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The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

MARYLAND ELECTION. The election in this State
has turned out much anticipated, and, is
ally the case where there is pressing exigency to call
the wings out in the of the loco iocoes In the
First and Sixth districts wing members of Congress
elected. In the other four, locoes chosen In the
Fourth which is strong wing district, comprising 10
wards of Baltimore city, Kennedy, the wing candidate,
lost his election in consequence Of the running OF Ma
tive American candidate who took off about 100 votes
The Senate was chosen last year. for two years, and
stands IA wings and !ocoes. The returns for MEM
bers of the House so far heard from, give 81 wing
members and 81 locoes, and five wing counties 10 hear
from. The whole number of members is 10. Parties
will be very nearly balanced.
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HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION.

We avail ourselves of the last opportunity we shall
have, to ask the friends Of horculture-the lovers of
good fruit of Beautiful flowers contribute whatever
may be in their power, toward making the Horticultural
Exhibition as interesting possible The remark is Of
ten made "Oh the season has been uniavorable and
have nothing worth showing" To this, answer, that
the unfavoIabenes of the season. the very why
they should bring forward the best specimens they have
There is hardly person, that cultivates any fruit who
if he would look what he has mig hit not find spec
mems, which would add interest to the exhibition. Bad
the has been, knot0 from considerable per-
sonal observation, that there great deal of very fine
fruit in this and the vicinity, and that nothing is
wanting but the proper spirit TO make this the best
hlbon we have ever had. Let the matter be looked TO-
then. Do not unit bring the best you have, for fear
somebody else will bring something better. If that feel
ing 10 be given way TO- there would be dozen
specimensof fruit in the exhibition. Bring on your fruit
then, and, see is we do not have exhibition weS,h
looking at.
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LOWELL STATISTICS. Ina work lately published,
is stated that out of the 6,78G females employed in
the mills only 46 have been dismissed from their board
ing houses for bad conduct OF the 800 female opera
tives in Lowell, Massachusetts furnishes eight Maine
one fourth, New Hampshire third, Vermont one
fifth Ireland onetoureenth, all other Places principally
Canada, e-seveneenh. More than three sevenhs OF
the whole, or 27l5, are connected with some Sunday
school either as teachers pupils About three-eighhs
or 2276, church members 527 have been teachers
in common schools The average wages of the female
operatives about 50 per week besides board-thc
sums earned range from 70 cents to S475 The facto-
ry girls Of Lowell have 100000 in the Savings Bank
in that city
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

SUPREME CoURT-NoRTHAMPToN At the late
term ofthe 5. j. tC. al Northampton two liquor cases.
from Springfield, were decided the result being con
frmation ofthe decision ofthe lower court The Hamp-
shire Gazette states, that Nye Mouton for selling liquor
was ordered to pay fine and to the amount Of
Sl42 A. e. Stowel for the same offence, was ordered
to pay fine of $500 and costs and for keeping Bow
ling Alley, $50 and costs and also, to give bonds in
the sum OF $780, to keep the peace for three years For
noncompliance with the order ofhe court he was com
med 70 jail in Springfield.
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right of the other thus, 1926 His calculations
entirely outstrip the capabity of his pencil to
cord them.
tried to make his parents feel that he was a
treasure lent. The mother evidently felt it so,
but the father seemed to be unwilling to yield to
the fond beiefthat he might become wonder
ful man as he surely is a child. At all events,
cannot but feel sif have seen something OF
what we yet may be when mortality shall have
been swallowed up of life.
GEORGE DENNISON.
Royalton, VermOnt, Aug. 2, 1915.
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HIGHWAY ROBBERY Last Thursday as Miss
Deems and female friend were returning from
the Baltimore markets in wagon, when thew
had got little distance above the Greenmount
Cemetery, they were accosted by genteelly
dressed villain, who, approaching the wagon. sud
denly grasped the wrist of Miss Deems, and broke
IRON it gold bracelet; retaining his hold of her
wrist he grasped a chain around her neck. at
tached to gold watch, which he pulled from her
bosom, and by sudden jerk broke the chain and
made offwith his booty. The watch cost $780,
ne screams OF the ladies were heard by some
men at work at Jenkins lanyard who came ont
to their assistance, but the rascal succeeded in ma
king his escape down amongst the willows by the
road, ~
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The Mormon WAR. 1t appears from the St
Louis Republican of Tuesday, the 23d, that the
Mormons have taken a supper in Carthage, and
marched into Warsaw without resistance or mo-
lestaton. The editor of the Republican says :
&c All the Anti MormOns, apparently panic strick-
en-, have given way before their enemy, and have
placed the Mississippi between them and danger.
What next will be done it is hard to say but I'M
less the Anti Mormons are greatly reinforced,
and take more active and decided measures
against their sworn enemy, the power of the Nor
mons must be more firmly established in Han
cock county than ever,'
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MURDERoUssSPIRIr-As young man,
named Farnum, residing at Mechanicsville, New
York, was few days since, was standing in the
Post ONCE, reading letter just received, an in
dlviduai approached, and without speaking a
word inflicted with knife, three savere wounds
in the abdomen. He was an entire stranger in
the country, was at once arrested, said he had
never before seen the young man, but felt an r
resstible desire to "kil somebody" He was
cummitted to Ballston jail Young Farnam's
condition has been considered hopeless, and is still
very critical. The mon was probably deranged.
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PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD,

