The Portland daily press., 1873-02-24

lative to the election Of Mr.. Boardman. now
that that gentleman has denied them. We
had supposed that the author was well-kpown
to MIR. Boardman and his associates. as he il
member OF the board, and is everywhere re.
garded as man of unimpeachable integrity.
ne as not unknown in Maine, having been
RE .ident of the Senate and having filed
oIner oInces OF honor and trust with ability.
we are not accustomed to publish so grave
charges without the best possible authority.
meeting Of the Maine Historical Society.
Z q WIscAssEr Feb, Goth, 1878.
GATHERING.
The Maine Historical Society Yesterday
held special session, in the parlors of the
Sagadahoc house at Bath.
1t was in pursuance of resolution taken at
the last annual meeting in Brunswick, to fore
stall any tendencies to vacillation and cure
any neglect ofthe active duties of the organi-
cation in gathering to its archieves, record
details ofthe history of Maine.
Z AT 10 A. M. President Bourne called to Or
der, and the room was filed with gentlemen
OF the Society and their ladies', among whom
were Ex-Governor Chamberlain and ex-Presi-
dent Woods of Bowdoin Judge Barrows, Hon.
Mr.. Cram, A ]. Tenney, Esq, Of Brunswick.
the Prof. Sewalls, Rev. Mr.. Dyke ard Gen.
Brown of Portland. From neglect of prop
ef notification, outside of Brunswick and
Bath, resident members in the east, at. Au-
gusta and the west, failed to be present.
- PAPERS PRESENTED.
The session opened VIII b b an interesting and
instructive paper from Judge Godfrey of Ban
gor, followed by Joseph M. Williamson ESQ.,, of
Belfast (son of the historian) in very full
entertaining and well written account of the
deta Is of the expedition against Castine, Gull
minating in the "battle of Bignyance or Bag
a-duce'' popularity SO known. Castine and
its vicinity is rich treasury of the most in
teresting details to be yet contributed to the
record of the history Of colonial existence of
Maine, and it is hoped Mr.. Williamson Will
not remit his intelligent diligence in gather
ing them up for preservation.
Gen. Brown of Portland, read an able bio.
graphical sketch of FRANCIS Champernon
contemporary and co-adjutor with Gorges in
his untiring trial to establish the English
race in Maine, and secure it to the crown OF
England. This alb. paper, was contribu-
ton from the pen of Charles 81. futile ESQ.,,
of :oston and the paper was supplemented
with remarks from DR.. Woods illustrative of
the character, elevated social and civil rela-
tons of the active and leading men who were
the foundation builders of our State sCham-
pernon and Seym re-" were of royal blood.
At P. NJ. the gentlemen of the ST. ciety
and their ladies were the glests of the Hon.
W. d. Sewall of Bath at the Sagadahoc. At
p M. the company adjourned to the par
lors ard the business of the session was re-
stunned in listening to an important paper
from the Rev. Mr.. Pond. of the first church
OF York relating to the character, call, in
duetion into Office, and services of Rev. Sbu-
bal Drummer, whose tragic end was crown
ing catastrophe in the sacking of York, and
to the Christian civilization of the day, (Jan
18th 1922; whose body was found at his own
door pierced with bullets, where as he was
mounting his horse early that fatal morning
for pastoral visit, he was waylaid and shet,
and stripped Of his sacred vestments, which
were made the adornment and mockery of
savage and intolerant religious barbarism and
Popish hate. % -'r
The paper is timely and valuable contri-
button to the religious and ecclesiastical liter
allure of cegationalism, as it presented
and preserves the formularies of the earliest
ecclesiastical usage of the denomination in
the wording of letters missive, the call, modes
of procedure both of the brethren and of the
pastors, of induction into the pastoral Office
and relations, -constitutin an authoritative
illustration, of the polity Of Congregational
ism, in the days Of its purity, in Maine.
. A very clear, intelligent and reliable account
o. the causes and incidents attending the
burning of Falmouth, by Commodore Now
at, under orders of Admiral Grover, from the
pen of your local historian. W. Goold of
Windham, was listened to with great AFTER
ton.
X. K. Scwall, Esq, gave an oral resume of
the several field day services of the Society at
and about Pemaquid and its dependencies,
Monhegan and Damoriscove islands, completed
in the expedition of the McCulloch in Sep
tember last, briefly noticing the archaeological
facts gathered as contribution to the history
OF Maine. That here were the beginnings of
New England, matter of demonstration had
been found in evidence, tending to show bur-
ials OF the English race as early as 1906, in
the fragment of grave stone so marked
and in metallic relics of trade and commerce
stamped 1910, at New Harbor, point direct
ly opposite Monhegan OH the main, which
must have been the ''port' mentioned by
Smith. 1914, where the ships of Sir F. Pop
ham had their trade for import and export Of
goods, iurs and fsh-a harbor of refuge, still
showing the outlines of fortified depot Of
trade. Also Photographic sketches of the
land face OF Georges Islands, and of the
mainland showing's in the West, illustrative
of the course of Weymouth, from under Mon
hogan island 1905, about which there are con-
ficting views. These showings tend to sup.
port McKeen's theory, that that cour.e was
west and to the Kennebec.
| DISCUSSIONS OF ROCK-WRITINGs, DAMoRIs.
COVE.
A. j. Tenuey ESQ.,, read communication
controverting the alleged "rock- writings dis.
covered by DR.. Eastman on Damorscove Is
land, denying any claims of thi. island to any
Importance as historical locality, beyond the
lighthouses and patrons of the ancestor and
grantees of one Knight, a generation or two
back. The rock-wrtings are described to be
the work of weather bound fishermen in trac.
ing names &c.
REBUTTAL.
In contrast, sketches of the more salient of
the newly explored rock..tracings were shown,
and bear no resemblance to any modern
English, French or Roman characters, either
in feature, size or outline, being in all re-
spects, unique, most ancient and oriental,
combining sigmoid, cuneform and angular ele
ments and so far as any resemblance can be
seen, two Or three characters have an ancient
n@nician look. Nor are the newly discov-