Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1840-11-05

lOpH YOU are not connected " lIn tildt IeIOW
llelmod IN any way"
g God forbid. your highness | have no
communication wth hun whatever, except
such As my office requires" was the an-
swer. And in fact, as your highness
very justly remarks, there seems to be
something wrong about him. have often
been on the Pout of respectfully suggest
ing TO your hilhuess the propriety of dis
missing hun, He is an author corresponds
with many foreigners and yet has the charge
otthe most important state papers, | cam
not say would trust him. y.
" Unless we can prove some offence
against him." answered the grand duke,
" 1t would be unjust to dismiss him.''
Il called lin fine fellow" said Count
Won Stom, " because ! should be sorry to
speak i'll ofany body. He has family and
| do not want to injure him. But since the
subject has been mentioned, my duty to
your highness compels me to say that Hell
mold has deserved Punishment or prison
ten times over for his reckless writings
Neither the throne nor the altar, neither
public nor private honor are safe from the
secret poisoned arrows Of this miscreant.-
an indictment against this Helmold, and
prove that he has repeatedly held up the
country and our gracious sovereign himself
to ridicule in bis newspaper and his private
correspondence. We can hardly expect
the monai ch to be respected, or the laws
obeyed, if such audacity is 10 pass unpun-
ished."
He was followed by high ecclesiastical
officer, by two lieutenant generals, by the
lieutenant of police and others, and every
one had SO many charges TO bring against
Helmod, that the Baron Won Leinau began
really to suspect him himself.
''lf the man is SO dangerous, asked the
grand duke at last. 'why was he not
brought to account long ago, and dealt with
according to law;'', aud he left the room In
dspleasure. -.
The registrar soon felt the effects Of the.
royal glance. People avoided him. Twas
spread from one TO another, that he was in
bad way that the duke was displeased
with him, HIS superiors treated him with
rudeness, his colleagues Stunned him.
llelmold soon found out that there was
something in the wind. He asked his ac--
qualntance, they only shrugged their Shout
ders, and made no answer. What the
plague is the matter with the people
thought he. 81 have injured no one, have
always Gone my duty, what can they have
against me' Luckily can enjoy life with,
out their friendship
SO he thought al times but not always.
lie felt this treatment deeply. He avoided
society, and confined himself at home
lie had good wife and pretty daughter,
and two promising sons. Emma was the
apple OF her parents's eyes, beautiful, and
good wlthal ; she would have been prize
tor any man, yet she had reached her TWEEN
tleth year without suitor, for she was
poor. The registrar had nothing. His
salary was not enough to support his fami-
ly, and he was forced to devote his leisure
time to writing for the press, an employ
ment Tor which he had little talent, and
which brought him in but little. He deter
mined TO say nothing of what was going on
lest he should disturb, the quiet of his fam
Wy, but his silence only made the first
burst of the storm which was secretly gath
erng over him, ten times more terrible
lie was summoned one day to attend the
chancellor. When he appeared the mag
lstrate showed him The last number of his
journal and asked, 80
" Who communicated this statement of
our public debt to your journal" -.
IS No one sir. | inserted it myself"
90 Who authorised you TO do so'" 3 =
" No one in particular but such arti-
cles have been inserted before. and you
never made any objections" a. II; ....-'sf
81 never read your paper, and Of course
made no objections. But your Instructions
strictly forbid you making public any part
of the documents under your care, without
my permission.
"1'he statement ofthc public debt is in
circulation in other quarters ; there are
some extracts fcon it in foreign paper =
| did not extract it from the documents {"
That does not justify your publication,
you being public officer Yon may 60,
but shall hold you answerable."
A day or two afterwards the duke hap
pened to ask for secret correspondence
carried on between his late uncle and the
of one ofthe great powers. some al
iusions to which had appeared in a foreign
newspaper. Helmold was ordered to pro-
duce the original, but he could not find IT,.
The chancellor shook his head ominonsly.
The next day, the police visited Holmold's
house and put their seals on all his papers.
A guard was placed at the door, aud all his
papers sent to the police for examination.
The family were in dspair, except Hoi-
mold, who concious of his innocence, did