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Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

HIS BOOKS, ONE OF HIS BABIES. SOME GIN,
AND BUYING HOUSE.

Harper for July contains long and fresh
letter from Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1t was
addressed to William II. Pike. Mr.. Pike
was for many years Collector of the port of
Salem, and his acquaintance with the great
romancer began early and did not close until
he died. The letter was written from Lenox,
Mass, on July 81, 1851, and in part, is as
follows:
DEAR PIKE: should have written to you
long since, acknow Lodging the receipt Of your
gin. and in answer to your letter, but have
been very busy with my pen. Is to the gin,
cannot speak of its quality, for the bottle
has not yet been opened, and will probably
remain corked till cold weather, when mean
to take an occasional sip. I really thank
you for it, however; nor could help shed.
ding few quiet tears over that which was so
uselessly split by the expressman.
The most important news have 10 tell
you (if you have not already heard of iii is
that we have another daughter, now about 2
months old. She is very bright and
healthy child. and neither more nor less
handsome than babies generally are.
think feel more interest in her than I did
in the other children at the same age, from
the consideration that she is to be the
daughter of my age-fhe comfort Cat least 50
it is to be hoped of my declining years
BY the wav. if | continue to prosper as
heretofore in the literary line, / shall soon
be in a condition to buy place: and il you
should hear Of one. say worth from 81, 500 to
s2 900. wish you would keep your eye on
it for me. should wish it to be on the sea.
coast. or at all events, with easy access to
the sea. Very little land would suit my pur-
yn.ap buf rant 0nod bcs,.o
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15
Maine Steamship Co.,
Semi Weekly Line to NesU York.
Steamers Eleanora and Franconia,

VIII, until further notice, leave
= Franklin Wharf, Portland every
N MONDAY and THURSDAY, at
elrE1ia=Il<S-e O'Clock, P. NJ, and leave Pier Is,
East River, New York. every MONDAY and THURS
DAY at4P. NJ.
During the summer months these steamers viii
stop af Vineyard Haven their passage to and from
New York. Price, including stateroOms. $500.
These Steamers are fitted up with nne accommoda-
Yonfe for TraveIIers between New York and Maine.
Goods destined beyond Portland or New York for
waried TO destination ut ence.
From Dec lst TO Nay lsf, no passengers VIII De
taken BY this line.
J.F. ANES, Agent, Pier g, E. q, n. 7.
change street. NnsW
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

This will be unwelcome news to Whitelaw
Reid: I'D. o. Mills, Whitelaw Red's father
in-law, has given $4,000 to the University
of California to endow chair of intellectual
and moral philosophy and civil polity." He
will have to hurry home and stop such ex-
travagant nonsense at once.-N Y. Star.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

The Illinois State Board of Health pro-
examine emigrants arriving in the State, and
to vaccinate all those who have not been al
ready operated upon.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

The Newport correspondent Of the Provi-
dence Journal writes: "Mr James Gordon
Bennett has already made known to some of
in the autumn. He will go in his new steam
yacht now in process of building, and will be
accompanied by a large number of friends"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

Subscription books of the Palestine Rail-
road Company have just been opened in Bos-
ton. The purpose of the company is to con-
struct road and telegraph line from Cairo
Egypt through Palestine to Assyria. The
par value of the stock is 500.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15

paiIp krnnebe, suurnal.

The New York Times says that it is an
open secret that Kalakaua, King of the Ha-
waiian Islands, is on a voyage around the
world for the purpose of selling his Kingdom.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15
A LIAM LINE M RoYA.L y A.. MAIL ..a;.i|;1 STEAM 3 n

4 LIAM LINE ROYAL MAIL STEAM
N SHIPS. The magnificent steamship PA kC
WAN sails from Boston direct for Liverpool June
9th.
Sailings from QUEBEC every SATURDAY, CON-
mencing May z. This route presents unprecedented
adv antages to tourists, enabling them to
view the Lower 81 Lawrence. In addition the dis
and Of The reduced distance lO miles Is inland navi
gstion reducing the actual ocean voyage to mini
mum of days.
Extra ships from GLASGOW, GALWAY,
QUEENSTOWN AND LONDONDERRY DIRECT
TO BOSTON.
For passage and information apply to THOMAS
MURPHY orc. b MORTON, sgent at Augusta, Ne /,
or LEVE ALDEN, agents, 207 B'dway. n. y;
sol ssngton ST., Boston; l01 South 5th ST., Ihil-
adeiphia. mayAt&w6mos
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15
The Latest Yet.
But the Same Result.
Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street. Fl
ofCourt, by SPRAGUE SoN.

