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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-09-30
CONSIGN ORS OF FREIGHT

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NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, AMI
ALL POINTS SOUTH AND WEST OF
THOSE CITIES,
Are respectfully notified that Trains leave the PROVI
DENCE STATION in this city, daily for Providence,
these connecting with the large and powerful
of the
COMMERCIAL STEAMBOAT CO.,
for New York. and thence by special arrangement with
the steam Canal Lines, for Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
all Southern points.
RATES ALWAYS LOWER THAN BY ANY OTHER
STEAM LINE
Tine between New York and Philadelphia, q hours
Baltimore, 36
No charge for WHARFAGE Carriage or other expense in
Neg York. thus constituting the cheapest reli
able Steam Freight Route between Worcester and the
points named.
passenger Tickets to any part of the Great West
be procured at this office the Providence and Wor
cester Railroad Depot on Green street.
The New York office of above named Line is at PIER
II Moth RIVER, EDWIN BYNNER Agt, to whose
care all freight for the South should be consigned
One or more Steamers leave New York Providence
daily. For further particulars, apply to
a. G. MUNROE. General Freight Agent.
at No. Lincoln lIULse Block.
UT TO w H. JOURDAN, Providence Depot.
BENZ. BUFFIyA, Providence.
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O L d L N E


OXFORD AND WORCESTER DAILY EXPRESS
LeaVesW. y. Pease d Co.'s Store, Oxford at 8 a. m
-, leaves A. W. SAwYER's Music Store, 2OT Main street
Worcester, g. o'clock p M -
All business to this line will be faithfully and
promptly attended to. o. f. MORRIS, Proprietor
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EULLER'S NORWICH AND WOR,
"A CESTER EXPRESS.
OFFICEs-No.I Lincoln House Block Worcester; N
G. Brackerridges store, under Wauregan House, Nor,
witch, Ct
All packages should be marked Fuller's Express.
Worcester. Sent 1 1855. az
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z IRE ] N S q r A N c e
AMERICAN Elk CHANGE FIR hrs. co
NEW YORK; Capital ard Surplus s3l5oOO,
SECURITY FIRE INSURANCE co.,
NEW York; Capital and Surplus, S644,OOO
CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
NEW HAVEN, Capital and Surplus sS25,OoO,
CONWAY FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
Boston; Capital and Surplus, s262,O0G.
CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
HARTFORD: Canital and Surplus, sS3O273.
NORWICH FIRE INSURANCE CO.,
NORWICH; Capital and Surplus, s252,OOO,
HOLYOKE MUTUAL FIRE ms. 60.
SALEM Cash Surplus, l2f,4sl
HOME FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
NEW HAVEN; Capital anc Surplus, s245l96
Eg-The above well known and responsible COMPANIES
representing capital and surplus of over
TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
continue to insure property upon as favorable ter
them have surplus funds sufficient pay every claim
against them; and all their losses equably adjusted
will find every facility Tor the satisfactory Hego
AR Il S2F ES E M EEeq aGeS os
irgaSit;
ply to SAMUEL Il. COTTON, Agent at the office Of lie
Peoples Mutual Fire Insurance Company, No. 229 Main
HtrSet NOTceSter' dly&eoW NJ
pEOPLE'S MUTUAL FIRE INSUR
n ANCE COMPANY, Worcester. Massachusetts,
With Cash Capital of over S.s.s5,OOO,
and Available Capital OF over Ss11S,O 900.
InsHre Buildings, Merchandise and Personal Property
generally both on the Stock and Mutual plan on as f
yorabe terms sound and well conducted Stock OF
Mutual Company. The first class OF Dwelling Houses
and their attachments Farm Buildings and their con-
tents insured for five years. upon the Stock prin
cipie at the rate charged In the Mutual depart
buildings in progress Of erection or repaiT in
sured for any time desired, reasonable terms Losses
equitably adjusted and promptly paid
Applications for insurance may be made al the Com
pany Office, or to any of its Agents.
AUGUSTUS n. CURRGER, Secretary.
- HENRY CHAPLIN, President
SAMUEL IL. COTTON, Treasurer
DIRECToRs.-Henry Chaplin, Joseph Pratt, Horatio
Tower Joseph Boyaen, james H. Wall Jonathan Luther
Henry Goulding, Edward Earle, E. L. Brigham, limo
thy s. Stone John c. Mason, Samuel H. Cotton Dwight
Foster, Chas. w Freeland, Lchabod Washburn.
laZ5 d64weowly
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The undersigned (name of guarantorl of (name the
town. and state of name the state,l and lnane
ond guarantur, 6c.,) hereby undertake thai tile above
named name the bidder OF bidders WILL if his Tor their
offer above he accepted, enter into with The
United States within fifteen days after the notice
through the post Office Of the acceptance OF his Tor their
uilcr before mentioned.
Witness: signature Of guarautors)
certify that the above named there the guaraI-
tors known to me to be good and responsible guar
antOrs in mis- case. signature
To be signed By tha district judge district attorney
collector, navy agent person known 10 the
bureau 10 be responsible
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n AND CANADA Ext RESs.-Messengers leave Wor
cester three times daily via Worcester and Nashua Rail
road Tor Boston, Nashua, Lowell Lawrence &C. furnish
ing the most direct and expeditions line.
FISKE d CO., Proprietors
j H. osgood, Agent, General Express once No
Lincoln house Block, Worcester ~
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Entered according 10 Act Of Congress- IN The yeay.
1860, by Dr. H. A. MdttiS0H "a tie Clerk Office o. tie
NistI1ct Court OF Rh0de @kaRd
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Expresses TT.

