New-York tribune., 1868-01-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS
THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

ton, contrasting It with the growth ana "Fespeny OF
and Chicago, and showing why 1t has been t'
behind in tho race Of material Improvement In 1sS
Boston was city oi great foreign trade and enterprise
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s.,ps uuioa0eu AZ 49,. .. every business port
An the civilized world Since that tme the population
within the city limits has more than doubled anI has
overlooked into all the IN the vicinity The indus
trial increase eghtfod in 1s66 the money value
OF It's manufactures having been eghtysx millions OF
dollars against less than eleven lliOns in 1851 ana
exactly equang the return Of the whole State for that
year. The increase Of its wealth has been -four |
fold. But for the last ten years. Its foreign
trade has been declining. both the exports ana
imports having falleD OFF nearly tity per cent |
she no longer sends but her ships to Gusrter OF
the globe The warerooms of her manufacturers no o
swarm with buyer from part ef the L'he' S ~
not opened new channels Of intercourse "i.H "'o woo"
She is not le5er known She does not bear hat propc
boual II tsnce with the country now that she dld theh
ghe has 1ot much OF her influence and all Of her prestige
That steam intercourse with Europe which was planted
with her rs years has by no means nouisho" anu
vxed strong Time more than ever before money
ap Boston is s and must remain twentyiour hours
,.arer 20 Iiyer1Dos than is New-York passage already
ouoted has shown how and why Nev-York was through
Vears TO degree dependent on Boston for her e0mmun
yations with Europe. Yet not ten, nor six, nor
Tour steam packets for the Old World leave her docks
now for one which did so twenty years ago.
The writer throws ont several suggestions for reforms
tn the conduct OF business believing that the lost ground
may be recovered and that Boston may hope again TO
resume her former of nicely balanced develop
mont and 20 leave arge class of towns of which
Manchester and Lowell types and to take her pace
among the sisterhood Of cosmopolitan cities"
striking and almost exhaustive article is devoted 10
whitewasling the character Of Dean Swift with special
reference to the attacks upon it by Dr. Johnson Lord
Mahon Thackeray and others. well as to the popular
traditions Of literary history The discussion Is managed
with censummate adroitness and plausiOiy' showing
ot1fl oh
perhaps be regarded ingenious to be generally con-
vinoing
Several interesting facts stated with regard to the
private and public life OF the late Governor Andrew in
paper devoted to that subject forcby presenting his e
to memory Of distinguished honor among his contempo
rares. The picture of his daily official routine while
Governor Massachusetts, presents admirable exam
PIE Of his skin in the dispatch Of business.
The arrangement Of the private executive rooms at the
State House was unchanged during the whole OF GOV
Andrews administration. 1t was faulty IN many re-
seclude himself would have savelhlm from much care
and They were on e sSms moor ,or %h an 'g
corridor which led into an antechamber ONT OF
Intervening room. II was a iowstudded chamber per
haps feet square lighted by two windows opening
westward In the center massive square table, on
the side of which facing the door OF the antechanoer
same table sat his secretary At desk Of the
windows the place Of an assistant secretary. The
plush. The large book cases along the northern wall
empty at the beginning Of his administration, became
of the correspondence conducted under his immediate
walnut frame saifnounted the mantel gas fixtures pro-
jeeng from among the carving and on these during tho
first year Of the war, while Massachusetts was armng
and eqwppng her own troops, he was accustomed to
hang specimens Of shoddy clothing defective accou
terments labeled with the of the faithIess con
tractors thus publicly exposed to the indignation OF the
means OF secuson was to retreat beyond the
enechanbcr from which there no other outlet than
quenter OF the State House may remember seeing him,
after being estered beyond endurance hasten across the
int his VIII he
out the waiting crowd until he could finish some urgent
work demanding freedom from the interruptions to which
iOn door he free; and IL was the only place in the
whole building where he was secure from intrusion.
His patience however under all manners of interrup
ton was marvellous Now and then i wond give way IN
little acts Of nervousness such pulling unconsciOusy
at bell-rope which hung his table, insisting on
from the Adiutant enersl's office who had dead
year OF more BY some $ curious PsySholosiea process
thing which went wrong in that Office he more than once
forgot the old sentlemans DEATH and sent down stairs
1t was his custom devote the early hours of the day.
of the State Government, and interviews with Off
ca Of those departments and with officers OF the United
having business with him. then 70 interviews with
officers from the field engaged in recruiting organ
70 tbe pubc Nv tbat hour treat crowd had assembled
IN the antechamber, eager for admittance. Ex-
cept the similar though rarer public receptions by
THs pCp to Witness more Of the effect Of the war on
all classes Of society hI a nd ~ tngie y @ aa T9ad nd en-
with that patience which almost failed he would
applicant charge his staff officers To make the exam
nation upder his own supervision aud would do all that
could he done relieve suffering anxiety, stimulate
patriotism, reward merit.
He had not that smooth way Of refusing without
refuse, in which his predecessor exceled. IL
often to be wished, for hs comfort, that he
could develop small degree of that official
which checks and cpels intrusion; but he did
in his nature the Of Journalism.
day, among the many exhibitors OF military notions who
beset hun, was man with patent knapsack. There
many visitors in attendance, of high distuc
tiOn, awaiting audience but the knapsack be-
fore them in obtaining his He listened 10 his de-
scrpOn article and when he told that some
Of our Massachusetts, troops wished il as substitute for
t,,,x ssk.d f M 4, , "a N s,1 h,aaLisS 80. -
sTo1idors snJ to 10 r,1d mn, end do~r,, fic ror1 80,
ing himself ITS asserted merits before he would turn
any other business.
The following sketch Of Of the personal traits
made him the object Of enthusiastic love and
confidence in social life will be read with interest
BY nature his sympathies were strong and deep and
the Instances OF private distress which he called
see during the war him terribly Gradually he
emotion but his sensbillties blnned by
Internally he endured what only those whom he opened
his heart know. Perhaps the actual and
increased by this suppression OF external gns
and, beside his private symPathes there were anxlces
yond description but which, for the sake OF the public
welfare, concealed from observation Never stunning
responsibilities he fully conscious OF their weight
These than all Others helped to shorten his
In those five OF his administration he tasted
and sOrTOws. the hopes and joys and
trated the labors OF century Of ordinary life and such
experience aggravated his tendency 10 the disease
bullet on the battIeaeld died more trniy victim TO the
national For many years he had known that lie
liable 20 sudden death. Twice, during the period be-
his first election and the eud of the war, he
saved rom fatal issue Of attacks similar TO that from
which he died, only by profuse bleedngs which them
1860 shortly before his Inauguration The was
1894 whom he had engaged to speak, in behalf OF the
election of President Lincoln TO nassmeetng in all the
principal towns the line OF the New York Central
Railroad, from Albany to Buffalo but was compelled to