The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-05-30
From The Charleston Courier of May Ia.

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FRoM the WEST INDIES AND AFRICA.
Captain Ross, Of tine schooner John C. Cal
houn, has favored Us with file of Barba-
does papers to the 25th ult. They contain
accounts from most Of the neighhoring is
lands, from which it appears tina. the spirit
of distrust and dissatisfaction towards the
mother country is still increasing.
The schooner Crawford, Taylor. which
left New Orleans for Africa, some months
since, with twenty-five emigrants, arrived at
Liberia, after passage of sixty days, all in
good health. On her return passage to the
United States, she put into Barbados, 10th
ult.. to get a new foremost. 3"
Our Barbadoes papers contain copious ex-
tracts from the Liberia Herald, brought Ivy
the Crawford, to the last of Febrnary-from
which it appears that the colony was in the
most thriving condition. The Herald of
the 22.l Of February says: "Death enters
palaces rs we'll as cottages, and knows no
Gistinction--in our last it was our lot TO no.
tce the decease of Ba Gaia and King Peter,
and again we are called upon to record that
of King Bromley" This latter native King
it appears, had been from the first strongly
opposed TO the settlement of the colony, and
never to the last dissembled his hostility to
it. His force, however, was small, although
he possessed much influence with the neigh.
boring kings. He was expected to he sue
ceeded by his son Cypan Bromley, should
his people determine upon the election OF
another king, Of which there was some
doubt, ms it was believed number Of them
would determine to heroine Americans, and
several of them had secretly crossed ST.
Paul's River, upon which they resided, and
joineG the colonists. -
During the month Of February, the port
of MonIovia was visited by three French
National vessels of war, accompanied Nv
two slave schooners which they had captur
ed-they had also captured another slave
schooner, commanded by NJ. Blancette, for
melly of Baltimore, and large Spanish
armed hr,g, off Grand Bassa. A wish i,
expressed that our Government would seht
one or two of ONT smaller vessels of war pp
on that coast.
The Colonial Governor, Mechlin, had icf
Monrovia, in company with E. Johnson, ESQ
on an expedition to the Bassa community
which it was his intention to explore, pre-
paiatory 10 the location of another settle
ment. He also contemplated exploring on,
or two of the branches of the Junk River.
Poisosous RooTs. Tho AnGover Journa
gives n statement of the disastrous consequen
res resulting from eating the roots Of the Wa
ter Hemlock. cicuta rirosa. On the 18th o
May, Samuel Allen, Of Andover, with two 9th
e:s, in ploughlng, met with this root whic
tasted sweet and pleasant Allen swallowed
considerable quantity Of it, and the other tw
followed his example. Allen fell into convu
sions, which in less than an hour proved tata
Tho others, after taking powerful ometics, as
administered by DR. Kittrcdge, escaped.
The root is, at this senson OF tie year, tn
most vrulent poison Of all the narcotic vegeta
hes, and ought tobe moro generally known
lest similar accidents recur. In the early stag
Of it's growth it resembles small potatoes or ar
iichokes, hut when advanced branches off |
different directions except the central par
which resembles tho parsnip, and is sometime
called the COW parsnip.
a gentleman in Tennessee advrrtises, tht
he has discovered, that strewing Indian net
On cucumber hills will prevent insects asa +,
tiles .iom approaching ihs vinss. =