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WASHINGTON March

DEFAULTING NAVAL PAYMAsTERs.
Secretary Robson has confirmed the sentence
of the naval court martial, dismisSing from the
service Paymasters James S. Gerard, William G.
Marcy and Charles II. Lockwood, for frauds and
enlightenment of the public money, but no. that
of fine and imprisonment, on the ground
that the administration of these penalties belong
to the civil tribunals. The sentence of Paymas-
ter Robert Washington to dismissal for a
similar Offense has been mitigated to six months
suspension from his rank and pay, it having
been proved that he did not appropriate to his
own use any public money.
THE sANTo DOMINGO REPORT.
The president will transmit the report of the
Santo Domingo commission to congress at an
early day. He does not intend to recommend
action on it during he present session, but de-
slres it read by the people, in order that they
may form, from official data, Judgment on the
questions under discussion.
THE LABoRs OF THE HIGH COMMISSION.
The Joint high commission will conclude its
laDorS in few weeks, and assurances come
from well informed parties that there will be an
equitable settlement of matters in dispute. If
this shall result, the president will send treaty
to the senate, should that body be in session.
The subject of the fisheries was considered first,
and further import questions are also discussed,
each side presenting v0luminious documents
and affording every facility to the other for pro-
curing additional information. The British COM
mission is in constant telegraphic communities
ton with the home government.
THE NEW LOAN.
The subscriptions to the new loan now
amount to over twenty-seven millions. Those
received yesterday, which aggregated Sc, 0S7, :
900, included S101 900 by the First national
bank, Westield, Mass; $3.50 by the Shaw
NUT national bank, Boston; S25O,0OO by the
Second national bank, Boston; 100000 by the
First national bank, Portland, Me-; S155,00O
by the Lincoln national bank, Bath, Me-; $780,
900 by the Merchants national bank, Providence;
SIT, 900 by the Taunton national bank; and
$4,000 by the Newport national bank
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COUNTY NEWS.

