Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-09
C ENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.



Rev. a. G. Laurie pastor of the Universal
Isl church IN Charlestown, has rendered his
resignation
The new police court in Charlestown has
been organized by the appointment of G.
washington Warren as justice, with salary
OF SI2OO year and the election by the city
council OF Z. e. Sweeny for clerk, with sal
AIRY OF $500.
Zeno Kelly of New Bedford has been ipdict.
ed for fitting out the ship Tahmaroo for the
slave trade He was taken before the United
states district court in Boston, on the 8th, and
gave bonds in $1,000 to appear for trial
Wyzeman Marshall has taken the Howard
Atheneum for short season, and opens il on
Monday next.
ESSEX COUNTY
naVerhill, last week, held public meeting
ana endorsed the presidents emancipation
message. Among the speakers was Warren
Ordway, late democratic candidate for senator
IN mat district, who heartily approved the
presidents views
Oh the 9th inst. a little son of John Cuddy
was orc wned in one of the small ponds on the
quarry OF VIM. IL. Knowlton in Rockport.
~ III IN, twenty eight years old, was recent
y married III New6uryport to a woman sixty.
three years Old. The minister asked The man
If he fully understood what he was doing
lie replied in the affirmative and the knot was
tied.
Kum has caused the death of three persons
IN Newburyport within ten days.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
IL. A Pierce has been elected captain of the
New Bedford City Guards, in place of Lieut..
Col Ingraham
Rev. }. P. Tustin has rendered his resigna-
ton OF the rectorship OF Grace Church parish
in New Bedford
The total number of men shipped at the
naval rendezvous in New Bedford, from May
4, 1851, TO the present date, is 1878
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Inc OLD whip shop OF Granville Holton, at
Westheld, was totally destroyed by fire, Mon
day night, the stock of whips being mostly
saved. The loss will probably not exceed
$500.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Adams Transcript SAYS cit is as shame.
ful as true that nothing of value can be left
out OF doors during night in that village but
what 1t is sure to be stolen" The clothes
lines OF two families were recently stripped
clean OF their freight of garments
NEW HAMPSHIRE
On the ID inst, Nathan Roberts of Colts
town was drawing wood, and had upon his
sled load Of green wood As he was turn.
ing 1t IN his door yard, two pairs of steers and
yoke of oxen making the team, he was
thrown under the sled and injured so that he
died the next day. lie was sixty Years of
age.
RHODE ISLAND.
young woman was badly burned on
the 4th inst, i'll Providence, at disreputabe
house, that she died on the tn. She dropped
a mud lamp while in a state of intoxication,
by which her clothes were set on fire.
a barn in Providence, owned by Roswell
Carpenter, was destroyed by fire on Monday.
Loss $500. No insurance. A barn adjacent
belonging to Perry Davis, was also burned. |
Loss 5000. Insured for $500
a man, name unknown, was run over |
Monday, on the Hartford, Providence, and !
FishviIle Railroad. He was killed instantly.
The body was conveyed to Providence.
CONNECTICUT.
Geo. B. Hunt, late assistant superintendent
of the llousatonic Railroad, has been appoint
ed superintendent of the Quincy and Toledo
Railroad, Ohio.
Patrick Manion of Danbury has surrender
ed himself to be tried for the murder of Miles
Doran, last December, for which Patrick
Ryan was tried and acquitted
"A building, 80 feet by 80, owned by Mr.. I.
U Stock, and located near fort Hale, was Fri.
day night moved across New Haven harbor to
Savin Rock, where it was safely landed. Ii
was terried on scows.
MISCELLANEOUS
Parson Brownlow and Andy johnson have
been lifelong political antagonists The par.
son once prayed that the Lord in His infinite
mercy, would save eren Andy johnson Each
knows by this time how to appreciate the
other
A lucky farmer residing in the neghbor.
hood OF New Salem, Wisconsin, had a cow
which brought forth two calves, a eve which
had two lambs, and wife who presented him
with two children, all in the first week in
March.
A meeting was held in Chicago on the Sd
inst, at the instance of the Chicago Laborers'
Association, at which it was resolved that a
subscription should be opened throughout the
United States for the purpose of procuring
permanent homestead for Major Gen. Franz
Sigel TO be located in the state of Illinois, and
that the balance ofthe fund to be raised, which
will undoubtedly be liberal, after purchasing
the estate, should be paid over to him, A
committee was appointed to collect subscrip
tons, and to organize sub committees in all
proper places.
The slaves of james NJ. Mason, a recent
inmate OF fort Warren, now in England, have
decamped from Winchester in body, and
made their way to Philadelphia 1t is current.
ly reported, also, that one of Mason's daueh.
tiers has become hopelessly insane from the
various family misfortunes
a shop keeper in Paris exhibits a photo
graph OF President Lincoln with the name of
Gen Beauregard inscribed on it. Mr. Seward
answers tor JET Davis, and Gen. Mcclellan is
marked down as "Gen. Scoot"
Prentice says there is no drawer souL on
earth than the soul of our Foote
During the first three months of 1862.
~ 931 bales of cotton, of the value of IS 227..
9o4, were received at the port of New York
from Europe.
The author of the following lines is des
tined to occupy good position among our
American poets. Who is he?
owunst luyed annuther gal
Her name it muIIier
but betsy deer my luv foru
is forty times more hier