The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-05
Our Boston Correspondence


hotics-Leg'slatice Elections-THe Content IN
dtmnfy-Efect Of the Cushing Usase the
Fee Soiers- Rcnaced agitation Expected
Trcawaship Of Huvard Coaege-1as Ply
mouth Rock and Mr.. Frothmgham.
II anybody wishes to be lectured, would advise
them to come to Boston about these days. The lee
ture mania is upon every who has any po vers Of
speech, and upon a great many who cannot speak at
all. Mr. Brownson lectures against Turkey, for Aus
tria, and not unfavorably for Russia Mr. Winthrop
lectures upon Archimedes, who was great in old
Syracuse as John Van Buren, was o. la.e in the new
Syacuse-a sort of classical :" short boy to the
Romans, those hards of antiquity. Father Ga
vozzi has been lecturing here and has gone very
strong into T" the Pope, that Pagan full of pride,
the Inquisition, and forth. He has made decided
hits here. All popular eakers are engaged
up to the eyes for seizures. Mr. Emerson commenced
bis operations for the last Thursday evening
at Concord to very large audience. gentlema an OF
considerable powers of speaking has his card of
engagements lectures to the amount of 5000, aud
some others are even ahead ofhim There is hardly
place that has good enough to lecture in that
does not make some endeavors to have lectures Not
great deal is to be learned in this way but it is
perhaps, as good way to pass an evening as any
other.
Mr.. Hillari has received the city soicitorship, rice
Chandler, who retires. Mr.. Hillard is a good awyer
and capital scholar, but bitter partzsn The
coalitionists taking advantage of unlucky saying
of his in the late convention declare that the hand
which feeds him. has this time done 80 70 some pur-
pose. Perhaps one cause why our wings are served
so well is, became they play so we'll They admire
patriotism as much Others but have tho sense to
nd butfar md rollc NJ
Chandler retres account of his health, the state
of which does not admit of his attending to his pri
vate business and to official duties. Like Mr.. Hill
lard, he is scholar well a lawyer, and the two
volumes of " Criminal Trials which he published
somo years since, equal to the Caures Celebres
Of the French, and superior to any English work of
the kind that have seen.
We are getting into quite respectable municipal
fight The wings have shown their hand at last,
and Mayor Seaver is their candidate and therefore
may be considered fairly entered for third race
He is a tolerab y good nag, and was begot by whig
gerry Oh the Maine law, so that his pedigree, if not
exactly unexceptionable is at least indicative of
spirit 1t is understood chat he received but one ma
jority il the WING nominating body-not few of
the wings having become heartily tired of the alli-
OF their party with the ultra foes of the anti.
them acquainted with some queeIer specimens of
humanity than they ever before in their days of
joyousness. They fraternized with gentlemen of
great carbuncular deyelopements the devotees of
what Mr. James Thomson (poet) used to call "se-
rious drinking, the breath of whose nosrils would
ignite lucifer match sore Of feet distant: and.
Is they have no further use for them, they do not
exactly know how to rid themselves of such nui-
he
its kne is toipg, and there is no more occasion for
the wings trimming themselves with cologne. Why
should they the optlmates Of Massachusetts, fur
ther notice the forum populace?'' Argal
they are for cutting their new acquaintances
and letting the liquor trade take care of il.
self, according to what is United to De
very sound rule in political economy. TIE
temperance wings have put in ncmuation for the
mayoralty, Alderman Sleeper a friend Of tie Maine
law. Should be and DR.. Smith, who heads the
citizens ticket succeed In polling respectable votes
and should the democrats put up candidate, and
do any thing for him. it Is Mt among the impossible
things OF this world that Mr Seaver should be beaten
1t is supposed that the free sellers viii vote for Mr.
Sleeper-at least, they have done nothing toward
bringing out candidate Of their own, and they
agree with him on the temperance question. Some
OF the free solers say they shall support Dr. Smith
Dir. Seaver will it j. supp sed, receive the support
OF Of IN. Cat1oli 8, who have tecome power here
Should this prove t. be- correct, the mayors bargain
to have the Office for five years wall stand good
chance of being fulfilled Il is queer to see how
things beve changed in Bost n, ard what funny
alliances have grown Gus ct the temporary removal
Of the Wigs tron Office ia Massac lusetts. IL the
defeat of the Coalition should break up these ALI.
arces, as is expected, there will be more fun than
ever.
Tire elections 20 fill vacancies in our Uouse og Re-
personalities, held ON Monday last resulted in con.
siderable increase oil The sg ,rftS in that body.
Their majority vas sixty five previous TO Monday; it
IL now about ninety being the largest one that any
party has bad In that BODY since the session Of 1913
think The wing majori1es il 40 and so were re-
spectacle, but net what toe wings the ,eves tben
called great. The coalition majority of 81 was Forty.
seven and it was eigh yfour in so. In SO the whie
majority was ten. Those wings who kept their cour.
age up during the days Of disaster, will now be re
warded, by compliments to their ssgacity LIE bon
temps rtendTa was their motto. Ii is. perhaps a
pity that they should not have a little more than
two-thirds of the House as it requires two thirds
vote OF that body at 10 successive sessions to Curry
through such changes of the constitution rs thew
have promised to effect. ] incline to the opinion
however that their promises, like ta)se of certain
other politicians, are not to be redeemed with the
lteralbess that Is so pleasing in business transac-
tloDs, but which would to have little to do with
those Of politics There is room for good deal OF
shutting IN ths business, and IL will be resorted to-
as u also VIII be On several otoer occasions.
The Tbig leaders are said to be pledged to the
payment OF the long demanded Convent Indenuity
Some nineteen yesrs since It pleased certain per
sons, by way OF displaying their zeal for Protestant
Ism a. t6tm iabhorrence Of Popery, to destroy the
Ursuline Convent that stood on Mount Beue6ict in
Charlesto.n. The Catholics were naturally indtg-
Dant at this, and good men Of all religions were
grieved at such outrage having been perpetrated
IN q Christian land. AZ that tune there was no law
here making towns liable for the damsge done by
mobs in their limits, and consequently no legal
claim would be made for the value of the Convent:
but the Catholics have held that their claim was
good against the State from a moral nodt of view,
and they have not hesisated t. press il uoon the
attention of the Legislature In thus acting they
have sometimes had assistance from persons VINO
g. IT. shalt.
for the color Of Prester John bard but who have
nevertheless, thought that the Convent claim was
one Of peculiar CHARACTER, and should be admit ID
and paid. But it has never found much favor with
the Leg stature, all parties giving 1t but snail ca
couragement. According TO a statement thas re So
on good authority that claim is to be ao we'd al the
next session of the Legislature, according TO terms
regularly agreed upon by distinguished Catho
lie CLERGYMAN. vat 1;.ttn HAD