Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-03-05

young nobility.
The bride is fair, blue-eyed young lady
of twenty summers. said 10 be endowed
with good common sense. Her pictures
exhibited in the shops from life size. down
to the smallest photographs. make her
moderately pretty. medium size, and really
plump figure. 1t is reported the Queen is
highly gratiiied with the alliance. The
annual allowance for this young couple 10
100000 from Government, while the Em-
| peror OF Russia settles the came amour,
upon his daughter. therefore. it /. to be
hoped with economy, they will live at
least comfortably
Poor Livingstone reluctant as we are to
believe the news Of his death. it is proba-
Oily too true. For nearly thirty years the
great explorer has traversed the wilds OF
Central Africa, exposing his life TO more
peril, and oftener rescued from the Jaws of
death, than is recorded OF any other man.
Again and again has he recovered from
sickness, and hardships, and escaped de-
struction by savases or wild beasts. until
ms countrymcn believed he possessed a
charmed life" which was in reality pure
heroism. And is not this the secret of all
great lives,-the heroic soul to meet. en-
counter. and if possible. overcome all OBJ
stacles to the desired goal Livingstone
fame Is not dependant upon the discovery
OF the source of the Nile. His missionary
labor, commenced in 1910. is rewarded bv
opening uneIplored regions to civilization.
and adding TO our geographical knowledge
q million or more Of square miles.
Before this reaches you the teleprsph
VIII have reported the verdict OF the jury
in the great Tichborne case. which of the
Kind is one OF the most extraordinary ever
known in England.
brief Outline of this remarkable case.
which is argued in horse cars. omnibusse.
on the street, at hotel tables. aud extend.
to the betting of hats, suppers. horses. and
the usual catalogue OF articles in support
OF positive opinions, may not be uninter-
esting.
To establish the identity Of AN individual,
claiming 10 be Sir Roger Charles Itch
ho-ra h.-~-.. ~.,s hoi- - -.s, ,-...~- -
England is the point in dispute. The real
Roger. when lad, was placed at school
in Paris, and 1t was said imbibed romantic
ideas from his tutors. giving his parents
semc anxiety. He was taken home to
England and sent to college at Stonyhurst
where he became very discontinued, and left
in consequence of being below his class
Naturally of affectionste disposition, gem
erous, and sensitive TO correction. he saw
the disappointed hopes of his parents and
begged to leave home and travel. A love
affair with beautiful cousin, Lady Dough
( ty. now Lady Radcliffe, was subject to the
disturbed current Of the Old time course,
and this with family troubles drove the
youth to forget his boyhood griefs in a tour
to South America. Prom there he took pas
sage in the Bella" for New York, which
vessel was lost. and Roger. with one or two
others was picked up by the ship Osprey
after many days OF great suffering, and
carried TO Australia. Nothing was heard
from the lost heir for many years. and he
was supposed dead by his relations. His
mother advertised her lost son in every
country. An agent of the press in the
wilds Of Australia saw 3 man smokin. an
old pipe with the initials K. e. T. cut upon
it. 1t was the boys college pipe. Here he
went by the assumed name of Thomas
Caestro. Being shown the advertisement,
he acknowledged himself as Roger c.
Tichborne. and after a correspondence
with his mother, returns to England after
twenty-three years absence, and like the
prodigal son is repentant, and receives
forgiveness, and blessing from his aged
mother. His father and younger brother
were long since dead. The remote heir.
had obtained possession of the property
valued at over a million pounds sterling
and refused 10 recognize this person as thu
vertable Roger. Ii was ascertained that
the son Of butcher, by name Of Arthur
Orion. went from England to Australia
' and there learned something of the history
of Roger. The suspicion that this mar
was Arthur Orion. and not X. e. T.. soon
I
Herein lies all the dispute. Is this maj
Tichborne, or is he Orion, or sOmebod,
else? The evidence for and against il
most extraordinary. Heaven and eartf
, has been moved said clergyman TO me
TO iprOys and disprove this mans identity
|. The court room in which this trial is con
Quoted 10 in the West wing of the House
: of Parliament and is smaller than our lit
i tie court room in Hancock Co. Only d
special permit by one Of the Judges givei
4 any spectator admittsnce. Favored yes
: terday with this special privilege l attend
cd to hear the summing up Of the case b,
, the Lord Chief Justice. Thousands o
people stood about the court yard-as the.
, do every day-to catch a glimpse Of tn
claimant.
II it 10 your first view Of al Englisl
D court room. as it was mine, the sense O
the ludicrous Involuntary comes owe
you. a. your eyes rest upon the judge
, seated high in front, in long black gowns
D ermine trimmings, and immense whit
wigs, fitting closely to their foreheads
Facing the Judges are three long rows Of
seats occupied BY over fifty Barristsrs. al
IN gowns, and white wigs,-every COSTUME
precisely alike. Seated behind these wer,
the Lady spectators perhaps sixty and thi
was the capacity Of the room. Lady Rad
ciifYe, the former love of Roger. was seates
/ near the Jury in front. The claimant
whoever ~ h, WAS writing At small side
table very scar u, and really has thu
makeup Of gentleman. he il about 4;