Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-17
a. SCRAP OF LITERARY BIsFoEY-
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN"

a very buoyant floating item, credited
to the Chicago Inter Ocean, is now making
the rounds Of the press, in which item ii is
made to sppear that Mr.. Jewell, The
original purcbaser-in book form-of Mrs,
Stoves "Uncle Toms Cabin" has been
interviewed" concerning the early history
Of thst work, and in The interview has
stated that Professor Stowe and his wife,
HarFies Beeeher Stowe, appealed TO him
iJewelD with the manuscript, Offering ii
for sale that Professor Stowe advised his
wife to sell it for fifty dollars, or "a new
black gown, but that MIR. Jewell, in the
plentitude of his generosity, dissuaded the
silly couple from parting with the copy.
right snd that subsequently,, when the
first dividend of ten thousand dollars was
due and payable he gave Professor Stowe,
to his immeasursble astonishment, a eheck
for the ten Thousand dollars that the Pro-
fessor was 60 ignorant of commercial Gus.
tom and law that he did not know what to
do with the check, but that he Mr..
Jewelll kindly went with him and his wife,
exploiting to them she check system, and
advising them TO deposit the proceeds of
the check in the same bank upon which it
TAs drawn.
Now, If Mr. Jewell is the suthor OF
these statements he is guilty of willful
Misrepresentation: and If the Chicago
IHtcr.OceaH Invented them and placed
them in Mr.. Jewell's mouth, it mas perpe.
trated gross fraud, and hss misrepre-
sente6 the history Of the book. The early
history of the work may be presented
briefly, as follows Doctor Gamalsl Bal.
ley was the publisher Of an anti-sIavery
psper in Cincinnati, Ohio, from
about the year lS44 to lS49.
During the brief period of the pub
hcstion. or attempted publication, Of this
parer the type aud press were thrown into
the Ohio river on eight separate occasions
by mohs. The anti-slsvery sentiment Of
the country rallied to the support Of DR..
Bailey, and he was furnished capiI% sufi,
cient to establish q weekly paper. devoted
to the anti-siAverY csuse, in the city oi
Washington. This be did some time early
in The gear 1919, naming his paper ;hs
National Era. It was by far the sblss'
paper devoted to the anti.slsvery caust
every published in this country. Througl
its columns the public was first introduced
TO Alice and Phebs Carey. The very first
poetic efforts Of these gifted women ap
psared in the columns Of the Era. Sarah
Jane Clark Grace Greenwood Mrs.
Lippinoott-furnishe her first article foi
publication 60 The same paper. Emma D.
f. n. Southworth. now literary celeb.
rity, wrote her FIRST story for DR.. Bailey,
paper. It wss entitled "Msrk Sunder.
land, or the Story of an Island Estate. >
Martha Russell, the author of some brill
iant sketches, WAS, at the time of her first
literary efforts, servant girl in the fam
lly Of DR.. Bailey.
Early in 1850 DR.. Bailey wrote to Mrs
Harriet Bsecher Stowe, thsn residing il
Cincinnati, inclosing check for 5000, re
questing that lsdy to write the best story
she could for the money and forward III
chapters in irstAllmenta to the ofics OF th.
National Era. Mrs. Stowe accepted tbs
offer, and it was announced in the columns
of the Era that sshort serial story by Mrs
Stowe would shortly appear, and the title
given in this preliminary announcement
was "Uncie Toms Cabin; or, the Mar
Who Was Thing" When the frs.
chapter of tie esory, however, appeared il
1851. the title had been changed to ''Uncl,
TOMS Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly.