, 1866-03-22

1ucn Will receive tHt pIOmot4bu Lnc country
needs, and they Themselves deserve.
RsownloW's IS letter md kelley's speech arc
having good effect, and the people are ba-
coming less md less disposed to trust the
Preaiaen&, even when he enjoys lucid iintes-
val. ST. Deus.
FROM BOSTON.
Tho ygear Mo1bury Murderer-ympor..
tant Real Ea1ate 'Sale-The Richest
Person In Boston-Enormous Wealth
Accun1u1atlug for Chlld-Are aud
Literary mattcra--.A statuette or :Esry-
anr-A Curiosity Of -Literature-As,t;eu1
from LongfeIlow-ThcaIr
From Our Own co17espondentl : :.
Bosros, March 1s, 1874
HscRATcu-GRAvEL."
: There Is quite u reaction In public opinion
as to this Wrctched man, accused of being
the perpatrator Of the West RoxburJ tragedy,
not because II is thought that be mot guilty,
for as to this the popular verdict Is suspend
cd, but bccause 1t Is remembered that d felon
and suspected murderer has; rights whith We
are bound to respect, md bccapseit It is 1elt
that the criminal has not been dealt with
quite tairly. An. order Of inquiry has been
introduced In The Legislature, as to whether
any person has been Illegally introduced
into the: State Prison, and BY what authority,
a1ludtng to tho detective set to extort con-
fessioa from siscratch Gravel" by holding
out the hope of escape; and the newspapers
1ave been unanimous In condemning the sp-
parently harsh system Of badgerfhg and eross-
Questioning which. hns been employed IN the
sued card stating that the. .prisontE b roF
kindly hested, and not questioned agalnst :
his Will. Meanwhile, the District Attorney is
preparing the case for trial at the May term,
and those who ought to know, say that the
evidence to be brought forE ard then will
leaIe no douhta In tho mind Of any as to the
Enilt Of the accused. -.
"a GREAT aaAE ESTATE SAFE.
Tho most+ important auction sale Of real
estate which ever took place IN Boston, OCCUR
red hers on Tuesday The property consisted
Of shout Quarter Of IN aero OF land lin the.
heart Of the city; on the corner Of Court and
Washington streets, and near the head Of
Edward Everett. and Charles Francis Adsms,
both being daughters Of Hon. Petcr G.. Brooks,
and inheriting It from him. The sale. was
perenptory, aud resulted in the disposal Of
The property for the sum OF s358, 900; much
less than fts estimated value, aud SO, 900 less
than that set BY the Assessors. All knew that
the priee was low, but ~ the lot could not be
he pafd In cash there we1e very few capital-
ISIS who copld venture on 20 yast q specnla-
ton. The purchasers were The trustees Of the
Sears estate, q property Of many millions
which Is accommodating for tho benefit ot boy
who has only just entered bis teens.
He was the only child Of the old age Of
penurious Boston merchant who died when
Ills sen Was only two 5esrs old, leaving the
bulk Of his propertyt two millions Of dollars,
in the hands OF trustees for his boy's benefit
The trustees have Invested almost entirely In
real estate, and BY jadlctous IMPROVEMENTS
have already doubled The property. The ss-
street, the fremont House, aud many other
choice lots In different parts Of the city. and
now this superb LOT on Court street. Mean
while, the lad for whom i'll this Is done, Is
being educated Ia q pIons faml1y-that Of Hou.
Alpbeus uardy--one OF the trustees. The
detail like that Of Bliss Edwards charming
novel, Hall Million Of Money"
AIT AND LITERATURE.
A. new feature Of attraction at one Of the
art EaIlerles in town consists Of q number OF
| pictures IN, ultra Fre-Raphnefite style, ty 3
Miss Adams, . slster-in.hWy believe, OF
James T. Fields, the poet and publisher, who
has for several years been stndyiug art In
for inspection by the public Of her native city.
