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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14
CENSUS RETURNS.

Ifany further evidence were wanting of Gen
Jackson's derection of principle, and of his
complete subserviency to the faction who now
manage him as best suits their own purposes.
it might be found in comparison of the votes
given by him when Senator, with the ground
he has recently been made to assume in reject
ing important bills, passed by the representa-.
tiVes of the people. Then, acting in accord.
ance with his own views, he voted for various
schemes of internal improvement, involving the
very principles against which he is now made
to rear the standard Of opposition. Is man
who will thus surrender his own judgment,
and, by becoming the tool of others, be rendor.
ed ridiculous in his inconsistency with himself
a tit person TO be the Chief Magistrate of
great and free nation? Let the people decide.
His keepers have announced him as candi-
date for reelection, and, if we mistake not the
sign of the times, his sentence is already writ.
ten on the wall, in characters SO legible and
Pia"' that they noed not prophet to decypher
them; Thou art Weighed in the balance and
found ,oGnting."
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

The CENSUS. We continue our returns Of
the Census, as far as they have come to hand.
In this State the ratio ofncrease has been much
greater than at any former period. The re-
turns, however, which have already been m ade
are probably much more favorable than the av-
erage of the whole State, and have led some to
make extravagant estimates of the total amount
OF our population 1t has even been calculated
by some that it would amount to 100000 or up
wards. Such will be sadly disappointed. The
four western counties, with the execution of
few towns, will not give large gain, and many
towns in most sfthe othercounties will be found
to have remained nearly stationary If the to-
tai amount should come up to 625, 900, our er-
pectGtiOns will be realized, though we have faint
hopes that it may approach to 650,000, beyond
which we cannot believe it will go.
The ratio of increase in this County, SO far
as returns have been received, is as follows -
Mlllbury, IS per cent; Grafton, 62A Leices-
ter, 42b Worcester, Al; Mendon, 40; Tx.
bridge, S4R; southbridge, 81 Dudley, 335
Oxford, 81; Douglas, 284 Hub5ardston, pa
Holden, 22l; West BOylston, 184; Northbriege,
10; Ward, lSk Berlin, liz Sutton, 81; Ster.
ling, 5; Petersham, d; Charlton, %; Phil.
lipston, 2. In Boylston and Northboro' there
was small loss The total gain in these towns
is little over $500, and 81 towns in the Conn.
ty remain to be ascertained
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New York, july 6.

