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VOL. I. AUGUSTA, ME., 1I!II)AV MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1G, 1870. NO. 221
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amount of farming, home find miscellaneous read*
ing with a full compilation of state new.'.
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Published -every Wednesday morning,
I-* the largest tolio paper in tho State, containing
news, pditiual articles, agri uUuntl and scientific
matter, t lies, poetry, anecdotes, household recipes,
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subsequent insertion.
All transient advertisement* to be paid for in
advance. _
Edward Rowse,
124 W A TE It S Tit E E T
DEALER IN
Hg Watches, Jewelry,
AND SILVER WARE !
Agent tor the
Waltham Watch C'oinp\v,
And LAZARUS A MC.IRIS’
I*ei~fectetl Spectacles.
tW special attention paid to the repairing of all
kinds of
FINE M ATCHES.
Chronometer Rnlanccii
applied and accurately adjusted to temperature
Dosition and laochronism.
me TAKE'* BV TRANSIT.
tljanTO-tf
■ S. W. HUNTINGTON & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer, in
GENTS’ FURNISHING GUODS
190 Water Street,
AUGUSTA, Mil.
S4 Devonshire St.,
BOSTON, M ASS.
S. W. Huntington, S. L. Huntington
Bon). Huntington, ( has. It. \a>on.
HSfeb-ly
FIRST CLASS
EATING HOUSE!
flMIE subscriber would inform the travelling pub*
J. lie that Ik* lias opened
A First Class Fating House,
— AT
XO. 1» WATER STREET
Gardiner, Maine,
formerly known a.> Somes' Saloon.
The rooms have all been refurnished in the best
possible manner. Tin* Ladies’ Hoorn, up stairs, is
large and elegantly arranged. Meals will be fur
nished at all hours.
Table Boarders Accommodated
By the week at reasonable rate.-.
And by strict attention to business, the Prop ie
tor hopes to merit a liberal share <>f the public
patronage. D. ’V. VISING.
Gardiner, July Ifl» t87ft. _ jtbi-Jnlyl9
PLUMBING !
rpilK Subscriber begs leave to inform the citizen*
JL ot Augusta and vicinity that he is prepared to
do all kinds of Plumbing work at the shortest no
tice. Those about to have water introduced into
their buildings will do well to call on him before
going elsewhere.
II It. STUATTon.
Comer Bridge and Water streets.,
Satisfaction f/uaranteed. IKtf
Fie Medicines aai Cliemals!
Brushes, Combs, Soaps and Perfumery;
CHOICE TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES!
Physicians’ & Apothecaries’ Goods
Cure Sperm, Lard, Kerosene anJ Neatsfoot Dili.
Chillies K. Partridge,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY,
Water Street, corner Market Square,
(UNDER GRANITE HAUL,)
Has on hand a Large Selected Stock
kept fresh by constant additions,
AND SELLS AT
The liOnest Market IS ales !
FOR GENUINE AND RELIABLE GOODS
Partrirt'M Drug Stor,, Wain Strnt, foran larkrt Kquar
tlianlOly _ __
Prairie Weed Balsam!
SOLD 1»Y
July30-t3teod I.. II. TITCOMB, Apothecary.
BOS “W O B/ T EC
HAVING BEHOVED TO
(2 Doors south of Bridge street,) which lias been expressly fitted up for his business, where
will be found a VEItY LAKGE STOCK of
SPRING WOOLLENS!
Of*.the Latest Fashions,
WHICH WILL. BE CUT AND MADE UP TO ORDER IN THE
Very Latest Stylo.
ALSO, WILL BE FOUND
A LARCE STOCK OF
Beatty Made Clothings
-AND -
Gents’ Furnishing Goods
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
It. rT- BOSWOTfcTH.
Augusta, Mar. 7th, 1^70. +7mar-tt
Bitters ! Bitters !
r> 33.. Tsr isr tcs vr ^
CELEBRATED
JAUNDICE BITTERS!
ARE THE SUREST CURE EOIi
Liver Complaint,
Jaundice,
Dizziness,
Indigestion,
Nervous Debility,
Loss of appetite,
Dyspepsia,
Headache, &e.,
To which all persons are more or less subject jn Sl’iUN'G and Si'mmek.
