Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-01

September.
AMONG those killed in the rebel massacre
at Leavenworth, Kansas, was the son of Levi
Gates of this city. An obituary notice APP
pears in to-day's paper.
The OFFICERS of the horse railroad com
pany are as follows President, James b.
Blake; directors, James B. Blake, Albert
Curtis, Joseph Sargent, George w. Bentley,
George W. Richardson, Draper Ruggles,
Henry Chaplin, VIM. Cross, Edward Earle
clerk and treasurer, Charles b. Whiting
SERENADE.-The Worcester Cornet Band
serenaded Mayor Lincoln, at his residence,
last night about ten o'clock.
LAST night we were refreshed and enliv-
ened by music from the Worcester Cornet
Band, and editorial work was forgotten for a
season in their sweet, inspiring strains. A
city without music is like grove without
birds, and what can cultivate the public taste
for melody like the playing of a fine band
| We hope that Worcester appreciation will
give this band generous support and encour-
agement, and we trust that many nights and
days will yet be made pleasantly their music
| The concert at Washburn Hall last night
was exceedingly fine and artistic. The play
ing of Mr.. Mills delighted very select au-
dience by its superiority to any thing we have
had here of late. Indeed it was considered
the finest piano concert ever given in Wor-
cester. Perhaps the best piece given was the
Polanaise by Chopin, a most elegant and
chaSte composition, and generally consid-
cred his finest. The Faust waltz, and Fam
TASTE IN Somnambula, arranged by Listz, dis
played the most wonderful execution. Mr..
Mills compositions were extremely fine, re-
sembling the Chopin style. Miss Moore
| played very acceptably in the Duet by Men
| delsshon; we should have been pleased to
have heard her as a soloist. The fine Stein
way piano, kindly loaned by Mr. j. d. Moore,
the owner, told with fine effect in the several
pieces.
We hope, as has been minated, that Mr..
Mills will return to this city, bringing with
him other artists from New York Shouldh
decide to do so, we have no doubt the must
clans here will do all in their power to secure
for him a large audience.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.-A public temper
ance meeting was held at Sons of Temperance
Hall, last evening. George L. Stearns pre-
sided, and speeches were made by Rev. T.
| w. Lewis, Mrs. Il. Baker, Rev. S. Souther,
and Messrs VIM. Mecorney and Arson Reed.
There was excellent singing by the choir,
under direction of Mr.. Collester.
WALLACE AND DAVENPORT are to appear at
the theater on Tuesday evening, Sept. s, in
the famous play of "The Iron Mask" The
fact that the dramatic presentation is to be
given under the direction of Henry c. JAR
rett, is enough to interest our citizens.
A SwJNDLE.-A great fraud, in a small way,
is being perpetrated on the community in the
issue and circulation of the small copper or
composition tokens or pieces, initiating coin,
which are passed for cents, and are becoming
quite common. Understanding that certain
parties here have procured large parcels of
them for the purpose of passing them as cur
rency upon an unsuspecting public, have ta-
ken particular pains to get near approxima-
ton to their real intrinsic value. The result
is that one hundred of them, if made of pure
copper, would be worth about l6 l-2 cents, so
that six OF them would be worth nearly a cent.
But they are not pure copper. All of them
are more or less adulterated, and some of
them largely so; SO that they are probably not
worth over twelve or fourteen cents a hun
dred. Atfording such enormous profits to
those who put them in circulation, the fraud
will go on until it becomes an intolerable NUS
ance, unless the public set their faces like
steel against it. They'ilave got to do it some
time, and they may as well do it at once as to
wait till the public are largely defrauded and
the spectators have filled their pockets with
the dishonest gains. Let them refuse to re-
ceive them at all, or, If they take them, let it
be for not more than one-fourth of cent,
which is fifty per cent. more than their real
value ky.
Mr.. EDIroR-I noticed in your. columns
an advertisement Of Mrs. Ainsworth's select
school, and would desire to draw especial ut
tention to it, as it is school well worthy OF
patronage. 1t was commenced few months
ago with a small number of pupils, but so nu-
merous were the additions that before the
term was finished she was obliged to seek
larger rooms. Mrs. A. was formerly one of
the most successful Of our public school
teachers, and since leaving them she has pur-