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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

A Mississippi correspondent writing about
Mr.. Jefferson Davis's old plantation in that
state, and of its present management by a
former slave named Montgomery, says of the
latter: Mr. Montgomery, the present proprie-
tor by contract of between five and six thou
sand acres of land, has one of the most in.
teresting families have seen in the south. They
are building up future, which, if exceptional
now, | hope will become general hereafter.
Every hand Of his family is adding its quota to
.ne success Of this experiment of a colored man
Dotn trading and farming on an extensive scale.
Last year ms wife took on her hands about one
hundred and thirty acres of land, and with her
force she raised about one hundred and seven
bales OF cotton. She has several orphan chill
dren employed, and not only does she supervise
their labor, put she works herself. One daugh-
ter, an intelligent young lady, is postrnistress
and believe, assistant bookkeeper. One son
attends TO the planting interest and another
daughter attends to one Of the stores. The
business Of this firm of Montgomery (. sons
has amounted, understand, to between three
and four hundred thousand dollars year"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

GOOD TIMEs.-The good time coming'' has at last
arrived, especially to lady friends We to day wit
messed the working of the most remarkable invention of
the age, and forced to admit that an object long
vainly sought and generally deemed impossible, is at
last accomplished. Science has wrought many remark
able changes heretofore, but that excel in intrinsic
worth, It's present victory over the wash-board
CHARLES f. MOODY h Co.. Boston,
aulO DIT Agents for New ENGLAND.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

SUPERsCRIPTIoNs.-Spe speaking of Philadelphia
lawyers, the distributing clerk in charge of the
foreign letters which come through the Chicago
post office was evidently cut out for one; if not
his experience has been such as amply to nit him
1or the profession of decipherng unintelligibIe
signs and hleroglyphicS. Many of the SUPER
scrlptlons which come through his hands are
among the most mysterious of ciphers-unin-
telllglble from the writer's not knowing what
he wanted to write, rather than illegibIe through
careleSsneSs in writing. When a countryman
OF GustayaS Vasa, for instance still alternating
upon his native hills, sends letter to his
brother in this country, and, writing from men,
DRY, and memory not much trained in letters
at that superscribes it "Sederabst leuco Ia" he
has succeeded in myStifying the average human
mind considerably regarding the intended DIES.
dnation of his missive. Not at all the postof-
nee clerk, however, who at once sees that Gee
dar Rapids, Linn county, Iowa." is meant. So,
100, when from the Bremen bag greasy packet
hutters out, addressed to "Hafte Lac Co ILL.," il
is not difficult to discern, after the letters Of the
legend have been involved from the chaos in
which stiff fist and a villainous pen have left
them, that the packet is intended for some one
in Half Day, Lake county, Illinois, and
thither it therefore goes. But when the only
address to be made out from another-and that
by no means sure, so vague are the forms of
the etters--is "Chollyhutvie Co Ill :" then il is
that brains tell in the distributing business.
Brains finally result in solution of the palimp-
sest, and Joliet, Will county, Illinois," is the
Interpretation thereof. In like manner eyer
seauX incauqne Is Americas superscriptiOn
which could have emanated from nowhere else
but Francois decided to mean Warsaw. Ham
cock county" and it is found that Illinois has
SUCH town, in such a county; so the letter is
forwarded thither, and has doubtless gladdened
or Saddened the heart of its object before now
Lakeside Monthly.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

