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The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
Possibly lnnocent Man Saved from the
GallOWs.

BuSloN, April Il. The circumstances
attending the leplle\e of john j. Pil;tlr.
who WAS to have been hung ii Windsor.
VT, III :. p. III. to-day are oi peculiar in
teleSt. He had been conN !rttd purely up
on clrcumSanIial evidence, principally
upon the testimony Of the clerk Of the
Adams House III this rltN. " no identified
him As the man who passed The night
there June ., 1874, alsj al fWo pawn
brokers who identified PhaiI' ~ the man
who pawned With them on the morning
of the IUtll, articles of ieWtlrl OF the
murdered woman. Phair asserted he was
i'll Providence the night Of The 9th and
came to Boston on the noon train of the
10th. This was. however unsubstanti-
atcd 1T the ilial This morning VI. u.
Downing Of the Novelty Manufacturing
Co., No. 80 School street, reading Phairs
statement in the morning papers, became
COM inccd thai Pllair was the man he met
and accompanied from Prov ldcnce to Boa-
ton june 10Th. and visiting the Office OF the
chief Of police, identified his photograph
among 200. II correct, il establishes IN
alibl beyond question He photographed
Gov Fairbanks al Montpelier. Ihr Con
e1mor was II 81 JohnSbuy and The dcS-
patch was resent there, arriving al p
minutes before the hour 1ul execution.
The Governor hN mere chance was 1T The
telegraph Office when it was received and
Immediately trlegrapcd the Sheriff 1T
Windsor 10 postpone the execution. The
affair has created unusual excitement,
and il is generally believed here That
l'hair is innocent
Phair has cAmrd down considerably
Tonight. Rev. Mr. Foglrr stcd him 1t
his cell at s'cltm u'clurk and found him
Just seated for supper, which was brought
from the superintendent table. Phar
did not sleep last night, but fell asleep
this morning and remained So about two
hours. He then ate 4 hearty breakfast
and had eaten nothing since then till ten
When Sheriff SInnson announced the re-
prlcNc 10 lhalr he gaSprd out. Send to
mother" He has since Scnl II dispatch
10 Gov, Fairbanks, thanking him for llc
rcpreNc.
\ despatch from Rutland SAYS The
people Of Rutland still believe hat plair.
the rtprlcNrd murderer, is guilty. They
point onl numerous Inconsistencies in his
statement and say that his guilt was fully
demonstrated al the trial. They further
say that it was shown beyond I'LL uues-
ton that the murderer went To Boston bV
the same train that phHil did. ami that
Phalr dld not stop the night before HE
murder al his usual boarding place.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
Washington Matters
TRYING To BREAK DOWN THE PRESIDEN-
TlAL POLICY.

1th lN'' ~ BkEAk DOW | IL fkESlbEN-
TlAL POLICY.
WASHlNGToN, April s. The hope Of
the President that the carpet baggers
would die peacefully after the withdrawal
OF the troops is doomed 10 disappoint
ment, The belicose attitude assumed by
Packard ha~ much diSquleteu the Adj
ministration, and now il has been aScer-
tanned thai the carpet baggerS propose
10 SHOW fight III South Carolina. Cham
berlain, on his return from New York en-
route for Columbia. stopped here and had
a long interview with W. +. Chandler and
eX-SecretalN Slanton's sou. Immediate
ly thereafter Chandler announced that
Chamberlain would stick unless turcibly
elected. and contest his ease through the
Courts and i'll the Supreme Court. Now
Senator Patterson, who offered voluntary
allegiance IL Hampton when he thought
Chamberlain was To- move out. saws he has
changed his mind. and SWaggtrs about
as helllc0Se as ever. The next step will
he 10 raise the SnpWS OF war to support
Chamberlain 1t has been ascertained
that leading Radicals who are dissatisfied
with Hayes have NOT only advised Cham
bcrlaln to stick, but assured him that the
money needed would be furnished in eN-
change for vouchers drawn by him as
Governor Of South Carolina. As 4 part
of this programme the cOlorcl tN-COn-
gresham Elliot. who is Chairman OF the
Republican State Committee of South
Carolina. Will issue an address to THE
loyal people Of the North. asking them
to give aid To prevent the turning over OF
tho he ,4IS
and cN-saNe-owners." The triple object
OF this movement on the part of Cham
berlain and his advisers and abrttolS is
to break down HaYcSS Southern policy,
make money, and aggraNatc the liamp-
ton party into some act of violence which
shall tend Ia keep alive sectional and
race antagoni>m.
HANSCOM CAUGHT AT HIS TRICKS.
Chief Naval Contractor tldnScom is in
trouble Some ten days ago Secretary
Thompson ordered certain expenditures
III Hans"omS department stopped until
Thompson could GET time To find "ut
where the money WAS going. Eight o.
ten days later Thompson learned from
private sources that the expenditures had
not been stopped in certain quarters. IN
Nes1igatl0n developed line fact that the
order had not reached those quarters.
AS Thompson does mol regard such little
cccenrrlciticS in the same light as his pre-
dccessor, the result is liable 10 be Il vi
cancy in the Department OF Construction
and Repairs. Thompson is also trying to
find ont why the appropriation for the
pay Of officers of the navy has run our
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
Uncertain Securities.

