The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-05-26

METHODIST COLLEGE. We understand the
! committee appointed to determine the location
OF the collegiate institution about to be estab-
!lshed under the patronage of the New England
Methodist Conference, have fixed upon Middle
town for its establishment. The buildings late
~ occupied by Partridge's Military School have
been appropriated to the purpose.
.Neao HGoeR Herald
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT. On Wednesday,
the 18th ult., Dea. Daniel June of Brandon,
(Vt) was suddenly and shockngly killed while
engaged with his brother in raising rock from
ITS bed. by means Of lever and yoke of oxen
The chain to which the oxen were attached
slipped off from the rock, when it fell back,
struck the lever, and giving it a direction up
wards, inflicted on the unfortunate man blow
under the right jaw which broke his neck He
made an exclamation Of distress, walked few
feet, and fell instantly dead
The Augusta Courier states that there are
3Oo0 people in the Cherokee Territory, search
ing Tor gold; that if one party finds rich spot,
IT must keep it by its strength At night par!
ties collect by pneknot fire. over bottle of
whlskey, and play cards for the earnings of the
day The country presents a shocking scene
OF drunkenness, fighting, and gambling.
EMIeRAETs. Twelve hundred strangers, all
seeking the West" arrived in the village of
Buffalo, during the three days ending the 18th
inst, and have most of them taken passage up
the Lake, for various ports. A large PROMOTION
of this number consist of English entrants.
who are seeking home in our new States ard
Territories :.
The butchers of Geneva have a singular
mode OF preventing flies from attacking the
meat in their shops They rub the walls and
boards upon which the meat is placed, with the
essential oil Of laurel; the smell of which keeps
a.
the trial during the summer months.
HEAVY DAMAGES. A young woman in Free
hold, New Jersey, recently brought a suit
against a man named David Williamson. for
SANDER, in circulating reports in the highest
degree injurious to her reputation. The charp-
es were distinctly and clearly proved, and the
Jury gave verdict of four thousand doLLars.
THE SECOND COMPTROLLER. Isaac Hill still
continues to exercise the duties OF that Office
notwithstanding his rejection by the Senate
ny mus continuing him in office, does not the
PRESIDENT set at defiance the provision of the
constitution which declares that the President
shall appoint "by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate" Have not the Senate re-
fused to advise and consent to the appointment
OF Hill ny decided majority Why then does
the PRESIDENT disregard their vote and their au.
thority ?-PrOridence Journal.
The Cincinnati American, of the 9th inst.
noticing one ofthe late steamboat explosions, |
says, " Two persons returning from the lower
country to their homes, had the misfortune to
be dreadfully scalded, by one of the first explo.
slons that occurred. They underwent every I
kind OF suffering, both from extreme pain and |
the want of good attention. Having, however, !
lived through all this, they had the good, or, as
1t turned out, the bad fortune partially to re- !
cover, and were removed on board another boat I
in the hope of reaching Louisville. That hone
they never realized another explosion proved {
more fatal than the first, and their existence at
once terminated"
paper to be called the Ne,o Moon, is about
to be published in Ohio. The editor expects. |
perhaps, to influence the tide of human affairs. |