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The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

hEsiGNATIoN OF THE CABINET The resig-
nation OF the entire Cabinet at Washington is
the aH-engrofslng topic. We are asked by
every one we meet, no matter of what party
what do you make of it :" The only answer
that our ingenuity can supply s-that the ap.
PIE OF dlscord was thrown into the Cabinet at
the moment 1t was formed and from that mo-.
meht IL became apparent that two and two
cou!o not make four in the Presidents arith.
meuc-l ne Secretaries of State and War we're
two' and the Secretaries of the Treasury and
navy were two; but you could no more sum
! tneh up imam You could the feet in a piece of
TIMBER with the gallons in a pipe of wine So
'"e resident hnding he could not bring the fip-
uIes 10 produce the desired result rubbed them
C0e' es, rubbed them out for it is mere af.
1ectdtioh 10 say the Secretary of State and the
secretary OF War handed in their resignations
upon their own suggestions alone. Endeared
as they were to the affections of the President
and painful as it no doubt was to him to be sen.
arated from Them they could not remain with.
out dragging his Administration down to ire.
tTieVable rum. Their resignation was then an
affair OF necessity, in which thew acouiesced
WIN good grace, since better might not be.
FeThaps 1t may be asked, why did not the
PRESIDENT remove the Secretary ofthe Treasu.
~ ana the Secretary of the Navy; and thus
restore harmony without parting with his DO.
som yF1endS. Aye, there's the rub These
gentlemen could not be removed for any COM
plant the President had it in his power to al
iege against them, without alternating the
SOUTH cooling Pennsylvania, and producing
universal distrust in the party. Nor could he,
IN iact' retain the other two without PRODUCING
d similar result. The only course that remain.
Gu, tnen, was the one that has been pursued.
namely n TO procure the resignation of all four,
anu mus cut the gordan knot which he could
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11
WAsHrNeroE. Nav Q

r.., w AsHlNGToE, May z.
1t is understood here that the Cabinet is now
formed, provided Mr.. White should accept the
war department; which, by many, seems to
be regarded as doubtful; but, by others, who
are more accurately informed is considered
certain. These say, that Mr.. Whites views
were IN the possession of the President, before
the late explosion took place as seems TO DO
reasonable Inference, from the LANGUAGE which
the President himself is said 20 have used,
when he gave his reasons for not calling Mr.,
White to the head of the State department.
MIR. Livingston, as am informed, has taken
the house and furniture of MI Van Buren,.
Mr.. Van Buren,, it is understood, will be sent
to England, to take the place of Mr.. M'Lane,
as soon as the acceptance Of the latter of his
new office shall have been received. He has
played his cards very adroitly, and the cxpec
tation is, that he will be run on the Jackson
ticket, for Vice President-that General jack
son, on the plea of i'll health and increasing
intirmities, would Immediately after his re. cleo
ton, resign the office, and Mr.. Van Buren,
would thus slide easily into the vacant seat.
U. S. Gazette.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY. MAY IL, 1891.

REPREsENTArIvE ELECTION. The cleo
ton OF Representatives to the General
Court takes place, in most of the towns in
this County, this day. From the informa-
t 1, we possess, we should Judge that the
uelega!ioh would be unusually large. The
vacancies to be filed in the Senate. and the
settling of the new valuation, subjects of
such general interest, tend to produce this
result. The Jackson men, always on the
alert, will secure Representatives wherever
they can by any means do it. From some
move which have taken place, we be-
lleVe that an attempt is intended to be made
to push IN one or two of that descriDton in
THIS town. Such an attempt could never
succeed, if placed on its true ground. and
we cannot believe that our intelligent citi-
zens will suffer themselves to be dipped bv
any false pretences, or allow small minor
ny 10 steal march upon them, and elect
their political opponents to this responsible
station.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

RAIL ROADS. The Manchester napers con.
tain accounts of the death of several individn.
ais, caused by the locomotive engines on the
new rail road, but in every instance, referable
TO carelessness on the part of the sufferers, or
to to an accident not incident to the machinery.
The papers say that the number of engines
now on the line, all of which arc r,ade by
George Stephenson, Esq the celebrated engi.
neer, under whose superintendent the road
was constructed, is sixteen, and it is expected
tnal several others WIN be placed upon it in the
course OF lew weeks. With respect to the
conveyance of goods, the rail way most fully
answers the expectation OF the Directors.
More goods are conveyed b. the company than
by all the carrying firms who ply between Man.
chester and Liverpool The journeys with
goods are invariably performed in an kour and
a half, in order that they may not obstruct Oh
carriages with passengers.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

from Lisbon, reports that the America w.:
sells captured by Don Miguel arc still NJ lie.
bon-the masters and crews complain tha,
their government has done nothing FIR ,bn;r
relief Thus are our citizens deprived Of thar
property and of their liberty bv n nract;cai
State, the councils of which are if possible more
lmbeclle than our own. Before Mr.. Van RI.
rem and his ministry are forgotton, VIC hone 70
De informed what measures if any, have been
pursued to obtain the restoration Of the Sims
allnoed to !-Several British vessels were TAX
en- by the same squadron but were released as
soon as tho news could reach England and a
tIgdo arrive characterization y4dverfisey
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11
From the Alerandrin Gn,.,,.

