Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-07-12
Abhrorin1ed nisnntc,es,


At Baltimore yesterday: Mutuals, thirty
eight; Pastimes, 6.
bill dissolving all battalions of the national
guard throughout France is about TO be intro
duced in the assembly
Senior Sagosta has assumed the charge ad in
term of the Spanish ministry of finance in
place of Moret, who has finally left the cabinet.
George Perpont and Henry G. Rider have
been recommended as assistant assessors of in
ternal revenue, and assigned to duty in the
fourth district of Connecticut.
Gen. Babcocl, commissioner of public build
ings, during his recent visit to New York, made
arrangements for the importation of English
sparrows to be placed in the public parks of
Washington.
The attendance of members of the chamber of
deputies in the Spanish corteS is decreasing in
such ratio that apprehensions are felt as to the
retention OF quorum more than few days
longer.
Secretary Robson returned to Washington on
Monday evening from New Jersey, and was at
the navy department to-day. He and Attorney
General Alderman are the only two members of
the cabinet now in town.
There is struggle among Americans in
Paris to secure possession of communist pris-
oners as colonists. Some want them for Colo
RADIO and Others for Lower California and Ar-
IONA. The government is puzzled to decide
The examination of the accounts of the New
York bank note printing companies by officials
ltOHl treasury lOr Iilc UScdl year
ending June 30, 1871, has just been concluded :,
and all their transactions with the government
were found to be correct.
commission of inquiry has been appointed
by the French assembly to examine into the
course pursued by Count Palikao while at the
head of the government of national defence
and into the conduct of Bendett French minis
ter at the Prussian court prior to the German
war.
The North German steamer Rheim, from
Bremen, reports that July 6, in lat. 40 As, long
So A. saw United States gunbOat under can
vas, bound east There is no United States
gunboat cruising in those waters at present
and the vessel referred to can only be the
Polalis, Capt G. V. Hall, bound to the Arctic
region. She left New London on the morning
of the Sd inst, and the vessel seen on the 9th
was about 400 miles east one half south from
New London.
The citizens of Herkimer, n Y, with delega-
tons from Mohawk, lion, Frankfort and Little
Falls, headed by bands of music, serenaded
Hon. A. II. Latin, naval officer of the port of
New York, at his residence in Herkimer, on
Monday evening, on the occasion of the result
of the late trial. The numbers in attendance
were large. Speeches were made by Judges
Prescott and Earle, Hon. A. II. Latin and
others. The strongest feeling was evinced in
favor of Latin by his neighbors, and the
highest satisfaction is expressed in the result of
the late examination.
more has failed, through an unwillingness of
Supervisor Fulton to cooperate with Supervisor
Presbrey. Ii has long been suspected that i'm
mense whiskey frauds were perpetrated in that
city during 1867 and 1868, and Supervisor Full
ton has often called attention to the fact but he
was, he saws, unable to obtain any legal evil
dence sufficient TO convict the guilty ones
Those having this evidence at length came to
Secretary Boutwell, and offered to give it, pro-
vded he would send other men to make an in
vestigation. 1t is supposed the refusal to give
information TO Mr.. Fulton was political.
Reports from Dayton, giving full particulars
of the storm, state that it was hardly less de
structive in the country than in the city. The
storm came from the northwest. 1t twisted the
mense damage to fruit trees growing crops, corn
and timber. A few miles southeast of the city
trees fell across farm house, crushing it and
are given of the injury done TO the country. 1t
gregate loss Some persons place the loss in
lion of dollars, but this is probably an eXag-
struck by lightning, and four or five persons
were injured.
1t is very clear from the tone of the southern
press that all in the south are not disposed to
quietly accept the situation. A howl is raised
all over the south because the claim of Ken
tncky for arIhing and equipping volunteers was
not paid as soon as presented. paper pub
lished at Lynchburg makes the following
loyal utterances on this subject "This is
one out Of many instances in which the loyal