THEY ARE PURELY VEGETABLE!
\nd composed of some of the best HOOTS and HERBS in the world.
Try Them. They are Warranted to do as Becommeuded !
Price, SO Cents per Bottle.
PR K1‘A RED AND SOLD ONLY BY
Johnson Brothers,
OPP. POST OFFICE, : AUGUSTA, ME.
James H. Leigh,
DEALER IN
Forcigu and Domestic
DRYGOODS
ALSO, AGENT FOH
Wheeler & Wilson's
Sowing Mncliiiics !
XEEm.ER and all Tools adapted to the Ma
chiuo, coufctantly on hand.
Water St., Hallowed, Tie.
tlapr-tf
CUSHNOC HOUSE.
Corner
Wintfi rop
, and
State Sts.,
A nfrusta, Ale.
T. B. BALLARD, : : Proprietor.
Guests taken to and from the Cars
and Boats Free.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES TO LET.
tljaiAtMim ___ •
OILS,
PURE SPERM, CASTOR, OLIVE, NEATS-FOOT,
and ESSENTIAL OILS ot all kind?, at
Johnson Brothers.
Great Reduction
-IN THE MUCKS OF -
BOOTS * SHOES!
The subscriber, having a splendid stock of
Boots t»n<l Hlioes
on haml, will eetl the same at the
VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES !
The stock consists of the usual variety kept iu u
store of the kind.
LADIES' ami
LEXTLEMEVS.
KISSES' an«l
CHILDKEVS
BOOTS and SHOES!
Constantly receiving from the manufacturers, and
will be sold cheap, clwtper than the cheapest.
JT . H . L. o w ,
lot) WATEH Ht., Auunela. Me.
N. 15.—Gentlemen *3 Calf Boots one dollar less
than at any other store. )inay97<3m
wanted s
I FARMERS and Hunters having prime Min* Skins
on hand will Jlml a cuth customer at highest
market price by sending them to
J. II. WELL* a CO..
PIANO TUNING.
UMIK Subscriber woul 1 inform the
■■EapaafiJI X citizens of Augusta and vicinity,
11 9 Til *u‘ Kive personal attention to
11*1 f * tuning Pianos. Orders left at his res
idence, U7 Winttirop Street, will receive promp
attention. M. C. MILL1KKN,
fcl»H-tf Tkach kk ok V: \xo an :> Organ
DR, A. H, CHAMBERLAIN,
DENTAL SURGEON,
ISO WATER KTIUaiT,
Augusta, - - Maine.
Makes the successful treatment of all diseases ol
the* mouth ami teeth a specialty, employing all the
latest and he.-t improvements iu the method of 1111
iug with gold and all proper material. Ulcerated
teeth permanently cured, and their decayed anti
broken down crowns tilled and built up to their
original shape and beauty.
Toothache Cured Without Extracting!
Great improvement in the method of constructing
and titling
ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
DU. CH A M BK It LA IN is inserting a large num
ber of sets of these teeth, w hich for beauty, dura
bility and adaptation, cannot ne surpassed any
w here. The plate will not start or drop down, and
i- warranted to til perfectly. All are invited to call
and examine specimens ul teeth made on red, pink
and white rubber.
FKE8II GAS EVERY WAY.
tmavG tt
Shooting Tackle.
M. ffT’L«X«,
SUCCESSOR TO /.. .)/. I. ELAND,
a-TJISr SMITH
And Dealer in
Siioolins Tackle of Every Variety
Kifleg and >1101 Guns made t«» order and war
ranted. Old shot Guns rimmed out smooth and
made to shoot thick and strong. Al- •. \minunition
of the nicest quality.
Repairing done Neatly and Promptly.
Itlu^ting Powiler.
The be.-t quality and largest .-rock ever kept tn
tlti- market. For ault* at Factory prices. Country
Dealers supplied in any quantity or qualify at dis
count. IJan-ly
School Books !
»1- E HAVE .TEST RECEIVED OEU I'AT.T.
*' vi rr/. j- of .ii.i. hi.vns of
SCXIOOZj BOOKS,
Which we :ir,* polling on
The Most Favorable Terms !
