The New York herald., 1850-01-29
Our Boston Correspondence.


Our Boston Correspondence.
BosroS, Jan. 2T-6 A. VI.
The WtG,her-Professor Webster's Home aud Family
Preparations for his Tria-Palse Reports TIE Le-
gislatwe-Puritanism Miss Brener- Funny Kepge
- -TIeatrieals-Literaitre.- Burning of tie Hornet
Health Of Abbott Laurence etc.
One Of our citizens who has recently returned from
San Francisco, says that We had last week fair
PIE Of the California rainy season. aud anything but
agreeable 1t is. High winds, pelting rain storms and
deep mud have few admirers beyond um brela aud
over-shee merchants, particularly at this when
body and his wife expected to have enjoyed the
pleasures Of sleigh riding. Not particle OF snow is
to be seen, buffalo robes and bells at discount
and the stablekespers talk Of Indignation meeting,
though their horses would probably say neigh.
The only fair morning last week, | went to Cam
bridge in order to for the Herald the state OF
public feeling regarding Professor Webster. Quick
tempered and erratic be has far more enemies than
friends among the middpg and lower classes of his
neghbors; and even the boy Of the omnibus in which
/ rode out, spoke of him as q cross, ugly man"
The read from this city to the University passes
his first experiment in house building, where he
pended tuch large sums that he forced remove
TO smaller tenement. From this, on receiving some
property by his Wife he the present residence
the read to Mount Auburn. Mrs Webster has remain.
ed strictly secluded since her husbands One
y
fair morning to take this family out
for an airing, and much sympathy is expressed tor
them.
Meanwhile, Colonel Merrick is making preparations
for mastery defence and will undoubtedly surpsss
hs Efforts In tns Miller case He visits the Medical
absent and will make Of the witnesses regret that
they ever mounted the stand OF am mistaken. Web
ster and Choate both appsd to for their services
in behalf Of the prisoner bu. declined.
The hands" reported to have been found, were
simply the amputated fingers Of patient the hospi
tai, who is now we'll minus these digts. Indeed not
quarter Of the aest have the feunda
ton and thought TO be gotten by the prisoners
frends, that the easy OF them may rem.
der the truth Of facts questionable Great efforts will
be made to have the trial postponed until the October
plurality law" applicable to elections for Presi.
Dental Electors and United States Representatives
has been passed to third reading in the House OF Re-
pressptatives, though the Boston wings divided
bill has been reported extending the provisions Of
the alien Law to rsilr adj veil and steamers
for now the paupers are lsuded at Portland and
tnd Their way TO the south Boston aimshouse. The
penalty for bringing helpless mbecie persoZ into
the State Is SlOO with the security Of 81 600 that
unfortunate shall not lecome charge to the State.
Some excitement prevails respecting the passage OF
&C; being con,id.rsd at the state House which
prohibits under severe penalties the running OF any
railroad engine OF any railroad in this
wealth between sunrise and sunset sundays
This has been started by who have speculsted in
shipgle cathedrsls, at Newton and other adj AGENT
town, and ~ish stop the church trains,n
which come in before service and go out at its close
which leave New YarS on saturday evening must I re-.
main ~ Providence or Fall River. in OF feg In
N \ Ter recs Won
fregn nsii,, without great delay In English
steamer arrives ,sh.re sunday IL Is curious too tor
the length Of this ,sersd period vary With sum-
from eleven hours and seventeen mn In length TO
nine hours and four minutes Afer before sunlight
freight trains may be run AZ they are at this time,
while omnibus,es thunder through the highways and
ON "wednesday next, the Legislature have to elect
batch Of Major Generals. there not being generals
enough In commission to hold court martial .
Brgsdisr who Is under arrest for making ridiculous
returns TO ex General Howe-the man who refused to
bury Capt Lincoln with military hopors, because he
hAd fought In Mexico. 4 MIR Lawrence, Of Belcher-
town has made hims, very unpopular among the mill
tary by grossly false and malignant attack on their
last years encampmepts
You may have s.en by the papers that Miss Bremen
Charles sumner To-day, the gifted Sveie visits
Lowell where the factory girls intend paying her high
honors. Rev. Mir. Nountfofd, English Unitarian
clsrgJm who has also been lion among the tran
sesnds nj alists here has gone TO whit Niagara
evening and took possession OF the she occupied
last winter; The Revere House. aud my cottage at
LepnoS,' she says are my homes Her lsdyship Is
very exscting in her domestic matters and the SER
wants enter her room with fear aud mbling. She
coed people viii fancy paying one dollar ticket when
they have heard such talent Booth the Davenport
r,a s,n,. warren ,n p S,s sooa support, Tor twenty
hfty centr For reading before country lycsum her
terms are $50 and all expenses paid
Young Finn did succeed In sustaining the reputa
ton be Inherited though he played uoier great dsAd
vsntsges He has youngsr brother vhe viii make q
better actor, no~ clerk In the store ~ Mr. Dixon
old comedian of talent Who petsd his 10th year on
Wednesday lat A concert given saturday night,
by Mr.. Hatton, wss perfect failure
The literary world looking With interes q to
the publication q ne~ work. by Nathaniel Hau.
thorpe In the pres, Hasthorne reside. at salem
but occasionally may BE- seen In Wahingtop street IS
In the case With the Quaksr poet, whittier. Emerson,
and other notable. in the world Of letters Who live In
the county
A Philadelphia steam. tug tn. Hornet was burned
yesterday morbirg st south Boston. She o sue.
ces,ful rival Of the Robert Forbes The Gre un-
dSubtsdly the vork of an inceptisry.
Letters have been received from the Hen Abbott /
Lawrence stating that the swelling of vsricose vein
had forced him 60 r.tasin cos dped to hts bed DR.
Warren, Who attended him here for the sane com.
psint rays that quiet oil sooa restore him
bis friends at all unss'y respecting him.
The fends of Collector aud Postmaster vsit-
irg the actien q the SeBste wen the nominations
With great interrst Mr Hayden still continues 20 in
sert tts Poet Once sdvertsiug In democratic paper
and has retained ali the democratic clerks A. the 4
chief clerk IL connection of Mr. Greene the late Poet
msster many think that MIR Hayden wi recsiv. demo-
cratic support In the senate for thus violating the
doctiine that " 20 the victor..n &C
IL is runoted that at the lsst concert given By the
Boston Printers nion large portion of the re.
ceipts diverted from their legitimate destination
aud one person spoksn Of In language thing but
Tvs Mos~ors o. SsLr L.ss.-A CORES poudent n the
New Orleans CrescsnL q the 18th inst writing from
Salt Lake and spsaking Of the people Thev