The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-07-06

MosEY AT HoME. If any now find money
more plenty in their pockets, and the rate Of
interest much lower, than for some years past,
let them inquire into the causes OF this change.
The time has been, when a silver dollar was a
scarce article in the market and when signs
were hung out by the brokers offering high
premium on Spanish dollars The New York
papers now tell us, that the vaults of the N. Y.
City Banks are overlooking with specie. Banks
in many States are lowering their rate of inter-
est. Money is paid much moro readily now
for produces than for the few past years. Now
all this could not happen without cause and
what is the cause? If money as more plenty in
the market, what made il so /? There a
time, when every cent the merchant could
scrape up, was sent off to buy English cacoes,
cottons, woolens, hats, shovels glass, nails, &c.
The workmen in British Manufacturing towns
received the cash, that came out of the pockets
OF the American consumer. The farmer was
stripped OF his last dollar to clothe his girls in
goods manufactured by European hands, or to
furnish himself with tools made by European
workmen. These very workmen even then 70.
fused to take his wool, his corn, his rye, his
butter, or his hogs, in barter; they must have,
and would have cash. No wonder money was
scarce. Now one OF the reasons why money 10
so plenteOus at home, is, that the American
workman takes the wool of tn 10 farmer al good
advance, and consumes his roduce, giving him
either the money in return or the very nails,
cottons, &c, which he was wont to buy from
English workmen. Money ia OF now SO pro-
fusely exported. We send cottons and nails TO
the south, instead Of money, and our vessels in
return bring back money or hides. Such arc
the results OF the American System, which We
advocate.-P0rttand .4dusrtiser.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. A Sleepy Family.
A gentleman from Brandford gives US the fol-
lowing information of the effects of a thunder
storm one night last week. He saysa house
IN Brandiord was struck by lightning, while the
whole family, consisting OF man, his wife and
two daughters we're asleep-lhat the electric
fluid entered the roof-passed through bed
post, slivering it to atoms--destroyed an old
bureau and several other articles in the room
where slept the two daughters-that it then
descended, without further ceremony into the
bedroom, where were in bed husband and wife.
Here ths lightning played some " fantastic
tricks by tearing the bedstead, destroying
furniture, and committing other riotous acts;
but still, amid this "wreck of matter" the
whole family continued to saore, unconscious
of the chaos around them, or their halfinch es-
capos from death. Our informant states that
they awoko about sunrise, and were started at
the smell OF birthstone and the appearance of
their habitation. On examination they found
large spllnters which had been torn from the
furniture and thrust into the bed. They con-
s:dered it a miraculous escape
New Hauen Palladium.
This is somewhat akin to the story told of1
man cutting straw in machine on chilly
day when one Of his fingers were clipped off
SO smoothly that he did not discover the acci-
dent till one of his companions seeing it on tho
barn floor, asked him whose it was? Hodge
looking at his own hands, exclaimed, "by
jingo its mine"
BesroN, July2.
EXECUTION. The two pirates, Cadet and
Collinett, were hung yesterday morning, be-
tween the hours Of eight and nine. They were
attended to the foot of the gallows by the
ministers of their respective faiths, and de-
ported themselves with great irmness and
resignation. A vast number of people were
assembled TO witness the execution, which took
place on the wharf back of the prison.
The State House at Raleigh, IN. c. was en-
tirely consumed Sy fire on the 2lst of;June. Tho,
extensive library, and what is more to be re-
GREETED, as it cannot De replaced, the :kef de-
uusr of Canova, the statue of Washington, arc
destroyed. The statue cost $3c ,000 The fire
took on the roof which the workmen were cev-
ering with zinc for the very purpose of avoiding
the calamity which, tits thought, their careless
ness brought upon the fine and costly pile.