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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS, IN MIL
FoRD.-From the Milford Journal we obtain the
following statistics of that town for 1857;
BirthS-Whole number 1874 males, 167: fe-
males, l67; children of American parents, l04
Of Irish parents, 2l7; of other foreigners, ID.
The population Of the town is S000 5000 OF which
is American. The disparity of births between
the native and foreign population is a striking
fact
Manageable Town Clerk issued l04 mar
riage certificates, and there were l6l marriages
solemnized.
Deaths.-There were III deaths 10 town, 81 of
which were Americans and 60 foreigners or chill
dren of foreigners. OF the 1854 burials, ITO were
inferred in the Catholic buryiDg ground. The
number of the deceased at different ages were as
follows Under five years, Is; from five to ten,
IL ten to twenty II; twenty to thirty, 10; thir.
ty to forty, II; forty to fifty 8; fifty to sixty,
sixty to seventy 6; seventy to eighty, 6 eighty
and upwards, 5. OF these, Widow Hopestil
Parkhurst was 3d. Widow Mary Clark SO 2,
Widow Mercy Albee SO 2-3 Nj Ebenezer Wood
81, and Edward Gallery, an IIish Catholic, was
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

IHE "LooALIzATIoN" OF THE KANzAs
QUESTION. -One of the principal arguments
advanced by MIR. Buchanan and his support
ers IN favor of the admission of Kanzas I'M
der the Lecompton Constitution, is, that such
disposal OF the question will "loealize" the
excitement, by withdrawing the agitation
from Congress, and confirming it to Kanzas.
inasmuch as the people of Kansas can then
alter or amend the constitution as they please,
and the army can then be Withdrawn from
their Territory. Mr.. Buchanan, in his recent
message, contends that the provision of the
Lecompton Constitution, providing mode for
Its amendment after the year 1864, does not de-
par the people from amending it previous to
That period, If they choose so to do. But what
guaranty exists that Mr.. Buchanan or his
party will adhere to this doctrine after the ad-
mission of Kansas as Slave State Will
they not then abandon this theory as readily
as they abandoned the fundamental principle
of the Nebraska bill--the sacred principle of
popular sovereignty9
Suppose Kansas admitted under the Le-
compton Constitution, and a project for re-
sending its slavery provisions pending before
the people. Instantly the pro-slayery minor
ity would protest against the proposed mea"
sure, as unauthorized by the Constitution,
and violatlve of the clause relating to
amendments. They would resist it by
all possible expedients, if we may predict
their future course from what we have wit
messed OF their past action; and nothing
would be easier than for them to get up an
armed opposition to it, with a little border
ruihan aid, and then call upon the President
for his interference. AT this juncture, Mr.
Buchanan, looking through his pro-slavery
speotacles, would see Imminent danger of
civil war" and, acting under a 'deep sense
OF his responsibility to his God and to his
country he would again order the army to
hanzas, to "maintain the laws" "preaerve
peace" and "prevent the efiusion Of blood"
Upon which side the troops would be in
structed to act-who would be be treated as
rebels and who law abiding citizens-cannot
be questioned by any one who has observed
the progress of events in Kanzas for
the past three yerrs. The free State
men would be treated as e" yiolators
OF law" and slavery would be upheld IN the
State. as it has been in the Territory Of Kan
zas, by the military arm of the federal gov
eminent.
Would such a ''ocalizasion'' of the agita.
ton, by the adoption of the Lecompton con-
stituton, withdraw the strife from Congress,
and give peace and quiet to the country ;
No! 1t would renew the excitement with
tenfold violence, in the halls of the national
legislature and throughout the nation. Peace
and quiet can only be restored to the country
by giving the long-sufering people of Kanzas
their right of self-govornment, untrammelled
by bogus constitutions, born of fraud, false
hood, and baseness," to use the strong Lam
guage OF a Democratic journal. - BoS. Tran
script.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08
Irranslated from lhe German