Eastern people with money to loan are
learning, by hard experience, not only to
exercise greater care III regard to their
investments, but to prefer those near
home. The history of the past has begot-
ten suspicion of those beautifully printed
and rustling bonds, purporting to be Sc
| cured on fertile lands and growing cities
located towards the setting sun. Even
the pious dodge no longer SutliceS, for the
cautious man of the world remembers
that JAY Cook suborned the whole re-
ligious press to sing the praises of the
Northern Pacific Railroad. as running
Pullman trains to the New Jerusalem Of
financial security and profit and now
the mourners 90 about the streets. Not
long ago, the people OF a western town.
concciying themselves to be oppressed by
demands to pay the interest on their
bonds, bought Il neighboring tract Of
prairie, and proceeded to remove them
selves, their men servants and maid ser
wants, their horses and asses. and their
dwellings, which happened to be of wood,
to that place Of refuge leaving the
closed upon.
And now the t. 5. Supreme Court has
rendered a decision which invalidales
S446,0OO county and township bonds is
sued in 1869 10y Kane, Kendall, La Sale
and Marshall counties, Illinois, in favor
of the Ottawa, OStcgo and Fox River
Valley railroad. The issue was author
lied by an act passed by the legislature.
empowering the towns, cities and coun-
ties along the route of the railroad by Il
majority vote Of their people to subscribe
to its stock The bonds were ten per
cent. bonds, and for several Years after
their issue the interest on them was reyu-
lallN paid, and their validity Was NOT
questioned. An examination into the
record Of the legislature however failed
to show that the authorizing act under
which they We're issued had passed the
senate. When this disco> cry was made
the counties. towns and cities stopped the
payment OF interest and the bonuholderS
brought suit to enforce it. The case Went
to the Illinois Supreme Court. and that
tribunal decided that the supposed au-
thorlZing act had never passed the legis-
laJuit. and the bonds were, therefore.
void. Another suit was brought bV the
bondholders in the nited States District
Court lt Chicago. and that court decided
not To 90 into evidence To show whether
the act had or had not been passed, and
gave Judgment for the bondhoIdcls This
ease was taken To the United States Su-
prene Court. and il affirmed the decision
Of the District Court \ reIlearine wa
asked for and granted, and on rcar2u-
lntnt, the court rtyersca the decision of
the District Court, holding hat the Su-
prelne Court Of the state having declared
the pretended act of the legislature to De
no 1c1 III all, the United States Supreme
Court must follow lis Interpretation. The
original amount Of bonds issued WAS
S45S 900: Of this $1,000 We're Subar-
quentll redeemed, Ieayin9 -l46, Wm out
standing all ol which under the final
decision IRE void ami Worthless
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The news from South Carolina, which
we publish to-day, will be found very
gratifying. The course of Chamberlain
and Of carpet baggery generally was
hopeless from the day that the order was
given for the removal of the troops. An
effort was undoubtedly made to induce
Chamberlain and his associates to resist
the occupation OF the state house bv
Hampton but the latter were doubtless
dismayed 10y the hard road before them,
and refused. The effect upon the Louis
lama question cannot be otherwise than
salntarN, and we may look confidently
for speedy settlement Of the whole en-
tanglement.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