NEW YORK, July b.
OUTRAGEOUS AFFAIR. An assault was com
mitted on Wednesday afternoon, by Michae
Hart, an Irishman, upon the Rev. Joseph D
Wickham, at bis house in Thirteenth-str
which led to variety of circumstances thai
had well nigh proved fatal to some of the DO
lice officers. The history of the transaction i.
as follows:
Hart and number of men had been having
IN Thirteenth street, and Mr.. Wickham. fear.
ing that their work would cause the water from
the water works to run over his premises. rem.
resented to Mr.. Hart that it ought to be con-
veyed into the gutter. Hart replied in a men.
acing tone, and struck Mr.. w. over the nose
with his shovel, cutting it almost through. A
complaint was lodged with Justice Lownds. and
warrant issued and given TO Mr.. Huntington.
police officer, to arrest the accused. He pro.
eeeded thither, but was unable to take him
protected as he was by his comrades, though he
was assisted by Justice Flanagan of the 18th
Ward, who summoned, in vain, the citizens II
afford their aid.
Information was Immediately despatched In
the Police Office, and Messrs Merritt. r.
Hays, and Holman, promptly repaired to his az.
slstance. They found Hart entrenched in his
house in Tenth-street, and forcing their wav in,
commenced search. AS they were ENTERING
an upper room, violent blow was aimed al
Merritt's head, by Hart, with an axe, which. NV
raising his arm, he received with almost full
force upon his breast. After another attempt
to level the axe at Huntington, he was secured
by the officers and brought down to the Watch
House.
Mr.. Merritt is considerably injured, both in
ms breast and arm, and narrowly escaped with
DIS lie. Mr.. Huntington was precipitated from
the tsp to the bottom of the stairs in the rush
made by Harris comrades, and severely brnis.
ed. One of the citizens was also injured upon
the forehead. Hart was to-day fully Committed
to Brldewell by Justice Hobson to answer 10
all these charges. Warrants have been issued
against the other persons concerned in the aE.
fray, but they have not yet been arrested. Mr..
Wickham is highly respectable citizen, Of
concillating manners, and is one of the princi.
pal instructors at the Washington Institute.
Journal Of Commerce.
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The President of the United States lodg-
ed in this place on Wednesday night last, on
his way to his residence in Tennessee.
Our "plain Tennessee farmer" travels with
two splendid coaches with tours.
The style of his reception was sad re-
versal of that which was given him here a
little more than year ago. Then he was
escorted by an immense train of our fellow
citizens-then he was surrounded with a
crowd which rendered access to him in
many instances almost impossble-every
window and door was crowded with anxious
spectators. On Wednesday last, though
we had notice Of his approach early in the
morning, not soul went out to meet him.
Few persons did him the slight honor OF
stepping to their doors to witness his pas
sage. When he arrived at his lodgings
besides some thirty or forty boys who were
attracted by the splendor of his equipage,
there were bat the bar keeper and two
others present to receive him. During the
evening, we believe that not more than
twenty persons called on him, and nearly
nents. he lett mere on Thursday mornino
with an escort of one person. Unionto,c,l
Penny Democrat, June %.
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BLACKSTONE CANAL. We are grati6ed n
learn that the amount of business done on the
Canal, this year, is about double that of the lac,
season up TO the same tirae This is The more
worthy of notice, as there were large stocks Of
Salt, Lime, and Lumber, three of the heaviest
articles transported on the Canal, laid in bv our
traders last fall, which are hardly yet exhaust.
ed so that the amount brought to this place
is much less than it otherwise would have been.
and less than it will be for the remainder of The
season. We publish below the monthly report
OF the business of the Canal from which il will
be seen that the transportation for June was $40
tons more than in May. Last year there was
falling off in June.
In the list of articles transported on the Ca.
nal we are surprised that Flour is not named
forming as it does SO important an item in that
business. During the months of Nav, June.
and July, there were brought to this town on
an average about one thousand barrels of Flour
per month, making in the aggregate about three
thousand barrels; and we learn that the stock
unsold in the hands Of our dealers is quite small
Transportation for the last month on The
Il
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BANGOR, july 6.


REMARKABLE ESCAPE. During a Sc
we're thunder tempest on Thursday last,
the house of Mr.. John Legro, jr., in this town,
about two and half miles from the bridge,
was struck by lightning-it descended the
chimney which was entirely destroyed, and
the bricks, mortar, and wood work round the
fire places, thrown into every room in the
house-it passed from the chimney in one
direction through the kitchen where the
family had assembled and tore up the floor
within six inches of where one of Mr.. L's
sons was sitting in chair with his feet or
one of the rounds, with an infant in his arms,
who escaped being injured as did all the
others-it continued its course into the
wood house into which person passing by
stepped for shelter; he was Frustrated but
did not receive any injury. 1t passed from
the chimney in another direction under
meath the floor and came out near the front
door, burst out the cellar wall and turned
over the door step. Most of the glass in
the windows was broken and the plastering
throughout the house considerably dam
aged.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

CURIOUS CIRcUMsrANcE. As Mr.. n. X
Crandall, (who resides within short distance
OF this place. was standing in the street. 4 fsw
yards from our Office, sWGrm of bees m on
ms nat, covering i completely! At the mo.
n ment o. our writing this, ne is on his way
nome WIN MS ODD " god.send"--tho Strangest
heod gear-that has been seen " a5on, shesa
days. II would puzzle the ladies, we gness' 70
" follow the fashion. Niagara Cou,iss
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DAKRuRr. Conn June 30.

