Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-28
General News sunmary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


The valuation of Boston for 1862 real and
personal is $275, 1851 800, which is a gain of
nearly 100000 on the valuation of the pre-
ceeding year. The rate of taxation is $1,000
on $1,000. The increase in the state and d.
rect national tax, $780, as the state and ma
tional tax together will amount to nearly half
a million of dollars.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Gen. James Appleton, Of Ipswich. died on
the 25th inst, at the age of II years, after a
long and useful life. Before the last war he
was member of the Massachusetts legisla-
ture. During the war he served with dis
tincton.
The clerks in the Salem Custom House
have subscribed the sum of five hundred dol
lars, to be paid in sums of twenty-five dol
lars each, to the twenty men who shall first
enlist in Salem in the old regiments for three
years, or the war.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Northampton Gazette publishes the
list of persons returned as liable to do mill
tary duty in that town-numbering $50 of
whom probably two or three hundred would
be thrown out as unfit for service. Thirteen
colored men are enrolled.
The only occupation of the people of the
county is-wAR. Frequent meetings are held
in nearly town, and private and public gener-
osity is being called into requisition to avert
the impending draft.
Hiram Caswell of Greenwich has four noble
boys in the service, and himself is ready to
join them, and ''serye in any capacity with
out money and without price" The first
quota of Greenwich is full,-the second near
ly so.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The city government of Springfield have
offered a bounty of 800 for volunteers for
nine months, raising a loan Of 100000 for
that purpose. Mass meetings are to be held
during the rest Of the week to procure en-
listments.
The editors in the Green Mountain state,
who have laid down the pen and taken up the
sword, are DIR. Cummings of the Phoenix;
A. G. Brown, ''home editor of Walton's Dali
ly Journal; John Cain, editor and publisher
OF the Rutland Courier; G. II. Bigelow, of
the Burlington Times, and G. g. Benedict of
the Free Press, who have all enlisted for the
war.
PERSONAL.
VIM. H. Seward, jr., the youngest son of
Secretary Seward, and the only one not in
the service of the country, has been appoint
ed to the lieutenant colonelcy Of the second
regiment New York militia. He leaves lu-
cratiye banking business which he lately es-
tabshed at the place of his residence.
1t is stated that Rev. Dr. Vinton of Trinity
church, New York, who has already two
brothers in the United States army, will him
self take the field az colonel of the 'Iron-
sides regiment forming under the auspices
of the Young Mems Christian Association of
New York.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Seven secession women of Park prSburU.
Va, were recently sent to Wheeling and put
in Jail, for talking treason. AT first they re-
fused to take the oath but after confine-
ment Of day or two they concluded to swear,
and were let otf-and they are probably
swearing still, and breathing treason hotter
than ever.
One of the soldiers of Maine regiment, who
was in the battle of Baton Rouge, boosted af-
ter the fight that he had the pleasure of lev
cling his musket at the man who had been
his favorite candidate for the presidency. He
was only too far off, the soldier added, to ap-
preciate the full force of the compliment.
The 73d Illinois regiment is commanded
throughout by Methodist preachers The
colonel is Rev. Mr.. Jaques, and many of the
privates are from his flock. The Methodist
church, north and south, have had some diff
Guilty for years, and it is suggested that they
| have gone down to settle it,