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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29
Boots ann Shoes.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

IN JUSTICE TO THE BOOT AND
SHOE TRADE OF WORCESTER, WE
WISH TO INFORM THE PUBLIo-wE
SPEAK WHAT WE KNOW THAT
THE FIRST CHEAP AUCTION RUB
BIER BOOTS AND SHOES BROUGHT
TO AND OFFERED IN THIS CITY,
WAS ny THE PARTY OF THE So
CALLED BANKRUPT STOCK, AND
WHO NOW so GRACIOUsLY WARNS
THE PUBLIC AGAINST BUYING
"THOsE CHEAP AUCTION GOOD =
NOT WORTH TAKING OUT OF THE
SHOP"
1T Is TO BE HOPED THE PUBLIC
WILL TAKE THE ADVICE, AND
NOT BE DECEIVED" ESPECIALLY
by THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THE
MEANS OF FLOODING THIS MAR
KET WITH CHEAP, WORTHLESS
RUBBER GOODS. REPREsENTED
AS FIRST QUALITY.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

erclses of the Webster high school were held at
Webster hall Monday afternoon. The gradu-
ating class consisted of Willie c. Joslin, c. S,
Joslin, E. Z. Brown and Miss Abby F. Fiske.
A young lady by the name of Gould, twenty
six years of age, committed suicide at her home
in Charlton, ON the afternoon of the oath, by
cutting her throat with razor She was not
feeling well, and had not risen from her bed
that dnY.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29
CHSuaIfies.

SINGULAR FATAL ACCIDENT.
New YORK, March 2S.-A young man named
Davis met with singular accident at his resi-
dence in Grove street. Brooklyn, yesterday. 1t
appears that he had gone to the cstern to draw
pail of water, and while STOPPING to do SO
slipped and fell upon the curb at the side of the
cistern, striking upon the lower part of his alb
dOmen. Medical assistance was Immediately
procured, but it was unavailing. He died
shortly after in great agony
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29
COUNTY NEWS.

At the closing session of the Providence con-
ference, in Norwich, Monday, Rev. J. H. Cooley
was appointed to the Methodist church in East
Blackstone, and Rev. s. E. Evans to Millyille
Blackstone).
The annual examination and graduation ex-
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

AT SING sING-Loss NOT STATED.
PoUGuKEEPsIE, N. Y, March pa fire at
Sing Sing this morning destroyed Reynolds &
Young's hardware store and Mrs. Fairbanks
millinery store The stores Of Howe & Co.,
and Romans, clothing; Jones, drugs; the tele-
graph Office post office and book store were also
badly damaged, but the building was not de-
stroyed.
AT CAzENovIA-Loss $4,000
CAzENovIA, N. Y, March 2S.-A fire oc-
Cured here last night, which destroyed property
belonging TO H. Teneyck and C. Weaver & Son.
Loss $4,000; insured for $780, naAa
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29
From SIM Frnnciscn.

SAN Francisco, March 2S.-The property
which the California steam navigation company
lately sold to the California Pacific railroad in
cluded twenty-fOur steamers, forty barges,
twenty wharves, and depots in various parts of
the state.
The entire speech of Senator Sumner was
transmitted over the Western Union company's
wires, and published in full this morning, in
this city and Sacramento.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

WASHINGTON, D. g., March 90, 1871.
THAT DEFICIENCY BILL.
The senate deficiency bill, which lies on the
speakers table, will be badly beaten when il
comes up in the house. 1t is safe to say that
two-thirds of its items will be rejected
THE UNLAMENTED DEAD.
Everybody here comedies that the annexa.
ton scheme is dead, and it is not probable that
the president will ever again urge it upon con.
gress.
INTERESTING DEBATE.
The debate in the senate on the Sumner reso-
buttons has been exceedingly interesting, but
the galleries were not filed. and Carl Schurz
made the ablest speech of the debate.
AsToNIsHED COMMISSIONERS.
The San Domingo commissioners are greatly
astonished to find such revolution of senti.
ment in this country in regard to San Domingo
annexation. They first learned of Mr.. Sum.
Ders removal from his old committee at Key
West, and all of them agreed that it was a most
impolitic act. The report will not express any
opinion upon annexation, but many of the facts
embodied in it favor it. Upon some points,
however, it is believed not to be entirely salts.
factory to the more ardent of the annexationists
in the senate
KUKLUX DEBATE.
The debate on the kuklux bill has begun in the
house, and with unexpected good temper on
both sides TheIrepublcans have agreed that
there shall be no attempt to shorten reasonable
debate, and the democrats have announced that
they will not resort to filibustering to prevent
final vote. General debate will run to Monday
next, when it is probable the previous question
will be moved but not till after numerous
amendments have been made.
1t is understood that the opposition will have
ample opportunity to offer amendments. If Q
bill finally passes the house by the middle Of
next week, it will be as well as anybody has the
right to expect. 1t is understood that nearly all
the house republicans will vote for the bill from
the select committee. The fact that such mod
crate men as Messrs. Dawes, Blaine and Scofeld
agree to it, warrants its final success. Mr.
Farnsworth and three or four other western re-
pubicans may vote against it, but not enough
to prevent its passage.
The senate is not expected to pass the Sher
man resolution instructing the Judiciary com.
mi;tee to report kuklux bill Debate will &C
on upon that resolution, but, as soon as the
house bill comes over, it will be taken up, and
ifpOssible, passed. A majority of the members
of the senate judiciary committee are opposed to
the house bill as it now stands.
SAM WELLER
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

