Worcester daily spy., 1861-12-13

BOSTON AND VICINITY.


| chusetts held its annual meeting in Boston,
! Wednesday, and elected the following officers:
| grand master, Wm. D. Coolidge Of Newton
| vile senior grand warden, Henry Chicken
! ing of Pittsield; junior gtand warden, Peter
! G. Jones Of Boston; treasurer, John McClel.
Ian OF Boston secretary, Charles W. Moore
! of Boston.
The Traveller says: The steamer Rescue
| towed the Rat Hole stone fleet to sea from the
| Roads Thursday afternoon, and they proceed
| ed on their voyage to the south.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
| One of the workmen named Morey in the
machine shop Of Wm. Mason Of Taunton, mar,
| rowly escaped death last Tuesday by tie
bursting OF grind stone, fragment of which
weighing upwards ufOn hundred pounds flew
crashing through the window and grazing his
cheek and shoulder but fortunately without
doing further injury.
y petition, largely signed by citizens of all
parties, praying for The recognition of Liberia
and HaytI, was sent from n Bedford Tuesday
to lion. Thomas d. Eliot for presentation to
congress.
Capt. Nathaniel P Gray of Fall River had
both eyes nearly il not quite destroyed, Wed.
nesday afternoon, by the flashing OF molten
lead into his face. lie suffered eXcrutiating
agony.
The little child of Antoine j. Perry of New
Bedford, aged about three months, was found
dead, early Wednesday morning. lis mother
had gone to bed Intoxicated, aud stlied il in
its sleep.
NANTUCKET.
The Inquirer announces the death of James
IL. Briggs, a prominent citizen of that town
He was Il conspicuous member of the egisla
ture during the session that elected Charles
Sumner the first time to tile senate, and vigo-
rously labored to dclelt that election He was
also post master Of Nantucket, under President
Fillmore, and held offices OF trust at different
times under the general government. Mr..
Briggs had some pecGliarites, and was always
an unfortunate man. When mere boy, aud
an officer OF whale ship, he lost his leg above
the knee, which misfortune seemed to be the
producer Of others through his varied life.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
+. Merriam young lawyer in Westtield
has been before the supreme court on aacharge
of "maliciOus mischief" consisting in clandes-
timely entering the News Letter printing office
last November and altering the forms" tor
ballots with the intention Of defrauding the
union candidate for representative of his elect
ion. The jury disagreed.
The tannery OF Brigham Fairfield in Rus
sell was consumed by fire Tuesday night with
considerable quantity Of stock.
-Four men and a boy have been arrested in
Westtield for breaking and entering several
stores in that town last Flilay night.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Hampshire Gazette says the Fairbanks
farm in northampton, which can be bought
Tor ten or twelve thousand dollars, is looked TO
as a suitable farm on which to begin the agri-
cultural school, either under the patronage of
the state OF the Oliver Smith will.
MAINE.
Statistics OF the present year show the mum.
Der Of Baptists in Maine TO be 20, 1856, who are
gathered into 27S churches, over which are
ordained 262 ministers. The number of bap-
tisms the past year was 365.
The sou OF Henry j, Mots of Pembroke
was released from his enlistment in Gen. But.
lers body guard, last week, ON a writ Of ha.
6edS corpus. lie was minor and had enlisted
without his fathers consent
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Willis Cutting Of West Dover, captured n
rebellious black bear in that neighborhool, a
few days since. Getting on the track OF Bruin
he followed him TO his winter quarters, storm
ed the castle in front and in flank and bore
him off in triumph a prisoner of war
RHODE ISLAND.
The Providence Journal saws the tenement
on South Main street, in that city, occupied
BY Ann Comfy, whose husband is in the army,
was burned, Wednesday evening, and her two
children, one aged about three years, and the
other about three months, persisted in the
flames. The mother who was unwell, was
not able to DO anything to save them, and was
herself badly burned.
The mills of Heaton & Cowing, in North
Providence, consisting Of two wooden facto.
rles three stories high, with the Outbuildings,
were burned to the ground, Wednesday eve
ming, with most Of thetr contents. They were
used for the manufacture OF satinets, yarn,
and braided goods. The loss OF the proprie-
tors was about $4,000, which was only par
TALLY insured.
CONNECTICUT.
The residence of Henry Francis, town clerk
OF Hartford, was entered on Friday night by
burglar for the fourth time The burg
climbed the same tree, entered the same win
dow, ransacked the same bureau drawers, ac-
cldenHy made a noise and alarmed himself
and The inmates of tie house and fled, same
as last year. This year he got nothing-last
year he got some yaluables and dropped them
in the hail.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There are seventy fugitive slaves at the
Washington navy yard all comfortably cared
for by the orders OF Secretary Welles Most
ot them are employed at wages amounting to
$40 month.
John Kendall, Esq, the only surviving son
OF Hon. Amos Kendall, died at Washington,
on the 7th inst. He was formerly general su
periatendent of the Magnetic Telegraph Com.
pany.
The marriage Of Liszt the pianist, with the
Princess Wittgenstein, has been prohibited by
the Roman authorities, on the ground that the
princess has a husband living
Mrs. Gov. Morgan attended the lecture of
John B. Cough, Wednesday evening, aud knit
all tile evening ON a soldiers SOCK AT the
next lecture all the women brought their knit
ting work.
The story is adoat that the Belgian guns
purchased by Fremont in Europe, large num-
bers OF which were sent to the west, are near
worthless. The story is an invention.