DR.. Hayes, Massachusetts State Chem
lst, having alyzcd several specimens of
enameled iron vessels, called marbeiZcd
ironware, has found the enamel to contain
lead and arsenic i'll dangerous proportions,
winch IS very likely To imprcgnate many
KINDS OF fluids and sauces. Serious sick
ness, DR.. Hayes states, has resulted from
the use of this ware. 1t is manufactured
in New York. and should be used, if at
all, with special care.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

one day, Just after King solomon had
written Il column OF solid nonparel wise.
and moral proverbs, he took his eldest
son by the elbow, led him down the back
stairs of the palace, through the back
yard, past the WoodShtd, OUT into the
alley, backed him up behind Ahiloplirl' y
wood pile, looked Marill around to see
that no one was listening, and whispered
into the young mans ear: My son, 4
little office in Il spread eagle life insurance
company is better than cart -loadn1 pre-
lerfed stock in the Ophlr mines. And
then the monarch threw his head on one
side, drew in his chin, shut one eye ;nd
gazed At his offspring in silence. Three
years alterWard, when the Great Htbrac
Consolidated Stormy Jordan Life Assur-
ance Company, Of which the intelligent
young prince was President, went into
bankruptcy, the Young man was able to
let his father, who WAS 4 little short ut
the time, have Pa, 900 shehels for ninety
days on his simple note Of hand. Bur
lington Hawkeye
John p. Handy, jailnr al MachiuS. died suddenly
Monday forenoon He was well and about the
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

0Lco youth Of nineteen summer bee tInt in
t,tu,trcl with a YOUNG .,ir i'll Bldletord fifteen
Years old, a pupil al the Summer street Grammar
school. of excellent family The youth poured
forth 4 tale Of love with the ar,ior of a Romeo
she consented and the youth prepared letters Of
OF ms father and the damsel's mother thereto.
Presenting these To the city clerk Of Saco he got Il
certificate. The father Of the girl hearing OF the
affair, fastened to the police station and officer
Dnrgin procured a warrant from Judge Derby aud
had the young man arrested for forgery
Hiram Arbuckle Of East Montpelier, VT shot
and badly wounded George Short, fatally shot
George Bancroft and afterwards shot himself dead.
Insanity was the supposed cause
New York Customs officers while g,laging wine,
discovered on one cask lin ease filled with DIV
Mantle connected with number of wires The
nature ct the internal machine was not discovered
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The April term Of the Supreme Court
for Hancock county commenced at ELS
worth on Tuesday. Judge Peters preSid-
ing. II will be one of unusual interest,
as smith. the alleged Bucksport murder
er. will be tried. He will be defended by
II. d. Hadlocll, Esq, Of Bucksport
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

Assume a virtue. if you have it not, ;
says Hamlet. \ man in Auburn assumed
to have money when he had il not. which
is the next thing to Virtue. and for wears
paid a tax on $1,000 at interest. He died
one day, and the discovery was made that
his money was Il myth.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
News OF the City and County.

|
| lis long aud weary to repoSc and home.
| Oh. PhariSaic post how prone are we
10 stand serene, in shades of ease like thee.
Pointing through hot and dusty miles ahead.
| The path anothcr'S feet. not ours must tread
| Or when we dream the conflict almost done.
Our rest nj hand and sweet contentment won
! How. like to thee, some grim fate rises ever,
Ia mock our hopes and urge To fresh cndeavor
Almost time to plant those peas,
Now buy somc camphorand pack away yonr fur,
The robins complain OF cold feet and ,carcl,
| of worms.
Steamer City of Richmond is 10 resume hr
| landings al Lncolnvlr
pecpin= frogs and dandclion Greens are to be ill.,.
next steps in springs advance.
| Now that the winter, suppl, OF coal has s.,,.
OUT the beans are taken to the bakery
Ihc new uda Fellows lodge established AT ritl-
field l,~l week. Il m of shoot from Belfast l,d-.
Tie Unitarian church bell is nov rng for III,
purposes instead at tho brl at me I-niSersalj-
church
''ror.e- 'oy The barber has purchased The mons
owned by r. T Hauaou. uu Miller street. aud ~lu
reside rbrrr,
Tine season s, So wr advanced tlrd several y.
sons in this vicinity ar, soNing oats lheg a,...
the villa variety
| Edwards. the tuuGyy Al the ail. Nd y MI, 49,.
decline with refractory pn.rncr~ that the, rrn...
her lor long time.
portion Of me machinery t,r thc n.n .tc.u,
has arrived from Boston sch l.illjJu The bo
err came by ear ruesClay.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

