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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23
Political Notes,

The republicans in the three Norfolk district
have nominated senatorial candidates as fol
lows: In the first district Moody Merrill; in til,
second, Charles fl. French Of Canton; in the
third, L. ?. Carpenter, of Foxborough. Loyd
Parsons has been nominated in the second
Plymouth district; and the republicans of the
third Bristol district have nominated Charles p
Stickney of Fall River.
Gov. KOerner, who is running against Oglesby
in Illinois, has been rcpudiated by the three
hundred ar fifteen members of the seventeenth
ward Greeley and Brown club of Chicago, They
will all vote for Qglesby, and many Of them lor
Grant.
The Ovid, N. Y, (Seneca county, Bee, which
has always been a democratic journal, has had
the names of Greeley and Brown at the head OF
its columns since June last, but has now taken
them down and declared in favor Of the re-elec-
ton OF President Grant.
The Standard, an influential democratic jour
nal published at Anderson, Ind, which has
until recently been an ardent supporter of Gree
icy Tor the presidency, on Frday last hauled
down his name, and gave its reasons for re-
fusing to support him longer for that position.
Thomas j. Byrne, q Westchester county, N.
- NNmoNiat VI ldISc luuutucc III lne county,
who has held a number Of prominent positions,
has published letter declaring his preference
Tor Grant and Dix, He saysl GLOW, sir, let
me ask, can anv man who has learned demOc.
cracy from either jefferson, Madison, or Mon.
roe, support Greeley and Keenan, opposed both
OF them, 10 the perpetuty Of the institutions
founded by the fathers"
Republican papers in New Jersey promise that
this year. in the republican counties or tbeir
state, the republican vote shall be much greater
than ever before. while the democratic counties
will show decided falling off in the democratic
majories One Of them sais "On the whole
we regard the outlook in New Jersey as very
favorable, and although Gov. Randolph, with
an excitement Of feeling unworthy VI his digni
~, may charge importation Of negroes we can
assure him that the honest bican vote. aid.
ed by the disguised democracy who refuse to be
sold out, will place New Jersey 10 its true posi-
ton "a the republican column. -Four years ago
Dut Tor frauds in Hudson county, her electoral
Nole would nave been cast for Grant Two years
ago the state went republican by nearly 1000.
"ud ~ l6i2 viii add to those fuurps
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

PRoP. FARADAY.-The late Prof Faraday
who began life as an errand boy in the service oi
Mr.. Rlebau, bookseller, in Blandlord street, Lon.
DON was the distinguished recipient, before his
death, oil ninetysiye titles and marks of merit
including those Of cheYalior of the Prussian
order OF merit commander Of the legion Of
honor, and the medals at the disposal Of the
royal society, and the blue ribbon of science as
one OF the eight foreign associates Of the French
academy So universal was the n cogntion OF
his distinguished services, that it is stated that
the celebrated electrician, P, Riess of Berlin
once addressed o long letter to him as "ProE
Michael Faraday, Member Of all Academies OF
Science, London Since his death, which
occurred on the 25th Of August, 1867, at the aye
Of IS, a Faraday memorial is 10 be erected in
London; FaradaY scholarship has been found
cd by the chemical society; and one Of the new
streets IN Paris has been named In his honor
que Earaday and Us his latest blograpber,
PROT Gladstone tells us, successive books
have told the story Of his life and work, aud in
thousand hearts there is enbalmed the mem.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