AWFUL CASUALTY. On Saturday, the
10th ult., as Mr.. A. w. Leach of New
Milford, was engaged in burning a Coal
Pit, his son, an interesting lad about elev-
en- years of age, asked his father for per-
mission to go on the pit, which was granted
with caution to be careful; no danger.
however, was apprehended. While Mr. T.
was partaking of some refreshments which
the lad had just brought, he heard shrek
which directed his attention towards the
PIT, when he beheld his son sinking into the
fery element. Mr.. L. ran to his assistance.
but IN consequence of the bursting forth of
the flames from the pit, all efforts to rescue
the boy were unavailing.
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The Sunbury, (Pa.) Gazette, of the Goth
ut, states that on Friday previous, the house Of
George Dunkelberger of Swoven Creek, in
that township, was entirely consumed by fire !:
and melancholy to relate, FIVE of his children
who were asleep at the time in the upper Dart
OF the house, were burnt to death. The eldest
VI, was 10 years of age, and the youngest about II
1 ne next day a part of their remains were in.
!ereo In one cofhn. The remainder of his fam.
lily, consisting of mother, a wife, a son and
two daughters, barely escaped the two daugh.
ters, by jumping out of a window in the second
story The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendary.
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A FATAL ACCIDENT, AZ the celebration of the
anniversary In Washington city, has deprived
US OF valuable and respectable citizen, and ad-
ded one lesson more to the thousand warnings
by persons not sufficiently accustomed to them
Mr.. John Dunning undertook to attend one Of
the guns from which discharges were fired af.
ter tho toasts, at the dinner on the common.
de had spenged the piece, rammed down the
cartridge, and placed the ramrod at rest +; and.
with what intent is not known, but either to
grease the mouth of the gun or to pass in front
of it, presented himself incautiously near the
mouth at the instant of its discharge, and re-.
ceIVed the wadding his arm and side. He
never spoke more, though life fingered in his
body for several hours after the distressing ac.
cident.-NatiOnQL InteILigencsr.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

SLAVE TRADE AND Piracy. The brig Clau-
do, which arrived at Sag Harbor on tie Both
ult,, in thirty-five days from the Island of AS
censon, reports that she left his Britannia
Malestys frigate Sybille, Commodore Colliere,
at that Island. The officers of this ship stated
that they had re-captured tcetce thousand
slaves since they had been on the African sta
ton. The officers of the Athol, a sloop of war
also lying at Ascension Island, informed that
the schooner Albatross, of S. Helena bound for
Sierra Leone with dispatches from Com. Col.
liere, was boarded in longitude W., by pi-
ratical schooner, and all on board killed, except
the carpenter and two seameR, who secreted
themselves in the hold
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

AHE crops OF Wheat at the south are very
large, and the quality of the grain the finest
lhat has been known for many years.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

THE IEvIScIBLE. There is now living AT
Nantwich (Eng) an old man named Biagg.
who has been affected with an asthmaticsi
complaint for twenty-five years and during
that time he has regularly taken the AMAZING
number Of one hundred pills per week. M
Blagg has, therefore, swallowed one hundred
and thirty thousand pills, feat but seldom
equalled; and which few can boast of.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

A MONSTER. In the late foreign papers it is
announced that the Intendant or Governor If
Calabrla has been summoned to appear bv the
Royal Court of Naples, for a series of crueIties
Practlsed for many years in his office. The de-.
talIs are shocking. The tortures ALLEGED TO
have been ordered by this monster to be applied
to the wretched peasants, were worthy Of the
most ierocious tyrants of antiquity. MANY Of
inc witnesses against him exhibited their crush.
Cd ana mangled fingers and toes; and it was
tes!lhed that nc had refined upon the dia.
ooicai science OF the myrmidons of the Inqui.
sltioH, in exciting and protracting human ago.
ny; His friends in power offered to insure him
ienIent sentence, if he would plead guilty.
This ne declined. 1t can scarcely be expected
that he will meet with any thing like retrbutiye
JuTlcc.-.E Y. COMMERCIAL Advertiser.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

