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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30
POLITICAL.

One of the late Democratic candidates for
the United States Senatorship in New Jersey,
it is said, remarked, ''that the present was the
highest priced Legislature he ever had deal
ingS with"
Many of the most experienced politicians in
Washington assert that nothing can prevent
the calling of an extra session about the first
of September. Every day adds to the COM
plcations and difficulties of the Post Office De-
partment.
In the Fall of 1857 a series of resolutions
were adopted at a Democratic meeting in
Rockingham county, Virginia, in which the
doctrine of popular Sovereignty in Kansas was
made "the administration test" and all men
denounced who did not come forward and sup
port Governor Walker in his glorious cause.
The Washington correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Press now asserts that these resolu-
tons were drawn up by the President himself,
and that they are now in the possession of a
Virginia Democrat, in the handwriting of the
President.
AS an evidence of the difficulty of getting
any business transacted at Washington with
either of the Departments of Government, it
is stated by Washington paper that gentle
man visited one of them 35 times; sat waiting
in the ante-room 260 hours, and walked be-
tween his hotel and the Department 81 miles
before his business was disposed of, and when
disposed of, his tavern bill had nearly absorb
ed the amount of allowance, to say nothing of
the loss of time and detention from the engage
ments of home.
A requisition has been sent by the Governor
of Massachusetts to the Governor of Missis-
sippi for a man at Holly Springs, who had OBJ
tanned goods in Boston on false pretenses. On
the arrival of the agent with the writ at Holly
Springs the people of that place got together
public meeting, and resolved that as Massa-
chusetts repudiated the rendition of fugitive
slaves, she had no right to a requisition of any
sort on Mississippi. The agent therefore was
notified to leave, or he would be "trotted
through" He left, of course, so much wiser,
at least, by this : that he now knows that a
Mississippi merchant, according to Mississippi
estimate, is on the same footing with ''runa-
way niger"
The Nineteenth Century, published at Fort
Valley Ga, exclaims Slavery Slavery
Slavery is the cry echoed from North to
South, from East to West, by every political
journal in the country. The sunny South is
taking up the cry, and is rapidly running into
the other extreme, the opposite of which we
so much condemn in the North" Differences
among themselves at the South, it thinks, Twill
let down the bars for the ingress of the enemy"
and therefore, "the opening of the slave trade
ought not to be too freely urged at the present.
The people are not prepared for it. neither is it
an absolute necessity at the present time; if it
was, it would open itself" Nevertheless, the
Century believes that Eventually necessity
will demand it, at no very distant day and we
also believe that the necessity will bring about
the object of itself, without much noise and
confusion on the part of the Southern people"
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THE SLAVE TRADE.-A sojourner in Flori-
da writes in respect TO the revival of the slave
trade:
"The scarcity and high price of negroes pre-.
vent new lands from being occupied and les
sens the profits of old plantations, and there,
fore, the cry now is, more negroes, and at
lower prices" The demand will probably call
forth supply. There is more going on in
that business than is generally known. 1t is
rumored that two cargoes have been landed on
the gulf coast of Florida, and that more of the
same sort are coming. The bark Ardanes,
the captain of which, was arrested in Jackson
vile some time since, finally sailed from that
port with American papers, and is now well
known to be filled with African stock either for
Cuba or the coast. Other vessels are known
to be engaged in the same business. If the
slave trade is not in reality re-opened at this
time, the indications are that it will soon be,
and continued until the present demand is
satisfied. No more respect is paid to United
States laws on the subject, by those interested,
than the lover of good brandy pays to the
Maine liquor law.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