OSGOOD'S PROVIDENCE & WOR.
- CESTER EXPRESSLY every train. Packages
forwarded, Notes, Drafts, and Bills collected and paid
ana all orders attended to with Dispatch oFFICE-No
Lincoln House Block, Worcester; No. Exchange ST
Providence. -
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CAuTIoN-As our watch is now e extensively counter
elteu by foreign Manufacturers have to inform the
pubic a no watch isof production which Is nnac-
colnpaheu by certificate of genuneness. bearing the
NUMBER OF me watch, and signed by Treasurer r
For the American Watch Co
ROBBINS, APPLETON, & CO, Agents
deod6w3m 1853 Washington street, Boston.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
LAMBERTvIILE. N J, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY l3, 1861.

Delanney's: residence was searched,
and nearly all the missing property
recovered Her house was rare de-
pository of iewelry of every kind and
estimate.
Upon conviction, she confessed that
she had first learned the art of theft
from her husband, who was accustom-
ed to show her each new scheme of
villainy that was revealed to him in
bis connection with the Paris police.
The ring before noticed had spring
diamond knife for a setting, which
wonld easily strike through any golden
ligature, and she was thus easily able
to secnre her prize. She pleaded that
poverty was the cause of her crime,
as prior to the death of her husband
she had lived honestly She suffered
slight penalty on condition that she
would leave the country.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
Poisons.

Man is the most wonderful of all
animals. Among other strange things
he can do, he can eat poisons with q
degree of impunity 1t is only neces-
sary to be prudent, regular, and care
fnl about the doses to survive for a
considerable time.
A certain quantity kills -Four or
FIVE grains is almost certain death to a
person not in the habit Of using it, but
any one can learn to eat twenty or
thirty grains at a dose 1t becomes
the necessity of a second nature, and
though it shortens life, it does it so
slowly that its operation in this re-
spect is not alarming. IS.
So coffee, tea and tobacco are poi
sons. 1t requires some hardihood to
get accustomed to the latter. A drop
or two of the essential oil of either Of
these narcotics, or very concentra-
ted deeoction, win kill yet how ma.
ny millions of men use all three every
day of their lives. There is some de-
rangement of the nervous system
some diminution of the strength
probably some shortening Of life yet
how few hesitate to use these fascina-
ting luxuries.
And arsenic is very decidedly .
poison, yet there is at least one coma
try in the world where it is hahitually
eaten. A young man Of seventeen.
say, begins by taking three grains at
at dose, which is gradually inereas-
ed until he gets to twenty three grains.
1t does not do to exceed this qnanti-
ty, nor is it safe to leave off suddenly.
When the arsenic eater arrives at the
age of fifty, he gradually .diminishes
the dose, The immense quantity of
poison constantly passing through bis
system does not prevent his reaching
the age of seventy or eighty.
For all this, it is our opinion that
the more simple onr, food, and the less
poison we take of any kind or form
the better. Probably no man, at the
end of life. was ever sorry be had
taken little opium, brandy, OF tobacco,
though some may have been sorry for
having taken too much.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

