Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-01-17
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
BOSTON AND y1cIN1TY

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
Carl Shurz, the distinguished German Re-
| publican, lectured before the 9th Congrega-
tional Society, Theodore Parker's, Sunday
morning, on the Relations existing between
Europe and America" 1t was an earnest and
| philosophical disquisition upon the political
status of the two countries, and clear state
ment of the changes which have come over
American craftsmanship since the Revolu-
ton.
AS party of the ''Melodeon Minstres"
were returning Friday night from the Howard
Atheneum, where they had appeared for Mrs.
Barrow's benefit, the carriage which contained
them overturned while rounding the corner of
remont and West streets. Mr.. PeePs right
shoulder was badly cut, Mr.. Warren White
received'seVeral very severe bruises in a leg,
and Mr.. Donniker was manned in two fingers
of one of his hands. Their instruments were
badly damaged, while a violin, cornet, and
violoncelo were entirely destroyed Gazette.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The carriage manutactory of p. L. Smith &
Co, of Palmer, was burnt on Saturday week
The buildings were owned by A. " Blanchard
Co., whose loss is about $1,000, no insur-
ance. 7. l.. Smith & Co.'s loss is $4,000, in
sured for $1,000. The burning of the shop
has thrown from Is to 20 hands out of employ
ment, several Of whom have families to sup
port.
DIR. lde preached sermon Sunday forenoon
In the Baptist church, Springfield, from the
parable of the house built upon sand; and
dwelt at some length on the Lawrence catas-
trophe, rebuking severely and justly the cor
poratlon, engineers and architects OF the Penn
berton mill for its mal-formation.
RHODE ISLAND,
The Providence journal reports that George
r. Marble of Seekonk died very suddenly in
that TOWN Eri1au ni,rbf 10
on aneighbor, and after knocking at the door,
fell off the steps and died instantly The cause
was disease of the heart. His age was about
siXty-three years, and he leaves wife.
PERSONAL.
The New London Chronicle says Neal Dow,
the father of the prohibitory Maine law, has
himself become a victim of the terrible habits
that his system was intended to reform in all
mankind.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The history OF Mexico for 1859, is compris.
ed in the following statement: Forty seven
pitched battles fought, in nineteen of which
one OF the factions were utterly annihiated,
while in twenty-five the other Jared no better
thrty-five sieges, fourteen of which were sue
cesstul, but resulted in nothing twenty.six
re6elllons, and eleven grand pronunciamentos.
Ihree farmers near Greenboro, n. c., named
Jesse Wheeler, Thomas Turner and Jonathan
Harris, have been arrested and committed to
jail on charge of circulating Helpers book
Rev. Daniel Worth still remains in the same
jail, although bail might be procured because
he considers himself safe there against the
vengeance of the mob.
Said Missourian, talking about John
Browns invasion of Virginia, "Why, he made
two invasions into Missouri and each time he
did more damage than he did in Virginia-for
he run off some niggers from Missouri, and
yet there weren't seventeen men in the state
that cared anything about the matter and l
am sure there weren't seventeen women or
children that were frightened. And if the
people had caught him and hung him, if the
execution had cost over $50, the auditor ought
to have disallowed the bill p