Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-01

soon rs discharged they came hither and re-
ported to Capt. Chadsey, who received them,
but gave them passes at once to visit their
families. They say they are ready and anN"
i0uS to make good the time during which they
have been absent from the regiment.
George Taylor Of Providence was injured
on the 30th ut. by the falling of bulletin
board, which fractured his shoulder and 9TH
erwise very severely bruised him.
John Keestler was arrested on the 3Oth uIt',
in Providence, as deserer.
The boysin Woonsocket have stopped ''go-
ing in swimming for the present. They say
it is wetter on land than under water!
Geo S. Heagan, master of the brig Webster
Kelley Of Bucksport, Me-, drowned himself
at Newport, r. l., on the 3Oth ult
CONNECTICUT,
A gentleman in Hartford paid two hundred
and fifty dollars for substitute for his son,
and he was presented at headquarters to be
sworn in; but it was discovered that he was a
deserter from several Connecticut regiments.
He first joined the Sth and ran off; then the
10th, which he lett unceremoniously and
lastly the 18th, from which he was discharged
fordisability. He will now be tried for deser-
ton.
The Shetucket river was on great swell
on the 30th ult., indicating heavy rains in
| Wndham county.
General Anderson, who surrendered Fort
Sumter to the rebels after fighting in spite of
reasonable superiors, is in New Haven, and
was present at the meeting of the Alumni of
Yale college.
John Ward, of Hartford, aged thirteen
years, was drowned in Little river on the Both
ult.
During heavy thunder storm on the 9th
ult., the lightning struck a tree on the premi-
SEES of Cyrus Williams of Canterbury, killing
four cows, heifer and sheep that were stand
ing under it.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Among other documents found in the house
of JET. Davis, at jackson, Miss, were letters
from eX-presidents Buchanan and Pierce
Mr.. VIM. Campbell, the oldest cooper i'll
Philadelphia, died at his residence recently at
the age of l0l years.
The widow Of Col. Smith, who was killed
at Vicksburg, has been appointed postmistress
at Rockford, Ill.
The city directory of Chicago for 1868 fixes
the population of that city at 100000.
The leading journals in Louisville have all
commenced the issue of papers every day, in
Guiding Sundays, on the plea that the de-
mands of the war make it necessary.
There are about one thousand contributions
from this country at the great international
exhibition in Hamburg, and as consequence
many orders have already been given for
American goods.
Pensacola is desolate, and the grass and
weeds are growing all over the place, which
has now but five or six families residing
there.
The city of Virginia, near the Washoe mines
is now considered to be second only to San
Francisco in wealth and business on the Pa
ctic coast.
The annual consumption of rice in Califor-
mia is estimated at 24,000,000 pounds. Great
is John Chinaman.
The subscriptions to the Polish fund have
reached $4,000, which has been transmitted to
Europe.
1t is supposed the negro soldiers taken by
the rebels at Port Hudson were murdered at
ter their capture. None were found after the
surrender, either among the prisoners or IN
the hospitals.
The cotton used by the rebels on the en-
trenclments at Vicksburg is to be sold by or
der of Gen Grant, and its proceeds dstribu-
ted among the private soldiers tribute of
valor. Five per cent. of the private soldiers
and nOn-cOmmissiOned officers are to be given
furloughs for thirty days, in consideration of
their bravery and endurance during the siege
of Vicksburg. The streets are to be thor
oughly cleaned and sprinkled, and all carrion
on the outskirts of the city is to be buried.