Worcester daily spy., 1861-11-11

The Hartford Press publishes the marriage
of Mr.. Massena Parker OF Mobile Ala, 10
Miss Sarah j. Chamberlain, OF Worcester
Mass. The Press SAYS that Parker is native
OF Essex Cf., but lives in Mobile, and, WITH
younger brother, is a soldier, ia lle cohIeuer'
ate army-while two other brothers are with
the Connecticut volunteers
The Kiliugly Transcript says that MT
Erasmus Rawson, OF North Woodstock, has
raised pmnnkin that weighs thirty four
pounds, and measured three feet ten inches IN
circumstance! 1t musthave been an eXtraordl-
nary vegetable.
Counterfeit 81 bills on the Exchange Bank
OF Hartford are announced. The note Is wen
executed, and only differs from the genuine IN
having at the ends a scene OF an Indian hunt
ing and cotton scene,
Personal
Seth p. Staples, distinguished lawyer OF
| New York, a native OF New Haven, ana
classmate in Yale College with Rev. DIR. ly-
nlan Beecier, Judge Baldwin Of the United
States supreme court, OK governor OF New
York, and other prominent men, died on the
9th inst, aged &c
The Cincinnati Enquirer gives currency to
the rumof that Jessc d. Bright has cast ms lot
with the secessiouists, and will be Orlgadier
general in their army. 1t will be the first in.
stance in which prominent northern citizen
has gone over body and soul to the enemy.
Rev james p Hendricks, talented Pres;
byterian clergyman in Flemingsburg, ny, vol
unteerrd recently in one of the Flemingsburg
companies The boys wanted to make him
captain, but he declined, saying he wanted TO
be private 10 stand guard with them, pray
for them, and fight with them for the liberties
Of Kentucky.
Miss Lizzie Petit, so well known to New u ork
society as an accomplished authoress and love
ly woman, was married recently to Peter Y.
Cutler, Esq, LII. d., a distinguished member
OF the New York bar, and professor OF law in
the University OF New YORK.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Friends yearly meeting at Plain1eld,
Ind, have so amended their articles relating
to marriage, that when a Friend marries out
of the religious society his membership with
it is to be considered us dissolved unless he
makes an express wish to remain, and evinces
his attachment by attending its meetings.
An unfortunate editor, once attempting to
compliment Gen. Pillow as "battle Scared
veteran. was made by the types to call him
"battle scared veteran" In the next issue
the mistake was SO far corrected as to style
him ''bottle SCARED veteran"
The failure OF the potato crop in Ireland IS
said to be appalling. In several counties the
loss varies from two.:hirds to nire tenths of
the whole There is also deficit in cereals
of all kinds, in green crops, hay, and IN the
fuel which the poor are accustomed to use.
The Honolulu Advertiser says that his eX
celleucy the governor of Oahu, and suite,
passed through Ulupalakua last week, to Ha-
ma, on a tour of inspection OF the schools. A
somewhat remarkable incident was stated by
him, that 53 years ago he made a similar tour
around East Maui in company with the Great
| Kamehameha.
One OF the transports attached to the great
naval expedition-lhe "Union"--s supposed
10 be the old Brooklyn ferry boat of that name.
| She was built in. 1874, and rebuilt in 1856.
Her burthen was 297 tons, and her value not
| more than $4,000 or $4,000.