, 1866-11-22
FROM BOSTON.

The New Iorf Slddts- s-ztt.uag. The leading DEM
ocratic German Journal y New York, endorses
the principle ol neEfo s0trage |
FROM BOSTON.
Pol]tfcal-Thc Democracy and the Suf-
fraEe Alleged Custom House
Fruuds-Thc TSycnty-one Mile Trot-
Cruelty 10 Animnls-LtyclY Gossip
The Northern Lighls-Thc Opera
Nonconl ana the new Prlna Donnas.
tFrom Our Own Correspondent
Bos7oS, November II, 1866
POLITICAL.
The Post, our leading and only Democratic
paper, comes out rs strongly In favor Of itn-
partial suffrage Us q platform for the beaten
party to rally on, ns does the Times Of your
city, although not following that paper In.
its expressions Of scorn for the Admintstra-
ton but the Post says every thing in such
half jorial, half cynical way, that its politi-
cal opinions rarely excite SO much comment
as the Jests, often Of doubtful deccncy, with
Which it spices its columns But the COM
ing municipal election is hardly spoken Of
yet, and this unnoticed somerset. OF the
Posrs is the only thing arproac ching to po-
litical event which can find to ls& of my
letter with.
Tue ALLEGED REVENUE FRAUDS.
Mercantile circles are talking over the
Hooper, defending the ancient firm Of J. D.
Il ii. Williams from the accusations Of de-
fraudipg the Government Of immense sums
by means of = system Of fictitious Invoices
| quarter Of century, and retorting with con
siderable acerbitv upon Mr. J. Z. Goodrich,
| the Collector Of the port, under whose ad
mtnistratson the revelations were made. It
requires liberal commercial education to
understand all the pros and cons Of this very
| Ir4tf fra4 IN c0cp and T G1,n1t Il Nffemrf n T.
plnin II to your readers. can only give the
substance Of surface public Of inion here on
the subject, which is decidedly against
Mr.. Goodrich, d universally unpopular Collec-
Of business knowledge and association with
men in very but odor here, in a mercantile
point Of view, are Thought to have led him
into some very serious mistakes On the
other hand no one denies that the Williams
ii1m actually PAID the Government o hun
drcd thousand dollars, to compromise some
thing or other; and the fair inference that
this would not be done unless there were
some actual serious frauds to cover up, Is
hardly answered by tho reply that the elder
member OF the firm was very old as we'll us
very licb, and willing to part with what to
him was O tritlic, to avoid a public scaudal ]
! Which after all was not avoided.
| THE TwESTT-OSE MILE TRoT.
That crowning instance Of the bArbarism
to animals huno1ed BY the name of sporting.
an attempt to compel horse to trOt twea-
ty-one miles in sixty minutes, occurred near
here on Frioay. md was made profitable By
the presence Of a great throng OF people, in-
cluding some who came troln great distances
others Of position htd Influence in the com
munity whom one would hardly expect tc
sec present on such an occasion. The horst
did his twenty miles in the hour year ago
with minute and half to spare but ht
| has been injured since then, and there wcrt
. | very few who believed he could be made to
| accomplish the greater feat now laid ont lol
him, and these few lost their faith when hi
owner suffered flim to come out upon tracl
in the usualconditfon six lours after Ion:
storm, heavy and absolutely slippery. H
= | went bis tirst ten miles with apparent case
= | pulling after his usunl habit so hard npor
J the BIZ as TO tax the full strength Of 'th
drivers arms, md accomplishing the dis
| tancc In o few minutes less time than las
: year. But during the next three miles til
!, blood stood in drops upon the horses chest
: the rcins hung loosely over his back; tn
, whip was piled continually: the horse drag
c Gcd himself along and the sight was SO pair
G inl as 10 draw tears TO the eyes Of every VII
> close Of the thirteenth mile the hopeless c
fort Ens ubaudoued the distance having ot
S cupicd thfrty-cieht minutes aud tlty-tw
a seconds. The offenders against deeency VII
/ are responsible for this piece Of cruelty how
!. ever declare that the hprsc is unhurt that
:. eau accomplish twenty. one miles upon
e good track ; and that the trial will p:o'babl
be made again.
j. LITERARY.
- The most notable literary incident Of II
>, week has been the appearance Of the pro
:. pcctIs of the new magazine Of Mrs. How
y and Mr.. GILMORE. 1t is to be an illustrate
Is weekly, with The privilege Of subscription
$. monthly numbers, aud is to he called Wort
IS trn Lights. i corps oI writers Is announce
~ including no very distinguished ability, b.
- n good deal oi that pleasant clevcrncss wbis
~ has hitherto found its only medium Of cor
Is nsuncation with The public in Wt,7x7
,e of writer's, anG II Is said that shares in Il
4 enterprise will be the remuneration for lit
~ rAry labor un0n it.
to Fred Douglas is the author Of the polite
et article in the current .Ind1fit Monthly, 1t
C. lug his first appearance, believe, In 1r;
-. class magazine lftcfatnrr.
The holiday Issues nf Messrs. Ticknor
~, Fields arc completed BY TIE appearance
nd Lon.fell.w's "F1ower-de-Luce." which
Is, merely collection of his fugitive pieces
to | the last three or four years, with Que br
Us new ono to give title to the volume, Il
several pictures by different artists
'e THE orERA.
c't We arc In the height Of a brief and b1
he probably insure another visit from Marctzc
-. troupe before the completion Of the n
~ York Academy. Roncon}. the buflo. VIII
w the director puts forward as the bright p
AA | tlGuiNE HiAf VI A4o VUuSACAAAel0ts - AH AQA
,u- ra1lc comedian, with very little vocal pos
ese or facility, who makes his success
lie artistic acting in parts where we ha
~" been accustomed to tolerate and G,
'ns to enjoy the most grotcsquc extrarsgane
:ch Thus his Lord Eocburg. in Fra Diayolo.
.ry | not half so laughablc a performance as 3
,dk lini's rendering of the same character. and
be appreciated must he studied IS piece
as refined high art md considered as portr
ty rather than a caricaturc. Accompany
cat tlis gentleman is lis daughter, a very pre-
WI young lady, Who can neither act nor si1
but whom Marctzck makes place for In {
opera IN the course Of a season. Her rec1
tfon is very different from that Of Mss Amc
70 Hauck, vers charming little girl of sf1te
'of- with petite, pretty face and figure, easy .
to graceful manner, considerable dramatic ptt
inc er, aud, what Is moro important than all
10 sweet, clear voice, which, with cultivate
Nv Is capable Of great things. The young II
70 bas only appeared On the stage q
To times, but both critics and public are u
suf- about her already, and competent jnd
sc- here pronounce her de6u! the mast promts
~, sinee that OF Adeliua Patti. The new Il.
e". tenor Of the troupe. Sicnor Betagli, Is Y
OPT handsome, but has little compass Of vol
Oh Sonora roeh, the successor of Caro7zi z
ing Chi, Inns only appeared once. She is pin
md woman, approaching to enbonpoi"f,
80 likely to become a tavoritc as singer.
~. side these, and half a score moro new as
<his ants for favor, the troupe includes
the Kellogg, Aiezzulcnl, Antonuccl, and Bell
aiIs all old fnvoritcs, whose charact cteristics II
. "a not rchearsc 10 you and, on tho vhoic, /
~, strong us my VIC have hud in this country
tne latc ycars. The houses have been unltorI
yc,y large, and indeed all classes OF ami
7ill- | mcfts urc patroutxcd here this season N