Worcester daily spy., 1859-09-15

| sumed. The house was insured for $3.50,
which covers the loss.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Charles Butler, the father of the late Matte
| Butler of North Adams, is reported to have
died of griet last Saturday night. Littlefeld
is reported to be among his friends "Down
East"
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Last week, Mr.. William Moses of East Jaf-
! frey was returning from Mason, when his
herse became frightened and threw him from
his carriage, upon his head, and broke in his
skull he bled profusely and some of the brain
oozed from the wound; he was living last
Sabbath, but insensibe.
CONNECTICUT.
The examination of Joseph Wilson of Wind
sor Locks, for the murder of young Banks at
the time OF the Seymour reception, was COM
menced in Hartford, Tuesday, and is now in
progress. The testimony against him is very
strong, and he will undoubtedly be held for
trial.
The kerosene oil factory in Stamford was de-
stroyed by fire ON Wednesday, the It'll, with
nearly one thousand gallons of oil. Several
thousand gallons in reservoirs under ground
were protected from destruction by cast iron
covers The loss is above $4,000. The fire is
supposed to have been caused by crack in
one of the retorts.
"A young hldu WHO dIIellueu tie CAMP IleeL-
| ing at Daniesonville became enamored of a
fair Deliah on the camp ground, who was
very affectionate and tender towards her new
friend, aud while he was administering words
OF love she was administering ether from her
| handkerchief, which soon placed him in qu-
ct sleep He awoke to find his charming COM
panion had vBmoosed and himself minus his
watch and cash.
In an old book of records of the town of
Norwich, fine Of twenty shillings is recorded
as imposed upon Benedict Arnold, for getting
drunk.
Personal.
Milton Whitney, Esq, formerly of Fitch
burg, Mass, the State Attorney for Baltimore,
has brought a suit for libel against Messrs.
Dobbin 4 Fulton, publishers of the "Ameri-
can newspaper, for charging him with COM
plicity with outlaws. The damages are laid
at $4,000.
Sylvanus b. Lowry, the democratic candi.
date for Lieut.. Governor of Minnesota, is the
man who headed the mob which DESTROYED the
press of Mrs. Swisshelm, at st. Cloud, a year
since.
The Saturday Press reports that an intelli-
gent Austrian having been reproached by
John Mitchell with the barbarity of his native
land, retorted upon the Irish patriot" thus =
'Ihe difference between us two, sir, is this
NY eounuy Is d uisSrace 10 me, Dut you are a
disgrace to yours
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Alexandria Gazette says physician of
that city was called to attend child which had
every appearance of being quite dead from suf
location. By the prompt use of remedies he
was able to restore ito life The mother had
left the babe for half an hour asleep in its era
die, and on her return found hen, which had
been driven from its nest, sitting on the face
of the child and, on removing the hen discoy-
cred, to her great distress, that her babe was
apparently dead.
What is Fame PA life of the famous Count
ess of Huntington, who gave $500000 to relig-
ious movements, has recently been issued in
England. The London Critic, in giving
sketch of her ladyship, says :-"Her monu-
ment has the most long-winded epitaph ever
written