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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

Who ARE THE AGITAToRs ?-The Albany
Evening Journal very forcibly answers the
question as follows:
The administration party have been two
years deploring the agitation of slavery, and
ever since last spring have insisted that the
slavery question was finally and conclusively
settled. There has been no new attempt at
agitation on the part of the opposition. But
how is it with themselves
The President sends in his message, and two
mortal columns of it are devoted to tanning
the flames Of slavery agitation.
Congress meets, and on the first day of the
session, Mr. Mason, chairman of the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, acting in behalf of
the administration, takes the earliest moment
to revive the slavery agitation by calling I'D
the claim of the owners of the Amistad ne
groes.
The South Carolina Legislature assemblies
with conceded administration majority in
both houses.--lts whole time is taken up with
discussion of a proposition to reopen the
slave trade, and the revival of agitation
The Arkansas Legislature, also in session.
devotes its time to pro-slavery resolutions for
the express purpose of keeping up "agita-
ton"
The North Carolina Legislature is agitating
the subject of reducing free negroes to slave
ry. The Alabama and Florida Legislatures
are agitating the slave trade. The Mississippi
| politicians are issuing manifestoes, all to a
greater or less extent agitating the slavery
| question. All these are Democratic bodies.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14
USE OF 0pIATEs.

1t is said, on the authority of medical men,
that the use of opium and kindred drugs in
this country is becoming one of the passions or
cheap vices" of our sedentary and indoors
people. The annual importations at our chief
ports amount to something like five hun
dred thousand pounds Medical prescriptions
would exhaust less than one-tenth of the guam
tty The rest is given to crafty some fasci
mating and perilous weakness The Chinese
nave the reputation, whether deservedly or not,
OF being the pattern opium eaters of the world
But the average consumption in our cities is
reported nearly as great. Its chief use is CON
fined to judges, crying children, women af-
flicted with ennui, lawyers, factory girls, and
the like, who are not accustomed to the use of
burning fluid and other stronger stimulants.
Those are for reckless men generally.
Many are tempted into its use by its reputed
exhileration of the system, without exposing
one to the shame of staggering Or to the
Headache next morning" DeQuincy has
made more opium inebriates than any single
opium grower among the Turks, the Hindoos,
or the Chi U Whangs. His brilliant, extray..
agant story of the ETHEREAL intoxication, spar
king with diamonds, and lustrous with the
unutterable light of the seventh sphere, has an
effect on every impossible mind which the
dark sequel of agony and terror cannot wholly
dissipate. He tells his discovery of the ex-
hilGating properties of the drug as follows =
Happiness might now be bought for penny,
and carried in the waistcoat pocket. Portable
ecstacies might be had corked up ina pint bot
tie. And peace of mind might be sent down in
gallons by the stage COACH" Who but an an.
chorite reads the story of that artificial Elysium
into which he rose and wandered, without a
sort Of luscious longing for the wicked drug by
which he was etherialized and maddened?
The secondary effects of this species of OPT
ates are not immediate. In front of the pic.
ture is field of cloudless serenity. The dark.
ness and the pain are great many years in
the back ground. The little demon of the
drug while tickling the systems into a state OF
the most delightful sensations, is examining il
with the mischiefs which escaped from Pando.
ra's box, and have not since been caught and
boxed up, as they should be. The haJitues in
the use of the weed" are marked by extreme
attenuation, deep, CLASSY eyes, and general
arrangement of the faculties-though these
deficiencies are sometimes attended with ex
IRENE intellectual acuteness, as in the case o.
Coleridge, Tennyson, and the immortal fellow
who told the tales of the Arabian Nights. We
do not see many of them in our cold climate
Those who cW use narcotics are tempted by
the cheaper and more vulgar ones. Indeed
some physicists say the vice is an undevel
oped one among us, and dates no further bacl
than the beginning of the Temperance Refor
nation in 1885.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

