New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-16
BOSTON.
Z PUBLISHERS ARE DOING.

OLD SAXON HOMES-ILLuSTRATED BOOKS
JOAQUIN MILLER ON THE SUBJECT OF HIS
DOMESTIC TROUBLES.
BOSTON, Aug. 19.-The "wOrld" is out of
town, and even the wind has gone pleasurng, 40
that there no breath OF it's salt suggestive GOODNESS to
fTCshen the air OF the sutry August day But at the
New Corner on Trcmont-st you find Mr. j. r. osgood the
head of the house busy at work for the dedication OF
the aforesaid absent world His list Of books Is as long
delightful but have already spoken OF many Oh
them former letters Robert Brownings new poem
Baaustions Adventure" is going rapidly through 'he
press II is about 5000 I'm length, and n promised
before August is over Mrs, spoGOrds New England
Legends" will also he out I'm August. glance at Por-
ton Of the proOfsheets took me captive Her true
stories stranger than fiction, and more romantic Una"
MOST dctons are set forth after thoroughly faschas
manner Here is her description OF the site OF 'ne
Charlestown Convent Riot:
stand in remote part Of the town, lately TAKEN IN, p
village of sOmerville on place known aS the
brvkeU walls aud chmneys have stood lol i Wil . ILL.,
years en- becoming m t6p the new walls Of the coser
and have grown into fun bearing ol tl' pi.Nl
80, tb have Srthed themselves uutaught the
old avenues sheep crop the rI Whert onCe ,e nuns
fowergaIden may have been ana where long since e
natural growth of the place has retaken lts
own rights and where here and there weed
blooms c %nIa .ro Sy One side Of the hin COM
mands the harDor aud the baed Charles with Se% %
haze Of distance to render it poetic and the other
side far away across meadows aud bending ems, the
hnc and lovely Mystic winds TO the and soft low
hills inc the wide and varied landscape. IL is re-
trat of peace that now remains unbroken by anything
except the rdeness of the Winter storms but it bears
trast Tor hrtyye years ago was the Of out
rage on human rights aud freedom of thought which. il
IL 10 he hoped neither this country nor tuiS age shall
behold again
How thrmgy she tells the tale Of the Salem witch
craft days. one should read To find al those
mysterious horrors she has ansacked all sorts of
oient hiding places-mOstly town archives. family e-
gends memories of earliest inhabitants. No Que else
has pictured wildly the whirlwind OF fierce and
bloody superstition which swept quiet Salem, max
ing 1t anything but city Of peace-the remorseless
spirit Of persecution which spared neither santiness or
station. think the crowning tragedy Of those awful
days-the death OF old Giles COrey-is not generally
understood. Corey a man of marked traits not
the least marked Of which unbending will, and
heart that fear He eighty years old when
the wtchcraf excitement began and was at that time
living with Martha his third wife, woman OF
intelligence quite unusual in those days She
dsbelieved in wichcraft from the first but
Corey himself was a ,anatical believer in IT, Vexed
his wife for disagreeng with him in opinion he ex-
claimed angriy that "the Devil was in her. and for all
he knew, she might be witch herself When she was
arrested soon aera most Of those arrested who
dared to doubt the Cenuineness o. the manifestations
these words Of her husbands remembered against
her He was brought into court a witneSs-two Of his
four eonsulaw testified his recent disagreement with
her and he piled with questions. But they could
not force him TO make his deposition amount to any
thing and his wfe accusers indignant at his ObstiDacy,
accused him also and he east into prison as wizard
There he had time oreect Conscious that he bad never
practced wtchcra he to believe that Others might
Ne as innocent as himself His wife was hanged; ana
he knew she was guitess martyr His old love Tor her
turged back into his stout old heart aud he determined
10 make her what atonement he could He wished 10
uunsh the two sonsn-aw who had testified against her
So he made will cutting them of entirely from his large
roperty and beoueahing it all TO the other two sonsn
law who had been faithful TO her. Then, because he
knew that condemned for wiehcraft his prop
erty would he confscatcd aud his viii null and void he
resolved not TO be condemned The only way to accom-
ps this was refuse plead either guilty or not
guilty. since tin he had answered one or other OF these
the tria could not go on This could have but
one conference.-the tOrtureand he understood that
well But did not falter. He received unhinehingiy
his sentence 10 the PeiHe forte ct d"e, and
from that moment never uttered another sVIaole'
This uuspeakable torture condemned one to dark cell
there with only strip Of clothing, TO be laid upon the
floor with an iron weight the chest receiving the al
ternate fare Of three mouhfuls OF bread day, and
three draughts the next OF the nearest stagnant
water till obstinacy yielded or death arrived Ia Giles
Coreys case the punishment inflicted IN the open
air and the weights Of stone "He was strong III
spite of his years anguish long pressed by the
burden his tongue protruded from his mouth, consta
Die struck il back with his staff but not word came
with H. and ne died unhnchingy, never pleading guilty
or not guilty" At this before unheard Of judicial muir
der universal horror shuddered through the people
and all at once opened their eyes to the enornity OF
these proceedings, and the bubble burst.
Homers Odyssey" translated by Bryant, is promised
IN September: also a cheaper edition Of the Had"
During the month, we are TO have Winters new
volume Of poems of which the title is MY Witness;
also Richard Henry Sloddards Poems. and new volume
by Harte besides eight nine prose works OF which
mention has heretofore made. The proof sheets Of
the September Atlantic promise pleasantly. Fields Cos
sips still of Dickens quoting letters which bring
nearer the heart Of the than OF his novels do
Howels goes with his altogether charming wedding
Journey. You breakfast with him at railroad station,
where you seem TO "have been expected only by the
flies" on ga peppery and muddy draught which impu-
IDENTIFY affects be coffee; oily slices Of fugacious
tatoes Slipping about in their shallow dish and skfuy
eyadng pursuits pieces OF beef that simulate steak bot
hot greasy biscuit steamng evy up into the face when
opened and then soldering into OF condensed
dyspepsia" II you have tried breakfastng at some Of
the stations along the Erie Road you have your in
digesble OF similar banquets and you rejoice
in this public setting forth Of mutual miseries You
watch with interest the canal boat your outdoor neigh
Dor Oh board which nothing but proane language is al
lowed" and you at last to the carull OF human
beings around YOU and find how amusing human nature
can be, when you really act yourself to study It, You
read on till, II you are man, you WISH you had al
Isabel; IL you woman, wonder Basil could not
have been made for yOuhese wishes being the iDevits
bic conclusion to every fresh instament Of the WED
ding Journey" The notable poem in the September
Atlantic will be 10y Bret Harte, story OF Newport, en-
titled "A GREYPoRT LEGEND" viii you read 1t little
m advance OF the rest of the worlds
1871
They ran through the streets OF the seaport town.
They peered from the decks OF the ships where they
lay.
The cold sealing that came whitening down
Was never a. cold or white ne they.
" IIO. Starbuck and PinckDey and Tenterden
Run for your shallops, gather your men,
Scatter your boats on the lower bay"
Good cause for fear In the thick midday