, 1869-05-03
BOSTON.

lFRoN ocK Own coKxEfofnEs1.]
v. BosEu1, April ..
TIE roIIcE NyEsu9ATloS.
The inquiry Of the Police Committee At the
snte uousc has bccume del, because 1t nn |
.p1ped to the aide Of the defence. The eEF |
tepce Is now negative In character, consisting !
Of the statements Of men who have evesJ |
confidence In Colonial kurss And his subosds- |
unto detectives. and know nothing Asanss
them. OF course II the evidence which has been
taken on the ether side Is to be credited in any Dc
gree, this n not worth anything n all; u u tust
Whit any n1an accysed ot any offence could bring
forward in indefinite quantity; but 1t comes man-
" from men Of standing Ia the community, aad
will have TO little weight IN the formation Of The
verdict o! popular opinion Meanwhile The pab''c
Ia more lutcre4.ed in the question what the commit
tee viii recommend ami the Legislature will DO IN
regard 10 om police slstetn. It seems to
ne highly probable that an expert
neut Of the division Of labor VIII
te tried The city police will be len, appointed
by the Mayor as now, to DO nil the petty RanltatJ
duties and enforce city ordinances; while Metro
polttan Police, consisting Of the present State
Censtaonlay much enlarged, will be charged with
tic matte1s connected With the detection Of
c-!uc. The theory that this Will take the de-
,ectyes cut OF politics, aud nbove corruption, Il
or en- to debate; and however prudent the measure
may BE- II Is quite lke15 10 be DENOUNCED ~ part
ef the machinery Of the new ProhibtoES Law, AMI
overturned with that when The next +'reaetlon"
comes The law Itself does not get into shape yc5
FAST and the Senate Is immersed In discussion Of the
by no means fresh question, "1s Lager beer inio1-
esttug:" ....
TIE STATE PRISONER,
Mr. Thomas Drew, continues In his confinement
in tue County jail, md as he has already served
rut about half lbs term OF tnpgtsoument-twehtt-
Eve da5s-!s likely 70 remain during the rest Of It.
The Legislature seems to he uneasy under the c.r-
cuustantes OF his du1ess, however and pEoposi-
lions hare been rnaue; one 70 compel the Commit
tee Of Investigation Into Corruption Ch1tYeSto sit
hereafter with open dooss, and one to terminate
its s1tt1pgs altogether, without the ceremony OF
waiting for !ta report Meanwhile the gosaipa tn
and out Ct tho Newspapers hare been busy With
the secret which Mr. Drew u 80 reluctant to part
With, and little mystery Is left Of the matter. It IL
now said that when the Hartford + Eric Railroad
were before the Legislature two years ago. under
! new management, for substantial aid from
| the S1ase, Mr.. Thomas Drew went to the
Prcsident Of the road claiming to be IN Possession
Of some facts Affecting its past history, aud Offer
Ing 10 Keep his own counsel IN regard 10 Whist he
knew for the sun Of t.n thousand dollars Exact
| Is what these Iacts are Is not sisted; but the
! President OF the Hartford / Erie, Nr. Eldrtdge,
considered ahst the rutt.ng them before the Lests
| latuEe at that lGnE1nre would cause great embar-
rassnent to his enterprise, and he accordingly
natd Nj Drew the amount demanded, rs he says,
! out OF his own pocket. Mr. Edrtdgc has ROW no
objection to stating these facts, and being called
| tY The co.rmltte, ha1 testified to ihctn That
Mr. Drew, being calcd under these circumstances,
relnses 10 gtve evidence at NIL, wtl only be inter
! prctet, whatesc1 pretcnee Of constitutional priv
iege Of the citizen he may put upon it. - sign
that he can put 10 better face upon the matter
than Hr. EdHdge has gircn IL
AE7, LITERATURE IND THE STAGE.
| A rood deal OF attention has been attracted BY
Ihc display ut one Of galleries Of about twenty
OF the paintings OF Mr. Ellhu yedder. The style Of
aIr. yetdcr Is emphatcal1y hts own, and the rules
Of criticism BY which other artists are tried do not
appty to him H,s "Sea Serpent" and "Sphinx -
| were exhibited here years ago. anl created
] Eo suall sensation The principal work. OF the
prtaeut collection are The Deal Alcacmtst, ' and
"The Death Of Abel terrible subjects, and
both treated with 80 much force aud realism, that
! nau &astLilou4 In such u1aueeA ~pui not care to
have them hung upon h!a owu WILL and
| copgsantly- befme his eyeR The a1chen!st
has sunk down at the momeus Of
! obtaining yictnz3, und just Is limp Of
yellow gold has teen poured cut from bis csuclh!e
upon the hoor, The coFpse Itself Is repulalye, hut
tue surroundings Of the ,Abosa1ary, the apparatus
drawings and cahalisuc signs, show rare ana
poetic fertility Of Imagination. The scrptural
! ~ s,car harrn .nmnHs - ,nnl.ca,,c and af.
-no.nn. ~. IN h.rvrony Win .he Ant-anfs NJ 1nuy
der uron the earth. Cain has led. The 1wu
altara r1ie set picturesque piles Of Stone, not
without suggestions Of the daWutugs os crude
ideas OF architecture III the minds Of men, stand
III the centre, the nesh upon one smoking, while
the fruit on the other lies untouched The
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