Massachusetts Spy and Worcester Advertiser, 1823-10-29

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. The Mutual Fire Insurance Company for this County, was organized on the 2d inst. by the choice of the following officers to hold Iheir appointment until the stated annual meeting. Hon. LEVI LINCOLN, President. 'SAMUEL M. BURNSIDE, Treasurer. ISAAC GOODWIN, Secretary. Hon. AARON TUFTS, Hon. BENJAMIN ADAMS, Hon. SALEM TOWN, Jr. [Direct- Hon. STEPHEN P.GARDNER, BEZALEELTAFT,jr. Esq. By the terns of the Charter, "no policy of insurance shall be made by the Corporation, until the sum subscribed by the associates to be insured, shall amount to 200,000 dollars." - lt is necessary therefore that such of the in inhabitants - habitants inhabitants of the County, as are desirous of protecting their buildings from fire, should set their names to the subscription paper, copies of which may be found with the respective officers and others in various parts of the Coun County. - ty. County. It is requested that returns be made at the adjournment of the meeting to be held at the Court House on Wednesday evening Nov. sth, at six o'clock, where it is expected the -bye laws will be reported. This Corporation is 'ounded upon principles » nnewhat similar to those of the Massachu Massachusetts - setts Massachusetts Mutual Fire Insurance Company in Boston. And from an experience of 25 years, it is found that this mode of insurance affords complete protection, for an expense merely nominal. By the practice of that Company, the ordinary rate of insurance for a wooden dwelling house in the country for seven years, is 1 per cent or less. The premium is paid at the commencement of the policy, and in ad addition - dition addition to this, the owner of the building also deposits with the Treasurer, a sum equal to four times the amount of premium. This sum (which on a dwelling house appraised at 1000 dollars at the above rate, will amount to SSO) is immediately put at interest, and the pro proceeds - ceeds proceeds thereof, form the disposable funds of the Corporation. At the end of the seven years (if no loss has happened to the house by fire) a settlement takes place With the assured, by oinking him debtor for his part of all sums paid for losses, and creditor for the net amount of all premiums aud interest received during the term. The balance of this amount has generally resulted in an amount due to the assured, equal to the whole sum deposited, and simple interest at a rate varying from 4 to 6 per cent a year, on the same. It is presumed by those best acquainted with the nature of risks in this County, that this Corporation, will probably be enabled to in insure, - sure, insure, upon ordinary dwelling houses for one half the above rates, but a better judgment can be formed upon this subject after the pro promulgation - mulgation promulgation of the bye laws. Worcester Oct. 10 1823

To the Hon. the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas, holden at Worcester, with within - in within and for the County of Worcester, on the first Monday of September, A. D. 1823. Humbly show, Simon Farns Farnsworth, - worth, Farnsworth, Trader, and Asa Andrews, Cord Cordwainer, - wainer, Cordwainer, both of Millbury, in said county, that they are seized and possessed ofone undivided third part, being one undivided sixth part each, of the following described real estate, as tenants in common with Albert Stone, of Grat Gratton, - ton, Gratton, in said county, and other persons, to your Petitioners unknown, to wit, about eighty acres ofland, with the buildings thereon sit situate, - uate, situate, partly in said Worcester, and partly in said Millbury, and is the same farm on which James Hayward, ofsaid Worcester, now lives, consisting of two lots, the first is bounded Northerly on land of Widow Rachel Hay Hayward, - ward, Hayward, Easterly on land of Hartwell Hay Hayward, - ward, Hayward, southerlyonsaid Hartwell & Joseph Hay Hayward - ward Hayward Westerly on land of Josiah Woodward. The second lot bounds Northerly and Easter Easterly - ly Easterly on.land, now, or late of Edward Randall, Southerly on land of Widow Rachel Hayward and westerly on John and Abel Flagg. And your Petitioners are desirous of holding their said third part of said premises in severalty - Wherefore they pray this Hon. Court, that their said third part may be set off to them, to hold to them, their heirs and assigns forev forev-cr, - -cr, forev-cr, separated from the other two third parts thereof. SIMON FARNSWORTH. ASA ANDREWS, By Rejoice N e wton their Attorney. -COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Worcester ss. Court of Common Pleas, At Worcester, Sept. Term A. D. 1823. ON the petition aforesaid, Ordered, That Che petitioners notify all persons interested therein to appear at the next Tenn of this Court, to be holden at Worcester, within and for said County of Worcester, on the second Monday of December next, by serving the said Albert Stone and all others known to be interested, within this Comn\onwealth, with an attested copy of said petition, and this order thereon, fourteen days, at least, before the setting of said Court; and also by publish publishing - ing publishing a similar copy of said pctiton and order, in some newspaper, printed in the town of Worcester, in said County, three weeks suc successively, - cessively, successively, the last publication to be thirty days, at least, before the setting of said Court; that all persons interested, may then and there shew cause, if any they have, why the prayer thereof should not be granted. Attest. ABIJAH BIGELOW, CM, A copy of the Petition and Order of Court thereon. Attest, ABIJAH BIGELOW', Clerk.

