Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-04-13
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Henry A. Dolly, who murdered his wife in
Font Fairfield last February, died a few days
since in the Augusta hospital. He left state
ment that it was his design to kill all his fami.
ly, his wife and four small chliidren-the wife
herself consenting-to save them from the
supposed evils that would come upon them i'll
the event of their surviving him, but his heart
failed in the attempt to carry out the bloody
work.
Three members of the Maine seventh regi-
ment have been tried by court martial at
Porland-two for deserton, the other for
pecuation-and sentenced to forfeiture of
pay and six months hard labor upon govern
ment works with ball and cham.
Charles Potter, the manufacturer of print
ing presses in Westerly, II. l., had fall and
Il broken leg, while engaged about some ma
chinery, last Thursday, in the Office Of the
Press at Portland.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Soldiers now at their homes in Concord,
outraged by the dsloyal course of the New
Hampshire Patriot, gathered round its office,
Friday evening, threatening to destroy 1t.
The building during the night was in charge
of a large police force. The excitement abat'
ed before morning.
The hundreds who skedaddled into Canada
from the upper part of the state to avoid con-
scription, are beginning to return in conse-
quence of the inhospitable treatment given
them by the "Canucks.'
CONNECTICUT.
When the inquest was held on Pelchat, the
soldier who was killed at New Haven on the
9TH inst, one Of the witnesses testified that he
probably died from ''the fracture of the fifth
ceryical vertebre." He broke his neck.
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spected citizen of Danbury, stepped into
into a store last Saturday, and called for some
oysters. Learning that they had none, he
turned to go out remarking, "Then | shan't
have them to pay for" fell down, gaspeG and
was dead.
The house of DR.. George Bennett of New
Haven, which had been in litigation for some
time past, was burned down on the Sth inst.
The doctor had had a writ of ejectmentserved
on him to vacate on or before the 10th inst
which he did.
William Treat, formerly Il member of the
Lichfeld bar, practicing in Kent, but por-
ton of whose early life was passed in Cole
brook River and Tolland, was drowned near
Baton Rouge, La, March u.
George Miner of Bozrah, supposed to be
the leader of gang of burglars who have re-
Gently annoyed the people OF Norwich and vi
cinity, has been bound over for trial before
the superior court with bonds of $500.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Hints are given that a storm is brewing in
the state department about our relations with
England. There are radical differences OF
opinion even in the cabinet upon this subject
Mr.. Seward being cautious and Mr.. Stanton
warike. Outside of the cabinet the most
able and pertinacious Of the opposers of {
policy squirting towards an English war is
Mr. Sumner-and he possesses much intiu-
ence over the president upon this subject, an(
is, perhaps, the best adviser the president has
within the range of his large circle OF friends
Thomas Carlyle, acknowledging the receipt
of a copy of Rev. G.. T. Brooks translation
of Titan, says; "Finding it Of such quality,
took steadily to reading it,-steadlIy gave my
self about an hour OF it, the last THING very
njpht NV u-oy "dslIns uown the bitter
dusts of the day with Il cup of right wine be-
fore going to bed! Spite of all my criticism
l could not but acknowledge that here was
more real human stuff than in all the novels
written in my time p
Charles Noll of the 9TH New York regi-
ment, and girl to whom he was betrothed,
took poison one day last week, for the pur-
pose of curing the heartache and ending
all their troubles together. He had been for
some time absent from his regiment, and stood
in mortal fear of being arrested as deserter.
Charles died from the effects of the poison !;
his Wilhemna barely survived.
George b. Lawrence, author of the we'll
known romance of Guy Livingstone" and
other books, was arrested last week, while at
tempting to make his way to Richmond. lie
is an Englishman and was armed with letters
of introduction to the rebel chiefs from
their friends in Washington and Baltimore
He was sent to the old capitol prison.