, 1869-01-16

Vas chosen By the Legislature Of last rear,
and Mss, Of course, picked ont from among
The bakers dozen or less Of clergJmen In the
State who favored = Lcenae Law. So having
4 disrositionto 10 expound bis hth, regardless
Of uncongenIa1 listeners, the Clergyman leo
Lnred the prohibition genatora aud Repre-
With, awil On the folly q suup-
tuarJ 1gHs going beYond the suhuc con-
science. An excellent hgn of seue On the
p aH Of the Horse Was shown At tho outset
BY the ts.atecttou-tnough By 4 small .nA4-
{orltE--of ths Speaker Of Lat winter, Mr.
hiblt,oolst, Fss, Threatened With ostrnciam
by the u}trartenperance men On That
account. Our United States Senator Nr.
Wilson, Who Wtlle the most radical at tenn
perRuce menx Il about Al shIewd q politician
as We hare Ii political life, being home for
tho Christmas recsts, urged his Trends 10
and To his restricting influence Il probably
due Mr. JeEell's retention Of his ot.{ce. And
nov everybody WaNs for thn solut1on Of The
great local question od the Hfnter, whether
tho L4Elklsturc, powerful - IT Is to 20 8uy
lengths it chooses toward prohibition, will
let moderate counsels rule, Of will 20 yil4ept->
the WAY for anoth reaction next fall. The
OUTGOING Gurefnor, MF. Bullock said not y
Eold about tho liquor question IN bis ralo-
dictory. The expressions oft0e new GoTcr-
nor, ir. Ci1ttn. iuuicato thai his influence
will tend strongly toward moderation Ia the
prorisions Of the new Ptohlbttory law, YhIsh
Is certain, ID some form. to superccde tbs
crude, so-called '''ibexat' statute Of last
year. >
cHEAp JUDGES.
We have Inst lost Judge frufu the bench
Of our State Supreme Court 10, the same rea-
kou that We lost the Chief: Justice yexrs or
10 ago-because theIbcpch does not psy 70
well Is the bar. We have some antlduated
uotioua here In Aaaaaehueetts1 which do not
trouble our New York ncixhboss, 10 tao
elect TINT the ttnoluulent8 Of \ Judicial poel-
lion should consist OF Itd s412ry only. Hence
able lawyers, after sitting IN state for while,
hnd TINT the honor Of their places does not
enough TO make It equal to the $4,000 or 70
they might earn, with Equal work, In the
artta Of the baF. And ns- most able Inv
Jers have an excellent dlsposltlon to spend Is
much money as poss1bae- they come down off
the bench atter year or two spent III 1nxu-
!1ating IN ~ poorly paid dignity, and Lea ya
tho Judgeahfps to seeond-ratc men. The
latest Illustration OF these familiar
t facks IL supplied By the resignation oa Jndge
Foster, otherwise known as Hon. Dwight
Foster. OF Worcester, who Wal AIT rney
General before ho became Judge, only two
year. ago. md the noticeable scarcity Of
suitable can lid tes for tho succession among
lawyers who might be expected 70 aspire to
Il. or conrse the moral Of al this Is that the
Legislature ouRht to raise the pay Of the
Judiciary, established ~ It wxs upon : spec q
standard. But the Legislature u cot likely
to takc the hint. looking. perhaps ~ most
people in Massachusetts do, for nn early rt-
turn TO gold and silver, aud more 9radn.l
settling down Of ps1ces generally to some.
thing like the old bxsx.
LITERARY aoss1T.
Iwrote yoa about The Is household edition.
-ot Charles Eeadtss novels. which FleIdk
Oaeood d Co hayo m tho stncEs and the
rev stvlc OF hft ding. red cloth. nrinted with
ink, tGe.ewIth to be- iusnrurafed. A. he
lat moment it hsa been found st,iI imposstbIe
to e1urlate the EurIsb tissues il this particu.
lar. The iEk viii not drY. but crocks ihe
hind and .1nlrches thc cover 70 tb. ev eafiy
copies WHICH have lett the h!ndery sre TO be
recall. d aud tue edition viii Wear mora
fern,lta creas. Ihl. change ucccss;tate4 some
delay IN the appearance OF the drst iustal-
ncnt Of the series; but It will, I believe, be
made up for By the appearance of tercral
novels at once when the publication does
begin.