10 The following, which appeared in the
Boston Traveller, is supposed to be intended
as sly rub on the Boston City Government,
as it is said that no report has yet been agreed
upon by the Committee
The PROPOSED CONSERVATORY OF ART
UPON THE BACK BAY LANDs.-The Joint
Special Committee on the Back Bay lands, to
which was referred the various memorials ask
ing for reservation of land for Conservatory
of Art, and for various educational and scien-
titic purposes, have prepared the following re-
port:
The Commonwealth has never been back
ward in lending its aid to educational and sci
entifc purposes. All her legislative history
shows with what alacrity she has responded to
calls for assistance in developing the intel
lectual character of her people.
The objects sought to be promoted by these
memorialists are, in the opinion of your COM
mittee, entirely worthy of the aid and foster
ing care of the government. But there are
considerations which render the granting of
the prayer of the memorialists for the present
inexpedient. The large amount of land asked
for valued at from half million to million
of dollars) would seem to demand that the
Commonwealth should derive some advantage
from the reservation beyond the incidental
J
pie of the whole State should receive an equiv
alent for so large an expenditure of valuable pro-
perty. Itcannot be disguised and will hardly be
denied, that the city of Boston will receive by
far the largest benefit to be derived from the in
situations for which the aid of the Common
wealth is sought; and yet the fact is notorious
that the city of Boston, so far from aiding the
Commonwealth in carrying out its improve
ments in the Back Bay, is now, and has for
long time been, through the action of MONACO
ton of its government, in position of direct
antagonsm to those Improvements.
Under this unfortunate state of facts, your
committee cannot advise any action on the part
of this Legislature which shall seem to over
look the errors or the duties of a city which
derives so large portion of its prosperity
from the Commonwealth at large They
therefore recommend that the whole matter
embraced in the memorials be referred to the
next session.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30
CITY ITEM.

We are gratifed to be able to record an in
creasng activity in business circles in our city.
The demand for labor and materials is greater
than for few weeks past, and fair prices are
obtained. Mr.. John Smith has recently hired
a man to work in his garden during the
months of April and May, at 81 per day. Mr..
Samuel Tompkins will employ on his farm
the coming season two hands. The wages
agreed are respectively SO and SIS per month,
payable partly in cash and partly in farm pro-
duce. James O'Callaghan has purchased a
small pig sty for SIS 60. Mr.. A. B. c. Watkins
pending for several days, for the purchase of a
cow The animal is of the Attorney breed, and
the price to be paid does not vary far from 500.
Abel Williams has recently bought seventeen
beautiful hens, at fifty cents each. He has also
bargained with William Jenkins for building a
coop for them the price not to vary far
from 50 so. Considerable excitement was
caused in the city, yesterday, by the purchase
by Mr.. Sidney Davis Of Suffolk boar for
| SIS 90.
These transactions seem so far public in
their nature as to demand a place in the
newspapers of the day. Even should an over
nice sense of propriety suggest that they ar
private rather than public in their nature, anc
that the transactions of individuals in thei
own affairs ought not to be spread at large be
fore the public, we feel bound as journalists t.
publish them in full, especially as we are thu
enabled, with small intellectual effort, to fiji
| up our columns.
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FAST AND LoosE.-The case of one Char
lotte against Mr.. Chouteau, in suit for her
freedom, has been in court in Missouri for 16
years. She first gained it, but the case went
to the Supreme Court which reversed the de-
cision and remanded the cause, because the
court decided that the law Of Canada on slavery
was matter for the consideration of the Court
and not of the jury. On the second trial she
again carried it, and the decision was again re-
versed by the Supreme Court, because the
Circuit Court had decided that the law of Can
ada was matter for the consideration of the
jury, and not of the Court. Again she gained
her cause, and again il was remanded, because
it was decided that the law of Canada was
matter for the consideration of the Court and
not of the jury. She has succeeded now on a
fourth trie, and the case goes up again to the
Supreme Court The defendant Mr.. Chou
teau, is a millionaire
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PAuNcEFoRT's ArHENEUM.-The lovers Of
the legitimate drama have the opportunity
now, of showing their just appreciation of it.
and to settle the question, once for all, whether
dramatic exhibitions Of superior order can
be sustained in this city or not. Mr.. Paunce-
fort comes here, with a reputation already es-
tablished, as first class actor and manager
of eminent ability, as has been demonstrated
by his success in other cities. He brings with
him company superior to any other that has
ever appeared on our boards, with which he
has Just closed a most successful season in
Springfield. Of the manner in which his en-
tertainments were presented, both in that city
and Portland, the papers speak in terms of no
stinted praise, and we are prepared, from a
knowledge of his bearing as a gentleman, and
of the manner in which the performances of
the two last evenings were conducted, to give
full credit to all the kind and complimentary
things that have been said of him and his
company.
The bill tomorrow evening is an attractive
one, and we shall look for such an audience as
will not only be remunerative to the manager,
but as will encourage him to bring out other
pieces, which require extra labor and expense
in their production.
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A HORSE WITH HYDRorHoBrA.-Th,