So. Norridge ock, Me-, Feb. l, 1851.
Messrs. Morris & Ireland, Boston, Mass:
The safe bought of you last october, was In
two story wooden building which burned January
IS The building tsok fire in the night and the safe
building and its contents, fell into the cellar upon
pile of dry wood, making hot fire which lasted for
ten hours. The outside o. the safe was ht aed red
hot II melted the handle and dial od the door.
The contents consisted of watches. jewslfy.
silverware, books, papers. etc., all of which cane
out in good condition. Papers lying against the IN
for itself what Il is, and l feel well satisfied with
what II has done. Please write what you eau allow
u. +. HALL.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15
THE c0RBIN BANKING COMPANY,
43 Milk ST., Boston.
mar2itmw&fd

1Oty1R cured In 10 to 3odsys. Ten yearses-
HKyIv tablished; l0rp cured Write stat.
VI uVuvuinge eass. Ds- xAas4, Quincy 4icA
apEof1nss
Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-07-15
INTERNATIONAL
Pavement Co.
First Mortgage Bonds,
With a Bonus Of Stock.

the highest favor, both in this country and in Europe
and it is considered TO approach perfection more
nearly than anv other
The Works of the Company at Providence. r.
L. and at Hastings, " Y. and the needs of its bus
viii require additional ones at Chicago and
ether large cities,
Negotiations now pending with capitalists in
London and PART 'or the righ' 70 manufacture and
use this pavement IN those cities.
Few enterprises row on the market promise "a
profitable business this one.
The Company requires additional means TO extend
their facilities uacturing and offer for sale the
second hoo 900 of their cent bonds (conv.r-
Bile into sfock) at par and interest These bonds
carry bonus Of stock. which is fixed for the present
at fifty per cent.
Pan phlets and full information furnished, and
subscriptions received by
, 1881-12-03

at Elm estimates the loss to private
owners by the destruction Of meadow
and pastures at 360,0O0f, and by the
destruction Of forests and houses
at $50, The loas sustained by
the commune is computed to amount
to SOC, 000f., without reckoning the
indirect losses arising from de
probation of property and partial
damage to buildings and Ind. These
figures imply almost complete ruin
for the inhabitants of the valley.
TIE amount collected for their relief
is about 100000, and the canton
reimburses 6 per cent. on the amount
of their losses.-TimeS.
, 1881-12-03
n "a n Y.

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The Greeks have forcibIy expelled
the empzoy(s from the Turkish Post
office at La1issa, vlom the Porte de-
sired to leave there on the ground
that the Greeks have post-oAice8 at
Janina and Constantinople. Izzo'
Effendi the Minister of Posts and
Telegraphs, has proposed to the Porte
to close these Greek Post-ofices as
a measure Of retaliation.-Ibid.
, 1881-12-03