Coon News The subscription to the stock OF this
road has been Completed the whole being taken
up, One hundred thousand dollars was subscribed in
New York The work will be Immediately commenced,
and will we doubt not, be pressed with all the energy
and rapidly that is consistent with an economical and
thorough construction of the road This will be very
useful, and. we trust. profitable route
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

FALL TRANsPLANTING. Mr. G. Newell Of
Dorchester, says;
persons wishing to set out trees will find the
IAN much me best time, as the land is in a much
better condition than in the snrinc In sottin.
out trees in the fall, it requires shovel fn y
coarse straw manure around each tree with a
few shoves-full of soil on top to prevent tbe
heaavlng OF the roots. Trees managed in this wav
Will make much larger growths the coming soa5
son than If set out in the spring; the drv weather
OF the succeeding year will not affect them 40
those set out in the spring. All young trees should
receive the above protection for three or four
years alter being set out the extra soil can ba
removed late in the spring of the year, leaving
Tue manure around the trees Experience tells
me !nat oy Setung out trees in the fall, with the
apo'G PrGcaullon' DO not lose one malt the trees
that do by setting out in the SPRING.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

A merchant in Richmond, Va, named Jas u
Jury, has been arrested on charge of forgery T.
Is said that he procured about $40, 1000 from Tho
three banks in Richmond with forged notes ~
merchants OF that city and Charlottesville Tbn
Enquirer states that the banks have secured them.
selves, to certain extent by the seizure Of goods
in the possession of Jury. s'OuS
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LARGE ROBBERY. The clerks office of the
steamer Penobscot was broken open on Thursday
night, while the boat was on her passage from
Bangor, and from $1,000 to $500, and gold
watch belonging to the clerk, stolen from the
desk. From $50 to 800 of the money was in
specie The robbery was discovered Just before
the boat reached the wharf in Boston, and she
was Immediately brought to, in the stream, and
officers were sent for, who searched all the male
passengers, but without finding any of the stolen
property. Traveller.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

PRESCRIPTION OF Democrats" Isaac
Hill, in his " Patriot complains that two loco
loco Senators from New England have been to
Washington since the adjournment of Congress,
for the purpose OF interfering in the appointment
and nominations Of the President. All their in
tluence, he says, has been directed not against
Wings, but against administration Office holders
and he winds up by saying, in view Of this pro-
scriptive course, that "we may well expect to
witness the democratic party in New England
grow as small in other States as il has in Massa
chusetts, under such a state OF things"
Salem Gazette.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

