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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

The Louisville Courier-JOurnal has the follow
ing:
Questions alternately by the court, the states
attorney, and the defence, as usually answered
by can intelligent juror"
care You opposed to capital punishment"
ION, ycS-yeS, sir.
of you were on Il jury, then, where a man
was being tried for his life, you wouldn't agree
to a verdict to hang him ~
eyes, sir-yes, | would
"Have you formed or expressed an opinion as
to the guilt or innocence OF the accuSedF
eyes, sir"
"Your mind, then, is made upP'
ooh, uo-nO, it amt"
el%
Eyes, think have
"YOu are preiudiced?'
ooh, no-not Il bit
"Have you ever heard of this case?"
"Think have"
"WOuld you decide, if on the Jury, according
to the evidence, or mere rumor?'
"Mcre rumOr."
perhaps YOU don't understand; would you
decide according to rumor or evidence"
evidence"
off it was in your power to do so, would you
change the law Of capital punishment, or let it
standP p
"Let it stand'
The court-"Would you let it stand or change
''Now, which would you do?"
Don't know, Sir"
care You freeholder"
eyes sir-Oh, yes"
! "Do you own house and land, or rent"
"Neither-l am boarder."
"Have YOU formed an opinion"
| "No sir"
"Have you expressed an opinion?'
| "Think | have"
The court" Gentlemen, think the juror is
| competent. 1t is evident he has never formed OF
expressed an opinion on any subject"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

\ STRANGE SToRY.-Among the prisoners
arraigned before Justice Cox, at the Jefferson
market police court, during the discharge of the
watch returns was dirty, ragged little urchn
ten years of age, named William HoughtO
whose hair presented the appearance of being a
total stranger to brush or comb. Officer
Stewart, of the sixteenth precinct, appeared as
q complainant against the lad, and preferred
charge of vagrancy against him. The officer
stated that every night during the inclement
weather of the past winter the youth had been
seated in front Of the Grand Opera house, on
stool, with IA small basket of hazelnuts, sus-
pended to which was large tin sign requesting
the pasSers by to purchase the poor boys wares,
as he was compelled TO support an invalid
mother, who had been cruelty deprived of her
property in New Orleans, in 1863 by some par
ties, and turned into the streets to starve.
Captain MGDermott, SurmiSing the lad was
forced to sit there in order to support party or
parties in idlencsS, ordered officer Stewart to ar
rest him and convey him to the station-hOusc in
order to ascertain his pedigree. The boy had
been well drilled and refused to tell where he re-
sided, or anything in relation to his domestic
affairs.
As the officer was preferring his complaint, a
rustling Of silk was heard in the court room
and the form of a tall, good looking female
strobe up in front of the Judges BENCH and
placing a small, white hand, which was orna-
mented with four large, expensive gold rings
on the head of the shivering, ragged urchn,
stated he was her child. The judge looked as
tonished ut beholding the contrast before him,
the mother dressed in mink furs, an expensive
velvet sacquc and other apparel to CORES pond.
She pleaded to take her son home with her, but
the justice refused, and committed him to the
care of the commissioners OF public charities and
correction, where he Will be furnished with a
comfortable home.
As the boy was going down into the prison
the mother remarked that if her son was a for
egner he would soon be released, but as he was
native born she supposed he would have to suG
fer, THIS remark came very near costing her a
trip to BlackwelPs Island. Finding she could
not prevail upon the justice to return her her
son, she produced large roll of greenbacks
from her pocket and offered to pay any price
from SO up to 500 if she could have her boy
returned TO her.-N. Y Herald.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

There is n man living in the mountains of
North Carolina, who, it is said, has reached the
age of t43 years. At the time Of Braddock's de
feat he was twenty years old, and had wife
and three children.
John BouSsum of Schuylkill Haven, Pa, who
in health weighed 494 pounds, died recently,
weighing 400. His coffin was made of heavy
plank, boltcd, hoped and hraced with iron,
and was large enough to hold four ordinary
men. Another heavy weight, lately deceased at
Orange, o., Mrs. Tracy, must have required a
similar coffin, for she weighed ass, and twelve
men had all they could do to lift the body
A small boy in Albany, who was recently
brought to grief for CoaSting on the highways
of the city, informed the magistrate that it "was
the cid folks fault artcr ALL Watts the good of
giving it to Teller for coasting, when that's
the only thing yOu can do on the sidewalks, cos
they don't sCOOt the snow off,"
The great exhibition of 1851 was supposed to
be the Inauguration of a period of perpetual
peace. A large collection of French wheats was
sent to it by order of the national assembly.
After the exhibition these samples were stored,
for the benefit of the curious in the galleries OF
the conseryatoirc dies arts ct meters The dl-
rectorS of the museum and their families, and
the sick and wounded, flor whom beds had been
prepared in the building) have lived through
the latter portion Of the siege upon good white
bread, made out of the samples above men
toned,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

