The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-10-22
Our Boston Correspondence.

Our Boston Correspondence.
BosToS October 20, 1856.
Convention Of Evangelical Sabbath School Teachers in Bos-
ton-Horaoe Aann--The Erhitsion--Military Matters
Sale Of Real Estate Warren Equitable Stores
Political Hens-Great X NJ Aeeting-.Senatortal Nomi.
ndtions-7he Season-Popaldtion of Aassachusets--Hs
Rate Of El0edse-Decline of Some Tb,cns-Pocder and
Sdtpre tor the Russians-The United States Agricultural
Exhibition-Hoh Prices Of Fbod-Nec Works Announced
-Renora! Of BsonSon's Recicg 10 Netc Pork-NeC Built
ings.
The Sabbath School Superntendents the Baptist Free
Win Baptist Episcopal Congregatonalist and Methodist
denominations, had meeting the afternoon Of the
18th, At which resolutions adopted to have
venton of the Sabbath School Teachers Of the several
Evangelical denominations in Massachusetts, next month
committee Of fifteen gentlemen appointed with
power to make all the proper arrangements 1t sup
posed that the convention will be held about the middle
OF November.
Horace Mann is coming here q visit and will lecture
before the Mercantile Library Association the 21st of
November He is absolute and perfect brick in the
way oflecturng putting matter into what
he says unlike other gentlemen OF the political
persuasion with himself who have abundance of words
but great poverty Of IDEAS
The good town of Boston will be full Of people next
week, and noisy enough to frghten of oneha the old
.oges, who can't bear such disturbances Of their re-
pose, and whose ideas Of what constitutes Ga tnae
get ahead Of what the regular thing in that
Gay about the days that Lafayette was here The In
austrai Exhibition win attract tens Of thousands and
has been proposed the 25h shall boz general holiday
Rachel will be here Ut the time, that her chance
Of making money may be put down 6rst rate Great
sales have already been made Of tickets and there will be
vast numbers OF persons her who could not from
their knowledge tell whsther she shall be talking In
French Hebrew. Indeed it will be all Greek to them.
Leaving foreigners aside there may be hundred two
persons in Boston and Cambridge who capable Of
joyng play by Cornee Rasine The rest will 60
the fashion OF the thing and in that way aid to make
Monsieur Felix happy.
The Boston Light Infantry under the command Of Cap
tain Rogers, editor Of the Boston Journal celebrated
their 67th anniversary the 18th in very imposing
manner They dined at Parker's hotel, being the
first company, civil military, that has done The
company very full. This has been quite military
week, and many of our companies have out with
unusually full ranks
The sale of real estate the 17th did not bring
much money was expected. The property valued
at upwards Of 5000 and brought only 1925 OO0
Even after making allowance for the property that
withdrawn the sum realized must be considered
situated in the most aourshng parts of Boston,
where such things Of late years have advan Jed at i'm
mense rates, and commanded almost any price asked
for them. do not understand the Of this compa
rative failure The property Withdrawn consists of about
900 square feet of land and several houses Oliver
street and Hamilton 1t withdrawn because
Of suit in the United States Court which cannot be de-
cided at present.
The work Warren bridge goes on with vgor and by
the commencement Of the new year we shall have our
fill Cr
bors restored. The bridge will be Of the finest
structures OF the kind ever put in the United States
Gas has been carried to the thriving town Of Newton
1t Is to be extended to Waterfowl.
The new Equitable store" established as defence
against extortioniss and monopoiss is doing great
business On the first day that it opened upwards
Of - 900 taken in exchange for goods prices
SCALE and ought to be initiated throughout the country
The Boston Know Nothing meeting, held in Faneuii
Han on Thursday evening, was great affair, regular
such meetings to be taken indications Of opinion
but II worth anything in that this meeting would
said BY spectators who iamiar with New York
neetngs, more to resemble of that kind than any
which they had before in Boston, There good
deal Of what in the Crimea they call clash" at this
gathering. The general impression seems to be tina
the Know ,Nothngs win do extremely well in the arg
ira, am assured that they will hold their In not
few Of the country towns and elect full share Of tn
tricts." There is, however, making much OF tn
predictions and assertions that are now current an
tees Of Christians fancy that the adoption Of the pu
rshty system will work changes that little dreamed
Of by those who effected II.
The republicans deserve credit for the endeavors which
they making to send able to the Senate. Shout
they elect their ticket their enemies will be able
have been called to Office in many instances.
Mr. Hudson, Mr. Huntington, Mr.. Boutwell,, Mr..
Mr. sv an and hS As
Of success On the score Of talent The Know Nothngs
and Wigs too have made some excellent nominations
The democrats have not been quite torunate the only
superior nominated by them being Mr. Knowton, Of
Worcester He was powerful advocate of that personal
liberty bill which sed the coalition Senate in 1852 but
which failed in the House through combination Of wings
and democrats against IT, Though it did not 60 far In
some Of its details the existing Law under the
title, its spirit was the same and It's intention
Mr.. Beach and Mr.. Rockwell have written replies to
letter BY Mr. Hane most respectable citizen Of Boston,
who wished to know their opinions about Know Nothing
i'm. Mr.. ockwe refuse make detailed replies to
any letters, and Mr. Beachs answer, though not de-
Unite perhaps as could be wished Is not favorable to
the Know Nothing view Of things and one supposed
The Democratic Ward and County Committee Of Boston
have ssueda address the Of
IT s written by Mr. VALET and, therefore, must be well
written; but the country democrats are already grum
ing the country voters They think that would better
become the Boston democrats to get strength OF their
own before placing themselves in the position Of teachers.
State Committee. That body had the subject Of ad
dress before them at their Worcester meeting and by
men, however take different view of things and as Is
their undoubted right have had talk with their rural
friends, who do not like being talked TO.
The boy Jack who Is said to have been sent back
Mobile from this city, under the Fugitive Slave law Is
jack-ass. The papers were "sold" by Of their
temporaries.
The weather has been delicously autumnal for some
time past The Indian has been Of the finest
ever known. Yesterday the air loadei with that
blue haze that belongs to the and In the country
It seemed almost there had been severe con6agra
ton in the woods except that the nostrils not Of
Tended We have had some strong frosts and only wish
that feverstrcken Southern friends could have few
such A. saw on Thursday morning The country was
white in every direction for mlesover meadows fields
gardens, hills and forests. II seemed II there had
been mild storm, just enough to the ground
handsomely, aud no more | could but think what q
blessing such thing would be few hundred miles
nearer to the There rked indications, to-day
Of breaking Of the and Of the of
storm, after which we shall but few days Of
"autumnsl felicity
u Is stated that Capt. B. w. Perkins, of Worcester has
been Appointed Russian government agent for the United