CT.4FF A SOUTH,
llookM-lU'i 'i nml Stationer*,
(55 Water St., Augusta, Me.
aug25-Uf
WAR MAPS OF EUROPE.
SHOWING every City, Town. Village un<l Ham
Id on tlu» continent. Made from government
surveys, and used 1 »s the Marshals ot France and
Generals of Prussia* it shows exactly where the
armies of France and Prussia are now concentra
ted. The Seat of War given in /nil, with portraits
of the Emperor Napoleon and King William. Any
live man can earn from Sl'» to per day. Agents
wanted in every town in the United States, lie tail
price, 50 cts. per • op\ . Liberal discount to agents.
Address immediately,
FUEL A WA I.DIJON.
aug.-f3\v* Waterville, Maine.
S. F. Davenport,
Agent for the sale of the celebrated
SINGER
- ALSO AGENT FOIt Till -
L O R E N C E
SEWING MACHINE
Hallowell, Maine.
Place of buxine*-.- has been removed to nearly
opposite Western Unitn Telegraph Office.
Machines Repaired and Exchanged.
ttf-june?
W hat Shall W e Eat ?
\LL regular physician^ will tell you that Pee
and Pork is not so healthy to eat in spring and
summer us good Fresh Fish. The same ean be ob
tained at
CTSIIIXG A HOLMES’ MARKET,
Xear K. II. Bridge, Water SI.,
Where all orders w ill be promptly attended to
for
FISH
of aU kinds in their season.
CrSHIXti A HOl.MKs,
imaylG-tf Water street, Aujtusta.
20c. Initial 8tation« ry. 20c.
‘24 SHEETS PAPER AND 24 ENVELOPES
put up in a neat box. all tor 40r..
At Clapp & Xortli's ok Store,
155 Water Street, At «;esta, Maine.
augOtif
FOR SALE
AT A BARCAIN !
1 WILL BELL MY
Stock of Hardware!
C ONSISTING OF
iron and Steel, Glass, \ails,
CUTLERY, &c, &c.,
Which 1ms been recently replenished, together
with the trade and good vv ill of the store,
Alt a Z3AHGrAir>J 2
To any one desiring to engage in the HARD
WARE business, this is an opportunity rarely
offered.
Terms Favorable.
l!»;i WATER STREET.
AMOS WILDER.
Augusta, July 1 1870. ft f-J tineS
Feather Dustesr!
Fine Sponges,
Carriage and
Bathing do
AT
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
I
AUGUSTA
A>I>
BOOTHBAY!
The EASTERN STEAMBOAT COMPANY will
run their steamers
Sasanoa and Spray,
Two trips daily between Bath and Boothbay, com
mencing Tuesday, July 2dd.
Leaving Bath at t> A. M. and ;j'a P. M.
" Boothbay at & A. M. and ii.'a 1*. M. :
The morning boat from Bath w ill lea; e on arrival
of the HrM train lmm Augusta, and return in sea
son lor passengers to tuke the last train from Bath.
Through Tiekets call be had at the Depot in
Augusta " M. W. MASON,
ttf-july27 A*.i:m at Bath.
STEAM HR
El L L A f
CYPT. WILLIAM MITCHELL.
ON and after Wednesday, Jum? 2*2d. the Steamci
Ella will leave Augii-ta at « oYolock A. M ,
ever. .\K»ND\Y. WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY,
I iallow ell, (iardiuer, Richmond, Bath, and
Portland.
Returning, will leave Portland for Augusta, and
intermediate landings* on the Kennebec, every
Tt EsDAY Mil Its DAY and SATURDAY, at ,
7 A . M.
Fares Reduced: on and after Monday.
August 22.
Augusta to Portland, 81.25
to Itatli .60
*• to Boothbay, .85
FROM VKilSTA to MAV YORK.
Passengers by tins route will be ticketed through j
to New York by the Meainc! - FRANCONIA and
I »l RB i< >. whieh lea\ e Portland tor New York every
Monday ami Thursday. Baggage trucked in Port
land free of expense. Fare from Augusta to New
York: Cabin jj5t3..r><j; meals extra; Deck passage,
$■'>•'»<»•
The Ella connect-- also at Bath, each trip, with
the steamer .■spray for Boothbay.
