Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-04-17
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
| he Charles river navy Tor the present year
| numbers 466 Oarsmen, and pa boats. Ofthese
| there are 3 eigiit.oared boats, 10 six cared
boats, IA touroared boats, % two cared boats
| and dorles, Is double souls, 20 shell boats, l20
lapstreak wineries, numbering altogether 1000
oars, and 80 yachts. The season will be the
most brilliant OF any in the boating history of
| New England
The lot Of full blooded Ayrshire cattle, i'm
| ported by Mr.. Sanford Howard TOR the MasSa-
chusetts society, will be sold at auction on the
9th OF May, at the farm stable Of MIR. Thomas
Motley, III West ROXbury, These cattle were
bought by Mr.. Howard from the owners and
breeders of the best herds in Ayrshire.
The following deaths OF aged females were
reported, Monday, at the City Registers office
IN Boston Mrs. HuIdah Hopkins, formerly
OF Lancaster, 80; Mr. Eunice Chancey, for
merry of Gloucester, Sc; Miss Elizabeth MIC
Aean native of Boston, So. The last named
died at Newburport, but will be buried at the
Cops Hill Cemetery i'll Boston.
MDDLEsEX COUNTY
The Lowell journal and Courier, heretofore
published by S. n. Merrill, has been purcllas-
cd by Nless.s. Stone & Huse OF the Vox Popu-
Ii, who intend for the present, to publish the
papers distinct as before. Their political
character will not be changed.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On Sunday morning the paper mill of Mr..
Russell Formerly GosS & Russell), at Dover
Mills, was destroyed by fire. The fire spread
to an adjacent wood lot. The cause OF the
fire is not known. The loss is considerable.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Mercury reports that the
kempton street African NJ, L. Church, in that
city, was destroyed by an incendiary fire on
Sunday morning. No insurance.
VERMONT.
John, alias William, alias Joseph Rice visited
several Vermont cIergymen last week, told
them piutul stories OF his misiOrtunes and
received aid to the amount OF several dollars
before his imposture was detected He had
81 from Rev. Mr. Circuit of Putney, 81 from
Rev. MIR Southgath OF Brattleburo, and 81
from Rev. MIR. Chandler OF West Brattleboro
He said he belonged to Worcester whether he
was pursued by officers, but without success.
a dwelling house, woodShed, three barns, a
carriage-house and about twenty tons OF hay,
belonging to Charles S TAFT OF Sutton, were
destroyed by fire on the 4th a two year Old
colt, two calves, and lot of farming tools
were also consumed The loss is very heavy
and partially covered by insurance.
CONNECTICUT.
Stephen Lay, an aged and respectable CHI
zen OF Old Lyme, was severely and probably
fatally injured by attempting TO get aboard Il
train while in motion, at the New London
depot, on Friday. Mr.. Lay had just been
presented by his friends with life pass over
the New London road.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mines of chrystazed mineral OIL without
strautcation and free from any foreign sub
stance, have been discovered in Richie coun~
ty, Va. Laying the coal on Il hot stove or
shovel, it mets and runs like wax. The vein
of solidified oil is narrow, but its depth has
not yet been tathomrd. The discovery of
these mines has added new heat to the fever
prevailing in that section of the country.
Two OF the trustees Of Mr.. Beecher's church
have resigned their offices, i'll consequence OF
his severe public censu"e OF their action in de-
cling to lease the church to Wendell Phillips
for lecture in favor Of the dissolution of the
Union. The offended trustees regarded the
censure as an unwarranted interference with
their prerogalive, but having no other way of
relief, chose to stand aside Their places will
be filled without difficulty
The only two persons who were present at
the marriage of Henry Clay met a few days
ago in Louisville, kentucky. The parties
were Mark Hardin of Sheibyvlle, a noble relic
of the old time generation of kentuckians, and
the venerable Mrs. Price, the motherin-law of
Judge Thomas a. Marshall, of the court of APP
pealS of the state. AT the time of the mar
riage Mr.. Hardin was cler> for Col Hart of
Lexington, whose daughter Mr.. Clay married.
and Mrs. Price was one Of the most admired
bellies Of the state.
There is an old negro pilot on one of the
Chattahoochee river steamers (Ala.), whose
skin is changing from a jet black to the tairest
white. His neck and arms, as far down as his
fingers, are Of a smooth, soft, delicate white
ness, that would rival that of the tenderest,
purest Circassian. His lips are OF a soft, rud-
dy hue, and his face and body beginning to
show the same radical, wonderful change.