New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-07
FROM BOSTON,.
From Oar Own Correspondent.

From Our Own Corresrondent
Boston, Thursday, April 3, 1856.
Ihave hitherto said nothing in my letters about
the alleged project of the Know Nothings to elect
ct this session of the Legislature Senator in the
place of Mr. Sumner because was sati.fed that
The thing was not likely to be accomplished if I'M
dertakep, and hardly likely to be attempted Some
of the more reckless and enterprisng Of the Know
Nothing leaders have undoubtedly had 1t under
consideration, but the bulk of the party in the
Legislature are entitled to the credit OF having dis
couptenanced it from the beginning. Several weeks
ago an informal caucus Of forty or fifty members
of the House discussed the subject, and decided
against it almost unanimously.
The Speaker of the House. DIR. Phelps IS un-
derstood to be OpposedtO it because, AZ the friends
Of MIR. Gardner allege, he hopes himself to sup
plant Mr.. Sumner next year There is probably
no foundation for this allegation, though at the
time that Gen. Wilson was chosen Senator, DR..
Phelps was candidate for the post, and, be-
lieye had few supporters in the Legislature.
But do not think that he would intrigue against
Mr. Sumner. He is, or was, as far back as lS47,
a Jealous Free -Soiler, and il reputed an honor
bic and respectable man.. L see no reason TO
doubt that his opposition to the present project
springs from an honest sense OF its improperly,
and of the unftness of Mr. Gardner to take the
place Of Mr. Sumner. OF the pavements, there
is no nan in the State popular az Charles Sum-
ner. and since John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts,
has sent no man to Washington with whose char
acter and conduct she has better reason to be sat
isfed. Ever since he took his seat in the Senate
he has been steadily gaining ground in the esteem
of the intelligent and substantial Iaen oil the state
Of all parties.
1t il well that the question Of bis reelection has
been raised thus early, because it cannot fail to
have an important and favorable influence on the
success Of tho Republican ticket next Fall. We
can desire no better ground on which to carry on
a fight with the Fillmore men. Dir. Gardners
partsans are beginning to appreciate this, and
within few days Col Brewster, the most active
of them, has explicitly denied that there was any
design on bis part, or en- Mr.. Gardeners. to move
at all i'm the senatorial matter. He declared most
emphaticaly that the current reports were alto
rether without foundation.
The truth is, / believe, that Mr.. Gardner, in
common with all politicians whose opinions are
of am weight is satisfied that the Fillmore move
ment 10 II failure. he has no idea OF nltcning MS
fortunes TO a dead horse. Percelving that the
real contest is between the Black Democracy and
tie Republicans and that the issue is whether
Kansas shall be a white or q black state he seeks
the Republican nomination for Vice President.
II the crew OF the SLAYER Mary L. Smith, cap
tured by Brazilian man-ofwar with three or four
hundred negroes on board, should be sent mere TOT
trial, as is probable, We are likely 10 nave some
curious DEVELOPMENTS which may cause not little
futtering among the Federal officials of this port
/ wrote 10 you about her in August last THINK
when she sailed from here Ostensl6ly bound fOr
Monteyideo. Several days before she sailed, the
Custom House authorities were sanshed thst sne
was intended for the slayetrade; but they thought
fit to defer her arrest until proofs OF her destlns-
ton had accumulated sufficiently TO insure convic-
ton. They kept her under surveillance, watching
her with telescopes, and occasionally sending
spy on board, till Just as she was going down the
bsrbor they made weak and unsuccessful attempt
TO seize beE.
The officers detailed for this purpose-Riley and
Butmann-bad made themselves notorious oy their
activity and success in arresting fugitive slaves
Had thry displayed tie same alacrlty In sezns the
SLAYER her voyage would have ended where II De-
gan. There we're strong suspicious az the time
that these worthy officials did not act In good
faith; and if the crew ever come to trial, as
said before some curious developments may De
mai9.
For week past the horse railroad to Cambridge
ha3 been in operation. II is the first OF the KIND
we have bad, and the sensation 1t has created
among tie juvenile population is prodiglous. For
several 1ays the boys of the district adjoining the
street through which passes turned out TO accom-
pany the ears with nearly as much enthusiasm as
they would procession of girafies. They swarric d
in such numbers as seriously 10 impede the V'~fH'
ing Of tie read.
Yesterday morning the Court House, rems2fsble
il the annals Of Boston az prison Ior l-SiI'e
slaves, ana Is the scene of the rescue OF S1adracn
and the nartyrdOm OF Bachelor, was discovered
to be Oh FIRE. The room in which the saves were
confined and some adjoining ones we're turned, -;
the seldity Of the building whose sSirways sl~i
partitions and ,ome of the floors a'a OF BRICK oi
s;e7e, pTccluded total conhsera's'n. Inc "a"
library, which is one of the arges. and besl &c the
country. was removed without tssaage II 10 no
known how the fire originated. OLIVER
Frols a. Occasional Correspondent
BosToS, Saturday April 5, 1886.
Ia see there has been a flesh access OF The
Webstsromania in tAe ease OF some OF the unhapp.
subjects of that angular malady \ friend Of min'
hss Just shown me Z alp from Ths C0nrlsr q ~