DISHONEST DEALING,
CINCINNATI, March %. The directors of
LOngview lunatic asylum have discovered dis
crcpancy of $4,000 in the accounts of the late Su-
perintendcnt DIR. 0. NJ. Langdon, who has put
in a claim of $500 for extra services.
RULoFF TO BE HUNG.
ALBANY, March 2S.-By the unanimous de-
cision of the court OF appeals this morning, the
court below is ordered to repass the sentence of
hanging upon Ruloff.
THE MAILLARD-wILsoN TRAGEDY.
New YORK, March 2S.-Maillard, who shot
and killed Geo. Wilson in Grand street. Brook
Ign, Jan. Sth, and convicted of manslaughter in
the third degree, was sentenced yesterday to the
penitentiary at hard labor for two years. This
is the case where Maillard assaulted Wilson un-
der the impression that he was a robber. The
prisoners counsel will apply for writ of error.
MOB LAW.
SAN Francisco, March 28.-Judge Resting, of
Virginia City, Nevada, yesterday charged the
grand jury to inquire into the facts of the hang
ing of Arthur P. Heffran by the vigiantes, and
indict for murder all parties connected with the
organization. The Daily Enterprise, this morn
ing, justifies the action of the vigilantes, and
advises the jury TO find no Indictment. Probably
no indictment will be found.
CORRUPT OFFICIAL.
RICHMOND, March 2S.-Stevens Mason, a
member of the legislature, has been held in
$1,000 for an attempt to corrupt the city officials
to secure the acquittal of eX-AlayOr CahOon.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST JUDGE.
RALEIGH, N. c., March 28.-The house has
adopted and presented to the senate articles of
impeachment against Judge Edmund W. Jones,
of the second judicial district, for repeated
drunkenness and diSgraceful conduct in office.
ANOTHER "MIXED" CASE.
The jury in the case of ex-Mayor Cahoon,
were discharged this morning, failing to agree,
standing nine for acquttal, and three for con-
viction. A lawyer, named Spalding, was ar
rested to-day, for attempting to pack the jury in
favor of Cahoon's acquittal
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ST. LOUIS, March 2S.-rhe caisson of the east
abutment of the Mississippi bridge reached rock
bed, 116 feet below the surface of the water this
afternoon. The event was celebrated by the
firing of cannon and other public demonstra-
tiOnS
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ErOs1.

CINCINNATI, March ga severe frost pre-
vailed here last night, and fears are entertained
for the peaches, part of which are in blossom.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

THE wEEHAwKEN TRAGEDY.
New YORK March 2S.-Anthony McDonough,
one of the two men who were stabbed, as al
legged, by Patrick Cunningham, on Saturday
night, at Weehawken, N. j., died yesterday
Cunningham, who is now in Jail, states that he
received great provocation, that he was severely
attacked by McDonough and friend, and only
acted in sell-defence. The accused bears a bad
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-29

Other Foreign Matters.
The queen Of Sweden is ill, and the symp-
toms are alarming
The Calcutta council has reduced the income
tax for one year.
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LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE wORCEsTER DAILY err
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, D. G., March %, 1871.

ESPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER SPY. |
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The debate in the senate on the Sumner reso-
buttons has been exceedingly interesting, but
the galleries were not filed. and Carl Schurz
made the ablest speech of the debate
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

Northern historians have generally given
Ben amin F. Butler credit for planning the
expedition against New Orleans, in the late
war, and also of conducting the attack
which resulted in the capture of the place.
In his " Biography of Butler" Mr.. Parton,
a historian notorious for being usually more
romantic than correct, draws tho following
interesting picture of how the whole thing
originated. Butler, on the 10th OF January,
1862, was seated in the Office of Mr.. Stan
ton, Secretary of War, making very fine
appearance, when the Secretary suddenly
said-we quote from the Biography:
"Why can't New Orleans be taken" The
question thrilled Gen. Butter to the marrow.
ut cam" he replied. This was the first time i.
New Orleans had been mentioned in Gen. But
ler's hearing, but by no means the hrst time
he had thought of it.. The Secretary told nm 10
prepare programme, and for the third tme
the General dashed at the charts anu BOOKS:
Now, for the sake of n correct history
land we have nothing else to prompt us),
we would state that at the time when the
question ia said to have been asked WING d
"thrilled Gen. Butler to the marrow" ana
caused him to make his third briiiiant
"dash at the charts and books" the plan
ming and arrangement of the expedition
| was already complete, and Stanton 'cas NOT
| yet Secretary of War, for Cameron was NOT
| removed until late in the month specineu:
The truth is, that neither Stanton nor But.
Ter knew q word about the expeditlop AT
1 tue3 liuo McutlOucu, uHu oiISa Aeo
had become known, Butler was kept III
ignorance with reference to its destination.
In paper put through the December
GALAXY, entitled "Admiral Farragut ana
New Orleans" the Hon. Gideon Welles
throws light on this subject as follows:
Gen. Butler, whom the War Department pro
posed to send out with the first detachment
and who as yet knew nothing Of their ultimate
destination but supposed they We're to move
in due time Mobile or Texas, was lmpatlent
for active service; and to keep him employed,
us we'll as to divert the attention OF hlmseii
and others from the object in view, he was
, directed to prepare a paper on Texas.
And again, when the true destination o.
tho expedition was revealed to Gen. Butler
He was greatly disappointed that his coas'
operations in the extreme Southwest wefo y -
% he interfered with. He and his chlef.ot-stall
o Gen. Shepley, called on his old neighbor ant
Q schoolmate, MI. Fox, the Assistant Secretar!
e of the Navy, and made known his dlsappo'h'
d ment.
6 Those histories which make Ben Butte
Q the leading spirit at the capture OF New
y Orleans are too ridiculous to be worthy I'LL
i introduction of contradicting evidence
:. Farragut captured New Orleans on the 2otl
Q of April, 1862, following strictly, as W
IS have it from good authority, series q
plans laid down by the Secretary OF til
Navy in 1s6l.-Nobile Register
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Mountjoy Prison q" Life

lam not sure that if !, .op!e knew what
+bev were about when. they aSitato TOR
communication of capital punishment anu
Mead for imprisonment for lie, they wonld
struopIe so keenly for success or grleve SO
niteonslv for failure. / think the VOID
s.life'' a bitter nisuomer in the case OF II
convict sentenced to scrvitude for the term
of his existence. | believe the oniS WIN
thing of which he is sensible IS misery.
believe the only thing ne longs i"r Is .n my
final est which shall rid him of himself.
believe if it were possible fora man to
crasp in his mind what twenty years S ce'i-
Som means. he would prefer to face his
Cod. aud to fly the horrid machinations OF
men, Tie hope which lives In the worst
of us would seem in his case cruei I'M
he The facts of his existence arc weary,
and terrible, and degrading punishment
nriyatiop stone walls, iron bars, auo, us
nallest of all, twenty years OF human
+houcht frozen in uttcrance wholly .etah
tic If he has n fancy, ! know not What nc
1oos vim il. There is Il blast upon him
which witllers up the current OF his soui, ~
Jesol,tiou which would he merciful were IT
-swift, but whose perfection lies III its cruz.
endurance. When you hear OF a CONVEX
hanging himself in his cell, or JuhlP'ps
over n gallery to the depths below! OF
roir;n, himself in the solitude of night
tb;nl, of him as one who could do no othei
thing. being perplexed in the extreme
The melancholy which holds wh &c
has gone through convict PRISON. zen M
other pain. A visit to hospital Is NUM- III:
ling, but begcts high feeling and loitie
humanity. A battlefield is mourniu
enoush there are gloEes which oh S1gI's
its awe. There is no relief in q prlsot
Yon see human nature at its worst; ever
faculty dimmed in despair; the p tn SeTI
Won I do believe no man can view
without sumo conjunction that we hay
gone too far; only q friend would 10 t push
to it's uttermost. The outcome OF the sy
tenn ia the being upon whom 1t has works
for five or ten or twenty years; anu Wn'
you have looked at this being and tour
him wanting in everything thaS uuh
manhood, you can see what an nnnaN
we have designed for the nobleet OF Got
creatures. 800 . \,
There are l3l men and 322 women tt
moment inside the walls of Mountjoy.
think of human beings in cells, giarlnt
clean, empty, save for white stool cham
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