A HORSE WITH HYDRoPHoBIA.-The
Dylestown Democrat says:
"On Sunday, March 13, Mr.. VIM. Campbell,
who lives in Springfield township, near Spring
town, lost fine horse, who died of malady
supposed to be hydrophoba On the morning
of that day it was first discovered that some
thing was the matter with him by his strange
behavior. He broke out of his own STALL and
went into an adjoining stall, and heavy marks
were seen in the boards where he had bitten
them. Mr. Campbell then called in some of
his neighbors to determine what was the mat
ter with him, who thought him to be strangely
held and advised him to take the horse to
horse-doctor. He accordingly took him to
Leonard Seifert who did not know the nature
of his illness, as he had never seen one held so
before. He continued to bite at everything
that came within his reach, but neither kicked
nor bit. He was then taken back and tied to
| white oak tree, and while fastened to it he
| bit the bark off as far as he could reach, and
| covered it with blood.
When he had an opportunity he would bite
| his own limbs which were in some places,
gnawed raw He finally tore loose from the
tree and ran down toward the barn of Mr.
Campbell, to post and rail fence, where he
| continued to bite the rails until his mouth be-
came SO stiff that he could no longer take hold,
and in little while he dropped down and died.
Some three weeks before, Mr. Campbells dog
left him suddenly, and has never since been
heard of, and it was supposed at the time that
he had gone off mad. He was seen in the en-.
try of the barn about the time he left, and it is
thought he then bit the horse"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30
DISASTER TO THE Bosroy WAFER woRks

DISASTER TO THE BosToN WATER Works.
Our citizens were startled this morning by
a report of serious disaster to the Cochituate
Water Works. Where the aqueduct crosses
Charles River, at Newton Lower Falls, instead
of being carried over the river upon level,
there is a sudden descent to the bed of the riv-
er, and corresponding rise on the opposite
bank. AT the point where the pipes descend,
there is gate-house of solid masonry, which
it has been supposed would withstand any
pressure.
Between six and seven o'clock this morning
this gate-house was carried away, and with it
portion of the embankment and the two large
water pipes. The debris from the wreck was
heaped up in the river, obstructing the current,
and raising it to the hight of fifteen feet, stop
ping the mills at Newton Lower Falls and
flooding the lands in the vicinity. The bridge
on which the pipes cross the river, fortunately
was not carried away. The full extent of the
damage we have not yet learned, but it is prob
ably very great in pecuniary point of view.
The most serious evil connected with this dis
aster, however, is the threatened deficiency of
water. The accident cuts off the supply Of water
from the Lake, and the city is now dependent
for its supply upon the water stored in the
Brookline reservoir, and in the three reservoirs
at East Boston, South Boston, and Beacon
Hill.
Should the supply give out before the break
is repaired, much suffering would necessarily
result and the occurrence of serious fire
would be attended with disastrous results
The water is conveyed from the lake to the
Brookline reservoir in an aqueduct, excepting
965 feet across the valley of Charles river,
where this break has occurred, where are two
parallel iron pipes Of thirty inches in diameter.
The aqueduct is built principally of brick ma
sonry, in an oval egg shape, six feet four inch
es in height, by five feet in width, and has
gradual fall for the whole distance, including
the pipe section, of nearly three and a half
inches to the mile-BoSton Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