We are requested to state that Billiards. Panora-
ma of New York City exhibits at Lunenburg, in the
Unitarian Church, Tuesday afternoon and evening,
Dec "A; at Leominster, in the Town Hall, Wednes-
day afternoon and evening, Dec Is; at Baldwin
vile, in the Baptist Church, Thursday evening" Dec,
Is; at TempetOn, in the Town Hail. Friday after
noon and evening, Dec, II; at Athol, in the Town
Hall, Saturday afternoon and evening, Dec. IS; at
Athol Depot village, in the Baptist Church. Monday
afternoon and evening, Dec. 20; at Royalson Cen
tire, in the Baptist Church, Tuesday afternoon and
evening, Dec. 81; at Winchendon in the Town Hall,
Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening,
Dec. % and %; at Ashbur9ham, in the Town Hall,
Friday afternoon and evening, Dec "a The after
noon exhibitions commence at O'Clock, the evening
at O'Clock. We are informed that the proprietor
of this work intended to exhibit it here again during
Christmas week. but Mechanics Hall being engaged
at that time for the Ladies' Fair its return here is
postponed till after the first of January
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

ScARLATINA AND MEAsLEs.-Mr. Witt,
member of the Royal College of Surgeons,
has published a pamphlet in which he states
that carbonate Of ammonia is a specific for the
cure Of scarlet fever and measles. He cites
DIR. Pearl Of Liverpool, and other practitioners
who have never lost a case out of hundreds
since adopting this remedy. Two drachms of
the bcarbOnate of ammonia are dissolved in
five ounces Of water, and two tablespoons of
OF the solution given every two, three or four
hours, according to the urgency of the symp-
toms. No acid drink must be taken, but only
water, and toast and water, The system is TO
be moved by dose of calomel, Unnecessary
The room must be well ventilated but the pa
tent protected from the slightest cold or draft.
Garges should also be employed for clearing
the throat The ammonia, it is said, counter
acts the poison which causes scarletina, and
also acts on the system by diminishing the
frequency and at the same time increasing the
strength Of the pulse. As so many children
die from these diseases in this country, this
remedy ought to receive fair trial from the
profession
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

ARIZONA AND SONORA-It has always been
predicted by those who know most of these
comparatively unknown regions, that they
would prove even more auriferous than Cali
tornia itself, in mineral wealth and the precious
metals. These predictions are now being fully
verified, if the most recent advices are rela-
Bile. Lieut.. Maury, who represents Arizona at
Washington, and who came passenger in the
last overland mail tells a wonderful story Of
the gold dominion on the ella River. AS the
presence Of the gold is always attractive, so we
are told that a small city has suddenly grown
up on the ella, and two hundred and fifty men
were engaged in surface washing, and were be-
ing well paid for their labor, though the inn
plements for gold washing are of the rldest
description. AT San Rita, five hundred miles
east of this region, gold was also being obtain
ed, and it was judged from this that the whole
region of the country must be gold bearing
Silver was also found in abundance, and the
Sonora Mining Company are reported to be
smelling 1000 ounces per week. while the Pat
genia, San Antonio, Pacific and San Rita
companies are also all hard at work.
Nearly 5000 voteswe cast for delegates in
Arizona, but the population is estimated at
from 10000 to $4,000, Of whom three-fourths
are Americans. The country, however, is
practically without law. The Apache Indians,
who have hitherto prevented the full discovery
Of precious metals, have been quoted to
great extent, though they still continue their
depredations ON the frontiers of both Sonora
and Arizona, while the revolutionary move
ments among the 100000 Mexicans who com
pose the population of the former, tends to baf-
fie the enterprise of the miners. But when the
country is settled and under good government,
we are promised, by all reports, the opening to
the enterprise of our people of a second Ophir.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14
The correspondent of the Tribune says:

1t is regarded as demonstrating the intention
of the Democratic leaders to adhere to the ex-
IRENE pro-slavery policy adopted at the last
session-to reduce the mti-Lecompton men to
the position of faction, and to drive them
from the party.
A leading Southern Senator said to-day that
they had temporized long enough, and that
they had concluded to drive Douglas out of
the party. The South will tolerate no halfway
position.
The ant-Lecompton Democrats express deep
indignation at the treatment which Douglas
has received. Mr.. Broderick was not invited
to the caucus, and is considered as having been
formally read out of the party.
Mr.. Seward, on hearing the result of the
caucus, remarked that it was the best ilustra-
ton that could possibly be given of the truth
of his statement that there was an irrepressible
conflict between freedom and slavery. 1t was
greater outrage, politically speaking, than
the attempt to force Kanzas into the Union as
a slave State, because it indicated a settled
determination to tolerate no diversity of opin-
ion upon any measure which the South de-
manded.
The anti-Lecompton Democrats declare that
they will not submit Douglas said recently
that he meant to continue the fight with the
Administration to the end.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

