New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-17
4 NEU-YORKER IN BOSTON.
Of Tho N. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence Of The NJ Y. Tribune
BOSTON, June, 1851.
The dilatory Spring has developed vegetation so
gradually in this latitude that trees and grass are
now in full and fresh luxurance the majestic elms
on TIE Common never looked more stately and
yerdant; and along the suburban roads, meadow,
garden, sbrubbery and grove offer the most perfect
June leafness The first advantage which strikes
a New-Yolker here is the facility Of transit from
town to country. A short ride brings you from
State street to the beautiful rural seclusion aud
quiet Of BroOklne, Jamaica Plains, Dorchester,
Milton or Cambridge; and it is not surprising that,
as stores have usurped the street, of this anclent
metr, polls once occupied By eligible dwellings,,
the citizens have gladly made home in the charm
ing suburbs Unfortunately, however the climate
renders these abcdes desirable only four months in
the year; the extreme cold of Winter makes the
sweet security of streets grateful, and the heats
of Midsummer drive the rural gentry to the seaside,
while the Spring is bleak variable and prolonged, 80
that only In June and October are country resi-
dences truly delightful. Soon after o'clock IN the
afternoon the shops in Washington street are nearly
all closed and great il the contrast as Que
familiar with Broadway in the evening threads
tie dark and deserted thOrOughhres Of Boston,
when the bell rings 81 There is, however
&, mpensatory cleanliness in the streets every
morning they are wateted; nO ohal pOutes the air;
and The breath Of the sea, though often keen, seems
10 purify the atmosphere with saline reiyeshment.
The rev City Library is nearly completed, and Will
be opened about the 18th Ct September. The ar
ran cement Of acOvcs shelves, etc, here IL orig ial
and u, It convenient. DR.. y. h. Shurtef has made
a study Of this difficult problem, aud has theory
for tie pleasant and mehodcal disposition OF books,
which be has unfolded in print. We advise all So
ceties and corporations forming libraries 10 procure
H. Its practical superiority 10 the present system
will be illustrated when the Boston Free City Library
i. opened Meantime, this philosophical yoaag
pby,icisn is enga ged in preparing Memorial Of the
late Franklin Statue Celebration, which will prove
Of more than local interest, it contains many
rCus aud Incidental particulars OF that national event
A similar flair is 10 come Of here On the I7th of
this month; a Stake of Warren Is 10 be inangI-
rated al Bunker Hill. | fear the work IL scarcely
what il hOuld be, for the commission was given 10
a worthy but comparatively INEXPERIENCED artist, as
q matter If kindness. Mediocre public works Of
at sh1uld lever be- tolerated. This Is pecsble
but xuity production; and when there are 50
many capable native seulptOrs and the object
is If enduring aud memorable n character. there
il 10 excuse for compromising the high claims oi
art ard public taste. Ball Hughes for instance, u
Of genius, yersed in the technic liEes and me
expression If sculpture; why should he be r:duceu
10 earn livelihood by making poker drawings VI