, 1865-06-23
Whtfdgt1 Gribn1re.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 3. 1866.
OUR BOSTON LETTER,
The 17th Of June Celebrntfou-The
orthodox Nattonaf Eounctl-The
New RCathedral-Ca1hoIi In Box.
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lspteiA Correspondence Of Chicago Tribune,
BoeToS, June II, 1865.
All is serene, particularly the weather, an
as tbs happens to be legal holiday, tn
schools and business hnu:es aud Workshop
are closed, the military companiea hay
turned out, and young AID old arc harm
Z general good time. The Governor au
council. many members Of the Legislature
and several societies Of -Masons, Odd Fellow
and Knight Templars hare gone to Lowell /,
mtnets the dedication Of the Ladd aut
Whiting monument. Governor Andrew t1c
ltTeIs tne oradon.- The monument Ia d
granite, twenty-seren feet high, and Is sacrct
to tie memory Of the two young men who
Ee1e Killed 1T Baltimore, on the 18th o
On the common there fs a public temper
ance celebration, procession, collation.
speeches and music. Many thousand child.
rtn, girls and 1,oys, are there, together with
all the temperance societies Of Boston, Rox.
bury, Cambridge, Charlestown and other
psaeses, e.. ana as ,esmirE IS grand turn out as
Charleston Is celebrating the day with un-
usual zeal. The returned soldiers have been
reviewed, and With beods Of music and tAc
Planners ti several regiments and batteries,
nave eome over to Boston, and are now
| "ms rchipE along" through the principal
slIee1s AEer visiting Bunker Hisl and pay
will SIT down to feast provided By the pu6-
| Ac. As tais Is one OF the few occasions on
Which the boys are permitted to set eff f3re-
crackers, It Is almost as good a. the Fourth
/ OF July. Still 1t must he acknowledged that
patriotism is seriously damped By the price
q crackers. to-wlt, eighteen ecnts bunch.
| INC National Congregational Council u
has been In session aimee "Wednesday, acd Is
attended By about two hundced aud tifty
ele1eymen and as many hymen. There arc
delegates from all parts of this country, and
ICY from Europe, neazly twenty-five hur-
Giea Ghnschea being, represented In the
tionaliste Of Illinois arc here, and altogether
your state has tfty-pne delegates, The. most
prominent being Dr.. Stu7devant, Dr. Patton.
and DR.. Betch=r.
have seen tbs plans for the new Cathc-
ofa HAiSh Bishop Fitzpatrick Is about to
erect IN this city. The s.to selected fonts
Washington stscst, between Maiden and
Cn1nn Fa1k streets, and Is known rs the
Williams ettste,'' but several additions
have been m1de,f go thai. now the lot en-
faaces hbCut thee acres, and extends back
who exhibited the Ilars aud explained the
details Informed tne that the church was to
he constructed OF stone, and would be in the
form oi q cross; tha. the. tower would be
considerably higher than any other in Bos-
ton that there won1d be baptlstery sixty
leet IN diameter, separate from the church;
that there were two dwelling houses for the
bishop, priests and other ot1icials--and so
forth. OF the dimensions I only r6mem5er
the main TACT, that the length OF the church
will be three bundled feet, and that it will
be oy Tar the biggest thing Of the kind any
where IN these parts.
Willis an upon church matters, IT cones
N rlase to say that the Catholics have al
ready the finest church in Boston. 1t Is call.
ed tbe Church Of the "Immaculate Couccp.
tion. ~ and being under the control Of the
Jesutta. Is, to 3 certain extent, itdependent
oi uie Bishop, though exactly to what dearre
am ignorant. think the priests arc not
lt1nliited to perform haptiam or marriage,
and perhaps they ate excluded from the cel.-
bfatlon Of sc1nc other sacsauents. There il
regulation IN fo:ce in this church which il
vety, well In its way. although perhaps soms~
~Lat new. a srnaH charge-fltteeu ceuts-is
made Tor admission, and conEide,iog that
many people attend merely TO hear the mu.
