The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-10-05


the most ncorgrunus description, and there
were continual quarres between tho regular
soldiers and royalist volunteers. The Usurpcr
had ordered levy of all persons capable OF
bearing arEs above the age of i6; bu: this
measure although it will increase his numeri-
cal force will expose him TO great danger, as
the levy must necessarily include many unia-
vorahle to his cause. Such is the state of Por-
tural at this time, that, to use The words of
nentlemau. whose station in Lisbon gives him
the most accurate knowledge Of affairs, whilst
it insures tho mpartiality of his communica-
tons, cit 1oowid require 20 yodrs cf TsPose TO
restore Portugal to the situation IN mh'ch 1t
acas aohen Miguel returned :"
The following summary is copied from the Liv-
crpool Times of the 10th August;
The danger OF general war which produc-
cd so much alarm only week 60 has happi-
ly passed away. The King Of Holland has list
ened to the voice of rcmonstrance, backed as It
was by $4,000 French soldiers and an English
fleet, and has ordered his army TO retire within
the Dutch frontier, leaving the various points
in dispute TO be settled by negotiation. 1t is
therefore probable that the Russian and Prus-
sian governments which are so strongly sus-
pectcd have acted with good faith in this affair,
and have neither been amongst the cncourag-
ers nor supporters of the Dutch King. lie
has evidently acted on his ow n responsibility, or
at all events no better ground than hope
that the ieaousics of the great powers would in
duce some ofthem to adopt his cause. 1t is not
very improbable, considering the state Of feeling
which exists on the continent, that this would
have been the case, if the contest had been
protracted the promptitude of the French and
English governments has, however, saved Eu-
rope from the impending danger, by frightening
the King Of Holland into peace before any of his
friends could make up their minds to rush into
a war. The holiness and decision of the con-
duct of these two governments cannot be too
much admired. The least appearance of wav-
ing or disunion between them would have given
encouragement to the secret friends o! Holland,
and might have induced them to take field.
But the consciousness that the first cannon fred
in support of the Dutch invasion, would lead to
an instant declaration of war on the part of
France and England, has deferred all the powers
from a step which would have been the signal
for general contest. In this, in almost
every other case, decision has been only anoth-
or name for prudence
The Dutch invasion, like the war of the
Froxde, deserves to be celebrated in hero comic
verses for in other style can it be done JUS
tice TO. The Prince of Orange may exclaim
with Cesar, Z" came, saw, conquered" I'M
less indeed the Belgians ran away before he did
see them, which there IS great reason TO sus-
pect. Happily none of the G brave Belgians"
were hurt Having made up their minds to
decamp, they did il in the most discreet man
ner, that is, before they were attacked. Tho
whole war would form materials for an excel
lent farce, and we know not which to admire
most, the vigor with which the King of Hol-
land commenced operatoHs-thc promptitude
with which his rebellious subjects ran away
at the sight ofhis army-or the prudence with
! which the Dutch renowned hostlities as soon
as they heatd that the fiery French had arrived
OBJ - Co. all - all ~, 1,,t
never shall look upon its like again.
THE WEST INDIA HuRRrcAxrs An infinite
deal of mischief seems TO have been done in
various parts of the West Indies of which we
give some further accounts to-day. There ap-
pears 20 have been two at an interval of about
six weeks. The first is that mentioned in our
Jamaica accounts having occurred IN the
Island Of Trinidad and Grenada on the 23d
june which swept from thence the coast of
South America, until it reached Honduras,
where its violence was principally felt on tho
9th and 2sth. The other is that in which Bar
( BADGES suffered SO severely it commenced
there on the night Of the 10th Of August, tho
wind at n. T..
On the llth it was felt at Martinique, it
appears then TO have swept across the Caribbean
Sea, until it reached the Island of Cuba, where
it commenced on the 18th and continued its
destruction until the 10Th. Its course was
then through tho Guph of Mexico, until at
New Orleans on the l6t hand l7ih, it committed
the ravages which have been noticed before.
On the north side of Jamaica the agitation of
the sea on the 18th and 18th August, is des
crbed as having done an infinite deal of dam
age, but was unaccompanied with wind the
commotion having been occasioned no doubt
by the commencement OF the gale to wind
ward on the 10Th.
1t viii recur to tho recollection of the read
err that the very remarkable atmospheric phe-
nomona, and the strange appearance of the sun
noticed along tho whole coast of the United
States, was about the time fthese gales.
ATMOSPHERIC APPEARANCE. THE strange ap-
pearance of he morning and evening sky, and
of the sun at rising and setting, which no.
ticed about the middle of last month, has been
. subject Of remark in various other cities A
Mobile paper of the 17th ult., mentions, that ON
the Saturday previous, the attention Of the cit
liens of that place was strongly attracted by
the extraordinary appearance of the sun The
predominatng color of the rays of light which
it emitted" says the account, " was pao blue
or violet, varying occasionally from that to AZ
sea green-n large spot, apparently about tho
size OF a dollar, was also visible 10 tho naked
eye, on its lower limb On Sunday morning it
exhibited the same unusual appearance, casting
blueish shade over the objects on which it
shone, and al 6 O'Clock Monday evening, its
whole face was of pale green color"
On Saturday evening last in this city, tho
sky during the hard rain which set in about 6
o'clock, presented very unusual appearance
Although tho whole heaven, with tho cxccp-
tun Of n narrow belt in the western horizon,
was overspread with n dense black cloud, from
which the rain fell in a hard and inccssant tor
rent, yet that narrow strip Of uncfoudcd sky
was suf'used with crimson Of as bright hue as
is ever left at sunset on the clcarcst day in SUM
mcr, and continued to glow, like Goals in fur
naco, until after O'Clock, cnsiing a dim YER
million or rosy tint far up the black cloud, which