The Countess de Centre has been tried
before the correctional tribunal of Paris
aud sentenced to three months imprison,,
ment, with fine of one hundred thousand
francs. for attempting to corrupt pubic
functionary. The public functionary was
the inspector of a cattle market, ana 1ne
manner in which the countess attempted to
corrupt him was by making valuable
present to his wife. 1t will be seen that
present taking by public functionaries or
their wives is not considered reputable
practice in France.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

to a white floor; q white table chained 20
white wall bed bound up by me gay,
and slung from wall to wall az nigHI
small window at the top OF the cell AZ sIe onts
look, save a yard or two of sky; You no
tice that this man needs NO comb. he mas
no hair. He lie shaven closely. ne ID
made ugly and unpleasant to see. inlnh
of this man sitting on stool. undong oah.
um, YEARLY, drearily, wearing ms nngSls
without sight or sound wasting the long
bours, unknowing the fight OF time near
ing his own voice never, that OF announcer
seldom. Heis in world ID feet by Z; and
this world he never leaves for eight montns
except when for an hour day he walks IN
silence behind fellow -conyict who might
be his brother, and yet as far from him. as
| though the sea rolled between them. !hey
are convicted, received, shaved, shorh'
bathed, dressed, photographed, and dlsap
pear in celldoIn. They rise ut ha'f-paS1
Eve, wash in a basin fastened to the wall
slipped in on the trap Of the door. taken GU
by tho prisoner, and the trap is raised. Al
half au hour work is resumed. AT eleven
o'clock he takes exercise and is immured at
noon. Food for dinner is put IN, ana an
Lour allowed for the neal. Work goes Oh
until tea or cocoa comes at seven, anu .ns ~,
bed at nine. Aud this for eight weary
months. They work 81 hours every day.
and they hate it with an unspeaSable hate;
Anything but oakum-the word Is heara
with horror. During the night the WardeIs
walk through the galleries, and slide eac u.
trap in each door, and see by iamplish'
that each prisoner is in bed. The fact ID,
prisoner is always suspected OF design 70
do himself harm which is no unsugges!Ne
comment on the system. In tue day tlm t
an eyehole is cleared, and he Is Vie"ee
through this; q screen is at either sue o.
the hole, lest the prisoner should put some e;
thing in the warder's eye. He IS trusted
: with not the merest relation winch MAJ a
, can have with man. When tue elgn
months probation term is expired tue CO"
3 vict is put to work to weave, or to mag
1 mats, or shoes, or clothes. A loom Is ht5e'
Z, up in the cell, and he works there all VA
in silence; or he makes mats as ne ha
S been taught. 1 saw retnrned CONVEX
. the mat making. He was almost iGioti'
q When asked whether he preferred tnaS
}. oakum you could SEQ him shiyer. hao u
# not done enough at that9 Was he 10 U
: nut back When the negative came, an
= further, a cheerful word that ne was uoin
y we'll and getting good report, there eau
If ouiet to his half disturbed face, but no ia
IS Of light. Almost as bad was young cor
IS vict near that cell; he was fast giving WA va.
s, Nothingness possessed him almost. IN
II ioy1ess smile that wandered on his race W
q pain itself.-Ffeen,an.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