name Of Amy Normandy. A few years
later she was known in Liverpool as Mrs.
Trenefdl. There she arranged that her
son-the yourg gentleman who figured as
her brother at the trial for libeI-should
go to reside with a clergyman in Cheshire
as companion to his son. Under the name
OF Mrs. Trenefili she was known in this
country, and under that name she seems
to Lave lectured at Washington on the
death Of Senator Sumner. In fact, the
prosecution showed concIusively that
much of her story was false. She was
not contradicted merely by one or two
witnesses; a crowd Of respectable ladies
aud gentlemen came forward to say that
they lad known her as Mrs. Trenei1i,
AMI the jury had no alternative but to
find her guilty.
Her attempt to clear her character has
thus IamentabIy failed. Her story has
been pulled to pieces, and she is shown
to be an imposlor. But the result might
easily have been different. It would seem
that before the action was tried there
We're overtures for a settlement {; and who
knows whether, if Mr.. Philip had wavered
a little, Miss Wilberforce might not now
have been a SORT OF heroine, reapipg the
fruits Of her good work at PIevoa and
figuring conspicuovs!y aud not dissdvan-
tageously in society? The arts she has
displayed at the two trials might have
Brought her success of The sort which
she probably priced. Improbable aud
wild though her story now seems when a
flood of hight is thrown upon it, it might
have passed muster. 1t rested with Mr..
Philip to prove that size was the lmpostor
he bad branded her, and 1t is not easy to
make good il a court OF Justice suspi-
cions, however reasonable they may be,
when it is necessary TO 90 back for proofs
twenty years ago. Her courage was
amazing. She scof.d at documents and
witnesses. She insisted that all the
charges against her were false, and that
she had nothing to do with " the gyrntions
q Of that amusing Jack Sheppard IN pet
:" ticonts, Mrs. Trencfli," Probably in
BIER varied lie she bad found that most
men are simpIetoas when a c%'ever, good
looking, and audacious lady sets herself 10
outwit them. She acted once too often
on this maxim ; but her expectation was
not wholly irrational, and it Is daring
adventureSseS such as she who carry their
point, defeat their supposed caIumniato's,
and live to head subscription lists and
acquire a good name in the world. Mr..
Phl'p has reason to congratulate himself
that he was not rouIcted in damages by
some chivairous jury for speaking harshly
Of a fascinating p%IaintIif. As tor Miss
WiIbprforce, she will not tor some time
be forgotten. 1t is rarely TINT so curious
a parsonage stands 10 the dock. A woman
whom Flaubert might have drawn in his
terrible way, whom B4Izac might have
placed in his gallery of female portraits,
and whom ThackeraY might have sketehed
as a pendant to Becky Sharp. She las
an air of novelty and even romance about
her. ole 4asord est te plus grand "roman-
cier du monde,7 said BaIzac IN his intro
duction to bis "Human Comedy )" and
from time to time our Courts accidentally
bring to light characters aud careers which
outstfip tue marvels of studied romaoces.
, 1881-12-03
The WiEbpF10rcc Case.
(Trom the TimcS.)

Mabel Wherefore, after a four
days trial at the odd Bailey on a
charge Of perjury has been found
guilty and sentenced to nine months
Imprisonment with hard Iabour. No
fault can be found with either tho
verdict or the punishment on the
score of severity. No reasonable
doubt can exist as to the falsenrss of
the story told by her in the course Of
the trial for libel at Westminster,
Though the jury could not at first
agree, and the foreman at one time
said there was no chance of their
agreeing, they at last returned a YER
dict of guilty, recommending the
prisoner to mercy, she may be
thankful that the Judge acted upon
the suggestion, and did not pass a
more severe sentence for, in spite Of
the hesitation Of tho jury to convict
her, rarely was a clearer case CT per-
Jury disclosed. There has been some
disposition-th the influence Of which
ever the jury probable did cot escape
to sympathIze with the prisoner.
It is one of the worst peculiaritleS OF
our criminal law that it tends to excite
commiseratiOn for rather unworthy
objects. A prisoners mouth IS closed,
so that he cannot freely tell the jury
his own story. If poor, he may rot
have professional assistance, or be
able to procure the necessary evil
dence j; and he may be incapable Of
understanding the technically worded
Indictment, and may be wholly at q
loss to know what he may or may
not do. The knowledge OF the exis-
tence of these serious disadvanta-
ges is often the means Of exciting a
good deal of undcseryed sympathy ;
and Mabel Wilberforce may have
received c0mmisoration on account OF
circumstances net in any way peculiar
to her trial. Her behaviour in court
may also have stirred up in some
minds kindness and pity tor her.
She dwelt SO effectively upon her
nelplessness. She professed to be 50
shocked at the indellcacy Of some of
the charges as to be unable to answer
them. She displayed or feigned a
degree of refinement which was en-
barassing to the prosecution, and she
affected to disdain TO refute statements
which, according to the evidence,
admitted of no reply. Tier refusal
TO meet most of the charges, not TO
sneak OF her personal attractions, her
self-possesslon, and courage have
made opinion lenient and lax towards
, 1881-12-03

