New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-02
FROM BOSTON.
From an Occasional Correspondent.

Prom an Occasional Correspondent.
BOsToN, Oct. 2s, 1853.
We are in great luck here. We were just la
menting over the eclipse our society had suffered
through the departure of Burton, when the laugh
was restored to the right side of mouths by the
reappearance on the stage of the troupe of Wing
comedians, which We had feared had finally with
drawn themselves from the entertainment of the
public. Judge Of our satisfaction when they came
ON the scene turning an entirely new summer
set, crying out, Here we are How are ye ~
as tunnily as ever We never had such comcal
fellows hereabouts, ard they are AL the more well
come from their being entirely unexpected. On
the whole, think this last advertisement of theirs
the most diverting they have ever presented.
The reorganization of the Wing Party What
thauniaturcc marvel will they attempt next
Necrouaucy is not obsolete yet, clearly, Ia they
really EXPECT 10 breathe soul under the ribs
Of that musty old skeleton But then We must
not BE- too sure, neither If II be true thAt
there is signed To their manifesto the name ot at
least one worthy gentleman who has been dead over
a year, their case may not be so RIDICULOUS as u
looks II they have indeed succeeded IN raising
Wings from the dead to sign their paper, they may
otherwise
| do not think Boston has ever worn more
cheerful aspect than on the morning the Whlg
Manifesto appeared in The Courier, since the hard
time. came on. Everybody was on the broad grin,
and every body saw the excellence OF the Joke, cx-
cepting the unconscious makers Of IT. The pros
periy of Jest was never better established in the
eaIs oi them that heard it than of this one. Men
could not read the signatures without laughing at
the contrast between the means and the end pro-
posed. As far SIS ! know any thing of the sgners-
and should Judge have heard OF about half
they gentlemen of great private respectabllty,
and generally of competent estates but of no more
political significance than their own tootmen. They
stand for their own votes and nothing more. The
only one among them whose personal importance
could be detected by the application Of the incest
tests of political chemistry, is NT. Nathan Apple
ton, ho has been a man of mark and likelihood IN
his time and in his way. But he, though man of
great wealth and respectable abilities, is of iniirm
health and vergiuC his eightieth year, so that
much help IN this necromantic experiment can
hardly be expected from him. The other names
are those OF men, ss Mr. Toots might say, " of no
consequence, or positively damaging to any move
ment dependent on popular support. The men Of
real weight, Who were once Wings, when Wings
were, such as Mr. Everett, Mr. Winthrop, and Mr.
Benjamin X. Curtis, had too much Wit 10 be
there. Lady Fairfax said when her Lord name
Was called among the Judges of Lhsrlrs l. Mr..
Chnate of course, withheld his name, If he were
asked for it, he has fairly enlisted in the Demo-
crate army and taken the Kings shilling, In the
shape of provision for his son-in-law The fatbery
cbastisement administered BY The Post to Mr..
George Lunt had the effect, We apprehend, Of
saving him from repeating the experiment Of riding
two horses at once. If he had, wouldn't ne have
caught II from that sterr PARENT
As to our substantial politics, to which category
what | have been talking about certainly does not
belong, You know Just as much ss do for what
ever 1 know about them ! gather from the letters
o, your Own Correspondent. Happening last
Tuesdsy to find my self proVidentially, IN the town
Of Dedhsm. ! assisted. IN the French sense of be-
ing present. the ratification meeting Of the nom
nation of Mr.. Charles +. Adams. He spoke eX-
tremely We'll, SIS did Mr.. George X. Russell, Mr.
Thomas D. Elliot aud several others. There seems
10 be very general feeling over the State that Mr.
Adams must be- elected, and there 10 q great deal of
latent power in such animal magnetism. don't
know much about the candidates In other districts
i see Nr. OTIS p. Lord of Salem is set up in that
district ss third candidate Of some sort, for the
purpose of defeating Dir. Alley Of Lynn. He
ought TO be among the reyiyers Of the Wing Party,
as lie vas all active member of il, If i am not mis-
tsken. And. perhaps, be is, and | did not notice
bis name Did once tel you OF an adventure of
bis in Court, with my excellent friend James y.
Buaum of Lynn am afraid / did; but, never
mind; il viii bear telling twice. Mr. Bnfum, who
is sef-tsught man Of much intelligence, was q
witness in soIne case, in which Mr. Lord was
counsel on the other side. In the course of his
testimony, he made use Of the expression philo-
'sorhically speaking" Mr. Lord caught il up and
turned and twisted ii as be best could to make the
witness ridiculous The matter in dispute had
something 10 do with the strength of hogshesds
"suppoeing the ar was exhausted from q hogs