The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-12-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

The whole number of votes polled in New
iorK Tor Governor, was 1923 0S3 or these,
Judge Marcy received l66,4l0-Mr Granger
iol '612. Marcy's majority, 9,763.
LIBERTY IN SWEDEN By proclamation of
the King of Sweden, dated the Cd Oct, his
Majesty announced tlrt on his return from
Norway he should occupy himself with a new
organization of the country
DEATH FROM ISrEMPERANcE GUY John
son, colored man, pretty well advanced in life,
was found dead in the street on Wednesday
night by The watch and taken to the watch
mouse. 1t appeared before the Coroner's In.
quest that The deceased was of very intemper-
ate habits, and but short time before he was
found by the watch he had been put out of FRO.
Gerry store beastly drunk. The verdict of the
Jury was that his death was occasioneG bv in
temperance.-.Neso York Courier.
AT late Reform Meeting in England, il was
asserted by Mr.. c. A. Pelham, that the Minis
Try had IN preparation, and nearly completed.
OH tor etfecting real and efficient Reform in
me Church Another announcement made a,
.he meeting had reference to the slave system
IN me Colonies, for the immediate extinction of
which The Cabinet is said 10 have a measure
in preparation.
Inc Supreme Court have granted S3s5 dam.
ages to Mr. Randall, for the loss of iwo inch
horses, winch having taken fright, ran aCains,
the rail OF the New Bedford and Fairhayen hridge
which, giving way, they were lost overheard
Inc bridge was proved TO be in an unsound
state.
The plece.goods shops in Boston are the
continued subject of plumber. Mr. E. s. Brew.
er has lately lost goods to the amount of s 1870 bv
false pretences of females Some time ago.
nj Sbon zc. Al -,
1t was hlled with customers, and stole pair of
country made hose from the counter of one of
the partners, and sold them to the other at
another counter, without moving four feet
The tolls on the Erie and Champlain Canals
during the month Of October, amounted to The
sum of $206,696,74; being something over
S2S,OO0 more than during the same month last
year
The new Orthodox Meeting House in Pen.
perell is completed, and the pews were sold On
last Saturday week. The house cost S522O
1t contains rs pews, of which 67 were sold for
$o400. l6l individuals have been added TO The
church since Oct. l, 1881
Among the on dts Of the day. saws the
Georgetown Gazette, is one, that Ex President
ADAMS was TO be appointed Secretary Of State.
Nothing could be more absurd or improbable
First, GEN. JACKSON would never offer the STA .
ton to man he has so much wronqed and
therefore hates-and in the second. Mr. An.ys
has too much self respect to accent the Mace if
1t were rendered to him. One fact settles the
question conclusively; Gen. JACKSON and Mr.
ADAMS attended the funeral of the late PuuJp
DoDDRIDGE; they were both in the same room
at Browns Hotel, as we have understood and
d'd not recognize each other! The rumor must
have been put forth by some Of Mr. AIAMs's
enemies, for the purpose of disparaging him in
The public estimation.
SosEAMBULIsM. singular instance occur.
RED at Frankfort, Ky A boy of nine wears of
age several nights since, arose in his sleen
took the sash out of window and laid it care .
fully on The bed; wrapped blanket about HIM.
and le'surely stepped cut of the window e sto,
ries) upon hard stone pavement below. and
ran several hundred yards before consciou;
ness returned. lie was very slightly injured
no bone broken and sufficiently well to amuse
himself and run about the next day.
PREMIUMS. TIE Proprietor of the Boston
Evening Gazette offers the liberal pre nium Of
one hundred dollars for the best original Tale
and nifty dollars tor the best original Dem, suit
able for publication in that journal
APPARITIoSs. Sir James Stewart. The an
thor of the Political Economy" ma de a rem
lar compact with an intimate friend. ina
whichever of them should die first was at
certain place, and certain time after death. 1,
meet the survivor. The friend died FIST. Sit
James kept his appointment, in the anxious
hope OF meeting the shade of the departed. an,
was not little disappointed at its non-appear
ance.
A WARSIKG An accident of a fearful ma
ture, and of melancholy result occurred las
Sunday. Some lads were amusing them seIve
among the rigging of large schooner OF
Stars wharf, and one more daring tia n I'm
rest, attempted to cross from mast to mast alon
the stays; when midway his feet missed h
fell, and hung suspended by his hands onlv Il
this situation, fearful height above ahe deck
he made desperate effort 10 regain his foo,ip
hold, but in vain, and his ,shrieks be c;,me Ion
and APPALLING in the extreme. Person collected
much agltated and uncertain what TO do. know
ing that few seconds could only intervene be
fore the lad should drop from exhaustion. A
length the stay was Stacked off, and he descend
ed slowly for about half The distance, when h
fell. The unfortunate boys thi IN was broke
aud head much cut he was carried ava
moaning most piIeously, and Seeming fully sen
sible OF his melancholy condit ion.
Haitian Recorder.
CANADA. A serious ri,J occurred O
board the steamboat Rfcheieu, last week
while on her passage from Quebec to Mon
Heal: Many persons We're severely wound
ell. The Herald says TINT the difficulty ha
Its origin lin some n ational ant;pathes en-
ter'a'ned by the Canadians against til
Irish" The Quebec Gazette of Novembe
18th, says-"the roads and fields continu
hard frozen, and several small rivers hav
been passa5Ie for carriages on the ice."--
The same paper of the 2lst mentions tha
"some drlft ice begins to appear off Pom
Lew, and IN the North Channel"