The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-12-12

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PENNsYLvANIA. DIR. Anderson, Il Ma
tioaal RcouLlican, was elected Speaker of
the PENNSYLVANIA House OF Representatives
ON Wednesday last, having received 63
votes out of 9S-M Mccullough had % votes, ;.
Ashhridge 5. Wallace l, and Oliver l. A
letter in the Pennsylvania Inquirer says
Reed. tie jackson candidate, declined,
and the whole party, with but one excep-
lion. voted for Andel3o The Anti.ma-
sons Withdrew Ashbridge, and all but six
voted for Mccullough, another National
Republican"
Governor Wolfe's message is sound,
well written state paper, and presents very
hattering view of the progress OF the grand
scheme of internal improvement in rapid
execution in Pennsylvania. His Excellen-
cy says:--
when the whole of the works auhorz-
ed, and those under contract, shall have
been completed, this State will have in her
own right, constructed in period OF about
seven Years, five hundred and nnety-three
miles and one hundred and fifteen perches
of artificial improvement by canal, and
sackwater navigation; and one hundred
and eighty miles and seveDtytwo perches
of rail road, making an aggregate OF seven
hundred and eleven miles and one hundred
and eighty seven perches OF internal rom
municat;on, which for magnlhcencc OF de-
sign, solidity and neR,ness Ill the execution,
and for splendid prospects OF future pi oduc-
tiveness and usefulness, will stand unrival-
led"
The Governors views of education, the
penitentiary system, ami several local sub
iects that come under his notice, are manly
and just He recommends that lotteries he
prescribed at once.
DREADruL MORTALITY. The British
ship SyhelIa, Capt. Thornhill, arrived at
the quarantine ground, N. T., on Friday
last, from Helvoetslnys, tlioliand) which
place she left about the 10th OF September,
with about one hundred and thirty-lwo pas
sengers, emlgrants from Wrtemburgh, Ger
many. OF this number, only twenty elght
have reached port alive, the residue having
died on the passage. The mortality was
so great, as to require almost the whoie
time of the crew in attending to them, winch
Is the cause of the prolonged passage OF the
shin. The whole Of the crew have been in
perfect health. The captain states that the
disease among the passengers DID not al ali
having died without more apparent pain or
struggle than if going to sleep. The pas
sengers were filthy and extremely indolcnt
it was with the utmost difficulty that they
could be prevailed upon 20 make the least
exertion in hehalfor themselves They APP
pcared to be wholly unaffected by the fire.
auent and numerous deaths of their compan-
ions and relatives. Even mothers would see
their dead children thrown overheard with
out any expression Of regret. Indeed, they
all seemed wholly indifferent to their fate.
The provisions and stores on hoard were
ample, and the captain was provided with
plenty of medicines--ani most of the pas
sengers had money to provide for journey
to the western part Of the United States.
We understand the ship Beaver, which
arrived last month from the same place,
lost abou; so passengers in similar man
ner.-.E Y. Mercantile advertiser.
Mas. IrURBIDE. The Washington Cor
respondent of the Journal of Commerce
writes in letter =" The ex-Empress of
Mexico has Just broken up one of the most
expensive and gorgeous establishments IN
the CITY, Her two daughters have finished
their education, and are now presented to
released from the government of teachers
of reading, writing and cyphering, and the
instruction of professors of music. drawing
and dancing. ! have seen these Mexican
princesscs, and spoken with one of them.
They are of small figure, perfect form, and
brunette complexion. The idiom Of the one
with whom | conversed, was extremely
interesting, Just enough to betray foreign
birth but her articulation, and the struc-
ture of her sentences, clearly evmced
good and cultivated mind. The ex-Em-
press herself is tall and graceful IN her per-
son, with face farrowed by sorrow. She
has so conducted in this country, as to make
MANY friends Her son, who is now here,
is Secretary of the Mexican Legation. l
understand the family will spend the winter
in Philadelphia, and afterwards return to
Mexico. II is said that the annuity granted
by her government has not l0tteIly been re-
mitted very punctually. 1t is large pro-
vision, amounting to eight thousand dollars
per annum, according to public report
SHOCKING ACCIDENT. Mr.. Weston Bigs-
by, formerly of Barre. Mass. was instantly
killed on Saturday, Dec l, by the partingot
grinGstone, Is feet in circumference, IN Mr.
Rixford's Scythe Factory, in Winchester,
West village, N. II. Mr.. w. was y years
of age The part which flew off struck
him on the head, and threw him % feet
from the position he was in with great force
against the trip hammer. A moment before
il burst three other men were directly IN
the range of the fragment, which. however,
was nearly moiety, the stone weighing
about 100 lbs.-Keene Sentinel.
DYSPEPSIA BREAD. A writer in the
New York Constellation, has invented some
fine dyspeptIc bread, of which he thus
speaks: The principal ingredients are
white Gotten rags, ground to fine and del
icate pulp; a small quantity of saw-dusl,
made from the purest yellow pine; little
clorlde Of lime and little plaster of paris.
These latter constituents as you well know,
are dsinfecting agents, and therefore very
proper to guard the stomach against the
deeterious effects which may arse of the
other articles of diet. My bread contains
no yeast, but is raised by means of a lever,
of thirteen horse power.
awe had rather" say the South Carolina
Nullifers, .'that oar fair State should be the
cemetery Of freemen than The residence Of
slaves"
Let us see how muck rather The total
free population of the State is 267,7c4 The