Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Me.)
December 23, 1870

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r™- r v u' ^pnr^r :-r -v>uell, ami (Ul those who may require his professional ser Vv devotinffallneoosHanr time ami care in treating and perfectly Ailing decayed teeth, respiring con tour to broken teeth by building up with gold. By extracting teeth driUlbUy. By inserting good fitting plates, mounted with beautiful and srientTflcally arranged teeth. By exercising care and (Hlthtulness with the aid of a regular dental education, combined with the ex perience of TKN years practice, and adopting all useful improvements, By. Roberts hopes to merit as well as to win the confidence of all his patrons A#* Excellent references can lie furnished, a mo n xahich is offered the following C AHD: THIS is to certifv that 1 have knowledge that I> E. J. Roukuts, my successor, has had tw; veara* pupilage and graduated at the Philadelphia lieutal College, and inclusive has had TEN years experience m practice. I have confidence in his integrity as a man, and in his abilities as a Iientist oeBl-ttf_ JJK. 1. SHELL. ORGANS MELODEONS Messrs. Arno, Hodgkins Co., CVN confidently assure the public of their r Witty to furnish an'lnstrument unsurpassed in time ,mil durability of finish, thorough workmanship, and general excellence. Tlieir eases are made ol eolid Black Walnut. Their keys are made ot the finest grades of Ivory, with Ivory fronts. ’1 hey use the Monroe Patent Heed, which cannot be surpassed lor EVENNESS and PURITY of tone. To all who may favor them with their patronage, they guaran tee ENTIRE SATISFACTION, and most respect fully urge all in want of a Musical Instrument to give them a call before purchasing elsewhere. To eusb we guarantee a FIRST CLASS INSTRUMENT, at prices that defy competition. Remember the place AH3VO, HODGKI1V8 CO., 1 door North Cook’s Drug store, n'y28-t6m Water 8t„ GARDINER. ME. Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Company OF NEW YORK. EttASTUS LYMAN PKK8IUBST This is one of the oldest, moat reliable, and best dividend paying companies in the country. A88ET8 OVER $7,200,000! Liberal arrangements will be made with Agents, and tbey are wonted in all parts of the State. Apply at AUGUSTA, ME., 180 Water »treet, (ui»-atatre) to CHARLES WHITE, Manage lor Maine and New Hampshire. March 83. 1870._Mamor-tf_ MEW GOODS nr. A T»T» «b NORTH are now receiving from New 1 ork and Boston a large asaortmeut of Staple and FANCY GOODS AND STATIONERY 1 suitable for the Holidays. 155 Water street, Augusta. gar Sign of the “Big Ledger.” dcc3-t.'iw SUJGHS SLEIGHS SOLD CHEAP. Union Made, Warranted. C all and Examine these Very Superior Sleighs, sold by us for the last ten years, and giving Universal Satisfaction TO ALL THAT USE THEM. COLLKR dr OARDIMER, 143 Water St., Augusta. Onusslte E. C. ALLEN'S Publishing Department. decl7-*tf Trunks! Trunks! ITIIK PLACE TO BUY Prouch, Eiigcno, Solo Loathor, Ami all kinds of common TRAVELLING TRUNKS! Also Ladies’and Gents’ TRAVELLING SHOPPING BAGS, is at HAMILTON TURNER’S, 135 Water Street. Tho Riyht Place to buy your HARNESSES, and yet the celebrated DUNN HARNESS, is at HAITlII/rO* TURNER'S, 135 WATER STREET. The cheapest place to lmy WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, BLANKETS, SURCINGLES, HAT, TERS, Ac., is at HAMILTON TURNER’S, 135 WATER STREET. HARNESSES! Foi Bii^inefiS, Pleasure, Teaming, Tracking, Carling Ac Expressing. Manufactured from GOOD OAK STOCK, and by the best nl workmen. *Ve would remind the public that our Harness took all the premiums offered at the last State Fair four in number. Also the tiret premium at the late New England Fair. As our customers are daily informed that our Harnesses are Machine Stitched—we would mute lliem and the public generally* to cull and examine the largest stock of ready-made Harnesses ever ot fered In this city, and we will convince then! that we make the best HAND STITCHED work to be had for the same amount of mortev, and if we don’t have on hand what is wanted, can make it at short notice. Samples of Gold Gilt! Oroide Silver, Covered, and Japanned Trimmed Harness, may be seen at our salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. HENRY DUNN SON. For Hale I>y Hamilton tfc Turner, 135 WATER STREET, AUGUSTA, MAINE t llfcb-tf OPPOSITE DEERING H0LWAY8._ i\/X JV. Gr JEj ill 9 S NEW PORTABLE RANGE! THE LATEST AND BEST. Combining: the Advantages of .A.11 Otlici's Z With man; TEW and I'ATESTED Features. BEAUTIPUIi IN’ SJESIGrN PEH.PECT IN OPERATION OAXjIj AND SEE XT Every Range Warranted in Every Particular For Sale bj A.. I*. GOULD, One Door North Itailrond Bridge, AliCiFSTA. Al«o lor Kale Hie New nml Improved “PEERLESS” Cook Stove, For Coal and Wood—The Bivl Stove in the Market. The “Golden Eagle Furnace,” For Coal, constantly for sale. jin 33 O S W O J=l> T H HAS ON HAND A CUSTOM MADE OVERCOATS -AND REEFERS WHICH IIK IS SELLING VERY CHEAP noy24-t2w FURNACES! THE Peerless Coal Furnace! 9 The Best Furnace ever made. NO GAS, NO WASTE of FUEL or HEAT DURABLE, POWERFUL AND ECONOMICAL. Every Furnace Warranted to give the Most Perfect Satisfaction. Second-Hand Furnaces Two No. 7 Magic Coal Furnaces, to be set in brick, suitable for a large dwel ing, Store or small Church. W. H. woodtoury, A few doors South It. It. Bridge. Water Street, Augusta. CET THE BEST.

