New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-03-11

of GreenFeld denounce the agency; ssy the liquors
cold s7s impure and adulteraied, and cali upon tie
LegslyYure 20 interfere. Sore liquors sold and
seb; 20 Georgetown hsve been analyzed BY DR..
NICHOLS. who - represented 10 be competent
Chemist and who prOaOunces them vile and IN
WI olesome compounds. DIR. Jackson, he Feyer,
hss spalyzeS the same liquors, and be s3ys they
sre good. EithOu. expressing any opinion ~ u
'thesc contToyerted questions, l vii say thai
think the principle of cstabllstDg State ruIn-s602
il wrong and pernicious. The state Temperance
Committee however, stick 10 il az if il was one OF
the mar, pillars of their cause snd viii not bear of
It's abolition. They are bound to stick to their
theory, though il WORKS no go)d TO anybody, bu.
the liquor agent.
From An occs,ols coresponlsp.
BosToN, MarcA Q, 1859.
There las been small tempest in our teapot
here about the removal Of the PosEOfe. Dare
ssy you know as mach about the matter as i do.
If you don't, you know very little. There has
been nothing Ike II since The grss. Ten Cent ks-
beliop, twenty yesrs ego. The impu,1tion on the
Postmaster il, that he has msreuyered the change
from State street 10 Summer street fo' the purpose
Of making good JOB for himself And supporting
lie hsi Are they so virtuOus in Warrington that
there sbaD be no cakes and ale in Boston also
Aye, by Saint Anne, but there shall; sni the gin
ger sball be hot in the month. Those SAINTS a1d
sages we're so shocked &. the idea Of Dir. Capen's
p,tsed bill foibiGding the removal until after the
next sessiOn Of CoDgre,s. Bat before formal notice
Of this prohibition reached him (for, Of course, he
was not bound to regard telegraphc rumorsG be
had done the little thing, and is now s.fely
enscoscfd in his new quarters. / suppose he
must know that be has the Pre.ident to back
him. But, whether or not, will ssy Of him as w5s
said of Lafayette when be made his escapade TO this
country, and which John Quincy Adams quoted in
appreciation Of Gen. JacksOn's French war mes
sage that whatever one may think Of his pru
"deIce, one cannot help admiring his spirit" The
whole quarrel | take to be a game between rival
owners OF real estate. As tnow stands, Mr. Capen
has tTumped the trick and, if it does not turn out
that he mas ioJOktd, he rises the winner. must
say, as bystander that il seems 10 me that State
street, OF its neigbbOrh0Od is a more proper place
than Summer street, as being nearer the larger
number Of persons using the pOst-Oflice the most
But do not pretend 10 compose quarrels Of this
magnitude. AS far as | am personally concerned,
the new place suits me rather better than the old
If the English custom Of the free delivery of letters
were adopted, the place would lie OF little cOnse
quence. The Postmaster proposes, believe, for
certain addition TO the box rent, TO send the mail
matter 10 the address of such persons as choose to
pay l.. This is an approximation to the true sys
TEN. And he has accommodated the public a. to
the depOsitng of letters by placing iron boxes in
Tious parts of the city which emptied at speci
fed hours by sworn carriers This is an absolute
Improvement on the old plan.
The matter of the Webster statue remains in
Statu quO believe the offer of the precious object
has not yet been made to the Legislature. pre-
sumo the members are undergoing preliminary
manipulation, on the result of which il will depend
whether the gift be proiiered or not. trust that,
on feeling them, it will he found that they are no,
soft, and that we shall hear more Of that impu-
dent suggestion. The United States Court House
is the proper place for it, and hope its proprietors
will commit ii to the custody the Union which Mr..
Webster taught them TO hsbitually, and not to
that Of Massachusetts, who has already preiudices
enough TO conquer without this addition to them.
The Hancock House has not yet been added to the
assets of the State, but l hope that il
soon viii be. j see that there has been
one remonstrance against tho measure pro.
ceeding from the town of West Newbury,
q suburb of the somewhat musty old borough rep
resented by Gen. Gushing and The Courier. The
worthy burghers are apprehensive OF financial ruin
10 the Commonwealth in case this extravaganza
shall be committed But they should consider
that, if we should fall the land will sell for more
than shall give for it, and our creditors would
be benefited by the transaction. i see my story
about the dinner there in Hancock time is going
the rounds OF the papers. So will add another TO
it, which heard years ago, as one of the traditions
OF the place. At one of his great dinners, a cOun
try member of the General Court had the vision of
first manifested to him. Seeing
vessel containing water SET before him after dinner
and feeling thirsty at the tme he put it to the use
he supposed il intended for, and drank it dry. On
going 10 his lodgings, brother member, who was
better acquainted with the customs of society, re.
buked him for what he had done, telling him that
the water was not put there TO drink, but 10 wash
his hands in. A while aiterward he was hidden
again, AMI being resolved not to 20 wrong second
time, glass Of whipped cream being set before
him, lie made his ablutons in it, surprising il 10 he
SOop-sudS The eject must hsye been something
like that of poor King Chcquot OF Prussia washing
his face IN, the vermiech soup at Milan tue other
day
You VIII have seen that we have had our Charity
Ball here for the benefit OF Nh. John a. Washing
ton. did not attend il, my SELF rs d. not think
that sturdy bcggaf fiji object of my aims; but
believe it was omiDeDtly successful in raising the
wind, Went TO rec the Boston Theater, where it
was held, on the Saturday after, when Promenade
Concert was given there for the benefit of such
hardened wretches as myself. The decorations
were really very well managed, and the house bril-
liant]y lighted by means of gas extraordinary, and
the panneliDe OF the crimson ground of the wall
paper of the auditorium with white cloth. The
stage was upholstered with furniture pictures and
statues, 10 look like a drawing room, and with the
chandeliers introduced il had very brilliant effect
The ornsmenatOn OF the house was better than II.
your Charity Ball, which l attended the night be-
fore this one, in the Academy of Music, and
the difficulty OF properly lighting theater turned
INTO a BALLROOM better overcome. But, of course