A TRIP TO SATuRN.-We at length saw the
true surface sof Saturn, And what surface!
For land and water we saw glowing rock and
molten lava. Vast seas of fire, tossed by furi-
Gus gales whose breath was flame, coruscated
with thousand colors as their condition I'M
derwent continual change. Then over a wide
extent OF those oceans the intense lustTe would
die out, TO be replaced by dull, almost imper
cepube glow, where the surface OF the fiery
ocean was changing into crust of red hot rock.
But then came fresh disturbance; the crust
broke in a thousand places, showing the in
tensely hot sea beneath. Fragments of red hot
rock, many miles in extent, were tossed hither
and thither by the raging sea. Nor were q, s~~
the only evidences of an intens,1s enerav For
from time TO nnniic the rush of the hurricanes
Whlch ragged over the molten oceans was
huShed into comparative stiffness as vol.
came explosions took place, the least
OF which seemed competent TO de-
stroy world. Enormous volumes of steam
ana OF other imprisoned gases were flung no.
wards with irresistible force, bursting their
way through the Oyerhangng canopy Of cloud.
ana passing to heights where from our present
STANDPOINT they were wholly lost to view We
SHOULD have wished perhaps under other cir
cumstanoes, TO extend our survey over the rest
OF eaturn'S surface; though, from what we
had witnessed, we felt well assured that the
whole planet is the scene OF turmoil and con
fusion resembling that now before us. AT the
P"'NS5 iiuNtu3 tuClC l. all approach 10 QuleS
cence and it would even appear that before
many ages are past the polar Slturnian regions
may De ut to be the abode Of living creatures.
On the other hand, the equatorial zone oil Saturn
seems 10 be in state Of abnormal activity; and
though this may be in great part due to the in
tenSty of the subterranean forces at work
here, and to their partial relief from the action
OF gravity, yet it seems chiefly to be &C.
easioned by the continual downpour of com
etc and meteoric matter over this zone Even
during our short stay, the dense atmosphere
around and above us was reused more than once
mic tremendous whirlwindS by the arrival OF
enormous masses of matter from without. But
though local pecullarities of this sort exist vet,
in general sense il NAV be said that the whole
bulk OF Saturn is instinct with fiery energy.
rendering it altogether unsuited to be the abode
OF living creatures, or at least Of creatures re-
sembling any existence on the earth II crea-
lures OF another kind exist there, we could
recognize no sign of their presence. If there
are intelligent beings there, their intelligence IS
not such as human intelligence can communi-
cate with. We agree that, so far as the eyi.
dence before us went-and as | have told you
our powers OF perception were limited-Saturn
Ike the sun, is altogether uninhabited. 1t is
the scene OF intense physical activity, but no
form of vital energy exists there, nor are any Of
the processes at work there due to the action OF
any form OF intelligence CornbU Magazine.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23
A QuEsrIoN roR GRAMMAnIANs-rhe a

QUESTION FOR GRAMMARIANs.--The Hud-
son Register deals lumoroasly with a question
of grammar as follows!
"a searcher after truths writes to ask (which
Is dramatically correct to say the house is
building, or the house is being built;' the
street is paving, or the street is beng paved p
There is a wide diversity of opinion upon this
SUBJECT; but we incline to favor lis being built
for tue following reasons; Suppose you wish to
express another kind Of an idea would you saw.
for instance, johnny is spanking or Johnny
is being spankedP The difference 10 YOU NAV
seem immaterial, but it is matter of consider
able Importance to Johnny; and IL is probable
that, 1t any choice were given him, he wouId
suddenly select the former alternative. You saw
again that the missionary is eating Certainly
this expresses very different and much Meas
aner idea than the form; THE missionary is
Belng eateni' and the sensation is very different
for the missionary, too. We have consulted
several MISSIONARIES about it, and they all seem
10 thlnk that the two things arc somehow not
the same, no matter what the grammarians saw.
Bat 1t IS to be confessed that there are oc-
caslons when the difference in the form is not
so marked. You assert, we say, that Hannah
Is huggng, which, by the way, would be
very improper thing for Hannah to do; il
would be positively scandalous indeed Pre-.
glsely q similar idea is conveyed if YOU saw
Hannah is being hugged,' because it is a pecu-
lafity OF the act that IL IS hardly ever one
sided; there is no selfishness about it, And il
IS the same with kissing. Jane is kissing -and
her mother ought to know about it if she isis
Just exactly as il we should say, 'Jane is being
Kissed and the sensation Il the same although
none OF the grammars, by single nadyertance
mention the fact. It will not be necessary, how.
eyer, for our correspondent to attempt TO prove
these last mentioned facts by practice, He
must take our word for them Unless he does
60 We shall answer no moro nuoettpua ;t, s,,,,
tax for him or any one else. Our duty & TO
conserve the morals OF the community, not TO
start people to playing private games Of Copen.
hagen"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

