Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-04-11

In Cincinnati, Ohio they have large manu-
factories OF old barrels, to contain good old Ma
deira wine and brandies, that have made the
circuit of the globe, and lain for many years
amid dust and cobwebs, in some ancient eel
lar. The process is an extraordinary one. A
new barrel just from the cooper's hands, is
hoisted up to the upper stories; in few min
utes it is returned to the lower floor with the
unmistakable evidences Of great age-all
stained and dusty-the veritabLe marks of the
French and Spanish custom houses; and the
imperial arms nearly worn off; and even the
cobwebS drawn across the bung.
The st. Paul Pioneer says that many of the
settlers upon the public lands in Minnesota,
advertised for sale in April, are abandoning
their claims: They have no money to make
good their pre- -emptlons, and it cannot be pro-
cured as IN more prosperous times, by mort
gaging the land. In some instances hard
working men, with families dependant upon
them for support, will be compelled to lose the
fruits of one and two years labor upon their
farms.
verdict for $1,000 has been obtained at
Burlington, VT, against the Vermont and Can
ada Railroad Company, in a suit brought by
the administrators of Mr.. Eben N. French,
who was killed by the explosion of a locomo-
tive on the road, in july 1856. The jury
pany was guilty of culpable negligence in per-
hitting the locomotive to be run when in an
unsafe condition.
The Louisville Journal says the opinion is
expressed by well informed merchants that the
general business of the city is better by 33 per
cent, than it has been for five years past and
judging the future of the season by what is
already known, the present is likely to be the
most extended and productive Spring bust
ness" ever done in Louisville.
man from Indiana, named Fox, but by no
means of crafty disposition, went to New
York to sell thousand acres of land, which
a sharper named Harris took in exchange for
hundred gold chains worth $40 apiece.
The chains proving to be nearly worthless,
Mr.. Fox entered a complaint against the rogue,
and is likely to recover his property.
There is Jail in Arkansas, the inner door
of which is tied with a tow string, and the out
er one fastened by fence rail propped against
It, with board driven i'll the ground at the
foot. a prisoner offered a reward of five dol
lars to any one who would shell an ear of corn
at the lower end of the rail- and leave the rest
to the hogs.
The Selma (Ala) Sentinel of the 23d ult.,
notices the receipt of full head of wheat
from Mr.. Sharp, near Burrisvie, Dallas coun-
ty, and adds; Mr. Sharp informed us that he
had acres of the very same. Should the
spring be favorable, taking this for criterion,
the wheat crop will beyond doubt, be very
heavy.
In pursuance of orders from the War De-
partment, the recruiting service throughout
the United States was discontinued on the Both
ult. The ranks of the army are now full for
the first time in twenty years, but there is a
considerable surplus of recruits from which to
fill future vacancies.
A little son Of Francis Best, of Wilkinson,
Miss, threatened one of his fathers slaves that
he would tell something about him, which so
enraged the negro that he knocked the boy
down with brick, and then jumped upon him
and choked him till he was dead. The negro
narrowly escaped lynching.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has de-
cided that an orphan is a fatheress child This
was question arising from the refusal of the
Directors of Girard College to admit boy that
had lost but one parent, they contending that
an orphan meant only one who had lost both
parents.
A merchant in Bucyrus, Ohio, having de-
tected his wife in an intrigue with one whom
he had regarded as a friend, cut off the Sc
ducer's ear forgaye his wife for the sake of
his young child, and returned home, preserved
the ear in spirits, and saved his family from
disgrace.
The widow of Christopher Holly, free
woman Of color, who owned thousand acres
Of land and thirty negroes, died at Port Glib
son, Miss, recently. Her husband, saws 10.
cal paper, was esteemed a gentleman" and
the two "always conducted themselves we'll"
The oyster business has suffered terribly in
France. Out Of % oyster banks on the coast
of Rochelle Is have been ruined and the rest
much injured by the invasion of muscles. 1t
is very much so with all the banks along the
Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts.
Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper is ahead of
even this fast age. 1t came out few days
ago with the portraits Of the twelve jurors in
the Sickles case, and of witness on the stand
giving his testimony. Unfortunately, the jury
had not then been chosen.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald learns
that on the 23d ult., some citizens of Karnes
county hung horse thief named Mason about
eight miles from Helena, and were in chase of
another, who they intended to treat in the
same way.
The Liberia packet ship will sail from Bal
timore on the LIST Of May, with one hundred
liberated slaves and ninety-three free persons
Of color, from New York, Pennsylvania, and
other places.
On the 18th ult, John j. Clark was killed
by negro whom he was assisting the over
seer to chastise, in Kentucky
Geo. Parsons, of Pittsfeld, shot an otter in
Pontoosuc Lake. on Thursday week, which
measured nearly four feet in length.