New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-17

fail. ROxbuy is probably for annexation by small
majority, and CbarlestOwn against it. These an
neXa'joD questions ase quite old. Charlesto@n,
indeed, was once annexed by vote, but the su
preme Court discovered some flaw IN the act, ana
The UNION was never c0nsUmmated. Inc oid lcnI,
ousy Of the country toward the City OF Boston sti
exists and it is difficult to get the Legislative con-
cent 10 any act which shall make Boston any larger
or more influential in the politics Of The sta'e.
The Jealousy, however, is less reasonable tnan ~
was when Boston, by It's general ticket sys'S" %
representation. sent united delegation, geperaiy
# able men, to the Senate and n 'use' ...,
Gen. James s. Whitney, who has been appolil'osp
Collector OF this Port in place OF Austn remoVed,
was a member of the Legislature from Inc Town vi
Conway in 1851. and obeyed the Instructions OF Ms
oonsttuents by voting 70; Charles sumner Tor Sena-
tor and Giving him the one vote which elected inm
Poor Mr. Griswold, who was in the Senate, and
rave Mr. Sumner complimentary vote when he
had plenty TO spare gets nothing, and poor Mr.
Beach. who voted against Sumner IN the Senate,
has not influence enough TO get one Of his friends
appoitted Postmaster of Springfield. Whitney has
been holding the Office Of Superintendent OF the Ar
mory at Springfield and now goes iuto a better
place. 1t is pleasant to see devotion to principle
thus rewarded Caleb StetSoD, OF Bralntree, whose
name was mentioned for the office of Collector, was
in the House, with Whitney, at the time Sumner
was chosen, and was one of the nd0mitables,"
as the Hunkers were called. He is an honest posi-
tye-minded man, with plenty of money and no
craving Tor office. He is religious man, of one of
the Orthodox persuaslons aud upbolds the cause of
Slavery not only in State and on State street, but
in the ract Society and the Church. So he does
his whOS duty Austin is also consistent Hunker,
but his sphere is less wide than Stets0n's. As for
Whitney, doubt whether he would lift his voice,
in the church or anywhere else to prevent the
abolition of Slavery throughout the whole South,
r - &c ala rnfA nd
upon his lathfuness Ire is one of the delegates at
large TO Charleston, and understood to be fully
pedged in favor of -, the man who wins.
Tie Coarier's instinct discovered at once the diff
ference between Whtney's and Austins Hunker
ism; and if proceeded 10 denounce the new appoint
ment in good set terms. 1t has been made, how
ever, to take the back track, and apologize this
morning.
Gov. Boutwell, leaves the office Of Secretary of
the Board of Education in April. 1t will be hard
to fill the place. Among the Candidates are Hon.
G.. W. Uphsm. Hon. Henry X Oliver, George B.
Emerson, and Professor Alpheus Crosby. The
election is made by the members of the Board.
MIR. GIeeley's letter from the West, predicting
| the nomination of Douglas, Is much talked OF here
among the politicians There ia unquestionably
great fear of Douglas among the Republicans. 1t
seems TO me an unnecessary and unreasonable fear
| II can hardly be possible that man who has not
half dozen followers in both branches of Congress
| can be chosen President. If he had the great
strength that he ia supposed to have among The peo-
| Die there would be some indication of it at Wash.
| ingtCp. do not mean that Washington sentiment
| is an infallble index of public sentiment in the
! country; but can q man be strong enough in the
country to be chosen President, or even to be nom
mated by one of the great parties and still have no
| supporters in Congress And again: see no rea.
| son to suppose that Tennessee and Kentucky will
vote for Douglas if be is nominated, and the union
of the South is indispensable to the success of the
Democratic candidate.
TicknOr g. Fields announce Hawthornes new
| novel as nearly ready. The name FIRST fixed upon
was St. Hida's Shrine, but il has been cosnged to
| The Marble Fawn, or the Romance OF Mount Benz.
| I hey have also In press new work by the Rev.
| Robert Lowell, entitled, " A Name Never Written
1.-The Story OF Young Hearts that scaled the great
| mountain three thousand years ago." For the
| honor Of the male authors ! am glad TO see these
! new announcements and hope that the trophies Of
| the authors Of Adam Bede, and John Halifax, and
Sir ROhan's Ghost will not let them sleep again.
Among the foreign books announced by L. 4, +.
| are new volume of poems by Coventry Patmore;
Holmby House, by q. j. Whyte Melville; the Semi
detached House, edited by Theresa Lewis, and
Madtmoiselle Nor, tale Of modern Rene.
The .itiantie HoRthty for March, has very rich
and varied table of contents, among other things
poem by Gerald Massey entitled " For Christe's
| Sake" The literary notices are very piquant too
much so, fear for the ta.te Of the author of Re-
miRiscences of Mr.. CbOate.
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