Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-30
General News Summary.


bOoION AND
The 44th regiment, recruited for the nine
months service, with the 4th battalion infantry
as nucleus, and comprising a very large
number of educated and estimable Young
men from Boston and vicinity. has gone into
camp, 1t is commanded by Col. Francis G.
Lee.
Horace Parnell futile, of the Harvard col
lege observatory, the discoverer Of several
planets, comets, and other celestial phe-
nomena, has enlisted as private in the 4th
battalion regiment. He is considered the best
rife shot in this commonwealth.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
Josiah Foster Of Sandwich has invented Il
bombshell, so constructed as to be easily con-
veyed by every soldier in the army, and when
thrown into the ranks of the enemy readily
eHplodes, carrying death and destruction in
its path.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The merchants in New Bedford, who refuse
to close their places of business for the public
good, get freely advertised in the city Jour
nails. One place of business-the flour mill
on North Water street.-The Mercury saws.
was closed with vengeance, the workmen
being shut in, though kindly allowed to leave
Ii they would agree to lose their time.
MAINE.
Two young gentlemen, named Leighton and
knights, were drowned in Windham, last
Saturday, while attempting to cross Duck
Pond. They were aged respectively eighteen
and twenty-five years.
Martin Higgins, a foolish fellow ran away
from Eden, Me-, to ''get out of the draft -
He was arrested at Boston, Thursday, taken
to the naval shipping Office and compelled to
enlist for the war.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Pemigewassett House at Plymouth,
kept by Mr.. Greeley, was totally DESTROYED
by fire, Friday morning. The property was
sold two years ago for 500, 600 No particu-
lars are given.
RHODE ISLAND.
1t is estimated that the new wooden mill of
Edward Harris, when in operation, will add
at least one thousand people to the population
OF WoOnSocket.
Joseph, son of John A. Adams of Central
Falls, aged about l6 years, was drowned in
Blackstone river on Wednesday last He
was followed to the grave by a Juvenile mill
tary company of which he was a member.
The 9TH and 10th Rhode Island regiments
have returned home from their three months
service at Washington. They were received
by their friends at Providence and elsewhere,
with many marks Of cordially and affection
CONNECTICUT.
The Killingly Transcript says :-''An in
stance of shameful treatment by the police
recently occurred with two soldiers of the
eighteenth regiment from this vicinity, who
having furlough Of twenty-four hours, start
ed to visit some friends. They took the early
train for Worcester, where they were arrest
ed by an officer who kept them in close con-
hnement with one meaD till the last train
lett for this village. The young men did not
complain OF the arrest, but were justly indig-
nant at such inhuman treatment
Gov. buckingham refuses to have anything
to do with enlisting colored citizens on the
ground that ifa company of them were intro
duced into regiment, or a regiment into a
brigade of white soldiers, it would cause SO
much unpleasant feeling and irritation that
more good than evil would result
Mrs. Sarah Spencer of Middletown, has
procured two substitutes--one for herself and
one for her neice, paying each fifty dollars ex-
ira bounty.