ner. But the Jury would nave been
grossly at fault had they failed TO show
their sense of the gravity Of her crime.
Perjury, it is on all hands allowed,
is committed in our courts Of Justice
with lamcntabIe frequency. Unscru-
pu!ousmen know how rarelyit is taken
notice of and what obstacles there
are in the way Of a successful prose-
cutjoH and they say just what they
please. They are well aware that
the cautions Of the Judge about the
consequences Of net speaking the
truth rarely mean anything serious,
and they act accordingly. Had this
clever adventures been suffered to go
unpublished for her long string of
periuries-whicb had not, we may
observe, quite 50 innocent a motive
as blr. Justice Hawkins seemed to
assume-a public scandal would have
been committed, and the result would
have been hailed as an invitation TO
claimantsa and adventuverstoc come from
the ends Of the earth and try their for
tunes in ourcourts. Miss Viiberforce
is a more han usually interesting
criminal she possesses a talent for
intrigue and gifts as a romancer
which might have served her in good
stead in life she was meant for some
thing better than the fate which has
befallen her. But she cannot be
expected to-be allowed to tell endless
lies in a witneSs-box, and then to
retire vita as much i%mpunitv rs if a
play which she had pat upon the
stage bad failed.
The acri0n for libel out OF which the
prosecution grew was Of SO singular
a character that tie main facts Of il
cannot have been forgotten. Her
story was that she bad been cruelty
eIandered and maii9ned, and she ap-
praled to an English jury to clear
her character by their verdict. She
stated that she was the daughter of a
physician who had practiced at In
dianapolis in the United States, aud
who died about five years ago, She
came to Europe, was for a time at
school at Campden-hlIl and suisse
ouentIy was educated at the Convent
of the SacrG CWur, in the Avenue
Josephine, in Paris. AS a young lady
she Joined the Bed Cross Society,
and in her zeal went to Pleyna to sue
our and tend the wounded and sick.
Having met a Paris it'll DIR. PLnlp a gen
tIeman of about IS years Of age, site so I'M
pressed him as a Christian Iady toud ct
good works, that he adopted her as his
daughter. Yet Dr.. Philips son bad dared
to stigmatize her as ii SWiudler and an
adventures, and to insinuale that his
fathers life Was not safe while she was
near him. and She asked Che jury to show
to the word by their verdict that she had
been wroneed. The result was %untortu-
nate. One bit after another OF her story
crumbled away. She contradIcted herself
again aud again. She gave conflicting
accounts Of the life OF her father the
documents which she produced were
copies,thc originals Of which were strange
ly missing no trace of the trustee to
whom she so often referred could be
found: aud Der own counsel felt it his
du.y 10 throw up lis bdet. Lotg before
the trial at Westminster was over, go one
in count bad a doubt thut her story was,
in many PARIS at all events, a l"brlcauoa.
The P,EIic Prosecutor thought lit TO
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Simon Cameron,s Railroad.

Standing to-day looking out upon the
stretch of railroad which winds from
this thriving city off toward the State
Capital, an old gentleman near me said:
" Do you know that Simon Cameron
built this railroad from here to Harris
burgh? And how he did have to fight
against the prejudices of the stubborn
German farmers who lived along the line
ofthe route! l recollect," he continued,
+" of my father telling me years ago of
the public meeting which Mr.. Cameron
called at Middletown to further the
building of this railroad. There was a
good crowd present and bright man,
a good talker, who was then the At
torney-General of the State, made a
very spread-eagle speech, but the sub
ject was too big for him, it slipped from
his grasp, and he failed to state clearly
the real object of the meeting.
Mr.. Cameron, finding his orator
lacking in the essential element of prac-
tical statement, took the stand himself
and explained what he wanted to do. 1t
then took two days to go to Philadelphia
from Harrisburg. Mr. Cameron stated
that when the railroad was built you
could eat breakfast at home in the morn
ing. go to Philadelphia. spend several
hours, and take supper at home again
in the evening. This statement was al
together too much for the quiet farmers
so long used to the stage-coach, and
when the meeting broke up there was
only one man in the whole crowd who
took eny stock in Mr.. Cameron's state
ment. A short time after the meeting
was over he approached Mr.. Cameron
in the country hotel and said: Simon,
you made that story little too big.
You might go down one day and come
back the next, but both ways in one day
is too much for an honest mind to be-
lieve. l think, myself. the railroad will
be great thing for us, but not SO great
as that The next day he sent Mr..
Cameron one of his best cows with its
calf to show his respect for Mr.. Cam.
eron's foresight and to emphasize his
faith in his building the railroad. -
Lancaster Letter to Philadelphia Press.
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Dawes Man Heath.