Translated from The German
At the midnight hour, the drummer
Forsakes his bed on the grounds;
With his drum to and fro he hsstens,
And busily goes the rould.
With his arms Of flesh deuuded
BE plies the drumsticks well,
As a lilfu roll he beateth,
Tattlo and lDud reyeille.
The drum full oddly rolletb;
nightly sound it makes;
Each Old departed warrior
From his grave khereat awakes.
And those in regions arctic,
Benumbed in ice ard snow,
And those in lily lying,
Where the earth is hot beloW.
And where the Nile mud covers,
And Arabia's golden sand,
From all their various sepuchres,
Arise,-with arms in hand
At Midnight hour, the trumpeter
Forsakes his bed in the ground,
Blows shrilly on his trumpet,
And rideth up and down.
Then come, on ghostly horses,
Dead horsemen riding by:
TIE bloody veteran squadrons
Are armed variously.
Grimly, from under the helmets,
Lcok their skulls so white and old;
Each bony hand is graspng
sabre in its hold.
At midnight hour, the General
Forsakes his bed in the ground;
Comes slowly riding thither,
With his staff, who him surround.
A little hat doth crown him,
simple coat he wears,
Also, little dagger,
Hung at the side, he BEARS
The great plain is iIluminei
With the moonlight's silver hue;
The man so simply crowned
Doth all the troops review.
Then, after arms presented,
And shouldered, of they HE.
So thus, with ringing music,
The army marches by.
Tie marshsls and great generals
circle form; and near
Is one to whom the Emp'ror
Whispers lightly 10 the ear.
The word goes through the army,
Re-eehoes far and near;
France" is the magic watchword,
The countersign, saint Helena"
This is the grand reviewing
Which the Elysian field beholds,
And, at the hour Of midnight,
The ghostly Emperor holds. RS
Bolton, February, 1858.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

BURGLARY AND INCBNDIARIsM.-We learn
from Mr.. Penniman of Ross's Express, that the
brick store in Millville, Mass. was entered on
evening" about eleven O'Clock, by burglars, who
succeeded in blowing up the safe, from which
about thousand dollars, was distracted, and the
building was then set on FIRE. By means of the
powerful force-p pumps of the Mnlville Manufac
turing Company, the flames were subdued, but
the building and goods were badly damaged by
water. The store was occupied by Barrows &
~
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08
. All! happy years ! Once more
Who would not be a boy ~

A, P. WARE & Co, Nos. l6S and ITO Main
street, invite the attention of the public to their
advertisement in the special notice column of
this. days paper, in which they announce an ex
traordInary reduction in the prices Of their large
stock of clothing. Having just received from
New York auctions a large and complete assort-
ment of broadcloths, cassimeres, doeskins, and
vestings, both of foreign and domestic manu-
facture, they are prepared to make to order, in
the best manner, every description of garments
that may be needed, and at prices to s,Ht The
times large assortment of children's and
youths clothing always on hand, or made to or
der at short notice.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

FIRE IN BARRE.-On Saturday afternoon last.
FIRE took from burning out the furnace pipe in
the dye house, two rods distant from the wooden
factory of Hon. Edward Denny, in Barre.
Thence the flames extended to the roof of the
factory, which was entirely consumed, with large
quantity Of stock therein. Total loss about $50,
600, on which there was an insurance of $4,000 at
the Conway office. The mill was not running on
that day, being stopped for repairs.
We understand that an insurance policy for a
much lager amount had expired within a few
days
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

Two BOYS DROWNED WHILE STATING
Friday night two boys, named George Bemis and
George Trowbridge, were drowned in Larned
Pond in birmingham, by falling through the ice
while skating. They were both about eleven
years OF age, and were sons of Nathaniel Bemis
and George Trowbridge. The bodies have both
been recovered. This sad event has cast gloom
over the town.
oo.much care cannot be exercised while s kat
ing, in approaching any weak spots on the ice.
At Jamaica Pond on Friday, two young men
broke through. but were rescued one of the par
ties, however, had his arm considerably injured
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