The Clinton Courant keeps the type standing
for the item mo trial justice yet"
Athol now has seven doctors, but one more is
to be added TO the list
Ellery l. Garfield, Esq, formerly of Fitchburg,
was recently elected city comptroller of Detroit,
Michigan, for the ensuing three years.
Southbridge's bill for sheep killing by dogs
last year was s69.7O. Charltons was S35 20.
Dudley's bill was $1,000.
]. W. Foster, Esq, of Ashburnham, visited
Boston, last Tuesday, in his usual health, but
was seized with severe illness and lived only one
day.
The water commissioners of Fitchburg have
awarded the contract for building the water
works to George H. Norman, Esq, of Newport,
K. L. His bid was s1Ss,OOO, which was more
than $4,000 less than any other single bidder.
Nearly one-half of this sum is to be paid in Q
per cent water bonds at par.
Amaa named Peter Henry wss dangerously
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scalded Saturday at the East Village mill in
Webster, by the bursting of steam pipe. A
daughter of Mr.. Henry, ten or twelve years of
age, had her hand caught in the machinery and
severely lacerated few days ago, while at work
in the mill.
The Douglas Herald promises before long to
give the public the details of ga thrilling ro-
nance, eliminating in attempt at suicide by
worthy young wife, in which she nearly sue
ceeded, which has just come to light in that
village. ga false and tickle husband, wretched
home and the usual accompanients go to make
up the story" says that paper
On the Goth inst, while Mrs. Durgan of West
Boyston was engaged in washing, little
daughter of five years was accidentally so badly
scalded that she died about fourteen hours
after. Mrs. Durgan had placed a boiler on the
stove filled with water, which had come TO
boil, when the boiler sprang leak, and she-had
turned the water into a rub on the floor, and
the child by some misstep fell backward into it,
burning her fatally.
Rev. Wilbur Johnson has accepted the call
which was extended to him from West Boylston,
and has commenced his labors there. He is to
have saiary of $1,000, or $1,000 and the use of
a parsonage. At present houses are so scarce
that it is thought he will have to board till
house can be built for his usei
On the 18th inst, Mrs. Clergy wife of James
Cherry OF Leominster, committed suicide by
hanging herself She was found about seven
O'Clock in the evening suspended by a cord
around her neck, which was attached to a beam
in the wood shed. She had been insane at
times for a number of years, and the act was
probably done in one of her recurring fits of
mental ALTERATION.
On Thursday forenoon Mr.. Charles May,
while at work with Others in clearing away the
rubbish at the paper mill in West Fitchburg
where the fire recently occurred, was quite Sc
verely injured by portion Of the roof falling
on him. One of his legs was found to be
broken in two places, and he was considerably
bruised about his head and chest though his in
juries are not considered dangerous.
The Methodist church property in Douglas
formerly belonging to the Reformed Methodist
society has been purchased by the NJ. Z. society,
and at an early day will be removed to Local
ton opposite the office of the Douglas axe COM
pany. The house is to be entirely refinshed in-
side and out, and raised from the ground suff-
GENTLY to allow commodious vestry under
meath. The expense of this change will prob
ably reach about three thousand dollars, of
which considerable sum has already been sub
scribed.
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ASSAULT WITH INTENT To KILL.
MEMPHIS, March CIV. A. McClay, pro-
prietOr Of the Daily Sun, was attacked in the
city park on Friday afternoon by Henry E..
Moore, secretary of the typographical union,
and Henry White, and was shot twice and Sc
verey beaten with revovers, in consequence of
a difficulty growing ont of the recent printers
strike. Both gave bail for assault with intent
to kill
NEGRO MURDERERs.
RICHMOND, Va, March 26.-Charles Friend
prominent citizen, living near Petersburg, in
Prince George county, was murdered on Friday
night, near his house, by band of negroes, who
took him into the woods, where he was found.
He lived long enough after his discovery to tell
the circumstances of the assault
MURDER.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 26.-Thomas Rings
dorf, agent of the Etna sewing machine COM
pany of Indianapolis, was shot dead in the drug
store of X. Benjowsky, at Shelbyville, last eve
ming. 1t is supposed that he was killed by Ben
jowsky, the proprietor of the store on account
of insulting language used against the latter's
wife. No one saw the shooting except Ben
jowsky and his wife.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
PHILADELPHIA, March 26.-John Murray, of
this city, shot his wife yesterday killing her in
stantly. He then shot himself, inhicting
fatal wound. Cause, jealousy,
DEMOCRATIC" VERSION.
MERIDIAN, Miss, March 25.-World special:
The Meridian Mercury of to-day says: "The in
vestigaton, which closed Thursday evening,
has chain of circumstanta evidence pointing
so strongly to William Sturgess, late mayor Of
Meridian, as the incendiary of theInight of the
4th, as to crowd out every other theory of the
tIe coniagration, He stands out before the
world as an incendiary and a fomenter of a riot,
in which judge was shot on the Justices seat
by negro He is, besides, under indictment
for felony in this county, which would send him
to the penitentiary."
LYNCH LAW.
SAN Francisco, March 26.-Two hundred
vigilants, armed with muskets of the national
guard, took Arthur p. Hatfran, murderer of
one Smith, in a saloon, from the Virginia City
Jail yesterday morning and hanged him. They
placed sentines in all the streets in the vi entity
and conducted everything in the most orderly
manner.
SHERIFF IN TROUBLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-Sheriff jackson,
convicted of collecting the foreign miners tax
from Cinnamon, was fined $4,000 in the United
States court yesterday, an agreement having
been made that the collections shall cease
pending the decision in til case before the
United States supreme court, to which an ap-
peal will be Immediately taken.
MURDERER SENTENCED.
BROOKLYN, March 26,-Silvie Mallard, on
trial for murder, was found guilty of man
slaughter in the third degree yesterday,
SENTENCED FOR ISSUING FRAUDULENT BONDS
PHILADELPHIA, March 26.-Percival B, Speer,
eX-lndian agent charged with issuing fraudulent
bonds, was sentenced by the United States dis
trict court to three years imprisonment yester-
day.
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THE sANTo DOMINGO QUESTION
President Grants Views.
IsrEcrAL DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER SPY. ]

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 20.
The senate, having passed the deficiency bill,
after Mr. Summers Santo Domingo speech is
over, will turn its attention once more to Il ku-
kluX bill, An attempt will be made by the mid
die of the week to set out the Sherman resolu-
ton, and then TO provide against the contingent
cy that the Judiciary committee will fail to re-
port a bill.
The rule adopted last week, in regard to bust
ness this session, will be so modified that, if the
house passes bill, the senate will be at liberty
to take it up The widest opinions are cur
rent respecting the duration of the session. The
president is reported as expressing the opinion
that it will run into June, and that, in conse-
quence, he has abandoned his proposed Califor-
MIA trip.
This can hardly be, unless he entertans Sc
cret purpose of bringing a Santo Domingo
treaty before the senate and large majority of
the senators are determined that this shall not
be done till next winter. 1t cannot take over a
fortnight 10 pass kukluX bill through the SEN
ate, or to ascertain that none can be passed.
The democrats are not yet fully decided whether
to filibuster to prevent action on the report of
the select committee.
The hotheads urge it, but some of the more
reasonable say the country will not sustain
them in revolutionary proceedings. The pros
pect now is, that, if the bill reported shall su-
thorize tie president to use troops in any state
without call from the legislature or executive,
the democrats will libuster to prevent any action
upon it. Should they do this for three or
four days and nights, continuously, it is quite
probable that the republican majority will over
rule the speaker, who feels bound by the rules
Of the last house,-though they have not been
| adopted by Sand insist that the majority
shall rule and pass such laws as they think
necessary. 1t is expected that resolution in.
structing theHspeaker to appoint the committees
will be offered in the house tomorrow. Those
members opposed to long session will vote
against it. SAM WELLER.
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New England Dispatches.
Death of n Prominent Citizen - Fire
Attempt TO Break Jail, etc.
MASSACHUSETTS


