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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-31
GEN ErAL NEWS SUMMARY.


Thomas A. Brewer, a well known ship.
master in Boston, was missing Friday morn.
ing, and is supposed to have committed suicide.
His hat, cane, and letters expressing such an
intention were found upon Arch wharf.
uDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The Massachusetts and Prescott mills in
Lowell will start up on Monday next, the time
for which they stopped having expired. The
Suffolk and fremont will run in part for a
short time. The Citizen says nearly all the
mills have large supply OF cotton on hand,
but will reserve it till winter, when it is more
difficult for hands to procure other worK.
james D. Russell of Brighton, private in
Col. Duryea's regiment, who was wounded at
Big Bethel has been appointed 10 first
lieutenancy in the regular army-his patient
and heroic suffering commenting him TO the
favor OF the secretary of war.
The large boot factory of James NJ. Hawks,
in Hollston, was partially destroyed by an in
cendiary fire on Wednesday morning Loss
about 5000; insured in Boston.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
Harrison Field of Taunton was found shock.
ingly mangled and dead upon the track of the
Taunton Branch railroad, Friday morning.
One arm and leg were entirely cut off, and his
head was nearly severed from his body.
Three trains OF cars appear to have passed
over him.
The house of B. J.. Wood Esq, proprietor
of the patent enamel cloth mauuiactory of that
place, was the scene of silver wedding,
Thursday evening, worthy Of the name
many pieces of silver being left by friends as
presents.
NORFOLK COUNTY.
Richard Bond of RoXbury, lately deceased,
has left liberal legacies to public institutions,
among which are $4,000 to the American
Board of Foreign Missions, $4,000 to the
Massachusetts, Home Missionary Society,
$4,000 to the American Educational Society,
$1,000 to the Theological Institute, East Wind
sor Hill, CT, $4,000 to the American Tract
Society, and large requests to Harvard, Am
herst, and Williams Colleges, A considerable
portion of these requests are to be made after
the decease of his wife, for whom one half OF
the estate is held in trust.
MAINE.
The people Of Garland intend raising mon
ument to the memory of Lieut.. Lyman Il.
Richardson OF company E, second Maine regi.
ment, who los, his life at Bull Run About
500 have been raised for the purpose.
The dwelling house of Hon VIM. r. Flint,
at Arson, was considerably damaged by fire,
Sunday, catching in the porch while the iami.
ly were at dinner. The house of VIM. Ellis,
at Embden, was destroyed the same day with
its contents.
VERMONT.
The house and outbuildings of Jesse Brown
of Corinth were burned last Thursday, with
everything in them. 1t is feared sister of
Mrs Brown was burned to death, as she could
not be found after the fire.
RHODE ISLAND.
Orders have been issued preliminary to the
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Neu Postage slnmp..

Tile possession of large quantities of the
United States postage stamps in the rebel
states has enabled them to use our postage ia
cilities without paying anything for the priv
lege. and has afforded them the opportunity
of carrying on reasonable correspondence
with less danger of detection. A new issue,
40 differing from the old as not to be mistaken
for it, has therefore become necessary, and the
change from the old to the new is now going
on.
By reterence to the notice OF the postmaster
of this city, it will be seen that he is prepared
10 furnish new stamps, and to exchange them
for the old, and that this exchange may be
made until Friday, the 9th of September, I'M
til which time the old stamps will be received
for postage on letters and other mailable mat
ter, as heretofore. But, we are requested to
say, that, considering the pressure of business
winch this exchange necessarily brings upon
the Worcester post office, it will I've considered
favor, II those who have stamps of the old
issue viii use them up, or as many of them
as they cam during the time allowed, and thus
save SO many stamps to the government, and
the trouble to the Office Of making the EXCHANGE
and Of again accounting TO the post Office 40.
partment for them.