Even the experienced trainer of the
prize ring cannot decide what is the
best food for training meu up to their
greatest powers Of endurance. They
have a predjndice in favor Of mntton
chops and underdoLe beef stakes but
it is by no means sure that this is
best.
The Roman soldiers who con-
qnercd the world, and built roads from
Lisbon to Constantinople, and who
we're all trained athletes marching
under weight of armor and luggage
that few men in our day could carry
lived on coarse, brown wheat or
barley bread, which they dipped in
sour wine
In onr day, the Spanish peasant is
among the strongest and most agile
man in the world He will work all
day in copper mine, or at the olive
press, or the wine press, nnder hot
sun, and dance half the night to the
music of a guitar What does. he live
on? A piece of black bread, an onion,
perhaps half a watermelon. Yon may
see him dipping his piece Of bread into
a horn of olive oil, and then into some
vinegar, made hot wiihpepper and gar
lie, and he is happy. Sometimes he
gets a draught of hash, sour wine, bnt
not strong All the strong wine is
sent to En- gland
The Smyrna porter walks off with a
load of eight hundred weight His
only food, day after day, is little
frlit--a handful of dates, few figs, a
bunch Of grapes, and some olives. He
eats no beef, pork. or mutton. His
whole food does not cost him a penny
a day.
The Coolie, living on his rice, can
ontwork negro fed on bacon. The
Arab, living on rice and dates con
quered half The world
The most tremendous muscular force
and the greatest powers Of endurance.
may be nourished upon very moder-
ate diet, We eat too much. Many
people eat breakfast, lunch, dinner,
tea, supper. five meals day, and three
hearty ones. Onr sanitary reformeIs
have not looked much to the diet ques-
tion will they allow us to call their
attention 10 that direction !? The
stomach is the centre and citadel o.
organic life. 1t is worth little con-
sideration, as well as the lungs and
skin, which depend upon it.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
B. B. BLACK ELL, EDITOR.
guet's slonk.
Oh, be not the First.

Oh do not the first to discover,
A blot on the fame of a friend :.
flaw in the faith of a lover,
Whose heart may prove true to the end,
We none of us know one another,
And oft into error we fall
Then let us speak well of our brothes,
Or speak not about him at all
A smile or a sigh may awaken,
Suspicion most false and undue
And thus our belief may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of gladness
Is worn by the friends that we meet, J
To cover soul full of sadness,
Too proud to acknowledge defeat
How often the sigh of detection.
Isheaped from the hypoerite's breast,
To parody truth and affection,
Or lulI suspicion to rest.
How often the friends we hold dearest
Their noble emotions conceal
And bosoms the purest, sincerest
Have secrets they cannot reveal.
Leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trace our defects
Let ours be noble ambition,
For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one ano another,
And often into error we fall
Then lei us speak well of our brother,
Or speak not about him at all
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

Sitting in the front Office one morn
ing, engaged in perusing the New York
papers, heard the Chief 5 bell tingle
rather excitedly. The sergeant an
swered it
"Send Brandon to me" next reach
ed my ear through the half opened
door
Before the sergeant could repeat the
order, had passed him and was by
the side of the chief.
"Sit down, Mr. Brandon" he said,
as he continued making some notes in
the register.
I obeyed, and anxionsly awaited his
commands.
have singular case before me
this morning." he began, Z" and | am
about to try your ingenuity to nural-
ell it,"
Ny expectations were aroused
On the 18th of last month, the
Hon. Mr. F. gave ball at his
mansion in Fifth Agenue, which was
attended by nearly all tue ellie of the
city" +"
+" / remember it," said.
"Do you remember what occurred
there ~
Almost every lady in the room
lost some article of iewelry," | re-
piled.
"Exactly, for which no one can ac-
coun, as the party was most select,
and it wonld have been an outrage to
have suspected any one present with
stealing in such wholesale manner.
/ acknowledged the justice of his
remarks. The chief continued
On the 18th of the month. grand
promenade concert was given at the
Academy of Music, and the same thing
occurred. This would not seem so
singular, as there was plenty of OPP
portunity for the professional pick
pocket but the remarkable feature is
that no gentleman was robbed al
who suffered were ladies'"
" This is indeed singular" [ re.
piled.
Perhaps, responded the chief il
dubious tone. Now, for the las
event. Yesterday morning, as yor
have probably heard, Mr.. W wa
welded to the daughter of Col. H
at Grace Church. The assembly wa
large, and composed entirely of tn
ton. The bride received the congrat
ulations of her numerous friends, ant
left the church, bnt had not reached
the carriage, when she suddenly dis
covered that one of her bracelets wa,
gone. A search was Immediately
made in the church, but it was no
where TO be seen. Then came anothe
and another cry from various parties
all ladies, who had lost one or anothe
article of iewelry
I was getting excited.
"What are your conclusions ~
asked.
Il would first have heard yours,
said the chief, looking at me closely
as though to test my penetration.
/ reflected moment, and could forn
but one opiRion.
"There mast be some person. sal
I, Figuring at present in fashionabl
society, who is second Babblngto
in the lifting profession.
"A very proper conclusion" sal
the chief, smiling at my simplicity
but let us determine on something
For instance, is it q man or VIC
man ~
Most likely q woman" ! remarked
g as meme but women suffered from tli
thief's adroit practice.
"That would be the first conclu
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