young mare, owned by Deacon Grant,
weighing eleven hundred, and sharp shod,
became frightened and escaped from his son
while returning from a party, on the 18th
ult and striking at 2.40 gait, dashed into the
house of Nathan ID. Blake Of Corinth VT,
about o'clock in the morning. Mr.. b., his
wife and three children, sleeping in bed
room on the ground floor of his house, were
suddenly reused by terrible crash, the lights
usually burning were suddenly extinguished
the next instant the bed upon which Mr.. b.
and his little boy were sleeping was broken
in fragments and piled with its occupants in
a heap on the floor. Next large. mirror at
the head of the bed was shattered in pieces,
the table overturned, bottles, clocks, &C., de-
molished. Then came another crash the
bed upon which Mrs. Blake and her two
young daughters were sleeping was crushed
in pieces with as little. ceremony as the first.
Mr.. u. sprang to his feet aud found that the
horse had broken in through a strong street
door latched and bolted, dashed through his
dining room thirty feet in length, and rushed
into has sleeping room, leaping first two. thirds
the length INTO his bed, then wheeling directly
across ond upon the bed occupied by Mrs.
Blake and the children, completely demolish.
ing both beds. She then halted over the ruins
under which Mrs. Blake and the children
were buried In the darkness and confusion
Mr.. Blake succeeded in removing them from
their dangerous situation. No injury was
done, strange as it may seem, except that the
mare cut her face against the mirror. After
some trouble she was induced to back out
Boston Post.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

APPoINTMENTs.-No nominations have yet
been made BY the Governor for the vacant offices
of Judges of Probate and Of Insolvency, in this
county. 1t is expected they will be made today
or tomorrow. They have to lie over for seven
days before they can be confirmed or rejected by
the Council.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

A Coon cow.-Hon. Z. p. Burlington of Fall
River owns a COW that has given during the past
year 1874 quarts Of milk, which is an average Of
10 1850 quarts per day for the entire year. This
milk was sold at six cents per quart, and amount.
edto $3.50 a. The original cost Of the COW was
S74, and the cost Of keeping Sl24 As, making
Si9S 40, while the milk Of one year amounted to
Ss7 80 more than both first cost and feed. This
10 certainly remarkable COW.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

The Union regrets that the Hon. William
smith OF Virginia has been detained at his resi-
denee in Virginia BY indispOsihon. He expects,
however, to be able to resume his duties as
member of the House Of Rnpresenla.ives in
very few DAYS
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08
G9t 14allg SPe.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY s, 1858.

THs CONFLICT IN CoNGREss.-As possibly
some may not understand fully the precise bear
ing and relevancy of the questions involved in the
contest in the House of Representatives, on Fri
day night, it is proper to remark, that on the d.
rect question Of the admission of Kanzas .oun5er
the Lecompton constitution, there is some doubt
as to how the vote in the House would stand at
the present time, there being several Democrats
who are opposed to it, but of whom it is feared
that they are not yet prepared on final vote to
cut themselves loose from the administration
But these men are willing to adopt measures
which shall secure thorough investigation OF the
alleged frauds. Such an investigation the ad-
ministration know would be fatal to them, and
therefore they oppose it by all the means within
their power. The contest has therefore been,
whether to refer the subject to the Committee on
Territories, in which the anti-Lecompton Demo-
Gratis are not represented, and on which the Re-
publicans have but one member, or to a select
committee, with instructions to investigate the
whole matter. The latter was the object of Mr.
Harris's resolution, on which he moved the preyi-
Gus question. 1t was to stave off this question,
By the ADMINISTRATION men, that the irregular and
disorderly proceedings of Friday night took
place.
twill be seen, by the journal of the proceed
ings, that, although the INSTRUMENTATION men
did not succeed in getting direct vote on the
question Of the reference, yet that they obtained
virtual triumph, by the agreement of the ad-
minisuation men to suffer the question to be ia
ken today, without any further effort to protract
or delay the proceedings.
The hard fight made by the Black Democrats
against any inquiry, shows the desperate charac,
ter both of them and their cause. 1t is in fit keep
ing with the whole of the outrages upon
the people of Kanzas, and on justice, right, and
decency, which has characterized their proceed
ings from the first. If the people do not visit
terrible retributon on these men, we may well fear
for our institutions. There is not country in
Europe where the people would submit to such
despotism as that which the federal bayonets have
forced upon KanEas, and which 1t is the object of
the administration to perpetuate.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

