Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-05-28
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY


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BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The brig Elisha Doane arrived at Boston,
Monday, from Brunswick, Georgia, with a
crew of lumbermen. While off the coast OF
Georgia they were boarded by piraticai yes
sci, detained eight days, and were hnaIly re-
4 leased through the intervention of an lnfiuen'
tiai firm in Savannah. The whole proceeu-
inys were pratlcal, the scoundrels claiming 10
have no authority, either state or confederate.
One of the largest and best military libraries
IN the country is in possession OF Inc Boston
Atheneum, and was generously presented 10
it by Col David Sears, and other patrons OF
that institution. 1t is indicated that the pro"
prietors would be happy to render It's great
! advantages freely accessible to military ON
GERS of The United States, during the present
overwhelming war.
Mrs. Eliza Grey Fisher, now past three
score years Of age, who lost grandfather IN
the revolutionary war, and father III the war
of 1872, has with the assistance OF LADIES OF
DIR. Dewey society, provided complete out
hit OF understanding for an entire company OF
one hundred and thirty men,
Orders have been received for the construc'
| ton of a new steam slOOp of warat the Charles
ton navy yard OF 1900 tons burden. The ar
mament will consist Of two ten INC. pivot
| guns and broadside batteries OF six rlfied ~
| Founders, as broadside guns.
Ballou, the highly esteemed president of Tufts
| College, lies dangerously i'll at his residence
! on Walnut Ilill aud that there is but little
chance of his recovery. The exercites an
nounccd at the college this afternoon, have
been postponed on account of DR.. Ballou's
| illness.
ESSEX COUNTY.
| Mr.. A. G. Towle OF Haverhill depressed
| by pecunary embarrassments committed sui.
| eide at his residence Last week Inv putiiuU his
throat He had a wife and sixteen children
! living, and was regarded man OF genial
| disposition ard good citizen.
| MIDDLEsEx COUNTY.
| Some forty or fifty persons in disguise WIS.,
tied, Saturday night, the house OF VIM. A.
| Harris of Newton, took him out forcby, rode
| him upon a rail through the town, tore his
clothes from his person and pelted him with
added eggs. One OF his neighbors finally in
teitered and effected his escape from his per-
secutors. Harris had made himself obnoxious
by his cruelty to his cattle, some OF which he
starved to DEATH
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
Some of the young ladies OF Mapewood In.
stitute in Pittsfeld went last Saturday on an
excursion to Windsor Falls, where a melan
choly accident occurred The party had
hardly reached the fall, when Miss Lila
| Reeve, one of the pupils, went out upon the
tall, in company with one of her friends, aud
slipped from the rock, which ran sharply into
the water. A shrek from those near brought
the principal of the school and the driver Of
the omnibus quickly to the spot. They waded
out TO the brink OF the chasm worn by the
fall, and, catching sight OF her for moment,
succeeded, by the aid of poles, in drawing her
a little towards them, when Instantly the re-
sisling recoi of the waters bore her away, by
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An hour elapsed before the body was found.
Miss Reeve was about seventeen years old,
very lovely person and great favorite with
her schoolmates.
| NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Geo. w. Avery was murdered at Thornton,
N. H., last Friday, by Barnard Page. Both
were farmers, Page being a proprietor, and
| Avery a day aborer. In one of their frequent
quarres, after insulting language from Avery,
Page went into his house, got loaded gun,
and shot him in the side, killing him mmedi-
ately.
CONNECTICUT.
The Pacific Mill al Manchester Green was
destroyed, Sunday afternoon, by Fl e. The
loss is supposed 10 be not less than $4,000.
New and valuable machinery had just been
put in, preparatory to the manufacture Of fine
stockineA
Augustus Utley, who recently died at
w SdthSiouVlh, anu WIZ lOlillSIiJ lSolhch at
Hartford, lett the following beques S to Hart.
ford institutions: To the Hartford hospital
$1,000, to the Asylum street Methodist Church
$1,000, to the Sabbath School conneced with
the same church $1,000, the Hartford Orphan
Asylum $500, to the Widows Home $1,000.
MISCELLANEOUS
The boiler OF the steamer Kentucky ex-
ploded near Columbus, Ark, on the MisSis-
sippi, on the 20th inst, filling the cabin with
steam and killing twentv-two OF the passen,
gers. Some OF them were literally cooked to
death, and lett the bottoms of their feet in the
cabin, others left the skin of their hands and
feet upon the posts they climbed down by to
the lower deck. The boiler had been recent
ly tested and stood hydrostatic pressure of
two hundred pounds to the square inch.
The courage and heroism OF the gallant
young Trojan, Francis L. Brownell, who so
nObly avenged the death of Col. Ellsworth,
and shot the cowardly traitor who assassinated
him, are to be properly cOmmemorated i'll
medal which some of the citizens of Troy
have already purchased, and which will be
presented 10 him on his return as a member
OF the escort accompanying Col. Ellsworth's
remains.
They are organizing nice company in
Nashville, Tenn, called the Stormen, The
arms chosen for this corps will consist OF
Strengthened scythe, with hook, and revol-
yer; the uniform is black pants, blue shirt,
with crimson collar, black hat, skull and bones
in front.
On Saturday evening a meeting was held at
Wizards Hotel in Washington Tor the benefit
OF the paren,s of Col. Ellsworth, who was said
to be poor, and who have lost their main sup
port in the death of their only son. Nearly
five hundred dollars was subscribed, no one
being allowed TO contribute more than one dol
lar. Mrs John Jacob Asor was selected as
treasurer OF the Ellsworth fund, and sub com
mittees were chosen in many of the cities of
the free states. The Massachusetts commit
tee are Col. Horace B. Sargent Col. Newell
A. Thompson, and DR.. James w. Stone.
From the N. Y Courier and Enquirer.
Negotiating IL loan under DinicuItieA.
A gentleman who was present, and heard
what he reports, relates that the commission.
ers from the rebel states, having been formal
ly introduced to Mr.. Bates, the head OF the
house OF Barring Brothers, the great inancier
told them to proceed. They commenced with
a most elaborate and glowing description OF
the resources and wealth OF the rebel states
After Il pause
Mr.. Bates-Have you finished?
Commssioners--No quite. Then speech
from Commissioner No. 2, and pause.
Mr.. Bates-Have you finished
Observation-Disclosures. Then speech
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