New-York tribune., 1867-04-12

heads Iost wear n ne had not supposed thcy wero
going TO win a decided political victory
Judge Amcs of The Superior Court mas peen .hp
,Crfed Chief Jusiee i'm place of Charles Allen, and
Acknowledgement Reed aud Charles DoVehs OF NOl-
stcr ae 60 have tho places made vacant Gy the pro
motion OF Ames and the res gnatlon COhectOrRus-
n iTGe i ie,isIoture will havo to elect an Attorney
General and if il makes good selection, the kepnD-
lican Convention next tail VIII laily he cu3oe'
There are already many candidates, among them
NesSra ID IT. Mason OF Newton, Geo. MaiYtOn OF
Barnstablc, Il. II. Dana; ir, OF Cambridge - H. A.
diicb OF Worcester, s. W. BOwerman of PittStcld,
and Charles r. Tram of Franincham. | do not know
that these golltomen are all willing candidates-l
only mean that they are talked Of. II is also init
mated that Gov. Clifford would he willing TO take the
place again. No doubt there will be lively contest
The railroad ques lion Will probably be settled by
the passage OF a bill giving the Worcester railroad
an opportunity to unite with the Western, and the
right to tho Western to come to Boston by an indie
pendent route in case the union cannot be effected
by the two roads. The increasing dlsnst OF ana OPP
position 20 the controlling power OF railroads, begins
TO be manifested very strongly hero. charter mas
been granted 80 GCn. Butler and others for a MerIl
mack River Nav igatiOn Company, the main argument
for which The misconduct real or repnted Oh the
Lowell road. Ihe Worcester road and the Eastern
have felt gusts of unfrcndy legislation seyefaitimcs
this Winter and it is not unlikely hat the popular
demand for regulation will result IN the appontent
of a Board Cf Railroad Commissioners. MI. Z. L.
Adams r., has an article III the April Norm hmdrdn
which gives voice 60 the increasing clamOt on thlS
subject and in tho same periodical the Now-JeIsey
monopolies are shown up in very interesting ana
slashing way,
is remarkably good one. Mr.. Lowell hasau artcleo
lessng; Mr. llowclls one on IongleloW and another
ON Recent Italian Poetry; Adams Hill one on Charles
Lamb and Mr.. Norton one on Religious Liberty, III
which he states very radical doctrines IN very con
servatve sort OF way. Mr. Bancroft replies to Mr
g. W. Grecnes pamphlet, snObblshly styling the ai-
thor of il the pandsOn,' and Mr.. Greeley notices
some of the QuarcIys structures upon MS, Aiher,
can Conflict Mr.. Parton has heretofore furhiShed
thc sensational element for Tie North Amd7cdn, but
although heiS absent from the April number IT IS as
"spry as q kitten Mr.. Whittier Is ast0niShed by I.
sale of 5000 or more of his SNOW bound" anu
half as many of the Tent on the Beach; Inc Dla-
mund Dickens, too is great success. The next mt
erary venture is lungiellows transat 0n OF DAME
which will appear this Spring in three - volumes Mr.
Wm B. Pike formerly Collector of the port of Salem,
and IN intimate friend of Hawthorne, Is writing NE
of the deceased novelist and essays but 90 not not
hear who is to bc his publisher am told that Sir
Pike though not literary man, man OF original
power and IlawthOne's intimacy with him leads us
to suppose him capable OF writing an interesting Dl-
ogIaphy. Roberts Brothers, who have little shop
uD stairs on Washing and do not profess 10 ne
one of the great houses publish about az many good
and fresh books as any firm existing here Spite ol
stylc Mr. Agcr's book on Solitude Is positive gam
TO oar knowledge of solitary men. The criticism on
Thorau is objected to by many OF The admirers ana
intimate friends Of that eccentric man. hut, having
known ThOreau somewhat, 1 cannot help thinking
that the estimate comes ncarcrthe truth tan many
others have read which profess to be accurate.
mean the estimate of Ihorean's character; OF ms
literary genius and style Mr. Algcr has far too low an
idea - -
weeks ago terminated i'll tho triumph OF the homeo-
pathists over their old school rivals and of Tufts
College over HauyaTd we are To have hOmeO-
pathic college and degrees of NJ. D. conferred by Dr.
Miners institutions The test at Harvard will proba
bly bc am adherence to Lebig and at Tufts belief
in the recent French chemists the subject Ot the
qualities of alcohol If nr. Miner will only modify
lis theology somewhat, | think he may under the
new enthusiasm of the temperance men and The an
taoonism TO the Harvard "Tummies," fairly divide
with Amherst and NilliamstOwn the patronage 0i
the orthodox pubc; and, on the whole, the Doctor
is reckOncd u conservative CniycTsalist When Dea-
con StOddard of the Old South on the stand cs-
tfving to his belief that the dIkaTd was not only
in danger OF temporal ruin but endless wo. under
stood Di. Miner To give his assent And II the
dIunkard of course much moro IN danger the rum
seller.
There were several propositions before the Legs
latiye Committees for amending the state Constitu
ton One is to abolish the reading and writing
amendment and another TO have biennial sessions
of the legislature and to reduce the number Oh mem
bcrs OF the House. presume neither OF these plans
will succeed. The lastnamcd ought not 10, Tor the
most intelligent Observers here satisfied that
large House is the surCst safeguard against leSla-
tive corruption the greatest public danger on modern
tines Our present House consists OF 2i9 members
it might conveniently bc raised TOGO and this would
bc better than reduction 10 200 The reading and
writing clause OF the Constitution Is simply huEi-
bug like The moral character clause IN the COnsi-
/ tutiOu OF Connecticut.