Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-02-12

BOSTON AND VICINITY.


Jacob Hall, Esq, a respected citizen of
Boston, died Monday evening, in the Goth
year of his age. Mr.. Hall was an active and
public spirited citizen and was much of his
life IN public service. He was a member of
the first board of aldermen under the city
charter, and was the last survivor of that
board. He had also been member of the
executive council, and of both branches of
the general court
When Gen. Mcclellan arrived in Boston,
two weeks ago, one of the light-fngered gem
try inserted his digits in the generals pocket,
and distracted a wallet containing 5000 in
money and some valuable papers. The loss
was made known to the police, and the de-
tectives succeeded in recovering the papers,
and restoring them to their owner before he
left the city.
Col. w. s. Clark, of the 2lst regiment is
now in Boston, on business connected with
his command. His furlough extends to the
first of next week. 1t is rumored that his
regiment is to go with Burnside into North
Carolina.
The stockholders of the Vermont and Mas
sachusetts railroad met in Boston, yesterday,
and elected the following board of directors
MessLs. Robert Hale Of Fitchburg, Larkin ].
Mead of Brattleboro, d. S. Richardson of
Lowell, Franklin N. Poor of Manchester, and
VIM. II. Hill of Roxbury.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
The Lowell News says :-''Quite number
of families in the city are taking advantage of
the high price of raw cotton, by selling the
contents OF mattresses, &C., to the manufac-
turing companies, at a large advance on the
original prices. We hear of one instance in
which over six hundred dollars was obtained
in one family from the sale of cotton mat
tresses."
BRISTOL COUNTY.
On Sunday, at the second Methodist church
in Fall River, three persons were admitted to
the church, thirty four received on probation.
and sixteen were baptized.
A lad named Mead was nearly poisoned to
death in Pranker's mill, at Saugus, a day or
two since, by drinking out of pitcher of oil
of vitriol, which he mistook for water. He is
not expected to survive.
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY.
William II. Smith of North Amherst has a
copper coin of the date of 1896, inscribed in
Arabic figures, and with the words 'tAif ci
Ifpic milf" in Roman letter. There is a crest
represented upon it, and the seven phases of
the moon.
CONNECTICUT.
Joshua Smith of Stamford was found dead
in his bed on Friday last. He was an old
mail carrier-having performed that duty be-
tween the post office and depot ever since the
New York and New Haven railroad was built.
RHODE ISLAND.
Royal A. Webster, Esq, of Providence, for
many years hotel keeper in Providence,
first of the sold Fox tavern, and subsequent
ly of the American house, died on Tuesday
last at the age of IS years.
There was exhumed on the John Brennan
farm in Newport, Tuesday, 20-pounder can
non ball-supposed to have been discharged
from French frigate during their attBck on
Newport while the place was the possession
of the British during the revolution. 1t was
buried three feet below the surface of the
earth
POLITICAL.
Hon. John Corners, who has been elected
United States senator from California, for six
years from the 4th of March next, is demo-
crat of the Douglas or Broderick school, and
for ten years has been one of the most active
and prominent politicians in the state. He
was supported and elected by the united votes
of Union democrats and republicans.
The Anzeiger Des Westerns, the oldest Ger
man paper in st. Louis, staunch supporter
of Fremont for the presidency, and for many
years an influential champion OF the free state
cause in Missouri, has ceased to exist. 1t be-
gan last year to waver from its early faith,
lost the confidence OF the German republicans
and has now paid the forfeit.
The admission of the representatives elect
ed to congress from the two Louisiana dis
tricts, was strongly opposed by Mr.. Eliot of
Massachusetts, and Mr.. Bingham of Ohio.
Mr.. Eliot claimed that military governor
had no right to authorize an election and that
the applicants were there in violation Of all
forms prescribed by the constitution.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The train carrying rebel prisoners, recent.
" captured at Arkansas Post to camp Doug
las, was beseiged in Chicago, last week, by Il
crowd of copperheads and traitors, who sup
piled the prisoners with whiskey, and threat