The New Orleans Democrat OF the
22d published the following statement
by X. ID. Bridger, Judge of the Fourth
judicial District, in relation to the pub
LEGATION made by Mr.. Charles Heath
concerning the burning of his property
in Caldwell Parish on The night Of De-
cember rs last:
Judge Bridger says: Il will state
that Charles Heath owns no property in
this parish, and that he never has
owned any. His brother, Edward
Heath, owns a plantation in this parish,
situated ten miles below Columbia
The property was given in and assessed
last fall in the name of Edward Heath,
being given in as 260 acres of land and
valued, including all the buildings
thereon, at $500; the value of horses,
mares, mules, neat cattle, etc.. was
$3.50; the cash value of all carriages,
wagons and vehicles of all kind was
$75; the cash value of all merchandise
or stock in trade was $400-making q
total appraised value of Edward Heath's
property in this parish of s.. $40, which
was a liberal and fair appraisement.
Charles Heath usually visited the place
and managed it for his brother. He
was never on the place more than three
or four months during each year. The
place was generally leased to or worked
on shares by laborers."
The Judge further says: 1.-The ward
in which Mr.. Heath place is situated
is controlled by the colored population
in it. 1t is represented in the Police
Jury by colored man who is also q
memberof the Parish School Board.
The Justice of the Peace and Constable
are both colored. The statement of
Charles Heath in relation to the alleged
troubles and the causes thereof are
false. In the first place, every one in
this parish manages his property or
plantation to suit himself, and 1 have
never heard any objection or protest to
their SO doing. 1t is fact that planta-
tions are leased in various parts of the
parish to colored laborers, with not 9
single white man upon them, and
have never heard of an objection or
difficulty in consequence thereof
The Columbia Herald published an
account of the burning of Heath's gin
house at the time. The Judge further
says: ''There having been several
fires recently in the parish and all OF
the buildings burned being insured, l
determined to have the matter investi-
gated. Our District Court met on the
first Monday in January and in my
charge to the Grand Jury called their
attention 10 these facts and instructed
them to investigate the matter fully. !
directed their special attention to the
Heath burning and directed them to
| investie ate the affair."" The following
is an extract from the report of the
Grand Jury at that term: "That they
have made special inquiry into the
burning of the gin and mill of Heath,
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Strange Fear Of Wind.

There is young man living few
miles from Americas who, we are in
formed is terribly frightened whenever
the wind blows hard. A neighbor OF
his tells that frequently, when blowing
and heavy breeze springs up, he has
seen him leave the plow, and, running
to a stump, throw his arms around il
and hide his head as near the earth as
possible until the wind subsidies. One
night last week the young man jumped
from his bed while asleep, ran out on
the front veranda of his house and grab
bing one of the posts, stayed there for
an hour or two, when some one hap
pening to 60 out found him fast asleep
and nearly frozen. He said when
awakened that he was dreaming that a
terrible storm was sweeping away trees
fences, etc., and he was greatly fright
ened. His people cannot account fol
his strange fear of wind.-Ansericst'
(Ga. Republican.
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"A correspondent Of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from Staunton, Va.
relates the following: "The most won
derful feat Of memory recollect of was
displayed by Blind Tom on the stage
while giving q concert here recently.
Twenty-one years sgo-in 1860--Prof.
E. L. Ide, music teacher at the Wes-
leyan Female Seminary here, attended
one of Toms concerts at Frederick,
Md, and to test the genius of the boy
played German waltz, then but little
known and made some little changes of
his own in playing it. Tom played it
of at once correctly. The other night
Professor Ide went ON the stage and
asked Tom what was the name of the
hall in which he played in Frederick in
1860. Tom without hesitation gave the
name Of the hall. He was then asked
who played for him, and he said Pro-
lessor Ide. He was then asked to re-
peat the piece that had been played for
him there. and sitting down at the
piano he accurately gave it as he had
heard it from Professor Ide twenty-one
years ago. note for note. including the
change made by the Professor at that
time."