In all the cities, the time for using the old
stamps is limited to six days after receiving
their supply of new ones, and giving public
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BORGIA AT THE SoUTH.-The rebels are re-
peating their attempts at poisoning. The
Louisville Democrat makes the following
statement: -
Two or three evenings ago, while young
man named Bennett, member of Capt DilPs
company of the twenty fourth Indiana regi-
ment, was walking backward and forward as
sentinel, outside OF Lafayette Park, st. Louis,
near the entrance, he was approached by a
young man, who, with a friendly face, asked
the sentineli if he did not feel weary, TO which
the soldier replied, Eyes, DO feel little
tired )" when the kind faced stranger, after a
word or two of further conversation, asked
him if he would not accept piece Of his pie.
The sentinel thanked him with heartfelt graft,
tude, and ate the pie. Shortly afterward he
nas Soi1cd with convusions and was carried
by his comrades 10 the hospital lent, The
physician OF the regiment found that he was
poisoned with strychuine.
One of these rebel Borgias, however, met a
sudden fate, Il few days since, in the federal
camp at Buckeyes Town, Md. A correspond
ent tells the story =
Yesterday the owner of the farm on which
the army is encamped was seized and shot
without trial. lie ragged fearfully when they
quartered on his land, and utterly refused to
sell his hay at any price, and finally carried
his spite so far as to attempt to poison spring
from which the soldiers obtained large supply
He was arrested in the act, with the damning
evidence of his guilt upon him, and was shot
without benefit OF clergy.
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notice thereof. In several of them, as Boston,
Baltimore, SC, this time has already expired,
and, in such places, when letters are dropped
in the office with old stamps thereon, such
letters are not recognized, but the letters are
marked before mailing, with the amount due
tor postage, and the receiver of the letter has
it to pay. Several such letters have already
been received here from Baltimore, sc.
1t will be seen by the notice, that post
masters in the neighboring towns are allowed
one month from this date in which to make
the exchange.
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CITY AND COUNTY

FInr.-~on Friday afternoon, about one
O'Clock, fire broke out in the old "Allen build
ing. on Main street, owned by VIM d. Dex-
ter, and occupied by L. Stowe 4 Co., shoe
manufacturers. BY the speedy action OF the
fire department, who were promptly on the
ground the fire was extinguished before great
amount of damage had been done. The fire
was confined to the stitching room, where it
first originated, from what cause is not known.
Other portions Of the building, as well as the
stock therein, were somewhat damaged by
water. The loss on the building was some
$500, fully covered by insurance at the old
Worcester Mutual office. Messrs. Stowe &
Co.'s loss on the stock was some $500 or
$500, on which they were insured for $4,000 at
the Peoples, and $1,000 more at the Merchants
and Farmers offices.
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A pinery boy in the Second Wisconsin Reg
iment saw the Prince at Arlington, and thus
describes him. He is evidently no beauty and
as the painter was Il DISTINGUISHED party, the
picture may be considered pretty nearly cor
rect. Our readers will be happy to learn that
His Highness' linen is of the cut and quality
prescribed BY tine rules of good society
Prince Napoleon was here yesterday. He
came over On the ferry opposite Georgetown.
There were three common two seated car
rages, each drawn by one pair of horses, and
with only one driver on the box. Lincoln
and the other big bugs, have a foolman on thu
box with the driver,) When first saw the par
ty they were some eighty rods off and going
TO visit Col. McQuade' S regiment. They were
escorted by Col. Sherman and one OF his aids
aud some twenty OF our cavalry. | went
down and ran the guard which they had
placed around their camp to keep spectators
out, and so got up to within thirty feet of
them, and had a fair chance to see them. The
regiment was under arms, and went through
the manual in manner creditable to them
selves. After this they passed in review in
front OF the party, and the prince and the rest
raised their hats as the flag passed them, and
the colors were lowered i'll return.
