New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-14
FROM BOSTON,.
From Our Oar Correspondent.

| From Our Oar Correspondent
Boston Tuesday, Aug. II, 1856.
| There is very littc 20 write about jGst now. Tue
fact is, ihe Telegraph pl0ys the deuce with OSG
otd Special aud Occasional Correspondents Of the
newspupers You get intelligence by lahtn o
wta,eye happ, ns at less, @ day earlier than wc
can sfrd il 70 you; and, as ue st down 10 write,
| We reject topic after { pic, because your readers
! VIII sssuIedy have head enough Of them by tee-
graph.
However as said there is really very little 10
write about We have had q great rain, a great
| thunder. .tofm, and great Fremont Conveaton.
that is all. As tor the rain, if il had lasted forty
| days opd to!ty nights, we should have sut-
itItd the fate oi the Antodiusians. II didn't ac-
| tually rair-th- clouds came down 10 q mass
hrsquCsh the boys say. In one day tive iuchcs Of
rain fell, and in the course of the last week, nine
| inches which, ] think, s about iounh Of our
average annual supply.
The tluI de. storm extended over al Massschu-
setts from 81 RI shire to the The newspaper
contain accounts Of about buudred places stuck
| By ligbtbiDg-a greater number tbau ia all the
tEupdersiorus for at least ten yesrs past Strsuco
freaks we're lay ed BY the electric fluid one Of the
out crest Of which was taking up paniull OF milk
aid setting il down in another ran without splling
drop.
Tie Fremont and Dayton Convention at Fitch
burg Was Ia every respect highly successful
affair The reporters estimated the number.
present at 100Gt. Ny own observation would
IL aG me to Tate it higher. The reporters saS only
the crowd at the t.Dt where the spt asing Mss 20
rg Cd; but he lbe tent whs fuli, found multi
tudes OF people gathered in other paris Of the
Town, at the hotels anc at the City Hall. There
has 10, been so large Convention he'd in Nassa-
chusei's since lcIl; With the exception Of the
fr,mOIt meeting in Faneuil Hall in June thero
Lac not been any hoJ So large.
Metsrs. Greeley and Curtis were the chief
speakers. Dir Gr,eey made solid and effective
srsumeni: Mr.. Curtis IN elegant aud eloquent
scdrtss, which gave universal satisfaction.
hear il hisbly comm, uded on oil sides ard hopes
tXrrosseo that se shall be able 10 hear him on the
same topic IN Fanu.l HAL.
Great preparations are making for al other mass
MtetiG at Charles River Grove II the town Of
N,.dhsfn. about tGelye miles from BOstor. Oh the
.Gth Of ,Lis meth. There il to be barbecue
si'er the southern and WtsI,In fashion. Al OK
vi BE- r"sstrd ~IUle-a thing lot hitherto seen
IN Massachusetts at hast not 10y tois e,Ueraton.
] doubt II any NATIVE here knows how to iu i. AID
W rhal have to rely ON the services OF certain
,yi;,s from Kentucky and Virginr, of whom d
nun h,r c'I;ihuc e. resi ic sDonc Ia spite Of the
Iu.itIye Save set. 10 Toast 80 OK 1 am tolG,
Jii sDO hIe mast BE- prepared iAo iieht before,
and iLo work oi TOastI Z begun with tie eArlicet
GAVIN ot llah', and even then, il can be finished
only il tine ''r q tate dinner tAht is BY the md.
Gr Of the Sfiern0op. II Is doubtful whether the
f,sh Of ah ox, roas'ej Ia barbecue will be ret.
hb,I By Massachusetts, men II IL said 10 be Dot
alUAys alaiabe 10 tlos. who are uuaccustuned
10 o..
he c4use OF remont and n. cdom received
.I"ai irruls' i1s NO. INK G,"rgc T. Gurus, the
>lave t'E a eioler, came rut ~ int the Rcpub.
i.a-I c "a" gle.soed II The Cygyt<, aad