mere are many who believe, and with
grounds Tor their belief too, that the affair has
nor resulted as was intended by those immedi.
ately Interested. 1t is said in WASHINGTON nv
some' that the willy Premier designed al frstby
a sham resignation, to induce the Calhoun fac
tlon TO vacate their seats-but the BAH did NO,
tako-lhe isl did not bite, and 20 save appear.
ances and rescue bis own character, the resig-
ha.i't qny intended at first as russo de gusrTe
!; ,aa 20 oe persisted IN Be this as it may, there
that no little shutting has marked this az well ~
svery other prominent move of the present al
ministration; but since they have r,ersd tbem.
eedure. ~" 'A' pro-
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

Were Gen. jackson possessed of that true
nobility of soul which has been attributed TO
hun by his friends, he would not wait for So
hcltatisn to release Doctor Watkins. but
would say to him go "and sin no more" Meth
er justice nor the people require his continued
Incarceration. He has sufleredthe penalty of
the law for his offence, and it is shocking TO
the moral feeling of the community to DESTROY
MS life for paltry debt. Rome, in her worst
day, ordained the debtor TO become the slave
OF the creditor, but we live in an age, and un.
der laws, that do not hold debt and crime to be
synonymous. Whilst Congress, and many Of
our Legislatures have been audably enGaced
IN extending relief to this important class of
the community, the President, like Shylock, is
resolved to have "the pound Of flesh from
Watkins, because he finds it ain the bond /"
he personal sufferings of the offender, and
the protracted anguish Of his family, have fail
ed to make an impression on the obdurate
heart of the President, and Watkins still lin
gers IN prison, because he is unable to paw his
debts. Can the President extract blood from
a stone % If he can, then may he rzsect nav
ment from him who is pennyless, and destitute,
and heart broken.
We do not wish to be understood as inland
ing to defend or to palliate the improper acts
OF Doctor Watkins but we must insist that
the punishment should be proportioned to the
otfence.-BGtt'mOrc Chronicle.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

CHARLoTTE,E(N c. April 81.
piece of gold weighing 1855 dwts,-or0
lbs. A o. Is dwts.-was BROUGHT In town -,
tuesday last, from the place mentioned bv MS
last week. 1t was the largest and purest picco
taken out, and was bought in this place for
Sl92l. We understand it is intended TO be
sent to England as a specimen of what our
mines can produce, and as an object of curlosi.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

CoNxEcTIcUr. The Legislature of Connect.
cut met at Hartford on Wednesday last The
Hon Martin Wcles, the National Republican
candidate, was chosen Speaker of the House.
He had lib votes, Samuel Ingham IS, and
there were 10 scattering. The Governor elect,
the Hon. John S. Peters, appeared on the same
day, was qualified, and IN the afternoon made
long communication to the legislature by mes
sage.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

The population of Indiana in 1900 was about
5000. tits now 344 538. The Clarion saws
+" In point of numbers, our own Fayette Coun-
ty stands tenth. But in point ofpure, bonafide,
unadultered, whole hog Jacksonism, we can
knock down, drag out, ramsquaddle, and chaw
up, any thing Of our size, in this here part of
the West, what dare try u.s.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

Mr.. Senator White is named for tba War
Office. We believe MIR. White TO be a re,son.
ably sensible man, though bitter partizon
His callbre and manner were happiIv md 49,
actiy described by Mr. Barton in his ccIebra, 20
reply to Mr.. White. owe know his oh;I;,r ~
rise in his place, catch lean bepga'lv a.
dress it out in tolerable English, repeat I, nine
ty-seven times without firing down. and ,bnn
leaving off within a hairs breadth of HE no;n,
of departure, set down and look complaeentN
round boston Courier. y
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

A FACT. On tho 18th of Feb. two geese
were dug out OF the snow by Samuel Grocer,
IN Falls township, Bucks county, Penn, which
had been under tho snow ever since the dee D
iali OF snow, on the ngnt Of the 18th January,
making 81 days-and, astonishing, they were
alive, and are now doing wOll.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11
From HE Bennington nteHigeneer.