CONGRESSIONAL CoNFABs.-The Washing
ton States, in its notice of the opening of Con-
gress, says of the Senators
Seward and Mason gossip themselves into
laughter; while Thompson, of n. j., has
'few words" with his neighbor, Hammond,
who, all the while, is diligently looking over
his correspondence. Kennedy bends romanti-
caly over the desk of Rice, as though to say
sly things to one of the fair sex. Sldell and
Gwin put their two white heads together Col
lamer, with STOPPING shoulders, listens to
Green; Cameron, ponders, head on hand,
alone; King indites blunt missiyes; Wade
wades through the columns Of a newspaper;
Foot and Wilson square their chairs, and face
each other in light loquacity; General Shields
and Ward, the new Senator from Texas, pass
seasOnable compliments; Clay listens to Iyer-
son; Jones taps his thumb-nail with his paper
cutter; Stuart is very sedate, while outside of
the bar, Bright and Duff Green confab 7. F.
Meagher attentiyely scans the scene, and va
rious other distinguished" of
course, or they could not get the foor-pass,
repass, recognize, and inquire.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

MAEuFAcTURING.-The greatbreak down of
the last season, has induced proprietors of man
ufacturing establishments, especially incorpo-
rated ones, to look more carefully into the con-
Germs, and sec to what leaks or mismanage-
ment it is owing, that so many have sustained
such heavy losses. Many private establish
ments, and some of those incorporated, have
made money all sle time, straight through,
showing that there is no necessary cause for
the losses that have been sustained. Since
the revival Of business, under more careful
management, il is believed that the mills gen
orally, are making money. Some of the best
managed companies in Lowell as we learn
from the Citizen, have made a fair per cent
age the last six months, and few of them
have orders ahead of production. Several Of
the Nashua Companies are earning one per
cent month.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The POSTAL REvENUE.-Of the $40, 798 ,063
postal revenue collected in the United States in
1858, S425, 236 was from Massachusetts,, an in
crease of about $4,000 from 1857. The next
New England State is Maine, with s209, 676,
but Connecticut comes close behind with 5000
45l; New Hampshire collects $4,000; Yer
mont sl34,00O Rhode Island $4,000; New
York s1,15400O; Pennsylvania $4,000; Vir-
ginia S473, 0OO Illinois 1927 900; Ohio $780,
900; California s2S3, 900 Ia decrease of $500
from 1866 Texas s4IS,OOO IAN increase of
over $500, 900 from 1857, SC.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The case of Jane Anderson, the girl who
was arrested at Cincinnati, dressed in boys
clothes, has aroused much interest in that city
She was accompanied by her brother, Joseph,
and their statement was that she had worn
this disguise for three years, for the sole pur-
pose of being with her brother all the time.
They had worked as common laborers, and her
sex had not before been mistrusted. Its stated
that they were remarkably well behaved, drink
ing no liquor, and using no bad language. The
girl was sent to the city prison for ten DAYS
during which time it is hoped that she will be
prevailed upon to wear the clothing and engage
IN the avocations peculiar to her sex.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

