The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-29

instances TO be but about I've feet o. each
side Of the car, between thAt and The curb
stone. This was On the suppostion that the
track would be laid in the middle Of the streets A
great many witnesses were examined on Wednesday
and Thursday, among them being Mr.. Edwin A.
Smith civil engineer of your city, whose testimony
was strongly in favor Of the project. Mr.. Choate
made the closing argument for the remons.rants on
Thursday, and was followed in reply By Mr. Bartlett
Both gentlemen acquitted themselves with much
ability. n
The s. D. NJ. v. M. had an excellent time Tor their
three days training at Camp Clifford, commencing
on Wednesday morning and ending last night. The
place selected Tor the encampment was Winter Island
spot which commando Salem harbor and on the
Every way the place was good. There were SO full
companies present and one (newiy formed at Som
eIvie) byits officers The fullest company, and one
Of the very finest in the State was the Woburn Pha-
well, and the whole force present. including musi-
clans, was almost 1900 The first day was passed in
Grill and inspection after the camp had been formed
On Thursday the troops marched through Salem,
making magnificent appearance. On Friday the
grand review took place. The weather was line
throughout the whole time, being neither hot nor
cold, and resembling less summer than autumn
There was o great deal less of those things
that usually prevail at such places-gambling
drinking, Gc.-than could have been reason.
ably expected. No accident. occurred to rem
der the occasion one to be dolefuIy remembered
The laying Of the corner stone Of the Peabody
Institute at Danvers, on the 20th, was quite a
brilliant affair." Mr.. Peabody gave $50, 900 TO tina
town Of Danvers, of which he ia q native for the
establishment Of an institution for educational pur
poses. together with public library The spot Sc
lected for the site of the building is very fine and is
on the main street, not far from the monument
erected to the memory of the Danyers men who fel
in the battle of Lexington, in which action the mill
tia of that place bore very conspicuous and heroic
part. 1t is nearly opposite to the house where Nj
Peabody passed the early years Of his life. The build
ing to be eightytwo feet long, fifty feet wide and
forty feet in height The basement is to be of gra
Mite, and eight feet in the clear; the first story
thirteen feet in the clear, and to be appropriated to
the library, and the rooms connected with it the
second story, twenty-five feet from floor to ceiling,
will accommodate not far from thousand people.
The upper part is to be of brick, and very strongly
built. The architect is Mr. Richard Bond, of Boston
the mason work and carpentry will be done by
Messrs. Henry Russell and r. 3. White, masons and
Franklin A. Merrill, carpenter The corner stone was
laid by Mr.. Abbott Lawrence, after which that
gentleman madea short buteffectvespeech. The other.
speakers were Mr.. Huntington, Mayor ofSaiem Mr.
Seaver, Mayor Of Boston; r. g. Daniels first trustee
and chairman of the board; Mr.. Upham, member
elect to the next Congress, and representing the
Danvers district; and Mr.. Hillard, Of Boston. All
the speaking was good, and pertinent to the coca
the cornerstone, among them being an amusing
document entitled IAN Epistle from the Present to
Future Generations" by Mr.. Poole, OF Danyers.
i is to be hoped that viii be very long time be,
tute is an honor to Mr.. Peabody and It will be the
recipient of many donations, until it shall answer
even greater ends than those contemplated by its
generous founders.
James Munroe & Co. have published Mr. Choate i
eulogy on Daniel Webster, at Dartmouth, in hand.
some octave pamphlet of precisely one hundred
pages. Though rather long in coming, it is not the
less welcome on that account. It is production
that will live.
Messrs. Jewett & Co. have just published Mrs.
Chi!ds' Life of Isaac I. Hopper" strong abolition
work.
understand that the Scotch residents Of Boston
have called upon the Rev. Mr.. Muir, of Glasgow, to
become their pastor. He is of the Free church, q
gentleman of great talents, and remarkable for his
learning and pulpit .eloquen,e: Our Scotch people
among the best of our population and the course
they have taken in providing SO eminent spiritual
teacher and guide shows that the character OF Scot
land for piety will not suffer from any want of proper
conduct on their part. Mr.. Muir is expected to ar
rive here towards the close of next month. He will
be warmly welcomed, not only by those who are to
be his pensioners, but by clergy and by the in
telligent public generally.
MI. Hawthorne IS " Tanglewood Tales" will appear
in few days. and so will Mr. Hlards new work pre-
viously mentioned. The biography Of Mr.. Rantoul,
swelled to an octave OF some eight hundred pages
through extracts from his speeches and writings,
be from the press of hIessrs Jewett & Co., so well
known as publishers of Mrs. Beecher Stoves books.
The articles against the new constitution, over the
signature OF Phocion," published simultaneously
buted to Mr. Hillard, but are from the pen Of Mr. G
l. Curtis How any one could have attributed to
so elegant and lively writer as Mr.. Hillard. ar
tcles SO essentially leaden, is among the Gu
rosties of criticism. Mr.. Curtis need never put lead
into his pockets to prevent his being blown away.
His pen would answer for that purpose, and leave
him plenty OF heaviness to spare for his mercuial
nei2hb0rs Nothing gives to the observer stronger
nr - f1,a
Massachusetts, than the little ability that marks its
present political writings. They are such as con
tempt cannot rise to. Yet there are wings enough
to do their partys work if their hearts aud feelings
were in the business. They have too much sense to
make themselves prominent at this time, however,
when all their exertions would be of but small &C
count and when the result Of the State election is
seen to depend not upon the action of the wings but
upon that of disconnected democrats or RAMPANT
temperance free soilers.
Grace Greenwoods Travels in Europe" are to be
soon published by Ticknor & Co. Grace would
please that Englishman who, on hearing woman
praised, would ask, "Has she travelled, sir r. Per-
baps he meant harated, sort of proceeding in
which our Ills as Boz would cali them, do not
excel. She was at Rome for some time, in company
with several other perforated bricks and che will
give us book as full of classical ideas, red republi.
cansm, MaZzini, Garbaldi, and all the rest in due
order, as che can stuff It, She is certainly clever
specimen Of the clever branch of the sex that has
lately sprouted from the tree of existence.
some of those singulary amiablc gentlemen, the ed-
tors of the Massachusetts wing papers, by mention
ing rumor-carefully stating that it was bat r,,-
mor--that they had had some consultation about
their guhernat0ria nomination, treatment of the new
constitution, &C. That there was consultation
does not appear to be denied, only they say was
wrong as to some OF the details. The greatest error
into which fell was in attaching any importance to
their action on any subject. They are very much
mistaken, il they suppose that any one would be
at the trouble to msrepresent their conduct even II
base enough to do so. A party which came into
power solely through the divisions Of its opponents
which has no other hope for continuance of that
power, except through the continuance of those dis
sensons which is the sport of the breath of its enc.
hn. as h over a us 10y own iaare as e most
beating to be split into fifty factions, each more CON
temptible than the other-such party must be very
eg0tstical indeed, if its members think any one
would Intentionally misrepresent their action.
The truth is the worst thing that can be said Of
them.