MARRIED:
DIED:
In Millbury, Dec. 18, Sarah, wife of Jonathan D. Grout, 81 years.
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The Illness and Death of Gov. Corwin
struck by paralysis last Friday
politician in the time of John Quincy Adams, Clay, Calhoun and Webster.
Governor Corwin was born in Kentucky in 1794. His family migrate to Ohio in his childhood. His educational priviledges were few, but he studied law, and was admitted to the bar when he was twenty-four years old. HE entered the field of politics soon after, and continued all his life, filling many important offices of State and National Honor. HE entered Congress in 1830, thirty-fve years old, became GOvernor of Hio in 1840; was defeated in 1842 by William Shannon; but wasz sent to the U.S. Senate two years later, where he remained till Fillmore became President when Governor Corwin was selected as Secretary of the Tresury. In 1858, he again entered the lower house of COngress, where he remained till his appointment as Minister to Mexico, upon Mr. Lincoln's accession to the Presidency. --- He leaves a widow and children.
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DEADLY ASSAULT ON A SCHOOL TEACHER BY SOME SCHOLARS
We learnb from a Portsmouth (N.H.) paper that one day last week two or three young fellows, attending the District School at Kittery Point, perpetrated a gross outrage on the teacher, Mr. Daggert, nearly taking hsi life. He reprimanded them the day before to some misconduct, which they laid to heart, and secreting themselves behind the door, when the teacher enterd, they fell upon him, knocked him down with a stone and committed other injuries on his person. One of them has been arrested, and the others have escaped.
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Superior Court - Civil Term
The following is a record of cases of the December Term to this time: --
Thomas Booth vs. George Crompton, verdict for plaintiff, $1.
John J, Wiley vs, Larkin N. Gates, verdict for plaintiff, $40.
John Lyon vs. H. D. Sanford, for libel, was given to the jur pg 2 col 3
LEOMINSTER. The remains of Mr. Carter, a member of the 21st Mass Regt. who lost his life Sept 30, 1864, by trying to save the life of an officer, was brought home to his friends last week, and was buried on Friday last. The funeral services were held at the Universalist Church. The Rev. Mr. Severans Chaplain of the Regt. preached the funeral sermon. He was very pointed in his remarks on those who staid at home, at the little respect they show to those who have participated in the late struggle which we have so lately gone through. THe remians were escorted to their last resting place by the members of the Cowdry Army and Navy Union of this place wearing a blank and white rosette on the left breast. Music fife and drum, also by themembers of the Taylor Army and Navy Union of Fitchburg weariung rosettes and crape, music fife and drum. It was quite a large procession, but a disagreeable cold day.
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Miss Margaret S. Sedgwick, who is to read, to morrow eveni8ng, at MEchanics Hall, is a sister of General Sedgwick, who fell at Spottsylvania. SHe is a superior reader and cannot fail to draw a full house.
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