, 1866-10-13

s. Nv rHhlteat1UnS u tAc week mere
1ta>c secil Ssr. nayatd Taylor's new poem
whicl, has not !, popular flavor, and will
l.ald1y make Il very vivid impression Mr..
Nhirrlr|s volume Of Essays, mostly familiar
I" the ears Of the lccture-g"ing public six or
seven years ugn; and the complete edition
~" "Grits'.h t;a,snt,'' WHICH eEls in a manner
'iritr unexpected by the most Ingenious
readers OF the stpry, MS IL serial. Mr.. keade's
frantic and passionate letter dcnouncing his
American critics, comes Just In time to atl-
vertf$r his hook: although it advcTtfscs the
hound 7Ntls, which he attacks, quite as
much. Mr.. Rcadc really proposes, rs his
friends here tell me, to sue the editors Of the
Atund 7ctlf for libel in calling his book ill.,
decent but l hurc some juuicious adviser
tlif,g.
Dr.. Holmes new novel Is to be called
- The t;uaid dian Angcl,'' The name Of Mrs.
St"Mc's la:: sle. yet ir..nsrircl nor las that
! Of tlse new magazine which Mr.. j. Il. Gill
| moro is busy getting ready. Ono Of our ptsb-
fishing houses promises to issue very shortly
leck with the queer title "Martysia'' by
. Mr.. flamlil,, a nephew of the cx-yicc
| President, aud rccounting some Of the hor-
rers If Southern prisons during the war.
Mr.. Ralph Walln Emerson is going to dc.
| liver again, during, the winter, tie course oi
lectures which he save here last spring, this
time selecting evening Instead Of midday rs
the hour. Wendell Phillips, it is said, Is al,
l
tour through the West this winter. l l,re.
sumo he will have plcasantcr greeting
| than on his last visit. when he was pc1te&l
from the stage in Cincinnati. George Viii
liam Curtis speaks here in day or two.
| GOSSIP.
Mt. Simmer has delivered his yearly speech
here, aud the papers throughout the country
ere yesy nearly through talking. about il
but the ladies arc By no means through dis
cussiug The approaching marriage Of The
I rx+1s L.. k.,1 .-.s -,
charmed him from bis long cclibacy. It |:
no secret t;lat the match is strongly op
posed tv tic lady's friends, whose aristo
cratic rrcjudiccs will not bc satisfied ever
with Senator and statesman of power and
fin'c, if his fortune bc only moderate and
Bsahmins; aud the fact that the bride re
linquishes the interest IN fortune by giving
away her hand adds the spice Of Ecrosm Il
the event. By the way, dprol,os Of Mr.
Sumner, I heard the other day ali old story
of his father, who was county sheriff, ant
as suaye and polite Is bis son IS brusque aut
arrogant. Sheriff Sumner once had to off
ciatc at an execution. When the prayer
were said and the moose axcd, he bowed yer.
low 10 the condemned. and urbancly said
Good morning, SIR before he pressed hi
foot upon the spring which launched tn
man into eternity.
| 4 sadder subject for gossip Is the attempted
suicide Of Ar. Moses B. Williams, ono of til
wealthiest merchants Of the CITY,. This /
the sequel to the revelations made fey
months ago as to the method by which th
firm OF which he was member Ind beel
| doing business for almost half century
importing wines on fictitious invoices
and dcfrauding the Government OF thousand
and scores OF thousands Of revenue. Til
community was greatly shocked by the new
has been suffered to get into print, aud now
at This late day, an effort is made to cSplai
it away MS an accident, which nobody will b
foolish enough to believe.
| VARIOUS MATTERS.
The Slate Constab1cs hare begun q nc,
campaign against the gamblers. inaugnratiu
it, and very sensibly this time, by desccr
i npcn the i've principal gaming houses Of til
city. A number Of arrests were made, q
persons who gave fictitious names and ser
lines and what Is Of more importance, us
. step towards suppressinE tho nuisance, ncarl
| three thousand dollars worth Of implement
were seized, and will he destroyed.
1t seems as IL Boston was neyer SO crowdc
as now. Ttnemcnts for housekeeping an
both arc held at most stcxorbitantly high price
4 single furnished room, IN central part
the city. is sometimes held at SIS q wecl
; without board, and for eligible suites for
couple, with board, prices range from $50
j S1fO, aud higher ut the hotels. The only r
. j. TO move out Of town and live in the su
Q Irbs, and even By this deyice 1t Is not pos
9 bic TO bring expenses within the limits whit
y few years ago were considered the ".reaso
q | able" boundary
The Batclnan-P Parcpa concerts have nttrae
ed full and EA.hiopablc houses since Brgn<
= Joined tho troupe. Edwin Booth closes i
i brilliant engagement this week, md will
followed by his brotheE-in.law, Clarke, Il
!, comedian, after whom comes Ristorl. D!
n. Sr 4