Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-07-03

SAINT countenance, now ''plies two noble mack
cts on the st. Paul's river. has large s,,oro,.
cane farm, and is making this wear 100 ono
bricks "i i0o'ooV
young fellow named Wells Carr;ngton
only II years OF age, has been arrested Of
New Haven for procuring S35 on a forced or
der, and another similar order was fonnd in
his pocket.
German woman in Norwich, named Ste
naka, in attempting to fill lighted fluid
lamp, on the LIST, was burned so severely that
her life is despaired of. Her sister was also
badly burned while attempting to extinruish
the flames.
In the charred ruins of Mr. Fuller's barn.
which was burned at Suffield on the 25th ult.,
have been found what are pronounced bv the
physicians to be human bones, also portion
OF coat collar, crisped fragment of boot,
and a dark lantern. On the night of the fire,
and only an hour or two before it broke out, a
suspicious looking stranger wearing heavy
mustache and of dOwncast cOuntenance call
ed at two houses, the last one Mr.. Fuller's,
and asked for lodgings, but was refused. 1t
Is conjectured that he got into the barn, light
| ed his pipe, and through carelessness kindled
! the fire which cost lis own life and $500 of
| property. No clue exists to the strangers
name.
An Irish woman in Baltic was recently so
seriously burned by the explosion of fluid
| lamp that she died from her injuries She
was filling the lamp when lighted.
Personal.
Gen. Rufus King having expressedto the gov
eminent his desire that Gen. Sigel, instead of
himself, should be assigned to the command
OF the corps lately under Gen. Fremont, the
change was made.
Hon. VIM. II. Seward Thurlow Weed.
Arson Stager of Ohio, c. A. Stetson of New
York, and c. p. Buckingham of Washington,
arrived in Boston Wednesday morning.
WAR ITEMS.
There were few towards in the fight on
the Chickahominy. One major was caught
while running away, his sword taken from
him, and he booted to the rear, by one of his
own subalterns! Served him right.
Deserters protesting to come from Beaurc-
CARDS army, state that large numbers of his
men, while on the way to Richmond, had
been diverted toward Charleston to reinforce
the rebel army there.
The New York Post makes the following
important statement "a part of McClellan's
success will be controlled by the movements
of Burnside, who, it is now generally known
has been ordered to support him by rapid
movements from the south. Where he is it
would not be proper to state if we could, but
we may say without imprudence, that the
latest intelligence received from him merely
asserted that he was marching as fast as he
could in the right direction. Should this
prove correct. we may at any moment hear of
the arrival of Burnside, with his tried and
veteran forces, at place where his aid will
be very effective"
The Memphis correspondent of the ST.
Louis Republican says, that preparations are
making to drive the rebel army under Bragg
away from Vicksburg. The expedition for
this purpose will be commanded by General
Grant. The place cannot be taken till the CO.
operating land force arrives
a letter from Corinth, June 81, to the Gin
cinnati Gazette, says: 'The army is employ
ed as busily as can be at the business of re-
pairing railroads in all directions from Cor
NTH. | suppose part of Buell's corps will
soon Join Mitchell, while Gems Thomas Nc
Clernand and Wallace will soon open the
roads to Columbus, Ky, and Memphis This
latter place if not already reached by rail,
will be, in a few days, by way of jackson,
Tenn, and Grand junction. When this is
completed, the Mississippi river, and the rail
roads, instead of the Tennessee, will form
our means of communication, and Pittsburg
Landing, the scene of the most important
events of the war, will relapse into its former
quiet"
MISCELLANEOUS.
Henry Ward Beecher in talking of news
papers, speaks as follows of the paragraph
and item department ut is worth more than
all the small fry of correspondents, with an
editor thrown in to boot Like caravan, it
stretches along in columns, with packages
and parcels, spices and gems, bits of fra
GRANGE or cunningly wrought metals, gather
ed from the Orient and from the whole world
besides. The items of the paper like the
stutfing of Thanksgiving turkey represent
everything in the house, crusts of bread.
crackers, and all spices"
Parson Brownlow lectured in Washington.
few evenings since, before very large au-
dlence. In the course of his lecture he said:
''We are in the midst of a fearful rebellion. 7
am free to admit that this has been forced on
the country by the south. This country is
now pursuing a course with this internal.
wicked rebellion which | do not approve of
Until we pursue different and more yigor
Gus one, we shall never end this rebellion in
Gods world" These sentiments were receiy
ed with tremendous applause.
The Troy On. W Times saws, there is
man IN that vicinity, who pretends to be
clergyman and has not been known in the
last year once to pray for the success of the
national cause, or the restoration of the
Union. lie carries the picture of a negro in
MS pocket, and sometimes shows it as what he
calls a republican idol. He is a pro-slaverv
man, that meanest of all tyrants. He rides
out almost daily with fast horse and trot-
ting sulky, and attends funerals in the same
vehicle.
The following is in Penryn churchyard:
Here lies William Smith
And what is something rarish
lie was born. bred and
Hanged in this parish"