Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-11
VARIETIES.

w men the NlcOHlc ue
whose saltpetre swindle have been published
was brought into the Paris court he excited uni
versal sympathy-the beau ideal of gentle
man, a member of one of the most ancient
French families, his tall form, his Intelligent
eye, his melodious voice, his perfect manners,
his straw colored kid gloves, his exceedingly
well got up attire, &C., seem to have struck the
newspaper writers all up of heap but not the
Judge He sentenced him to fine and impris-
onment, without pity. The swindle was rem
dered necessary by fast living, ruinous wife,
too much lansquenet and opportunity as hold
er of government office.
About two weeks since, well known firm
in Beekman street, New York, claimed that
their premises were entered by burglars, and
$4,000 worth of goods taken away. Every eff
fort has been made, however, by the parties
robbed, to keep the matter from the police,
but some of the detectives have the case in
hand, and, it is expected, rich developments
will be made in a few days.
A young gentleman, complaining few
evenings ago that shower bath had been adj
ministered to him the evening before, alta trial
of one of our steam engines, elected the re-
mark from Miss - that as he was so bright,
perhaps they took him for fire, and that he
ought to thank his stars that they did not ut
terly extinguish him whereupon the young
gentleman laughingly declared he was more
put out by her remarks than by the ducking
he had received.
There was more fact than fancy in the cross
reply of an unfortunate female cuprit when
under cross examination by brow beating
limb of the law. MADAME" he demanded,
"what sort of conduct have you pursued
through life, that should subject you to the
suspicion of this outrage upon the PLAINTIFF"
She answered, "Impudence, which has been
the making Of you, has been my ruin.
The last filibuster expedition against Cuba
was the maddest of all, and it was fortunate
for the Spansh-Amercan boys that they were
driven into a Haytian port. One of the num-
Der writes to his uncle Prieto in New York,
that Port-au-Prince is such miserable place
that it is impossible even to steal there, and he
must have some money or starve.
Young Dubois, who fled from Cincinnati,
the other day, with 1000 obtained by forged
check, took with him beautiful and accom-
plished young lady. He was 10, of good re-
putation, and librarian in a Sunday School,
and the girl was a year younger, and of blame
less character. They have been traced to
Cairo, ILL.,, and will doubtless be apprehended.
The Catholic Church of ST. Bernard, in
South Providence, was broken into on Satur-
day evening, and several of the vestments
blOlCu dlu QUILTS lGlI llullldleu he OBJECT,
undoubtedly, was to obtain possession of the
sacred silver vessels used in celebrating mass
and other sacred exercises. No clue has been
found to the perpetrators of the outrage.
d. A. Smalley, of Vermont, the chairman
of the Central Democratic Committee, is now
in Washington, comforting as to a compromise
of the difficulties between the Douglas and
Buchanan wings Of the Democracy, and per-
haps in reference to the Charleston Conven-
ton.
The case against Swan, and others, charged
with the illegal vending of lottery tickets, was
commenced on Monday. Defendants counsel
moved to dismiss the indictment-lst, because
of the offense charged being not technically a
crime subject to Indictment; and I'd, because
there was no prosecutor. Messrs. Toombs,
Stephens, and Jackson, are counsel for the de-
PENDANTS.
The Detroit Advertiser says the under
ground railroad in that vicinity was never be-
fore doing so fiourishing business, ninety -four
slaves having been recently landed in Canada.
One company comprised no less than seventy
fugitves from the interior of Tennessee.
Three first class trotting horses-Kate Mil
Ter, Lady Shean and George Washington
were burned to death on Saturday, in the con-
fiagration Of stable at the Union Course, l..
for George Washington
The proposition for reunion of Rhode Isl
anders abroad, in Newport, during the coming
summer, has been received with favor by all
concerned, and the sons of Newport in differ
ent parts of the country are corresponding in
regard to the arrangements.
During an official reception in Paris, short
time since, provincial Bishop was noticed by
lady guest hastily leaving the ministerial sa-
Ion. "But, Monseigneur, why do you leave
us so early z" "Ah Madame, you put me
out by the shoulders p was the answer, allud
ing to her dress.
mother promised her little daughter new
doll baby. AS the lady passed out of the door,
the daughter ran after her, crying, "Ma, OH
ma! l don't want doll baby Pm tired of
doll babies; bring me a little, tiny sure enough
babyp
Rev. George Trask lectured so powerfully
in Webster, Mass, against the use of tobacco,
that several of the audience went home and
burned their cigars-holding one end of them
in their mouths.
The four persons who committed an outrage
on an American family at Jafia have been SEN
fenced to imprisonment at hard labor for life
The fifth was still at large, but every effort was
being made to bring him to justice
Professor Aytoun has lost his wife, who was
the youngest and favorite daughter of Chris
topher North"
The author of "Oakfeld" a son of DIR. Ar
mold, died on his passage home from India, on
the 9th of April.
Augustus Caesar Dodge, recently superseded
in the Spanish Mission, is a candidate for the
democratic nomination for Governor of Iowa.
The National Medical Convention voted to
hold its next annual session at New Haven, on
the first Tuesday of june 1860.
The Utica Telegraph chronicles the elope-
ment of two young men, aged respectively Is
and 10, with two young women, aged IA years.
John Heart formerly editor of the Charles
ton Mercury, has been appointed Superintend-
ent of Public Printing
A MAN DYING TwIcE.-A man died in
the Seventeenth Ward day or two ago, who
might be said to have died once before and
been recalled to life by singular circum
stance. He had suffered for a long time from