Tbs NORTH 4meriaaa R<eieu is out, and has
its usual gravity OF tons aud solldity Of geo,
eral competition. The longest artlcle thi5
| quarter Is On Blsmark, bv Mt. Henry Willard
who makes with It, / believe, bis lrst 40,
peasanco In these paRes-a journaliss Of long
| experience and hieh reputariou. at one tini1
! q n,embe ol THE Cu1o4oo T8fbUHE's corp
| OF forefru CORRESPONDENTS. son-in.l.w of vii
| liam Iord Garrison. and the nav Secrs,ar,
nf the Social Sc{epce Association. Nj. Low
| ell's political paper seems hardly 30 brtlitaa
| ~ be ID wont 10 be--pcrha OF because To-
much L. Attempted In 80 small comp4.
Professor Goldarn Smith hss ! paper ol
| English politics, and Al he il Also secured IL
= series Of historical contributions 10 th'
1nats.e AootHF, be maT fairly be counted q
a regular acquisition to OR periodical liter
ature. -...--..
| SAs1f n BOSTON. -.
1aFs. seeing 1he tHnts, attending the oPen
ing Of ne Lsei+latu1c. aod enloyinF suel
between Is lsetarea; q expect. . g.
about thirty Thousand douaEs bS als - Fiat
TORN Echoes this vinter. There Il = repoF
that Ar. Locke Wou}d like to buy dali
eHspsper N Boston. were there oae 70
ehle. uud 10 bring his weekly, With tt 11rR
ctrcnlation, on here from Fuledo to corncc
the1rEtth. As there arc none Of our ncHa
papers tn the market inst now, Mr. Lock
will be likely 10 be sared from a tempt alto
which, In my judgment 1t least, would be
perifoua one. = Boston paper would nc
enccted In the West. nor would Wester.
| paper cary al before It IN Boston. howeEe
popular IL editor might be Ia his psculfa
sphere.
Mr. Henry J. Bsron's new play, " Cyril
Success" v h1ch has excited sucn rcfnarE
able enthusiasm, at least amone the ct1ste
IN London. Il htstog ~ nHca OF succcs
here as any strictly legitimate play, wit
neither seusatfonausm nor sentimsntsils
nor opportunity Tor apectAcular effect ca
J than as 4 dramatic work that It e1cels. |
plot is nett he. novel, toherent, probsh1c, ul
. specially / teresttog md all the incioen
have familiar lace as they appear. aud U 4
t te readily anticipated By any experiences
ptay~Roer But tie Dialogue Ii 20 natural
. rnd yet strongly indIyaduallzed, thtk II
pl&y may b thorourhly sad Heartily {
f1Jed for theze Qnaulea Alol
Ihe hero OF The story ts successful noyt
t1t and d1austast, and 1hs whote plece has
ass2s "s,e ., ea ts,sty ~ ssaT'fs a1e ~ d.
.,se7s .1s e e'es ea't9..eS a@ ef psope e.' sos 1
! them ..e 50 u stsaied = To pronounce
Il superior to "6tftt Waters Run Deep - bu
IS think the glamour Of uorelsT his son .fht
9 to do With thik paFtiaifY. Ana hzs they =
h h thnk dmsssnuJ RI K nanths s9sn hence: 7
X witty. good-henrted magazine writer. Viii
Z Mr.. Warren. our great comedian, plays vi
Il | q mctty Of eIecution xud huu1or worthy
ID the hearttest adpttatlon. Qne of thA seen
2 OF the piece Is laid In Loudoo clab.roo
!: paszisrism a1a tnan Money $ but I'd to, 70
= ! aoy dmll1rity, except thai it s club-*cel
Il THE NATIONAL rKAH coxRRr.
st ALREADY the PeAcu Eus1tal Feativl me
89 some opposition 10 the fe1tute Which I p
"a dictad Houid not pas unehs1leuked-tae !
s. eupsuo9 oI lae @ Conaoaon 1 tof toe efna en g.
99 scum: 1ow lua Boston1fn, especially nc
* | tEG Wet End. Is a. teAlonA OF The CGntu