The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-05-19
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A Balloon, made of gold beater's skin. i'm
ported from Paris as model for the use of Am
herst College, was sent up from Amherst on the
18th inst; but at the height of several thous
and feet escaped from the cord to which it was
attached. II any individual should discover it
after its descent, it is presumed it will not be
considered as private property; and it is hoped
that any information concerning it, will be com.
municated 10 E. Hitchcock, Professor of Chem.
lstry and Natural History, Amherst College
A young man named Edmund Williams died
at Lltchfield about the first of the month On
his death bed he made many disclosures of rob-
berries committed by himself in conjunction with
Others. 1t was their intention to have broken
into the house of wealthy gentleman at Litch-
field, murdered his family, and fired his house ;
every thing was prepared and the night fixed
for the crime, but Williams was taken sick in
the meantime, and the business was postponed
until his recovery His accomplices have es
capitalization Courier.
The Ohio Bulletin warmly commends the
Presidents decision in removing the naval Of
fcers engaged in the late fatal duel near Phila-
delphia. 1t remarks, had the American peo.
pie acted on the same principle, Gen Jackson,
the hero of nine duels, and the cold blooded,
deliberate slayer of Dickinson, would never
have been President of the United States /,
That " curse upon the country" would have
been averted if the President had been Judged
by the same rule by which he judges and con
dennis Others"
THE PRoscRIPTIvE SYSTEM. Tn his late
speech in the u S. Senate, Mr.. Holmes of
Maine stated, and it is believed that the facts
will bear him out in his statement, that Presl-
dent jackson had removed more incumbents in
one month, than all his predecessors had re-
moved during period of forty gears This is
truly prescription by the wholesale.
Boston Patriot.
The Commissioners of the Farmers and Me-
chanics' Bank at Pawtucket, have reported to
the R. l. Legislature, that they had we'll ground
ed expectations, that the property belonging to
the Bank, would be sufficient to discharge all
its debts, and leave a considerable surplus to
divide among the stockholders.
The Boston Commercial Gazette suggests
the expediency of negotiating with Great Brit
ain for the privilege of transporting our rogues
to Botany Bay, and sending out an annual
frigate to land them there.
LAWYERS. There are in this State, accord.
ing to the last Register, five hundred and nine
ty-seven lawyers, divided among the different
Counties, as follows: In Suffolk i40; Essex Sc !:
Middesex 70; Hampshire 35 Plymouth % !;
Bristol 81; Barnstable 8 Dukes 3; Nantucket
6; Worcester 70; Berkshire 81; Norfolk 80 /:
franklin &c. and Hampden 38. Total 597.
William Bateman OF Newport lately slauch-
tered the largest OK ever raised in Rhode Island,
measuring feet, inch round the breast !:
weight OF fore quarters $50 and SCI lbs, hind
40, 4S8: tallow PAL ; hide 150-Total 2,460
Moses c. Pillsbury, from ill health, has re-
signed his situation as Warden of Connecticut
TAFT nd
been appointed. The prison last year clear
ed $4,000, one half of which has been paid into
the State Treasury.
Near Baltimore, on Thursday, mare trotted
sixteen miles in fifty-six minutes, forty-one Sec
onds The bet was first, $500 side, that the
mare could not trot Is miles in an hour. Sew
era hundred dollars were afterwards bet, and
mile added to the distance. The match was
run in minutes and 10 seconds less than an
hour, and the last mile was done in one second
less than the first.
Charles White, an itinerant vender Of For.
eign Lottery Tickets, was recently sentenced
by the Court of Oyer and Termner of PbiIa.
delphia, to pay fine of two thousand dollars.
". Y. american.
Between the 9th and 18th inst, brig, %
schooners, and sloops arrived at Providence
with lumber, estimated at 100000 feet. exclu-
slVe OF shingles, &C.
COLONY OF BLACKS IN UPPER CANADA. This
colony is said to be very Furnishing, consisting
already of more than eleven hundred persons.
MAIL ROBBERS. Two persons, named Viii.
son and Porter, have been convicted at Phila-
delphia Of a recent robbery of the mail between
that city and Pottsville. The punishment is
death.
"SIeNs OF THE TINES" One of our heav.
lest retailers, the present week, rolled all his
drawing casks into the street, and literally
cleared his shop of the inebriatng liquors. This
is "laying the axe at the root OF the tree
Ne,cbaryport Herald.
A SOUND SLEEPER. A French paper states
that Monsieur Maurice, person 81 years old,
and registrar of Teufengeres, in the Depart
ment of Lower Seine, was found, on the 3Ist
December last, lying asleep in the barn of
person named Basset, having at that time slept
sixteen days. During the last four years, four
similar accidents have belallon him His 6rst
sleep took place in April, 1926, and lasted ten
days, the second FIVE days, the third eight days,
and the fourth sixteen days.
LARGE DIVIDEND. The Directors of the
New York American Insurance Company, have
declared dividend of sixteen per cent on the
capital stock, for the last six months, payable
on the LIST June, making 800 per cent. declared
by said company since 1Sl5-a period of fifteen
years.