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


some other appointments, the Editor adds -
The appointment of Hon. John Davis, men, G.
her of Congress from Worcester South District,
as Aren't TO prosecute the Massachusetts, Claim,
we have little hesitation in pronouRcng to be- a
in our humble opinion, the very best appoint
ment that could have been made for the object A
proposed. Mr.. Davis has been for some time
the unaccredited agent of the Commonwealth
for the Claim, and of course is already familiar
with its details The knowledge he possesses, ,
and will by his present agency obtain OF the
subject, will qualify him to press tor farther
appropriation from Congress with great ability,
and his deservediy distinguished reputation IN
Congress, together with his personal popularity
and influence there, will Justify him in attempt
ing to obtain for the State that justice from
Congress, which for most others to essay, would
be almost hopeless.
| In noticing these appointments, we cannot
refrain from one remark As Massachusetts
men, we have right to feel and to express
little State pride, in contrasting the course OF
! Appointments by our State Executive with that
! of the United States Executive. In our Com !
monweath. our Chief Magistrate makes the
test of qualification for Office ;-merit--capaci-
tv to perform the duties assigned in satisfac-
tory manner, The last year has seen the aP- !
pointmonts of the United States made to sub |
serve the worst purposes of party, without ref
erence to qualification, and in far too many in
stances, not even to character.
JEFFERsoN's OPINIONS. Those who have
been in the habit of paying great difference to
the opinions of the late President Jefferson,
will probably read with interest, the following
extracts from a letter written by him in 1923,
and recently published.
You ask my opinion of the American Sys-
tenn? Relative 10 that somewhat absorbing
= nho hon hat uh0ln INV
past life and policy had given a satisfactory re-
. ply. / have always been of opinion, that the
. people of this nation should manufacture all the
( fabrics that their exigencies demand, if they
e can do SO, and that they can do so without ap-
t plying to the workshops of England, France,
n and Germany, who will doubt. Cottons and
. Woollens, we make in rare abundance, and OF
:, quality quite good enough to answer all our
y wants and demands why then should we travel
e to Europe for our supplies? For our silks and
' fine linens we must, for some time to come, &c
g to the workshops of Europe but apprehend
l. that the day is not far distant when even they
e will be manufactured by native industry.
Is As for Mr.. Clay, consider him to be one Of
3. the most taianted and brilliant men and States.
n men that the country has eUer produced, and
vi should | live many years longer, hope to see
~ him hold the place of chief executive OF the
~ American republic. His career, thus far in
ie life has been career of glory, and he ha:
n. her cause, which would ornament the brightes
up place in the escutcheon of the most favored
ne statesman Of any age or nation.
IN VALUABLE SHILLING. On Monday the
IT furniture and other moveabes Of the lat
ed Mr.. B. Skaats, for some years keeper o
TT the City Hall, were sold at auction. Among
by other articles put up for sale, was a shil
Op ling, with an inscription of this tenor: "Al
&c, ways pay your debts and while you kee
DIX. this you will never want shilling" TIL
at coin was presented to Mr.. Skaats on tn
Or day of his birth by his grand father. A hol
gn was pierced in it through which strinI
saf Ps-seed and tied to the finger of the in
- SAINT Mr. STRAITS kent the 0ifl through
uI' long life of seventy-seven years, durin
sfc which time he was never in want of shil
er' ling. What is still more to HE honor, h
attended also to the other part of the mot
IA to, and found the good effects OF the pune
~. tuality and honesty it enjoins, for at hi
liz death he was possessed of considerable
ln : property. At the sale of the shilling i
81 question instead of being put up with som
'P- other old coins and medals belonging I
- the deceased, it was offered separately b
's the auctioneer. A tolerably brisk biddin
az ensued, and finally it was knocked down !
,:u three shillings and nine pence. This
IA about four per cent on the principal, a pref
'l ty fair rate for money so long invested; s
my that nothing was lost on that score. w
' ~" do not know that we ever heard of sh
'nO ling turned to better account. There ar
mi numbers of men in the community estima
W" BILE in other respects, who have bad hab
NC of not paying their debts, probably for tn
son want of some such constant admonition q
are that given to Mr.. Skaats by his worthy al
Us : Is cestor.-.N Y, EUsning Post
not INCREASE OF SPRINGFIELD. II WINS ono
,al- observed of a neighboring interior tow
that if it I" could not be made city, it coul
at least be made port of entry" Tn
;ro observation stands fair chance of bein
the applied to this town. Ten years ago, or il
tho deed five, the idea of steam boat runnin
The at all, between this town and Hartford, an
The ascending the falls at Enfield by steam pow
III er alone, would have been thought chin,
ver rical-no prudent man would have hazart
aat ed the prediction. But how stands the fa,
Ger now-we have in addition to large nun
',yn Der of falls Boats, two steam boats whc
ind ply daily between this PORT and Hartfor,
n and both doing good business. Occasion
rhe ally, also, we have some lofty schooner wit
he freight from Troy, Albany, New York, g.
Cd In the year 1920, the number of inhabitan
ant in this town was 1914, agreeably to tn
i've Census lin May, 1880, the annual scho,
Il rates give us list of ninetecn hundred an
ION forty CHILDREN, between the ages of an
Law l6: only about 100 per cent. for the la,
ten years.-'Springfeld Republican.
ON violent and destructive Hail Storm passe
site over the town and village of New Lebanon
ties, IN ~ on Monday week last in the afternoo,
and destroying in in its course almost every veg,
rts, table production. The fields of wheat and ~
are prostrated and ruined gardens are dostro,
% cd, and the windows generally broken on III
O24 sides of the houses exposed to the storm Shall
$40 ers alone estimate their damage at $40. OOl
675 Their great garden has suffered exceedingl,
$40 saw 10 the amount Of $4,000 The .d;acor