The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

OLD TINES. The late respectable and wor.
thy Mr.. Claxton, so long door keeper of the
House Of Representatives of the United States
nsed to say, that when he was first appointed
to that office, it was part of his business tc
attend the arrival of the mails at the post of.
fee, and carry TO the house the letters and pa
pers addressed to the members, which, in gen.
eraI, he could conveniently do in bis pockets
but, sometimes, had TO put few in his hat
We believe now that considerably more than
nm average of two one horse wagon loads Of
letters and papers are daily received at the
House of Representatives, and as many sent
away.-Nties's Register.
When the art of distilIing spirits, generally
attributed to Raymond Lully, was discovered
the secre. Of longevity was supposed to have
been brought to light, the mercurius volatilis
to be at length hxed end the perncious pro-
duct received the name Of egua oite-liquor Of
Aie; discovery concerning which" says q
iearned physician, " it would be difficult to de-
tsrmne, whether it has tended most to dimin
lslt the happiness, or shorten the duration Of
lie. In one sense it may be considered the
eli xir of life, for il speedily introduces man to
i'm msrtalityF'
CANAL REVENUE. The sum of too huadrea
+1n' SIXTY mine thousand, four hundred and for.
ty. three dollars, has been paid this wear fol
toll to John B. Stats, Collector at Albany
which is ffty-seren thousand thres hundred
an 1 e,ghty-Se1en dollars more than he receiv.
ed last year. The whole amount of toll that
has been paid into that Office from it's first es.
ia bllshment TO this time, on merchandise clear
ed at Albany, for the Erie and Char6piain Ca
mails is 81 ,273,2l9 l3-Aibanp Argus.
AT a late fire in Portsmouth, N H., one eager
te save property brought keg down two pair
of stairs, and found the contents to be dsht
This was about as sensible as the practice OF
throwing furniture out at the windows, endan.
gering the heads and limbs OF those beneath
and saving nothing. Good Firemen have their
wits about them, and what they save is saved
In earnest
Lowell has been appraised by the valuation
committee at So, 30l ,2S8 Charlestown at So.
44l,l67 Lowell is valued higher than any
other town in the county Of MiddIesex, except
jamestown middlesex county has gained
over 6o per cent. since the last valuation.
MAINE The Legislature of Maine assem-
0.ea In Their respective Halls at Augusta. on
meohescay last, and organized by choosing
n 'oerl dunlap, Pre- ident of The Senate, and
ithanIel 5. Llttiefeid. Secretary. BENJAMIN
White of Monmouth, Speaker o. the Housa
ard Joseph G. Cole of Paris, Clerk.
VIRGINIA. Among the petitions recently
pr esented to the Legislature of Virg;nis M,
or from Levi Waller, for compensation fo,
two blacks unlawfully put to death, without
IT ial, in the late insurrectien another from
+, 'ter Edwards, for compensation for tire,
bl acks, similarly killed ; and anethor from Rich
ard Porter, for two slaves similarly destroyed
ECONOMICAL. The New York Commercial
Advertiser states that Mr.. Randolph has drawn
" 'enty-two thousand five hundred dollars from
III treasury: 10 payment OF his extraordinary
Se ,.,oeS Us munster EA'raoroinary. Ihere wa'
" 'yo' ndPPiel aPPl'catioh OF names 10 Things
Francis Baylies, Esq, of Taunton, has been
Al 1pointed by the President, Charge des Affaires
ts the government of Baenos Ayres
The appointment of John Nelson of Mary
Ia nd, as Charge to Naples. has been confirmed
b. the Senate
Tbs Nsu yo,L Co,,,,;,, A,u...;...
II "a, II has besn .oraod ~ oaii .on"oe,;"
ia.o,, N as.emba in Nov Wi, al, j." ~.
ensuing season, to deliberate upon The hes
means of dssoving the institution.
Rr,,rvrp AN. uors. N " III
Der of the inmates of this establishment amount
to 2l00. 1t is a town, in fact, within a SINAI
enclosure.
Tbare ore nou, 1eno no,ra,s :, a.. phu.1o,
phia aims. house at the same time The cit,
authorities cannot find suficiency of Iaborer
to keep the streets in passable condition.
Tp.cr Soc,vrv A., l.,a o.,;; NJ,
York, of persons friendly to the objects of IN,
Tract Society, $4,000 were subscribed by TWEEN
Y. five persons One subscribed $1,000 anoth