SPRINGFIELD, March 26.-Joseph Weather
head,a old and respected citizen, and for twelve
years master armorer at the United States
armory, died yesterday, aged eighty.
A barn, two houses and a lot of sheep, owned
by Samuel Cook of Hadley, were burned by an
incendiary fire at one o'clock yesterday morning.
A dry goods pcddler, who was stopping over
night with Mr.. Cook, also lost his coat and his
stock of goods, valued at $4,000. 1t is supposed
that the coat was robbed during the night and
the building afterwards set on fire. Mr.. Cook
loss is $500; partially insured.
RHODE ISLAND.
PROVIDENCE, March pa plot of several
prisoners to escape from the state prison culm-
mated in failure last night. Morphine was in
fused into the cold tea brought in for the night
watchman's lunch. The quautity was so great
that it was Immediately thrown off the watch
mans stomach, and the conspiracy was thwart-
ed. Confession has been made by one of the
parties that the Waterman was to be stupeied,
and killed il necessary and then all the plotters
were to be let out into the yard and scale the
wall. prisoner sometimes employed in the
dispensary procured the morphine.
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE ON MUSICAL INsTRU-
MENTs.-CeylOn is very bad climate for mu-
steal instruments. On entering house in that
lovely island it is a common thing TO see a
piano standing in saucers of water. This is to
prevent the white ants from getting into the
instrument. But a still greater annoyance-at
least so far as the performer is concemed-is
produced by the excessive dampneSs of the eli
mate, which causes some of the keys to remain
down when touched, so that they give no sound.
10 prevent an accident of this sort, the faction"
of the piano is sometimes taken out and placed
in the sun for short time, when there is to be
a concert or musical party; but notwithStand-
ing this precaution, some of the keys may stick
in the evening, and the effect of a brilliant
solo played under these circumstances of
extreme humidity of climate are, however,
still more serious as regards stringed instru.
mentS, which literally fall to pieces in CeyIon,
the common glue of Europe losing all its te-
nacity in those latitudcs. Many a concert has
had to be postponed from this cause, for of
course an eminent vioiniSt would laugh at the
suggestion thar he should perform on any in
strument but his own, which has always cost a
very large sum of money, and to which some
romantic history is usually attached. His violin
is accordingly put together again, and, as there
are no competent musical instrument makers in
those countries, it is often irreparably damaged
in the process. To save himself from this mis-
fortune, fiddler on long tour will sometim es
send his instrument to Europe to be put in
orIer, and in the meantime play on any fiddle
procurable. The CoInbW.
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8outs ann Shoes.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

IN JUSTICE TO THE ROOT AVN
SHOE TRADE OF wORoEsTEe WE
WISH TO INFORM THE PURLIC-vVr
SPEAK WHAT WE KNOW THAT
THE FIRST CHEAP AUCTION RUIZ.
BIER BOOTS AND SHOES BROUGHT
TO AND OFFERED IN THIS CITY.
WAS BIZ THE PARTY OF THE so.
CALLED BANKRUPT STOCK, AND
WHO NOW so GRACIOUsLY WARNS
THE PUBLIC AGAINST BUYING
"THOsE CHEAP AUCTION GOODS
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
RET WITH CHEAP, WORTHLESS
RUBBER GOODS. REPREsENTED
AS FIRST QUALITY.
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POLITICAL.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

AKKANSAb-DI
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 26.-The Little Rock
legislature adjourned at noon yesterday. The
senate will remain for several days in executive
session as the court of impeachment and board
of equalization. Both houses were in session
the previous night till two O'Clock a. NJ In the
house the Clayton party carried all the meas
ures sent by the senate over the protest Of the
conservatives, of whom there were a sufficient
number left to leave the house with u quo
rum. The sergeautat-arms was dispatched for
the absentees, aud a scene of disorder followed,
during which dozen members were addressing
the chair at once. The Clayton men passed
measures removing the disabilities of 200 per-
sons, increasing the tax, Icreatng new offices
and increasing salaries.
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The Commission.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 26.-The Tennes.
see arrived off the bar at daylight this morning
The commissioners and all the party, except the
scientific corps, came ashore, and started at
once for Washington, at which place they will
be due tomorrow night, at nine o'clock. The
Tennessee left at once for New York direct, and
will be due there about Saturday night all
well,
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ADVERTISING RATES.

