New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-11

managed to keep one daily paper alive, by an an
dual sacrifice Of several thousand dollars. Thanks
to Messrs. Pierce, Douglas and Brooks, ws are
making rapid progress In the right direction.
! The old Wing State Committee met, and after Q
brief discussion wisely resolved to do-nothing
WbcE Is all they could do. 1t is an array OF Off.
GERS without soldiers; and by one, the officers
who! are eHOd for anything are quietly dropping
of. A men Der of the Committee remarked to me,
the other day, that they had every element Of
great party. except rioters Their day has gone by,
and they are now incapable even OF mischief.
Our speakers are in the field in great numbers,
and report that the Fremont meetinga not only in
Massac husetts, but in Maine and New. Hsmpshire,
are of unparalleled magnitude aud enthusiasm.
Maine and New-Iiampshire may be set down as
certain as Massachusetts herself to go for FIRE.
mont.
Chief Justice Shaw Of the Supreme Court has
offered to resign whenever Gov. Gardner is ready
to appoint proper person to the post. The office
has been rendered to Attorney General Clifford
and to Sidney Bartlett, neither OF whom will &C.
cept it, Prof Parker Of Cambridge, formerly
Chief Justice of New. Hampshire, is talked of for
tho vacancy. He is well qualified for the position,
though it is serious and perhaps fatal objection
to bis appointment that he has recently delivered
to the Law School an elaborate opinion in favor of
OLIVER
From An Dec ssional Correspondent.
Boston, Saturday, July S, 1856.
Our City Fathers interfered with my Flagiology
yesterday-or rather the night before. During the
compulsory vigil which We used to have to keep on
the Eve Of The Fourth Of July, my mind was always
sadly and gratefully turned to bless the memory Of
that true martyr, St. Benedict, surnamed Arnold.
By the use of what the Schoolmen used to call the
Media Seiextia, which teaches what would have
come to pass had historical events happened other.
wise than they did. used to contemplate in what
the ChariyaIis made indeed the Watches of the
night the beatic results Of his loyal attempt 10
thread the eye of that Rebellion and make us all
good subjects once again, had it only succeeded.
will not 20 into full details of what saw in the
visions of those nights, of the happy fruits of his
defeated enterprise if it only hadn't been defeated
lest my unquestionable patriotism should be
doubted But one thing is very certain-we should,
in that event, have been spared that righ'fui holt
day. the Fourth of July. The expenditure of gun
powder would have been materially diminished,
fireworks would have been at a discount, and
crackers, that invention of the most untoward Of
all the imps would never have grown into an insti
tuition. And the returns OF dead and wounded
would have been materially less the next day than
they are now.
ernm. Mt as at present constituted. 1t is made up
largely of the bunkerest sort of Hunkers, as was
proved by it's selecting one Of the men employed
BY Suttle to catch Burns for him, to deliver the
GRAFTON before them on the birthday their country
They have had no opportunity of assisting person.
ally al one Of those parties Of pleasure, as their
two preceding Mayors had but they did the next
thing to it by recognizing save-catchng attorney,
who had no other claim whatever to any notice, as
their 6ttest mOuthpiece on the great national hOli
day. Still, to give the devil bis due, they did do
one good thing. They efectually kept the peace
on the plight preceding the Fourth. For several
wears that night had been made az hideOus as even
the same New.York night could be, by every
species of insensate riot 1t seemed if sleep
were some British invention which should be
banished, as the Tories were as an Offering to our
Independence; or rather, murdered as Macbeth
dispatched it along with the gracious Duncan.
This was bad enough for the well, but it was tor
ture and even death to multitudes Of the sick.
This year the doctors took the initiative, and hun
dred OF them sent in memorial entreating tho in
terpOsitiOn of the civic arm for the protection of
their patients. This was backed mp by memorial
ndmeTousy signed by Our First Men on their own
account and the result was night of the pro-
foundest stiffness and quietude.
A proclamation was issued by the Chief of Pc
lice, stating the intention of the City Government
to keep the peace that night; that 500 special
constables had been sworn in; that all houses from
which firearms were discharged, or riOt0us noises
made would be marked, and the owner held re-
sponsible; ard further, that in consequence of
patriotic law, passed by our KnOw-NOthing Legis
ature, forbidding any Court to cit on the Fourth,
all parties arrested that night would have to cool
their heels in the lookup, or the Jail, until the
fifth, without bail mainprize. These vigorous
measures answered their purpose completely, and
a quieter night was never passed in Boston The
ceremonies and celebrations of the day were much
of the usual description only they were very ma
terially dampened by almost incessant rain,
which kept pouring down nearly all the time iu the
most FICTITIOUS manner At the dinner in Faneuil
Hall when the health of the President OF the Uni.
ted States was proposed you will be panied to
hear that Kisses predominated over cheering for
considerable time. This greatly stirred the bile OF.
Mr.. Parker Cor Perkins) Cleveland (the name
is given both ways, and allow you your choice
of them) who was set to respond to this senfl.
ment. He rose "full of wrath and cabbage" and
the way in which he glOrifed the President and
saved the Union was caution to table oiators. 1t
is enough to say that the worst enemies OF MT.
Pierce could have desired nothing better than this
diatribe against the unpatrOtic sibilation. There
was very general curiosity to know who thls
funny man could be who had word to throw away
for the President-for nobody appeared even to
have heard of him-and it evolved at last that he Is
one of the CustOm-house officers here-a tide
winter, or something of the sOrt-and so the mur'
der was satisfactorily out.