Worcester daily spy., 1859-01-10
OUR BOSTON CORRESPONDENCE.


was never Sc strong, never so near the core of
the hearts of the people, as now. This is pa
tent to yeu. 1t is evident to every thinking
man in the State, even his enemies, always ex-
cepting that mongrel abortion, that sickly fun
gus, called the Democrat. Before this, you have
read the Governors inaugural, and know you
will agree with right-minded people, generally,
that it is great document. l intimated as
much, in my last, and knew whereof / wrote
1t will be read with eagerness, throughout the
State. 1t is worthy ofremark, that, at the con-
clusion of its reading, Caleb Gushing at once
made for the Speakers chair, where he con-
graduated the Governor, in no common terms
of flattery. Hitherto, Gen. Gushing has main-
tained degree of hot hostility towards His
Excellency. The ice is, evidently, now bro
ken. Let us hope that the General, who is
man of immense power, and might be of ser
vice, will now reform his politics. l have, in
deed, heard it intimated, that he is sick of the
political company he has, unfortunately, kept,
for several years past and that it is not i'm
probable he will put himself fairly on the Re-
publican platform, in time to fight the Presiden-
tial battle. We shall see. This much is true;
he has raised the peaceful flag of truce to the
Governor, and their reunion was quite cor
dial.
A bit of fscandal, We all like little pepper
in our soup; little sugar and cream in our
tea A certain Custom House officer in good
standing and very sound and square on the
Democratic goose, has got himself into very
pretty fix; and has got into it, probably, very
much easier than he will get out. The plain,
unvarnished fact is, he has seduced young
lady, in this city. The trouble is rendered ad-
ditionally insurmountable, by the fact, that, the
aforesaid Custom House officer has a wife---a
blooming wife and mother. As Boston is not
Utah. the result of all this is very unpleasant
An action has been commenced, and, thus far,
it has been kept out of the local papers. Muir
der will out, however, the more particularly,
where there is to be mother with no hus-
band, which, as Sam Slick says, is "agin ma
ter" You may put this down as a sensation
to come.
What, between the assembling of the
Legislature, the snow-storm, the sleighing,
the rain-storm, and thaw, and some other
matters, we have had a miscellaneous and
eventful week. There has been a good
deal of grumbling among some of our cit
izens, in consequence of the manner in which
the snow was pitched in the streets, traced by
the horse railroads Upon one side, was a
to
the path ofthe public travel heaps ofsnow rem
dering passage inconvenient, and in many cas-
es dangerous. Petitions have been put in cir
culation, which have been signed by thousands,
asking the authorities to compel the offending
railroad companies to abandon their cars when
the snow is more than six inches deep. This
will do no good. One horse-railroad company
is stronger than the petition of $4,000 citizens,
The authorities dare not cross their track. The
companies have never asked what they did
not get; the people have never asked what
was not refused. The difference you can prob
ably see without the aid of spectacles.
The Opera has left us, and Young Boston is
almost hopelessly respondent The counte-
Blackstone square, and Chester Park is fright
fully and dolefully long. The aristocracy,
both cream and cod, are as melancholy as
Prentice's lecture on American politics and
politicians. What these circles, and the snob-
berry that hangs to and about them, will do, l
am at a loss to imagine, unless it is to expire.
| Taking aside this troth and tinsel of fashion
and fustian, the genuine lovers of genuine mu-
| sic had series of rich feasts, and Mr.. Ullman
goes off in smiles with $4,000 net profit That
will do,will it not, for twenty-one performances!
Besides, his visit has resulted in putting the
lesseeship of the Boston Theatre into solid
hands, ensuring performances of first class,
dramatic and musical, for at least eight months
each year. The sale of the Melodeon puts
$4,000 into the corporation, and Tids it of an
endless bother.
1t is expected that the Legislature will sit
about fifty days, an extra session in the sum-
mer being contemplated. The members will
be obliged to work a little in the fifty days to
accomplish all the necessary business, not
touching the revision of the statutes, which
will be the summer job. The talk of sessions
from z. M, and on to evening and
midnight, will probably end where it begins
in talk. A great majority of the members
will not care to spend nearly the whole day in
doing nothing. Most of them have habit of
going to work in the morning, and finishing
up just about the time some of the schemers
| now propose TO bepin This fnrnin1 tbinos
round, | apprehend, will not suit Besides,
the rushing style of legislation, such as the
midnight sessions would bring about, would
never suit.
The Legislature, as your will learn from
other sources, today, executed Maj. Stevens,
for so many years Sergeant-at-Arms. Hon.
John Morrissey, of Plymouth, was elected to
the office. There's an honor for an editor
Mr.. Morrissey will fill the office with credit,
no doubt although there are no duties con-
nected with it that are difficult. Mr.. M. is
lucky man, but he can hardly expect to hold
the office but year or two. Henceforward.
it will change with the politics of the admin.
istration. Maj. Stevens is nearly heart
broken. His picture this noon, was that of
sadness in the first degree and as he an
nounced the messenger from the Senate to
the House, with the information of the concur
rent action Of that branch, it really seemed
like man heralding his own death, and walk
ing with tp-staff in hand to his own funeral.
Our new Post Office is nearly done. 1t will
be in readiness, probably, next week The