NEW YORK, August s.-Cotton in fair demand, at Nc
decline sales 1885 bales mldding upands l9c FLOUR
sales $500 6bls; state and western in buyers favor
g So; southern $500 s.. Wheat quiet sales $1,000
hush; No spring Sl,S5; No do $l,SO q l,32. Corn
slightly In buyers favor; sales 10000 BUSH common
q &c lower; Ohio So q 6Oc western 30 q SOC. Pork
10 9 5Oc Whskey lowers western free 90 q 92Ic. Rice
quiet quiet sugar steady; Muscoyado 9S @ skc fair to
Is SPIRITS turPentne steady at 5lc rosn heavy at
l3Ac; refined AZ @ AXc Tallow steady at 3 a 9kc
clip Acc. f'e
thIcAeo. Aug. s-Flour quiet Wheat easier; No 2
spring $lOJ "a l034 Corn active and decliued &c; No
mixed at 43 "a 4JHc. Oats steady; No 2 80 "a Sic Rye
declined Lei No z, So I5c. Barley easier and declined
lc; No spring at 6gA o. 63c. High wines STEADY az
S9c Mess pork at SIPS q 1850 Live hogs steady sales
at S425 9 $3.50 Cattle hrmer and fairly actlve sales
at S262h q 5,62h. Receipts-3OO0 bbls -four $4,000
bush wheat $4,000 bush corn, 900 bush oats 5000
bush rye, 5000 bush barley 5000 hogs Shipments 5000
6bs -four, $4,000 bush wheat $4,000 bush corn 100000
CINcIENArl. Aug. 9.-Pork dull at sl25e Lard lower
atgc; Bulk meats dropping; shoulders and rough sides
20 &C. Bacon dull; shoulders q SIC; sides &c; clear
rib lac; sides 1Hc Live hogs scarce at $3.50 "a 49,
Cattle dull Whiskey-demand good and full prices at
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 9.-Cotton quiet; low middings
Ike.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

AN INDIAN BUTCHERY OF THE BUTCHERS
For some time the Hindoos have been agitating
against the butchers of Umritsur TO obtain de.
cree torbidding the slaughter Iof cattle and the
sale of beef in the city. Their efforts failed.
chiefly through the firmness of the commission
er and the strength of the English and Mussu-
man party in the committee. Early one morn.
ing, about or 2 O'Clock, a body of armed Hin.
docs assembled, and made descent upon UNI
rltsur slaughter house, and attacked the butchers
sleeping outside The murderers were armed
with swords and broad-axes, and the butchers
being unarmed and asleep, were unable to save
themselves. Four butchers were literally hacked
to pieces, and Two Others were so fearfully cut
up that one has since died. and the others life is
despaired Of The night was a very dark one
and it will be difficult to recognize the murder.
ers. Accounts vary as to the sect they belong
to. From some indications found on the scene
OF the massacre, it is suspected that the murder.
ers belong to the Nihung sect. But another &C.
count states that the Akalies are suspected The
Akailes are sort OF fanatic Sikhs, a semi.sacer-
dOtal class attached to the temples. They are
the truculent looking fellows who wear conical
hats about yard high, covered with small
weapons, and those steel chuckers or sharp
rings which they can hurl with terrible precision
and effect. They are respected and considerably
feared. The Nihungs again are associated with
all that is reckless and Bohemian. Their name.
indeed, is common expression in the Pupiaub
to represent these qualities The affair, as NAV
be anticipated, has caused some excitement, as
IT is expected that the matter will not end here.
Bad passions on both sides have been aroused,
and natives are already whispering that other
members of the butcher fraternity have been
marked out for destruction. Lahore PdDer.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

IMPORTANT TO THE LADIEs.-It is said that ladies
who are troubled by pmples saowness, moth patches
ring marks, &C. may oblierate the evidences of their
notification and add immensely to their personal
beauty by the use of article being sold by our
druggists, known Magnolia Balm We should think
such thing would be very popular.
aul0 deop6wlm
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

DR.. Lghthill will be at the Bay State house Aug.
10th, 11th and 18th. The doctor is of the best
physicians for the cure of discharges from the ear
blindness, deafness, catarrh, and other chronic
diseases
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