THE UAXC1IUCS8. LATEST IMPROVED SINGER OF 1870 Universally acknowledged SUPERIOR TO ALL S. P. PLUMMER, AGEN L.TOIt T1IE Singer Sewing Machine, Oppobite th root Office, Augusta, Maine. liiov2'>Hf Why do People DUHCHASE THElit KISII Ht BI’KEB’S x F1«H .HAltHKT I Because they get what Uiey call for. Suppose they get poor lish?why, they don’t often l but it they do their money it» re funded. Fish, Lobsters, uud Clams, Fresh and nice, delivered in any part of the city. J. S. DUKKit, Gardiner. Gardiner, Sept. 15,1870. _g«ptl7-t3ni THE BRIDAL CHAMBER. ESSAYS FOE YOUNG MEN, ON Great Social Evils and Abases, Which interfere with MARRIAGE, with sure means for the Erring and Unfortunate, diseased and debilitated. Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free of charge. Addresa, HOW A UL> SAH1TAKY AID ASSOCIA TION. No. 3 South Ninth St., 1*1111. YDKLI'iilA, l*n. nov4-r?'“ HOLIDAY GOODS HOLIDAY GOODS RICH AM) RARE CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR'S GIFTS IN GREAT VARIETY, -at FRANK KINSMAN’S Apothecary Store. declC-fAwti A.TJGTJSTA. KISH MARKET NEARLY OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. A h4lij-minii in returning thanks to his many friends and the public gon JOnn U Mrinenay, orally for their patronage, and soliciting a continuance of the same, would inform them that he has the BF>T ASSORTMENT OF FreKh, Plrlecl and Hmoked Fish, «*n the Kennebec River, and that his Oysters &L Clams are all that tin* Epicure would desire. •f D'A. would call particular attention'to his 3XTc>. X Ux.tl*a 3M!ftCll.orel* and to his Light Nailed Kngll.sh Pried tod; aBo to his Smoked and Pickled salmon, Smoked HALI RI T. At. Halibuts Kins. Tongues and Sounds and Mackerel prepared for immediate use. urlM'ottn Alewhe«, and tlio«t niter> and Clam* SHELLED DAIIA in the Market. Genuine Belfast, HarpSWell A: Free* port t_L VMs always mi hand, and the Pure (bun Water given when desired for Chowders. Large Fall Rher Oysfers 50 ets. |>er Quart: Virginia Oysters 40 ets. per Quart Zjovcos, Saloons, Taverns tfc Stage Drivers, supplied at a liberal Discount. PICKLES, OYsTEK CRAC KERS, CRACKERS and PORK for Clow* ders, of the Beet Quality. 49*ALL ORDERS punctually attended to and delivered in the City FREE OF CHARGE. Special attention paid to put mg up Oysters and Clams in KEGS or CANS, lor the travelling commu nity, and full satisfaction guaranteed. _ novfrl-ttt_ ^e\v Heai Market

FLAGG a MILLER, WOULD RESPECTFULLY inform the oitiacne of AUGUSTA that they have taken the store Formerly occupied by John G. Adams, jVo. Granite Block, Where they will keep constantly on hand— Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb, Mutton, Poultry, Smoked Ham, Smoked Tongue, Dried Beef, Breakfast Ham, Bologna Saneage, Tripe, Sausages, Salt Provisions, &c„ Fruit Vegetables in their season, and such other good* as are kept in a First Class Provision Store. Hoping by close attention to business to receive a liberal share of patronage. WUoods delivered free of charge, t ash paid for Country Produce. Small Puoitts and CH ICK Salks. eo Ordera promptly attended to.-P» T. t. I'LAIIU. JOS. Alll.l l.lt. nov4-ttf K. 1. ILEMKM 10., DEALERS IX W. I. GOODS, FAMILY GROCERIES, Fruit, Confectioner), Nuts, Pickles, Cigars, Pipes, Ac. Also, Wholesale and Retail dealers In IUARS, TOBACCO. *e. NO. 5 BUI HOE’S BLOC K, Water street. Augusta, Maine. nov30-ttf Crockery, China Glass. PRICES REDUCED l The prices ot Crockery, China and Glass Ware at Ko. 139 Water Street, Arc marked down to meet the fall in Gold maVJ-ttl J. I>. I’lKItCE A SON. Writing Desks, Bnckgaimnon Boards, Cribbage Boards, Domiiuies, and many other Krwii'h tJeodo, all suitable lor the Holiday.*. For bah* low at CLAPP A NOIITHVS 155 Water street, Augusta. Sign of tho “Big L<»dg<-r.” deelt*t*w MOSES M. SWAN. Watchmaker and Jeweller, H 14 (4 X H 93

