Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-28

MInDLESEX COUNTY.
Counterfeit 500 bills on the Waltham bank
are in circulation.



Counterfeit 500 bills on the Waltham bank
are in circulation.
ESSEN COUNTY.
\ new likeness of Washington has been
discovered in the possession OF David Nichols
of Salem. 1t is little smoke-begrimmed
picture, in black and unprepossessing frame
and was so little priced that it was for long
time suffered to remain neglectedln the kitcl-
en-. Finally on being taken out Of the frame,
this Endorsement from Hon. Benz. Goodhue,
an intimate friend Of Washington, was found
on the back =
This was done in New York, 1890 and is &C
(Signed) Is. GooDHUE.
| 1t is different in some respects from other
portraits, and is quite an interesting relic.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
| MIR. b. +. Pierce, chief mate of whalcship
| John Rowland Of New Bedford, was killed by
a whale on the 22d of February.
| No volunteer from Freetown, of which
| there are upwards of a hundred in the differ
ent Mass. regiments, has yet been killed in
| battle. This agrees with the prophecy of an
old Indian squaw made something like a cen
fury since, that ''no man born in Freet0wn
would ever be killed in battle"
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Springfield Republican chronicles the
advent Of asparagus and dandelion blossoms.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The dry goods store OF John c. Moulton,
at Laconia, n. H., was robbed on Monday
night of about five hundred dollars worth of
silks in drawers and some valuable shawls.
The store was also set on fire, which was for
tunately discovered in time.
CONNECT CUT.
Capt. George @. Latimer of the schooner A.
q Il NW,,tl, n,,lI lao
Friday, while attempting to cast anchor. He
was % years old.
RHODE ISLAND.
The editor of the Providence Press has been
the recipient of n magnificent brook trout
weighing four pounds. 1t was caught in
North Kingstown.
WAR ITEMS.
A few weeks ago Gov. Andrew commits
stoned John Wilder Esq, of Cambridge, as
d lieutenant to proceed TO fort Monroe for the
purpose OF recruiting a company Of blacks
for the Mass. 54th regiment. The company
was promptly raised when the secretary of
war decided that it should not come north,
but remain there to man the fort, and thus al
low the the white troops to go into the field
Secretary Stanton has since dispatched an
order to Gen. Dix to muster Lieut.. Wilder'S
company into the United States service under
lll DIS ilo 10 tOuUtltSc tlic
movement towards garrsoning the southern
forts with colored soldiers, thus saving the
health and lives OF white troops.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Confederacy announces
that there was woman's riot in Miledge-
vile, in that state, on the 10Th instant.
There was about three hundred women en-
gagged, many of them well clothed, land
some of them elegantly clad" says the Con-
federacy's correspondent. They pitched in
to the dry goods store of Mr.. Cans, a Jew,
end seized his fine goods. After a trightful
furry, the delicate creatures were dispersed
by an eloquent appeal from Judge Harris of
the superior court. The correspondent says
the women ''didn't want anything but the fine
things"
Tie Wilmington IN. c. journal says, fine
reason Gen. Hill did not capture Washington,
n. c., was that it was not advisable under the
circumstances.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Punch whacks the crinolne quill-driyers
thus -
THE SENSATION NOVEL.
"Conyers' and 'Mellishn were two pretty men,
And Miss Floyd lived i'll dread of the first of
these when
Upjumped the 'sofry, " shot james on the sly,
SO aurora" could no more commit bi-ga-my.
And Miss Braddon herself ''catches it," in
this wise: =
THE POPULAR ACTRESS.
There young woman,
And, what do you think!
She lived upon nothing
But paper, pens, ink
| Paper pens, ink, were the chief of her diet,
| And now this Y Dung w oman will never be quiet.
The London Morning Herald gravely urges
the young men of England to follow the ex-
ample of their prince and marry. 1t says
such a course would improve and purify
society.
Hiltons Insoluble Cement is justly pro-
nounced one of the greatest discoveries of the
age, as the advertisement in another column
says, ''saving time, labor, and money" 1t
adheres oily substances, is insoluble in water,
cannot decompose, and joins crockery, bone,
ivory, and wood work, with equal facility.
| Moreover, it is an excellent article for stick
ing patches and Innings to boots and shoes,
and in a multitude of ways commends itself
| to general use.