The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-04-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

HE GITY DANk hCBBEKf. lue re
maintier of the money stolen from the Cit,
Bank about Il year ago by Smith and Muir
ray, has at last been recovered. 1t wa.
found in Philadelphia by Justice Hopsor
and Benjamin J. Hays, in the very spe
where ii was buried by Murray. The
reason that the previous searches were
unsuccessful was, that they mistook the
right square. Justice Hopsen and Mr.
. Hays proceeded TO Philadelp hia on Mon.
day morning, and arriving there the same
evening, they Immediately commenced a
reconnaissance and finding there two
squares tlrt ansr'ered to the description
given them they matte such discoveries MS
satisfied them they were not FAR from the
object of their wishes. They then furnish
ell themselves with rowel, and Ivy the
side of the wall in 5nryir.r ground, they
dug up an ea:,hen pot which proved to con-
tain the lost treasure. They returned to
the city last evening with the money. The
amount is S26,el7: 46l4 o: which belongs
to S. & M. Allen.-N Y. Jour. Of Com.
JAcxsoEisM IN MAINE Tho result Of the
election for town officers in Augusta, Re pres
ent seat OF government in Maine, affords au
indication Of The public sentiment in that quar-
ter quite unfavorab!e to the present adminiais-
traitor. Jackson representatives. were chosen
in that town last autumn, by majority OF 2O0
votes At the March meeting on Monday last,
Jackson and Clay candidates we're arrayed
against each other distinctly on party grounds,
particularly for Moderator, Town Clerk, and
Seectmen, ard in each case the Clay cnndi-
dates were chosen. This is q good egnning,
which we hope TO see followed up with like re-
suits in other parts of the State.
Boston Patriot.
The Cornwall, (Canada) Observer, states
that on the Indian Reservation in Dundee, 9Th
ull u SOW Of Jacob York seized one of his chill
dren, about years I'D, by the arm. bore it to
a snow bank, and was just placing her fore loot
upon the child 10 tear it in pieces, when the
distressing cries Of the mother, with The appli-
cation Of bruomstick, relieved the poor lnno-
cent.
THE "I.rEREsr OF SCIENCE" The Duke
of Sussex recently declared in the British
House of Lords, that he had, in his will, or
dered that his body, after death, should DO dis,
sected for the benefit Of sciesce.
The National Republican Young Men Of
Ltchfeld County, Conn, have chosen five del
egates to attend the Convention at Washington.
The clear income Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road now ascertained to be $500 per duy,
An Irish servant girl named Helen Mama,
was burnt so badly as TO cause her death after
AZ hours of severe suffering, at MIR. Stearnss
tavern, Troy, IN. " 22d ult. Sine had aeen
cleaning candlestcks, and was placing them
on shelf over a Franklin stove, when Ter
apron came in contact with the fame.
young man wrapped her IN bed quilt; but
her hands and nails were burnt to crisp, and
the skin from her elbows was stripped off in
the attempt to extinguish the flames. Her
neck and face were also shockingy burnt.
Near Oswego n Y, night Of Odd ult, the
dwelling ofMr. Herman was burnt, and his son
aged years persisted. All The family had got
out, when the deceased, with brother two
years older, returned to get their clothes, and
the flames reached the younger before he could
escape His mother has been partially derang-
ed ever since.
The commerce of the West, dependent on
the river Ohio and its tributary streams, gives
employment to 100 steam boats, 5000 fiat boats
or urks, and nat less Than &c 00G men and boys
At Philadelphia last week, little girl was
standing near the fire with some cologne water,
when accidentally some of it dropped into the
fire. and the whole was at once in blaze. The
child was burned so severely that she subse-
quently died.
COMMERCE WITH LIBERIA. The Man
ayers of the American Colonization Socie-
~ have determined to establish regular
line of packets between this country and
Liberia the vessels to be from 200 to 400
tons each, and to depart, alternately, as Of
ten as once in two months. Proposals are
invited specifying the terms on which such
vessels will be furnished, including all the
expenses Of the voyage.
The Lowell and Boston Rail Road is in
Il nj MI
on the route, we understand, have been
broached, and although the work appears
so great, that public spirit which character
ICES our country, and which is capable
of grasping the most difficult undertaking.
will soon furnish us with Rail Road upon
which we may ride to Boston comfortably
before breakfast. We understand it is to
be completed next fall, but we should rath-
er doubt the possibility Of this.
LotceH Mercury.
AMHERST COLLEGE. The Trustees of Am
herst College have made appeal to the
friends of that Institution, for pecuniary aid,
the Legislature of the State not having or mt
ed them such assistance as its exigencies re-
Guire The Trustees say that with an empty
treasury, exhausted credit. debt Of more than
$4,000 and no means of paying dollar of the
interest, as it accrues, it cannot long survive
The income from term bills, is hardly sufficient
10 meet the current expenses upon the most
economical scale, and various expensive re-
pairs will soon be indispensable. There are
about 200 students in this institution.
ROBERT, THE HERMIT. This singular ind.
vidual departed this life at his hut in See
konk, on Monday last week He had resided in
the most solitary part of pine wood, upon the
Farm of the Hon Tristram burgess, for more
than twenty years, dependent upon the charity
of curious visitors for the means of supporting
life
A western paper speaks of visitor who
breaklasted at the table of Maj John M'Intyfe,
Indiana, where was present healthy Scotch
lady, 100 years old. Her sight is better than it
was at 900 years ago. She came to Phila.
delphia in 1927.
Law OF CoPYKicHT. 1t may not be gen.
orally known either to publishers or authors,
that according to the provision of the act passed
in February, 1881, for extending the term If
Copyrights, copy Of the work for which CO.
pyright has been.taken, must be deposited in
the Office of the Cleik of the proper district,
within three months after the publication
thereof 10 be forwarded 10 Washington
ACCIDENT. At Canandaigua, N. Y, two
young men named Linderberry and Feats were
shooting ducks. Both being about 10 fire, F.
who stood on bark over LIS. head slipped, and
his gan going off, lodged the contents in LIS
head, producing instant death.
MURDER. On The 18th ut., William Lawson
of Portsmouth (Oho) went to Flemngsburc
(Ky) having with him about $50. He reulain
cd in town that day and induigcd rather .freeiy
in tho use of Hqnor. Towards evening he pas
sed towards home, but on the following morn.
ing was found at the outlet OF the town nearly