Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-17

Il HeHlucT Oh inc governors COuncll, mas Deen
appointed bank commissioner, in place of VIM.
d. Forbes of Fall River, chosen president Of
the bank of Mutual Redemption.
Two boys named Thomas Ward and Geo.
Brennan, last Saturday night escaped from
the Bridgewater state aims house, walked
baretooted through the snow several miles to
the railway station, passed the night in an
open freight car, and succeeded in getting to
Boston, and when last seen were making
tracks in the direction of Elliot street, where
the boy Ward affirmed he had friends.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
In New Bedford last week, the sales of oil
were as follows three hundred and fifteen
barrels ofsperm, viz: one hundred barrels at
Sl.7S per gallon, fifteen barrels at Sl.75 per
gallon, and two hundred barrels upon private
terms; and four hundred and fifteen barrels Of
whale oil, viz: one hundred barrels at 81
cents, and three hundred and fifteen barrels
at IS cents.
The New Bedford Mercury reports that
twelve colored men have enlisted in that city,
and twenty others will enroll their names to-
day
HAMPDEN COUNTY.
The Massachusetts arms company have
just declared a semi-annual dividend of -
per cent, making % per cent. for the past
year, besides having built a fine office for
their own use.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
5. S. Wright of Northampton, has COW Of
the native breed which calved last July, and
in the recent month of January she gave nine
hundred and twenty pounds of milk, from
which was made forty pounds and one ounce
| OF butter. The last eight and one half days of
the trial, she made fourteen pounds and five
ounces of butter. Such cows are rare in any
breed, but considering the number, rarest
among natives.
| Three-quarters of the money necessary for
the new building for the astronomical and
mathematical department of Amherst college
has been subscribed. Rev. VIM. Walker,
missionary to Africa, has sent the skeleton
and skin of a very large gorilla for the cabinet
of the college. Chas Hitchcock, ianitor of
the cabinet, has lately added some fine sreci-
mems to the geological department, procured
| during his geological excursions in Maine.
BERKSHIRE COUNTY.
The Housatonic railroads earnings in Jan
| uary were $40 700, an increase of Sc, 700 over
January, 1862.
| Two young men of Pittsfield have applied to
Gov Andrew for commissions in the colored
brigade The shoulder-strap fever is said to
| be quite as violent for this as for any of the
white brigades.
The organ given by David Dudley Field of
| New York, to Williams College, was set up
in the college chapel few days ago. The
cost was $1,000, and it was made by johnson
| of Westfield.
| MAINE.
Mr.. Moore, of Warwick, Me, committed
suicide recently and,poor man, he was justi-
! fled in his WEAKNESS of life. His wife was
insane, his eldest son killed himself, his
daughter died very suddenly, and short time
ago his property was destroyed by fire, leav-
ing him penniless.
Mr.. Freeman c. Patterson of Camden, a
sail maker in the Berry sail loft, was shot and
instantly killed on Wednesday of last week,
by VIM. D. Blake, also sail maker. Blake
is married man and a resident of Camden.
Patterson was also married, and it is said his
wife is sister OF Blake. 1t was an old feud,
Of which this was the ending.
VERMONT.
In the town of Wheelock of a population
of eight hundred and thirty. five, there have
been sixty deaths, and eight soldiers in the
army died and two were killed, during the
past year. Fifty of the deaths were by dip
iberia.
| CONNECTICUT.
! Rev. Prof. Phelps, of Andover Theological
| Seminary, has received unanimous call from
the North Congregational church and society
| Or Bushnells) in Hartford. He has the
subject under consideration.
| a son of John Mahoney. of Uncasville, ten
years old, was buried alive on Saturday after
noon, by the cavlng in of bank near the
railroad in Montville.
The democratic state convention meets in
Hartford on Wednesday, and ex-governor
Thomas II. Seymour will probably be nomi-
mated for governor. There is, however, a con-
| siderable and an earnest minority in the party
| against him, because of his copperhead sym
| pathieS. At the democratic caucus in New
London, the Seymour men carried the dele
gates: but Hon. Andrew C.. Lippett protested
against the nomination of any man who had
the least smell of secesh about him. He con-
sidered Mr. Seymour unpatriohc, and judged
thus from the tenor of his published letters
and by his acts. He said also, he should
deem it his duty when a sympathizer with Sc
cessOn was nominated, not only to withhold
his vote from him, but to vote against him,
| if whole-souled Union man was on the OPP
| posing ticket.
A new church is to be established in Hart"
ford, the peculiarly of which consists in this,
that the members use Rouses version of the
Psalms, and do not belong to any secret soci-
cites like the Masons or Sons of Temper
ance.
The republican convention to nominate a
candidate for congress in the 4th congression-
al district is called to meet at Bridgeport on
Wednesday, February 25th, at 10 o'clock
Am.
Commissioner Boutwell, writes to Isaac w.
Brooks Esq, (town clerk in Goshen) that
all certificates of admission as electors require
a ten cent stamp, under the recent act of
congress.
Dick Yale, formerly of Wmsted and New
Hartford, but more recently resident of New
Orleans, declared rebel and a quartermaster
in the rebel army, is reported to be lurking
around Hartford. He should receive due at
tention from his old acquaintance.
RHODE ISLAND.
In Bristol, r. l., "a couples were married
during the last year; 81 couple were Ameri-
cans, 10 foreigners, and 3 of mixed parentage.
The eldest groom was 60 years of age; the
eldest bride SO. The youngest groom was 10
years of age, the youngest bride Is. The
number of births during the year was III
males l, females 46. OF American parent
age Sc; of foreign and mixed parentage 81.
Of the foreign parents 81 were Irish, II Ger
man, 3 Scotch, and Is of the parents were
part American and part foreign. Four pairs
OF twins were reported during the year; 8
still-born, and colored 4. There was an ex
cess of 81 births over deaths.
counterfeit 81 bill on the What Cheer
bank has appeared, that is so much unlike the
genuine that it can be readily detected The
genuine plate has vignette of horses, with
female bcs: on the lower right hand corner.