HoYT's CLAW PAPERS" These are, certain
ly, the queerest ofall legal documents ever suffer
ed to see the light. Who would imagine when
reading the church and bank epistles of Mr. But
Ter the pantaloon and war letters of Ex- Gov Marcy
the betting, stock gambling, blasphemous missives
of Mr.. JOHN VAN buren, to his dear jesse the
housing notes ofthe Sage of Underwood, &C. &C.
that he was simply perusinga lot ofold ''la,c pa
perS?" And yet such seem to be the facts, for
thus were the documents of the MACKENZIE
book labelled by Jesse. .Albanv Citizen
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BLESSINGS Mrs. Eaton, of Centralvile
Dracutt, was delivered Thursday morning Of
lnree chlldren;-two boys and one girl. The
mother and children are doing well, and we hone
VIII commune TO DO well. The husband of Mrs
Eaton is an Enghshman, and Mrs E. was born in
before This is the way to make a oNativa VI ="
merican Party. "-Lo,ceH Courier. a
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CONVICTION FOR MURDER.

Van Steenburgh, one of the band of Indians
present at the fearful murder of Sheriff Steele,
ofDelaware, has been pronounced by an impair
tial jury, Guilty of Murder, sentence witch, I'M
less Executive clemency interteres, will consign
him to the Gallows. A fearful terror to all who
bid defiance to the laws and their execution. 1t
appeared in evidence that Van Steenburgh was
not the owner Of foot of soil, nor had he ever
paid cent of rent. He appears to have been
worthless and abandoned vagabond, who willing
ly lent himself to the evil designs of others. He
has learned now that the way ofthe transgressor
is hard Prospects are equally gloomy for the
erst of the conspiraors. Northrop. one of the In
dian Chiefs has turned States evidence, and it is
upon his testimony that the identity OF the accu-
sed was fully made out.-.aI6 Jour.
The correspondent of the Albany Journal, wri-
ting from Delhi Oct. L, says:
Judge Parker announced this morning his de-
termination, in all other cases of those engaged
in the EARL tragedy, to accept the plea of guilty
OF manslaughter, and in of those indicted for
smaller offences, to dispose of them upon similar
principle. Acting upon this principle, great
number OF cases have been disposed of to-day,
and in less than a week all the cases, with two or
three exceptions, will have been disposed of to
the satisfaction of ell parties. Thus ends the
EARL affair, and thus ends resistance to law i'll our
county. Depend upon it, no ''Native'' will ever
show his face (or rather, hide iG in our county
again. Yours, NJ.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

CHANCE FOR MEDICAL PRoFEssoRsH1P.
Professor Richardson, of the Medical Faculty of
Pennsylvania University, having deceased, the
Faculty invite from the members of the medical
profession, applications for the chair of Obslretrics
and the Diseases of Women and Children. The
appointment will be permanent one, and the
person selected is required Ito make Lexington,
KY, his permanent residence.
ta 9h Boston Transcript
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

FIRE AT BENNINGTON, VT. On Tuesday
morning, Sept 80, at ~ o'clock, some scoundrcI
set fre to DR. Silas Wicox's barn, which waa
burnt, with his dwelling house, Dexter Damonds
house and barn, }. Judd's dwelling and tailor,s
SHOP WIDOW Norton's dwelling house. and tbe
Daptst church. Loss about $4,000. MIR S. p
ed by falling chimney. "0uNu-
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

The CouSTERFETTERs. One more counterieiter,
by the name of Benjamin Prilchard, was arrested in
Boston Thursday forenoon. by constable Ripley, in the
vicinity Of the Market. lie was engaged in pedding
lie had passed two S5s on the Nashua Bank and had
offered third Several Of these counereers have been
arrested in Lowell, which is said to be actually flooded
with these counerfeits.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

Contributors 10 the HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION
are earnestly requested to send in their specimens either
taday or as early omorrow morning possible, it
is desirable 10 get them arranged and the Room in Of
der TO open the Exhibition by noon Tomorrow
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

SPECIAL FAST. We learn from the Christian
Waterman, that Wednesday next is recommended by
the Boston Association 10 be observed as day of fast
ing, humiliation and prayer with special reference to the
present low state Of religion among the Baplists, and
the means of revival 1t is TO be hoped, says the Watch
man. that the day may be appropriately observed by
every church and every member throughout The body
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