To PREvENT HENS EATING EGGs AND
SETTING "A lady correspondent of
the Rural Neao Yorker gives her way
of controlling Mrs. Biddie. She
,ays
In the first place / have the right
kind Of hens--fall- -blooded Brahma.
Have nests prepared in the heh-house
where ! keep Stacked lime, charcoal
dust and water when not handy any
where near the barn-and every night
gather the eggs. leaving no neSt-egg,
for my hens lay just as well without
a nest-egg as with. Daring the win
ter feed them corn, oats, and occasion
ally warm meal of potatoes, with
boiled liver, &c, save bntehering day
never fail of having fresh eggs all
winter, both to use and sell | do not
know as my hens ever eat an egg
perhaps they would if they were kept,
as many hens are, without anything to
eat or drink, except what they can
steal somewhere, and at night hunt up
their LODGING in scme old tree, or in a
broken.cart ! do not blame a hen
treated in this way for eating all the
products Of her own labor, but think
her. wise hen. When | do not wish
my heas to set, shut them up in a
coop or some secure place, feed them
well, keep them there till they either
begin to lay, or croakingly make
fair promises. which is not more than
three or four days.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
Sl5g|istellang,
Written expressly for TIE Press"
A His-Story.
BY PHELIx.

Once upon time, merry
Son of Erin's Isle
Crossed the great Atlantic Ferry
Landed on our soil;
Built himself humble shanty,
Near mountains brow,
Dwelt there with his wife and aunty
Pig and brindle COW.
Pat our hero said his name was
But for idle sport,
People called him Patrick Manus
MacO'N Neil, for short
Patrick was famous glutton,
Worship'd Goldfish dried,
Loved cold cabbage, pork, and mutton,
''Taters boiled or fried.
One sad day, upon wager,
To perform the feat,
He, bushel, heaping measure,
Undertook to eat
When the pile fore him had vanished
Half bushel more
Patrick called for, ate them famished,
Rolled upon the floor.
"Och I'm gone-I m dead intirey-
I'm murthered man -
Patrick groaned, while Bridget wildly
For the Doctor ran
The Doctor went, gave an eme tic,
Felt round Patrick $ vest
dag nosed twas "Tinpan-etic,
Tensi-eat-em est ~
Ordered them to ''placs blister
On the patients chest:
Afterwards to give a clyster,
If he felt oppressed
Told them, that ''if these stringent measures
Failed the ca Sc to meet,
Another bushel of pertaters
Pat would have to eat
The Doctor made another visit,
To the house that night,
At the doorway questioned Bridget,
''Was the blister right ~
And she answered, 'Patrick never
Had no chist at all,
But the old hair trunk you see there,
Jist forninst the wall
So on that we put the plaster,
Yees have left for Pat,
And he's getting we'll the faster
For the use Of that"
Sure enough, poor Pat got better,
From his woful plight
But in Taters never after
Could he take delight;
Called to visit disOrdered
Glutton, sick or drunk,
The Doctor ever after ordered
Bisters on his trunk.
y 81. C.:1l
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

A Wisconsin paper after describing
farm which the advertiser wants to
sell, adds The surrounding coua-
try is the most beautiful the God OF
Nature ever made. The scenery is
celestial divine; also two wagons to
sell and yoke OF steers =
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

There is q young man in Vermont
who feeds his geese upon iron filings,
and gathers steel pens from their
wings
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

The Mobile Wine company report
that, sheu I'D the season be favorable.
they expect to make this year la,0a0
gallnns or 900 gallons TO the acre.
The actual capital offhe company is
now $20,0 ,0O0 Il is pow proposed to
add to this $lO.000. During the two
years which the company has been in
existence, the stockholders have paid
in forty per cent. on the capital sub
serihed. 49, -
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