COOP WORDS FOR THE You've, for March, is
very good. The topics are well chosen, and the
editor seems to do his work with care. Two
more chapters of 'The Princess and the Cob.
lin are given in this NUMBER there is bio
graphical sketch entitled "The Boy Hugh Mil
lcr;" and the table of contents has other good
things. The illustrations preserve the style OF
excellence in design and execution, which has
heretofore been noticed.
THE EDINBURGu REVIEW, for January,
republished III New York by the Leon
ard Scott Publishing Company, has ten
articles, three of them relating to home
politics and military arrangements. The
Foreign Relations Of China" are con
sidcred, the Sepoy Rebellion is reviewed
France is discussed, and the other topics relate
to literature, musical art, science, and philOso'
ply. This is a good number, and some Of the
articles will be read with great interest.
Tue HEIGHTS OF EIDELBERG. BY NJ. H,
Tatem. Philadelphia: Caxton, Rcmsen & Half
fefnger. This is a novel in which everything
is regulated by the antagonism between Pro-
testants and Catholics, the aim being TO show
that the Catholic priests and their system are
very bad 1t is similar to many other stories
that have been written on both sides of this
controversy.
COOP WORDS for March continues its story
entitled "The Sylvestres' through six more
chapters. The articles on the "Coolie" are
continued, and there is the first part of a new
story entitled "Queer jean" This number
continues, also, Hawthorne's First Impress
sions of France and Italy" The illustrations
are, as usual, designed and executed in superior
tvlo
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For the Daily Spyl
Snnnna

Forever haunted by the ghost of Toll
The curse falls heavy, with its iron wings;
1t beats the life out of the heart of Things,
And dooms its galley slave to NOPE and mol.
Here lie my fancy-freighted argosies
Becalmed, unvisited by breeze or gale,
To rouse the sleeping waves or fill the SAIL
And bring my merchandise across the seas
Gold from the distant Ophir of my dreams,
Hymns from the stars, and music from the
streams.
There lies my harp 4Eolian finely strung,
But not zephyr wakes its soul Of song,
Or lifts the imp of Silence from its tongue;
Chained to the oar, groan and bear the weary
wrong.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

The supreme court of Pennsylvania, sitting in
Philadelphia has been occupied in hearing argu-
ments in the case of the first troop Of Philadel-
phia city cavalry against Samuel Morris and
Elliston p. Morris. The suit was brought to de-
eide the ownership of a letter written by Gen
George Washington, which bears no personal
address. The following is copy Of the docu-
ment:
The Philadelphia Troop of Light Horse, un-
der command of Caprn Morris, having per-
form'd their Tour Of duty are discharged for the
present. take this opportunity of returning
my most sincere thanks to the Capt'n and to the
Gentlemen who compose the Troop for the es-
sential Service which they have rendered TO
their Country and to me personally during the
course of this severe Campaign. Tho composed
of Gentlemen of Fortune they have shown a no.
bic example of discipline and subordination; and
in several actions have shown Spirit and
Bravery which will ever do Honor to them and
will be gratefully remembered by me.
Given at Head Quarters at Morris Town This
23rd Jan'y I'LL.
Go; WASHINGTON,
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~ in force, nor provide otherwise for the cleo.
ton of members of congress. The elections
were held, however, in November last, accord.
ing to the law which the last legislature re-
pealed, and the gentlemen then elected claimed
their seats in the present congress. They were
sworn in, and their credentials referred to the
committee on elections.
Mr.. David Dudley Field, having challenged
the New York Tribune to produce facts and
specifications warranting the Judgment it had
expressed of his professional conduct, that paper
printed yesterday a long letter from Francis c.
Barlow, well known lawyer, in which he
cauStically reviews Mr. Fields connection with
the Fisk and Ramsey suits in the summer of
1869, and shows by quotations from the tcsti-
mony and from the opinion Of the court that
contrary to Mr. Fields assertion, 81 was never
consulted beforehand, about any transaction
whatever of those gentlemen (FiSke, Gould, etc. y
to which, so far as | rccolcct, any exception has
been taken" he must have been consulted
about some of the most disreputable transac-
tions connected with that litigation and at the
election of officers OF the Albany and Susquc-
hanna railroad, which Judge Smith pronounced
fraudulent and the elimination ola conspiracy
where the room was filed with New York
roughs to overawe the stockholders, Mr.. Field
was not only present, acting throughout as the
legal adviser of Fisk, but he was present with
the Fisk party the night previous to the election,
advising and counseling with them. Mr.. Bar
low proposes to discuss Mr.. Fields proceedings
further in another letter
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08
WORCEs TER
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 8, 1871

