Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-03-26

IN opposition to the bill, the effect of which
was IN great measure lost, in consequence
of the thinness OF the house.
Mr.. Fletcher of Lowell, replied, answering
the arguments Of his colleague. He thought
that the marriage relation was in no sense sa-
cred, without affection, sympathy, mutual es-
TEEN, and love.
A brakeman on the niagara Falls R.
Road, performed perilous feat the other day,
which has never been attempted before, and
may never be again. He crossed to Backbird
Island, which overhangs the falls, and cut
cedar tree and brought it back, and the wood
has been made into canes to commemorate the
deed. The ice had made from the shore TO a
considerable distance, until it was almost met
by the ice from this island. But still there
was frightful space between, where the wa
ter was boiling and surging over the cataract
Nothing daunted at this, he procured an
eighteen foot ladder, with which he crept
along the ice, and managed to throw it over,
so that both ends rested on the edge of the
ice across the gulf, and then went across him
self on the rounds Of the ladder. After cut
ting stick of red cedar sufficient to make
three or four canes, he fastened it over his
shoulder, and made the perilous return, over
the rounds of the ladder, inthe same way he
went. The slightest giving way of the ice,
his frail bridge ard himself would have been
hurried into instant destruction or had he
missed his hold il, the least, certain and in
stantaneous death would have been the con-
sequence.
Jacob H. Welcome of Dedham,- has
been in Jail over year, having been COM
nltted By the commissioner of insolvency for
Norfolk County, for contempt in refusing to
give up 4 bracelet of the value of about $4,000
which he alleged belonged to his wife. The
wife is IN the insane asylum at Taunton and
the bracelet was, at the request Of one of the
asslgnees, loaned by the superintendent for
inspection of jeweller of Taunton, who pro-
nounced it paste imitation of diamond At
ter this the bracelet was given up by Mr..
Welcome to the assignees. but his DISCHARGE
was resisted on the gfounG that there had
been substitution of bracelets with view to
deiraud his creditors. His counsel has moved
for his release, but the decision is deferred.
A body of 1900 or 1000 troops. be-
longing to the Queen of Madagascar, have
been achieving what her Majesty calls VIC
tory over France; that is, they attacked the
french employees and native laborers work
ing at coal mine in the Bay of Yavatoube.
IN the North part of Madagascar, belonging
to France,) killed seven Frenchmen, made
over one hundred prisoners, DESTROYED prop.
erly worth 350,000f., and carried off seven
pieces Of cannon, quantity of muskets. and
some gunpowder. According to the Mauriti-
us paper, which records the occurrence. this
gross outrage and insult to the French flag is
expected to be reyenged by the Imperial Gov
ernment.
A man named Orr deceived two col
ored boys away few days ago, from Cincin-
natl, and took them to st. Louis, where he
attempted to sell them as slaves. Satisfactory
evidence having been forwarded to St Louis
that the boys were free, Orr was arrested on
charge OF kidnapping, and lodged in Jail to
await aIequisition from the Governor of Ohio.
The req uisition was obtained, but in the mean
time the prisoner was discharged on a writ of
ha6eaS corpus at st. Louis, thus escaping a
richly deserved punishment.
At Milledgville, Ga, 10th, the season
was about up to the first of February, and
not kernel Of corn had been planted. The
tall oats were generally winter killed and the
wheat badly thinned out. The supply of DO
tatoes had been destroyed by rot, SO that there
is not enough for seed. In MARYLAND. the
half starved deer come in from the moifntains
and silently supplcate for captivity, and many
of them have been stabbed. Mr.. 'Glotfelty Of
Cumberland, has nine in confinement, and so
tame have they become that they will readily
cat from the hand.
Mr.. Altman was smoking in his store,
where there was an open key Of powder, at
Galatin, Miss, when suddenly the walls were
seen to. spread with loud crash, and the
building became a mass of burning ruins
Mrs. Altman was taken out alive. badly bruis
ed, but her husband persisted in the building.
While VIM. Brown was trying to Dor
row $500 of James Lyford, in Boston, to
make up $4,000 which he wished to pay, Ly.
tord took the $4,000 and stepped out. He was
afterwards found and placed under $4,000
bonds for trial, but the $500 is still miss
ing Both arc green grocers, which suggests
an explanation Of the mystery
Very rich deposits of tin have been
found in Australia, and large shipments of
the ore have been made to England The
discovery of the ore is attributed to a Boston
ian, Frank Storer, who, whom chemist to the
Ringgold exploring expedition, gathered
specimens of the tin ore of Australia, anal
yzed them, and published the result, showing
the richness Of the ore, in the Sydney papers.
There was a sensation in one Of the
Boston churches, Sunday, caused by the dis.
coyory of a considerable volume of smoke is.
suing from the organ, during sermon time.--
An examination disclosed the two /" blowers
IN the little coop behind the instrument, COM
fortably enjoying their segars, and-the alarm
abated.
Thomas Maloney, Irish, died at New
York, Saturday, very suddenly, and the cor.
oners ascribe the event to " diseased sausages
and intemperance." The jury appended to
their verdict a caution against poisonous
meats-but not against poisonous drinks.
Wild pigeons flying north found the
air rather chilly, and have stopped in large
numbers in the neighborhood Of Cumberland,