, 1866-12-27

whole matter With regtet, aud do not hest.
tate to admonlsh the Governor that he has |
made mls,aks, that party discipline va
never Rigorous IL Massachusetts, ,s, and
,s9s to the bolt tsas G5 dc, 'a nomisa,iea lnala
l. onc ct the great safeguards Of Republican,
SIN ln free New England. Thus General
Butler adds to hiA reputation a. tho tnau OF
rower, WHOM uane wnuld Wish to hare for
an enemy thus General schou1cr, who was
gliding, Into oblivion, as men Of Soa sommoin,
Communities like ours, Is made martyr OF,
and rises Again to prominence and thns
Governor Bullock, who has made his way
through life with distinguished success oy
uryer opening bis mouth except with ~ ora
atIablc personal greeting, undocs IN days
inGisctetIor the results OF long, prudenl
uou.conmittalism, and falls many degreesln IN
the estimation OF a public only just begun
ming TO estimate him at his true value:
TIE SOLDIERS AoSUNEST ArFA1h;
while the state eos4!ps over these bits OF
folly in high places. the city Is agitase4 & o1ss
rapcc In fts own~local administration. Iae
CHEF of these In the public estimation lnss
now centres on TIE scheme rha LOT sIaaen dya in-
cease in the estimated cost after ground vas
broken, from $4,000 to S1Go,W0, sAiher
turned the stomach Of the municipal icE s'a.
tors aud ofthe public generally and the 1aet
that the architect at whose door inc fehash-
able blunder Is laid, Mr.. q. !. r; Bryant. Is
tho same concerned in tuc erection Of the
rev CITY Hall, which cost several times rs
nsurl. as the taxpayers were first led to eH-
rect. contributes to the feeling iu the matter.
The City Councillors are an:rily
debating whether to make the
new appropriation and countenancc
stbillty OF decision upon the shoulders OF the
pext years. Boantl, 10 diminish the expense
By omitting some Of the details Of the pro-
fccted structure, or to abandon the whole
project. The architects Of the accepted
aud offensive design have resigned In high
dudgeon. And meanwhile those inevitable
neople who, whenever a memorial monu-
n.ent or costly work Of art is proposed, ex-
psess preference Tor spending the money for
4 charity hospital, or for prosaic bread and
butter, are popping up With communications
f1es Wfer6tf tut tf5< n4g nagda dal4eE ingenious
appropriate money for such d purpose, and
whether 1t has any authority foE putting ans
structure on the Common; md amid all The
pather, the onlF thing which see.nz certain
| i5 that the corner stone will not be laid, a
proposed, on New Years day.
] HE. BEEcHER AND TIE LECTURE COMMITTEE
l Rev. Henry Ward Beecler hns delivered
| lecture here during the week, In spite of hi:
published determination not to enter tht
platform this winter; and It Is whispered thai
his appearance at last was the result Of I
very vigorous contest Of Wills between th,
pastor uf Plymouth Church and the commit
lee Of the Mercantile Library Association
The committee paid Mr.. Bcecher, last An
gust, the rice lille sum Of three hundrc,
dollars for his lecture, to be delivered th,
autumn, aud took his receipt for It. After
wards tho distinguished orator decided t.
give his winter evenings to writing d stor,
ier the New York Lttger. and to break 81
the money paid. Other lecture association
consented; this one, having made As. Beech
cf's appearance the teadipg featurc OF It
l tuursc, and sold It's tickets On iAe stseDgt
of Ills Engagement. refused to release lin
and afler long and occasionally bite
cantiie Committee to take back their mouc
Ard Eiye up Mt. Be.chcs's receipt iesultc
1 in his coming here with the best grace no.
| ejhlc, to deliver his only lecture Of the pre-:
! eNt season.
NEWSPAPER NEWS.
Il The only very notable change broagIlt b
the New Year to The Boston press, is in tt
ease Ut the Saturday EteHihg Ga-tue, a week.
Of considerable age and high standing, ,whic
occupies field By Itself, and Is Indeed OF
, only Sunday paper Of much ,importauc
having fourled the paper, came Into It
position BY hereditary risht-Mr. ". Y
CIarr-leavcs the establi.Ament altoscthe
ard takes with him Mr.. B. P. Shiliabe
world-tcpowncd as "Azs. Partinstoa," az
une ct our most gctlal humorous. write,
q! Mr.. George B. Woods, . graduate Of Il
Daily 4JdtrT1txT office, and Mr.. C)anp Is
devote his whole attention In future 10 Il
: Journal, 10 which paper he has given sever
), hours work d day for eomc time past.
There hare been two deaths among Il
rttff S4y1tT thsa
. night. The first, that Of Mr. Charles
! Bossou, 4 veteran journalist, who had civ
J bic pen In turn to the service Of half tho =
!. rels of the city; who could do most Of &
! departments Of newspaper wors With real
!; c4sc, aud presented the singular Iheno,l
= lltionist who was willing to write In suppl
! of any cause or clique which happened
: employ him Al tho moment, and do it vi
y all the vilor Of sincerity genial, who
G eouled man in private lt!s. aud hnviag no.
;, Of fricnde. The other was Mr. ]. Fredcri
!. Mursl, au editor in years gone by, Uut
u late years only wrilius al drumatic q
= musical critic. Both mere in the prime
r Life. totl. apparently in robust health, q
!, both died suddenly, one without scton
u warming, from disease OF tie hurt, the oil
Y alter Que dsy's Illness only, from hcnorrhs
. If the lI1Es.
r VARIOUS MATTERS.
y The PAPERS record bit Of detective VI
!, 1panalCd oil the priuciple that prevent
te Is letter tlsnu cEFe, quite unique ii, its VI
$ The ot1ieials Of Albums Express Compa
u bc,e In chargc of the wagon running
] I tween their office aud the railway atat
=: with money parcels, suspected Two men
=. having dessGus upon them aud the des
III tiyts. after watching the doubtful pers
le a day OF Two, decided to nrrc:! them.
sta:ch found no lnurc dangerous weap
u ,ian little parcel Of cayenne pepper
e. the pocket Of each, which tic arrested n
~ said was for medicinal purposes, but vi.
~ the c1icele felt sure WAS for the purposl
ID iilsowing into The eyes Of the drivers Of
n Mtney wagon; so The partratts Of the |
u II yues, whose designs we're thus ftustrn
hc III advance, were tukcn for the ro.Ees'
o. 1cry, ant. the nlrn themselves put on bU
MI The init FOR New York.
a Rcmovais and appointments at tho Cusi
HtEse arc Common encnch. but rciust,
he neuts ratter tcw. We have two Of Ii
~ this week. due to the Secretary o: the Tr
- ury. WHO mas seen 1T to repuliate
v. removals Of Republican officials, made
K IL: Collector at the Instance uf the DE-
De cratic manager Of Presidential patronage
20. Ans: achuselts, and has appointed the s:
81 two aeutleu,en to their offices n.al,.
II The ihtfttcs seem to grow more aud II
~ dull evcsF week, and the extraordinary:
oh tts.its oi The first Of The season appears to
bc resulted in positive letiarEj. The {
1ed nrytIti,s en,.onnced for christnas weeh
r. til, revival oi Faust and Marguerite
,hc BOSOM Theatre, With Mr.. j. b. Rot
.a Us Mcrhistophcles, and the productio,
.la. The Peep u Day" Us q spectacle at
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