Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-03-13

FIRE IN SPRINeFIELD.-The row Of buildings
known as Railroad Row, in the immediate yiein-
ity of the depot, and the Massasoit House, took
fire Wednesday, and fears were entertained for
the safety of the hotel and depot The flames
were, however, sub1ued by the gallant fremen.-
part Of the Row was burnt. 1t was occupied as
eating houses, by Phelps, Eagan, and others
Loss, Including that of the occupants, about
g25OO, portion of which is insured in the Peo-
pies Company, at Worcester. At one time the
Massasoit House was in great danger.
Transcript has taken upon itself the especial
championship of the temperance cause 1t is
only within few weeks that its editor was the
leaser of one of the worst "rum holes in the
city, and even now it occupies nearly column
of its first page with an advertisement of wines,
spirits, cordsls, brandies, gins, porter, ale, sc.
We only allude to this matter at the present
time, for the reason that the Transcript clique,
at the time of the last municipal election, de-
nounced the Spy rum paper" and to re-
mind them that we never leased any property
either for drinking or designation purposes, and
that we invariably refuse to advertise articles of
that description, which the immaculate editor of
the Transcript displays in larger capitals than
any other advertisement which his paper contains.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENTS WITH Mr..
SUMNER.-Seversl weeks since, some of the
leading gentlemen of New York united in re-
questing Hon Charles Sumner to address the
citizens of that city upon the great moral and
political questions of the day At that time it
hoped that Mr.. Summers health would per-
nit him to accede to this request; but his feeble
health and early departure for Europe compelled
him to decline. The following is Mr.. Summers
letter:
New YORK, March 6, 1857.
Gentlemen ON the eve of sailing for France,
to assure and complete my protracted GONZALES
cence, am honored by your communication in
viting me to address my fellow-citizens of New
York. Were my health such to justify any
public effort, should gladly seize the opportuni-
ty which | am now compelled to forego About
to visit foreign shore, l should with pleasure
attempt once more to fill my fellow citizens with
something of thai inextinguishabe love which 1
bear to the institutions of Freedom here estab-
lished, and also with something of that nextin-
gulshable hate which springs spontaneous in
my breast for that organized barbarism which,
having its origin in slavery, now torments our
country, perverts its public policy, degrades its
public men, and stamps its shame upon
tional history. With valedicory words should
seek to strengthen at once the love aud the hate ;
believing that only in this way can Kanzas be
kept from being the prey of slavery; only in this
way can our liberties be preserved, and only in
this way can the Republic be saved from becom-
ing the mockery of the world.
Especially to the young men should l appeal.
1t is always privilege to labor, and if need be to
suffer, for great cause and let them well I'M
derstand that this privilege is now theirs.
Accept my thanks for the honor of your invita-
ton, and believe me, gentlemen, with grateful
respect, Your faithful servant,
CHARLES SUMNER.
To Messrs. w. c. Bryant. NJ. H. Grinnell, Chas
King, c. A. Dana, d. D. Field. W. M. Byarts,
and others.