Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-04-01


the British at the battle of Bennington.
CONNECTICUT.
S Rockwell, OF New Britain, cautions the
public against man by the name OF jeremiah
Tiff, who goes around teaching penmanship
and bookkeeping and doing a little incidental
swindiing as opportunity offers.
building in Norwich, lately occupied by
Lucius Parsons a. an eating saloon, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday morning. The FIRE
communicated to the adjoining buildings oc
cupied by o. j. Lamb and E. A Bill and they
were totally destroyed
Friday night, passenger asleep in his
birth on the City Of Boston WINS disturbed. as
the boat was coming into New London, by
some one tambing at his pillow. He started
up, which alarmed the thief, who dropped a
watch he had just taken. The thief rushed
upon the deck, but the steward seized him,
Some $50 in bank ills were recovered. and
the rogue was handed over TO the New Lon
don police.
Hannah Welch of Hartford broke her leo.
in attempting TO get over fence when drunk.
The body OF a little child of Joseph Kin
cald, III Hartford, NaS found in Park River on
sunday. The little fellow was missed from
his home Saturday noon
The building of the Greenwoods Company
at New Hartford, used as a grist aud saw mill,
was damaged about $1,000 by fire, Oh Friday
night,
A canvass has taken place in New London
county, III order to ascertain the number and
politics OF those who have enlisted for the war.
The whole number with five towns to hear
trom) is 016, OF whom 562 are voters, and of
these 366 are republicans and 1893 democrats.
RHODE ISLAND.
An important SUI gical operation was recent
ly performed in Providence, by DR.. Walter
| Burnham OF Lowell. 1t was the removal of
an ovarian tum0r Of four or five years stand
Ing. The patient was Mrs. Chatlcs E Will
| lis, lady twenty six years OF age The
tumor filled the whole abdominal cavity, and
was attached to the uterus and both broad lg.
aments, and TO the lett ovary 1t weighed
about thirty five pounds. The operation last
Ell an hour and half ard during that time
an ounce and half OF chioroform was admin.
istered to tie patient. She is now in a very
comfortable condition.
Ia Pawtucket, Saturday, John Lehman, a
carpenter, while engaged at the print works
OF the Dunnell Manufacturing Company, fell
Though scutte IN the roof covering the
room where soap, potash &c, is boiled for the
bleachely, INTO "kier' containing boiling hot
fluid. He was speedily extrcated, but lived
but few hours after the accident. lie leaves
wife and four children.
The builders iron foundry in Providence
Will soon commence to turn out 11-inch smooth
pore Dahlgreen guns, Tor the use of the navy
MISCELLANEOUS.
The New York World says il is reported
that represent tives OF New Orleans houses
have made their appearance in the DRY goods
market in that city, and augerS from The fact
that the cause of the rebellion is on the eve
OF being abandoned by tie common consent
OF the people OF the commercial centeIs of tie
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New York, and paved the way for a renew 81
OF business by paying Indebtedness incurred
previous to the war.
Mr. Thomas Underwood, who was in the
battle OF Pea Ridge, writes that one of Siegel's
majors with twenty men and one piece of ar
tlliery, killed thirty-ive seceSsionists at one
fire, with the loss of only two of our men.
The Newbern IN. C.) Progress says that on
the 24th postmaster Reed received a mon
ster mail from the north, containing some ff
teen thousand letters, beside some fifty bushels Of
newspapers. The letters were distributed by
him, with the aid OF half dozen assistants, in
tro hours and ten minutes.
Some approximations have been expressed
that our fleet would use up all of our ammun-
ton if the bombardment was protracted long
at Island No. 10. A little examination into
our resources relieves ali fears on that point
Capt. Sanford has 100 tons of shot and Shell,
including $4,000 rounds Tor gunboats, aud / :
900 rounds for The morlars, and averages 500
rounds for each ieee OF ordnance in the squad.
ron
Several officers of the British war steamer
Rinaldo visited the Monitor last week The
visitors, says fort Monroe letter in the New
York Herald, examined the novel war ma.
chine very infinitely, and manifested much
surprise at its positive impregnability. Their
record OF the visit will probably be reduced to
an official communication, for the instruction
and ediiication of the British admiralty board.
When the federal army arrived at Nashville
lady remarked, with much acerbity, "There
goes the northern circus" Eyes" exclaimed
an aristocratic mule driver, "and our last per-
tormance was at tort Donelson."