STRANGE ATTEmrr AT MURDER! A Few
nights since, as one of the officers of The cus.
toms of this district was about retiring to bed.
IN u, one OF our public houses, he was alarmed by
very near him; the ball of which grazeJ he
head-knocked him over and put out his lirht,
tie halloed murder murder! Justify. which
brought the landlord and others to bis rescne
They could perceive no one in the room but
the wounded man; neither could they smell
powder, but he still vocferated that he was
wounded and called their attention 10 The Mad
that was trickling down his face. The ASSASSIN
was at last discovered secreted in tho bar.
room, and proved to be a--ginger beer bortie
that by the aid of warm day, had worked 'i its
contents up me desperate resolution Of attempt.
ing the life of worthy man. II is needless n
add that it was the cork that hit him and u,bo,
ne supposed to be blood was the beer that 40
unceremoniously followed the cork. '"1' -
EGstpOrt papeT.
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alexandria Gazette,

There is family in this town, in which there
are four generations of the males living within
short distance of each other; and there has
been no period for more than seventy wears
but there has been three generations Of the
males living within half mile of each other
ana at three different periods four. At sever.
al town meetings three of them have given in
tneir votes. Two of the generations now liv.
ing can each perfectly recolect of bav;ng sesn
six. The house erected about eighty yea g
since has been owned and occupied bv some
OF the family ever since. 1t is not known that
there ever has been an Incorporate member in
the famlly.-ProUidence Journal.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT On Saturasv isst
during the celebration Of Independence nj
Brunswick, Mr. Theophilus Miller of Durham.
was killed by the discharge of a swivel. Some
boys had procured swivel and were firing Il
Mr.. Miller not noticing that they were about
firing was passing across the street, and in
range of the muzzle Of the piece, at the instant
of its discharge; the wadding struck him in
the head, and he survived but few hours.
leaving wife and two children TO mourn his
premature death.-BGth (Ms) Inquirer.
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PoRT GIRsoN. Misc NJ.

KENTUCKY HAMS VS.. YANKEE NUTmEcs. The
Kentucky Nation have commenced a rivalsbin
with Yankee-land, in the manufacture of wood.
en- eatables. merchant in our town, DESTROYS
OF procuring a lot of choice Bacon Hams. re-.
quested his Agent at the Gulf to make the pur.
chase for him from the boats passing down the
Mississippi. After many fruitIess injuries Of
the passing craft, he met with Kentucky Jon.
athan, whose loading was composed of the nj.
cest and choicest Hams, all canvassed and
the one winch was shewn as a sample, looked
so well, and tasted so delightfully."-. thai the con.
hding agent made the purchase on the snot
The Hams, when opened, proved to be wood.
neatly turned in the shape of a hogs hind leg !:
and the Kentuckian showed that he was am
to trick or two" All will agree that he was
"pretty tolerable CUTE
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SPRINnrIrIn. Inlu z

RARE VISITOR. On Saturday, a large bald
Eagle, the honored American bird, was seen
towering about near old Fery-street. When
he alighted on a tree, he was brought down
with the first shot of a gun by MIR. Brewer.
His head, neck, and tail, were of the purest
white, and his body and wings of beautiful au-
burn brown. His talons and benk were very
large, and indicated great strength He meas
ured across the wings, when spread, seven feet
four inches.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

CorroN. 1t may appear incredible at this day
nevertheless it is true, that so lately as the
year 1898, five bags of cotton from the United
States of America were advertised in Liver.
pool paper to be sold by public auction in three
lots. There are those yet in active business in
New York, who remember when cotton was an
article so little understood, that sea island and
@Psaq @fFaS a ahf fp%S prise aaass
his celebrated treaty with Britain, he did not
know that cotton was the produce ofthe States
What striking contrast within the compass Of
Tess than half century! Five bags of Ameri.
can cotton in the year 1898, to be sold in tbre,
lots-against near a million of bags annually
| exported from the United States.
alexandria Ga.stfa
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

