Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-06-01


ernor of Ohio. The Cleveland Herald says,
Gas a powerful lawyer, fearless, plain-spoken
Republican, trustworthy, reliable man, Mr..
Cartier presents elements that would make
him popular candidate and an able Execu-
tive"
CLAIM TROUBLES IN MINNEsoTA.-We
find in the St. Paul Daily Minnesotian of May
25th some account of serious trouble in Rem
vile county, Mimi, about land claims. 1t is
a trouble between the settlers and the govern
ment. The Minnesotian quotes "New Ulm
Pioneer Extra" which states that the settlers
on an Indian reservation in Renville county
there, that the land was opened to entry and
presumption. Accordingly, about three hun
bred families entered the land and settled
there. Now the government has told them
that they must leave, and is taking measures
to drive them away. The New Ulm paper
says:
"On the 18th inst, Col. Abercombie issued
his proclamation, warning the settlers to
leave on short notice Since then the soldiers
are committing excuses of every description
on the settlers. Last .night they burnt the
cabin of settler within four miles of the fort,
and the officer in command will give no re-
dress. If Uncle Sam sends his soldiers into
the wilderness, not to protect the wives and
children, but to commit all kinds of rowdyism
on the settlers, it compels us to the conclusion
that Uncle Sam will have foul play"
A CASE IN PoINT.-Massachuset has had
more than one occasion to send agents to
Washington; and, generally, these agents
have had something to do. When the Ash
burton treaty, settling the Northwestern boun-
Diary question, was negotiated, both Maine and
Massachusetts had agents at the National Cap
ital. They were appointed by request ofthe Sec
rotary of State, went to Washington and spent
the summer there on this business alone, to the
! neglect necessarily of their business at home.
These agents had great deal of work to do;
and Daniel Webster repeatedly avcrred, after
wards, that Hon, Charles Allen, who was one
ofthem, did more than any o@her man to make
the negotiation successful. He gave the mat
and did vast amount of work, more than
would have sufficed to earn him thousands of
dollars in the practice of his profession.
The compensation in that case was left to be
fixed by the Governor and Council, we be-
ieye. Judge Allen and his Associates receiv-
ed one thousand dollars each to pay for their
time and work on that OCCASION and to defray
the expenses of a summer residence at Wash
tives of the Commonwealth engaged in such
business. Ifthey had been paid $7572 each for
every twenty days given to the work of that
negotiation, this would have been at the rate of
$138, l64 each. per annum.
A LIQUOR CAsE.-The liquor traffic seems
to be greatly befriended by all the Internal
agencies. The appearance of its body guards
on public parade ground would not symbol
ize the angelic agencies of the universe, nor
entrance any lover of spiritual beauty 1t
would be more successful in turning our
thoughts to Satan as "the Beast" The MUIR
der of Mr.. Arnold in Rhode Island shows the
nature of this beast but similar Illustrations
are abundant.
In Deerfeld, few days since, Sheriffs Reed
and Joslyn seized fifteen gallons of whisky at
the house of Dennis Collins. 1t was secreted
under the floor of the house, which had to be
torn up before the barrel containing the liquor
could be got out While the officers were
making preparations to tear up the floor, Mrs.
Collins squatted down upon it and refused to
let the officers tear it up. She was finally per-
suaded to get up, by her brother, and let the
officers make the seizure. After they had
obtained the liquor, she strongly objected to
its being carried off-said she had sold liquor,
and would pay all fines against her for selling,
If the officers would only leave the liquor they
had seized behind This Mrs. Collins appears
to have been the chief manager of one of the
lowest and vilest of vile whisky "holes" So
far the comic side of this case.
A few days after this occurrence, Dennis
Collins and his wife Mary were before court
in Greenfield, charged with knocking down
and beating horribly the wife of his brother
Michael. 1t appears that Ellen was beaten
about the head with stone in the hands of
Mary, while Mary's husband stood by and
told his wife not to let her get up, but to kill
her Mary was discharged, under the deci-
sion of the courts that wife is not amena-
Bile to the law for crimes committed under the
eye and by the direction of her husband, and
Dennis was sentenced to the House Of Cor
rection for three months, to pay the cost The
she-demon Of whiskey went home unpunish-
ed. This outrageous assault grew out of the
liquor seizure, Dennis and Mary having a sus-
picion that Ellen had informed against them.
EIGHTEEN YEARS AGo.-It has come under
our notice, no matter how, that in 1s41 the
Barre Gazette-we don't know who had it
then, it's very fair paper now--indulged in
foolish sheer at Elihu Burritt, who was IN
blacksmith and worked at his trade" and
yet pretended to go about lecturing. To
refute this il-founded judgment, the Spy cop