] don't know as | can give you a descrip.
ton of the prince, but will try. He was
suit of brown nankin, coat and pants alike
1.-THE papers say it was linen); straw hat with
black ribbon on it one aud half inches
wide, and which looked as if it had been worn
four or five months steady; congress CATERS,
light colored neck tie, aud White shirt with
standing collar. lie looked to me to be about
i've feet eleven inches high. His neck is very
short-as short as any ever saw, | believe.
His head is large, and very wide, the fore
head not very high but wide. Ona eye
was dark, as near as | could see: the other
had quizzing glass screwed into it, so
that could not see how it did look, but
l presume it was the same color as the other.
His nose was much as his uncle's is pictured,
except not SO large. 1t sort O. looked down
on his chin. The mouth rather wide, and
straight across; the chin very promment-the
most so OF any person | ever saw, | believe.
lie looked as ii his chin and nose were trying
TO get together, but could not quite make il
out. His jaws are wide and square, and the
chin broad lie is very round shouldered, and
his shoulders are quite broad, and his hair is
coal black | should Judge he would weigh
about $50 pounds. Mr.. Seward was with
hlm-the rest were Frenchmen, (some eight
or ten,) with the exception of the soldiers |
spoke OF. There were some of them in uni.
iiorm, and did not see anything particularly
interesting about the party, although the pa
pers say they are big men,
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RENEGADE ARRESTED AS A TRAITOR
The New Bedford Mercury says that on Friday
afternoon +. E. Williams of Arkansas was ar
rested some twenty miles from Boston, bound
south b, railroad. He had in his possession a
lot of pistols and bowie knives, purchased in
Boston for the southern market Williams
was in Boston some six weeks since, and pur-
chased at that time weapons. a detective,
upon his second visit, kept his eye on him,
and finding what he was buying, concluded to
have him arrested. The fellow formerly be-
longed in Mendon, in this state, and mad the
boldness and cunning to procure passport in
Boston.
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BOSTON EVENING TRANscRIPT, Nov l6. 1860,
A NEW NINE-In this age of bad wbiskay .,d
"eAtended liquors. it is pleasant to know that tboro
is one article of pure wine in the market. Weboyo
reference to SPEER's Sambuci Wine which was on
exhibition at the Fair and glass was given to each
visitor who claimed it. A glass was profFered to
me, and touched it to my lips somewhat unwilling.
ly but was agreeSbly disappointed in finding it one
oil the most delicious nectars had ever tasted 1
doubt whether there is vineyard in the Old New
world that can yield wine at all comparable to
this in richness and decacy of flavor. Mr.. SPEER
prepares it by new process peculiar to himself,
without the addition of spirits and each bottle he
sells is guaranteed to be four years old 1t has
found its way, it would seem, to London and Paris
GEO. r. SPUR is Agent for the above in Worces-
for
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TAKING THE LOAN.

The generous Impotence with which people
who are SO fortunate as to have savings are
forcing them upon the government, while the
sleepy government printer is still nodding
over the unfinished treasury notes, is most
favorable and encouraging omen. Fortunate
old gentlemen whose lifelong outlook for what
Mr. Wemmick would call portable property"
has been Of great benefit to them. and who
calculate upon public disturbances as old
sailors calculate upon storms, respond with
alacritv TO the first indication from the govern
ment that it needs their aid Young servant
girls. innocent OF any profound calculations
upon the philosophy of The investment, but in
terested in the government unconsclously
through some bold soldier boy who has gone
to fight for it. call then first savings from the
banks to loan TO the government while, for
aught they can tell, it may be fighting for its
life. ard all the way between these extreme
Representatives of the genus money lender, COW
ering some vast wastes of humanity, but more
cheerful fields blessed by industry or fortune
with increasing thrift, thousands are found
ready to welcome the occasion which shall
make their interests more nearly identical with
the country's, and give them personal pride
in the triumph which God and its true sons
have reserved for it. 1t is not impossible that
the attractive coupons with which the treasury
notes are to be ornamented may have given
lively impulse to the patriotism Of many
who thronged the Office of MIR. Cisco
during the past week. Money is an
eclectic, and among several equivalents aims
to choose the best But it is a base view of
the spontaneous response of the people to the
needs of the government to regard ii as
spripging from any less worthy motive than
that generous love of country to which none
but bad and dangerous men are insenslble.
