The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-04

by on Milton-jDr. Hedge vico- TransIations from
HegmaMn-kr. @. r. Barnham's " Hen Fsper''-
FWmer System Of Representation Naintoined-Pdpisfs
to Be Ercluded-Icc-Sab1aA School Ssatistics-Prae.
tioaI Religion 7smperonce-An Orthodox Mass Meet
ing-Decrsase Of Piety-A Nep Mares Neat Found BY
the Wkos, dc.
The annual railroad reports to tho Logsaturs Of Mas
sachusetts contain some facts worth being quoted
They are for the nine years commencing January l.,
1s46, during which time 80, 400 100 passengers
carried roads. The number Of persons
and killed, in consequence Of their having walked
slept the tracks, 1854 Of which number 20 were
killed the Boston and Providence road. The employees
killed numbered ILL., Of whom 40 killed by coming
in contact with bridges and three by explosions OF loco
motives. OF the passengers killed, almost one. half
caused their deaths by jumping from attempting
to get upon trains while they In motion For 1854
the statistics Acknowledgement transported
IS o29 2ls employees killed 32s by coming in contact
with bridges persons killed the tracks while sleeping
walking, 20; BY collisions, &c IL; passengers killed,
rs by endeavorng TO get upon trains while in notion
by jumping from them under the same circumstances,
and BY falling from the platform Of q car.
Municipal Court has its hands full OF liquor cases,
aud is disposing of them with great industry, Judge
Briggs presiding very hard occurred yesterday.
by the name of Leonard, OF good character,
and with largs family depending upon him for
support, and who was proved not to have sold
more than ffty cents worth OF liquor in
month, sentenced to confinement in the jail for two
months not being able to pay the 800 fine and COSTS
the court being allowed to make discrimination.
Judge Briggs said the a hard one, and added,
" regret that this law is enforced against the poor
while the rich pass unnocod." Such Is the result of
all leg Station OF the kind.
1t is proposed to pave Washington street with Terrys
iron pavement from Court to Winter streets, tho city
pay half the expense and the other half to be te-
frayed by individual subscriptions The plan is good
one and is recommended By efficient superintendent
OF streets.
The cture business increases extent and absurdty
as the season draws towards close. gentleman OF
I" Paradise Lost" Lord Byron told Thomas Moore, at
Venice, that Shakespeare was I" damned humbus !" and
Mr.. Goddard to have pretty much the OPT
MON OF Milton and that ne has been sadly overated
Thess lectures tissue Of metaphysical absurdites
Here is an extract from enc Of them and fair specimen
of the whole course Your readers chew II at their
leisure. Mr.. Goddard says
"While man, as beast, it, and nothing but
an it, man, as fend, were an and nothing out an
beneath guilt man. fsnd guilt in it's essence
guilt holding itself at its intensest for God
with infinite love, He says with Himself for voice.
the finite soul can perform more sinful act than
wLen looking the Infinite in the face 1t says - while
its whole utterance should be God
understand that the shade of Jack Bunsby is about
to apply for injunction against these lectures, as
amounting to an Invasion OF his or ts peculiar form
OF speech. The reports read like hoax.
very different Kind Of mental food afforded by Dr..
Hedges lectures on history The frst Of these do
of History" In which the learned Doctor intro iucei
GiambattstA Vco to Boston audience, not one Ia .
hundred of whom heard OF his before though
his Scien:d Nuord may be considered containing tho
germ OF that reform in historical writing OF which
own age las reen such splendid specimens. He was .
Neapoltan, born in 1868, and tied In l744 and has
been compared to Dante well from his frequent
ntelligibilty his holiness and originality, and
snchoy temperament. Much of the excellence Of tbs
modern school Of historical writer's In Germany,
France, England and America is due to Vico, whose
works have been almost as much neglected AZ IL they
had lHnn hur nndar uvin AZ m
pe Mchelet undertook to introduce vico to the read
ing world some fife years since, with French intro
with very great success yet In this newly found
but Ole placer Dr. Hedge has set himself work hs
thing that has the charm novelty to the great mass
of his hearers. The tone OF his lectures bold and
come thoroughly bored with having the tame old mum
mics paraded across the stage, year and year out,
having arst been duly galyansed into ghasty resem
the season. though the very nature 81
the subject lacking something OF the uerce that dstn
guished Mr.. LOweilis lectures.
Mr.. +. Burnham's volume Of foundations from Hoa-
mann is out. II contains thirteen OF the Germans
stories, generally well selected The volume Is very
credtable to his taste and scholarship.
MIR. q. =. Burnhain's work on the ellen Fever" n
about ready for publication Its understood to be very
clever. Some Of the authors minor stories excel
lent, and we are now to see whether he Il equal TO
long effort lie is said to have mlde capital thing Of
III pecuriary. which Is after ALL pretty good test OF
intellectual merit in spite of the iicity ticket 81
Homera sort Of pass for him TO travel free the rail
talent always have money If they behave themselves
properly. Homer, dare say would have been rich
tied quiet lie and written for the papers and
magazines, instead Of 'scoong over H-is, 10 attend
f.asts and junketngs as rhapsotist. .
very important vote, but which has excited littls
attention here, was given in the House Of Represents
tive the 2oth The quss ion was on concurrng with
the last L sature in that ndmsnt Of tho consttu
ton which proposed to substitute district system for
the election oSenators aud Representatives for the
sent system which is based on counties and towos
lphu tpafg int fDDku Ana
that they would gladly vote to establish district
tom for the choice OF Senator's bat tina. they not
prepared to abandon the system OF town aton
An attempt made TO divide ths proposition bat this
properly ruled out Of order The motion TO concur
then lost-yeas la and nays Ill Instead of get
ting the requisite two thirds there bat few
than third OF the members ready To support
proved by the people who strongly AMI nationally
attached 10 the ancient system which has stood the
test Of time having endured for slmost two centuries
and quarter. The Amt ricsn party has done it.ef Gre
dit by its action in this business and eyinced sound
conservative discriminating mind in makins reforms
The Wigs after declaring that constitution
improbable by human wisdom and that TO touch II
impous the act OF Uzzih in touching the ark &C
[, ally tore Il all u ME .es and aimed at the establish
meBt Of entirely dlerent system The party has
proved itself by far tue most conservative Of the t~o
making only such changes a. have been demanded by
public opinion,
The proposition to exclude Papits from ofhse, which
has caused much excitement in the Legislature THIS
wert il only revival Of the state OF things that existed
under the charter Of William snd Mary, when Papists
not tolerated here. We merely gong back 70
tbe WISDOM OF ancestors such ~ II was and im
Eating the conduct Of President Pierces state where
Catholics empbaticsly excluded from Office by thu
terms OF the constitution.
Some idea OF the enormous amount OF ice that has
been made this winter In Massachusetts, be gathered
from the fast that gentleman in New Bedford has
housed 900 tons and another in Fairhsven similar
quantity and that there items are but small part 81
What has teen taken in that part OF the State.
The Sabbath School Convention OF Boston North B.p
tist Association was held at West Cambridge, the
2lst. The occasion wa. very interesting one TO the
7, hgious world. The statistics show that the whole
number Of schools il 81 Of teachers 652 OF scholars
b6ls OF books In library, 1880 OF viii ia Az not
OF religious character The question that excited
discussion related 20 the character Of the books in the
libraries The prevalent IDEA seemed 70 be that these
books ought 10 be Of strictly character One
gentleman for excluding all scientific works, and