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se K Ilis Stock embraces a tine lino ot| American and Swiss Watches, in gold and silver case, including tin* celebrated National or Elgin Watch, Waltham, Treniont, Bor* on in T Bon nett. Pardeutix, Jacot, &c.t in both Lu dies’ and gentlemen’* sizes. Pino Grolci «T owolry, Solid Gold Leonitou Vest and Neck Chains,! STERLING COIN SILVER GOODS, FINE PLATED WARE, SPECTACLES AND EYE CLASSES, of the most approved kinds. CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS, including the celebrated ITHACA CAJ.ENOAIt all of which will be sold at the Lowest Prices, and Warranted. Particular attention given to repairing all kinds ol Fine Watches. Chronometer Bala nee* applied and adiu&ted to temperature and position fljan70-tf Augusta Savings Bunk. ORGANIZED IN 1848.

Deposits made on or before the First MONDAY of each Month, will draw Interest from the FIRST DAY OF TIIF HAVE MONTH. Interest payable February 1 and August 1. on all deposits of one month's stomliny, at the rate of not less than SEVEN l’Flt C'FNT. Bank open daily during business hours, and de posits received ol any amount iVom ONE DOLLAR upwards. Money loaned to depositors at any time on a pledge of Deposit Book. Office In Havings Rank Building. No. 1T4 H ater 81. noriO-tAwtt' W. 14. HM1TII. Treas. KKWKIdX SAVlMiS BANE! 7 per cent. Interest. Trn.tee.i W E. IIALLETT, UUS3KLL BATON, O. L. WIUTBIIODSK. DEANE PICAY, OHKIN WILLIAMSON. Deports received at the counter of the Freemans National Bank. Deposits put on Interest the first of each Month. 'Ihe net earnings of the Hank are divided every six months. Dividends made on all sums which have been on deposit one lull month be lore dividend day. Loans made to Depositors on Depositing their Bank-book as security. J. L ADAMS, Treasurer uomM-t&wgin Rare Inducements I at E. ItOWSES, 124 Water St. t&wtf (Tales and fetches. ABERDEEN. A British Earl berore the Mast. Cai-tain Osborne op Richmond. MainS. In I MOO, George Hamilton Gordon, sixth Earl of Aberdeen, left his home in Scot land. He had succeeded to the title two years before at the age of 21. and had come into possession of an estate w'ith an income of £40,000 a year. The title wras created in 1M62. Its holder was also baron of Haddo, Mcthlick, Turns and Kellie, and Viscount Gordon, the latter title carrying with it the right to a seat in the British House of Lords. The Earl was a fine athletic young fellow, 0 feet 2 inches high well educated, and jiossesscd of a strong mind and great force of char acter. He had made some voyages with his father, during the fifth Earl's lifetime, and was known to be greatly interested in the welfare of British seamen. The family, at the time ofliis departure, j consisted of the Countess Dowager, 661 years of age, his mother, anil two younger brothers and two sisters, then still unmar ried. It was announced that the Earl had merely gone on a short tour for the benefit of his health; hut as month after month passed away and he did not return, people began to question the cause of his absence. Finally the whispered remarks of the peo ple penetrated the massive stone walls of Haddo House, the family residence, and then the announcement w as made that the Earl was visiting foreign countries. Oc casionally the Dowager Countess received letters from her absent son, now in Boston, then in Cuba, again in New Orleans, Halifax or some other distant shore of the Atlantic assuring her of his welfare and prosperity, and detailing his experiences and observations in different countries, but always refraining from any mention of his manner of life or [mode of travel. In the meantime the vast estates remained in the care of agents, and the princely in come accumulated in the vaults of the Earl's bankers. No drafts were made upon them by the traveler. At last the younger brother oi the hurl, the lion. .lames Ilenry Gordon, heir pre sumptive to the titles ami estates, died. Almost coincidently with this sad affliction, the absent Karl ceased writing home. Alter waiting many mouths for some clue to his whereabouts, the matter was placed in the hands of the legal advisers of the family, who opened correspondence with all the difereut places the Karl had visit ed, with a view of securing some clue by which he could be traced. Among others addressed was the banking house of Dab ney, Morgan Co., of New York, who were charged with the search of the United States and Canada for the wanderer. Skilled detectives were sent out from Kng land to assist in this search, and shrewd j New York Officers were also employed, j After a fruitless hunt of several months, the following familiar notice was inserted in the personal columns of various news papers throughout the United States Don-lam well, lint we are in affliction, and I loll* for you, Hint we may comfort one another. There it* a letter for “Hod*, at the