WHEN TO WEAR INDIA RUBRER.-We
have noticed that many persons wear India
rubber overshoes in cold dry weather, to keep
their feet warm. This is an injurious and evil
practice. India rubber shoes are very COM
Portable and convenient for covering the feet
during wet and sloppy weather, but they
should never be worn on any other occasion
their sole use should be to keep out the water.
They should, however, therefore, be put off
whenever the wearer enters the house, and be
worn as little as possible, because they are air
tight and restrain the perspiration of the feet
The air cannot be excluded from them for any
length Of time, without sensibly affecting the
health. 1t is our opinion that, no h abit tends
more to good health, than clean feet, and clear
dry stockings, so as to allow the free perspira-
hon OF the neither extremities. - Scientific
american
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The AFRICAN COTToN FIELDs.-If there
be any country more capable than another of
largely supplying the wants, not only of the
cotton market Of England, but Of the whole
world, it is the west coast of Africa The
success Of Mr.. Clegg's single handed and be-
ney0lent endeayOrs is a confirmation of that
opinion. Still more so is the recent report of
Commodore Wise. In that report the Com
mOdore says that cotton grows wild and uncut
tivated in great prOfusioH, and with vast rapid
ity along the whole coast of Guinea; in the
neighbOrhoOd Of Sierra Leone and to the north
ward, especially up the rivers inland, in all the
Byonga country; in the Republic of Liberia,
extending from Shebar to the river Pedro, and
for sixty miles inland; throughout the Blight
Of Benin, in the district inland of the Blight of
BiatTa, from the mouths of the Bonny, Niger,
Old Calabar, and Cameroons rivers and in the
whole province of Angola, especially near the
rivers CuOnsa Beng0, and Daude. In short,
cotton grows abundantly, and is indigenous
everywhere, III the whole western part of
Africa. Moreover, the seasons are so well
marked, that proper care need only be paid to
the period Of planting to prevent any loss being
sustained from wet during the opening of the
pod; and, on the other hand, there is little
probability of the cultivation suffering from
drought. From the nature of the soil and the
regularity Of the seasons, the cultivation Of
cotton can thus be prosecuted with the greatest
success in Western Africa. After the plant
has been fully established, the yield per acre
will, doubtless, be equal in quantity and quality
to that obtained in Georgia Without there
beng any necessity Of resorting, as in the
isles Of Carolina, to the aid of costly and ex-
hausting manures, the finest kind of cotton
that known as sea island-can be obtained in
all places bordering on the ocean, such as the
Gold Coast, to which our observations for the
present are more particularly confined, where
the two great requisites for its produce exist
sea air and periodical inundation by rain
London Daily Telegraph.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

IHE WICKED FLEA-wHERE NO ONE PUR-
sUETH. AT an exhibition of fieas before one
of the German soyereigns, the exhibitor be-
came perturbed, looked hither and thither,
searched through his repository, and stopped
the performance, with an apology that one of
his chief performers his Napoleon, had escap-
ed, although he was safe since the acting be-
gan Where can he be gone ?" said the king.
The exhibitor looked uneasy, but spoke not.
TEL me- said his majesty, interpreting his
increasing confusion, "what you suspect. p
"lf may be so bold, your majesty, believe
he has taken refuge with the Princes Il"
"Ihen," said the king, search shall be made;'
and the princes retired. After while she an
peared with captive, who was Immediately
put upon the stage But oh horror! the
exhibitor exclaimed, ole is not my Napoleon /;
he is a wild one !"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The STATE ALMsHoUsEs.-There was a
general meeting of the managers Of the State
pauper institutiOns-the alien commissioners
and inspectors of the several almShouses-at
the Monsoon Institution, last week. for the pur-
poses Of comparing the management Of the
different establishments, and instituting com
mon principles Of government and economy.
DIR. Wheelwright, Of Taunton Mayor Hun
tingtOn, Of Lowell Gen. Sutton, Of Salem, and
William B. May, of Roxbury, were among the
gentlemen in attendance. The Monsoon aims
house now has 6O3 inmates the Bridgewater
$50, the Tewksbury $50, and the Rainstord
Island $50. The horses of the Monson aims
house, while conveying some of these gentle
men from the depot in a Sleigh became fright
ened and ran furiously for half mile; but no
one was harmed save Mr.. Bannster, Of Wor-
cester, one of the Monson inspectors, who was
in feeble health, and was thrown out of the
sleigh and received several severe Commissions
and scratches on his head.-,Sminqfed Repub-
hcan
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

A CORRESPONDENT of the Rochester Union
writes from New York, that "Mrs Cunning
ham, of Burdell murder notoriety, and her
two daughters, are living in an elegant mansion
IN Twenty-Third street. and, apparently, in
easy circumstances. They give parties occa-
sionally, and the head of the family it is
said, was visible at the opera, the other even
ing. Augusta was married recently"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