The number of destructive tornadoes, hail
ena which have occurred this season in various
parts of our country, suggests the idea of storm
insurance. Insurance against damage by
storms is clearly as legitimate as any other form
of insurance, and its usefulness would be as
great in each case of loss, though the number
benefited would be less, in the aggregate, as
that of insurance against fire. The success of
storm insurance companies, if their establish
mentM should be attempted, would depend
upon the question whether people con-
slider their danger of loss from such
causes sufficient to make it worth their while to
insure against them. In New England, de-
structive storms are not very numerous, but no
year passes without considerable loss from
whirlwinds, hail storms or excessive falls of
rain. In the western and southern states these
things are more common than they are here.
There must be hundreds of farmers in Iowa,
Missouri and Kansas who have lost all their
crops, and many whose houses and barns, with
all their earthly possessions, have been swept
away by tornadoes. These storms do not often
occasion loss Of life, and an insurance against
the pecuniary damage would, in great measure,
break the force of what, without it, is a crush
ing disaster. The system suggested would give
rise to problems of its own, akin TO those OF
other forms Of insurance, but depending upon
different facts 1t would be necessary to gather
the statistics Of extremely violent storms, to
learn the probability of their occurrence in diff
ferent parts of the country, to FIX upon the
Fl.
anee which would be proper subject of insur-
ance, and what means of protection against its
effects should be required. The subject seems
worth thinking about, and it would not very
much surprise us to learn before long that com
paDies had been organized for this business il
the west, or perhaps in Hartford, where noveltie
in insurance If practical and promising, gener
ally find hospitable reception.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

CARD.-D. H. Perry returns thanks to the menu
bers of the Worcester fire department for their T;-
usual efforts to save his property during the fire on
Tuesday evening, Aug. 8.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

ONE HUNDRED SAPEs, new and oil J. of varions kinds
for sale at MoRsE's Safe Factory, IA Sudbury street.
Boston. First class bank work made to order
aus deoDl3t
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

NEVER MORE can the gritty tooth powders and
chemical fluids find a place on the
toilets of sensible people. The fragrant and preservatve
SozoDoNT has superseded them ALL d2taN lw aulO
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
LArMsr MARKnrs.


NEW DIRK, August 9.-The announcement of the ne
gotiation OF the government loan In London caused
sharp decline In gold, which sold down TO ll4, though
subsequently 1t recovered and closed m at Ill "a liz
cearances $ls25OOO. Governments closed strong and
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

A thoughtful person in British India has con-
triyed a new process Of divorce, or rather a sub
stitute for that necessity of a certain kind Of
civilization, which has some advantages over
the system for which Indiana has become cele-
brated. 1t involves some wear and tear of con-
science as does the Indiana article sometimes
but it is cheap, easy and expeditions, and de-
ponds only upon the acts of the party himself,
requiring the intervention of neither Judge,
jury, lawyers nor witnesses. 1t is available
however, only for disconnected husbands, and
unfortunately, can be put in practice only in 8
region which, like India, oferUeertain peculiar
ties in its legal system. With these limitations
fie plan certainly has its merits, and notwlth
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
Dntcher,s LIrhtninr Fly Klner !
Worcester Gas Light Company.

DUTUHERS DEAD Shut FOR BED BUGsl
The most Powerful Exterminator ever known. Now IA
the time to use them and sleep In peace.
au4 deop6t
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

The bank Of Montreal is about to increase its
capital to $12, 900, which will make il the
third largest 10 the world, the banks of En-
land and France being ahead. No other bank
in America has capital Of over 1900, 900.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
Over the Border.

From Kingston to Quebec-The Thou
anud IsInnds-HndIan ViIlnKes-VictOrin
Bridge - Quebec - FOrtillcntiOns-Falls
of MOntm0rcncy.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

Bath Tubs and Boilers, Water Closets, Wash Bowls
wash Trays, Sinks &c &C. fitted up short notice. and
in thorough manner. diff jys
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
DIED
Nrtu advertisements.

NOR SALE - One Trio of Pure Light
Il BRAHMAS one year old; price 49,
auIO dlwf No. 50 Portland st. (old No. l5J
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

DIR. DOnaIdsOn......eO0 Main ST.,
treats the following Diseases most successfully:
HEART, LUNG, EYE, EAR, AND SKIN.
Also all Female Difficulties and all Blood Diseases.
Electricity used when necessary.
Office Hours from A. N. to 9PM d3m ie2
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

AN UPPER TENEMENT,
No. Charlton st. d3wt aul0
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

STORhS TO RENT-Nos. and 8 Pros
~ Pect st. Fixtures for sale. Also one Meat Cart.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

Union Pacific railroad LIST mort. @5ssT
90 DO land grant 7s...,. s%gs4z
Union Pacific railroad stock. ......... RX
Central Pacific gold bonds ....................984
Money easy at a 3per cent Exchange dull at l09h
q ll0A, the demand from importers at the present time
being unusually light. Stocks closed with firm and
well distributed business, Erie Western Union, and
Northwestern common being the most largely dealt in.
western Union Telegraph company. ...."....6lh
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

