is hereafter To lie appIoprialed Il,
sugar. more profitable article This s,ep
may help the cntnn growers elsewhere, by
diminishing the quantity and rivalry in market
7 lie people of Missouri. Arkansas. Illinois
Louisiana, Sc. are said tn calculate on a trad.
1" Canton and the East !ndies, 10y the way al
c.! .mha (Oregnn) R ver. AT some iuure nrrl-
od-whch they believe will be fastened by
settlement at the mouth Of that river.
The girls (o0t) in the Dover IN. H. Cotton
Factory, had general turn Oat on the 26,h
ait, on account of some imaginary grievance.
they marched through the town with martini
music, accompanied with roar of artillery
Their procession reached nearly half mile
On NJ uday most of them had returned to their
work
I.iBrRAL Donation. Mr. Solomon Langdon
of Farmington. has given the sum of $500 to
the General Hospital If Conneclicnt-and the
same amount to the Professorship Of Sacred
Literature in Yale College.-HarJ6rd Coarant
Far PoRK. The West Chester (Penn) pa
per states that eight hogs were killed in that
town few days since, which weighed toeeth-
81 $40 lbs. averaging AIS lbs each The
large.t weighed 556 lbs, and The smallest 45l
lbs
D,MAsK TABLE LINEN. Mr.. Hamilton Stew
art of Pittsburg, has commenced the MANN
fac,ure of Darnask Table Linen The Table
Cloths, it is said, are extremely neat, and what
is ofrqrai Importance, they are very cheap and
Of texture that will insure sci vice and dura-
hiliiy. In wravinn the cloth tie thrnads a re