Swinging is said to be . good ex-
ercise for the health, but many j posr
wretch has come tohis death byit.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

Man, anatomists say changes en-
tirely every seven years There
fore" says the inimitable Jones. my
tailor. should not remind me of the bill
I contracted in 1852 I amt the
man.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

An editor, summing mp the virtues
Of soap-boilcr lately deceased. CON
clnded with the usual phrase. peace
to bis ashes, /" The remark gave great
offence to the family, one of whom
threatened the editor with personal
violence -.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
gnteregting gtorg.
THE
YOUNG WIDOW

A NARRATIVE BY NEW YORK POLICE.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

The lightof frieadship = tie 6hs
light Of phOsphofus1seSa pEaiAsAs
when an around il dark a
q Shoot FnlIv as she nias Nam
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

The safe key of the Revere Bank
Boston, with million combinations,
became disarranged recently, and the
mechanical skill Of the maker could
not open it. Business was at a stand
still eWorkmen we're finally compell-
ed to batter down the masonry
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13

In olden lines they had but seven
wise men. Now, take men. at their
own value anG yon won't 6ad halt that
number of fools.
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
General Jackson's win.

In June lS43, Gen. Jackson, in bis
retirement at the Hermitage, wrote
his will with his own hand. In il.
among other beqnests, are two, which
ought, at this time to be published for
presant reading. The sentiments
therein expressed, in this solmn .docu-
ment, eVince more than Roman pa-
trietism. and shonld sink deep into
the hearts Of the people Here is the
literal language of the illustrious
dead
Seventh heqneath to nv be-
loved nephew. Andrew ]. Donelsou.
son of Samuel Donelson, deceased. the
elegant sword presented to me by the
State of Tennessee, ioitb has a,9unct-
ion: That he fail not to use, when
necessary, an the support and pro
lection Of our 9lofioas Uafon and.eor
he protection Of the constitutional
rights Of our beloved country should
they be assailed by foreign enemies or
DOMESTIC TRAITORS.
Eighth TO my grand nephew
Andrew jackson Coffee, beaueatb
the elegant sword presented to me Esy
the Rife company of New Orleans
commanded by Captain BoaIe, as .
memento of my ragard, and TO bring
to his recollection the gallant services
of his father, Gen. John Coffee, in the
late Indian and British war. nader nv
command, and his gallant eondact IN
defence Of New Orleans in ISI4-I5y
arsth this Injunction That he weld
it in the protection of the rights seen
red to American citizens under cur
glorious Constitution agasnst all iuva-
ders whether foregia foes, or ISTEs-
TINE TRAITORS cas- a0v
The Lambertville press., 1861-02-13
Physical Strength and Vigor,

*Sam5lsa Simila5us.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-04-25
brownsville, N. c., April Ii, 1861.
Interesting from Norfolk.


NORFOLK April 19.-Col. Elzey and Dr. Jones' both
resgnations or rather 1ismissals" yesterday Both
Of these gentlemen have served in the army with dstinc
ton for number of years, and last 10 the Mexican war
Or. ~ ones has been In the army for "a years.
An interesting scene occurred when these officers who
had resigned reached here with their families from the
Navy Yard. Boats with their furniture crossed the
Harbor with the officers. and their wives and little ones
before them.
Every officer in the Navy Yard except McCaulev,
has resigned. The finest spirit prevails here The best
houses have been rendered for quarters when
to concentrate troops here. gallant set of navy Off
GERS are eager for duty The Harbor is INSTRUCTED and
war vessels can neither enter or depart.
The Baltimore Boat searched to-day, by Captain
Sinclair An Infamous effort to Obstruct the Rail Road
with trees discovered The offender is from Brook
Ign, n Y. lie apprehended and carried to Suffolk
Court House. A company has been ordered to pro-
tect the Railroad
The Norfolk Herald states that the bridge at the fort
has been taken up, and all communication between the
Fort and the citizens thus cut off, There are now 300
men, rank and file, in the fort and all the officers are
Black Republicans, with the exception of three who
hail from Virginia.
| son of DR.. Banks, of Hampton, was ordered from
the FORT where he occupied the position of clerk in the
suffers store, because he would not sympathise with
the Black Republican remarks which were daily and
hourly uttered IN his presence and the wife of man
who deserted On the account summarily eject
ed from the fort without any previous notice. but the
citizens of Old Point and Hampton Immediately took
up subscr pton to supply her wants and send her fur
ther South to join her husband.