Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-23

The Law Reporter says thai it is a
fact, that, in one of the neighboring States,
where there was but one pauper, ne was cleo
ted member ofthe legislature, and actually
took his seat and, it may be added the fact
of his being a pauper might not have been
known, had not a bill been introduced to give
the bodies of paupers to surgeons, which he
understanding to mean while the said paupers
were alive, was SO agtated that his real char
acter became known and the scene may be
better imagined than described, when he made
solemn appeal TO his constitutional rights
against such monstrous law as the one pro-
poed.
The property Of ]. G. Underwood,
who has been banished from Virginia for the
offence Of attending the Republican Conven-
ton at Philadelphia is advertised at auction.
"Pertect liberty Of association for political
objects, and the widest scope of discussion
are, says Gen. Pierce in his message, ''the
received and ordinary condition of govern
ment in our country OF course they are.
Rev. j, w. G. Pennington, who was
recently elected from the cars in Broadway,
N. Y, brought suit against the Company
for damages with the design to test the right
of himself and his race to the benefit of pub
lie conyeyances. The jury decided against
his suit. An appeal will probably be taken,
Tor decision SO unequal and unfair cannot
be maintained in courts that are above preiu.
dice
Charles Perkins of Litchfeld, Conn,
died suddenly in London on the 18th of Nov
ember. He had been travelling on the Con-
tinent, and was engaged in literary studies at
London. He was suddenly attacked with
taintness while sitting in the library of the
British museum, and was taken to his room
IN great pain. In two hours afterwards he
died.
At Pottsville, Pa, Wednesday evening,
fluid lamp exploded, and the flames com
municating to the dress of Miss Kimmer, she
was burnt to death in about five minutes
Her father and mother, in endeavoring to
extinguish the flames, were badly burned in
the hands.
Albert Pike, of Arkansas, has re-
ceived fee of 100000 in an important law
suit. Since that time he has announced his
intention OF retiring from the bar altogether,
as his fortune is now sufficient to enable him
to live at ease.
Miss Catherine NJ. Sedgewick' the
distinguished authoress, died at Stock bridge,
-'Ae9o'I va thO A4St N(ClJDEE. one llNeu IN re-
tirement, and, well known as her works have
been, the noise of politics drowned the news
Of her death, so that it has scarcely been al
ludcd to by the journals that were so often
enriched by the products of herpen.
In the circuit court for Chenango
county, John c. Dell has obtained verdict
for $4,000 against the Galena and Chicago
Union Railroad, for damage at public cross
ing, when neither bell was rung, nor whistle
blown, nor speed Stacked.
Mrs. Bently, sickly lady, weighing
less than eighty pounds, walked thirty con :
secutiye hours, at Lafayette, Indiana, last
week. The last Ave minutes of her walking
was in quick step, to the tune of Yankee Doc
die. A cotillon party, Mrs. Bently leading in
the first set, ended the affair.
Roger Sherman Baldwin, Jr., died at
Bakers Ranch, Placer county, California.
18th November last, aged thirty one. He
was son Of the Hon. Roger S. BALDWIN, OK.
Governor of Connecticut, and was gradu-
ate at Yale of the class of I847.
Ten out of eleven applicants for ad-
mission to the bar in New York, have been
rejected by the examiners. This severity of
examination is something quite new.
Eleanor Hama, native of the county
of Monaghan, Ireland, for the past fifty years
widow and resident Of New York city, died
two or three days since at the age OF one hun
dred and twelve years.
A man named Chapman, of Plainfeld,
Conn, was run over by train of cars on the
road between Providence and Hartford on
Saturday, while riding in a wagon, and was
so badly injured that he is not expected to
survive.
Florida, with II ,2ll voters, has three
electoral votes. Iowa, with $4,000 voters, has
but four This is one oil tho "wrongs of the
South ~
Upon an application of the Bank
Commissioners, an injunction was put, last
week, upon the Bank OF Hallowel.
Rev. DIR. Chaplin has been invited to
take charge of congregation at Chicago, at
salary Of $4,000 year.
The steamer Atlantic, which sailed
from New York for liverpool on Saturday,
took out ~ passengers, and $GS,4l2 "a Ia
specie.