This boat w ill stop at any of the ice-houses on the
rneron display of a white Mag a-a signal.
For furlln r particulars apply t<*
ttt-june’23 IE F. MoRSE. Augusta, Agent.
F O R RO S TON !
Spring Arrangement
TilK STKAMKU JL
STAR of the EAST
(u>MMEN< EI> her regular trips from the Ken- !
nebe -. TIH'KSDA V, M«> 1 -Mh, 1-7U, and will, i
until further notiro, run as follow -:
Leaving Gardiner every Monday and Thursday !
at 3 o’clock, Richmond at 4, and Bath at t> 1*. M.
THE STEAMER t’LAIUO.X, .
Will leave Auirnsta at 1*2 M.. Ilallowell at 1.4% l*.
M., connecting with the above boat at Gardiner.
For further particulars iiujuire of W. J.
Tuck. Augusta: II Fuller A Son, Ilallowell;
T. B. Grant. Gaidiner; J. T. Robinson, Richmond;
J. E. Brown, Bath.
Gardiner, April 11,1870. tlbapr
Portland & Kennebec Railroad.
Summer Arrangement. 1870.
Passenger train leaves Augusta daily for Port
land and Boston at »45, 11 V. M . and 3.15 P. M.,
ami will be due in Boston at 1 !•’>, s and 10 I*. M.,
Keturning, leave Boston at 7.3o A. M.aud 12 M .
and Portland 7.10 A M . 12 45 and 5 15 P. M.. and.
vv ill be due in \ ugu.-ta at I" A. M . .'1.30 and 8 P. 3!
Augusta for Va-albon*'. W.iterville. Kendall’?
Mills’. >ko\v began, Dexter, Bangor. , at 3.40 P.
M. lieturning, will be duo in Augusta at 10.50 A.
M.
Augusta for Hallowell and Gardiner (dummy
car) at 7.30, 11.30 A. Al„ 2.15, i> P. M. Keturning.
will be due in Augusta at 7, 8.45 A. >1., 1.30, 5.30 P.
! M.
Tltrough freight train* leave Bo- ton daily at t P.
M . arriving in Augusta the following morning at
| 8.45. . .
I A Refrigerator cur is run on the through ln ight
trains (both going and returning) earn ing fruit,
; meat. eggs, vegetables. Ac., in good order in the
warmest weather.
K. I.. LINt ()I,N. >uperintendent.
J. W. TOWARD, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AM) SURGEON.
_
Oflirt' on Winllii'op Street,
Kas of State Street.-—opposite Court House.
AuSSfS&wtr
ISE REWES PAD KILLIAG
MAGIC Olli.
“It Works like a charm.
Have you Headache? Cse Renne’s Magic Oil.
Have you Tootharhe ? Cse Renne’s Magic Oil.
Have you Neuralgia - Cse Renne’s Magic Oil.
Have you Rheumatism? Cse Renne’s Magic Oil.
Have you >«*re Threat? Cse Renne’s Magie. Oil.
Have you Sciatica ? Cse Renne’s Magie. Oil.
Have you a Bruise ? I »o Renne’s Magic Oil.
Have vou Cramps? Cse Renne’s Magic. Oil.
Have you Cholera Morbits ? 1st* IK line’s Magic Oil.
Have Vou Lameness? Cse Reune’s Magic oil.
This’ is the Best Family Reined) . to cure all kinds
of Pam, v on ever tried.
It is clean, safe and delicious to use, and if you
use it faithfully, IT WILL DO Y< >C i .< X >D.
Directions on each bottle. Buy it id" the Druggist
or Merchant where you trade. If they have not got
it on hand, they will send for it. at your request, and
sell you Gkm*'ink Kksvk’k Pain-Kilmnu Muac
Oil., at the manufaeturer’s lowest price at retail.
it & ■ Sold by Druggists, Merchants and Grocers,
li is put up in three sizes, and called “Trial size,”
•‘Medium size." and “Large Kamilv size” bottles.