Poet Office, Mew York. This notice was first inserted early in January, lSb'J. It remained in the papers tor several months, exciting in tin unusual degree tin* curiosity and remark of news paper readers. Some looked upon it as an advertising dodge prefacing the announce ment of a new nostrum or play; others fancied it to~be the Wind communication of some desperate criminal with his part ner in villainy. Again it was construed to be the ingenious message of a forsaken one seeking to recall her lover. Few newspaper readers failed to see it, as it was most conspicuously printed, Imt fewer still guessed its real import. The key was in the address, “Dod,” which was the familiar pet name by which the absent Karl was addressed In the family circle. If his eye had ever rested upon it, It would have struck him at once as a voice from home. That he gave it no attention what ever is conclusive proof that lie was one of the few who never saw it. When it became fully apparent that the longer publication of that advertisement was a mere waste of money, it was with drawn and the following substituted; MKTHI.lt K.—July 12, lwtil.—I have been seri ously ill; getting better, but very weak; eoine if you possibly can immediately, for you are more needed than yon enn think. HA. The address of this was one of tho bar onetcies held by the Karl, and the one most familiar to him. The advertisement, however, failed to draw out any response, save the jesting comments of the idle read ers who saw in it only a communication between criminals who shunned more di rect methods of correspondence. The efforts to discover the wanderer’s whereabouts have been and still are unre mitting. A half million dollars have been spent already in tho search, and a much greater sum would be spent were it neces sary. Unfortunately, however, the day of expenditure is fast closing. A clue has been found, but it leads only to the fathom less depths of the ocean, furnishing proofs at every step of the death by drowning, almost as his triends were about putting their hands upon him. of the object of this long and weary hunt; and it now only re maius to gather up these proofs for the use of the British Court of Chancery In handing over to the surviving brother and legal heir the titles and estates abandoned by the late Earl. The young Karl, wholly of his own voli tion, it seems, and without counselling with any of his friends, relatives, or as sociates, formed a resolution to demon strate practically the independence of a seamen’s position and the opportunities it afforded, properly cultivated, of advance ment in iite. He conceived the purpose of proving by his own experience, that a sailor could sail out of the port of Aberdeen before the mast, and in due time return i the owner of his ship if be so willed. And that his experiment might be a perfectly 1 fair one, he for the time abandoned his honors and titles, and, as an ordinary peasant, applied to the commander of an American vessel laying iu port, early in 1 the spring of 1*60, for a passage to Ameri ca. This he secured without much trouble and thus he made his first voyage, arriv ing in due time at St. John, N. B. The Hon. Arthur Hamilton Gordon, C. M. G., was at that time residing at Fred ericton, N. B., as Lieutenant-Governor of the Province. The young Earl finding himself so near to his kinsman, could not refrain from calling npon him. The meet ing was very cordial and pleasant until the young Earl informed the proud Governor of his future plans, when his uncle at once began most earnestly to plead with him to abandon the sea and return to his home. But the plucky youth was proof against all argnment and entreaty. On the 27th of April of the same year, the Earl arrived at Boston, registering his proper title, “Aberdeen,” on the register at the Revere House. More than a month later he wrote to his uncle in New Bruns wick announcing his intention to sail in a few days for Buenos Ayres. Whether this was a ruse, or whether the young sailor was disappointed at the last moment, is a matter of conjecture, for it is quite cer tain that he did not then make tne South American voyage. Or at all events it is satisfactorily ascertained that, on the 28th of May, two days after his return from New York and prior to the date of his letter to his uncle.he shipped as an ordina ry seaman on the bark James M. Churchill of St. Andrews, N. B., Captain Hutchin son, bound from Boston to Cardenas. The British Vice-Consul at Boston recognizes in the description of the Earl the genteel appearing young man whose manners at tracted his attention when seizing the ship's articles. The Consul forgets the name the young man signed, but was so struck with