'AYErrf s INDICATED PAPER.-Gayetty's Medicated
Paper for the water closets is discovery recently made
by gentleman of New York. and is now obtaining an
extensive patronage in every section of the Union It is
the only pure paper manufactured and for that alone
Is entitled to general use but it is rendered Invaluable bv
process of medication which renders the whole fabric
curative and preventive, far as the disease called
fles Is concerned This paper is highly recommended by
an VINO nave experienced weeks use, and those who
nave used 1t longer would not be without it under anv
circumstances As a luxury and necessity il has no
equal in any thing before the public 1000 sheets 81
400 sheets Soc. Sold by Druggists everywhere. Each
sheet has j. c. Gayetty, water-marked in It, Depot Al
Ann street. New York For sale in Worcester by eorpe
C. Trumbull, $50 Main street
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The distinguished English chemist, Mr.
Herepath, has taken advantage of his trip to
South America, to collect and examine fire
flies, in order to get at the secret of their lu-
minosity. The commonly received opinion in
regard to the source Of light emitted by insects
is, that it is due to the slow combustion of
phosphorus, resembling that produced by
gently rubbing a match with the finger Mr..
Herepath denies this, however, as he was able
on the application of the most delicate tests,
to detect not the smallest trace of phosophO-
rus in the bodies Of these curious little crea-
lures. His opinion is that the light is caused
by the burning of a peculiar compound of
carbon and hydrogen, in special gland eX
posed to view
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

a SOBER MAN MoRTALLY HURT AND TAX
EN- UP FOR DRUNKENNEss.-On Thurday, in
New York, Bernard Gilligan, steady Young
man, was knocked out of wagon which came
in collision with another wagon. His skull
having been fractured by the fall, he was tax
en- into drug store, where he lay insensible.
a short time after, a policeman came along,
and, taking possession of the young man, CON
veyed him to the Police Court, where he ell
tered complaint against him for drunkenness,
and he was committed to prison for examina-
ton, and was found dead in his cell about two
hours afterwards.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

SPIRrTUALIsM - AmuSing Disclosures - e Capt.
Hoyts' wonderful tipping medium Mr.. p of WOr-
and found to correspond precisely with the devel,
opmens made by DIR, BLY,, in his exhibition in this
place some time since. DIR. BLY, will lecture in
the particulars of his &" detective mediumn since his
lecture here, with rapping, tipping speaking writ
ing biting, drinking, and chewing mediums the spir-
ter, &c, with interesting experiments. The tickets
of admission are ten cents b.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

VANITY IN THE BARN-YARD-The Coun-
try Gentleman states that the common evil of
turkeys straying from home may be prevented
by an appeal to. their vanity ''They will not
leave the yard in which they are put if strip
OF ret flannel is tied around the wing long
enough to trail on the ground. The receipt is
simple and easily tried and, if effective, would
prove of great benefit in removing source of
annoyance to the turkey breeder. The vanity
OF the fowl is probably effected by this means
as he wouldn't wish to run the risk of seeing
strangers with such drag upon his dignity"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

The Hartford Times says that the Union
Arms Company had a contract to furnish the
British government with $4,000 MIME rifles.
They have turned out 10000 of them, but be-
coming embarrassed some time since, they
were unable to go on with the work, and last
week decided to give notice to the British gov
eminent that they were unable to complete the
contract
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

Four of the most eminent of the pulpit ora
tors of the present day are natives of Litch-
field, Ct, viz: Rev. DIR. Bushnell of Hartford ;
Rev. DIR. Huntington of Harvard College -
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher of Brooklyn; and
Rev. DR.. Wordsworth OF Philadelphia Be-
sides these are others who are and have been
doing good service as pastors, among whom
are the Rev. John Pierpont Rev. DIR. Lewis
of Brooklyn, and other sons of Dr. Beecher.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-12-14

And Alex. II. Bullock is elected Mayor by plu-
raiity of ffty-siX votes over VIM. w Rice.
In addition to the above, there were three scatter
ing votes, making the whole number of votes cast
three thousand two hundred and fftv-seyen, num-
Der greater we believe, than has been cast at any
previous election. Last year the whole vote for
Mayor was two thousand seven hundred and forty
nine which was less than that of the present by five
hundred and eight, and Col. Bullock's vote is two
hundred and thirty-seyen more than was given upon
the citizens ticket at that time to Col Davis the
present incumbent