tdu uldlltlldtluftlE, Mnen DOnlDSneli
exploded, Instantly killing G.. W. Jewett
oi PORT Richmond, Staten Island the head
OF the firm and son OF John Jewett. Or
\l!le y. JcWcit, a relative. also a member
al The firm. had his left hand shattered
and suffered internal injuries. He was
taken to the hospital. Joseph A. Dean Of
orange had his knee pan fractured and
suffered internal injuries. Both Dean and
o. H. JcWett refuse to make any state
ment Of the particulars OF the affair.
Pistols and a large dagger were found
among the trio. The explosion occurred
IA m office on the second floor. The
windows were blown out SCOT two inches
deep is on the floor, and the office turni-
ture powdered To bits. Pieces OF the
polnbShell are seen in the room. The
pistols and dagger are at the police sta
lion. The dead body OF Jewett lies in his
private office fronting on Buring slip, the
corpse and carpet bathed i'll gore his face
blackcned with SCOT and his hands coal
black. Coroner Eilinger is investigating
The case.
LATER PARIICULAR
The explosion is a most mysterious at
lair, 1t occurred in the rear office on the
second floor Of their building The room
vas filled with smoke. the windows were
blown out, the furniture was broken and
large Splmtcrs of wood were driven INTO
he walls ana ceiling. On the floor lay
lhIec members of the firm. George w.
JcNr1t, orNillc ID. JcWett and Joseph A.
Dean, George w. JcWett was dead. Or
llle y. JeWett was seriously injured. and
Dean badly wounded in one OF his Ices.
he utmost excitement was caused in the
ael-hhorhood 10y this discovery, and a
great crowd was attracted to the scene
I'm the confusion OF the moment no person
was able To say what had happened. aud
li was some time before the police could
restore anything like order Even then
IF was almost impossible to get anything
llhc consecutive story, and the only
rHuNn Facts IN the ease seem To tie these j:
Al 1850 o'clock this morning the Two
Hc~Sr~. JrWclt and Mr.. Dean were seated
nrar the CRATE fire in their rear office
~uadrnN
y FIERCE EXPLOSION
occurrd, and in an instant the room was
Wrecked. Subsequent search rev called a
number OF pieces of IRON in the room.
which had evidently been part OF Il shell
81 "1lVi ga mac ilillt. ms was IL IS
NNpf"StH. tohctaitu N me IRE, although
~" "Ht connected WIN the Once appears
Io have the least idea where il came from
ul To- whom il belonged. Nothing of the
huud was ever seen in The office before
and So far ~ could be ascertained no ca
pi"Si\'~ "l any hIld were used III the
.'u1 iilrS ne ilISi lhItt hfelhen N the
hdHdLh@ Micf ne explosion were aSsls-
I'm llffNith Il, McN""k' II. Murray and
Warren. heir inst care was for the
bounded mem George Jewett was past
HosiSt4hcr. y fragment OF shell had cut
ID l'aiIHl cash IN ms thigh snd he was
Otherwise injured .. ID. JeWett, another
nenher u thc firm. was injured, internal
~ ana ny wa, ~ once sent to the hospital
"Atrv ne ne III a critical condition Jo-
I'M y Dean, the third partner, is less
fll"uslN INJURED. he having escaped with
Ice wound. y carriage was procured,
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The correspondent who sends us Il sketch
concerning dogs, and promises to aspire To
the natural history of COWS, is informed
that Our George has the monopoly Of that
department. We can't have two Rich
munds in thai field.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

WarcrVile city liquor agency va, rob
bed of 5000 worth of liquor one night re-
Gently That's 4 danger which Belfast
escapes. Who steals our city rum, steals
what We hayn't got.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

\ very ycrdant Portland man made The
acquaintance Of 4 plausible stranger in
Boston. and loaned him 800, receiving a
bogus $1,000 bond as security. He is now
poor in purse, but rich in experience in
fact ii viii suffice for his life time.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The oId South Ban, At Music Hal,
Boston. on Monday evening, was sue
cess sufficient TO require three or four
columns Of the big dalies for The deScrip
ton. The object is to raise funds to re-
deem the Old South church.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