HoRRID MURDER On Thursday night, the
2lst ult., Josiah Randall of Franklin, (Vt.l kill
ed his wife and son about IA years of age.
Randall commenced by attacking his wife s
mother, (who was at his house taking care of
his wife. then recovering from fit of sickness, }
with large knife observing TO her that he
would kill her. The old lady received a slight
wound In her arm, but succeeded in escaping
from the house, when he Immediately with the
ierocty OF demon attacked his wife, who was
IN bed IN the room with an infant child, and gave
her mortal wound in the neck, but by the
interference of his daughter, about IL wears of
age, the mother fled to another room. He
then attempted to cut the throat of his little
daughter-she resisted and prevented the fatal
effects OF the knife by holding her hands around
her neck-her hands were badly cut and a severe
wound on both sides of her neck He then at
tackled his son who had come 10 the assistance
OF his little sister, and killed him. The girl
with the utmost presence of mind went to
another room where two younger children were
sleeping and escaped with them to the garden
where she hid them in the currant bushes, COW
erlng them over with a blanket in which stua-
ton they remained undiscovered and unhurt
and notwithstanding her severe wounds she
again entered the house, took the infant and
then fled to the neighbors and gave the alarm.
The neIghbors Immediately repaired to the
house where they beheld most shocking and
heart-rendng spectacle. Randall was seated
by the fire, his sons head severed from the body
and burning upon the coals-the body of his
wife was lying on the hearth and her clothes
on fire.
Randall was Immediately arrested and COM
united to prison in St. Adams. He was here
toiore known at times to have been partially
deranged, and these deeds Of darkness are at.
tributed to fit of insanity.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

Gen. Jackson and his friends have made
great pretentions on the score of tbei, nure
unauthorized Je6ersOnian democracp. He
has now shewn his regard for Jefferson bv
appointing as Secretary of State Edward
Llvlngston; bitter personal enemy of Jeffe-
Fson, who, during his life time, both while in
office and out, harrassed him with vexatious
lawsuits which were altogether ground
less. He has shewn his pure democracy
and dread of federalism by appointing, as
Secretary of the Treasury, Louis McLane.
one OF the most uncompromising federahsts
in the country, so long as the party existed,
and the last person to take up the defence
OF the party on the floor of Congress after
it had ceased to exist. which he did in an
able speech in the year 1924. If some Of
our Simon Pures are not by this time salts
fed that such pretences are made merely
to answer partizan purposes, they deserve
70 be gulled all the days of their lives.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

RRoDE ISLAND. The Legislature of Rhode
Island adjourned on Saturday last after a SEES.
sion Of three and halfdays Most ofthe pub.
lie officers Of the State, who hold their respec.
tive offices for year, were reappointed. Sew.
eral changes however were made. Ont Of
twenty eight Judges, five were removed and
Of five Sheriffs three were removed. The con.
duct of the new executive appears to have been
highly satisfactory .-BoStoR Dai. DIR.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

A letter from friend at Washington informs
us that the new Cabinet will not Be Officially
announced until something definite has bee1
received from Mr. Rerrien and Judge White:
and that II IS generally supposed Judge White
Their rumored that Amos Kendall Ma, ,u
is, and few other equally distinguished nstr;.
ots, have orders to hold themselves in zoe 49,
to march, as the new Unit will not reoni,a 80
many political cy2hers.-B Boston COu,icr -
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

A sIeN The Fayetteville IN. c. Observer
mas hauled down the Jackson dag. The reasons
II gives for deserving " the Hero are succinct-
" these: LIST, the conduct of the administra-
ton with regaid to the Turkish Mission, being
IN every respect adverse TO the principles laid
down by the prominent members of the Cabi-
net before they went into office-2ndly, its sys-
sem OF prescription, by which the Offices of the
country are converted into the spoils of victo-
ry' to he distributed among the most noisy and
!unprInclpled demagogues- 3dy, the prodigal-
lty OF Its expenditures, instead of the economy
which was promised-4thly, that in consenting
TO serve another term in the teeth of his fire.
quent declarations to the contrary, General
jackson thereby shows himself to be unworthy
OF confidence. The Editor says, in accounting
Tor his former support of Gen. Jackson, We
hoped that he would administer the govern
ment on such grounds as we could approve,
and therefore gave him our support. With the
candor which is due TO our readers we are free
to declare that IN this hope zoe hare been disap-
pointed" And again, he says" instead of
correcting abuses, we honestly believe that
there never was a period when so much
corruption was tolerated" These safle indispu-
table truths mast have the effect of opening the
eyes of others besides the Editor of the Obser-
ver.-Lynchburg Krginian.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