The Albany correspondent of the Journal Of
Commerce says that heI saw the other day six
runaway negroes marched through the streets
under the protection of Stephen Myers, black
man, who claims to be the President of the Gun.
derground Railroad"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

INcREAsE OF PAuPERrsM.-A few days since
mother in the Poor House at Taunton gave birth
to child weighing eight pounds, the mother be.
ing eleven years old, and the father but fourteen
The mother herself was born in the Poor House,
So says the Boston Bee.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

Mrs. Mcmahon sent letter enclosing
q three.cent piece, as a mark of her apprecia-
ton, TO the editor Of the Richmond Wing,
which paper made fun Of her /" Lady Teazle''
In the " School for Scandal"
Mr.. William r. p. Hathaway, former
ly Of Frcetown, died in Ohio on the 23d ult.,
which is the same day that his brother, Hon.
Elnathan 7. Hathaway, departed this life at
Freetown.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

Ihe hrst batch Of African cmigrants, under
the new contract made by the French Gov
ernmeht' has arrived at Martinique. Symp-
TOMS OF discomfort we've manifested among
s eno arrears on the Island, aud an at empt at
nlBlt to st. Lucia had been i scoyered on one
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

South GARDNER.-Rev. R. R, Ashley, pastor
of the Baptist Society, received donation visit
last Wednesday evening. The occasion was en-
livened by apprpriate speeches and sentiments by
ministers and others present The whole re-
ceiPts amounted to one hundred and seven dol.
Low
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

Resolutions instructing the Senators and re-
questng the Representatives from Tennessee to
vote for the Lecompton Constitution. have been,
after discussion, rejected-37 to 80.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

CRIMINAL CoURT.-In the case of William
Holt of Uxbridge, for nuisance, the jury on Sat.
urday morning, returned verdict of guilty.
William Brannan of Fitchburg, for two single
sales of liquor verdict guilty. Same, for nui-
sance, verdict not guilty.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08
SPY .MONo.AY. FEBRUARY 8,

potency of many of them to exercise legal
functions. Mr. Wells moved an amendment
to the bill, which was adopted, causing the
appointment Of police justices TO be made
from the justices of the peace. The amend
ment was adopted.
Mr.. johnson submitted an amendment,giv-
ing police justices jurisdiction in civil cases,
as well as criminal cases, for the trial and
examination of offenders, 50 far as the powers
of justices Of the peace now extend,
Mr.. Willard of CharIestown opposed the
bill as q revival of the old system of trial
justices, which was universally condemned
by the legal sentiment of the State.
Mr.. Duncan of Haverhill supported the
bill in able speech.
Mr.. Harris Of Brdgewater favored the bill,
and opposed the amendment as unnecessary.
The discussion was farther continued by
Nose of Springfield, Corliss of Lowell, Hale
of Bosten, Brown of Dorchester, and Cush-
ing of Newburyport, when the bill was
passed over without taking vote upon it,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

Died in the almshouse in Duxbury,
Jan. II, Mrs. Abigail Brown, aged one hun
bred and eight years and eight months and
four days. The deceased has been in the
almshouse for many years. She was born on
the ocean on shipboard, coming from Ireland.
Her first husbands name was Peterson Her
last consort was an officer in the revolution.
belonging to Maine. She was the mother Of
ten children, had a strong mind, and remark
able physical constitution.
The Lynn Bay State mentions that
Mr.. Joseph Blanchard dug peck of pota-
toes OH his land in Lynn, on the 10th inst
In consequence OF rot, the potatoes were not
considered worth digging last fall but few
remained untouched by the great DESTROYER,
and the ground being entirely free from itost
they were taken out as above in perfectly
fresh aud sound condition.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08
MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE.
SATURDAY, Feb, 6.
SENATE.

