The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-03-24
WAsn,narnN. March 13.

lou Will nave seen, before TINS arrives, by
the morning papers of to-day, that the Pres
ident has nominated Commodore Porter as
Consul General to Algiers, to supply the
vacancy occasioned by the unanimous re-
lection of Henry Lee by the Senate. In
this instance, the President has acted with
great promptitude. Some have supposed,
when considering that he delayed for about
two months after the session commented to
send his nominations to the Senate, to fill
the vacancies he had occasioned by the
removal in the recess, that his haste in this
single instance proceeds from petulency and
Immature. His toubles are increasing
every day. No President before him had
undertaken to influence Congress in legis-
iating upon private claim; but he supposed
the weight of his recommendation would
insure the passage of bill for the relief
of Mrs. Decatur; and he volunteered to
give 1t among grave and important state
matters. The friends of the bill advocated
its passage with great ability; but notwith-
standing the Presidents intemperance and
the exhibition of talent, the bill was laid on
the table yesterday, by vote of 81 to 81
and it is not probable that the claim will be
brought forward again at this Congress.
The vote was so decisive, that it is doubtful
whether the claim will ever be revived
again. The report is to-day, that the Pres
ident is in very i'll humor. He is vexed to
find that his ciuiL recommendation does not
command the obedience of military o, der.
.NeaO York advertiser.
NAVAL PEACE ESTABLISHMENT The
plan submitted to Congress from the Secre-
tary OF the Navy, proposes: LIST, That the
officers of the navy shall consist of not less
than, Vice Admiral, 2 Rear Admirals, 80
Captains, 30 Masters Commandant, 200
Lieutenants, 400 M;dshipmen, 65 Surgeons,
90 Assistant Surgeons, 35 Pnrsers, 10
Sailing Masters, "a Boatswains, 25 GuDners,
"a Carpenters, and 30 Sail Makers. The
President to reduce the officers of each
grade so that they shall not exceed the
above number, at such time during the
present year as he may deem expedient.
That the following shall be the shore
pay, or the pay of officers when not in
actual service Vice Admiral $500 per
annnm, Rear Admiral 1000, Captains $500,
Masters Commandant 1000, and the pay of
all other officers shall be fixed by law.
The pay of officers when in actual service,
to be as follows Vice Admiral 5000 per
annum, Rear Admiral 55OO;a Captain
commanding squadron of 200 guns and up
wards, $500 a Captain commanding a
squadron of less than 200 guns $500; a
Captain of first class frigate $500, do Cd
class, $500; Master Commandant $500: a
Lieutenant commanding brig or schooner,
OF acting as LIST Lieutenant of ship of the
line 1000 a lst Lieutenant of frigate 400;
do. OF sloop of war 1900; do. Of brig or
schooner 1900; Sailing Master of the line
$50; do. of frigate 900; Boatswain,
Gunner, Sail Maker or Carpenter of ship
ofthe line 700; do. of a frigate 600; do of
a sloop of war, 500; Purser of ship of
the line 1st class, 260S; do. Cd class, $500
of frigate 1000; sloop of war 1000; of a
brig or schooner 1900; in lieu of all perqui-
sites, &c. The pay of other officers as here
tofore fixed by law.
DREADFUL EFFECTS OF FRIGHT. Some
time ago, lady, in certain considerable
% e GRRksre s0 Msnt with t. beq
and left her little family to the care of her
servants. In the course of the evening she
felt very uneasy, and, being impressed with
! the idea that all was not right at home. she
left her friends house early. On arriving
at her home, she found that her servants
in the exercise of high life below stairs had
collected a social party. This she passed
over without observation, and proceeding
up stairs to the nursery, she was SURPRISED
by terrific figure at the bottom of the he'd
Of the youngest child, which was but three
years of age. The fact was, that the
nursemaid finding the young child not yerv
ready to go to rest, and being 10th to be
disturbed in her evenings enjoyment by its
crying, had dressed up and placed the figure
alluded to at the bottom of the infants bed
with view of frightening it to sleep. The
contrary effect had, however, been pro-
duced; the child had been horror-struck,
and appeared to its mother with it's ewes
liked IN an idiotic stare upon the IMAGE.
Astonshed and distressed, she rung the
bell, and then proceeded to take I'D the in
FAINT; but 10! it was lifeless CORPSE: the
fright occasioned by the nurses folly had
been too much for the little innocent. In
the extreme of fear the pulse had ceased to
beat, the vital spark had fed, and the
mother was left to mourn in unutterable an
guish, the credulity which induced her to
trust such servant, and the perfiditv of
the unprincipled nurse, in whom she had
confided. To add more is needless: and
to describe the subsequent sorrow of the
parents is impossible York Eng Herald.
PENNSYLVANIA. An Anti Masonic State Con.
vention assembled at Harrisburg, on the 25th
OF February Delegates were present from
thlrty-sIS Counties Joseph Ritner, Esq, was
to report Resolutions, an Address to he neo.
pie, and the names of Delegates to the Nation.
al Convention. Twenty.eight Delegates were
appointed. Upwards of two hundred persons
besides the delegates, attended the meeting
from different parts of the state, out of mere
curiosity; among the number who so attended,
was one man who travelled on foot from Sus.
quehanna county-near the northeast limits of
the state. Delegates to the National Conven.
ton have now been appointed in Massachusetts.
Connecticut, New York and Pennsulunnia