There is not only a murderous mania
among the people Of Maine, but an lnac-
countablc suicidal tendency. People are
cutting their Threats and hanging and
drowning themselves with fearful fire.
quency. What does it all spring from
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The Y. $ supreme Court has decided
that the Centennial Commissioners must
| repay the million and 4 half loaned hv
Congress thus reversing the decision of
the lower court. It disturb> the speeni;t-
tive plans Of certain associates.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The remarkable story OF John Phll
and his narrow escape from execution,
which we publish To day, viii be read
with interest. Ii seems Incredible thai he
should have been convicted on mistaken
testimony, when the clerk of the Boston
hotel where the murderer STAYED and
where he left a portion Of the murdered
WOman's goods, as we'll Two paWnbrokers
where her ieWery was pawned, all iden-
titled Phair as the man. Ii is lOnblv for
tunatc that Mr.. Downing = statement came
out before phair was hung first because
it saves Il possibly innocent man; and
second, because if il had not been reveal
ed Just as it was, Phar would have been
considered us iudicially murdered
Anna Dickinson continue IL make bad
failures as an actress All the New York
newspapers said SO after her recent ap-
pearance iii that city. On Monday even
ing, after the play was over, She came to
the front Of the stage, and proceeded 10
give the newspaper men a piece Of her
mind, calling each by name. 1t made
some sensation in the scantily filed house.
But Anna can't establish Il reputation as
an actress by proving herself 4 scold.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

\ ellnoulded arm is pretlicr without brace
lets; beside they are liable to scratch Il fellows
ears Belfast Journal.
What are your ears doing down on 4 bracelet =!
Roll them up and skcwer them with one of the
new fashioned arrow ear rings. Boston Daily ADV.
TO the funny man Of the Advertiser
the mention OF ears is ALWAYS eXaspera-
ting. He has lost both those appendages,
one having been nailed u 4 post in Della
ware to atone for :; hen roosl robbery BY
the t. m. and the other cut of in Cali
1olnla because they couldn't appreciate
his joke concerning some shirts hung out
to dry. He can boast of il greater width
between the ears than any person living
having in fact q continents breadth
from one to the other. When he as adj
dressed in the language OF Mare Antony
''lenu me Nour ears" he lent them: he
couldn't we'll refuse. Anybody having a
fertilizer that will cause ears to sproul
from the old roots, can find cash CUSTOM
er III The Advertiser office And if an APP
prOprlate toast is to be waited toward
the man aforesaid LET il b,4 'Ere'S 10 Nr
me boy"
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
To which Chamberlain l,.pljes

III Replying To Your note Of this date have
Ia say lh'ti my private Secretary will meet such
officer rs You may DESIGNATE at /? NJ To morrow
Al The Executive Chamber nr the purpose ind
Gated iii noi.
despatch from Columbia says there
/" II" excitement whatever, all parties
Seem 70 take the result is proper for the
future welfare Of the state.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

The Democrats east OF The rcnubscut STRONGLY
dcsre that the state convention may De held this
year At some point IL Hancock or Washington
County. Their delegates have III past Years al
tended onEcntionS IL Portland. Aunusti and Ban
cor, At much trouble and expense To themselves
and they feel that The time has CONF, hen they
are entitled to have their convenience consulted in
some degree Tins certainly seems 10 be only in. t.
and We rASt that the State committee, will take The
facts INTO consideration in fixing the place iur Tho.
convention 1t is suggested that The Democracy
might appropriately celebrate the funrth of luIy
IL Bar Hafb"r. ii the same time holding the con
ventl"n there. There is an abundance of hotel ac
c'inln"datl"n al that place. and plenty Of hail
room. :" there could be no objections made on
these accounts. kocEl1ud Opinion
The above would be Il decided innnAu-
ton upon the established custom Of hold
lng the conventions alternately 1T Ban
gor, Augusta and Portland This has
been found to accommodate the whole
state. upon the whole, rs we'll as amy az
rangement that could he made. Still. if
il IS thought best To try the experiment
OF It change, We shall inlrrpoSe no objrc-
ton. Bun ii must he borne in mind that
the convention will he holden 1T the sea-
son when the seaside hotels are crowded :;
and llllcNiSt thai the convention REQUIRES
4 hall of about 1900 seating capacity.
which will scarcely be found AT Bar Hal-
Dor. The whole matter is with The State
Commillec. who are competent to decide.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

81 BStRlBERS renting money or desiring TO
have the address Of papers changed must state the
Post Office 10 which the paper has been sent as
we'll uS the office To which ii is 10 90.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12

John p. Handy, jailnr al MachiaS. died suddenly
Monday forenoon He was well and about the
house up to the moment OF his death.
The Republican journal., 1877-04-12
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