Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-01-11

was its captain, and his father, Amos NJ.
Clark, was first mate.
The annual meeting of the Connecticut Ag-
ricultGral Society was held al Hartford, Wed.
nesday. The treasurer reported balance OF
So ON hand, aud an executive committee was
appointed, with instructions 10 report next
May what town presented the greatest induce
meats 10 have the fair held in it. Tiiv az, of
iicerS were reelected as fellows President,
L. IL. Hyde. u, OF Stafford corresponding
secretary, Henry a. Dyer OF Brooklyn; re-
cording secretary, T. 5. Gold Of Cornwall !;
treasurer. +. ~. Brown OF Hartford; chemist,
Prot. johnson OF Yale College.
Ruus Waldo, formerly OF Canterbury, hung
himself at the house OF his son in Danielsou.
willie ON Wednesday. He had never recovered
his spirits since the loss of son on the Lady
Eigin, and the recent death of his wife quite
deprived the old gentlemen OF his reason and
he went wandering into the night"
Benz. Sumner of Woodstock has fat on,
which he claims weighs 1900 pounds.
WAR ITEMS.
In eleven counties OF Virginia only seven
out of twentythree newspapers, which were
published at the beginning of the rebellion,
still survive These are reduced in size, and
only three of them are issued as often as once
week.
AlSutssC diIldA auiuoTlZSS an SinpUlllc Ge
NAL OF the assertion OF foolish commander
Williams that Miss SldeI used her Little
knuckles" on his face. He ADDS that she "dil
not strike Lieut. Fairfax but, on the contra
ry, behaved, as did all the ladies on the Trent,
becomingly, and with great moderation"
Gen. Floyd, during his recent ingloriOus
campaign in western Virginia, carried several
reams OF paper with him, which he converted
| into orders ON the confederate government,
and palmed of upon the people in payment
fer supplies This mode OF extcmporizng a
Calculating medium" is worthy The genius OF
tile great pickpocket.
The Chicago Tribune recolhm ends the ad.
minislration 10 "send jim Lane TO South Car
ollna and recall that lamentable failure Sher
man" The Tribune seys :-"There is a field
that would suit Lanes genius exactly. He
would be therein his glory. His presence al
the head of our troops would sprta terror and
dsmay among the rattlesnake traitors Of pal
mettodom. The 10000 northern soldiers al
| Port Royal, into whom Lane would infuse his
| magnetism, would become endowed with the
! fighting power OF $4,000 men, led by such an
officer as Sherman, and the rebels would rath
| er encounter 100000 men under Sherman thar
10000 under jim zane The difference be
tween the two men is precisely the difference
between the two policies as 10 the conduct o.
| the war.
| MISCELLANEOUS.
The newly elected Michigan senator should
not be contounded with Hon VIM A. How
ard, though both are of Detroit. Mr.. VIM
y Howard has served two terms in the lower
! house, spoke here during the campaign O.
| 1860, is known in connection with Kansas in
yestigations, &c. lie is a merchant. Jacol
NJ. Howard, the senator, is a lawyer, abou
fifty years OF age, a well known and popular
man in his state. He is republican Of wing
antecedens. lie has been Il member of the
Michigan Legislature attorney general during
two terms, and in 1910 occupied Il seat in the
lower house OF congress. He is a man of lit
erary tastes, and has translated from the
French the Memoirs OF the Empress Jose
phine."
A Wisconsin paper, in describing a farm
which the advertiser wants 10 sell, adds -
| The surrounding country is the most beau
titul that the God OF Nature ever made The
| scenery is celcstial-divine; also, two wagon.
to sell. and yoke of steers"
The sexton Of church in Oswego, n. Y.
was taken with a fit while kindling a fire or
Christmas morning, fell on the Goals and wa:
burnt to a crisp.
Here is funny Endorsement on the back o.
letter dropped into city post office, address
ed to recently appointed quartermaster i'll one
OF the New England regiments HAIRY, |
hear you are commissioned as a quarter mas
ter, and can save $1,000 year. Why didn't
| you go in for aUhote one, and make $4,000 2"