The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

OKE Coop Acr. Gen. jackson has c,us.d
the names Of the following Officers to be eras.
ed from the Register of the Navy, in conse.
quence of their having been engaged in dnel
near Philadelphia, in which Mr.. Miller was xii.
led; Lieutenant Edmund Byrne, Lieutenant
Hampton Westeott Passed Midshipman Charles
II; Dnryee, Midshipman Charles G. Hunter.
what would be the consequence of APPLYING
the same rule to the incumbent of the Pres.
DENTAL Chair.]
HURRICANE. A tremendous hurricane passed
over washington and Westmorland Counties,
IN rennsylvania, on the 23d of March. Not a
building or tree was left standing within the
space 1t appeared to occupy, which was about
quarter OF mile. In one village IA houses
were blown down, FIVE barns. boat house, one
mill and wool carding establishment completely
crushed, with many other buildings much dam.
aged. Two fiat boats were lifted from their
moorings, and torn to pieces. The air was
completely filled with hurting fragments of
FOOLS OF buildings, rails. shingles, &c
Large quantities of gold from Habersham,
haoun, Franklin and Hall counties, Geo J
continue to be received in Augusta, principally
from the flrst named. The Chronicle says that
near $4,000 worth has been purchased within
the last three weeks, by Messrs Beers, Booth
and st. John, besides what has been bought by
the Jewellers and others.
with he Whimsical saperscfptons Of ettsards
that occasionally find their way from our ma.
tlonal mail bags into the public papers, but
none mas come under our observation, so enig.
natical as that upon a letter shown us the other
day at our post office. It was literally this !:
10 widow woman that keeps a tavern in the
state OF ONO. 10 any post master in The state
OF Ohio. please forward this letter fast as poss
ble." What will be the fate of the despatch
thus labelled Ohio post masters alone can de.
termine.-BufalO Journal
In the State Legislature of Pennsylvania
petition for divorce was lately presented from
ayoung man of twenty-five, setting forth that,
eight years ago, he was induced to marry
black woman, considerably his senior, and pos.
sessing property; that she had broken her mar.
rage vows, and misbehaved in various modes ;
and calling on the Legislature to dissolve their
unnatural, and not to be endured union.
DEATH BY SuFrocArloN. David Pierce of
Boston, aged %, was found dead in his berth
on board the schooner Betsey, on Thursday
morning last, having accidentally come to his
death by suffocaton Tho forecastle had been
smoked to destroy the rats and, although the
match was cemented down, .he deceased, hav-
ing key in his possession, opened it, went be-
low, and got into his berth, where he was found
dead on the following morning.-.M Y paper.
deaf and dumb man. who writes his name
James X. Young, and informs by signs that he
shoemaker, IS years old, that his father, who
died long since, was a minister whose church
was burnt, that he has two brothers, doctor
ana sailor, was found in the woods in Februa.
~ ana carried to Moscow, (Me.) badly frozen.
he was crossing the wilderness from Lower
Canada to Kennebec.
There were recently three brothers living in
Saratoga County, IN. Y.,l whose united ares
amounted to $40 years. The youngest brother,
nearly 80, is still living.
Coon SHOT, E. Goode of this county. nm
the morning of the 25th ult. killed sin wild
tnrkles at one shot, This we call good snort.
ing.-North Carolina Spectator.
An eagle recently attacked an old gentleman
named Cole in Gloucester, probably thinking
ms bald head something eatable. Mr.. C. and
feet across the wings rifle ball was taken
from one Of his talons.
family named Norwood, have had their
name changed by the Maine Legislature.
90 years ago the ground upon which Louis
vile, Ky now stands, was a wilderness it
now contains 10000 inhabitants.
FAcTs TO BE REMEMBERED. The keeper of
the Ohio Penltentiary, N. nj Lean, Esq., says
an his official report to the Legislature of that
State, dated December z, 1929, that of 1874 pris.
onerS now under his care, sc only claim to have
been temperate mon OF the 95 who acknow-
ledge themselves to have been Incorporate,
much the largest proportion are young men,
not exceeding 80 years of age, and many not
more than twenty-five" These facts were
learned by personal examination of each pris.
onor.
The Maryland House of Delegates is made
up OF farmers and planters sc, lawyers I2, ply.
sicians 6, merchants 2, mechanics 2, innheep-
ors 2.
A child, years Of age, being left alone in it's
parents house in Edinburg, on New Years
day, drank some spirits from bottle left in its
way. When its mother returned, finding it
rolling on the floor, intoxicated. she whipped it,
and put it to bed, instead OF calling physician.
1t was soon after found dead.