Worcester daily spy., 1871-04-19
Miscellaneous Dispatches.
Domestic Notes.
ITEMS FROM NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, April 1S.-Sparks from the en-
gine of the Cincinnati express train ignited the
kerosene oil train on the Erie road, one mile
west of New York, yesterday afternoon, and the
whole train was destroyed, inhicting heavy
loss of cars on the Erie company, but the oil was
shipped at the owners risk. An extra engine
sent to save as many cars as possible, ran forty
miles in fifty minutes, the first twenty miles in
twenty-one minutes.
Tammany unanimously elected VIM. NJ. Tweed
grand sachem last night. Among the sachems
elected were Mayor Hall, NJ. T. Brennan and p.
B. Sweeney. Judge Hogan and Henry L. Clin-
ton, of the young democracy, participated in the
meeting.
John Morrison, an old whaler of this city, is
selecting men for Captain Halls arctic eXpedi-
ton, which leaves this port about May Is. Capt.
S, o. Burlington, OF GrOtOn, Conn.,, will have
command of the tug-boat Polaris, fitting for sea
at the Washington navy yard for the expedi-
ton.
Large bets are pending in this city on the
passage of the ocean steamers Oceanic and City
of Paris, which lett this port Saturday afternoon
for Liverpool. The Oceanic passed the Battery
forty-four minutes ahead of the City of Paris,
and at nine O'Clock that evening, the steamer
Virginia met both vessels going at their best
speed, the City of Paris having already gained
fourteen minutes.
Henry Bergh, president of the society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, declines the
proposed testimonial.
Some time since a man named McGoldrick
made the acquaintance of Mary Blessing, a
young girl of seventeen, and induced her to
leave her home in this city under promise of
marriage, and then deserted her. Last evening
her father and mother met McGodrick in
Broome street, accused him of the crime, and
they quarrelled. The father struck McGoldrick,
and fight enSued, the mother joining in. Mr..
Blessing drew a knife and plunged it into the
loins of the seducer, infiicting dangerous
wound. They were separated, and McGoldrick
was taken to hospital and Blessing to the
lookup.
| A lease of the Morris canal to the Lehigh Val
| ley railroad company was signed yesterday.
This railroad has heretofore been under agree
ment with the Central New Jersey railroad
| which has now, however, leased the Lehigh and
| Susquehanha railroad. The Lehigh Valley rail-
road will be able TO forward large quantities of
coal through their newly leased canal almost
Immediately. Many boats are now loading, and
coal is promised in Newark next week. The
steamship Virginia, from Liverpool, arrived in
this city yesterday, with 113 soldiers who served
in the Franco-Prussian war as francS-tireurs un-
der Garibaldi. Their expenses to this country
were betrayed by the French government.
convention is to be held under the auspices
of the New England labor reform league i'll
New York, May 9th, 7th and Sth, commencing
with discussion on trades unions in Cooper
institute, May 5. Hon. Horace Greeley, Mrs.
Stanton, Mrs. Woodruff, Miss Anthony, and
number of other speakers OF like prominence
are to take part.
The French papers of this city are discussing
several plans and projects of directing and sys-
tematzing French emigration to the United
States, and it appears that several companies are
in course of organization for that purpose. 1t
is expected that in consequence of the disor-
dered condition OF affairs in France, the result
of invasion and the civil war now raging, that
French emigration will assume considerable
proportions. The Courier des Etats Unis IA
vors project to establish French colony in
North Carolina.
MINERS RESUMING WORK.
SCRANTON, Pa, April 1S.-The slope of Nor
ris & Weeks commenced work yesterday. A
guard of twenty Hazleton zouaves were fur
nished. Trouble is anticipated.
DEATH OF WELL KNOWN JURIsT.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 1S.-Judge Thomas
| A. Marshall one of the most distinguished ju-
rists in this state, died yesterday. He has been
in public for the past forty years, twenty-five of
which as judge of the Kentucky court of ap-
peals.
MEXICAN MATTERS.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 17-In Sinaloa,
portion of the federal troops have pronounced
for Placido Vega and Garcia Caritina, and the
secretary of war asks for an extra appropriation
of 1S500OO to suppress the rising. Troops from
Durango and elsewhere have been sent against
the mutineers,