New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-26
How a. il in Boston.

BOsToS, Friday, July 70, leo2.
BOSTON is pint-pot of a place. One can
.,ord on the top of the State House and fling
-, into the water in any direction. There is
robodv in toyn-not soul. There are handful
If sbopkeepers along the trading streets, and a
few swetering fellows about the wharves. But
.be courts and streets where the quality reside
are as deserted as the avenues Of excavated Mn
.v,b. The sidewalks OF these are all busted, the
blinds are all shut, and the solemn, tomb-iike
walls await, in solemn stiffness and indisputabie
nropriety. the return of their highly respectable
proprietors. Policemen are stationed at the cor
ners with switches to keep of little dogs, and to
deter loaing visitors from smoking or making any
Ioud talk anywhere about the premises.
A few elderly gentlemen in velvet smalls, and
few elderly gentemens sons who drive two abreast,
in gosssmer sacks, haze gene over to Cambridge
today to hear MIR. Winthrop address the Alumni
Of that excellent cobwebbsd institution. There
~. good many industrious folks in Boston, but
trey are mostly poor people, or those working
their way up the world. Nobody who is anybody
works. The first people land they are all with
whom have any acquaintance have gone to the
20, away to that hsIr.d place down east called
Maine, and elsewhere, to recover from the enerva-
ting effects of residence in this dreadfully tropi
cslregion.
The principal topic of conversation here is Mr..
Webster. | have not been long in the country,
but believe this gentleman has been up for some
place and did not get it and the circumstance
makes great deal of talk. l hardly know why
Then the fishing population seem to be in muss.
Some of the Goldfish and s,ulpins, it is understood,
have taken refuge the British side OF the
lines and big English fest, tits stated are about
to make descent upon tue coast to protect them.
A document has lately Issued from the seat Of
Government at Fraitktiy, Il had always under
stood the capital of this country was Washing
toni telling the Yankee fishermen that John Bull
was after them, and that they must cut aud run
for "Brtannia rules the waves and they
had better not be fishing without her permission.
| don't know that | ought to introduce such
scaly subject into etter-for the first people new
er talk about such things, but about cool all,
wine, fine dresses dust, MIR. AS courtshp, Miss
BIS marriage, Mrs. C.'s matinee, and the Ike
There's great boy here called Massachusetts,
Bay, but don't think have heard fish mentioned
once among the quality since have been here
vet there must be fish in il.
have some queer thoughts at times in thinking
about the fine people. They do not DO anything,
and don't know but very little but they SCI them
selves up above everybody else, and the people
who do all the work seem to acknowledge their
pretensons very good naturedy, and nuke them
ind IF colv IN no
nde OH the working peoples shoulders, as she
little plsster-casts rde the heads OF the strollng
mege-makers.
/ sometimes wonder the working people don't
ct these porcelain fellows drop, and go along with
out them. What, after ALL is the use of people
who don't work
There is a man of the name Of Scot who has
got the place Dir. Webster wanted. The men here
who have money and make cotton cloth say he
shall not be elected ior they say he has done
nothing but fight for his country, while MIR. Web
ster has been constantly engaged in the more
arduous work of taking for it-and they won't
give him any help. ! am unable to see how the
money and cotton people can prevent Mr. Scott 5
election if the people in the country desire it, and
cannot understand why tae people who have
money and make cotton cloth should esteem them
selves of so much consequence; for, If rightly
understand, your elections are carried by votes,
and not by money or cotton cloth.
/ am stopping at the Revere House. very neat,
good house. in the main; but little insect called
the bed bug, bit me SO shameiully last night that
| could scarcely sleep wink. CARIB.
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