Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-01-07

ard, must have been severe. But she was
emlnently forgiving, and her husband him
sell said, that in the midst of all his dissi-
patton and wickedness, che never saw her
scowl upon him" No one ever heard her
complain of him while he lived No one
ever heard her speak disrespectfuIy Of him
and TO no mortal, as far as the evidence
went lard it covered the whole period of
their marrage) did she ever, during his
life, speak Of his faings
On the morning when he was taken sick
and went out, gloomy and Responding as
we may well suppose, to his shop, she fol-
lowed him and persuaded him TO return
with her. On that terrible night, when for
the first time as it would seem, she knew
of the disgraceful disease for which he had
been taking medical advice, at his request
at late hour of the evening she went alone
to distant part of the town TO procure the
attendance of the empyric he had consulted.
During his whole sickness she watched
over him with the klndest care and affec-
ton, and when he was about leaving the
world she besought him totnrn his thoughts
to another, and kissed his lips, now cold in
coming death, bidding him an affeclionale
farewell.
After his death she used every exeition
to protect his memory ; and 1t is affecting
to ihink, that these very efforts Of an al
most distracted woman were made the most
suspicious circumstances against her. She
was then surrounded by circumstances cal
culated to drive almost any one into i'm
prophecies of word and deed, but none are
found by the most careful scrutiny.
AT length by the urgent solicitation Of
her friends, she consented to make visit
long before contemplated, to the friends Of
her husband, in hopes that she might there
| find the rest she so much desired and need
ed. But even there it was denied her
On her way she heard herself described in
the public stage as female monster, and
soon the rumors reached The quiet retreat
she SO much desired. She Immediately
prepared to return to Boston, but her de-
paiure was anticipated by an officer of
Justice and she was brought back Us a nnr-
derer. She requested no examination, but
consented to remain in jail several months,
to take her trial, apparently glad, for any
retreat from the eye Of the world, which
looked upon her with SO much GOODNESS and
suspicion.
For many months she has remained in a
, felon's cell Her sufferings made an al
te,atjon in her appearance, perceptlble to
the public eye. Her name and her whole
history have become known from one end
| of the Union to the other. The public and
the press have been strong in her coudem-
| nation and no word Of defence was heard.
| AT length she was brought TO trial, and az
| ter fair and searching investigation of
| five days, during which she conducted with
| proprlety that commended itself TO all
who saw her, she was acquitted as soon as
the proper legal forms would PERM, it to be
done. Surely her name may now be ban
shed from the public prints, and size may
be permitted 10 pass into the obscuri!y of
domestic life, and have that rest from iniu-
rious suspicious and painful surmses she
has so long sought in vain. However much
she may have erred in former times, as it
respects this crime, let the broad mantle Of
charity cover her and whatever NAV he
her future course, let II never De said that
it was Influenced for evil by dreadful sus-
picions which have been nfgaivcd by
tribunal erected for the express purpose Of
elicilng The Truth.
1t is scarcely necessary fr Us to say,
that these remarks are not suggested by
any personal feelings in this case and tina
we have no knowledge Of this woman ex-
ceping what we have obtained by con-
slant attendance upon her trial,an care
full note of the whole evidence in the case.
Boston .fdvcrtiSer.