New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-02

| HaVtDOrnts nave been lnefe - no Jealousy
that would have stood in his way that did not also
stand in theirs. And DO you remember what in.
| dignation was expressed because the Westminster
| Review curtailtd and modified Mr.. Z. T. Whip
pies article upon them OF course, they having
| paid for the article and being responsible for il.
they had night TO make II such as they were will
ling 10 father. 1t was an act Of seltpreservatOn.
For it could hardly have stood up against the ridi-
cule which would have rent England into chlnks
of laughing for publishing as its own Boston esti
mate OF Webster
| And an afraid this mental distemperature must
have spread over the sdjooing faculties of this
| eminent gentleman, and affected his mind as to
other matters. For you may emtmber thtt be
said, on introducing your little friend d.. Holmes
MIR. billiard having Just before repeated poem
of TeDny son as part of his speech-that he (Mr.
EyereiD was willing to Pit him (Dr Holiness
against Tenny son, or any one else am not yio-
lent admirer of the Laureate hut he has certainly
written some things trfe above the Album and
| Poets Corner strains OF DR.. Holmes And not
only Tennyson, but all the rest Of mankind into
the bargain Really this is drawing It thought
too strong. Had it been anybody but Mr.. Everett
one would have found an explanation in the late
mess OF the hour and the circulation OF the bottle
But as this is an impossible one in his case
can only account for the phenomenon on the ny
pothesls that the vision of man standing up after
dinner TO recite one of his own poems destroyed
for the moment the balance OF his mind. pro-
ducing temporary frenzy (as il would in my case)
in which excess he spoke he knew not what. 1t
was as if he had seen ghOst-say that of Banquo
or Of the Commander in the FtStin de ~. Pierre.
But. seriously, if Mr. Everett wishes his opinion
OF Mr.. Nebsters literary merit TO have the weight
his name would naturally carry with it, he should
be little more economical of his panegyrics and
little more careful how he filings them about after
dinner. And, by the way, see by the newspapers
that DR.. Holmes has again succunbed to his con
stitutiOnal fraity aud recited another poem after
dinner Cor supper, at the Burns Festival! Robert
not anthony Burns, you UNDERESTIMATE | wonder
whether Mr.. Everett included Burns among the
"any ones else" against whom he was ready to
pit DR.. Holmes But this is no testing matter.
Ii looks as if this distemper of his had become
chronic. God forbid that it should ever become
epidemic
We have had terrible fright here since wrote
TO YOU last. We were thrown into ecstacles of
terror by the rumOr that Maor-General Edmands
had sent in his resignation. When we remem-
bered how much we owed to his courage and skill
in the campaign against Burns, and how he hin
dered that son of darkness from bringing down the
Union il ruins about cur heads, we shuddered to
think what would become of us should such an
Hour arrive again and not fiji the Man to meet 1t.
The rates of insurance, especially on lives, rose
frghtfuly fast all feeling OF security tor lite and
property was fast vanishing at the idea of this
veteran retiring from the camp to the apothecary
shop, and forsaking the Cannons mouth for that OF
the Mortar. Happily, however, the officers of his
division sharers in the victory of the ID of Juue,
together with several of Our First Men united in
entreating him to reconsider his intention SO
earnestly that he has consented to be our guardian
angel for one short twelvemOnth mole We
breathe again, though it is but repreve. We
hope lie may be mercifully inclined toward us
a. isn Inr (,ap m nd
is eminently fitted for the post he adorns. He Is
one of those soldiers in whom Cromwell would
have DELIGHTED who serve the Lord as we'll as
"keep their powder dry" He is an eminent pro-
fessor of religion of the Baptist order in which
Anthony Burns was minister. Aud there was
beautiful prOpriety in cody brother escortng
pisus minister both of them buried in one baptism
on his way back to that happy condition which is
Justly regarded as the antepast OF heaven. There
are various reasons gwen for this cruel determine
tion of our general. Some say that he had been
damaged in his business by his herOism on that
great day; that there were fanatics abandoned
enough in the Western country and pennsylvania
TO refuse 10 bur their drugs OF him In consequence
tLerof But cannot believe it. | firmly believe
in tie total depravity OF mankind; but TINS
passes even the most orthodox fullness OF faith.
Others say that it was dispute between him and
one of his ColOnels (Chickering) as to the Annual
Encampment, which is the terror of all the towns
within ten miles of Boston. The gallant Colonel
though pano-forte maker by trade, could bring
no harmony out of the dscords that prevailed be-
tween him and his chief so they both resigned
You NAV choose between these stories. We are
Indifferent. for not only the Past but the Present
is secure, for at least year.
shall not attempt telling you anything that goes
on at the State House. Your excellent Own Cor
respondent is much better fitted than am, and
better situated for keeping you posted up. And
You should be So for there is history making or un-
making up there. | ought tell you something
too, about Mr.. ToOmbs's lecture. 1t was civil IN
manner, but weak and sOphistical in substance, as
a defense of Slavery must be. Indeed, none but
man with a weak place in his head would attempt
such a work. The moment Slavery allows her
riphtful existence to be a matter of question: II IS
all over with her. He was ciyilly treated by the
audience, though the Hunker platform was an
noyed by parting cheers for Sumner and Wilson.
The platform was a sight to see. Venerable
Hunkerism clustered around the orator, seeking
help, but finding none-Or precious little They
were never in such company before, and II IS TO
be hoped they never will be again, If slave
holder has to be hired TO on to try and rlyet
vet stronger the scales of their PrO-Slavery har-
ness. Of course he had the best OF times In
private, and no doubt looks forward with pleasure
TO the time when he will revisit us for the purpose
of calling the roll Of his slaves on Bunker Hill.
BYLEs.