CAssIUs M. CLAY. Extract of letter from
Cincinnati, bearing date the 18th of September
"Cassius M. Clay has been here for the last
week. His health is re-established though he
has not regained his strength He is calm and
determined. He has resolved to continue to edit
his paper at Lexington usual, though the print
ing must necessarily be done here, at least for
while He looks forward, evidently, to the pro-
liability that his life may be sacrificed in the cause
OF freedom, and seems to have deliberately made
up his mind to abide the worst He is true
man. all over-noble, resolute, sincere. AS such,
honor him, though cannot approve all he has
done agree to all he SAYS
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

The Glasgow Saturday Post mentions patri.
arch, aged seventy-three, who has been welded
70 hve wives and is the father of thirtv.tbree
children. He is now working for Is. per d9v and
his wife for Sd ~ Wy, anu
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LOWELL. This
morning about quarter past ~ O'Clock, a fire
broke out in the brick building on Warren street
in the rear of the American House, owned by
the Mddlesex Company, and occupied by VIM.
Cooling, loom picker maker, White & Pufer,
card makers, d. C. Brown, reed maker, and T. ].
Barnes, whip maker. The building was entirely
destroyed. The fire broke out in the second sto-
ry of the part occupied by Mr. Cooling. His loss
is from $4,000 to $1,000; insured for $4,000, at
the Rockingham Company, Exeter, N. III. Mr.
G.'s books and papers were totally destroyed.
White & Puffer's loss is about $4,000 insured
$4,000, viz. $4,000 at the Mutual office in this
city, and $4,000 in CharleStown. Books and papers
saved. A considerable part of Mr. Barnes's stock
was saved; his loss is not ascertaned. Mr.
Browns loss is from $4,000 to $4,000; insured at
Exeter for 1900. He had about S2500 worth of
machinery, and 400 reeds, entirely finished, in
the building, which were all destroyed. Books
and papers saved
The Middlesex Company had stored in the cell
lar from to 10 casks of olive oil, which was de-
stroyed; also from 60 to rs casks of palm OIL one
fourth of which destroyed. Their loss, in
GLIDING the building, is s. ,500-the building be-
ing valued at 50. 500. No insurance. The en-
CINE house Of the Wamesit Company, No. 3, was
also destroyed. The Pawtucket Canal being
drawn off the force pumps of the Middesex Com
pany could not be used for half an hour or more
after the fire commenced. The building no doubt
would have been saved had there been sup
ply of water in season.-LOceH Courier, Oct. g.
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DOUBTFUL ATTRACTION. The proprietors
oil new cemetery, at the eastern part of London
hold out to shareholders, as bonus, graves for
themselves. e0' 'oi
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Some Of the wealthiest men in st. PETERSBURG
whose word is good for 100000 OH the FS.
change, are slaves; who, with their families
may be sent by their masters to herd swine or dg
in the mines. U's
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

The following persons are subpenad to appear
before the Vice Chancellor on the 7th of Oct. to
answer bill of complaint exhibited against them
by Jesse Hoyt, in the matter of that corespon-
dence: William L. Mackenzie, Cornelius S,
Bogardus, A. s. Doane, J. S. RedfeId, William
Taylor, W. F Burgess, j. Striuger, w. A. Town
send, M. Mussey, and Willis Root
The same parties are restricted, under penalty
OF 1000 from printing, publishing or in any
ner disseminating or distributing the original
manuscript or aoritten letters any copies thereof
or parting with the said original letters to any per-
son other than the said complainant and from
farther printing, publishing, selling Or offering
for sale, of any other copies OF a certain book or
pamphlet, &c. &C., until the further order of the
court. Mr. Butler is the attorney for Mr. Hoyt
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

