Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-10-30
A sinnnlar ethihitinn of fiIial afFect;,

A singular exhibition of filial affection
lately transplred in Detroit. A man named
Stevenson and his mother, an old woman,
were convicted, he of stealing, and she of Sc
cretlng stolen property, and they were sem
fenced for five years each, to state Prison
When the mother had received her sentence,
the son arose and offered to serve out both
terms of punishment, if the court would re-
lease his parent Of course, the Court had
no such discretion, but it was a touching evil
dence of child's love-that this young GRIM
inal was not so hardened, even by the almost
irresistible example of mothers guilty cour-
ses, but that be still felt the power of the
mysterious bond attaching him to mother.
That boy could not have been all bad, and it
is a question for philanthropists whether his
five years of association with thieves and ruff
fans will improve his moral condition, or
quench in him entirely, the better portions of
his nature.
George Elliot made one of the most
remarkable balloon ascensions on record, at
Richmond, Va. a few days since. Finding
that his balloon was not sufficiently buoyant
to raise him above the trees, he threw off his
hat, coat and boots, and at length cut loose
his car; then tying together the ends of the
three small cords which had been used to at
tach the car to the balloon, he seated himself
upon them, and rose rapidly from the ground.
After being suspended between heaven and
earth for period of some thirty five minutes,
during which he suffered greatly from the
cold, he attempted to descend, but found that
the valves of his balloon would not work, and
that his only alternative was TO await the cou-
densation of the gas. This gradually took
place, and after having passed an exceedingly
uncomfortable hour i'll the regions of air, he
made a safe descent about two miles from his
starting point.
j. E. Holmes, an overseer on the plan
tation of Henry Metcalf, ten miles from Match
ez, was murdered by one of the plantation
'chattels' on the 18th inst. As the slave tells
the story, Holmes attempted to whip him, but
he resisted. A scuffie ensued, in which
Holmes threw the negro to the ground. The
latter succeeded. however, in turning the over
seer, and getting on top of him extracted his
pistol from his pocket, and then stabbed him.
The murderer had always borne most excel
ent character.
Peter P. Brigham, the renowned, was
convicted Of being common seller of spirit
uous liquor, in the Municipal Court, in Bos-
ton, On Friday, fined 800, and required to
give bail in $1,000 to cease the business. A
bill of exceptions was allowed, and the case
goes to the Supreme Court.
The Gar has ordered the arrest of all
the engineers who were engaged in the con-
struction of the forts at Bomarsund, because
the notifications, which should have been
constructed entirely of blocks of pure granite,
proved to be simply filed with sand and rough
stone.
The bids for the publication of Bar
NUNS autobiography were operedon Thurs
day by a committee of seven, when it was
awarded to James Redfeld, who makes the
extraordinary bid of ffty-two cents per copy,
or $4,000 for the copyright.
Richard Rockingham, Jr., one of the
editors of the Boston Post, is the Hard candi-
date for Congress in the seventh (Banks's)
district.
Telegraphic wires have been extended
entirely across the Peninsula of Hindostan,
from Calcutta to Botany, distance of twelve
hundred miles.