Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-03-01

gle instance of starvation has been heard Of,
an1 none are apprehended.
The rolls of the 9th, It'll, Sth, 9d 10 Ii, and
18th regiments, the LIST light battery, and the
battalion of cavalry show that there are 10
commissioned officers, and only 1872 non COM
missioned officers and privates from Norwich.
The proper number OF officers TO this number
Of men would be four.
WAR ITEMS.
The Cairo correspondent of tie Cincinnati
Commercial says that Gen. BuSlrod johnson
and all his staff, except Capt Norman, es-
capped from Fort DoneIsOn on Monday last, at
ter they had been prisoners but thirty-siX
hours No trick was resorted to in order to
effect their escape they simply mounted their
horses and rode through the lines.
Lieut.. Samuel B. Deaue, a Boston boy, was
in Go. of the glorious Illinois eleventh., at
fort DonelSon. \ letter from Chicago says:
''lle was wounded by a ball in the forehead and
I, II stunned, apparently dead. Partially recov-
ering his senses, when endeavorlng to rise, Il
mounted secessionist approached him. Deane,
unable to speak, pointed to his wound, expect
ing the enemy would pass him without Inflct
ing further injury. The horseman, however
dismounted, drew his sword, and approached
him to give him the coup de grace /; wnvn
Deane, terminated by the sense OF The immi-
nent danger, found strength to draw and fire
his pistol. Wien Dcane was picked up by
his triends at the close OF the engagement, the
rebel lay dead by his side The hero has
lately resided in Lacon, Ill, and is a son of
VIM. b. Deane OF Brookne, Mass"
1t is now reported on The authority of the
New York World, that the Merrmae is not Il
failure. The World says the navy depalt-
ment at Washington has positive information
that she is Il truly formidable vessel and car
ries an immense armament. The war vessels
at fortress Monroe are in readiness to receive
her, bul if she is half as strong as represented
their shots will make no impression on her
iron plating. A shot from the Union" gun
at the Rip Raps would doubtless smash in her
sides, but it the rebel trgate ran out TO sea
there would not be much danger of damage.
MISCELLANEOUS.
In church i'll Scotland the singers execu.
ted iugue, and the hearers were astonished
at the following chronological lesson -
And we'll catch the flee,
Aud We'll catch the flee,
And we'll catch the fiee-ting hour.n
Several years ago, Col. Benton warned the
country TO beware Of jeff Davis in the follow
ing language: "He is a martinez, pulled up
with West Point science, dogmaical and prag.
nautical, within his circle; but that circle is a
narrow one, and he moves uncontrolled W ;th.
Isaiah ThOmas of Cincinnati, recently COM
missioned as consul to Agiers, IS a brother of
Judge Thomas OF this state.
a trial OF an extraordinary character has
just been closed at Bourg, in France. An ug-
ly villain named Drumollard has Just been
convicted for numbering during the last eight
years no less than six servant girls, and at
tempting the life Of nine others who providen.
TALLY escaped. 1t appears that this Drumol.
lard would entice girls, under pretext of con
Quoting them TO situations, into lonely place
where he would first outrage and then murder
them. His house was found crammed with
clothing stolen from various victims, His wife
who picked out the marks of the linen brought
home TO her. was his accomplish. Drumol-
lard was condemned to death, and his wife to
twenty years imprisonment at hard labor
The father OF Drumollard was u most terrible
criminal in the same line as his son. and was
years ago condemned at Padua, and broken
alive on the wheel.
A gentleman who was paying his addresses
to lady, at length summoned up sufficient
courage TO ASH II they were agreeable to her.
aud whether lie might fiatter himself with a
chancesot ultimate success? The lady re
piled "StripeS )" telling the gentleman to trans
pose the letters as to form out of them an.
other word, which was her answer The
reader who can find out the word need never
fear being non pusSed by lady. Those who
can not decipher it, must either wait till they
overcome the difficulty, or may give up all
thoughts of woong.
The Prussian government has declared it
will no longer use French as the diplomatic
language but will give the preference to Ger
man. Russia, Holland, and Sweden, are also
inclined to make the change. So the young
and old diplomats must brush mp their German.
Generals BHckner and Tilghman are en-
route tor fort Warren.
correspondent of a down east new spaper,
introduces piece of poetry to the editor in
these words The following lines were writ
ten more than fifty years ago, by one who has
for many years slept in his grave merely for his
otcn amusement !''
In one of our neighboring cities lives an ell
DERBY man who by thrifty economy, has
arnassed quite large fortune. Having in.
vested a portion of this in the United States
30 treasury notes, lie was noticed, a day or
two ago, inquiring very auxiously where he
could get the cocOOnS paid.
a Washington letter says the president got
out OF bed Sunday night to read st. Louis
dispatch stating that Columbus was evacuated
by the rebels. He was called up at two
O'Clock the snme night to read another deny
ing the first