The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-03-23
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

PROLIFIC FAMILY. John H. Smith and
Elizabeth Ireland, both of Suffolk county. IL. II
were married in the year 1865; the husband
then in his goth year, and the wife in her 10Th
They are still living in the enjoyment of health
at aTipe old age the former being in his S7th
and the latter in her 63d year. Their descend
ants are as follows, viz IL children, ~ grand
children, 1876 great-grand- children, l great
great-grand- chld-total $50, of whom 2iO are
now living AS proof of good example. and
the sage councils of the aged pair, in ali the
2lO defendants yet living, not ono of them is
dlssipated or Incorporate. How seldom in
family so numerous can as much be said-in
this case, the old adage is not verified" there
Is black sheep in every flock" NAV their
descendants yet to come, be as vrtuous as those
OF whom we speak ~. Y Mercantile .4dU.
| DISTRESSING. We were informed few
days since, by gentleman traveller, from the
west, that during the severe weather, man,
| about 40 years of aye, his wife, SIX children,
and four horses, were frozen to death on the
! great prairie, in Illinois When discovered,
the mother lay acith a small child an her arms
f0e other children around her-;he father with
an axe and flint in his hand, as if he had been
trying to strike fire-a part of his wagon was
| cut into small pieces for kindng, and all the
horses in heap, stiff in their harness. The
( name Of the unfortunate family, or where they
were from was not ascertained when our in
formant passed along Western Times
FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. The dwelling
house of Mr.. John Tyler of Groton, IN " was
destroyed by fire March 5, with all its contents
and child about two years old persisted in the
flames. Mrs. TYLER was very badly burnt in
her attempts to rescue the little sufferer. The
fire originated from bundle of fax which had
been left on the hearth to dry
On Tuesday week last, fire broke out in
the hatter's shop of Mr.. Albert Williams, in
Orange, IN. J) in the chamber of which four
persons were asleep in bed. The fire originat-
ed IN the lower story, which was enveloped in
flames before the inmates awoke. One of
them, Benjamin c. Dean, from Orange county,
IN. W an apprentice to Mr.. Williams was
burnt to death another was very much injured
and barely escaped with his life, by plunging
into brook near by, with his clothes all on FIRE
his recovery is extremely doubtful. The 9th
er two escaped with but little injury.
THE CHEROKEE PHENIx. This interesting
paper Of the 18th ultimo, appears on a half
sheet-the humane laws of Georgia having
obliged one of the printers to leave the country
without offence-and the other will either be
obliged to go, or remain there obnoxious to the
Georgia penalty of four years Imprisonment in
the State Prison. 1t is apprehended likewise
that the Christian Missionaries laboring for
IhS lShIPOIdl SPilIbudl gOOu oil LndL people.
will be driven off, unless indeed the arm ofthe
| Supreme Court should be raised for their pro-
lection.
ANOTHER WARNING TO DRUYKARps On
Monday morning last, man was found in
saw mill in the easterly part of this town, with
both legs frozen to the knees, and his arms to
the shoulders. 1t is supposed that in a fit of
intoxlcation he took up his lodgings there on
the Saturday night previous, and was unabls
to get out on the Sabbath in consequences of
the frozen state of his limbs lie was found
on Monday morning by the owner the mill,
with jug of spirits by his side. Il is not ex
pected that he viii survive, or if he does il will
be with the loss of his limbs.-Taunton Sun.
INGENUITY REWARDED. A Mr.. REYNOLDS of
Bristol, (R. H. has invented, after much labo
rlous research, and under that worst of all dis
couragements to ingenious mechanics, poverty
machine for manufacturing wrought nails
Mr. r. under all his embarrassments, bv the
dint OF study and perseverance has brought his
machine to such perfection that it will take
from the rod and deliver 900 wrought nails in
a minute, superior in every respect to nails
wrought on the anvil. The ingenious inventor
and his associates have sold the exclusive right
of the machine to company in PHILADELPHIA,
and have received as compensation the lib.
eral sum Of 100000.
The Missouri Republican saws that the Gen.
cral Assembly of that State, at its late session.
directly affirmed the power and the duty of tho
FedeIal Government to construct works of in
terhai Improvement, IN the most extended sense
IN which those terms are now used bv polti.
Clans. This affirmation is embodied in a me.
moral to Congress, praying for the continual
ton OF the Cumberland Road, and for an appro.
! prlaton for the removal of distractions in tho
Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The fact is
\ important as showing the opinions of Lecis.
lature, the majority Of which were Jackso.
Mans
ADVANTAGE OF SENATE. Just before the
adjournment, the Senate, by vote of three to
one, REJECTED the nomination Of an Indian
Agent appointed last year by the President. As
soon as the Senate had adjourned, Gen. Jack.
son re-apponted him.
A coored woman who is 102 wears old. ba g
lived in the family of Mrs. Stilwell, Graves
end, N. Y, since she was g. She is indus
trous, mIks the cows, and does the washing
for family of ten persons, and will not suffer
others to assist her. Her faculties ara GOOD
particularly her eye sight.
1t is stated in the Concord Gazette that VIM
Walkup, aged 81, Eben. Hemenway, 81, and
Sias Winch, 88, who served in the old French
war, and under the Continental Congress- are
now living in birmingham. They performed
their regular days work last season.
SAVANNAH contains population Of 1908,
I viz Whites 1860, Slaves 1899, free coored
persons 404.
The population of the county of Chatham, of
which Savannah is part, was, in 1880, ID 80 !;
IN 1874, it was Is ,702-decrease in 6 years,
blacks 1893.
Liberty County, in Georgia, has, according
| a IL
5646 slaves.
The population Of Missouri is 10000 souls,
having increased during the last ten years 73,.
us.
The steam boat President, in a lato trip from
J New York to Providence, used coal instead Of
wood, for fuel, and the experiment was sue.
cessful