The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-28
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

CONFUSION WORSE coSFoUXDKD." The A
exandra Gazette Of Saturday last, savs-lhos
most in the confidence Of the Executive. an
highest in favor al the White House, talk Yer
o1niIdenily. and affirm, in the event Of gha
we could consider NATIONAL CALAMITY, tn
death or Resignation Of any of the Justices @
the Supreme Court, that Nv. T. BARRY
will he at once elevated by Gen. jackson % TN
bench; and some say they think he Will be th
successor OF Judge Marshall =!
OsDITs OF TIE DAY. Reports were oui,t
current yesterday, that John Quincy Adam.
{ was soon 10 be appointed Secretary Of State, j,
/ place OF Mr.. Livingston, who goes ont as Min
is'er to France. II was further added, that Mr.
van Barren favored this prnject, and lad al.
1 ready sugges,ed the prorrley OF naming Mr.
ADAMS Tor the next Pres deucy, undgt his
broad National banner all parties might unite,
ANA that he himself would consider il glory
enough, 10 serve one term as Vice under such
thiet as we now have. and another under
. such Statesman MS the Cincinnatus Of Massa.
chuseits We give the reports as they 60
.Nnti0aat HteHigepcer.
GEORGIA CONVENTION. This body. compris.
ing l34 members, commenced its sessions at
hiIliedEev!lle on the l2lh inst. Nineteen coun.
ties were unrepresented. The whole number
OF counties in the State is So j. Moore, Esq .
"l Ogeihorpe, Il thorough going Nnllilier, was
elected Chairman, TO pres de during the oraao.
lzailon, by vote of "a to So Elk Governor
GiImer was then chosen President of the Cor.
venlion by vote of70 to 3d. A Committee of
u was appointed {" TO prepare and report Res
nIu'ions TO The Convention, expressing It's opin-
ION OF the Protective system and of the mode
and measure of redress for IFS evils"
SHiPwREcK The brig Ann, Of PHILADELPHIA,
Captain Chine, which left philade!phia on In.
22d October last, bound TO ST Croix, was. on
the 10th "i tina, month, in violent gale, hove
on her beam ends, and at the same time. LOST
the Captain and five men overheard. When
The gale moderated the vessel rghted and the
remainder o! the crew, six in number, took re.
tuge IN the fore top, where three DAYS after
wards, one OF them died for want of sustenance:
on the TN day another expired from the same
cause Shortly afterwards the mate, Mr. Will
Ham Forest, and three men. we're taken off the
wreck by a vessel bound to the West Indies
and landed on The fifth November at Turk Is
land, where every care was taken of them tba,
their situatio:: demanded.
The store of Samuel Shove. at Woousoctet
Falls, r. , was broken open on Saturday nipb,.
Nov. IL and the iron safe forced, from which
was taken money to the amount OF $3.50, and
sundry papers, among Which was a draft by
Seagraves, Harris x Co, ON Brown 81 Hanson.
Philadelphia, for 81 900. A reward OF 500 is
offered for the recovery OF the property, and
detection of the thief.
Two persons, one named Philip Siack, the
other JOhn Rdney, were lately fined fifty dol
lars and imprisoned one hour in the county Jail,
for having voted in two different townships of
Mnskingum county, Ohio.
The freedom Of the city Of New York was
presented on Wednesday last to Mr. Van Blu
rem, in the City Hall.
The Hon w. c. Rives, late Minister to
France, arrived at New York on Friday last, in
the packet snip Suliy, from Havre.
MARROW ESCAPE. During an exhibition of
wild animals last week, at Sugarloaf, in this
county, man by the name Of Lavoe, in an in.
state, staggered near the cage OF the
Lion, while he was devouring his accustomed
meal. The lion seized him by the legs with his
claws, threw him on the floor and fixed one Of
them in the wretched sufferers skull From
this situation he was relieved in short time by
the exertlons OF the keeper and, shockingly
mangled and bruised by the ferocious animal.
removed to place of safety. We understand
that he will probably recover from his wounds.
GOS6en Patriot
CASUALTY. A child shout four years old of
Mr. ] Buchanan. jr, Of Liverpool Pa, being
left alone in the house for few moments, by
its parents, who, as we understand, were in the
garden, was heard to give scream, when the
parents rashed into the room, and found the
child's clothes enveloped in flames Before
they could he removed the whole surface Of
the body was literally roasted. III this situation
it survived for several days, suffering the most
intense agony till it died.
ELEcrloSEERING During the canvass of a
Mr.. Garnet among the electors of Jalfofd,
eng land) he and his friends called at buck.
stor's shop. in which was only boy, who, hav-
ing learned their business, went 10 the foot Of
the stairs, and called TO his mother, who was
above, " Mother, here's mon as wants yo't
vote for him t be Parliament mon" WELL"
shouted his mother, " tell him thy feyther's not
in, but ifhe n chalk his name on the counter,
we'll inquire into his character"
DrsrRrsslSG The Covington. Lou) Palla-
dunn of the Sd inst remarks, that the price for
grave digging in New Orleans is sin dollars per
day-that nurses demand TEN DOLLARS per
day-and are not in many instances, 10 be had =,
even for that exhorb:tant sum.
The city of New York expended $4,000
in erecting and maintaining hospitals, cleansing
the wards, &c, during the late visitation Of the
Cholera.
- oeF"'dotc event look pace al AIStedu' ".
H., in the morning of Saturday, the 18th inst
The house of Capt. Amos Kidder was burnt to
the ground with all its contents, aud his daugh-
ter. aged 10, and boy persisted in the flames.
Their remains were found some distance from
their beds.
Five deaths of Malignant Cholera occurred
at the House IF Industry, in Boston, last week,
SLAVE TRADE. Adyiccs from the Gold
Coast to the first Of Sept. state that the slave
trade was exceedingly brisk, there being 10
vessels between Cape ST. PauI's and Cape Lo-
pei, laden with cargoes for the purchase Of
slaves.
Thursday, the 9Th Of December. is appoint
cd by Governor Palmer as day Of rhanksgiv-
ing in Vermont.
THURSDAY, the 18th, has been appointed by
Governor Throop as day of Thanksgiving in