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The Directors meet the Society on this Anniversary with devout recollec recollections - tions recollections of the smiles of Divine Providence on the endeavours of men to diffuse the word of life among the nations of the earth. Estimating the value of the Christian revelaton, anti appreciating the importance of religious instruction to the present comfort and future hap happiness - piness happiness of mankind, can we, without feel feeling - ing feeling gratitude to the author of all good influence, dwell on the measures that are now in successful operation to dis disseminate - seminate disseminate the sacred Oracles, that are able to make men wise unto salvation. - The British and Foreign Bible Society, the admiration of the world, in their nineteenth report in May last, state, (hat " the issues of Bibles and Testaments within the year, from their depository, had been 123,127 Bibles and 136,723 Testaments,making with those issued at the o' ?t nse of the Society from foreign pres is, since the commencement of the Insti ution Three million, eight hundred and seventy five thousand, four hundred and seventy four copies of the scriptures. The Russian Bible Society are dis distributing - tributing distributing the scriptures through the nu numerous - merous numerous provinces of that empire, " from the shores of the Frozen Ocean to those of the Black sea. In France, lately the strong hold of infidelity, there now exist more than sixty associations form formed - ed formed for the sole purpose of distributing the'Bible without note or comment. - In these kingdoms, and other European nations, the effects of Bible Societies are found to be great and beneficial. "A "A-mong - mong "A-mong the principal nations of Europe," says the Rev. Dr. Pinkerton who has recently visited the continent, " the op operation - eration operation of B.ble Societies during the last twelve yeats has been extensive and useful. In many of the habitations of tbe great on the continent,where the im impure - pure impure & impious doctresof Voltaire and hisassociates bad gained a strong ascen ascendency, - dency, ascendency, we now hear the pure principles of our blessed Saviour, and the sublime doctrines of St. Paul freely advocated. A second result of the efforts of Bible Institutions among tbe principal nations of Europe, is the increase of the atten attendance - dance attendance at the Church, and an augmented regard to Divine ordinances. A third result is, the far more general introduc introduction - tion introduction of the Holy Scriptures in schools of both Protestants and Catholics, and the great anxiety manifested by parents to have the minds of their children im imbued - bued imbued with the doctrines of the sacred Oracles."

