Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-05-24
SiFiINGs.

= Hay is only S125 per ton in California.
When the truth oteads one, it ought to pass ont
of the mouth as naturally the air we breathe.
Harmony--a sensual pleasure, which in well regulat
ed minds, seldom fails to produce moral results.
Who has no friend and no enemy. is one Of the yul.
gar, without talents. power Or energy.
What are the ornaites of religion, if man's.liie
brings scandal on what he processes.
boy by the name o. James Mc'Gralh aged two
years, carried over Niagara Falls the 10Th inst
Silence may be the sglen mood of evil temper OF
he lofty endurance OF martyr.
He who is not elated when he is praised, or de-
eeted when treated with disrespect, is a wise man.
People seldom learn economy, tillthey have little left
10 exercise it upon.
~ There is scarcity of seamen in Boston al pre-
sent, and several ships prevented from going to sea
ON want of crews.
Open heart to sympathy but close to despond-
ency. The flower which opens to receive the dew,
shuts against the rain
A man named Crosby, was killed on the Million
Railroad, on Wednesday, by the premature explo.
sion of blast.
. An injunction has been served upon the lotteries
OF Delaware, and no more drawings will take place,
mil the Court decides upon the merits Of the
8-A pckerel weighing n;ndeeq pounds was caught
in seine in Connecticut River, at South Hadey Falls,
on Saturday last.
yThe Europa sailed from New York on Wednes-
day for Liverpool with large number of passengers,
and $4,000 in specie.
C7y"A wretch named j. c. Godfrey, Of New York,
while drunk, stabbed his little boy with fork and
b oke off the prongs in his breast.
II man named Butler, at Nashville, Tenn, is in
Jail for having tied his wife in bed and starved her to
death.
In California they have revived the punishment Of
" tossing in blanket" Sancho Pancho it will be re-
membered, had occasion to enjoy that exercise.
N. P. Willis and Colonel Webb are having nice
litte BLACKBOARD controversy through the New FORK
newspapers.
~ Daniel Moore, Jr, formerly of Maine, has OBJ.
tanned from the Indiana Legislature charter to navi
gate White River by steam vessels for twenty years.
y Gen. Cass! has written another letter to some
body in Indiana, saying that he will besa candidate for
the Presidency, if nominated by the Democratic Ma
tonal Convention.
The oldest woman in the world is supposed to be
one Mary Benton, residing in Elton, Durham Co.
England She is in the l2lst wear of her age and is
in possession of all her faculties.
A violent hal-storm passed over Dinwiddie Co
Va, on Wednesday last. In some places, hail fell
to the depth of five inches, doing great injury to the
crops.
u Mrs. Alexander Hamilton is not dead, as report
ed. This venerable lady resides at Washington city,
aud though in her Gath year, is still in the enjoyment of
excellent health.
ACCIDENT IL TAuNToN-On Monday last Charles
Duxbmy, lad employed in the Copper Manufacturing
Co., had his hand badly bruised in machine as to
render amputation Of three fingers necessary.
Evil thoughts worse enemies than lions and IL
gers; for we can keep out of the way of wild beasts,
but bad thoughts win their way every where. The cup
that is full will hold no more-keep your heads and
hearts full of good thoughts that bad thoughts may find
no room TO enter.
FLoGGING IN THE NAvY.-This law works we'll.
On board the U. s. Corvette, jamestown, with com.
plemen of more than 200 men, now in commission more
than month, not single man has been reported for
INSTRUMENTATION, neglect q duty intemnarA''os VIZ
',a"e TINS gratifying statement upon the very best au
thority.-Pmnsyluania
LOOK oUT-A new rifle, and new ball Of pyra
mldal form, having point of strongly tempered Steel
have lately been tried with success by the inventor,
Devlsme, IN France The balls were shot at an iron
target, and at the distance by which ordinary balls
would be Hattened upon the target, these new ones
pierced completely through without their points be-
ing blunted.