Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-14
BERN NJ g., has been ordered to New Bedford
for duty at that station.
DUKES COuN,rx-


for duty at that station.
DUKES COUNTY.
letter dated Edgartown, ,yulv 10. saws
GA report reached us this evening that three
boats crews were landed at Tarpaulia cove to-
day, the crews Of two vessels burned south
side of the Vineyard"
MAINE.
The town of Charleston has raised the
princely sum of $50 for the support of the
families of volunteers.
VERMONT.
Liberty poles were cut down, in the neigh
borhood of st. Adams, on the night before
the 4th. The work is laid to the copper
heads.
John c. Holmes, of Springfield, Vt, has
been appointed to a first class clerkshin in the
inspection bureau, vice Charles z. Russell,
removed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
There were seven frome the sixteenth
New Hampshire regiment, among the voun-
teers for the 1000 "forlorn hope" called for
after the last general assault on Port Hudson.
a small boy in Manchester was bitten very
severely about the ear and neck, on the 18th,
by large dog. Though he was very yalua-
bic, the owner has caused him to he killed,
and thus prevent amy possibility of his injur-
ing any one else.
Dog stock is at a discount in Manchester.
The police killed fifteen unlicensed ours on
the llth inst. So look out, dogs
The draft in the first district takes place
to-day.
Seven deserters from various New Hamp-
shire regiments, who have been arrested in the
lower part of the state, passed through Man
chester on the 18th, for Concord.
On the 7th inst, as party of young men
OF Manchester were engaged in firing Il small
cannon in honor of the news from Vicksburg,
a premature discharge took place, and Il young
man named Edwin johnson was injured so
badly us to require the amputaton of the right
arm at the wrist, and the thumb, forefnger
and little finger of the left hand. Ills face
and neck were also blown full of powder.
sum of money is to be raised by the citizens
to be expended to the best advantage of the
patient.
The Claremont Eagle says representative
Rounselelot Unity, was relieved OF goldwatch
and Chain, valued at one hundred dollars, at
the democratic convention in Concord, July4.
CoNNEcrlcur
The explosion of the covering" mill of the
Hazard Powder Company, situated at Burn
side, five miles from Hartford, on the llth,
destroyed live tons of government powder.
and did damage to the extent of $4,000.
Many buildings in the vicinity were more or
less damaged by the shock
RHODE ISLAND.
Frank Brastow, Esq, IF Providence, has
been appointed by Gov Smith commissioner
Of the Fan River, Warren, and Providence
railroad company, for Rhode Island.
The postmaster of Pascoag is one of the
officials nooted to exchange the civil for the
military service of Uncle Sam.
In Providence, last week, one young man,
being told he was drafted, rushed 20 IL recruit
ing office and enlisted, in order to secure the
bounty. He was not little chagrined to
learn, when it was too late, that Joke had
been played upon hm-that he had not been
drafted.
Coy. Smith of Rhode Island has issued
proclamation, urging the towns and cities to
furnish relief to the families of the drafted
men who enter the service. ,.,,sutou
In Providence the conscripts hayy Sn mole noIe.
Mrs. Evelyn E. Coltax, wife Of Hon Schuy-
Ter ColtaX OF Indiana, died at Newport on the
10th.
A '.lucky cuss" in the modern interpre-
tation, means a man who got enrolled in two
districts and drafted in both of them. There
are two or three such cases in Providence.
Amos d. Smith, Sd, Esq, has been APP
pointed state commissioner Tor Rhode Island,
in place of George II. Holmes, resigned.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Richmond Wing says that General
Pillow has issued an appeal for aid to the
family of Gen. A. S. Johnston, who are in dis
tress and desutution.
Dealers in old iron must be attracted to
Vicksburg, into which eleven thousand and
five hundred shells have been thrown by the
navy alone.
The English aristocracy are going ahead
with their statue to Stonewall jackson. 1t is
to be OF marble, to cost $4,000, and to be sent
to Richmond to be placed in the confederate
capital.
Thirtyone new rebel flags, captured by the
Union forces at the battle of Gettysburg, have
been deposited in the war department. Most
Of them are torn by balls and many are very
bloody.
The rebel marauders are gathering up the
crors in Kentucky wherever they go. Prem
tss says they may have hemp crop by and
by that will gather them up.
A New York paper protests against New
England men hunting up substitutes in New
York city.
1t is said that the seat Of government of
Mississippi was removed in a carpet.b bag.
The mining fever continues in California
with unabated frrvor. Most OF the sailors ar
irving try their luck.
Let those who wish to see bright stars in A
dark night look at the American flag, says
Prentiss.
Mr.. G. f. Hail has been compelled TO post
pone his Arctic expedition until next year
He will in the meantime prepare the narrative
OF his last voyage for publication.
The plan of using steam ON the common
roads of the praires at the west is attracting
renewed attention, and machine at Nebraska
city is thought to be a success.
A complete iron-clad war steamer on the
Ericsson principle made at Jersey City, has
been taken to pieces, boxed up and sent to
California.
The tobacco crop in Kentucky is reported
as being very abundant, and promising to ma
ture in season to be beyond the reach Of the
damage sometimes done by early frosts.
Among the rebel prisoners who were
marched through Gettysburg there were OBJ
served seven negroes in uniform and fully ac-
coutred as soldiers.
Mai. Gen. Mcdowell is again in Washing
ton, having closed up the business OF the
court martial over which he recently presided
in the west.
Lieut. Devens, commanding the United
States steamer Howqua, in speaking of re-
cent visit to Halifax, n. S., says some of his
men were beaten in the streets, and that he
was personally Subjected to the most trying
insults"
The rebel spy Richardson, recently execut-
ed by hanging, was well known in the army of
the Potomac as pedar of books, stationery,
etc. and had been in the various camps for
long time. He made full confession. Upon