St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-24
Editorial Correspondence of the Intelligencer.
BosrON, September |, 1857.

Letter from Boston.
Editorial Correspondence of the lntelligencer.
BosroN, September 1, 1857.
Among all the cities of the American
Union Boston stands preeminent. Pre-
eminent in thousand various charac-
teristics--in her high-toned morality
and religion in her educational pro-
visions in the integrity and enter
prise of her business men in the
thoroughness and permanency of what
ever the eye beholds in the beauty
and freshness of the women, their rich
and tasteful, yet not gaudy, attire
and insinnumerable other particulars
that may be named. The very at
mospherc is radiant with real and
solid comforts. Cleanliness is every
where cardinal principle.
Boston people know how to enjoy
themselves. Excursion steamers ply in
all directions from her harbor, which, to-
gether with yachts and pleasure boats,
are active in conveying parties to
and from various localities in and
around the city. l was yesterday in
vited to one of these pleasure parties,
consisting of several ladies and gentle
men, who took passage with "com-
modorc" Jas. \. Cutting. on board his
beautiful yacht, Ambrotype, for the
purpose of a fishing excursion down
the harbor. After fine sail of some
twenty-five miles, we hove to, and at
once proceeded to bait c.:=-.- c:=-~A1ssa ,,...s,,.,.
cast them into the vastly dcep<sa,s
noble rock cod, haddock, hake, not
emitting an occasional seuipis, nibbled
most gloriously, and we soon had
enough and more than enough for
fry for our supper, which the cook on
board served up in fine style.
As evening approached we found
our boat becalmed, and there was but
little prospect of hasty return home
The moon shone brightly, and not a
ripple moved the waters. At an
early hour we retired to our berths,
leaving the pilot to get the vessel up
to the city as best he might. A little
past midnight a breeze sprang up,
and as we awokc, about four o'clock
in the morning, our gallant ship was
nearing the wharf. The party landed
and separated, all highly gratified
with their excursion.
Captain Cutting, commander Of the
yacht, Ambrotype, is the gentleman
who few years since invented and
patented the heprocess of taking pictures
on glass--a style of pictures which he |
demOminated ambrotype, and which
is now known as such throughout this
country and Europe. 4 The business of
of making these pictures is now con-
Quoted under the firm of Cutting &
Turner. Their gallery Of art" is
situated at No. 10 fremont Row, and
is conceded to be the most brilliant and
extensive establishment of the kind in
the United States. In addition to the
ambrotypc pictures, Messrs. Cutting &
Turner are executing every variety of
photograph pictures in "a style of beauty
and perfection that outvies all the
masters of ancient days with their
pencil and canvas. In no city Of
America has such progress been made
in the fine arts as in Boston, and no
one of her distinguished artists have,
contributed more towards this i'm
provement than Mr.. Cutting.
The 81 fall trade of Boston has al
ready commenced, and brisk business
is confidently anticipated. The poll
ticians are also beginning to have
good time. Gov. Gardner has for
three successive years vetoed more or
less Of the darling measures of the
Republican Legislature, and each
year the Republicans and others set
to work electing him Governor. This
year the willy Banks, late Speaker of
the Z. S. House of Representatives,
has managed to secure nomination
for Governor, by an American and
Republican convention. But there is
much kicking in the traces. A few
Evenings since Governor Gardner de-
livered an elaborate speech at meet
ing Of his friends in Dorchester, in
which he scathingly reviewed Mr..
Banks history. The Republican pa
pers of the state are very much in
censed at this onslaught Of the Gov
ernor upon their new candidate. To
read their heavy, loaded columns, one
would be led to suppose that the well
fare of the Commonwealth was involv-
ed in right understanding of the
past and present position Governor
Gardner All other questions seem to
have been suffered to slide into insig-