MASSACHUSETTS. The National Intelligent
Ger says ''To doubt the success of such candi-
dates as Briggs and Reed would be to doubt
whether, in any trial of her virtue Massachusetts
would be true to herself. 1t is to Maryland and
Massachusetts, above all other States, that the
less united and the States where Qhough really
STRONGEST Whigism is for the moment overborne
must turn their eyes with the hope, the conf
dence-so honorable to its objects-that on their
good soil, at least the brave banner, which has
been held aloft through so many years of discour-
agement and disaster, shall still fly, undimnsh-
ed of one single fold of breadth or inch of height,
until once more, in 1913, at their leading signals
the land shall spring to arms, hill answering to
hill and flag upon flag rising up into the air, sa-
lutte those that were never lowered
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The Pope, Gregory XVI, who was elected in Febm.
ary lo2l ana IS now IN his 8Oh year. said TO be ac.
The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1845-10-06

LUG population OF New Haven, appears by the late
census 1874. The number of inhabitants IN 1910
was 1880. The increase in five years has been 2a4
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"a play upon words" as the boy said when
kicked the dictionary up and down the school
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CAUTION. Beware Of counterfeit fues on the Nashua
Bank. They are quarter Of an inch longer than the
true BIZ, and differ i'll many other respects that they
may be easily detected. In the Spurious Bill the letter
IS committed in the word No at the top of the Bill be-
fore the figures olhe number of the Bill On the TOP
left hand corner Of the counterfeit Bill the word FIVE
is printed in capital letters on the tue b there is
large only by comparison with the true Bill, no
one can be deceived by the counterfeit.
POCKET PICKED Pocket Picking aourishes in Bos-
ton ; Winsow Lewis had his Pocket.book taken from
his pocket yesterday at IL O'clock at the door of the
Hamilton Bank, in which was two SlOO and several 81
of the Granite Bank-two checks drawn by lin on the
Granite Bank, one for S49S, and one for g75, with
great number of papers
The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-02-19

The NAvr.-We have received from "a gentle
man connected with the New York Press" pam
phlet entitled Remarks the Scarcity of Ameri-
can Seamen, and the Remedy; the Naval Appren-
ticeship System; Home Squadron" sc. The OBJ
ect of this brochure is to call the attention of Con-
gress and the public to the astounding fact as attest
ed by documentary evidence, that never more than
one-thrd, and seldom more than one.fourth Of the
crew Of either United States merchant vessel, or
n-of-war, are American born seamen. To remedy
this evil the author proposes the establishment Of
Naval Apprentice School in every large Atlantic city
as there are sailors in the world superior to Ame
rican seameD, and scarcely any that can approach
them in point Of excellence. ave have enough Of
the raw materia-iu every State hundreds upon hun
dreds of good boys particularly from the Western
S,ates would rejoice to enter the naval service in
this way" The subject is certainly deserving of
interest," and trust that Congress will not be in.
attentive to its great and incslcuable importance.
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HoRRIBLE SuIcIDE.-At New York, on Monday
morning, about quarter before o'clock, a young
man, whose name we understand, says the CONNER.
clal Advertiser, was Aldama, was observed to open
the dormer window the third story of the house of
Mr. 6. l.. Taant, So Barclay street, having only on
his boots, pantaloons, and shirt. After sitting upon
the frame of the window for time and using vi.
olent gesticulaons he climbed up over the project.
ing gutter and gained the roof ~, then sat across
the roof Of the attic window and commenced de-
claiming in an unintelgible m,nper to a crowd of
persons who congregated in the street, but who,
though painters ladder had been left a, the house
adjoining which was well secured and reached above
the caves Of the house, to have been afraid to
attempt any interference with the young man, who
was evidently laboring under mental alteration
Abruptly closing his harsngue, he pushed back his
hair from his temples, and placing his hands in the
position Of one about TO dive and securing additional
impetus by the action of his feet he plunged over in
to the street. and lighting upon his head on the flag
gcd footpath, was instantly killed, his brains being
scattered 10 every direction upon the pavement. He
had been noticed as in melancholy mood at times
for months past, and his were 80 much affect.
ed by the ,hunderbolt which fell near him on Saur.
day night, that he appeared quite deranged on Sun
day.