Among other reasons Tor more than the usual
care and faithfulness in selecting candidates for
the state legislature is this That the legislature
chosen this year viii have the duty of electing a
successor to Mr.. Wilson in the United States
senate, one Of the most responsible trusts con-
ided to our representatives 10 the general court.
For almost eighteen years there has been no oc-
casion TO review the names Of eminent and wor-
thy citizens Of Massachusetts ia order TO select
from among them new senator. A duty which
recurs only at such intervals ought to he well
done It is matter Of familiar pride among
our people that it has always been the custom
here TO choose our foremost statesmen for this
high office, not through the management of
cliques and special interests, but because their
capacity for usefulness in public station was rec
ognized by their fellow citizens, and that it has
also been the rule to continue such men in
the service when they had made Them
selves respected and honored until they yolun-
tarily retired or were summoned to some other
post. This policy has given Massachusetts an
influence in the national councils greater GER
tainly than that Of any other state Of equal
population, and perhaps il would be safe to say
than that Of states whose people are twice or
three times as numerous. II this policy should
DC continued, as there is at present no reason to
DOUBT the vote in our legislature this winter
may determine vino is to represent Massachu-
sel@ 10 The senate for the next quarter Of cen.
tuiy' IN nominating candidates for the general
oou'l Tue electors in every district should have
TINS 10 mind, and select no men whom they can.
not trust with this important ANN viii ,ho
a., s uss"'alpe mat they will discharge it uniu.
nueueeo ny othef motives than the desire to
choose the man who will do his state and the
nation the best service. Wy
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

The Republicans Of Worcester are notified that eau
cuses will be held on
FRIDAY EVENING. OCT. 2h,
for the purpose Of choosing delegates represent them
in the district to nominate candidates for
offices of SENATOR and REPRESENTATIVES in the next
Legislature.
The representation each of the Conventions will be
tile at the state Convention viz: Ward one 81
ward two A. ard three 2; ward four 81 ward five. 81
ward six, 4; ward seven, 4; ward eight, 4.
The places OF meeting will be as follows;
Ward lat the ward room, court house
p Belmont st school house.
S-Republican Headquarters, Spy building.
East ante-room, Horticultural Hail.
5-Wests
80 6-Horticultural Upper Hall.
7-Lyceum Han on Foster ST.
s-Hortieutural Hall.
Hour Of meeting, half-past seven P NJ
For the Republican City Committee.
HENRY C. RICE, Chairman.
JOHN $. BALDWIN. Sec y. dat o22
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

LoCUsTs AMONG THE MoRMONs.-A CORE
spondent of the San Francisco Bulletin thus
describes a periodical visit OF loeusts 10 the
Mormon farmers! A man who had ridden in
great haste from a district some twenty miles
east, reported that the mOrcetS were at work
and might be expected at our place the next
morning. | hurried out, and found every man,
woman and child in the place terrifying their
crops against The invader. Some were digging
dltcheS, ana turning the waters Of the nearest
stream into the dixie, whilst others were plling
up dry bruShWOOd, ready 10 be lgnited when
the enemy approached. Again, others brought
a sort Of draught machine on the ground, lifted
with revolving fans, the wind Of which was sup
posed TO be able to check the fight OF the locust
And the utmost dismay and CONSERVATION pre-.
vailed About noon the next day they perceived
dark cloud in the east, aud Lhey knew that the
moment of trial was at hand could give you
no idea OF the numbers and yOracty Of the
iocuStS. Every blade OF grass every ear of
corn, every weed and leaf Of yerdure disap
ueared like stubbr in the fire before these terri.
bic gourmands. From about the hight of five
teet to tile ground the air was dense with their
masses. They few in our faces like
hail, filled our pockets, and were piled in
heaps about our feet. The women and chill.
dren and men formed rank before the corn.
held and endeayored to beat them back but al
though the slain were piled many feet high the
iOcuSts n HVer WaYeTed a moment but pressed on
eating and dying and rotting in disgusting char.
mel heaps. The water courses were full of them.
and the survivors crossed the stream over the
dead hodies OF their vanguard The dry brush
was lighted aud burned tiercey, fed by clouds
Of the destroying armies, bat in a few hours the
throng eXtinguiShed the flame and crowded on
over the clnders to the doomed corn fields. The
hogs and chickens were let loose on the DESTROY
or, Dnt they soon grew satiated with the feast,
ana sun TIE locusts pressed on, And when at
last t9e despairing farmers Withdrew and gave
up the light, all that night the locusts fell ors
their roofs like hail stones and trawled in
through every nook and crevce in their dwell
Ings, The next morning when they arose at
daylight to inspect the extent of their damage,
a woeIul sight presented itself. The country
was indeed waste; months Of hard labor and
hopes OF handsome return from the crops had
faded away as the blade OF grass before the 10.
Gust not trace remained 10 indicate that tho
seed had ever been planted, or that grand
tract OF swayiug grain gstened in the spnbeams
on the morning before,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