WM. RENNE, Sole Proprietor and Manufac
turer. PlTISl IFKll, M vss.
Wholesale and retail in Augusta by Marshall
Whithed Grocer. ly2tl-eo\v
First Letter Foumlrj in New England.
Commenced in 1817.
Boston Type Foundry
Always noted for its
Hard and Tough Metal,
And Us large varieties ot
BOOK AND JOB TYPE,
And lately for its unrivalled
Ncwh 1» « p o r F ii ecu.
ElectrotyplnK Done In nil Us Urn win's.
Address orders to
J. A. ST. JOHN, Agent,
55 Water Street..Boston
SUPERIOR TYPE METAL.
Long experience and the utmost care are neces
sary to ensure good metal, even with a knowledge
of the best combinations—therefore, the safest way
is to buy of*the oldest established Foundry.
NEWSPAPER STYLES.
Our Newspaper Faces (body, two-line, and dis
play) are of our own cutting, and the best made, as
a glance at the papers we tit out will prove.
BOOK PACES.
Our special Specimen of Hook Pages shows grea
variety, adapted to all kinds of work, including our
Itevived Old Styles, the most perfect embodiments
of the letters of the last century yet presented.
4Mf
ami ^hctchcs.
- -.- ■.— — i
THE HISSING JIKOH.
Ur hon Hr trlrd IlfHd-tcntrr U'Houleliiin.
Of course I was on the .jury, (such was
my invariable luck,) and that too at the
busiest time of the whole year. They
passed over twenty names till they came to
mine, and then as the Yankees say, ‘T was
walled in.”
My experiences as a juror are unremark
able, save for the unhappy fact of my be
ing always called upon to serve on eases]
insufferably dull and unendurably long.
In the great tiro insurance record id VViilop
vs. the Blue Blaze Company, which lasted
twenty-one day, 1 was nothing less than
foreman. The atmosphere of the court
was akin to that of the Black Hole at Cal
cutta, and we were well nigh worn out,
when, in order to expedite business, 1 asked
the plaintiff'.- counsel a simple question,
involving a "Yes'' or “No.” To my in
tense astonishment and flitter regret, this
innocent query led to a legal argument
which lasted three clear days, and drew
upon my devoted head the hatred, ill-will
and contempt of (1 may call them) my
fellow prisoners.
It may be as well to mention that I am
j an Irishman, a burgess of one of the jiriu
I cipel cities in Ireland. 1 am a loyal man
, and the only two choruses I was ever
I known to join are "God save the Queen,”
and "Tor he’s a jolly good lellow.” I con
sider that 1 live under a wise and benign
Government, and although some of my
countrymen are of a contrary opinion, yet
when I put it to them, "What would be
come of us without England?” they some
how invariably fail to satisfy me; and
were Food, Gratten and O'Connell to ad
vocate repeal for inv especial conversion,
I would say, with an honorable member of
the house. "My judgment may be in
lluenoed, but my vote—never!"
In Mftreb, 1 mi‘,7, Feniauism culminated.
The green Hag was unfurled at Tallaght,
and dragged through the mud. For every
man faithful to the cause, fifty were false;
for every true man there were fifty traitors ;
for every misguided fool there were fifty
designing knaves. The ringleaders were
captured and brought to trial.
Now, to be on the panel at such a time
was to say the least of it a ticklish posture
of affairs. Never did a Sheriff or Sub
sheriff receive so many invitations as those
of tlm City of-. Mrs. Sub-sheriff was
visited by the wives of tiie Grand Jury,
and her babies smothered in bonbons.
It i-., however but just to these worthy
| officials, to state that they summoned us,
! one anil all, without the least partiality;
and not a few of the jury, when they found
themselves duly sworn, regretted their yel
low or green-seal bottles, and the odorifer
ous and trallopseious liquor which had gur
gled down the throats of the officials in
question. If my wife had not been in an
annual condition, 1 should certainly have
visited my foreign correspondents, but
Matilda Jane’s situation forbade any at
tempt at sequestration.
Of course I was called upon to serve.