This payment o. The public debt is made pre-
text, in the Veto, for putting an end to Internal
Improvements. The public debt is now less in
amount than it has ever been since the adop-
ton of the constitution-and the ability of the
country to pay it off is far greater. Six years
ago, when the public debt was nearly thrice its
present amount, General Jackson, in the Sem
ate, voted for every measure of Internal I'm
provement that was offered Mr. Adams ex-
pended nearly 100000 of dollars year in In
ternal Improvements; paid off $45, 3O3, 533 SO
cents of the public debt; and left the handsome
sum of 972, 435 dollars 81 cents in the treasury
at the end of his administration, for General
Jackson to begin with. These, however, were
not the days of cant and bombast-Mr Adams
paid off the public debt instead of talking about
it, and faithfully attended to the true interests
of the country besides Journal
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-14

LAW. Judge King of Philadelphia, in re-
cent case, decided that it was an ndictable mis-
demeanor for an individual to persuade, induce
or force another to do that which it was known
would either injure or cause death, This opin.
ion he gave in the case of the State against
E6enezer Strdtton, who was accused of the
murder of his wife On the examination it ap-
peared that he had administered to his wife co.
pious doses of brandy, the frequent use of which,
IN all probability, caused her death. Stratton
was discharged from the charge of murder, but
held to bail to answer for the misdemeanor.
This opinion, not unreasonable in itself, is said
to have been sustained by Sir Hatthe,o Hale, in
case when he convicted an individual of a
misdemcanor, for persuading another to commit
suicide If the man who persuades another to
drink is guilty of mlsdemeanor, may not the
retailer and distiler of ardent spirits be in a
greater or a less degree guilty of misdemeanors'
Providence Journal.
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HARNESS MAKERS JET. Take one drachm
OF indigo, one quarter of an ounce of isinglass
nan an ounce OF soft soap, four ounces of glue
quart of vinegar; boil the whole toSether over
slow fire till reduced to one pint. A small
quantity 20 then to be taken Up o. = clean
sponge and .thinly applied TO harness, boots, Sc.
taking care that they are previously well clean
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/ INDIAN WARoN THE MISSISSIPPI. A
letter has been received here, dated SAUL
Ste. Marie, JuneS. 1t states that trader
had arrived the evening before from La
polnte, with information that in the begin
ming Of winter the Sioux attacked fifteen
lodges of Chippewas and Cress, at Red
Lake, and killed every living being in the
lodges, even to the dogs. That another at
tack was made by 80 Sioux on eightlodges
of the Chippewas, containing thirty men,
with their families, and two Canadians, near
Lake CourtorCile, IN the beginning of Jan
-uary. The Chippewas were discovered a
short time before the attack, the alarm was
given, and breast work erected The
fight continued from l O'Clock till sunset !;
one Chippewa was killed and six wounded !;
the two Canadians were also wounded. 1t
was reported that but five of the Sioux were
wounded and none killed.
The writer further states, that the Indi-
ans are call up in arms" They are col
lectng along the Lake from Lapointe up,
to make general attack on the Sioux. All
the Indians from La2ointe, able to bear
arms, have already left that place to join
the Lac Courtoreille and other bands for
that purpose. The Chippewas will be head
ed by a noted war chief belonging to the
Lac Courtoreille band.
The intelligence is not unexpected. War
was waged between these tribes the last
season., and renewal of it is matter of
course It will be perceived that all the
tribes, spread over the immense region ex-
tending from Lac CourtoreilIe, sonth Of the
Falls OF st. Anthony, to Red Lake, 40 miles
from the extreme sources of the Mississinni
are involved in the cOntest.-Detrod Jour.