Worcester daily spy., 1861-08-26


monthly.
CONNECTICUT
Mr.. William W. Davenport, formerly OF
Boston, was ordained us pastor ot the Coh
gregatonal church in DanieIsonvllle, laSt
Wednesday. Mr. D. recently left business NE
in Boston, since which Time he has preac'eu
with acceptance in various places.
While the twenty first Massachusetts regl'
ment, Col Morse, was passing through NOT
wich, Friday night, James Il. Bliven, private
in Capt Chestef's company OF that city, at
tempted to lump upon the train, but missed
his footing and was crushed between two cars.
He was fatally injured. NJ
The office of the railroad depot in New
Britain was broken open by eurgiars, inufs @
day night, and rifled Of It's contents. Inc
same night some railroad ties were placeu
upon the track Of the railroad in that town, but
fortunately the eowcatcher OF the approaching
train threw them from the track.
When the fourth Connecticut regiment de"
parted, young woman was iounu upon the
train who insisted upon accompanying 'he'h as
nurse. The Colonel gave PERMISSION on lhe
sole condition that some one OF the regiment
would marry her; six brave men stepped forth
and she selected her man, to whom Lieut. Col
White united her.
The body of an Irish laboreT named Maglll,
missing since Sunday night, was found, Friday
morning, in the water at the dam OF the Wind
ham company's mill in Willimantic, TO which
it had dritted during the night. His head was
beaten almost to Il Jelly, and his body covered
with blood.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Four secessionists were arrested IN New
York, last week One OF them, from Peters
burg, Va, a heavy producer and dealer IN to-
bacco, had upon his person SlUO,UOO IN drafts
H. fh.ans ~ maj
oranda of various articles for parties in Vir.
ginia. He will probably be taken to Fort
Lafayette The remaining three, who were
arrested at different times, carried upon their
persons evidences of their completely with the
rebels, and will be detained.
Mrs. Edwin James, wife of Edwin James,
the noted London barrister, experienced loss
at Long Branch of five thousand dollars worth
of jewery. The property was puroined
while the family were at breakfast.
The trial OF Rev. Henry Bridge for the
alleged murder of his wife Priscilla, is now in
progress at Utica. The indictment contains
nine counts, charging strangulation and cutting
the throat OF deceased also smotherng and
cutting her throat on the llth of December,
1859. The accused is Il Congregational min
lister.
The editor of the Philadelphia Bulletin has
forbidden its reporters publishing any account
of military movements in that city, and
especially the passage Of troops from other
states to Washington.
Frederick Becker, aged eighty-six years,
recently committed suicide near Syracuse N.
Y, while tormented with the suspicion that
his daughter in-law, with whom he lived, did
not love him too well.
Ross & Foucey, the famous newspaper deal
ers in New York, who have nearly a complete
monopoly OF the wholesale trade of the coun
try, refuse to circulate on and after this date
The five papers which were presented" by the
grand jury for reasonable practices, viz: The
Journal of Commerce, the Day Book, the Da.
ly News, the Freeman's Journal, and the
Brooklyn Eagle.
Joshua r. Giddings has recently had a ser-
Gus attack of atrophly of the heart, from which
he has occasionally suffered. His symptoms
were alarming at the time, but he recovered
in few daj S.
as The Druse Sheikbs who have been so long
in prison in Beyrout have, with two excep.
tions, been banished for life from Syria; the
Turkish man-of.war in which they were en-
barked has left BeSrout. These chiefs are
eleven in number, and are to be taken, some
TO Tripoli, on the coast of Barbary, some to
Tunis and others to some OF the islands in
tho Kgaan