If the peril were a thousand time greater than
it is, such is the appreciation of a republican
government, administered in the kind, liberal
and benefcent spirit of republican con
stitut;on, the response might have been
expressed in a different form, but it could
not have been less generous and cordial
The spirit in which subscriptions to the loan
have been commenced indicate that the entire
authorized loan will be taken as fast as it shall
be required. The war may be protracted, and
the patience of the people put to a severer tesl
than they yet know, but their patriotism car
not fail. In the meantime it is unwise
to increase the ills we bear by anticipat
ing depression and misfortune. The needfu
branches of industry and trade are already re
covering from the shock which the first out
burst of the rebellion gave to them. The ne
cessities of the country increased blythe inev
liable sacrifices of the war win the mure re
quire the exercise of tlMt elastic and buoyan
vigor which has crowned our long peace witt
abundant prosperity.
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OBIrUARY.-James Henry Leland, son Of
James Leland, formerly of Barre, died in OF
tawa, Illinois, on the 18th inst, at the age Of
twenty -one years. The Barre Gazette says
Gle had adopted the law as his profession, and
at the last term but one of the Supreme Court
at Ottawa, he was admitted to the bar. When
the president, in April last, called Tor seventy
five thousand volunteers, lie was one of the
three months Of his enlistment his health was
unnte1uptedly GOO, until three or four days
after his regiment was mustered out OF SER
vice. While the men were waiting for their
pay at Cairo, he was taken down with the ty-
phoid fever, returned home, anddied"
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rFrom the Lesvenworth (Kansas) Times, Aug PSI
Slave Case in ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Takes
!. Walk While the Court Hunts up the
Law.
A black man named 'Steve," who was held
as a slave, by Anthony Harse of Clay coun.
ty, Mo-, escaped on the 9th oil this month, and
fled to Kansas On Friday evening last he
was arrested on warrant issued by United
States commissioner Callahan, charged with
being fugitive from Service or labor. Yes
terday morning, at ten o'clock, the case came
came up for herring. When it became known
that the arrest had been made, no little excite
ment was created, and quite crowd collected
in the vicinity Of the United States maTshars
office, while the examination was in progress.
printed copy of the statutes OF Missouri
was offered in evidence, TO prove that under
them, the negro was legally slave. MIR.
Crozer, on the part of the defence, objected to
the admission OF the volume Of Missouri laws
as evidence. He cited the enactments of con
gress and the decision of courts, to show that
a certified copy of the Missouri statutes must
be produced with the broad seal Of the state
affixed or they could not be received as evil
dence by the commissioner. The court suS.
tanned the objection. AT the instance OF the
claimants attorney, a summons was then is
sued for a gentleman who is familiar with the
laws of Missouri, in order to show, by oral
proof, what those laws are, so far as they re-
late to slavery.
Meantime, the man Stephen observing that
the spectators, attorneys, officers, Sc, were
engaged in earnest conversation, quickly slip.
ed out of the door, ran down stairs, passed the
guard, and made tracks" as fast as his legs
would carry him. The escape was very skill
fully executed, and the crowd very irreverent
y laughed and hurrahed to see Stephen "goit"
The officers in whose charge he had been i'm.
mediately pursued him, but the darkey jump
ed into bug y which was in waiting at the
corner Of Fifth and Delaware street, was driven
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A BRILLIANT IRISH FEsTIvAL.--A grand
festival in honor of the gallant Sixty ninth
regiment took place, Thursday, at Jones
Wood, near New York, realizing handsome
sums for the widows and orphans of the regi-
ment. The crowd present were counted by
tens of thousands, and the enthusiasm was
overwhelming. Capt. Thomas f. Meagher,
made brilliant speech, and was the bright,
particular star of the festival.
