The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-05
Our Boston Correspondence.

BOSTON, May 4, 1857
TNs t,ro E1iies in Boston--xoa Monies, her Recep-
tss,, Triumph, and Dcfut-Thc New YORK
HERALD in League ,rith Bishop Hughes and
the Jesuifs-DA,s. Forrest, &c.
There is sort Of paradoxiosl similtude between
New York and Boston, in the treatment Of the two
celebrated exiles now lionzing through the country
the ex-Queen of Bavaria, and the Ex-Governor Of
Hungary. New York first got up the excitement
in favor of the hero to boiling point, and then sud-
denly cooled down and felt ashamed Of the exhibi-
tion they had made and then, to mako some atone
ment for the dolatry paid to the NAN, they deter
mined to- prove their gallantry, by paying homage
to the hitherto neglected woman Boston has just
acted in the very same manner, n,sstaf,s ntaamdis
The Countess of Landsfst the rst of the Grant
pair to present herself to the admirng people Of
Boston. She was, as alhthe world knows, received
with the most flattering marks of admiration, and
held up rs n paragon in all that is most lovely in
woman But time passed on. She disappeared from
the stage in which she played such distinguished
role, and succeeded by another actor, in the
character of the Governor Of Hungary The
Bostonians got ashamed Of the extravaganza Of
their fatterY to Lola Mentes seeing ii reflect
ed truthfully in the columns of the HERALD.
They thought they had deviated from the austere
virtues of their Puritan fathers, and had, per-
haps set a bad example to tho rising geno-
determined to atone for one folly by committing
another They shattered their former idol and then
set up new one, whose term Of homage will, pro-
baby be rs brief. / need not refer further to this
as your special correspondent keeps you fully posted
up as to all the doings and sayings of the Hunga-
rian. But to return to Lola. The principal cause
of her successful career in this city, is, beyond
doubt, to BIO attributed to the influence exercised
by the HERALD, in casting the powerful protection
Of its ags over the fair but frail foreigner, when
she to this country, and in lending her the
of its columns to defend her character from tho at
tacks of her defmers the Jcsuits and to issue her
manfestoes in protection of her pure and honorable
life. She thus appeared in the eyes Of citizens
chaste and virtuous beauty in misfortune,
who was the victim of Jesuitical persecution, and
therefore, entitled to their sympathy and protection
Under this idea they crowded the theatre when she
danced, patronized her literally, introduced her to
their children at school, and made her sojourn
among them pleasant, profitable, and triumphant
by satrical editorial in the HERALD. Those
who were the most sedulous fatterers Of the
Countess began to see the ridiculous pranks they
had played and resolved to ego and sin no more !"
And Lola seeing herself deserted by these butter
flies of an hour, and aware Of the Of it, went
through all the phases of temper of which an angry
woman is capable, upbraided, entreated, wept,
scolded, swore and finally called the gods to wit
ness that 'Bcnnett has been bribed by Bishop
Hughes and the Jesuits." The memoranda in the
HERALD Of her career since she left has been read
with much interest here. The battle scene in the
Howard Hotel excited as much attention, and was
the source of as much conversation, as q new coup
dttat Of Louis Napoleon would.
Mrs. Forrest is not in the best odOr here, though
she has succeeded in attracting large audiences.
Her notoriety has brought full houses, but her act
ing is not admired.