The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-11-16

'"S dldiui respecting lIe supPooeu ChSS U
Small Pox in this town, has entirely subsid
Ell. The disorder has appeared in another
child in the same family, with all the char
aeteristic marks, ms we are informed, of the
genuine chicken por. It may, perhaps, bt
thought by some, that our authorities wer,
too precipitate in adopting measures calcu.
lated to create alarm abroad; yet, in such a
case, so long rs there is any doubt, if error
is committed at all, it is best it should be on
the side of prudence. Even now, we do not
escape censure from some of our kind neigh
bors for not making the alarm even more
extensive than it was.
The very worthy editor of the .1EH5ury
Fie6eaan,-the man who has gra.utously
taken the guardianship of the People into
his own hands-has recently had his nerves
thrown into state of terrible agitation, at
the sight of n flag which he saw flying
while on II visit to this town, and, on his re-
turn home he sat down and wrote one of
his spicest articles on the occasion. On the
subject of his fears, or his attempt to excite
the fears of others, however, we are not
now about TO enlarge. But one thing in
that article ought not to pass unnoticed.
The insinaation against the people-the
whole people of this town, that they would
from motives of self interest, or the hope
OF obtaining few dollars by the way of
tlade from the neighbofing towns" conceal
the existence of fatal epidemic, is both
mean and malicious, and could proceed
only from one, lost to sense of correct,
manly feeling. The personal illusions made
to the editor of this paper will be correctly
appreciated 10y those who know that he WAS,
at the time, and had been for near three
weeks, in remote part Of the country
where he could have no agency either in
disseminating or concealing the information
of the existence of the small pox here,
had such been the case. We have good
reason to believe that the editor of the PIE
beian was we'll aware of this fact. With
these remarks we leave him to the buffet :
ings of his own conscience and the frown.s
of an indignant community, whose moral
feeling he has outraged.
In the Spy of last week, in speaking Of
the Anti Masonic nomination FOR Governor.
it was said, that Doctor Phelps neve pre-
pared nostrum more distasteful tina tine
Lathrop bolus." AS this sentence Sc, ms TO
have been Inexperienced by som,', we
deem it proper to say-what we shoule have.
supposed every body would under stand
without its being said-that the all uson
therein was to DR.. Abner Phelps, the Anti
Masonic file leader in this State.
DUEL. The Portsmouth Journal m axes,
the following remarks on a duel, which,
lately took place at the south, betw cen
two men named Biddle and Pettis, in W hich.
both the combatants fell dead at the first
shot:
" If the folly, and madness, and wickedness of
dueillng, were ever fully exhibited, it was done III
the miserable end of Bidde and Pettis. Two
men, who might have lived long, and happily, and
useiully, and honorably, have thus murder red each
other, and rushed unbidden into the presence of
Him who made them Every wise is aston
ished at such folly every one who can shed tear
will weep over the misery which they have brought
upon their friends-while the Christian starts back
with horror TO see men trample on all laws, hu-
man and divine, and add the ierceness Of the tiger
to the passions of fend."
WORCESTER LYCEUM. A Lecture will
be delivered by DR.. John Park at the Ly-
ceum Hall, tomorrow euening, at o'clock.
PRoBATE CoURT at Urbridge, on Tues
day next, 22d inst.