, 1860-01-26
Our Boston Letter.

iE0FfctfunteLce Of the Press and Tribune1
GosTn4, jan. .1ss. 1sG0.'
The investigation into the cause Of the s|aueb-
ter ut Lawrence :s likely to result, from present
appearances, in lie usual way-nobody to
blame. 1t is Shown that tho foundation was
bad, that the walls ere thin and much cut up
with windows, andt!at the iron columns hich
supported the floors were too small and too
thin; but as Captain Digclow tells the jury that
it was well buils wall, they will, accordin. to
all preccdcnts IN such cases. he obliged to be-
licre him. To be sure, tue mill did fall, md the
accident was probably caused By that awkward
law which is SO fatal to the works Of bad archi-
tects, tile attraction Of grayitation.
The contributions for the sufferers and their
families have already reached above twenty
thousand dollars, most Of which comes from
Boston and vicinity, though liberal sums have
been subscribed also iu New York and Phile-
dclphia. Here is II chance for the " Chiva.ry"
to show the liberality Of which they are always
boasting. Bat AS the mugnanimous Stale of
Virginia actun'iy contributed less money TO her
own suffering people At Norfolk some years
ago than WIS sent from Boston, it is not to he
supposed that they will trouble themselves
much about this affair, except indeed to make
political use Of it in Congress, in drawing mov-
ing comparisons between the poor white Slaves
Mt the North, md their own fat jolly niegers.
Truth conpels us to acknowledge that whatcyer
may be the horrors Of slavery, its victims are
not likely to be rus to death in the Lawrence
fashion.
Josiah Perl,am, pcrson well known rs 4
gettcr up Ct excursions" and "eilt enter
priscs." las pctiticned the Massachusetts lcss.
laturc for charter 10 enable him and lis asso-
cia1cs 10 build :. railroad to the Pacific. His
p'au is to MAKE tic shares smull, und get them di
7ided among tie people, SO as to givc every enc
IN interest IN the work. Rather IN ambitious
enterprise, but perham is saii 10 be man Of
rbility and pluck, and the thing is desirable So,
long may he rail.
heard Edward Everett deliver his lecture
upon the carl: life Of Franklin. before the
Typographical Society Oh the birthday Of the
lrent printer, aud very interesting atIuir it
was. 1t was illustrated with some relics Of the
Franklins-a tyilliug book, two or three hun
dred years old, from the purish oi Ectore, in
Sorthamptonshfre, England, from whence the
Frnnklins en'igratcd to Boston. They were
blacks.niths and farmers, and their names are
found in this book, which was sent to Mr.
Everett by Thomas Carlyle. The parish records
Of the old South Church in Boston, containing
tie entry of the birth Of BcIjamiu 144 years
ago. The gilt signs which swung orer his ia
Tiers shop in Boston, where Benjamin made
candles, for be commenced 10 cnlishten the
world in that wsy, before he took to the press.
Mr. Eycrett's addlcsses on occasions of this
kind are models. NJ man Gun do these things
80 well.
4 few nights before heard Gov. Banks de-
liver lecture upon Force Of Character" As
] looked at his 1eso'utc, selfreliant face.
thought that his own career WAS as good an H.
lustaation us could be found Of lis subject.
Front the work bench Of machine shop 10 the
Governors chair, with fair Glance Of the
pzcsidencv---'' Glarnis and thanc of Caw3or.''
"Tile greatest Is trhind" EArCANASu