Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-11-17
LATEST BY MAIL.

There is a movement on foot to make
Mayor Prince of Boston citizens candidate
for reelection.
General Sherman in his annual report,
which was given to the public yesterday, rec
ommends the increase of the army to $4,000
men.
The French monks can find no resting
place, unless the Vatican takes pity. Even
Spain orders them of. Portugal warns them
away.
The result of the investigation by railroad
commissioners as to the cause of the Eastern
railroad accident at Lynn, is to fix the blame
on the engineers and switchman.
Friday, Nov. 9Th, the students of Litch-
field Academy held an exhibition, consisting
of determinations and reading, at the Congre-
gatonal church in that place.
The republicans of No. Arson and vicinity
celebrated the great victory of Nov. 2nd, ON
Saturday evening the 18th inst, with a grand
illumination, torchlight procession, cannon
firing and fireworks.
Dispatches from Buffalo, n. Y, confirm
the report that the barge Morning Star,
bound from Toledo to Buffalo with a cargo
of 10000 bushels of wheat, was lost in the
storm last week, with all on board.
Commissioner John l. Davenport is in
Washington, but he is not telling his bust
ness to any one. lie says that there will
probably be developments within few days
quite AS startling as any which have been
made thus far.
An interesting sketch of Miss Jennie Smith
of Boston, who is said TO have been cured of
a long-standing bodily affection by Divine
Intervention, is published. 1t is case of
prayer cure, similar to that reported year
ago.
The Congregationalists, in session at st.
Louis, yesterday, issued an address recon-
mendng that Utah be not admitted as a State,
and that her delegate to Congress be not al
lowed to take his seat in Congress until
polygamv is abolished throughout the Terri
tory.
The contract for the consolidation of the
Union Pacific and the Central Pacific rail-
way companies, has been signed. In
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway matter
the judge will undoubtedly order the road to
be turned over by the receivers to the COM
pany.
The committee on the treasury department
of the city of Boston, submitted to the board
of aldermen, Monday afternoon, a report on
the Woodward defalcation. The total amount
OF the deficit is $50, 234.3s, and the examiner
finds that on August 10, 1875, when he was
promoted from a clerk to cashier, Wood
wards accounts were short $i,s79.s0. In
conclusion. the committee submitted an
order, which was laid over for a week, re-
quiring the treasurer to make good the de-
ficiency.
Judge Davis gave to the New York papers
Monday night for publication, a reply to A.
5. Hewitts structures on his opinion in the
famous Garfield letter forgery case. Judge
| Davis admits that he made an error, and in
looking over his notes finds that he did in
justice to Mr.. Hewitt in making him respon-
sible for the original publication of the text
| of the Chinese letter, and in not discriminate
| ing between the text and the fac-simile of the
| letter. He then goes on TO argue, however,
that this is a very small point, and that but
for HewIits Endorsement of the handwriting
| the letter would have remained in the gutter
The fac-simile was published and sent out
over the country BY the democratic National
committee. and this was the real injury to
Gen. Garfield 1t was Iewitt's approval that
gave the document is effect. But for him all
this trouble would never have come to pass
Judge Davis reviews the testimony and says
that with the exception referred to above he
made no error in his reference to the testimony.
Judge Davis says: Nobody charged or
suspected Hewitt of being guilty of forgery,
but my belief was and still is that but for
him and his course forgery would never have
been picked ont of the gutter in which it was
born and hurled into the canvass, with the
deadly power of his endorsement ard that of
| the National committee"