Worcester daily spy., 1861-10-18
cnNunAL NEWS SUMMARY.

Edwin Forrest, the great American trage-
dian, appears in his celebrated character OF
Jack Cade, at the Boston Academy Of Music
on Wednesday evening, Oct 81
The Unitarian autunna convention closed
its session with the administration OF the Lords
Supper, yesterday. Very many of the Unita
ran clergymen of the country have partci
pated in its discussions.
Mrs Amee wife of the chief IF police was
robbed OF $50 at the Boston and Worcester
station, Thursday.
ESSEN COUNTY.
AT the Massachusetts Umiversalist conven.
tion, recently IN session in Salem, the follow.
ing statistics were presented The number of
societies in the state is l18 The aggregate
average attendance to churches, Is, ,632 There
are 81 church organizations, with 2670 mem.
bers 81 Sunday schools OF l0,52S pupils and
Al S79 library books. Among the investment
of the permanent fund Tor the past year IS one
of SLIGO in the national loan.
Burglars did large business in N, wbury.
port last Tuesday morning, before light. The
Herald gives an account Of their success, by
which it appears that at the house of the
mayor they failed to obtain an entrance, but
were more successful at the house OF John
Gorwaz, John h. Spring, and others from
which they stole hundreds of dollars worth
of silver ware, coats, shawls, &c, and in one
case taking a wallet containing S400 from the
pantaloons pocket of its sleeping owner.
young butcher residing in R0wley settled
up his accounts, last week, and receiving 500
in his favor, saw fit to take tour with a hand
some widow, and has not since returned lie
leaves wife and three children to shit for
themselves.
BRISTOL COUNTY
The New Bedford Mercury makes the fol
lowing statement :-"As we walked up street
few evenings since, we overlook lad who
had gained such height that we hardly
recognized him. Abiding 10 his rapid per.
pendicular growth, we asked him ii it was
not about time for him to stop. Il have
nothing to do with it,, said he, l am not yet
twenty one
Brigadier General E. W. Pierce is raising
company for the war, in Freetown, which he
proposes to lead. He has authority from the
governor, and is getting on very well
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
1t is contemplated 10 celebrate the one
hundTedth anniversary Of the incorporation of
the town of Chesterfield in June next. The
town has history that is worth remember.
ing, and the celebration will undoubtedly be
one OF great interest 10 the Inhabitants, both
| past and future.
VERMONT.
/ A part of the powder mills at Bennington
exploded at about six O'Clock, on Tuesday
| morning. AS far as ascertaned no one was
injured, These mills have heavy government
| contracts, and will be Immediately rebuilt.
The damage done by the explosion is estima-
| ted at $1,000
RHODE ISLAND.
The subscription to the national loan in
| Providence has reached about three hundred
| thousand dollars.
CONNECTICUT.
Hon Henry c. Deming, mayor of Hartford,
has accepted commission as colonel of the
18th regiment Connecticut volunteers, yet to
be raised. Elk Gov. Minor, it is said, is to
command another.
A squad of soldiers belonging to the 18th
regiment U. S. intentry, had a pitched fight
with the hands OF the steamer City OF New
York, in New London, on Tuesday. After a
hard tusse, the steamboat men came off tri.
umphant.
| correspondent Of the Times says that a
! large subterranean cave with secret entrance