New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-09

| terms and which o correspondent in that city has
since declared to be the most narrow. itemzing,
clipping, unsatisfying at the North are, per-
| haps. no more inefficient and imbece than other
| journals printed in Philadelphia, Washington,
! Richmond, Charleston and New-Orleans. But
they are al the same time, more open to criticism
| and castigation. Boston is city Of magnificent
| pretensiOns. We have upon several occasions
| heard il STYLED "The Modern Athens" 1t is al
most within the curtilage Of the most richly en-
| dowed university upon the Continent II claims
prominence in painting music, sculpture, archi-
lecture and metaphysics. 1t has all the clever
authors all the deep philosophers, all the subtle
politicians, oil the melOdOus poets, all the learned
lawyers, all the thrilling orators oil the eloquent
preachers, and all the intelligent merchants in the
country. Nowhere else the drama be decently
presented. Nowhere else csn great singer
MARBLE to appreciating ears. There is no virtue,
no talent no aesthetic cultivation no social grace
no pretty woman, no handsome man" no nothing"
out Of Boston. Us inhabitants grave, cour-
teous, bland and dignifed. Its public buildings
are models of grace and proportion. 1t is
q city set upon three hills for the admiration
az the universe: and should SOlon -Parr-
hasus, Phdias Denosthenes, Pericles, Plato,
Sophoccs and Thespis rise from the dead,
and arrive at this port, where, no doubt, they
would arrive, we NAV be sure that they would,
without q moments loss Of time, take Sound
boat and embark for BOstOn-the lsw-givcr TO be
introduced to Chief Justice Shaw-the painter to
see Allstons Belshazzor-the sculptor TO visit the
Athenaum-the orator to hear Mr.. ChOate-the
rebuder of the ParthcnOn to gaze upon the Boston
Court House-the philosopher 10 have talk with
Professor Bowcn-the drdmatst to witness Mr..
Clapps plays and the father of the stage to " see
Warren, at the Museum. They would inquire for
the Modern Athens" and would not consider
themselves at all coy and comfortable until they
had booked their names in Greek characters, at the
Revere House, when deputatlon from the Uniyer-
,iy would wait upon Them would discover some
flaw in their spelling, or some cacophony in their
speech, and would announce the same TO the world
over the professional hands and the college seal in
t.. next edition of The Courier.
Now, il does seem TO us, although We are only
outside barbarians, that when city is crammed to
collapse with philosophy, and surcharged with
science, and bursting with intelligence, and gorged
with genius-and all-sded genius at that
and is no more suffering under impecuniosity
than its neghbors it should, in this age of news
and newspapers have at least one daily journal
eGual to the best in the world. When the press of
Ncw-York is active, liberal independent and en-
PERTAINING, why should the press of Boston be
lcthargic, parsimOnous cringng and dull The
f,cilities for printing good newspaper are not
wanting in that city. Take first, the supply of
literary labor Certainly in that there can be no
deficiency There are msny young lawyers in
Court street who are half starved, as most of the
Young LAWYERS are in Boston able to write well
upon the topics of the day, who would be glad to
work for q very moderate compensation. There
must be many men in the senior class of the Uni
vcrsity. and in the Law School, with genius and
tact md readiness enough TO indite good leaders
There must he many men Of science and of prae
teal information who could furnish important and
valuable contributions. But the time when good
writers worked for the mere satisfaction of seeing
then selves in print has gone by, even IN Boston,
although the newspaper conductors of that city do
not appear TO have discovered the fact So, ill.,
and employing and compromising their pOssessOrs
wherever found the Boston editor if he cannot
write himself, keeps some unfortunate hack upon
half paw, and relies for the remainder OF his origi.
nal matter upon few superaunuated old gentlemen
who have retired from business who cannot SPELL
who are guitless of grammar, who send gratutOus.
IL contributions descriptive of the weather; the
dimensions of big beets raised upon their FARMS
the MEMORIES Of some ancient female who lived
and died one hundred years ago, of whom nobody
ever before heard, and of whom nobody ever cares
to hear again; notes to say how much MIR. Everett
| gratifed bis hearers last Wednesday or how much
the Rev Mr.. Poundtext gratified bis congregation
| last Sunday; denunciations of street railways;
with other equally important matter the insertion
of which fills the venerable contributors with rap
| ture, while lis rejection throws them into trans
ports Of rage, only TO be appeased by Withdrawal
| OF their subscriptions. One consequence of this
| l., that the Boston newspapers are about as mis-
| ccllaneous ard entertaining as the Farmers Alma
iac. Another Consequence is, that professional
writer's for the press in Boston of real ability pack
| Up their scanty wardrobes, beg or borrow money
| enough 10 pay their passages, and come TO New
lcrk, where. if their wares are genuine. they are
sure TO command ready sale at good prices: and
where il is not thought that literary man is a
| ,,ssboud because he does not write foy The N)rih