W. II. JENKINS would inform his friends aud the
public generally, that he is prepared to give Warm and
Cold Baths every day in the week and at all hours in
the day to both ladies and gentlemen his Hair Dress
ing Rooms on Foster ST. The ladies will enter from the
Ladies' Hair Dressing Rooms, above their apartments
being entirely separate. Also, Shaving, Hair Cutting
Slampoong and Dyeing, done in the best manner
iyl4 DIN
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

WANTED-Situation bya young girl, to
" do I'd work or to take care of children Call at
NO. ~ Main Bt. d3t% aulO
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10

WANTED IMMEDIATELYl-25 Girls.
w to work on Velvet and Cloth Hats. Apply at the
Hat Factory rear Is Beacon st. d3tf aulO
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-10
- chamberlain,
PLUMBERS,

Corner waldo and Exchange stu, Worcester, Mass.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-18

The young men Of Oxford are deyisinR
ways and means for the benefit OF the sol
diers graveyard Of that place.
The Tallahatchie News says: The cotton
crop is unpromislng at this time, II Is dying
rapidly, most OF our planters viii have 70
plant over.
A printer. calling himself VIM. G. Moody,
having obtained work from the Central Star
and an advance OF forty dollars, departed
for places unknown. We pass him.
The Natchez Democrat says There Is a
little colored baby Under the Hin, which,
though not yet two years old, weighs eighty
seven pounds. We know grown people who
don't weigh so much.
The Meadville journal says: About six
years ago a mule was stolen from Col. liar
rington's plantation in this county, and all
idea of ever recovering IL was abandoned.
a few days since the mule came back of H.
own accord.
The Fayette chronicle has the following
order to the "Red men" of that place, It
reads like X. X:
No. 3. Nigwam, Choctaaw tribe l. ..
Il. NJ Sleep OF the 9th sun, Flower
Moon, G.. 5. ID. 800, Special Council Fire Is
called for the sleep of the 10th sun. Flower,
Moon, G.. $. d., 40. Five pale faces 20 be
adopted; a full attendance OF Chief Is re-
quested.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-18
---% -----
a Gallant Fight.

Too much in honor of the gallant
fight which was made by the Conserva.
tives and Democrats, with a few Repub-
lican allies, against the bill to lease the
penitentiary, cannot be said. During
Monday night week ago they kept it
from passing by resorting to every ma
neuver known to preliminary usage.
The session was prolonged until dawn
of day, when the Wreckers, discomftted
and foiled, agreed to an adjournment.
This bill was kept back by refusals to
suspend the rules, ETC., until last Thurs.
day night, when it was finally forced
through the House, and only awaits
the signature of the Governor, to dis
grace our statute books. 1t was passed
by mere force of numbers; the Demo-
Gratis and their allies contesting it section
by section and line by line, but were
finally driven to the wall and the last
vote taken at half-past three A. NJ
They could do no more, and their con-
stituents and the tax payers of the whole
State should assure them that their
faithfulness is appreciated by hearty
"well done"
In this connection it is necessary
to explain why this bill passed the
Senate with apparently little oppo-
sition. AT the time it was introduced,
there was a more Objectionable bill pro-
posed before the House, known as the
Eggleston scheme, in the interest
of very Objectionable men. 1t was
understood that the chiefs of the
Wreckers in the House favored this bill
and it was hoped if one passed the Sen
ate and the other the House, no agree
ment could be arrived at before the adj
journment, and thereby both would be
defeated. 1t was well laid plan but
failed, for as soon as the adopted bill had
passed the Senate, the manager of the
Eggleston scheme was bought off, his
price being one thousand dollars CASH
Immediately after this transaction, the
wreckers of the House, having nothing
worse to infict upon the State, and in
truth this is bad enough, adopted the
Senate scheme as their own, and forced it
through in the manner above stated.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-18
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The ApPOr1iOnm emt bill.

