Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-24
nam, and measures have been taken 10 prevent

nam, and measures have been taken to prevent
the disease from spreading.
WAR ITEMS.
correspondent of the New York Tribune.
who has recently visited the battle field at
Balls Bluff, says that it offered the ghastliest
spectacle ever seen. thirty or forty bodies, or
skeletons rather, for crows and hogs had left
but little else, protruding from the slight earth
that did not cover them-here a head, or an
arm or leg.
The Richmond Dispatch: in'imates that the
Virginia, alias the Merrimac, since her recent
contest with the Monitor, has changed her for
ward aud aft pivot guns for two of the ceIebra.
ted Armstrong guns of heavy caibre.
The Cincinnati Times, referring TO state
ments which have been published to the effec.
that Gen. Grant had fallen into dsfavor with
the administration, mentions letter lust re-
ceived from Gen. Grant by his father, in which
the former says: 81 have been ordered to 90
up the Tennessee river and take command of
AL the forces, and shall start Immediately"
This, the Times adds, is positive, and the or
der is precisely what Gen. Grant desired
The navy department has ordered the build
ers of the Monitor, Messrs C. G. Bushnell &
Co., to build six more ir0nclad vessels, SINH
lar in construction, but more formidable They
are to be 204 or 205 feet, instead of 40 feet
long, and are to carry two 15-inch, instead of
ll-inch Dahlgren guns. The pilot house is to
be mounted on top of turret, and will be can.
die snutfer shaped The mail protection~ of
both will probably be a good deal thicker than
the Monitor. 1t is intended that they shall be
able to run ten knots an hour, and shall be
thoroughly sea-gong.
Colonel Il. ii. ByOn, of Commerce, Missis-
sippi, informs the Memphis Appeal that all his
plantation bells amounting to one thous.nd
pounds, are held subject to the order Of Cen
Beauregard for the purpose of melting and
moulding into cannnn. This. saws tbe An
peal is Il liberal examine and should be fol
lowed by every PLANTER in the soutb
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Joneshoro' Gul GazAtte pontions tho
death of L. d. Craig. sheriff of tbe negbbor.
Ing county of johnson. Mr. CRAIG Visited
fort Donelson after the battle and willie thera
Tell into conversation with some se,ossior ,,ris
oners, who invited him to take drinL from,
flask. Mr.. CRAIG did so ;mnad;.toly ,a
marked that the iiouor was no;soned and diod
in two hours.
The death of Rrcbo,or tl,o ,o,,,,,o,lo &c
the Narr;n,ar il rarn.,ad '''N Vi
In Ren,snr N v NY I1,e, o..
had Nod son'o ,rn,,II, Iii 60 a, VIZ man.
Igrro IaU,isJ ,>ro,'n;s, i.i VI neecnel'
baongn ~ tha ,,i.', u ~ sung iaau
Ia .t ~ ~ 09to"ei' "pn,l which Iioiih'ah
nav Sq"at'eu' on the ZOth INST, Hoffman
called at the coloners house. aimed with a re-
volver and dirk and requested an examina-
tloh OF certain papers held by the latter. The
colonel complied, and while he was looking
over ihe monuments, hoffman drew bis revolv
er ana snapped two caps at him, but they fail
ed to explode. Mrs Buckingham, Col. Beech
ers daughter, seeing the danger OF her father,
sprang forward aud grappled with the assas-
sin, Hoffman turned upon the devoted wo.
man and fired, the ball inficting mortal
wound Notwithstanding this injury, Mrs.