The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Legislative Jackson Caucus, in Boston.
has nominated General jackson for re. election
to The Presidency; and Marcus Morton for
Governor, and Nathan Willis, for Lieutenant
! Governor Of Massachusetts.
We understand that the Steam Boat Mac
donough, which went ashore off Norwalk in
/ the late snow storm, has been got off, without
! injury. She will resume her trips between
New York and New London Immediately.
Hartford Mirror
The clock factory of Wadsworths & Tur
ners, Lilch6elc, Comm was DESTROYED BY FIRE
on Wednesday morning last, together with its
valuable eontents: loss about S7000-no inSur.
ance, the policy having expired eight or ten
days previously! Here is another instructive
lesson to the improvident.
GOLD. Upwards Of 100000 in gold are
said to have been coined in Georgia the present
season; $3.50, s., and $40 pieces On one
side Is " Templeton Reed, Assayer;" and on
the other Georgia Cold
On Wednesday last, as a horse, kent fol-
drawing stones, &c. TO the works at the Sun.
derland pier, was passing along the rail way, a
child, of not more than four or five wears of age.
got directly IN the way of the horse, when the
animal took it up in his mouth and lifted it off
the road,-Tyne (Eng) Mercury.
A wild cat was lately shot within two miles
OF Albany. The shot broke his leg, and il is
said he jumped 80 feet clear of The ground he
was then killed by dogs. He was 3 feet Ion
y inches high, brindled, and much resemble
the common cat. 1t is slid that for 30 years
none have been seen so near Albany.
Mosr MELANCHOLY. On the night of the
23d ult., George Fitz Henry, of Hawkesburv.
U. C., and Maria Unincke, who resided in the
house with Fitz Henry, being in a state of in
tOxication, accidentally set fire te the house
! from which they were unable to escape, and
both perished in the Aames.-yMontreaL Courant.
In Cincinnati, quantity Of fine white sugar
has been received from the Colony at Liberia ;
1t is superior TO the white Havana and af-
torded at the same price: 100 lbs. make as muc b
syrup as 100 lbs. of Havana
At Washington, D. c., the great snow storm
commenced at P NJ. of Friday, 18th Sleigh
ing was very dear, on the 18th it was 50, and
the day before SIS an hour Sleigh bells were
bought up at an extravngant price.
child persisted in Pomfret, Conn, who re-
turning from school, on Saturday, the 18th u!t.
lie was lound within ten rods OF his home, In a
snow drift.
The first person in England, on whom wa
performed the new operation invented by DR..
CWIale Tor removing the stone, was Mr.. Stone
of Folkstone
from Bethlehem 10 Philadelphia 18th ut., be-
ing two days and nights on the way, (about so
mlles) He broke sleighs and on one
night was stuck hours in drift in the woods.
whence he was extracted about midnight by
some men who had heard the noise.
Mr.. Walter Llnch, aged 81, on his way to
visit his sister, who lived miles from Bati-
more on the Rail Road, was found frozen to
death on the Road, about miles from b. is
thought he expected the Rail Road Car would
oVertake him, as he had ticket in his pocket
Three young men have lately been fined S25
each aud costs, at Buffalo, N. Y, for singing
and using indecent language in a stage, there
by forcing two respectable females to leave the
coach.
SUICIDE. One Archibald Cooper, at Mus
quash, Canada, lately killed himself by drink
:. ing large quantity of rum in a barn where
upon coroner's inquest was held, and the YER
dict returned was drawn up in the form of that
Of wlful murder
CAUTION TO PARENTS. Another sad instance
Of the danger of leaving children alone in a
room where there is fire on the hearth, occur.
red few days since in Philadelphia little
gIrl, about seven years of age, was left by her
sister, young woman, in one room, with a
child about one year ole, while she went into
the next. Upon returning, in about three min.
utes, she found the little girl cher sister, COM
pletely enveloped in flames. Her clothes were
speedily removed. and she was taken to the
| Hospital, where she expired in A or 5 houis
AccIDExr. Al Reading, Penn, seven OF
eight persons were severely wounded by the
explosion of key of gun-powder, while cele-
brating the Victory of New Orleans, on the 9Th
ult.
! ~ The Post Master General has established a
Post Office at Farnumsville, in Grafton, of which
Levi Rawson, NJ. D., is appointed Post Master