Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-07-13

exactly where the connection is made. Being
in such close communion they do not make
any great fuss. though all are lively and par
| take OF their regular nourishment with avidi-
| ty.
The shipment of ice down the river. makes
a large demand for the saw-dust of the mills
| in Augusta.
In fight, few days since, in Augusta,
between Il robin and cat-bird, the latter in
attempting to dodge the robin, struck his head
so violently against the front OF the Methodist
church as to kill him instantly.
| All the editors in Maine are now married,
the last of the other kind, James NJ. Lincoln
Esq, of the Bath Daily Sentinel having re-
Gently surrendered to fair daughter of Mas
| SachuSetts.
1t is estimated that in proportion to its pop
ulaton a larger number of persons i'll Ban
| gor pay an income tax to the United States
! government than in any other city in New
England.
Secretary Stanton has given orders for
mounting the guns and garriSoning the forts
| in Portland harbpr, and has authorized the
| governor to RAISE artillery companies for the
| defense of the coast towns.
When one OF the managers of the copper
head meeting at Brownfeld prudently tried to
check the cheers proposed by member for
| Jetl Davis, on account IF the outside effect,
the man not taking the hint, very innocently
owned up that he thought cheers for Davis
were part of the programme
man named Burplice recently fell into a
well forty feet deep at Bangor, but Fortunate
ly escaped with the fracture of one of his
legs.
One of the vilest of the copperhead vermin
at Bath, being asked the news after the Get
| tysburg battles, replied: anything only those
Il HIM h..
near Washington"
VERMONT.
The draft for the third district of Vermont
calls for l447 men; and will occur at Bur-
lington to-day.
There are thirty-six officers from Vermont
| in the navy.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A boy of ten years in Manchester, on the
10th, was holding a bottle Of gunpowder in
his hand, while another boy put fire to the
| powder, causing an explosion. The lad who
held the bottle had his face and hands some
what cut by the pieces of glass.
The extensive tannery of Cyrus Robinson
4 Son, Concord n. H., was destroyed by fire
on the 10th, with Il building occupied by the
city stables. Loss $4,000.
| The committee to whom the subject was
| referred have voted to hold no agricultural
| 1alf IN Carroll county, this year.
Fort Cons tuition, in Portsmouth harbor, is
now well garrisoned, and great vigilance is
exercised in boarding every vessel that comes
into port, to guard. against any such visit as
was made at Portland recently.
CONNECTICUT.
A copperhead trustee of the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Southport, CONNECTICUT,
felt very cross over the news of the capture
of Vicksburg, and ordered the church bell to
| stop ringing. His order was Obeyed until
! the congregation heard of it, then the bell
rang iivclier than before.
In the first district OF Connecticut the draft
becomes operative to-day. The number en-.
rolled is I0,8l0; number to be drafted 32l3,
| including the overay.
A squad of seventy United States soldiers
| arrived in Hartford on the 10TH for the pur-
| pose of maintaining order during the present
| draft.
Charles Prentis son of Hon. Edward Prem
It's, the collector Of the port Of New London,
| has been appointed cadet in the navy school
at Newport, by congressman Brandegee of
the third district.
| The last days of the legislature were some
| what similar to those in congress few years
! ago. On the night OF the 9th inst. the house
! did not adjourn till after II O'Clock, aud all
sorts of unparliamcntary things were said and
/ Il.
N0''9' ....
! N"oON ISLAND
Under the provisions of the Rhode Island
| militia law, "trMnlng day was observed at
! Newport on the Sth, by two companies OF III
fantry.
An attempt was made in Providence on the
| 9Th, to steal the boxes supposed to contain the
names of the drafted men. The namI S, how
ever had been placed in an iron safe, so that
the attempt failed.
All the state recruiting offices have been
closed.
Several substitutes are advertised in the
Providence papers, Offering their.services for
500.
a lad sixteen years of age arrived at
Newport few days since, to enter the naval
academy as mldShipman who Travelled the
whole distance from Colorado territory to the
Missouri river-70O mlles--on foot, in seven
weeks.
MISCELLANEOUS.
baltimore has yiven over SIG 600 for fine |
purchase of supplies for our sick and wound |
ed, has besides furnished tons of delicacies
and necessary stores.
The following advertisement of runaway
wife was recently posted in a town in north
ern New York :-"My nam dats Peter Ko-
willie. NV wifas nam dats Peter KoyilIe too. |
lie lev house and no AK me, man that |