The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1874-04-23


eases of salvage at sea, i'll the eases of
richly laden vessels abandoned by their
frightened and unskillful crews, and
picked up by men who knew how to tax e
care of them Frenchmen were never
sailors, and never will be. In the DAYS of
Napoleon that nation built large navies
only to he knocked to pieces by Nelson
the first time he got at them. without
much regard to the relative forces 1t is
therefore not a matter of much surprise
that the great steamship America, from
New York to IIayre. abandoned on the
French coast, has been picked up by
English ships. and lowed into an English
port As the vessel and cargo must be
worth two million dollars, the prize is a
Very fine one 1t is not improbable that
the Europe, the sister ship, from which
the Greece took the passengers and crew,
may yet be lowed in.
Not quite 50 disgracetnl, but still sut1i-
ciently 50, was the abandonment of the
Boston ship Puritan, ashore near Sandy
Hook. Fearing She nigh, break up. the
captain and all ha"ds went in the boats
through a heavy sea to a tug, and steamed
to New York. Half IN hour later two
other tugs went alongside, and in two
hours had her atioat and inside the Hook
As the ship is a valuable one, with an East
India cargo on board, they must be worth
to getherSeveral hundred thousand dollars
The salvage on abandoned vessels is from
fifty to eighty per cent, The dream Of
wealth TO many who go down 10 the sea
in ships takes the form of reScuipg some
abandoned vessel. drifting abou; the ocean,
with the wealth Of the Indies IN her hold
As the poet says
sweet is revenge, especially to women,
Piliage TO soldiers, prIze-montN to seaintn
Last month there died in Paris, Susan
Virginia Benton Boilleau. She was the
youngest daughter of Senator Thomas H.
Benton. and was in many ways Il remark
able woman. In 1919, she was married
to Baron Boilleau, then secretary Of the
French legation nj Washington Her SIS
ter is the wife Of Gen Fremont. Her huS-
band was successfully appointed TO many
diplomatic positions, and She invariably
accompanied him, even to 4 several years
residence at Calcutta where she is sup
posed to have permanently injured her
health Finally, the Baron became involy-
ed in General Fremont's Memphis and
FL Paso railroad project, and through its
failure he was compelled to report to Paris
for Il trial, where he was Immediately
sentenced 10 three years imprisonment
His wife made heroic efforts to prove his
innocence Of any intentional fraud, but
she finally Succnmhed To her repeated fail
urcS, and lost her life in the faithful effort
to save her husband from an un,lrserved
disgrace
The Bangor Daily Wig will in future
be published by MesSrs Burr and Robin
son, who have purchased two-thirdS Of the
establishment, Mrs Lynde retaining one
third, Mr.. b, A Burr was for many Years
publisher of the Bangor Jeffiersonian, we'll
remembered as an able paper. Mir. Rob
inson, his partner, has been ior twenty
Years on more foreman of the establish
ment, and is an experienced and efficient
man in the business, Capt. Boutele, for
tour years the able chief editor, retires,
and is succeeded by Mr. F.. A. Perry, for
nerly city editor. Under this manage
ment the wing cannot lan 60 MAINTAIN
the high reputation il has acquired as =
good new paper and valuable piece Of
property
A few weeks ago we gave an account
of the strange conduct Of the widow OF
n c. Bishop at the funeral OF her husband,