The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-08-25
WORCESTER:
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST rs. 1890


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1880.
BOSTON INDEPENDENT FUsILIERs.
A company from Boston, with this name,
under the command of Capt. Lewis Dennis, ar
rived in this town on Saturday morning last
on a tour of camp duty, and left yesterday
They were accompanied by the Boston Band.
We are not conversant in such matters, but
from the attentions paid them by many of our
citizens, and the crowds which witnessed their
exhibitions, we infer that to them the visitwas
gratifying, and we are happy to say that we
have heard their correct and orderly deport-
ment, while here particularly spoken of.
friend has furnished us with the following in
formation in relation to this company
Various surmses having been made as to
the age of this elegant company, from the cir
cumstance that their uniform is similar TO that
worn by the British soldiers in Boston in '76,
it will not BIO amiss to state the facts in tho
case.
No uniform company existed in Boston in the
spring af 1886 On the day of General Flee.
ton that year, the escort duty for the Execu-
tive was performed by the Roxbury Artillery.
But in consequence of Shays's Rebellion break
ing out in the autumn Of the same year, four
independent companies were then formed, viz,
the CADETS, which had existed from 1854 to
the time of the war, and were then distanded;
the REPusLIcAS Volunteers the INDEPESD-
EMIT LIGHT INFANTRY (whose first commander
was Hon. II. G. Otis) !; and the MASSACHUSETTS,
FUsILIERs; as they were then called. OF those
four companies the second and third are now
extinct. The exclusive privilege of having
four commissioned officers was enjoyed by the
Fuslers. Their uniform, as it is stated by
Whitman in the History of the Ancient and
Honorable has varied but little from that orig.
inally adopted.
KENTUCKY ELECTION. Though the entire
returns of the recent election in Kentucky are
not received, enough is already known, to show
that majority of the new Legislature will be
Anti jackson. Some fears have been enter
tanned, that the result might be unfavorable, as
the Clay party, confident in their own strength,
had suffered themselves to be broken up and
were scattered among numerous candidates,
while tho Jackson party was perfectly organ
lied and disciplined, and concentrated its
whele strength on single ticket In conse-
quence of these divisions among the Clay men,
the Jacksonans succeeded in electing part o {
their candidates in two or three counties in
which there always has boon an Anti-Jackson
, heard from, and the jackson papers, in the
height of their exultation, proclaimed that the
] Stale had gone in their favor. We did not give
much credit to their statements, because, they
! last year claimed a majority, and persisted in
it, till the organization, and the resolutions in
favor of Henry Clay and of the tariff and in-
ternal Improvements, proved how unfounded
their claims were. Soft results this year. We
have accounts from sources on which we have
always found it safe to rely, that sixteen Sena-
: tors favorable to the present administration,
and eighteen opposed to it are elected and four
remain to be heard from. Of the House of
s Representatives, SO far as they are heard from,
: there are thirty mine members elected who ara
: IN favor of the present administration, and fif.
ty-one opposed TO it. OF this election, the
< last Kentucky Reporter says =
0 at has been many years since national mol.
> ltcs had so little influence upon our State cleo
: tons. In some counties mere preference for
d men was the sole consideration In others a
Il great number OF candidates pressed themselves
: forward, without regard to the interest of their
party No party interest could be excited in
: favor of those who cared SO little for the party
and so much for themselves. OF course they
: were generally defeated.
We cannot hope, under SO many dsadvanta.
geous circumstances, that our strength has re-
n NAMED undiminished in the legislature There
$ has, however, been no material change. On
j, the north side Of the Kentucky river we have
' lost two counties and gained two-perhups four /;
3 in the middle district the loss is not balanced
3 by the gain, though we have gained members
in several counties in that district The results
in Green River, as far as received are favora-
ble-even more favorable than we expected
D from the general apathy which prevailed before
the election. The defeat of our federal Sena-
tor, Mr.. John Rowan was considered certain,
and that being the only specific object in Wow,
the Republican party without putting forth its
! full strength and without organization, has Ger.
} tainly triumphed. We have but little doubt of
there being also a majority in favor of recalling
Senator Bib.
4 0r Since writing the above, later accounts
have been received with fuller returns, in an
extra from the Office of the Frankfort, (Ky.)
Commentator. The result u.s. for tho Senate,
Republicans 90, Jacksonians 49, and three dis.
tricts to be heard from. Representatives, Re.
publicans Sc, Jacksonians 30: three counties to
pc heard from, and one in which tho opposing
candidates wore equally balanced.
Missouri ELECTION. great effort has been