II Paris were all France, or if Paris now, as
heretofore, were able to control all France, the
withdrawal of the German armies would be fol-
lowed by anarchy, civil war, and frightful scenes
of bloodshcd. The wild faction known as the
French "reds" has not always been estimated
according TO its actual deserts. The "rcdS'
have been allowed consideration as "republi-
cans" although the best of them have never
seemed to understand even the simplest princi-
pies of constitutional liberty. The only concep-
ton of a republic" which they have ever
sought to realize, is to place themselves in pow
or by means of a revolution, and use the estab-
lished machinery of despotsm against every.
body else. Just now, they threaten riot and
revolution in Paris; and the "reds" in the ma
tiOnal assembly second the Paris mob, and echo
its lunatic outcrieS. The world outside of
France, has seldom had so good an opportunity
to study and understand these men. If they
had true patriotism, or even the slightest respect
for orderly methods of proceeding, they would
be incapable of such factous madness. If they
were any better than lunatics, they would not
seek to transform Paris into a pandemonium,
threaten to separate that city from the rest of
France. But their desperation indicates their
weakness; and their conduct justifes that dread
OF the "Red Specter' which is so prevalent in
France.
For the last eighty years, the history of France
has been chiefly the history of a perpetual strug-
gle between two extreme and unscrupnlous
classes Of men, neither really representing n
majority of the people :-those who have sacr-
feed liberty and organized despotism in the
name of order, and those who have assailed
order and promoted anarchy, in the name of
liberty; for instance, the Bonapartists and the
Reds, Louis Napoleon and Rochefort. If
the government of Theirs, supported by the ma
tonal assembly, shall put aside both these ex-
tremes, and initiate the beginning of a new his
tory Of France, it will do a great work. Neither
the BonapartistS nor the legitamsts can trouble
its operations. If it can rule the "redS" and
compel them to respect order and learn obedi-
ence 10 law, it will do this work and give France
the possibility of a better government and a
more stable administration. The peculiar spirit
of the red faction has been shown in the ma.
tional assembly where Louis Blanc, Victor HUI
60, and Others like them, have proposed to have
those connected with the late provisional gov
eminent arrested and tried for high treason
This, of course, is aimed at Favre, Simon, and
all other honest and wise republicans; and it il
intended merely to express their malice. l
they could have power equal to their desire
they would swiftly restore the guilotine AM
make France the dark and bloody ground Q
another reign of terror; but their prospect q
success is not, at present, very hopeful.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

Consulting Physician to the MORRILL, MEDICAL ISsTI.
TUTE No. 3Bulinch street. the Revere House. Bos
ton, may he confidently relied upon in all requiring
skill and experience. His unriyaed and world-renowrcd
preparations for all forms Of SpernatorLGa mpotency
and nervous debility &c in and for the cure of all
Female Complaints, only be had of himself al his
Office, where he may be confdentillly consulted at all
hours. Ladies' suffering under any OF the complaints
peculiar to their confdcutialy consult with the
doctor with every OF safety and prompt rCet
See his MEDICAL ADVISER AND GUIDE To HEALTH, price
10 cents. All letters promptly answered by return of
mail. dM,IhESEWtf in3l
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

