Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-01-03

afternoon, was a grand triumph. The hall
was decorated with flags, shields, and coats of
arms of the United States and of the COM
monwealth. Ralph Waldo Emerson recited
prologue, which was received with raptur-
GUS applause. The orchestra was under the
direction of Carl Zerrahn, with Mr. Lang as
organist, and Mr.. Dressed as pianist. The
hall was full, and a handsome sum was netted
for the freedmen for whose benefit the con-
cert was given.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
Patrick Toomey, an inmate of the state
prison, committed suicide Wednesday evening
by hanging. He was sent to the prison in
1855, from Boston, for burglary, and at the
time of his death was affected by insanity,
ESSEX COUNTY.
George Adams of Newbury has an apple
tree which was imported from England in
good bearing condition one hundred and fifty
years ago. This year it produced six barrels
OF fine apples.
BRISTOL COUNTY.
The New Bedford Standard gives a review
of the whale fisheries for the past year. The
year opened inauSpiciously, but for the past
few months merchants have been more en-
couraged. The whaling fleet has been re-
duced by IS vessels, with tonnage of 1927
pounds. FOrty-four vessels have been with
drawn at the port of New Bedford-sold into
the merchant service, captured by rebel pi-.
rates, condemned, or lost. Eleven of the
fleet were captured and destroyed by the pi-
rates Alabama and Sumter; eight were con-
demned in foreign ports, and five were lost.
Fall River, Orleans, Mystic, and Coldspring
have given up the fisheries, and Boston and
Salem have been added to the whaling ports.
Semmes, the privateer, when he was connect
ed with the lighthouse department, often Wis
tied New Bedford and seemed to have spe-
cial spite against her whaling fleet The i'm
ports for the year compared with those of
| 1861 are as follows
Sperm Oil. Whale OIL WhalebOne
| 1862 54,sSo Dbl. 997S7 Dbl. sol, $50 lbs
One of the bells of the city of New Bed
| ford was rung on the first of January, at the
cost of public spirited citizen. In Fair
haven all the bells rung out cheerful peal at
noon.-The colored people in New Bedford
at the close of their series of meetings, adopt
ed resolution expressing their gratitude to
Wa@ hb9yaa With those Of lis
noble coadjutors, have been chiefly instru-
mental in bringing about the present hopeful
crisis In the cause of human freedom"
| MAINE.
| Widow Abigail Stevens of Industry, Me-,
made 275 pounds of butter from one COW last
year, after keeping the calf unit it was five
weeks old. She also sold S. worth of milk
The butter sold for 20 cents per pound,
making $50 income from one COW, besides
the benefit of milk and butter milk given to a
| pig which weighed $40 pounds when slaugh-
! tered.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The storehOuseOOf L. II. Smith, in Hanoi
xar I'M, To-. a
meal, &C., was destroyed by fire on Wednes-
day night. The loss is estimated at from
| $4,000 to $4,000. Insured for $5200. The
| fire was probably the work of an incendiary
The supreme court of New Hampshire has
decided virtually that there is no such thing
known in law as the sale of 'good will"-
that is, the prospective profits of business
as over and above the value OF the property
and material sold and conveyed.
| While two little girls, one of whom was
eight and the other twelve years of age, were
sliding upon Taylor's pond. in Salem, n. H.,
they broke through the ice and were soon
struggling in the water. The accident was
seen by man by the name of Newton, and
he fastened to the rescue. In approaching
them he also fell in and was caught hold of by
the little girls. He was unable to save them,
or to escape from their death grapple, and all
| were drowned.
Quite quantity of fifty cent bills of the
Concord, Manchester, and Lawrence railroad
issue are in circulation, which are supposed
to be counterfeit. The certainty and nature
of the counterfeit are not exactly known, but
merchants and business men are refusing
them.
CONNECTICUT.
Ezra Chadwick of Middletown has recently
made two attempts to ''shuffie off this mortal
coil, but so far has not succeeded He is
over 20 years of age, and is thought to be de-
ranged.
The amount of internal revenue collected
in the Hartford district during the month of
December was $l32,65 81. The total col
lections to the LIST January were $15l ,529 o..
Henry Britton, the venerable ticket agent in
Hartford, was seized with an apopletic fit on
Wednesday, completely paralyzng one side
He is not expected to recover.
RHODE ISLAND.
The Woonsocket Patriot, deservedly the
favorite of newspaper readers in the Black
stone valley, appears in its war dress
scrimped a little, and in smaller type, but
still fresh and entertaining as ever.
The colored citizens of Rhode Island held
a series of spirited meetings in Providence,
| Thursday, in cOmmemoration of the DAYS
| event. The various cities and towns in the
state were represented.
The gross receipts of the Boston and Prov
idence railroad for the year ending 3Oth No.
vember, were $702, 1921 Is; expenses 1854,
537 Is. Net income $347, 6S4 60. The net
income for 1861 was $264,316 Sc.
| PERSONAL.
Gen. Rosecrans has arrested Father BIN.
mel, German Catholic priest, of Nashville,
for reasonable conduct, and sent him to camp
| Chase. The general himself is jealous
| Catholic.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The reports of mercantile agencies show
that there were fewer failures in business in
in the northern states, during the year 1862,
than in any year since 1880. The following
table tells its own story:
Number. Liabilities
Failures IN 1862 1876 SIZE, 632, 10
Failures IN 1867, ...........l,6 52 "a, 649 300
1t is also worthy of notice that unembar-
raised firms, especially those in the cotton
trade, never made so much money as during
the past year. Prices kept advancing steadi-
ly, and no one who had goods on hand or
bought them but netted handsome profit.
Hotel fare at Richmond is now So a day,
and the living is very poor even at that price.
Eggs are quoted at ST. per dozen; chickens,