his appearance at the time that lie questioned him as to his knowledge of the nature of the agreement he had signed. wn, yes, sir, replied me youtn, "i understood it perfectly.” His reply was given in a tone that im plied that there was no occasion for fur ther questioning. As he made it he stepped aside, as if to make room fot other singers and avoided further conversation. This vessel did not sail for several days after her crew was shipped, so that the Karl could have written to his uncle early in June, and still have sailed on the Churchill. The presumption is that he made the trip, and that he retnmed in her to Nova Scotia. This supposition was strengthened by the fact that very soon after this he was employed on the vessels of Messrs. Wyllie Croseeup, of Annapo lis, N. S., who are extensively engaged in the trade along the North Atlantic coast. He has been traced on several voyages along the coast from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico and to the West Indies, in the employment of this house, and at one time was employed lor several months as clerks m a lumber establishment at Pensacola. During this time he sailed as Geo. Henry (Isborne, and made his nomi nal home Boston. Ho was a most exem plary young man, both on board and ashore. While he shared the forecastle with the meq before the mast, and with scrupulous exacting performed his allotted duties, shrinking neither from fatigue nor danger, he was careful to avoid the evil influences which too often are associated with such a life. lie wholly eschewed grog, abstained from the use of tobacco in any form, and was never known to in dulge in profanity. Pleasant and compan ionable with his shipmates at aii times, he rather sought to biing them up to his level of morality than to descend himself to their plane. Thus lie was accustomed to read the Bible aloud in the forecastle, and talk with the crew as a missionary, though assuming no superiority over them. In all this career as a common sailor, it is not known that he was ever embroiled in a row or tight with his fellows, but was uni versally popular with them. When his voyages were up, lie was waiting in port for new employment, he avoided the lower order ol sailor boanling-houscs, but, liav iug saved his earnings, was able to secure board in more reputable places, where poor gin and shameless vice did not form the staple of entertainment. On the /ith of February, 1867, this deter mined sailor applied to the American Ship-master’s Association in New York for a mate’s certificate, and thus in less than a year from the time of leaving home he was authorized to quit the forecastle and take his place upon the quarter-deck. On the 15th of April, 1868, he is reported as mate of the schooner July Fourth, of Bangor, engaged in coasting. On the 27th of following, he was master of the schoon er Walton, of Richmond, Maine. At the same time he applied for a captain’s cer tificate, which was granted upon his pass sing the requisite examination. This ex amination embraced a general knowledge of rigging vessels; the management of sails, including bending, reefing, furling, unbending, Ac.; working anchors ami headlines; a capacity for rigging and fitting a vessel tor a voyage; working ship and sails under difficult circumstance position of crew for all evolutions; the management of spars, and expedients to be resorted to in case of disaster; use, ad justment, and correction oi instruments, log line, compass, sextant, and chronome ter: use of thermometer and barometer; deviation of compass from local causes, ami use of charts It will thus be seen that during the two years in which he had followed the sea, the Earl had been a dili gent student. At the time of his promotion to a cap taincy, Osborne changed his designated residence on the books of the Shipmasters’ Association from Boston to Richmond, Maine, from which port he continued to hail up to the terminatiou of his career. During the month of January last he was induced to ship as mate of the three-masted schooner llera, Capt. Kent, bound from Boston to Melbourne, Australia and China. He shipped for this cruise at the earnest solicitation of the master of the ship, who had conceived a strong liking for him, and offered him liberal terms. In reply to this offer, he said that the wages were no con sideration to him, but that he would like to take a cruise in a vessel of that peculiar rig, never having sailed in one. After ward he expressed regrets at having shipped, remarking that he had sailed about enough, and thought it was time for him to leave the sea, "hut,” he added, have promised Capt. Kent to go with him,

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