Worcester, ss. October 1, 1823. Attached on mesne process . and taken on execution, and to be sold at Public Vendue, at Capt. Asa French, Jr's Tavern, in Oakham, on Thursday, the Gth day of November next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. all the Right in Equity JOEL BRIMHALL has to redeem the mortgaged Real Estate, on which he now lives, situated in the northerly part of said Oakham, containing about thirteen acres, more or less ; with a house, barn, card cardine - ine cardine machine, and clothier's works, standing thereon. MOSES HOLDEN, D. Sheriff. Worcester, ss. October 3, 1823. Taken on executions, (the same having been previously attached on mesne process) and will be sold at Public Vendue, on Wednesday, the fifth day of No November - vember November next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. on the pre premises, - mises, premises, all the Right in Equity which Capt. ABNER HARWOOD hath, in redeeming his mortgaged Real Estate on which said Abner now lives, with the buildings thereon, situated in the south part of Phillipston, it being the Stratton Farm, so called) containing one hun hundred - dred hundred acres, be the same more or less; said Farm is divided by the road leading from Tem Templeton - pleton Templeton to Petersham. JOSEPH UPHAM, D. Sheriff. Worcester, ss. October 4, 1823. Taken on Execution, (having been previously attached on mesne process) and will be sold at Public Vendue, at Samuel Davis's Tavern, in Sterling, on Monday, the tenth day, of November next, at 2 o'clock, P. M. all the Right in Equity which DANIEL F. MAYNARD, of Sterling, has to redeem tho mortgaged Real Estate, in the centre of Sterling, whore Gideon Bea Beaman, - man, Beaman, Jun. now lives; also, all the Right, Arc. EZRA PRATT has to redeem the mortgaged Real Estate where he now near the centre of said Sterling. EBENx. POPE, Jun. D. Sheriff. Worcester, ss. September 29, 1823. TPaken on excxcution, and will be sold at Public Vendue, at the house of John Lamb, Inn-holder, in Phillipston, in said County, on Thursday, the 30th day of October next, at 3 o'clock, P. M. all the Right in Equity which BENJAMIN H. LAMB had, or now has, of redeeming his mortgaged Real Estate, situated in said Phillipston, on each side of the turnpike road, and is tire Farm recently occupied by the said Benjamin H. Lamb. JAMES OLIVER, D. Sheriff.

Preservation of Wood by Charcoal. The following mode of preventing -ottenness in Pales, Water-shoots, &c. s recommended by Dr. Parry, who paid much attention to this important subject. He says: " More than thirty years ago this sub subject - ject subject presented itself to my mind, on see seeing - ing seeing some Wdter-shoots which had been pitched and painted in the common way, taken down in a state of complete rottenness. I had read that charcoal buried in the moist earth, had come down to us perfectly sound from the time of the Romans: and that posts long withstood the same moisture, if the part intended to be put into the ground was charred all round to a certain depth. Impressed with these facts, 1 determin determined - ed determined to try an artificial coat of Charcoal, and when new Water-shoots were con constructed, - structed, constructed, I strongly and carefully rub rubbed - bed rubbed them with a coat of drying oil, which 1 immediately dredged all over with a thick layer of Charcoal finely powdered, and contained in a muslin bag. After two or three days, when the oil was thoroughly dried, and firmly retained the greatest part of the char charcoal, - coal, charcoal, I brushed off what was loose, and over that which adhered, I applied a coat of common lead-coloured paint, and a few days after, a second. The whole became a firm and solid crust; after which the shoots were put in (heir pla places, - ces, places, and being examined many years af afterwards, - terwards, afterwards, appeared perfectly sound." Observations. - Any other color would probably have succeeded equally well with that which I employed. I do not think that lamp-black, which is a pure species of charcoal, would have answer answered - ed answered the purpose of forming a thick defen defensive - sive defensive covering so well as the grosser charcoal which I used. But whatever sort of charcoal is employed, it ought either to be fresh made, or heated again in close vessels, so as to expel the water which it greedily attracts from the air. It is to be observed here, that the practice of pitching pales, &c. is both incommodious, and inefficacious, as pitch is so liable to be melted by the heat of the sun. ibid.