The arccst and moat striking Of the halc
dozen pictures represents Daute's host meet
| ing with Beatrice. Boston has hitherto read
| much and seen little OF the Pre-Kaphaellte
/ school Of paintings, aud looks upon these
with especial interest accordingly. ~
! 1wrote you while ago description Of
new statuatte Of the poet LonGfellow, by
Kuntze. "A companion piece to IT has Just
| appeared, In figure Of William Cullen Rry-
art, who is also represented sitting, stoop-
Ing slightly forward, With an open hook upon
/ Ey7n ha 3c NIT Al httt hn
general effect Of the work Ia not 90 good as
that of tho Longfellow, and It IS disfssu1ed
liga that BY leaving the lower limbs covered
by railway rug, or some other such grotesque
dIapery. kuntze, the artist who has mod
elled these figures and doubtless proposca to
man who has studied in the Dusseldorf
schools, and nhs spent twelve years of hls life
In En2land, occupied mainly with gtatuettes,
generally about foot high, Of men In pollt.
scal and literary lfe.. He has now; located
himself in this country, and has his studio,
think, In New York.
Hunt, one Of our very best artists In portraits
and ideal heads, Is now eusagcd on remark
liable painting of 0an.fa, q grotesquc llttle
uewshoy, when he picked up one daT In The
street aud bribed 10 follow him to his studio
Is precious study Of figure, feature, axprea
The book Of witch wrote you few week.
eince, " The South Since the War" by Sidney
Andrews, Is nearly ready for the press, aut
will be Issued in q fortnight or so.
Tha inventors, the farmers, the printers
the telcg1aphere, the fnanciers, the lawyer
' and doctors, all have their special periodicals
but thus far the literary men have never has
any publication devoted expressly to their In
teres1s. This want, It such It Is, Is to b
shortly supplied by the publication Of q week.,
paper IN this city entitled "The Spirit Of th
Press" deYotcd to the interests Of professions
l Va $ontS>.
the field Is an nnexplored one; but the yen
ture is a hazardoua one at the best. -.
The manner In which some kinds Of ntera
1 tme pay is astonishing. There Is publishes
in this city weekly paper, handsomely print
cd in quarto form, without news or advertise
ments, allied with original matter, which y,
one here .erer sees; but which has alread.
| yielded to Its proprietor handsome fortune
It is called tho Wape,ly tuaga1Gae. The SC
L cret Of Its EucceEs Is briefly told. II pay
nothing for contributions either in prose o
verse, but solclts them from afsquarters, ami
rewards its writers With the pleasure Of seeing
themselves In print. The vast plumber Of Iii
Ing 1argc portion Of young lady writer's Q
stories finding themsel res snnbted BY the steu
editors OF the AAassuic Monthly and Harper.
send their productions to the Ifdrtrly. Th
/ editor thus receives enough to Eli his column
twice over, and Is able to sslect the best OF
|
enough. The unpaid scribb1crs are glad Il
take The paper to see their eansions In clea
l typo; large circulation IS thus ensured a
once, aud in many distant localities whez
: culture and taste arc To their Infancy lasg
subscription lists are obtained. Thus Will
prospers, and invests largely Ia real estate
and It Is now announced that he is TO pu
some Of his money in the erection Of q neE
and splendid hotel In The city Of CharlestoWn
i The April number Of the daat1se NoHfhts
TO BE- published next week; has poem by u,
Holmes, read at the annual meeting Of his col
1ere class Of. 70 last summer, and one Of NJ
Iongte1low's best efforts, entitled Killed a
the Ford, and suggested By the death OF
Union officer In the late war. The last stanz
Is as follows:
"And raw tn vision how tar and feet
| Tint fitted bullet went speeding forth,
Till II re- ched town tn the distant North,
1ill i reached house n sunny street,
- W1shoul murmuf. without CITY: -,
'"' And bejl was tnlled In That fr-oF town
=. al g.. n nslghoof' w0'ds1ed TINT 'a' 'a0ol
Tho students ut Harvard College ,hay
started q new paper, which they call "11
Co{,eudn,, It ID Intended 10 supply the p1ae
Of the defunct !" Haruard Adgoziae," and II
first number promises well. -,
:: T. = THEATRICAL. :
The announcement of the lease Of the Do!
ton Theatre to Edwin Booth aud Clarke, h
brothe1-in-law,, Is not received with exubt
Tant delight by the theatte.goins public a
though hr. Booth, rs a tragetlian, Is esteeme
| more highly here than anywhere else. tn
is because no one expects that the !nomina
lessees will bare apYthiuE to do With the e
tablishn,eut beyond taking 1 snal! per cent
age Of the proata, and because the Pasti.e
who, under the cloak Of the names OF Boot
md Clarke, are to control the place have ha
an influence there for the last year, all tent
| ing to lower the standard Of Inc drama, an
| give us poorer amrsemeuts than other cttie'
T. flese pattlea have ga1ned's place On til