Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-11-16

constant guard on their buildings. A person
who was seen to act suspiciously was shot ut
five times, on the night of the 10th, but es-
capped injury so far as known.
DIR. Hatch, a well-known physician of Hills
borought, fell from scafiold in his stable,
where he had gone to feed his horse, on the
morning of the 10th, and was so badly innr-
ed that he probably cannot recover
Joseph Perkins, Paul Perkins, Barker Wig
gin and Joseph Dearborn, the parties arrested
on a charge of assaulting officers in discharge
of their duty connected with the draft in
Jackson, N. H., have had their examination
postponed until the first Wednesday in Janu-
airy, 1864, the witnesses not being ready.
CONNECTICUT.
Or the 9th inst. two deserters were shot near
Fort Reno, Portsmouth, Va, belonging to
the Sth Connecticut regiment. They were
conscripts, recently sent to the regiment.
Their names were Mitchell Vondell and Fran
els Wales, both Canadians; the former be-
longed in Montreal, the latter in Danielson
ville Conn.
One hundred and forty four substitutes were
sent, on the 18th inst, from New Haven to
the sixth and seventh regiments, c. V.
The sword of the late commander Geo. W.
Rogers, who was killed during the attack on
fort Wagner on the 18th of August last, has
been presented to the state.
A fellow calling himself Prescott, an acting
agent for company Of minStrelS, gave con-
certs in Wilimantic on the 7th and 9th insts.,
cheated his printer and landlord, and on the
following morning decamped leaving his
troupe minus the pay for their services.
The mammoth boiler of the steamer United
States, at Hartford, together with the engine
and machinery, weighs ninety thousand
pounds.
The legislature has passed an act which of.
fers colored volunteers the same pay and
clothing as white volunteers; and gives to
such colored volunteers three hundred dol
lars bounty on being mustered into service ;
guarantees an additional bounty of thirty dol
lars per annum during the term Of service (;
and pays recruiting officers ten dollars for
every colored recruit mustered in.
Mrs. Dow, widow of the famous Lorenzo,
died few days since in Montville, leaving
this singular will She gives the whole of
her estate ($6000) to the town of Montvile
for the purpose of building four stone arch
bridges in specified places in the town. Tho
town in public meeting has refused to accept
the gift, and the amount goes to her heirs at
law.
Pratt, Whitney, & Co., have finished two
machines for manufacturing guns for the
Austrian government. They have but Just
begin to fill this foreign order, and expect
more orders soon from the same source.
Fifteen or twenty vessels have been built
this year along the Connecticut, and half as
many more are now ON the stocks.
new ore bed Of iron has been discovered
on the land of Samuel C. Scoyll, Esq. One
hundred tons of ore have already been taken
out.
The apple crop in some sections of Ridge
field was very large. One farmer gathered
nearly $1,000 worth.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Rhode Island c0lored regiment en-
camped Oh Dutch Island, near Newport num-
berS twelve hundred men, who have been for
some time at work erecting Notifications on
the island.
llnrinlf tho rooqnt Tela .,t.nei5 Durable dam,
age was dOne To the shipping ana wharves OF
Newport and vicinity but fortunately no hives
were lost. The storm was unusually severe,
and so large a sea Is seldom known in the
waters OF the Narraganselt.
MISCELLANEOUS.
swan was seen in the Ohondaga Lake,
New York, on the 1lth. It was an uncom-
mon occurrence, as this species of the teath-
cred tribe was never known in localities so
far north before.
The expedition of Capt. Fiske to Idaho has
been heard from at Bannock city in that ter
ritory. They were up to their eyes in gold
placers on Grasshopder creek. The entire
average yield being half a million dollars per
week, the party were to remain there until
spring 1t is claimed the gold mines Of that
region are the richest ever opened to the adj
venturer.
fire in Batavia, N. Y, on the 9th de-
stroyed ten buildings, involving aloss Of $780,
900.