Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1862-08-22
General News Summary.
BOSTON AND VICINITY.


Several artists of Boston and vicinity have
enlisted in the ranks; amongs Others, Heade,
who is well known for his beautiful flower
pieces and his fine perspective effects in land
scape. Wheelock, a water-color artist and
architect of very great merit, also leaves a
wife and babies for the cause.
| Twenty-three Indiamen are now on their
way to Boston, larger number than for sew
eral years. -Four ships are also on their way
from San Francisco, and about twenty ships
from Europe
The Irish societies in Boston and vicinity
have united their efforts to promote the or
ganization of a new Irish regiment for nine
months service, his excellency having ex-
pressed his approval of the undertaking, and
his willingness to commission officers of their
| selection.
A firm in East Boston have a contract to
build two iron plated gunboats to be launched
in eighteen weeks, and completed in fifty DAYS
after launching.
MIDDLEsEX COUNTY.
The sixth regiment, nine months volun-
teers, went into camp at Lowell yesterday,
numbering 700 men.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Mr.. jackson, mayor of Newburyport, has
just made contract with the government for
a-sidewheel steamer, to be 240 feet long hull
| oC lCCl hlhSs tAlitulC hlull over Inc guards
| "a feet; depth of hold II feet She is to be
$40 tons. Her upper works are to be covered
with iron, rihe-proof, and the pilot house is to
be covered with composition plates, rifle proof.
The carpenters contract is $4,000 and she is
to be launched in is weeks, and the work
completed within fifty days after.
BARNsTABLE COUNTY.
William Sturgis of Boston has given do
nation of $1,000 to the agricultural society of
Barnstable county, in order that when their
new hall shall be completed, it may be free
from debt.
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
Springfield has raised about half her quota
Of three years volunteers, and the greaterpor
ton of those enlisted are Irishmen. Meetings
are held every day and evening to encourage
enlistments, and bounty of $500 is offered.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
The Hampshire Gazette editor has been
shown piece of blue granite, 3-S by IA of
an inch in circumference and about Is of an
inch in thickness, that has been in the eye
of Mr.. Pascal p. James for the last fifteen
years. Mr.. James is a stone cutter by trade,
and in 1917, while pursuing his labor, this
piece of granite entered the eye entirely de-
strcying his sight. The wound was never
probed and the orifce where the stone en-
tered had healed There had been an uneasy,
painful feeling in the eye since the accident,
which has been now entirely relieved.
Mount Tom will be deserted by the U. S.
coast surveyors this week, and the great the
odolite will be next taken to the Sanford hills,
near New Haven, CT.
There was a disastrous fire in Leeds, last
Thursday, by which the dry house belonging
to the Button Mill of A. p Crichlow, was de-
stroyed.
MAINE.
mackerel schooner arrived in Eatsport a
day or two ago. having caught IN seven days
PIG barrels of mackerel.
The able-bodied men of Grafton, Me-, drew
lots to see who should go to fill its quota of
one man, and then sent him as volunteer!
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Two young men who were making tracks
for Canada to avoid the draft were arrested on
the 18th inst. at Littleton, and sent to Con-
cord, where they were mustered into the army.
CONNECTICUT.
A young woman named Adelaide Goes, who
has been for some time working on army
coats and blouses, i'll Hartford has, says the
COurant, by rubbing her eyes with her fingers
discOlored by the cloth, completely destroyed
one of her eyes, and seriously injured the
other There must be some powerful poison
in the dye of the cloth.
MISCELLANEOUS.
western schoolmaster adyertises that he
will keep Sunday school twice week
Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Wool is now higher than it has been for
forty-four years. This is owing to the large
demand for army goods, and to the advanced
price of cotton. 1t will not soon fall so low
again as it has been of late years and we
shall be surprised if the tocks upon our New
England hills are not greatly increased.
The water was let into the great reservoir
in the Central Park at New York on Tues
day, with appropriate ceremonies. Mayor
Opdykc presided and addresses were made by
Myndert Van Schaick and Hon. Luther r.
Marsh, and an ode read by Mr.. McChesney.
The interesting event was witnessed by many
thousand citizens. 1t is estimated that it will
take until about the LIST of January next to fill
the reservoir so great is the consumption, so
little the supply, and SO enormous The capaci-
ity of the lake.
The drafted men of 1914 received no boun-
ty, but on the contrary. had to furnish their
own equipments, including gun, knapsack,
canteen, cartridge box and twenty four rounds
of ammunition. Their pay from government
was SIS per month. Offers of substitutes were
numerous, but few were accepted.
A NOBLE ExAMPLE-We have been per-
mitted to publish the following letter written
to gentleman now in this city. Tie writer
is a young man of marked talent and ability,
being a graduate of Harvard College. He left
$1,000 situation in the sixth auditors office.
and went home to enlist as a private. The
sacred associations of plymouth Rock" have
not lost their influence on worthy sons of no.
bic sires. The Mayfower stock is not yet
extinct. How many ''department clerks will
follow this example? While they are DELHI
Grating on the best means of defending
Washington and yet draw their salaries, he
bares his breast to the charge of the enemy in
the ranks of his native state =
PLYMOUTH, MASS, Aug. II, 1862
Dear HdHdley;-I have enlisted as high private in
the thirteenth Massachusetts regiment and EXPECT
to leave for the regiment tomorrow Shall have the
/ pleasure of lighting under Pope.
Very truly yours, j. d. THURDER
| - Washington Cd. c. Republican.
SENATOR SUMNER.-The following are ex-
tracts from letter written by gentleman in