The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-11-24
Letter From Boston.
BOSTON. Nov. Nth. 1S5

OF your former excellent and talented" cores
pondent T. S.; whose charming illusions will
no more, for the present, adorn yoar columns
from this Atheneum metropohs,-this brain Of
the Union," as some will have it. 80 1888
lag As you are aware, our State election has pass
ed Oft successfully and goriously for the Repub-
licans and we are fully prepared to do our
Hhtote duty in the more exciting contest of an
other year. Senator Sumner is expected home
shortly and rumor states that he intends re.
signing his seat in the U. S. Senate-in which
case' the honor will doubtless fall on our pres
ent' excellent Governor Banks.
Our community has been, for some time past,
dehclent IN events of any considerable interest.
Due now, al last, we have a hobby of our own.
Our liquor law provides for the establishment
OF a State Agency for the sale of pure liquors to
Ine town agencies; and commissioner is ap-
pointed by the State to oversee the business.
and guard against the sale of impure or adulte-
rated liquors. This Commissioner gives bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for the faithful discharge
OF his duties, Our late Liquor Commissioner.
Mr.. George p. Burnham, recently became in
s.
trust; and he was forthwith arraigned before a
committee OF the egislature-which has been
Tor some time in extra session over the Revised
lStatutes-and a careful investigation was gone
| through with. Ample evidence was brought to
| hght' showing that q large quantity of the liq-
uor OF the Agency had been "e1tended,' - or adul-
terated with pure spirits,--the most common
h'ode OF auuiterauon. But, in order to gee the
fullest evidence, the committee requested Mr..
burnham to give up his cash book and ledger.
containing the accounts of sales; as, indeed. he
is required by law to do. This Mr.. Burnham
refused to 90; alleging that the books are his
private property, and that, moreover, he cannot
be required to furnish eridsnce against himself
FOR this conduct he was arrested by the Ser.
geant-at-Arms, and arraigned before the House
OF Representatives on the charge of contempt OF
that body. Just before the election the case
came to the crisis of a vote for placing the mat
ter IN the hands of the Attorney General fol
prosecution. But, for some cause, the members
lodged the vote; so that though majority was
found for the proposal, it was not the majority
of quorum.
Meanwhile Mr.. Burnham offered himself f.
the voters Of his district for election to the Leg
islature; bribing them with an offer of S1OOC
for the poor, and IN other ways sparinG no pains
or expense TO secure an election. The bait
however dia not take and not more than sixty
votes were thrown for him. Having failed Of
an election to the Legislature, he was immedi.
ately taken care of by that body, and sentenced
TO confinement in the Suffolk County Jail, from
which he made an inglorious but unsuccessful
attempt tie escape. The next day he went be-
fore the Supreme Judicial Court to obtain his
| discharge on a writ Of hGbeas corpus but the
! poor ex-commssia.er Cor lie had resigned his
comm sslon to avoid a discharge) gained no
| sympathy from that body, for a full bench OF
learned Judges decided that lie must 90 hack To
jan, where he is for the present left to his soli
tary reflections. Meanwhile, let it be known
Tar and near, that the State of Massachusetts
has no more extended +" liquor for sale at its
rum-shop. Its "escutcheon'' is no LONGER stain.
ed with bad rum
! Whatever other business may have been
dull the book-making business has been in
glo" OF activity the past season; and your
correspondent has been engaged in GETTING he
fore tie public document concerning the earIv
| settlement of the Virginia Colony, which bas
lately been discovered by the over-busy anti.
qeanan book-worms, and which is considered
OF much value by the Saraas of this neipbbor.
mood 1t is not yet printed but l can.say. be-
lofehand, that is most important point relates
10 the celebrated story concerning Capt. John
omlth and Pocohontas. Weshave ali read or
heard the charming story of the way in which
Capt Smith was saved by the daughter of the
indlan emperor Powhattan just as he was about
TO be Filled by the savages. But the researches
OF the antiquarians have at last discovered that
this, like many other charming episodes Of his.
tory, Is without sufficient foundation 10 enfitle
1t to credence; and it must, therefore, be placed
among the already large class of exploded his
torc fictions. 1t is however; So r,leas;r,, .
story, and has gained such universal credit. and
been So constantly honored with place in the
histories of that time, that it will be long ere it
is surrendered OF consigned to oblivion. -.
The Rev. A. l.. Stone, of the Park street
Church, has recently returned from a European
tour; and, the other evening, related his "expe
renee" ana the result Of his observations. he
fore a large audience at the fremont Temple.
His lecture was made up, for the most part of
contrasts between the English, French, and
American people. The influence of the climate
ne considered the great cause of the differences
IN the social characteristics of separate nations,
"a sentiment which is doubtless correct; al
though he (the lecturer) is not the only one
whose observations have led him to that CON
cluSion. The social habits of the French peo-
pie received more praise from the lecturer than
those of the English. The indoor life of the
latter caused them to keep their hearts locked
up like nuns; while the outdoor life of the form
er rendered them more sociable, and ever ready
to serve a friend or stranger. N B.
Miss MaTtineau Ol Cookery.
What is to be done, for cooking does not
come by nature, nor even ordereg table by
observation The art must be learnt, like 9th
er arts, by proper instruction We want and
we must have, schools of domestic management
now that every home is not such a school