SATURDAY, Feb. 6.
SENATE.
The Committee on Public Charitable Insti.
buttons, were authorized to send for persona
and papers, in pursuing their Investigations
relative to the proposed reduction of the ex-
penses OF the State pauper establishments.
The House order in relation to the election
of Overseers of Harvard College, came nm
with the Senate amendment non. coneurred
in. The Senate voted to insist upon their
amendment.
The appropriation bill was ordered to third
reading. $50
petition was presented from Maria YES
ton Chapman, and eight hundred other in
habitants of Weymouth. for the removal of
Judge Loring; from Benz. F. Butler and ten
other councillors at law, for a law term. to be
held in Boston as often as once in three months
for hearing and deciding all cases on the law
dockets of the several cases of the common
wealth.
The Judiciary Committee reported that it is
nexpedient to legislate SO as to alter the pres
ent statutes regarding the election of asses
sors.
The same committee made similar report
upon an order to inquire into the expediency
of making the compliments in behalf of the
Commonwealth, (if they fail to make out
their case,) to pay their own costs also, in.
expedient to legislate upon the law regarding
the election OF selectmen and overseers Of the
poor or to allow endorsers of negotiable pa.
per to impeaeh its validity by reason of usury;
or to repeal or amend the law whereby the in.
come on trades, professions, and employments
is taxed.
The order introduced yesterday. that the
Committee on Charitable Institutions visit the
almshouses and insane hospitals for certain
| purposes, was indefinitely postponed.
The orders Of the day were taken up at Il
o'clock.
The report from the Committee on Elections.
unseating the representative from Williams.
town, Mr.. Cole, was accepted.
The next matter was the bill for the an.
| pontment of police justices, authorizing the
| Governor and Council to appoint police ius.
tees for all the counties Of the State exoept
| Suffolk, Middlesex having not more than thir.
| ty, Worcester not more than twenty. eight,
and the other counties proportionate mum.
ber,-no such justice to be appointed in any
city where there is police court. A Justice
Of the peace in criminal cases may issue a
warrant Of arrest, but the examination or trial
is to take place before police justice
Mr.. Wells, from the Judiciary Committee
supported the bill in a strong speech. com.
menting upon the number Of Justices of In,
Peace IN the Commonwealth aboui
four thousand, one thousand Of whom wer,
commissioned last yoar-and upon tho incon
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

George Fuller, station agent of the Providence
and Worcester Railroad at Central Falls, r. l.,
was tried on Thursday before a justice of the
peace, in smith6eld, for assaulting, beating, and
threatening to kill his wife. He was found guilty
and sentenced to pay fine Of Sl5 and costs, and
to find surety in the sum Of $500 for his future
good behavior. Failing to do this, he was COM
mitted to the county Jail.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

NORTH BRooKFIELD.-Therewa was not a death
in this town in the month of January.
The boot and shoe business gives some faint in
dicatons Of reviving, but will most likely remain
quiet until Spring, when orders for Fall trade for
the South and West will come in
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

George McLane alias George McDou.
gal, was the name Of a man hung last Thurs
day by the mob near Ligonier, Indiana. lie
confessed to over thirty highway robberies,
and the Detroit Free Press says he was the &C.
complete of the notorious Townsend, the Can.
adam murderer aud highway robber.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

=, WAsniNoroN Feb 7th.--the ARRAY in th
mouse on saturday morning, still affords an
animated subject Tor conversation, but thpro
Is no probability that any further difficulty
will occur between the two pfincipnl bellioer.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

FlsKE's BAND CoNcERT.-The last of the Sc.
ries of concerts by Fiske's Cornet Band, at Me-
chanics' Hall, will be given tomorrow evening.
See the advertisement column.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

SKATES SKATES Those in want of good
article can be accommodated by calling on Bat
telle in Merrifeld's Building, Union, corner of
Foster street.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

/, is said that the District Attorney Of Boston
has at length entered a mol. pros. in the case Of
Commonwealth pe. Rev /. S Kslloch.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-02-08

MISUNDERSTANDING day more has been ad
ded to the running time of the Lancaster mills.