Daily Kennebec journal., 1880-08-31

xounr Boutelle. most intelligent and ami
able iady. still residing think at Brunswiek'
was also preseut and witness at the eAan'
;nat;on. and showed the falsity OF many OF
the statements. 1t was proved on the testi-
timonv of several of the sailors. as welA rs
the cook. that Mrs Boutelle had most hu-
namely interested herself for the poor Great
ure on the passage.
ArFrpAyrrs WHICH TELL THE Truth.
On inquiry | found that Consul Tucker
kent his word and that no record OF the case
,ras nreseryed in the Consulate Archives, and
M report of the case, not even the sllgntest
reference to it. was ever forwarded to the
stare Department at Washington. oo-
tanned from Consul Packard the following
certificates
UNITED STATES CONSULATE,
T. Stephen B. Packard Consul of the United Siates
of America at Liverpool. certify that the ceIl; =;
hereto annexed relating to Sharies a. tn Tust;ces
to the Peace OF the City of Liverpool ana asc ma
the extracts from The Liverpool Daily ros' ,s." sSa
liverpool Daily Mercury, of the 30th of August ieo
and The Liverpool Daily Courier, of the 3lst OF
August 1882 are full and true extracts from those
papers. respectively, OF what 1iefsin napptsIie
Given under my hand and seal Of Office this loth
day of July, A. D. 1880. c.,,
CITY MAGISTRATES OFFICE,l
Date ST. LIVERPOOL, July Ii. lSsO
hereby certify that on the 29th DAY OF AusGS.
1859, one Charles A. Boutele was brought before re
James Aiken, Esq, one of Her Majestys Justices OF
the Peace for the borough of Liverpool, under war
rant granted by the American Minister IN LONDON
under the extradition treaty charged WIN aa
man on the high seas on board the American ship
Conoueror, and the said Justice after hearing the
evidence did not consider there was such case as
birn in
America, and he was. therefore. discharged.
RICHARD ELLIS. Clerk to the Justices.
Extract from The Liverpoo1 Daily fost' August 'o
Before Mr.. James Aiken. Charles Addison Bou
telle was again brought before the court on war
rant at the instance of the American Minister for
causing the death of Peter Antonio, black seaman
on board the Conqueror, an American ship OF when
the prisoner was mate and his father captain, tne
same witnesses were called before the coroner but
their evidence was much shaken on crossnXamina-
ton when appeared that they had made no charges
till after they had dispute with the captain and
mate about wages The cook of the ship was called
for the defence and entirely negaved the alleged Ill
usage, and Mr.. Bickerton, the surgeon, swore tnat
all appearances of the body quite consistent with
natural causes. Mr.. Aiken thought there was not
such case TO justify him in sending the prisoner
for trial America and he was therefore discharged
Extract from The Liverpool Daily Post, August 81
1859
THE ALLEGED HOMICIDE ON AN AMERICAN SHIP.
Charles Addison Boutelle, mate of the American
ship ConquerOr, appeared on remand to answer the
charge of having caused the death of Peter Antonio
a seaman. Mr.. Aspnall, who appeared for the de-
fence called witness who stated that deceased fell
from his bunk and afterward told him that he then
received the injury which subsequently resulted in
death. DIR. Bickerton, who was present AT the hear
ing OF the said that the injury could have been
caused by such fall that described, and the pris
ener was therefore discharged.
An extract from The Liverpool Daily Mer
curry. August 80, 1859, is precisely like the
foregoing except the first head line.
CAPTAIN BoUTELLE's GALLANT CAREER.
The whole truth was that a bad and vic
ious crew of European sailors, just such as
any captain is liable to have dealings with,
sought to violate their contract and force their
discharge and payment before they had
right to demand it. Anyone familiar with
the nature of these sailors who are shipped
in French, Spanish and Portuguese ports
knows that it is impossible to exaggerate
their absolute recklessness. Their affidavits
are no more to be taken as evidence without
cOrroboration than any other form of desper-
ate assertion for interested motives. In this
particular case, as Magistrate Aiken stated
the affidavits were especially malicious, false
and vile. The American Consul would not
even make Il record of the case. and an Eng
lish Magistrate peremptoriy dismissed it.
The democratic politicians of Maine have
now sent hither to get copies of these old,
malicious. lying afhdavltS that were Summar-
lily kicked out of the American Consulate
and the English Court. | wonder they took
SO much trouble and expense. They might
just as well have invented some at home and
stated the case as they imagined would best
suit them. Perhaps that is what they are in
tending to do in the end.
The truth is that far from being harsh
or cruel officer Charles A. Boutelle was es-
pecially humane, kind and considerate
When he came to command ship, as he did
in the ensuing year, he found the contact with
rough and desperate crews distasteful to him.
and he early made up his mind to abandon
the profession of seamanship, in which at the
time he STOOD for one of his age at the verv
head The war soon after followed, and he
rushed into that with :hc patriotic ardor for
the flag which have thought is never felt so
keenly and so manly as by those who have
carried it at the masthead on foreign waters
and looked to it as the symbol of safety and
protection.
Captain Boutelles subsequent career in
politics has been meritorious and brilliant
and speaks for itself | have sought the priv
ilege of your columns tor narrative that
vindicates the character of a splendid young
American, and which at the same time illus
trates the venom and the malignity of the
democratic party. Americans abroad unite
in praying that the deep dishonor of that
party's return to power may be spared us.
We shall feel it abroad as keenlv as YOU all
feel it at home. MERCHANT MARINE.
LIVERPOOL, July 80, 1880.