Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-18

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ne tnfret OF the castle in Edinburgh and the
observatory and time ball station on Carltnn
Hill are connected by an electric wire strat,.h-
ing four thousand two hundred feet in the air
When me ball drops, the wire is CHARGED win
an e,ec'lical current, and by an ingenious
construction discharges a cannon nrerisai,, ,t
noon. ~
Paris Snowman has brought from nm
Italian monastery, for exhibition, ''conlessinn
box" made in the 10th century. The nonnI
on which is painted Il figure of the Savior
flies open with spring, when figure of the
devil appears, duly horned, with rolling eyes
a woody head and beasts claws 1T was pleas
antly designed for effect on timid pentents.
The proposals Tor subscriptions to Il line of
steamers between Liverpool and New Orleans
with capital of S1,0O0000, have been pub,
lished, They are chiefly based on the idea
that secession has become fixed fact, and that
the southern tariff will give large business to
the line.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The stock OF hay in Charleston, s. c.,
is limited and sells at a high price, the latest
sales being at 81 Il hundred or $40 ton. It's
expectation from the north will be forbidden.
and their cavalry will be likely to sufltr.
Tie body OF Il drowned man was found in
The water in Newark Bay on Saturday last.
From certificate found on the deceased, he
appears to have been member OF the Sth
Mass regiment militia, named Woodbury..
1t was reported that President LncoIn's
proclamation calling out 10000 men was re-
celYed by the Montgomery gentlemen, who
were playing congress, with "bursts o. laugh.
ter" They have united in a request, since
learning the response, for a day OF Tasting
and prayer"
Inc Harmony society, a COMPANY Of aged
socialists in Beaver county, Pa, have deposit
ed SoOOO with the committee of safety for such
general purposes as the war may require
The society consists of men of advanced age
and OF lifelong peaceful pursuits, but who feel
the obligations of loyal and loving citizens.
In one OF the regiments at Camp Dennison,
Ohio, composed chiefly of Irisilmen. was Il
talr-ieatured, handsome boy, with white, deli
cate hands, drilling every day with the rest,
standing sentry, and performing the usual du
Ties OF the camp. The colonel, suspecting
something, ELECTED the confession that he was
only a sweet, silly girl in search of her lover.
She was returned to her friends.
The Bowery boys have brought out, at their
theater in New York, "Fhe Traitors DOOM,
or the Fate OF Secession" Gen Scott Major
Anderson, and Roger A. Pryor, are conspcu-
Gus III the play. The resemblance to the orig
inas is said to be no. remarkable, but the
morale OF the play is unexceplionabIp Beau
regard, jeff. Davis, and Pryor, are caught and
hanged, and secession goes out in blue
flame.
The office of the treasurer of Martin Co,
Ia, was invaded and robbed, last week, by
an organized band of ruftians The Home
Guard were on the alert, aud before the bur
glars escaped with their booty they received a
round Of cold lead One was killed on the
spot, another MORALLY wounded, and nine tax
en- prisoners. There are one hundred sworn
members, and the Home Guard proposes to
eXerminate them