IN DAILY sPr-For the square Of ten lines sOlid
agate type, time IS cts each subsequent insertion 50
eta week s2.75; weeks 500; month $500 year
se-and the same rate proportionaly for any number
squares Two lines for one week slOo; three line sla5
"ur lines ss7 Ave lines sl5O Local notices 25 cents
Per hne for each insertion Business notices is cents per
me obituary notices, resolutions &C. Is cents per no
Legal advertisements slOO per square for first inser
toni each subsequent insertion 50 cents,
Special POSITIONS in the paper ami special styles Of
display, will be charged extra rates Cuts and double
column advertisements allowed only to limited extent
and double rates charged for the whole space occupied
In WEEKLY sPY-First insertion slOO per souare f,
each subsequent Insertion 50 cents months 800; one
year 5000
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An IMPROVEMENT IN SWIVEL PLows.-An
improved swivel pillow has just been completed
at the works of the Amesplow company in this
city, which promises much toward introducing
that implement to farmers for more general use.
The advantages of the swivel pillow in turning
the sod evenly, without leaving ridges and dead
burrows, is coming to be more and more appre-
ciated, although they have been used for num-
Der of years, without having superseded the
Landslide plows to any great extent. The in
ventor OF this improvement Mr.. Joab Hap
good OF Shrewsbury, began using the swivel
pillow exclusively some six years ago. at which
time he left mercantile business in Boston and
took up farming; but he experienced the same
difficulty that others have with the old STYLE
that by turning on the center or line of draft it
could not be made 20 cut so wide a furrow as
was desired for sod blowing, without the great
trouble of changing the angle of the clevis, or
adjusting the draft pin in the evener--if using
horses-at every turn; and for blowing with a
single horse it was utterly impracticable To
remedy this, and give the swivel pillow the place
it deserves among filling implements, the in.
ventor turned his attention to the matter of i'm
provement. His invention consists in the appli-
cation of an irregular center, or eccentric"
by which the share of the pillow can be varied
either to the right or left of the CEN
ter )f the draft, SO as to take land
sufficient for any depth or breadth
Of 6urgow up TO one foot deep and
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ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 26.-Several large
crevasses have occurred in the Mississippi levee
IN the upper parishes of Louisiana, which Will
lnf1ict great damage upon some of the most pro-
ductive portions of the low lands in that state
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AaufIi Americn.


LISBON, March ga new ministry has been
formed in Brazil, as follows President of coun-
Gil, Oliveira; Minister of Finances, Fiolrauch;
Justice, Lobats; Public Works, Commerce and
Agriculture, Selva; Foreign Affairs, Correa
Marine, Azevedo; War, Professionally hlled.
Lopez Jordan has again been defeated, and his
army routed in Uruguay, but the provinces con-
tinued unsettled.
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HOW THEY WILL BE MET.

WHAT THE DEMOCRATS PROPOSE
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LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
Our New York Dispatches.

Large Amount of Woodland Burned-Fa-
tai Result of an Afray-Race TO san
Francisco, Round the CaPe-The Fee
nians-Damases for Injuries, etc.
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From Washington,

KUKLUX LEGISLATION.
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Dedication,

BALTIMORE, March ss.-The Roman Catholic
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BUCHAREST, March 26.-rhe excitement over
the attack upon the German peace celebration
has not abated. In consequence of the inter-
vention of the German consul, the project of po-
lice has been dismissed from Office. Further dis
turhanees are apprehended.
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fhe subscriber keeps constantly hand ami for sale
by the key BARREL Plain and Refined Cider and Cider
Vinegar free from adueration). Orders left with E.
REED lS Main street, or with the subscriber shrews
bury as,, LIB, HAPGoop,
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-24
TRIUMpHANTg!

Thank God and the Legislature the
bill providing an all rail line from this
city to Washington is about to become a
law. Under its influence the spirits of the
people are becoming more buoyant, and
the countenances of the community look
more cheerful this morning.
But there is much yet which may tie
done BY our Representatives to lift our
suffering people from their condition Of
adversely aud dependency. Ever since
the close of the war we have been endeav-
oring to accomplish this result, but I'M
fortunately we started at the wrong end
of the ladder 49,
Instead of building up and promoting
our agriculture, we commenced to build
cities with magnificent buildings and to fill
them with costly goods when there was
nobody to buy them. But we are on the
right track at last.
There is another subject, however, which
is OF equal importance, involUing the gery
life Of The people Of the rural districts Of
the State which should receive immediate
action, and to which we intend to call at
tention when the smoke of the late conflict
has subsidized.