The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-06-27


pondent makes his bow to the readers of The
CALEDoNIAN-The Inauguration of the Statue
of Gen. Warren-Political.
BOsTON, June 20th, 1856.
To the Editor of The Caledomidn.
Thinking that perhaps an occasional letter
from this "City of Notions mis- ht serve to
entertain the readers of THE CALIFORNIAN. |
have concluded to jot down now and then an
occasional waif for their especial benefit. In
so doing, do not by any means expect to
present to them anything very new, wonder
full or remarkable. or even get the start ofthe
daily press, which with lightning-like veloci
ty throws off its sheets filled with faithful
chronicle of all the horrible murders. acct
dents and catastrophes that are continually
transpiring in Is our day and generation. :"
as well as a correct gauge of the fermentation
which is beginning to manifest itself among
the choice spirits in the political cauldron :"
about these days. Any attempt of the kind
would be futile, for what with the telegraph
and the emissarics of the press continually on
the lookout for items" it is almost impoSsi-
BILE for one to attempt to do ANYTHING Of I'M
portance. howeyersomuch caution he NAV
exercise. without finding himself in some
shape in the papers" The principal object
l have in view, however. is to present Your
readers now and then with Il few bits of Cos
sip concerning life in Boston. As it is fruit
full subject. anticipate no difficulty. in find
ing material for the construction of gossip
ing framework, although perhaps the archi-
tectural prosecution of the work may not be
after the most approved style and finish
The great event of the week has been the
Inauguration of the marble statue of Gen
Joseph Warren on the battle ground Of Bunk
er Hill. where cightv-two wears ago he shed
his life-blood in the defence of his country
The celebration was worthy of the object for
who is there, from the little child that attends
the common school. and sees in the geogra-
ply the picture of his fall. surrounded on cv-
cry hand by his svmpathizing friends. to the
more mature man. who has read of his noble
and patriotic deeds. that does not acknovl-
edge the memory of the di>ntcre>tcd motives
which led Gen. Joseph Warren to die in the
service of his country. TO be worthy a place
in the hearts of the sons and daughters of the
present generation? There was an immense.
crowd of people on the occasion. who amused
themselves as best they could. Some appear
ed to be vi>iblv affected from some cause and
found it difficult to keep fright side up
while Others seemed unable to tell whether
they had any right side to keep up. and con-
sequentlv compromised the matter by living
flat on their backs. \ great many di>tin-
gui>hed men were present. and great many
more who were invited were not present.
Among the latter was General Scott. He
could not leave on account of the illness OF
his wife who is in Paris. His absence c3u>-
ed much disappointment. and some were
wicked enough to declare that the >obriquet
of" Fuss and Feathers was not inapp!icahlc
to him in this ease The President and Vice
: President. Gov. Wise of Virginia. As well ~
several Others of like ilk could not come
The latter however compensated in measure
for his absence bv writing letter filed with
eloquencc absolutely startling. in which h.
gave prolonged howl about the dissolution
of the Union. and wound up by expressing
the hope that 1--WE shouldn't have much of Il
shower" The only thing about the ccl,bra-
ton which appeared to give entire >ati>.ac-
ton. was the display Of the 9TH Regiment of
New York city. The regiment numbered
five hundred men. and it was decidedly a
rich treat to witness the precision with which
they marched through the streets. The Mass
achu>ctts militia which was out in full blast
looked something like a flock of sheep. beside
the New York company. when marching in
the same procession. The DAYS proceedings
closed with grand display of eloqucncc OF
gentlemen from abroad. and from our own
modern Athens. including the gifted Ever
EFT. On the whole the celebration was an
honor to Massachusetts, as we'll as to the
whole community.
You will see by the papers that the .Amcri-
cans of this State have nominated Hon. y.
p Banks for Governor. The nomination is
good one. \ portion of the Republicans
are dissatisfied. however. and in the Convcr-
ton which is called to meet in Worcester on
the 9th. there will doubtless be some spar
ring between the "strai light outs and the
more conservative portions. They will how
ever find it difficult to select a man more
popular with the masses than Mr. Banks.
SPiROMETER
POkino finn of tho Comet