DISTRESSING ACCIDENT On the 9TH ult, in
the western part of Beckett (Mass) two lads
sons of Mr.. Culver, wore tending saw mill.
A boy or 8 years old, was at play in the at.
ternoon about the mll---it was nearly night
and those about to leave the place, whose duty
1t was to shut the mill gate, were unable to
stop the water, with all the effort they could
make. They supposed a stick of wood had
got In, and with poles attempted in vain to re.
move It, Many other means were resortcd to,
which were Intellectual. A scythe which was
bent TOR the purpose, then applied, intending if
possible to hook it up, but the sharp pointed in.
strument served only to convince them OF their
mistake, as they pulled up pieces of cloth-a
part ola shirt was afterwards pulled up, which
satisfied them that the object which they had
mnocenily mangled and crushed, both with
the scythe and the shutting of the gate, was
the little boy who had been playing at the mill
Their suspicious were confirmed by the fact
that the lad was missing. They immediately
made exertlons and stopped the water at the
head of thN foom, within which the bow was
discovered to have fallen. The sad object was
taken out and delivered to its parents.
Berkshire Journal
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

The Shawnee Town Qllinos) paper notices
me death OF very promising young man,
named Wood, occasioned by taking, through
mistake, a dose of salt Petre Instead Of salts,
a similar mistake, says the Delaware Jour.
nai' occurred IN this borough, last week. A
llIney application 1.-THE stomach pump, and an
cos
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

;. "A remarkably rich deposite of gold has been
discovered abou: ls miles from Charlotte, N.
u The land on which it was found had been
examined two or three years without success
out on the I'd ult. there was found in small
space two or three feet below the surface,
grains and masses of gold. weighing from
ounces and pounds, to pieces of five, seven and
eight pounds, in all about one hundred nomnds
estimated to be worth about 30 900 dollars On
pursuing the labor of digging the succeeding
week, no more gold had. been discovered. and
1t seemed that this deposit was entirely solat-
cd, promising no continuance of the extraordi.
nary development.-C Charlotte paper.
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

SISeuLAR DWELLINGS. The Georgian or
Tartar dwellings, are seldom to be found above
ground the top is covered with beams of wood.
branches of trees, and above ALL with coat of
earth, whic. makes il level with the ground.
The natives are frequently disturbed, when sit.
ting round the fire, by the leg Of some unfortu.
! nate COW or camel making its appearance down
sne chimney and it is not uncommon for the
lanos 70 iaii through. and spoil whatever may
happen TO be cooking -Armstrong,s Journal
and Turkey ''''''0" 1'~'S~
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ST.. JOIN. IN. b. Anril 30

r. ST JOHN, IN. b. April 80.
y fatal SHIPwREcK. The loss of the brig
nnIow, from bermuda for Halifax, proves not
10 De attended with so great sacrifice Of lives.
as was s,ateu IN our last tits, however dread.
,u,'y "n'iGing; Inc Blllow sailed from Ber-
. nru1i on lhe Cd april with discharged soldiers,
Ragged Islands, IN. S) during the Gale Of
the 9Th and 10th inst The whole number IF
persons on board at the time, has been variops.
y estimated, but as not one has escaned to tel
,he dreadful tale, all is conjecture. The fol.
lowing detail! the number on board The Phi.
low, IRON document that has been found is
most probably correct namely, Icommission.
ga eo olhcer, commissioned do, SO privates.
~ women, 6S children, s crew, passenger
ID all l3I. The number of bodies found drift
ca %. on shore, were, privates, 6 women, lG
children, in all 25-Courfer
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

OF the Presidents Message at the onorinv
OF the late session of Congress, the IondoSS
Morning Chronicle says Il seems to avoid
giving ascendancy or triumph TO any princinle,
This is indeed its characteristic.
NJ J. Fredonian
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

iSsEcTs ON SUGAR. Wrap piece of rum
camphor IN clean linen rag and place in he
sugar tub. Not an insect can be found !. ,bo
sugar an hsur aftor Try il ~ '"o
The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-05-11

Gen. Jackson has just given another sip-
nal instance of the Inconsistency which has
marked almost every prominent act of his
Administration. When he came into Office.
we heard much about defaulters and the
necessity of reform; and Tobias Watkins,
who was found to be a defaulter TO the
amount of three or four thousand dollars
was not only dismissed from office, but was
prosecuted and put to prison where he new
remains because he Is unable to pay what
ne owes. But now Gen. Jackson has APP
pointed to the highest Office in his Gift. that
OF Secretary of State, Edward Livingston.
a defaulter to the Government to t,yent,t
temeS the amount of Watkins's defalcation,
Where was that horror of defalcaton. which
the General formerly professed, when he
made this appointment Was this a part
OF the task ofrefern, which we were told he
found inscribed on the list Of his duties7