1 IIow devoutly 1 prayed that my well
known loyal principles would evoke a chal
lenge from the counsel for the prisoner!
lSut no—1 had to walk over, while every
other man called upon was either rapped
up mi the part of the prisoner or on the
part of the Crown.
Certain unpleasant rumors had gone
afloat, to the effect that no juryman's life
would L>e worth a “penn’orth o pins"
should the prisoner be found guilty. 1
was favored, on the morning of the trial,
with a coffin drawn upon a very dirty
piece of paper, my own name and date of
decease engraven upon the lid. It was
also industriously circulated, by gentlemen
unqualified for the jury box, that the trials
were likely to run oil many weeks, as the
eminent counsel engaged for the defence j
i were instructed to speak against time, j
These pleasing rumors, in addition to the j
fact that we were to be precluded from in- ,
j tercourse with the outer world until we |
I arrived at a verdict, rendered the situation |
anything but blissful.
j “Sildesperandum" is one of those qtio
| tations which, it adroitly applied, passes
j the applicant as a classical scholar of the j
tirst water. Ignorant men don't under
j stand it; men of letters imagine there is {
' more from whence that came. At/ desper
! anduin, then, I was sworn in, and took
j mv place, with eleven others, to try Pat
rick O'Houlaliun. Head meunors. For in
j asmuck as,” Ac.
The Attorney-General opened the case
j in a speech that lasted the entire day.
j Half a dozen at least of the jury took fly
I ing naps. Old Ckouzler can sleep with
one eye respectfully fixed on the Judge, |
the other intently planted in the direction
j of the Bar. Young Slopmiss, of the firm |
1 of Slopmiss & Gudgeon, and Tompkins’
the feather merchant, retired into the re
motest corner of the jury-box, and there
—U tempora ! O mores!— proceeded to
j play, as they facetiously termed it, three !
! chalks for ten shillings—being spoil live
between two, four tricks constituting a I
i chalk. This operation required silence
j and dexterity; but as they manipulated
the “flats behind Mr. r.nmpwhi-tle—who
j is as broad as he is long, and weighs
| twenty stone before dinner—they enjoyed
| their little game in comparative security ;
! one or the other starting up between the
deals as the deal permitted, as if in cxcru
I cutting anxiety to catch any labored sen
tence the Attorney-General was pumping
| out.
1 did a great deal of mental arithmetic
; —gave my boys professions and my girls
; fortunes—during the long hours the law
officer of the Crown was endeavoring to
impress upon me the enormity of the
I crime of the prisoner at the bar. My ex
: perience of being in the box is this. * The
jury in criminal eases care very little for
1 citations from acts of Parliament, are
averse to rpolouged intellectual efforts in
the way of harangues; and I would sug
gest since printing is now in so high a
state of perfection, and so much in use,
that a statement of the case lie printed
and circulated among the jury immediate
ly alter their entering the box. This
would save time, and amuse the twelve
I gentlemen in question.
About four or five or six of us got to
gether, and Iregan discussing the question
astir where we were to dine, for we saw
lire case bad not as yet got into swing.
“The Blue bedgown,” said old Cliouz
ler, our foreman; “ilrats the house for
port
“The Blaek Lion,” suggested Slopmiss;
"tire Sheriff is mighty partial to their
whiskey.”
•‘Til bet two to one it's at the Crooked
Fluke he'll locate vis,” interposed Tomp
kins, “for it's so neat."
‘.Two to one?” said Slopmiss, amid a
dead silence in the Court.
“1 beg pardon,” cried Serjeant Biglob ;
“perhaps 1 can set the respected member
ot tire jury right.”
AAV considered this rather an awkward
matter for the reporters, so Tompkins
said, innocently, “Oh, it doesn't matter.”
The Judge here interposed, and in
formed tire \\ retched Tompkins with great
asperity that it mattered a great deal, and
the sooner his mind was satisfied on the
point, the better.
“I assure you, my Lord, it doesn’t sig
nify,” said Tompkins, meekly.
“And I reiterate, Sir, for your inform
tion, that the difference in numbers may
cause an undue impression to weigh on
your mind," retorted the Judge.
“Quite so my Lord; 1 thank your Lord
ship,” jerked the learned Sergeant.
