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grct~-1Ir. lsIchnrd II. Dnnn-our
English 1Itni~tcr-LiteraFy. Matters
Ncw RookH-Gharlcs Rendo and His
Critics. Lectures Pcrx0nal Gossip
4 Romantic Mnr1fnGe-A Wealthy
SuIcide-1taId OIL the Gamblers
Au,uAentnt*s
From Our Own Correspondent
Bosros, October {, 1866.
POLITICAL.
suppose the leading place In the political
chronicle Of the week should be given to
the johnson State Convention, though really
the event was one Of very little Importance,
aud excited very little attention from either
party. The device of holding two Convcn-
tions, one to rattfy the doings Of the other,
was by no means new; and the fact that
there were not johnson Republicans enough
in the State to officer the National
Union assembly, without calling In
the aid Of men who have been
Democrats from the cradle up, rather ex~
posed the weakness Of the invention. The
speeches made were not notable, Mr..
John Quincy Adams having al-
ready defined his views to tic
satisfaction of The few who were anxious
to hear them, and not having oratorical gifts
10 make a second exposition attractive, and
the other speakers being still more stale and
commonplacc-unlcss except the eccentric
Fenian, Colonel Scanlan, who supports An
drew johnson because be took away the arms
with which Scamlan, If he could have gut
ilnld Of them, would have made himself
liable to tue penalty Of hanging
III Canada. The resolutions were
curious set, making bids for the
votes of half dozen special cliuues-the
"workingmen'' who advocate the eight hour
doctrine The rcninns The soldiers wIo % scct
~ .,,n1,zaton nf ho,,nt,os ~ ,,,na, ss sa,,
crs Who are orposed to the proh1htory s 1aw ls
and go forth, none Of them being worth bid
ding for in political point of view. The
candidate selected fnr Governor Nr r. II
Su..tscr ;s . ,no,, 1,,+ho,tc ,,,,,,oora ~ -.
.'.''a.a.''. 's l'..n uue.u auneo VI ~
State, and lawyer Of second rate abilities,
but the selection is notable In one point of
view. us showing thu suicilnl infatuntfnn of
t,,r Iol,nsnn nco11, ,sho of,rr liz, oxo,,,,,os
~ N.;,,1 49,, w W. 49,, p.s.'.s,a....,s
will persist in placing at the head
| Of their tickets the names Of peace any
ur,cc Cop,rrhcailk. and thus making ttrir
certain defeat ut tic polls more sIr,,a1 nml
| complete. There arc. 10 be sure. ycry few
respectable public men In Massacfusc,ts OF
| t9tf1ndV
Frrsjdrlt'g narty. hut there arc crrin1niv
ono or two lllorc eligible tllau a ,,,n,, wI,5i,
uuly record is n visit 10 Chicago in lsrd
viii, tlc lcjcrntion to thc WHr.a. FuiIur,.
Convention, md violent Coppcri.catl
huercll delivered few tlays nitrr m Wprcrs.
1cr,
More Interest has cc,,tcrca In the Rcpubll.
rnn Convention IN this Congressional Ujs.
triet, which, after hcscecl,t,,y and i,uplorjur
Sir. Alcxurticr II. l:irr to stand ior anothcr
term, nominatcd Mr. Glncrly Twlchcll IL take
llin l,!ncc. Mr.. TwIrhcll, ~ perhaps told vou
| VIII u predicted hIY prn!tuhlc nomination.
il the president Of The Boston l. Worcester
Kallroad, one of The nlost liberal, ropunr
and prosperous corporations IL t!le S1utc,
u1Itl Il Il .llnn Of great energy ur.l executive
utility, much l'liLlic spirit did personal alta.
lliIty. a,,.l eul,i,l Kepsltlican rrincjp!cp. :As
u E"lrcscrtative III Congress lir wlll he rather
| thrrwu amt silent than britIlaNt s{>eakin :,
mcInher, lie hcgnn life US IL htngc driver
WAT som an extensive stage proprietor; dis.
tlngnlshcd himself several tIsncs In the daya
Of expresses, when newspapers competed
with enth other fur precedence In getting
news, by relays Of horses, over lnnI routes