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A HRRoIo UNION WoMAN.-A few even
ings ago, while a gentleman who lives near
Midway, in this state and has Union flag
before his door, was absent, the secessionists,
about twelve or fifteen in number, went to his
house, only his wife being at home, and com
menced cutting down the flag. The noble wo.
man ordered them TO leave. They refused.
She demanded by what authority they were
cutting down the flag. They replied "by the
authority of our captain" She seized revolt
yer and fired, when the scoundrels fled in con-
sternation, and the victorious heroine, grasp
ing the flag and waving it in the air, gave three
cheers for the Union'-Louis0ite, (Ky.,) Jour
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PREMIUM EssAY.-The Church Ant-slayery
Society has reissued the offer of prize of one
hundred dollars for an acceptable tract, not
exceeding twenty four pages, on the question,
GLOW shall Christians and Christian Churches
best absolve themselves from all responsible
connection with Slavery?" Manuscripts may
be sent to either Of the following committee
Of award, till January l, 1862 Rev. j. c.
Webster, Hopkinton, Deacon L. Washburn
and Rev. Samuel Souther, Worcester.
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selection of site Tor new navy yard to be To-
Gated somewhere on the waters OF the Nara
gansett bay within the lines of the state OF
II lode Island
CONNECTICUT.
There are but three cotton mills now in OPP
Grafton in Windham county-the Quinebaug,
in Danielsonvle, the mill ut Wauregan and
the Williamsvie The latter is running full
time, and have cotton CROUCH to last through
the winter. The cloth manufactured by the
Williamsville company is of a superior quail
ty, and therefore commands ready sale
Personal.
Rev. Nathaniel Colver, d. d., formerly pas
tor of the fremont Temple Baptist church in
Boston, is to become pastor Of the Tabernacle
church in Chicago.
NJ. Theirs was nearly drowned, recently,
while bathing near DieppeT. lie was brought
ashore unconscious by bathing companion.
The old rebel Vallandigham has been fifty
remembered by his sympathizing rebels in
Kentucky, who have named one ftheir camps
after him.
Col. John B. Grayson, formerly of the Uni
ted States army, has been appointed a brga-
der general by President Davis, and is assign
ed to duty on the Florida coast
Gen. McCraig, state senator OF Allegheny
county, Md, has been arrested for treason as
HAS diSO DdillSl DGChSIty Suitoi VI NV AA'5SAo
town Mail
MISCELLANEOUS.
A lady at Columbus inquired OF the spirit
rappers how many children she had. -Four, .
replied the spirit. The husband startled at
the accuracy of the reply, stepped up and IN.
quired, GLOW many children have ?"
Two" answered the rapping medim. The
husband and wife looked at each other with
an odd smile for moment, and then retired.
non-believers.
In his great patriotic speech at Tunkhan-
mock, Pa, last Monday, Daniel S. Dickinson
of New York stated the case as to the origin OF
this war so concisely and admirably that it
might be taken as the motto Of all defenders
of the government. "Soutr Carolina began to
scrape lint before the votes were counted"
And it is positive historical fact
Henry Rock of Proviso, ILL.,, having detor
mined to commit suicide, prepared rude box
for coffin, and getting into it, attempted TO
shoot himself with pistol. Failing in this,
he next constructed moose, which he fastened
to projection few feet over his head, in
such a manner that he managed, by throwing
himself upon the moose, 10 dslocate his neck
and strangle himself, and was so found dead,
reclining in his own coffin.
The entire Catholic clergy of Chicago, by
concerted action, have advised all unemployed
men in their congregations to enlist i'll Gen
Fremont's army.
One million dollars has been placed to the
credit Of the Earrings of London, to be drawn
against by our ministers in France, England,
Belgium, and Holland, in payment for the
purchase of arms.