REAL BRICK.-Tne smartest man in the
Maine House of Representatives, not except
ing Mr.. Smart himself, it must be confessed, is
the active member from Dexter, Mr.. Horton.
Last week he slipped away after the adjourn
ment attended Republican caucus sixty-six
miles distant, and there laid the train for blow
ing up the election plans Of the opposition in
his town, walked into the family of one of the
leading Democrats in the town and married
one of the accomplished daughters of the
household, attended the town meeting and
helped elect Republicans to every office in the
town, and beat Democratic candidate five
times, and returned to Augusta with his wife,
and to his duties in the House, with only two
sessions absence.-Kennebec Journal.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

ANOTHER SPIRITUAL ExPosURE.-A Miss
Vincent, known as the Horn Medium" has,
for some time past, been astonishing the San
.duskians (Ohio) with her spiritual manifesto
tons lin the dark on horns, tin pans, drums,
&C., &c. On Saturday evening last, her per,
formances were brought to a sudden close,
however, by the sudden production, at given
signal, of numerous lights, revealing the lady
with the horn in her mouth, in the act of de.
livering an oracular communication. She sub.
sided at once, nor hare the combined efforts Of
herself and friends been able to call up single
ghost since The facts as stated are sworn tc
by several reliable witnesses.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

DZ-Martin Mccoy of Washington, formerly
a slave, but who has redeemed himself, is now
in the city, soliciting mid to redeem daughter
who is still slave in Virginia. Most of the
money has been raised but about $500 is still
wanted. Mr.. Mccoy has the most satisfactory
testimonials from Rev. L. L. Hale of Boston,
Rev. Mr.. Haley of Washington, and others,
and his case is one of peculiar interest. II
should enlist the sympathics of every one,
who hsa a mite TO bestow in charity of the
most deserving character
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

Cost OF LOBBYING. - The Cambridge
Chronicle says that now they have lost Bel
mont, the people of Watertown are grumbling
at the heavy cost of resisting before the Legis-
lature, the incorporation of the new town. In
two years out of the four during which the
subject has been discussed, West Cambridge
and Watertown together paid $500 to lawyers,
lobbyers, &C., and it is said that some items are
not included in this large amount, to which
must be added the expenses Of the present
year. The Belmont people in the four years
have spent $500, besides paying their portion
of the expenses of the two towns against
whom they were contending At the town
meeting in WATERFOWL, on Monday there was
some rather sharp talk upon the subject.
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HORRIBLE AND FATAL AccIDENT.-As Mr..
VIM. Saunders, of the town of Meredith, Co
lumbia county, N. Y, was at work on the drum
of turning-lathe, a few days since, and which
was revolving at rapid rate, his chisel took
too rank hold, and was wrenched from his
hands, at the same time tearing off heavy
piece of oak plank, which struck him upon
the head with such force as to break his skull
inflicting a frightful wound from which the
brain protruded. He fingered in this terrible
situation five days, when death ended his suf-
ferings. Mr.. Saunders was about fifty years
of age, and leaves wife and several children
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DEATH OF DIR. CARTER.-Dr. Calvin Car
ter, one of the oldest physicians in the County,
died at his residence in Lancaster, on Monday
morning, from the effects of fall upon the ice
two or three months since. He had arrived at
the age Of 70 years, was a man of eccentric
habits, though much respected as citizen,
and highly esteemed in his profession.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

BANKRUPT Stock OF GROCERIES AT Auo-
TIoN.-The extensive stock of groceries in the
store recently occupied by Ahaz Bassett, 81
Washington Square, will be offered for sale at
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning. See adver-
'tispmenf
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

The GUNBoAT SToRY--The Washington
correspondent of the New York Herald says it
appears that the story about President Jefier-
sons contemplated descent upon Cuba with
gunboats, published few days ago, is regu-
lar canard Commodore Stewart has written
to gentleman in Washington, denying the
whole matter. His communication upon the
subject will shortly appear.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

BEFORE JUDGE SANGER. The case of
Sarah Haven VS.. VIM. H. Dexter was deci ded
by verdict for plaintiff, to the full amount of
her claim. Very for plaintiff, w. S. Davis
for defendant.
No. 998, John w. Draper VS.. Salem T.
Weed, now on trial Hyde and Bacon for
plaintiff, Devens and Hoar for defendant.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-03-30