A WILD PIGEON RoOsT.-Probaby the larg-
est pigeon Toost ever known in Maryland, is
now existing on the farm of Mr.. VIM. Scbley,
near Oakland, in Allegheny county. The
pigeons collect nightly on tract of ground COW
cred with alder bushes occupying about six
acres. The pigeons first appeared about ten
days ago in countless flocks, and gradually set
tied down upon the bushes, until they were bent
10 the ground by the weight of the birds. Still
more pigeons came flying in from distant points
and continued to settle down upon the already
living mass, until the whole five or six acres
were compaetly covered. So greatwas the num-
Der of birds that they were piled upon each 9TH
er in places from one to two feet in depth. The
pigeons continued fOCking in and settling upon
and among each other from about four o'clock
in the afternoon until nghtfal, when at last
they became still, and prepared for their nights
rest. With the early dawn of the morning flock
after flock arose and few away in all directions,
which departures continued until about
nine O'Clock, when the place was de-
! serted and not a living bird to be seen
during the remainder of the day, until
toward evening, when they again began
lockiug back to the same rOosts, aud the scenes
Of the evening before were again TO be wit
messed; and all this has occurred daily for the
past ten days. It's estimated that all the locks
of pigeons for perhaps fifty or sixty miles
around thus gather at this one spot each even
ing during their annual migratory visit to the
immense forest regions of the Alleohany noun
tains in quest of the heavy mast Of acolns
Astounding there. This is the only roost known
this season in this or any of the bordering coun-
ties, aud is perhaps the only one within circle
of several hundred miles. 1t is a well estab-
Iished fact that these birds have but one roost-
ing place within very large territory, and in
their transit 10 warmer latitudes, and during
their stOppage by the way, use one place only as
a roost at night. AT this wonderful roost GU
Col. Schley's place, thousands and thousands of
pigeons have been nightly captured bv men aud
boys, with guns, clubs and bags. After night
fall person can go among the birds and scoop
them into the mouth of bag 1t is needless to
add that thousands OF them have been wantOnly
shot, and allowed to remain upon the ground,
where they died.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

A SAGACIous HoRsE.--fhe following inter-
esting anecdoic is told in a recent volume of
travels "a German cavalry soldier and his
horse were captured in the fght at La Bourget
and taken of with other prisoners, Three
days alter the fight they were halted for the
night in village. The poor fellow was sitting
near the window thinking how he might escape,
while his noisy eaPtors around the fireplace
were lulling themselves with wine. Suddenly
he hears in the streets the neighing OF horse
His soul is trembling and his blood stops for a
moment. No doubt it is his brave steed that
had broken loose from shed where she had
been placed and is in search of her master
Que Of the pancs Of the window was replaced by
paper; boring with his finger hole in II. he
lays his mouth TO the opening, calling cautious.
" and c0aXingly, Lizzie, Lizzie A ioyous
neighing is the reply and Lizzie is close to the
window. In moment the whole frame Of the
easement is smashed, and before the tipplers
know what is the matter he Is outside and on
the bareback of bis faithful mare. II is as Il
the ssgacloGs mare knew that the life of her
master was at stake, for ghe runs of like a
whiriwiud and yet size is NOT urged on by spurs
or bride, for the franc treurs have taken the
boots Off the rider, and the bride is hanging by
the saddle IN the shed Shots are fired after
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