Tompkins was ready to sink with
shame. The eyes of the whole Court
j were upon h'm. If he declined to be en
! lightened, he br night down the Judge
! and Bar on iris devoted head; if heaceed
] ed, he should pro round some proposition
!lo enable iris bei lg coached. Being a
)oung man of a si rggish mind, and not
| actuated by a rapid flow of ideas, he con
i' sidered he was bound to inform the Court
| of the actual state of the case, and ere
any of us could prevent him, lie said:
"The fact is, my Lord, 1 was only offer
ing a Let of two to one where the jury
were to get their dinner."
A roar of laughter shook the Court, in
which the .Judge, and even the prisoner,
joined. The peal was again and again re
peated, while the leading counsel for the
prisoner very aptly quoted:
"And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.”
After Tompkins had received aeauteriz
ing from the prisoner's counsel, and a cau
tion from the Judge, the Attorney-General
resumed his sing-song statement, quoting
acts from all the Georges, reading copious
extracts, and, in a word, fatiguing every
body but himself: till at leng-n the Judge,
looking at his watch, said : "Don’t you
think this would be u convenient time to
adjourn, Mr. Attorney?”
.Sir. Attorney, being wound up, would
have gone on till morning: but. deeming
the hint significant, accepted the sugges
tion, and bundling up his papers quitted
the Court, which in a lew minutes was
tenanted only by the Sub-Sheriff, the crier,
three policemen, and our unhappy selves.
'I hr- Sub-Sheriff was a cross-grained,
sour little man, with a great deal of vine
gar mixed up with hilt; in his composition,
lit- deemed his office far move important
than that of the Judge, anti treated all
jurymen with a severity savoring more of
the slave driver than of the peaceful offi
cial. His worst enemy never hinted at
his packing a jury and his best friend,
when serving, was treated with the same
rigor as the most distant acquaintance.
•‘Now, gentlemen,” said the Sub-Sheriff,
“you will be locked up during the night,
this lu-ing a criminal ease. I intend hav
ing you conveyed by carts to the ‘Green
Inti’ hotel, where every comfort has been
provided for yon.”
Here a timid juror hinted that it would
be extremely desirable for him to see his
wife, and pledged his honor to return, if
necessary, by cockcrow.
“Tut, tut. Sir; do you think I am a
fool, Sir?” cried the Sub-Sheriff. “So ab
surd a proposition never came under my
observation. It’s very wrong. Sir, to
make me such a proposition—excessively
insulting.”
The abashed offender became dumb,
“Are yon ready to start, gentlemen ?”
“Oh, perfectly,” is the unanimous reply.
Then like a set of malefactors, we are
inarched by fours between a file of police
men to tic- yard, where carts are in wait
ing to receive us. We are hustled in, the
door hanged, and, with one of the force
on the box, are driven rapidly to the
“Green Inn” hotel.
Here the Sub-Sheriff was assailed by the
jury to u man ; "1 want to send home to
my wife to let her know';” "1 will require
a night-cap and night shirt;” “I must send
for my casher to make arrangements to
meet my Hills ;” I must have a feather-bed,”
and many other demands of equally startl
ing and imperative necessity.
How this choleric little gentleman ever
managed to quiet the twelve of us is still a
mystery to me. That ho succeeded, how
| ever, is a matter of history ; and we soon
| recovered our equanimity, when we found
i ourselves seated at dinner, with fowl at
the top, roast beef at the bottom, a ham
at the side, and better than all, a boiled
I leg of mutton confronting the ham.
Beer was permitted, and two tumblers
! of punch to each man. Now, as three of
1 the gentlemen present were total abstnn
ers, and ;us two of them couldn't hear the
i taste of punch, hut as all five were good
| fellows, and demanded their allowance
! with a fierce determination, so as to throw
the ten tumblers over the remaining seven
jurors, things promised to go on very
! smoothly.
There were two special constables told
j off, to see that we held no communication
j with the outer world. These worthy ofti
! ciais remained posted outside the door, but
when opportunity afforded, cautiously
peered in and counted the heads, so as to
assure themselves tnat all was right, as
! they had been threatened with horrible
consequences should any contretemps oo
1 cur.
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