In opening his court in New York on Monday
Judge Bedford called the attention of the grand
jury to the rascally practices of the Tombs
lawyers In the course of his remarks the
Judge employed this pleasing horticultural
metaphor:
81 look upon the legal profession as do upon
splendid garden filled with the choicest
flowers, where some are even more beautiful
than others; and vet, in the midst of all this
beauty and cultivation, one sometimes finds a
rank, unwhOlcSOme weed. As il is the duty of
the faithful gardener to uproot the weeds, so
| that the flowers may longer retain their life and
| loneliness, and be not contaminated or wlthered
| by the blighting influence of the noXious
| poison so in like manner do hold ii to be the
| duty of the authorities to throw from the ranks
of the profession all those who, by their pro-
fessioua acts and conduct degrade and dis
| honor it
| The severity of the judges denunciations was
| directed against the shystcrs who hang about
the Tombs and the police stations, gain access
TO a prisoner, and, convincing him that they
have great influence with the court and district
attorney, wiring out of him and his friends all
| the money they can command, and then leave
him to his fate. These practices, which the Judge
assured his hearers are of frequent occurrence
deserve all the reprobation which he bestowed
upon them, but perhaps he is little too san
| guine in his expectation that if three or four oil
these disreputable practitioners could be sent tc
the state prison
"Our profession, being stripped OF these per
| iured wretcheS, and being in the hands only o
high-toned, honorable men, would, indeed, full
| fill its noble misSion-meting out justice TO al
and injustice to none. Then would it come Il
pass that every young man standing upon thu
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

NEW YORK, March T.-Cotton quiet sales 1920 bales
mddlng uplandS l4AC. Flour-sales lOS0O bbs; state
and western dull and in buyers favor; state "a 45;
Ohio 81 "a 6j; western $3.50 a S. southern ST. 10 "a 49,
Wheat dull; spring slightly in buyers favor, winter
scarce and advancing; sales $4,000 BUSH No spring
Sl,59 a ISL new NO., Sl,5S a 1906 white 81 80 a so.
Corn heayy sales A. 900 bush; mixed western IS 90
SOC. Oats decidedly frmer; sales $4,000 bush Ohio and
western IS a. 1Oc Pork hrmer; 81 81 a So
old s25O; prime $3.50 a SIS, Lard shade rmer at
ia a. l34c. Butter steady; Ohio 6 a 25c; state 80 a.
42c. Whisky frmer; western free 929ic Rice firm and
quiet; Carolina 81 a SIC. sugar firm MusCOvadO ~
"a 91c. Coffee firm AMI quiet; Rio l31 a lie. Moasscs
quiet; New Orleans 50 Gg65c. Spirits turpentine steady
at 81 a size; rOsn firmly held at s., T5 for strained. Pc
troleum dull crude l5c; refined 25c. TallOw dull at 81
a &c.
CHICAGO, March Flour unchanged, Wheat-No .
quiet at S2i5 a. LBS. Corn owcr No ? sc dull
at 474c for No :. Rye quiet at 9lc. Barley dull and
lower at 7Ic High wines steady at SIC. Provisions
quiet Mess pork S2ll2S a 2lS7E. Lard steady l24c
cash Dressed hogs lower, at $50 a S7Ij: live hogs
weak, al $3.50 a. 40, Cattle dull at S435 q $50 Re
ceps-OOO bbls Hour, 5000 bush wheat 5000 bush corn
1000 bush oats 1000 bush barley 5000 hogs Shipments
1000 bbls Hour, 5000 bush corn, 1900 hogs.
CINCINNATI, March 7.-PrOvisions quiet. Mess pork
S!l,5O a 2l7i. Bacon and Lard nominal. Whisky SAC
NEW ORLEANS, March 7-Cotton dull and tending
down; middlngs l4hc.
WATERrOwN, March beef Cattle - receipts 3il
head the supply is comparatively light and prices are
shade of from last week; sales choice at Sls5; extra
SlO5O "a II first quality $40 % 1925; second quality s.
"a 30; third quality S. a $3.50 Sheep and Iambs-rc
cepts 25l2 head the supply is light sales in lots at
q 3Ij each; extra 81 q S6,T5.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-08

AGRATFFuL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. j. Charlock, a
printer in the Office ofthe Ohio Weekly Clarion writes
TO the prOpretors of the PLANTATION BITTERs as follows
Three months ago was the mere shadow of man. and
so debilitacd that my limbs shook under while
work. The composior at the case said to me one
day. Andrew you need tonic; that's what's the mat
ter and there is tonic that was ever got up equal to
PLANTATION BITTERs. Try EN- l hare tried en-,
you are at liberty to state Crcerrng to me for con
frmation) that they have restored my health, and
believe, saved my lie" deop&wl mh2
SEA Moss FAEINE from pure Irish Moss for Blanc
Mango, PuddingS, Custards Creams, &c. &c. The
chcdDest healthicst, and most delicious food in the
world. dcop,Ewlw nb5
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LArHsr MARIxErs.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

y
NEW YORK March todd closed firm and steady at
III u the ceaTances OF the day being less than sixteen
mlions; the treasure shipments tomorrow est
mated at S30OOOO. Governments quiet and very little
changed The subscription to the loan OF $4,000 by
the security bank, announced to-day, and the lack of
information as to the reception of the loan in European
markets. the details to the delivery of the bonds and
dates OF the payments OF interest tended to check
investments. This opinion was also freely expressed to
many agents appointed in Tins city dividing business to
such an extent that feels much interest in its
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business with the
COMMISSIONERS OF PATENTS,
and assignments or Transfers of Rights attended to:
Rejected Applications examined. and Patents Secured
when the invention merits it, Reissues, Extensions and
Intcrlercnces conducted by
JAMES q. ARNOLD, Worcester, Mass
OFFICE No. II Bank Block Foster st. dtf fla
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LAKE TRAVEL IN OLDEN IIME.-A dozen or
twenty years ago, before the railroads monopo-
LIKED travel, there used to be lively COMPETE
ton among the boats at Lake Eric. The De
trOlt Post, abiding 10 the rivalry, relates these
among other anecdotes:
"The General Wayne and Columbus were
both up for Buffalo, and steam up ready for
start. Captains, clerks, engineer and all hands
were on the wharf clectionccring and telling
all sorts of stories about their own and the rival
boat Brundage headed Off Capt. Pratt (of Per-
rysbnrg), captain of the Wayne, who had in
tow squad Of hali-a-dozen passengers whose
leader, bargainer and oracle was a strong mind
ed woman Of forty-fve, who didn't quite like
the nasty high-pressin' STEAMBOATS, what's alters
BLOWN up, besides scaldin' folks. 'Bnt my
dear woman, said Brundage, If You'll Just step
this way minute I'll convince You that the
Columbus can't blow up; it's impossible"
"Brndage got the company TO the gangway,
and then brought up from the kitchen bucket
of water not warmer than milk from COW.
There, madam cried the eXultant and truth
full officer. we never heat our water hotter than
that. So You see we cant blow up; and if we
should, don't you see the water amt hot enough
TO hurt ANYBODY? We carry low steam we do.
The argument and illustration were conclusive,
and the Columbus got the passengers.
" 1t is related of Brundage that, upon another
occasion, lie was at the packet landing in Buifa-
10 as the boat came in from Rochester on Satur-
day evening, exercising his eloquencc to induce
| party OF piousy inclined travellers 10 take
the Columbus which was TO leave for Detroit
Sunday morning. They objected TO going on a
Sunday boat, but still didn't like the expense of
lying over Ill Buffalo until Monday morning.
Brundage's explanation satisfied and decided
! them.
Ladies and gentlemen he said, we don't
| do any Sunday work on the Columbus, only to
| get her out of Buffalo. You see we get up
steam enough Saturday night to last us all the
way to Detroit, and then just as soon as we get
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The Tennessee members of congress arc pc
culiarly situated. The time and manner Of hold
ing congressional elections in that state were
fixed by an act of the republican Legislature first
elected after the war. The democratic legisla-
ture which came after repealed this law as well
as almost all the rest Of the doings Of its prede.
cessor, But it did not re.enact the law previous
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Special 99utrtes.

Mary VI. Maynard acknowledges the recent Gin
OF hcr friends and Tor the same-with grateful remem-
hrance OF their kindness In the pas-wOuld return her
thanks with wishes for their present and future happ
ness, dlt+ mis-