agricultural. BRIGHTON CATTLE SHOW REPORTS. THE committee on Milch cows, Hei Heifers, - fers, Heifers, sheep, and swine, awarded the first premium for milch cows of S3O to the Rev. John B. White, of East Sudbury 2d. do, S2O to the Rev. Lemuel Capen of South Boston; - 3d do. sls to Henry Rice of Boston, for the Duchess of Marl Marlboro'. - boro'. Marlboro'. For Heifers, the 1 st. premium of sl3 to Mr. Samuel Jaques, of Charlestown. The 2d premium of $lO to Major Ben Benjamin - jamin Benjamin Wheeler, of Framingham. The 3d premium of $7 to Col. Joseph Valen Valentine, - tine, Valentine, of Hopkinton. The Committee were highly pleased with several other heifers, among which were the five heifers by Denton, owned by his Hon. Levi Lincoln, of Worcester, and entered for exhibition only. They awarded to Samuel Henshaw, of Boston, the first premium for the best Merino Ram, sls. To Samuel Jaques, of Charlestown, the 2d premium. $lO. To Samuel Henshaw, of Boston, the Ist premium for Merino Ewea, S2O. To Samuel Jaques, of Charlestown, the 2d premium, $lO. The committee award for the beet Boar, the Ist premium to Gorham Par Parsons, - sons, Parsons, Esq. for his Cobbet and Wellington boar, sl2. For the 2d best, to Silas Dudley of Sutton, SB. For the 3d. toFrancis Moore of Brigh Brighton, - ton, Brighton, $5. For the best sow, to Silas Dudley, of Sutton, sl2. For the 2d best, to Gorham Parsons, Esq. of Brighton, for his Leicester Sow, SB. For the 3d. to Samuel W. Pomeroy, Esq of Brighton, $5. For the best store Pigs, to Josiah P. Kenney of Roxbury, the Ist premium, $lO. For the 2d best to Luke Fiske of Wal Waltham, - tham, Waltham, $5. For the best spayed sows, four iu number, to T. P. Mariam of Concord, S2O. Mr. Parsons desires the committee to state that he relinquishes the premiums awarded to him for his swine, having in intended - tended intended to enter them for exhibition only.

NOTICE. Mrs. C. Belcher, would inform the public that she has commenced bus business - iness business in Shrewsbury at the late residence of Joshua Henshaw. Esa. deceased and offers for sale a general assortment of ENGLISH & FANCY GOODS. ALSO, Millenary of all kiuds made at the shortest notice in the most fashionable style for cash or approved credit. Worcester, Oct. 22. REALESTATE FOR SALE. TXT' ill be offered for sale, at ' ' Public Vendue, on the premises, on Saturday the 29th day of November next, at 10 o'clock, A. M. a valuable FARM, in the easterly part of Chariton, lately belonging to Alexander Nichols, deceased. - The home homestead - stead homestead contains about 120 acres suitably divid divided - ed divided into mowing, pasture and tillage. The buildings are a convenient, well finished dwclling-honse, two bams, sheds and ether necessary outbuildings, all in good repair. ALSO, About 80 acres of woodland, and about 18 acres of the best of pasture, lying about half a mile from the home Farm. One undivided fourth part of the above described premises belong to a minor heir of said deceased and is to be sold by order of Court. For further particulars, enquire of David Nichols of Oxford, Guardian to said Minor, or of Barnabas Rich, in Charlton. Condi Conditions - tions Conditions liberal and made known at the time and place of sale. DAVID NICHOLS. BARNABAS RICH. Charlton, Oct. 20.

Worcester, ss. Probate-Office, Oct. 1, 1823. To the Widow & Heirs of Samuel Phelps, late of Fitchburg, in said County, deceas deceased, - ed, deceased, and to all others concerned in the Es Estate - tate Estate of said deceased, Greeting. YOU are hereby cited to ap appear - pear appear (if you see fit) at the Court of Probate to be holden at Worcester, in said County, on the first Tuesday in November next, at ten of the clock before noon, to show cause why license should not be granted to the Administrator of said Estate to sell so much of the Real Estate of said deceased as will raise the sum of §202 80, foT the payment o debts and charges, and you will be heard thereon. THEOPHILUS WHEELER. Reg, Worcester, ss, Probate-Office, 14, Oct, 1823. To the Heirs of John Richardson. Jun. late of Shrewsbury, in said County, deceased, and to all others concerned in the Estate of said deceased, Greeting. You are hereby cited to ap appear - pear appear (if you see fit) at the Court of Pro Probate - bate Probate to be holden at Worcester in said Coun County, - ty, County, on the first Tuesday in November next at ten of the clock, before noon, to show cause why the administration of the Estate of said deceased lying and being within this State, should not be granted to Mr. Edward H.Hem H.Hemenway - enway H.Hemenway of said Shrewsbury and you will be hoard thereon. NATHI. PAINE, J. Prob.