The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-06-24

! INTERESTING FAcTs. A gentleman in
forms us tha: the brig Mars, which sailed
from this port on Monday last for Calcutta,
carried out seventy bales of domestic cot
tons for the Calcutta market.
| 1t is a fact, universally notorious, that
previous to the late war, coarse cottons
I were imported in great abundance from Cal
cutta, for which specie was sent in payment:
and 1t was then matter Of surprize that
they could be imported at so CHEAP rate.
I 1t is a fact susceptible of the clearest
proof that the price Of India cottons before
i the late war, was more than double the
present price of American cottons, leaving
the qualities of the respective kinds of
goods entirely out of the question. India
cottons of a width suitable for sheeting,
were sold twenty years, ago. for thir;y-fve,
forty, and sometimes as high as fifty cents
the yard; they were exceedingly coarse
and thin, and could as easily be seen
through as a ladder. American cottons of
the same width, fine, substantial, durable
texture, may be bought for seventeen, and
those of extra fineness for twenty-five cents
the yard.
Just previous to the late war (1908 to
1917 an article for Shirting was imported
to considerable extent, called British cot
ton, the most Indifferent Of which sold for
fifty cents, and the better qualities, from
seventy-five cents to a dollar yard:-
American shinings have driven this article
entirely from the market: for those equal
in durability, as well as in delicacy of text
ure and finish, can be purchased for less
than half the money.
The lnvestig alton might be Purs~nd with
respect to calcoes, ginghams, and other
goods manufactured from cotton, and the
same undoubted and indubitable facts en-
\ hiblted by the parallel.
! 80 IN regard to many articles manufac-
tured from wool. Broad cloths and cassi-
meres. 1.-THE former especially, are fiom fifty
to hundred per cent. lower than they were
previous to the war. A man may now get
|, two coats, foI what one then cost, and per-
, haps have change enough left to buy hand
kerchlef, pair of stockings, or even silk
waiscoat.-Boston Courier.
J BRAVE DEFENCE. A house on BROOKLYN
Heights, occupied by the children of the
) late DIR. Smith, was entered by two negro
men on Saturday night last, about twelve
: O'Clock, with an intention of robbiRg it..
The eldest child, boy, only sixteen, who
had risen to see whence the noise proceed
ed, on opening the door had horse pistol
thrown at him by one Of the Williams, and
then was fired at by the other. The load
ed pistol they had brought with them; the
other had been taken from trunk. The
youth, with courage and spirit which
: would have done credit to any man, know
: ing that he was the only defender for his
5 1--WE little sisters and brothers, and not per-
ceiving that slug from the pistol had pass
ed through his arm, seized a musket which
stood in the room to resist the wtetches.
Recollecting that he had before taken out
the printing, on account of the children, he
shook the piece, hoping some of the charge
: might be got into the pan; but falling in
: this, he butted his gun, and by repeatedly
beating the negroes, drove them off.
The eldest sister, alarmed by the noise,
had been heard coming to enquire the
2 cause when he called to her to take care
> of herself and the little ones. One of the
7 negroes came up to her while she was
4 leading them away, and blew out the lamp
: in her hand-not, however, until she
observed he had a large knife. The
: courageous girl, in spite of all this, after
: having taken the two children to neigh
5 boris door, where she considered them in
: safety, returned to the house but the rob-
D bers had fed, and she met her brother al
2 most covered with his own blood. The
wound is not OF all dangerous.
sNcac York Advertiser.
: A COURTEOUS TURNKEY. The follow
ing curious affair took place at Rennes, in
France: A law student named r. was APP
pretended on criminal charge, and COM
, mitted to prison. The apprehension having
taken place In the evening, and the usual
turnkey being absent at the time when nj.
| X. was conducted to the prison, the latter
invited another prisoner to sup with him to
r pass the time. They were still at supper,
at ten o'clock, when the turnkey came
/ back. "What do you do here ?" said he
to M. R, whom he took for friend OF
the prisoner. "Pm waiting" replied the
other, "till you give me a ROOM" The
, turnkey taking this answer for joke, said
that the prison was not furnished hotel,
, and desired him to withdraw. NJ. R
determined upon stopping. The turnkey.
, without referring to the prisoners list, in
sisted upon his departure and NJ. R.
taking advantage of the offer, consented at
: last to be gone. The turnkey then lighted
a candle, accompanied M. R across
the courts, and after opening the QUITE
gate, wished him good night-told- him 10
take care not to fall, as there were some
| steps to descend, and cried to the sentinel
, to let him pass. Soon afterwards, upon an
observation made by the porter, the turn
key discovered his mistake, but it was too
late. M. R escaped 10 Jersey, from
whence he wrote letter to one of his
friends, begging him to return his thanks