Another collision on the Eastern railroad yes
terday bad fewer victims than might have been
expected when a train of well filed passenger
cars, going at full express speed strikes stand
ing freight train; but it is the most terrible
railroad disaster which has occurred in New
England since the Revere calamity on the same
road 1t may be no fault of the managers, but
only an unfortunate coincidence, that disas-
tiers so persistently attend this railroad, but il
will be hard to convince the public that there is
nothing wrong in the administration which has
such results. In the present instance the direct
cause OF the collision is yet obscure, and
we must wait for the corouer's inquiry to
throw light upon it; but there can hardly
be any doubt that the displacement OF
the switch was the effect of somebody's care
lessness. It is not probable that on the Eastern
railroad, any more than elsewhere, every case Of
negligence has such awful consequences. For
every one which bears such fruit, one hundred
probably have been barren of any noteworthy
result The peculiar combination OF circum-
stances necessary TO bring about catastrophe
did not exist in some cases, and in others the
mistake was discovered and set right before the
moment Of danger. But that there have been
many misplaced switches and broken rails and
misunderstanding about times and distances,
and narrow escapes on the Eastern railroad,
within the past fifteen months, of which the pub
lie has known nothing, we have no doubt. A
vigilance of administration that would reduce the
whole number of mistakes and oversights 10
one-fourth or one-teuth of what they have been
would doubtless reduce the number of disasters
from that cause in at least an equal ratio. A
system of penalties for all acts of negligence
which may have evil consequences, and not only
for those which do have such, should be estab-
lished by the rules of railroad corporations and
by the laws of the state. man who neglects
a switch or gives wrong signal intends no
harm, and would be filled with remorse if a
train were wrecked by his fault. He may blum
der many times before such calam
lty comes to pass, and when it does
he is no more at fault than in his previous
acts Of carelessuess. He is answerable, not for
the lives which, when it was too late, he would
probably have risked his own to save, bat for
his infdehty TO a trust, whose Importance he
perfectly well knew His moral guilt would be
the same il the train had been checked on the
brink of destruction, or if every soul o. board
had persisted by the most horrible of deaths.
The act, too, is the same and there is no more
difficulty in defining it and infiicting a suitable
penalty than IN the case of other acts injurious
TO society
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23

WEDNESDAY. OCT. 80, 1879
Pledged Allies of Tammany.


The municipal nominations in New York city
give us a food of light on the relations of Mr.
Greeley. the Tribune and the "liberals,' - to the
work of reform in that city. All the reform or
CARNATIONS OF the city have united in nominal
ing Mr.. Havemeyer for mayor, with a complete
reform Tickets and the republicans have en-
dorsed these nominations. On the other hand,
Tammanv will have nothing TO do
with the reform organizations, because
Sheriff Brennan. Mayor Hail. and others
who control its movements, are among those
who most need to be reformed. 1t is too closely
affiliated with the old agencies of corruption, TO
be at peace with the committee of seventy.
Democrats who really aim 10 purify the city
government are represented by the reform Or
CARNATIONS, among which is one embracing
nearly the whole body of the German demo
Gratis; but the Triblne and the liberals will not
go in that direction. They must 90 with Tam
many, which Is the head and front of Greeley
ism, in New York.
The so-called liberals" met in convention,
Monday evening, and accepted all the Tam
many nominations. Some of them shrunk
little from doing so, and asked for delay; but
John COchrane told them that it must be done,
because ''the political faith of the liberals was
pledged 10 Tammany" And it was done, al
though one member Of the convention declared
that he "would not vote for some of the Tam
many candidates under any consideration
The Worlds report says, eXultingly, "the regu-
lar Tammany ticket for mayor and aldermen
was nom mated with cheers. Mr.. Lawrence
the candidate for mayor, is personally uuexcep
tionable; bul his political associations and tn,
control of the old ring make this of little &C
count, for they clearly suggest what he coulC
do. He and his party are arrayed against thos,
who seek municipal reform, and, for this reason
should be opposed by every honest man in tho
city. but, Mr.. Greeley and his "liberals" arc
constrained to support "the regular Tammany
ficket''; aud herein we may see what they sig
nifty, as reformers.
The success of this Tammany ticket would re-
instate the old ring, and restore the sway oil
thieying misrue. Tweed and Connolly might
not reappear in their old places; but Others
quite as bad would succeed them in Office ana
influence Reform would be defeated, and
scoundrelism would reign in Its stead with re
newed vigor. The chief ruler of this movemen
of Tammany is Sheriff Brennan, who is now
vainly urging illegal claims against the
city for large sums of money, which
he would be sure to obtain if he
could have some plant creature of Tammany
in the place of Controller Green. Therefore, h
is doing all in his power to defeat Mr.. Havemey
er and the other reform candidates; and 9Th
faith of the liberals" being pledged to Tam
many" they are giving him all the assistanc
possible And the menwho are doing this worl
for Tammany, have the face to say they meal
reform!