XAVIER WuHELM's "M1TE" REJECTED.
At meeting of German liberals in Chicago
OH the evening of the 2sth of October the
following resolution was adopted:
Whereas, The German citizens OF Chlca.
oo durinp the the whole of the period OF
the Franco Prussian war, and for the ale, :.
Walton of the snfferiugs and mlseries OF
their MANNED and crippled country men IN
France, have feared no sacrifices ana no
expenses and, .,,o
Iyhcreas, Now in this present great GAIA
nifty which has laid our city and our MONIES
in ashes. and where the time and opportu-
nity were given to show themselves Ssace
FIJI to the liberality Of tie German lnnaoi5
ants OF Chicago, the Emperor ana crow
Prince of Germany have hesitated TO suo-
scribe only 1000 and 500 thaiers respect
lively, he it unanimously
Icsolrcd, That we, the undersigned, LOT
merly subjects in Germany, request the
committees instituted for the relief OF Chi
cago to Indignantly reject this miserable
| pittance thrown to us by His Majesty TN
Emperor of Germany and His Royal HlSh
ness the Grown Prince of Prussia ana lady
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the undersigned suHScrlo
the sums figuring after their names ns'o"
in order that they may, together WIN III
1900 thalers, be distributed among our poo
couptrymrn who have been ruined, naime
or crippled by the Frarco-Prussihn wal
and who are to day yet German SUBJECTS.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

WHERE FE.EAs STARTED FRoM.-AmonG
the Kurds a tradition is preserved that
when Noah's Ark sprang n leak by striking
AGAINST a rock in the vicinity of Mount
Sindshar, and Noah despaired altogether
of safety, the serpent promised to help him
out of his mishap if he would engage to.
feed him upon human flesh after the deluge
had subsidized. Noah pledged himself to do
so and the serpent, coi'ing himself up,
drove his body into the fracture aud stop
ned the leak. When the pluvious element
was appeased, and all were making their
wav out of the ark, the serpent insisted
nnon the fulflmeut of the pledge he had
received, but Noah, by Gabriels advice,
committed the serpent to tho flames, and
scattering its ashes in the air, there arose
Aras, flies, lice, bugs, and all such vermir
IA nr.v unon human blood and after thi'
fashion was Noah's pledge redeemed.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

Ia ;.ic yeuI 800 sold readers Will remenoer
&c ISL Machines but sold last year USEO) l31S33
lONE HUNDRED AND TwENTY.SEVEN THOU. |
SAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE
Machines showing the sales OF Is69 Of
over FORTY THOUSAND, aud, shown by tho table
below. OVER fDRTY-FOUR THOUSAND Machines
than any other Company.
Tho reader may naturally ask whether. this IL moro
boastpg answer which have to say that those
| figures. and the given below. from SWORN
RETURNS made by licensees to the Receiver appointed
by the of the most valuable Sowing Machine
Patents who license the Companies of lesser import
ance:
Tho Singer Manufacturing Company sold. 127 ,s33
Wheeler Wilson Manufacturing Company sold ~ 2os
Grove BAKER sewing Machine Company sold
Weed Sewing Machine Company sold d. D. SoS
| Florence Sowing Machine Company sold .---i'ooo
From tho above figures it viii be that our rivals
In trade are far behind u.s. and that the popularity OF
| what Is known our
| NEW FAMILY MACHINE
is steadily and largely increasing We are not 50 vain
as to that large sales due to superior
| business capacity much to the merits OF our
Machines as we'll tho observation of those who buy
and use and are personally interested in comparing the
merits Of the different Machines before making seec
ton
| No Family should DO without one" of these Labor
Saving Instruments,
| Call and examine tlem or send for CIRCULAR and
Sample of work.
WIN. f. COOPER * CO., Agents,
iyo7,Iy 7 and 0 Camp stree {.
THE LATEST NOVELTY.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

CATHOLIC Mission TO THE NEGROES or
the associated press dis
matches we find the following:
LONDON, Nov. I6,-The first Roman Ca,
tholic mission ever dispatche d from England
to America sailed to-day. Tie party con
sists of four priests. whose duty 1t VIII De
TO labor exclusively among the coiorea
pcople of the United States. After the
celebration of Mass, previous to their de-
parture. Archbishop Manning addressed
the missionaries. He said this mission iian
been established by the Church in England
because this country had imposed slavery
on America, and it WAS Citing that English
men should hc the first to move ior IL"
amclioration OF the, newly emancipat"I race.
Oar readers will remember that III late
issue We published IL very interesting letter
from the Rev. Herbert Vaughan To tn"
members of st. Joseph-s Society L.! f"Ielgn
Missions, giving full details as to the pur-
| uoscd plans OF these missionaries. IL Is
probable that they will accept the senerons
donation of Archbishop Spalding,' men
! toned therein, and establish their mother
house near Baltimore.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

There are some who write, talk, and
think so much about vice and virtue, that
they have no time to practice either the
one or the other.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-12-03

A French chemist asserts that II tea be
ground like coffee before hot water is pour
ed upon it, it will yield nearly douoie'the
amount of it's celebrating qualities