Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-09-06
General News Summsry.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.

BOSTON AND VICINITY.
The remains of Col. Fletcher Webster ar
rived in Boston on Friday, in charge of his
fathers old friend George j. Abbott, Esq, of
the state department. The body was recov-
cred from the field where he fell, after the
day was lost, and where he was found lying
stripped Of all his clothing and effects
-Four places have not yet made their returns
to the secretary of State, viz: Boston, Wa
tertown, Charlestown and Somerville. Rox-
bury reports an enrolled list of 3054 men,
with 1854 in the service for three years, and
2290 not in the service.
ESSEN COUNTY.
The town of Stoneham has appropriated
$500 to pay the members of the Stoneham
Light Infantry 800 each who have enlisted
in the nine months troops. 1t is expected
that this company will go into camp in few
days
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
The reported conference of democratic
town and district committees at North Bridge
water Il few days since, was bogus affair
The resolutions, published reports, and indeed
the whole affair, were invented by one b. W.
Packard--nO such meeting as reported hav-
ing been held at all. The men whose names
he used repudiate and denounce his presump-
ton.
Mary, wife of Apollos Ricketson, of Dart
mouth, committed suicide last Wednesday, by
jumping into well upon the premises. She
was about forty years of age, and lad shown
symptoms of mental alteration.
MAINE.
Mrs. VIM. Haskell of Kennebec has seven
sons i'll the army-SiX in the ranks, and one
who is lame and cannot therefore march with
musket, acts as cook of company. She
thinks she has filed her quota.
RHODE ISLAND.
The meeting of New England governors at
Providence was designed to secure harmony
OF action IN aflording succor to the general
government. 1t grew out Of correspond
ence between Cows. Andrew and Sprague, in
relation to naval recruits. The conference is
said to have been pleasant and satisfactory.
The general assembly of Rhode Island
have passed bill imposing severe penalties
on surgeons who show fayoritism to applicants
for exemption; also a bill to extend the right
of suffrage to adopted citizens who do not
possess real estate qualification.
The corporation OF Brown University have
appointed Il committee to consider the expe-
diency of having repealed the ancient provis-
ion of its charter eXempting ''the estates, per-
sons and families Of the president and profess
sors, for the time being, with the persons of
the tutors and students during their residence
at the college" from taxation.
CONNECTICUT
Private John Wilson, Of the fourteenth Uni
ted States infantry, stationed at fort Trum-
bull, was run over by the cars, early Thurs
day morning, and completely severed in
twain. He had been drunk the night previous
in a grog shop in the neighborhood of the
fort
During Thursday evening serious riot oc-
CURED in Che vicinity of this grog shop, car
ried on by an armed mob of soldiers from the
fort. Shots were fired and a negro dance
house was Quilted and burned.
The towns in Windham county have filed
their several quotas under the call for 60O,-
900 troops, with but three exceptions. The
entire county has raised several hundred more
troops than its quota.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Joe Balding, colored man, died in the
GAINESVILLE (Ohio) Infirmary on the llth ult.,
aged l2l years. He was slave in Fairfax
county, Va, in the days of Washington. He
was 10 years of age at the time of Braddock's
defeat in 1855. During his slave life, in ac-
cordance with the arrangements Of his sew
eTal masters, he had seven wives.
The secretary of war has appointed Hon
Charles II. Train, OF birmingham, member
of congress for the eighth Massachusetts dis
trict, on the staff of Gen. Gordon. The gen
eral had all his staff officers killed or wound
ed in the late battles.