Pixies PEAK.-The Leavenworth Ledger
of the 18th inst. received the following intelli-
gence from VIM. S. Walsh, Esq, who had
just returned from Denver City =
"The road to within one hundred miles of
that place is lined with emigrants travelling in
all sorts of ways-on horseback, mule-back,
ox-back in wagons, with hand-carts, and on
foot; but they all seemed to be in excellent
spirits, and were getting along finely.
He experienced no difficulty from Indians.
He went to Denver City by the old Santa Fe
route, and returned by the Smoky Hill. He
says the latter is decidedly preferable to the
former, and advises all who are going to take
it, from the fact that it is much nearer, and
wood and water are in abundance all the way
He made the trip from Denver City to this
point in twenty-five days.
Mr.. Walsh brings with him four hundred
dollars worth of gold Aust, which he dug in
twenty days with very Indifferent mining
tools. He says that the country is very
healthy, and that the miners are in high glee
with the most brilliant prospects for the fu-
ture.
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&c Harper's New Monthly Magazine fol
April, gives us "Wrecking on the Florida
Keys" "The Christian Martyrs of Madagas.
cal" and "The Red River Trail, for illustra.
ted articles, with lis full usual variety Of other
interesting matter. 1t may be had of Il. Mel
len, Jr., and s. Thompson G. Co.
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The LONG BRIDGE.-On Tuesday after
noon, as three ladies, accompanied by some
male friends, were crossing the Long Bridge,
one of them suddenly disappeared to her waist
through the fiooring-a plank, on the end of
which she had placed her foot, having tipped
up and let her through Fortunately for the
lady, her crinoline extended beyond the limits
of the aperture through which she had fallen,
and it, together with her presence of mind in
extending her arms, saved her from DEATH
Washington States, oath
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Gitp ano County sntelltgerrfe

EDUCATIONAL MEETING.-The second meet
ing for the discussion of the subject of Physi-
cal Education was held last evening. The
storm did not prevent fair attendance, and
the meeting was highly interesting and sue
cessful. Mayor Bullock presided. Rev. t.
! w. Higginson opened the discussion. He re-
ferred in terms of graphic description to the
abuses to which children are exposed in our
whole system of public and private schools
from excessive mental exertion. As a partial
remedy he recommended the introduction of
compulsory physical exercises, calisthenics for
the girls and military drill for the boys. There
could be no difficulty ill adopting them at
once, except from the Indifference of parents
and committees They would greatly increase
the results of intellectual labor, and abundant
ly repay the slight trouble they occasioned.
| Mr.. HIS remarks were received with much
| favor.
He was followed by Rev. Mr.. Souther upon
the same topics. He alluded to examples of
excessive and unreasonable exactions on the
part of teachers, and said the great fault of our
system of schools was in their attempting too
much. He made wise suggestions with regard
to physical development, and closed with
urging the importance of cultivated moral
nature to guide and control the life.
Mr.. Lucien Prince spoke of grave abuses
said to exist in some of our schools, and re-
monstrated against the severity of discipline
to which many children were subjected.
DR.. Woodward regretted that he had moth
ing to say but to find fault He thought the
school system was all wrong. 1t took in chill
dren too young and worked them too hard
The law and teachers required too much, in
making six hours the minimum of intellectual
labor when it was well known that many chill
dren were compelled to study many hours adj
ditional in order to maintain their standing and
credit in their classes.
Mr.. Sprague, of the High School, said that
the scholars of whom so much was exacted
were those who were deficient in the studies
of the lower grades. With reference to their
examinations, the scholars had been asked to
do less than the law required, and the teachers
had been more lenient than the law. He ap-
proved of the introduction of calisthenic exer-
cses and military drill into schools of the high
er grades, and stated that wherever they had
been practiced, they had worked exceedingly
well, and would not be abandoned.
The discussion was carried on in lively
and spirited manner, and the frequent and
timely applause evinced the deep interest which
is felt in the subject of it. AT little after
o'clock the meeting dissolved.