This scheme to continue the disfran
chisement of the white people of thu
State, to tax them without representation
and to prolong Mongrel despotism anC
robbery passed the Senate after resolutt
resistance on the part of the Democrat.
and Conservatives aided by (only) two
Repu blican Senators, Messrs. Bennett
and Sullivan, by the following vote:
Bill ordered engrossed, read third time
and passed; title standing as stated.
Yeas-Messrs. Abbott, Caldwell Dowd.
GaTtman. Gibbs, Gray, Leachman, Little
Miles. Millsaps, Mygatt, Packer, Paine
Rushing, Smith, Stringer. Warner, and
Williams-lS.
Nays-Messrs. Bennett. Castle, Duncan,
Hardy, Lyles, Seal. Stone, Strieklin, Sulli-
van and Watts-10
The knaves who originated and carried
through this wholesale villiany are prac-
ticing the game at which they played
and lost in 1868. In their eagerness to
retain their ill-gotten power, they have
not the sense to profit by the example.
P. S. The bill passed the House to-
day with all its iniquities, and only
awaits the approval of the Governor to
become law.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-18
Enormous Assessments and the
Game of the Auditor of
Public Accounts.

We have stated that the Modest indi-
vidual who has charge of the Auditor
office has been exceedingly busy in his
attempt to render nugatory the law re-
quiring Boards of Supervisors. to correct
errors of assessments and valuation.
Numerous instances of his influence to
prevent the due execution of the law
have come to our knowledge. He has
not only given instructions against cor
recting erroneous assessments but
has refused to recognize the action of
Boards giving relief to individuals from
whom collections have been forced upon
false valuations. The Yazoo Democrat
mentions the case of his instructions to the
Sheriff of Yazoo county; and further
adds that the Sheriff having mind of
his own, has declined to submit to his
dictation. 1t says:
We are informed that Musgrove instructs
our Sheriff to disregard any correction of
assessments lately made by our Board of
Supervisors, as they are illegal, and to re-
I
ments. Mr.. billiard, we are informed,
WILL respective action of the Board, pic
ture Musgrove" to the contrary notwith-
standing. This is right in Mr.. billiard.
The course of Mr.. billiard is sustained
by the opinion of the Attorney General
which is authority until overruled by the
Courts. From this opinion we will
again quote for the information and gui-
dance of Boards of Supervisors and
tax-collectors
"Under the power here conferred the
Boards may correct any error either in the
UdLNe ttIed upon taxable property or in the
assessment Of tareS thereon, and that such
error should be corrected whether it arises
from the fault of the Assessor or of Boards
of EqalizatiOn."
This opinion was dated the 10th of
April, but was not permitted by Mus
grove to see the light until it was dragged
from him by the resolution of Mr.. Roane,
of Calhoun. Instead of sending it out as
instructions to the county officers, and
for the information of the people whom it
most concerned, he stored it away and
attempted to procure the passage of
supplementary bill giving the original
law his own false and forced construction.
A more high-handed game by usurping
official was never attempted to be prac-
ticed. The device of the supplementary
act was a confession of his own wrong
doing in seeking to defeat the law, and
his conduct subjects him to impeach-
ment and removal. But what care the
unscrupulous confscatoSs for any law
which comes between them and the exc
cution of their intent "to gather up the
wreck"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-05-18
ENORMOUS STEAL
Not Less than Five Millions Of
Dollars Involved.

The lobby-vultures have again been
triumphant With but two days notice
they have rushed through the Senate y
bill voting away as an absolute gift to an
indefinite number of Railroad Corpora
tions four thousand dollars per mile
Under the lowest estimate it involves the
squandering among irresponsible parties
of not less than Five Millions of Dollars !;
and all of this immense sum is to be
raised by direct taxation, by the year
1S75-making an average Of nearly one
million three hundred thousand dollars
annually foanhis object in addition to the
other taxes levied by the alien enemies
who are misrepresenting the people. Ifthe
bill passes the House, the question will be
raised In the canvass so that steps
can be taken for its repeal next winter be-
fore measures are adopted for its enforce
ment. If it should fail through the re-
sistance of the Conservatives in the
House, the people will have been fore
warned Of what they may expect in the
event the Mongrels are permitted TO OBJ
tain control of the ensuing Legislature.