Sic, surely no one can caTii At the price.
out Of to~n, the Catholics buy up the church.
es Which they ra:a;e, aid In this way hare
obtained possession within few years Of
four Unitarian meeting g-houses. On Sunday
last me sacrament was administered to i've
huDatcd and iorty-one persons In " St. Ma
IT'S, alone, and to nnmbtr amounting to
hundreds In some othcr churches, There
we're some converts from Professionalism, En
fold. but not great many The apparent
rap'd INCREASE oi this sect Is condned to that
portion Of The city which has been given up
10 the foreign population, and is indeed veFy
much greater than IN the upper wards aud
the contiguous towns.
Wnnda arfu1 p$fnrto a 1{,,rr +.x x.su. .
to the Nation, new weekly. which It Is pro.
posed to sat = going In New York next month,
The attempt ~ raise 3I03, 900 capital has
been tolefably successful Boston subscribed
SD, ,oos and there is fair prospect that New
York, Phlladalphia and Baltimore will take
Of established reputation as wri1e7, Is to b.
the editor, AID Mr. J. Il. Richards, formerly
Of the ladcpendtnt will take charge Of tie
publishing department. 4 large part of the
btice.
And now upon the subject Of "startior
news! apers," one might write IN essay which I
Fon1d be intercs.ing. It amuses me when I !
p5Pef il Boston Css Csstashhfy 81 =" ii I'D g.
3ofld 1heIc could be nothing much easier.
1tmtmbeE a time when there wcEo fourteen
full blast here. To be particular, THIS was
s,e htetn years ago. when the population WIS |
little more than one half what 1t is at meg
nt"-Aad now We hare only seven dailles, 1t |
ne t.mt reler 10. "capital" to the amount
! 81 hundred 4ollars was ample fo7 an en-.
e1pr;se Of this kind, but have known con-
sIns 70 be put In operation with uu h less.
ne editorial "etat" usually consisted Of
ne person, Ebo WAS expected to do all The
'ork requ ste to make tip-top payer; but
!, tmchues an engagement was mad.
~ !. Clergyman, or schoolmaster, or
le4der,'' and this entailcd an additfonai
fense Of as much as six dollars = week.
hen II came 70 employing an editor and
ePoIter, the thing was considered conplete.
Eele could be 10 further improvement. In
ae SUMMER season the paper was made up,
&c ,ckta up a1d rut to pFees hef,re dark. i
1eets" 81 the Pou and The DaUy; which
United market Jcporta and ship news, and
lat sort Of "stutf," aud were regarded az
I behind the times, Irregular old f5s:cs ~ 1
1t 10 tie "en:e7prisinx press" the *'pen- :,
press" Of that day. It was gteat On
Vt + regoft1 san, aud an9 9nrEdsr, ''eo!dhlo.d.
e circulation !nstantee. 1t Is true tho Cd
ems were NOT large, as you now reckon cdi- I
nLs; for once, when an indignant indIyidu. !
felt compelled to buy up, at rctatl price, 4
e eh tlrs Issue Of one Of these papers, in or. I
= 70 Keep his name from: coming to
= i paone under me head ef' Polio. Court"
1 v
Ihe telegraph hud HOES presses sent most '
these concerns 10 the dogs long ago, AVID 2
e worthy and patriotic prop1ietors TOOK 10 c
ring the public in another Way-som. At Z
nkins, come as commissioners Of t1ts or y
at interest, one got into the Senate and Il
'ys there, The custom-honse took somc. the
St Cttice some, aud the church few. What
sngts have taken place In the mole OF
lrg thlngs! Now the editorial rop:ns arc +
ed With sub-tdItors hl,d city editors. and t =
.ney editors and night editors, anl what
!, . perfect host, aud each one receives
nfy double that Of the mau-oE all work In
: good old tlmts. There must te soue-
pg nbout newspaper that, above all other .
upa ions, keeps man fresh aud vigorous =
juvenile. Look at Colonel Green and
lonel Rogers and Colonel Clapp, I'VE have
Ling. il The profession above lie q
( Of Cc1onel,) aud remember that
y wire veterans In the business II
en- We were children. There is q story a
Fnt tIat they have tasted of tn. elixir Of 2.
:, aud lbel'cye it. But, you see, this sub- n
Is tndless-and even II had tIme tn &c
te more, doubt If you would have space sr
he Handel and Haydn society festtya. Ct
2 cue ceks. the receipts being upwards Of p
900, and the EXPENSES only $l7, COZ. Ii 70
r proposed to hold tricnniat festivals, aud I!
en- the ne1t cne IL celebrated to make 1t st
moro attractive than the last, ef