New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-18
FROM BOSTON.
y~~. o., Own Correspondent
Boston, Tues1ns, JAN Is, 1856.

sur Sunday weather. For five months we nave
,s.,.e,v had A fair Sabbath. And the last two
have been the worst Of all, the churches on those
lays having been nearly deserted from the dlfhcuty
n setting about. The first of these Sundays, the
eth inst. the day Of the great snow-storm Of which
New-York seems to have had even a greater share
than Boston, was the sOth Anniversary Oh tne 'et
Element ne the Rev. Or. Lowell as minister OF the
W. Churcb. which is one of the most distln-
..;shed marshes Of the city. The congregation
81 made preparations 10 celebrate this anniVer-
.ary In a becoming manner On the otn, Out inc
severity of the storm was such that II was reiuct
.ntly postponed until last Sunday. On last sunday
however the storm was, If possible, worse than
nm the 9Th But the snow was not deeP-ohly
four or Eve inches having fallen-and the occasion
was therefore duly honored, though the attendance
AZ the church was much less than il would have
been under favorable ekies. At some OF the CITY
churches there were no services at an. oe'erai
original hymns written by members oil tne congre
nation. were sung, and a sermon preached oy MI
Rsytol the Junior minister Of the parish: Dr
Iowell then made brief and pathetic address
which moved the whole congregation TO tears
The venerable clergy man, though greatly enieebed
by age and disease, still preserves the slnguiariy
sfropp and distinct voice and much OF the noble
beauty of face and person which distinguished Nun
IN former days
The depth OF tnc tuOW III tnib Pdit VI ~If"oo"NNN
setts 10 unusually great, being the deposit OF three
or four successive storms without thaW ne
streets of Boston are in an indescribable condition
The constant action of q prOdigOus multitude oil
slegbs has worn the center Of the street into what
we call cradle holes. In the country believe the
people call them hdnkee- marms. In Canada and
In Northern New-York they are called canoes or
cohots. / cannot answer for the orthography OF
the word. As have never visited your Babei Ia
sleiphing- time cannot tell whether or not they
are known to you. At all events III your broad
streets they cannot reach the degree OF develop
nent which they speedily gain in Boston. A rae
through Washington street gives one exactly tine
sensations experienced in short voyage on very
rough sea--Only more so. i hear OF persons VINO
are actually made sea:sick by the motion, and
should not be greatly surprised at hearing that
some long -necked individual had had his head
snapped off. On Saturday an attempt was made
to remedy the evil by blowing up the principal
streets with sub-sO plOws; but the rehef was only
temporary.
In addition to the difficulties of locomotion be-
low, we are beset by dangers from above, in the
shape of huge cicles and avalanehes OF snow from
the roofs whose startling rush and thunderOus
shock resound on all sides. People walk about
pretty much as the Russians must have done IN
SevastOpol during the Observation-Disclosures a
wary lookout for descending missiles, and holding
the proper muscles in readiness TO dodge and run
our houses. On Sunday afternoon about clock
two ladies were sitting at the parlor windows of
. house in Lynde street, opposite DR.. Lowers
church when sn avalanche slid from the roof OF the
church, dashed in the blinds and double sashes OF
the windows and Frustrated the ladies beneath II
heap of snow They suffered fortunately no other
injury than terrible fright. Another slide from
the same church struck another house, smashing
in the windows and nearly filling room with
snow. Several similar cases occurred on Sunday
in different parts of the city, in the narrowest
streets Considerable damage has been done to
buildings, but happily thus far no person has been
injured. One man, however, had II remarkably mar
row escape He had got upon the roof ola feur-story
house in Morton place to clear the ice from the
gutter, when the snow slid from the roof and bore
him with it, q distance Of 40 feet to the sidewalk.
He was not hurt in the least-frOm which you
may infer the depth of the snow.
The progress of Ant-Slayery sentiment in quar-
tiers apparently hopeless is strikingly shown by
circumstance which recently occurred here. John
III. Pearson is one of our rich men, a large ship
owner, well known on State street. For many
wears he has been deested by the Abolitionists as
the incarnation of commercial flunkerism as a
confirmed and irrecainable Unlon-saver. lie
trades largely with the South. About ten years
ago. l think il was slave secreted himself on one
Of his vessels, arrived in Boston, got ashore, and
was then seized by Pearsons order, carried on
hoard ship and taken back to the port he had
escaped from. OF course this excited great indg-
nation among Anti-Slavery men, Faneull- Hall
meeting was held upon the occasion, over which
John Quincy Adams presided. Mr.. Pearson was
denounced to the full capacity OF the English Ian
xuage. This was his first appearance IN public,
and from that time till now he has been marked
man on the Ant-Slsvery tablets. He stoutly re-
torted the attacks upon him, and no man that
walks State street was fercer in defiance OF the
Abolitionists or warmer in defense OF the slave
holders. 1t was in one of his vessels, the Acorn
THAT fatal, that perfdious bark -
that Sims was taken back to Georgia first
fugitive carried from Boston under the Act of 1850
wrote to you about month ago. / think that
q vessel named the Middesex had arrived at Bos-
ton from some Southern port, with two negroes on
board, who were picked up in a small boat out of
sight Of land of the coast of Florida, and who could
not give any satisfactory account OF themselves, but
were probably fugitive slaves. Well the Middlesex
belonged to Mr. Pearson and the aforesaid negroes,
wherever they now are, you may take my word for
II, are further from Florida than they were month
ago Last week, Mr.. Pearson received Il letter
from Mr.. J. p. Brown, OF Key West, Florida, stat
ing that he had seen in the papers an account of
the arrival Of the two negroes in Boston in Mr..
Pears0n's vessel, and from the circumstances he
was satisfied that they were two slaves of bis, who
had gone off in boat about the time they were
picked up by the Middlesex. He gave descrip-
ton of their persons, which was sufficiently accu-
rate TO leave no doubt of the truth Of his state
mept. In conclusion, he requested Mr.. Pearson
10 detain the negroes until measures could be
taken to reclaim them.
Mr.. Pearson promptly replied to Mr. Brown in q
very pungent letter, the substance of which was
that since the passage of the Nebraska act he had
yiven mn nigoer stching and Union saving Hence