The Republican journal., 1869-05-27
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
Sco'lays BuIding-Dock Sqgare-South Bos-
ton-PubIic Schools-MusCal Festivals-Miss
Adelaide Phillips Mammoth Drum, &c.

of business, and to know somewhat Of the
rough hard labor that has to be performed
before we can enjoy the comforts and luXll-
res which so layishly surround Us, they will
! visit that section known as South Boston and
thoroughfares leading thcreunto. From the
Emany routes leading there YOU would of course
select the one atfording the best chances for
sight seeing, and start from Scollay@ Building
the great central point Of the Hub" to
which Bostonians As well is strangers natural
" tend. 1t is not very assuming structure
either in proportions or appearance ior one
that has gained 50 world wide a uotoriety, it
stands 1T the junction of fremont and Court
streets, plain simple, unprctendm@ edltice,
oblong in shape four stories in hcighth, with
4 flat roof and small windows, and - cover
ed with signs that it takes pretty sharp eye
to find the building itself. Like the man who
when asked what he thought Of Boston said.
''Well he didn't see much of the city there was
50 many houses" The ce lebrated advertising
agency of S. X. Niles has its rooms here.
| You will 90 down Cornhll, which is en-
Iphaticallv u book street. Book BudcrieS.
Book Stores, and Publishing Houses prcdom-
! mating, and thence turn to Your right into
Washington street As YOU do so, il ypu will
stop moment on the corner and face round to
the left, you will oct glimpse Of Dock Square
the most crooked, the most complicated,
the most crowded part of Bo,ton-thc place
| WI, vi, tt
and if YOU 40 the teams and the people wont
| let YOU got there Ityou are trained to quick
habits Of observation YOU will notice without
much staring the large signs of Fruno, OF
Dock Square Of whom every one who reads Il
newspaper has heard-the man who always
ldyertises in poetry. He has just moved into
a large and beautiful store built for him the
/ past winter al the corner OF Washington and
Beach streets. Starting once more on your
Journey, the first building that will be likely
to attract your attention is the splendid new
| block belonging to Young Sears. Nearly op-
| po~ite this is the old State House, which
stands covered with signs at the headof State
street and entirely ignorant Of the cIoquence
farther on rises in grand aud beautiful propor-
| tions the building from which the Boston
journal is daily sent forth into the world.
| And in close proximity the Herald office,
oyerShHdownd but not exactly oveuwrd by
its more stately nei@hhor. OF course you
will NOT hay" a chance to see allthere i to be
sppn but will notice the crowd The teams ana
the buildings which have gained the most no-
toriety. Among these are the old South
Church. Chickering's immense Piano ware
rooms, Jordan Marsh Il Co.'S celebrated dry
goods establishment, the Boston and >,clWvn :
| Theatre.
Leaving Washington street. YOU want to 20
down past the Boston and Albany Depot thence
ID the old Colony and 50 around into Federal
street: and hy the time you have got to the
Bridge YOU will, if you have used your ewes
wen. begin to think that YOU have seen some
thing of the wealth and poverty the pleasure
and the business, the roar and the rattle, the
dust and The dirt of this energetic city. At
the Bridge it IS just possible that the draw is
off, and they aYc "droppin9" some ves~sl
through. If SO You have an opportunity OF
seeing how quickly and easily they 10 it, to
take Il look al the grounds of the old ColonN
Railroad, where the engines are busy running
hither and thither, conducting inward bound
trains to their proper destination or starting
outward bound ones on their pcriolls Jour
ney>; and to view in prospective the many
tall ehimnrys with their clouds of smoke '.at-
tempting in vain TO pierce the sky" the vast
buildings in which 50 many tireleSs arm, OF
iron are making machinery, types, prcSsrs
and 4 thousand aud one other useful thng,
too numerous to mention. There is material
for half dozen letters III describing what you
may here see in a few minutes walk
You are now in South Boston, and if ytu
wish 10 90 further, you will find some really
beautiful streets and elegant residences, aud
at the lower end of Broadway you will y,
delighted with the view you will have of Bo,-
ton and It's surroundings. The asylumS iol
the blind and the insane the home for orphans,
and reform school, are located here. Il yon
are inclined to inspect the manner in Whichthr
young ideas are taught To shoot you will
find the doors OF the BigcloW, Norcros~, Law
renee and Lincoln schools open to you. And
among their numerous teachers you viii learn
by inquiry thpt Maine is well represented, in-
Guiding the highly respected Master Of the
Lawrence, L. Dunton Esq, Of Bath, and the
accomplished sub Master OF the Lincoln, IN.
g. Ham, Esq. from Lewiston.
In speaking Of the schools am icdto mrn-
ton the large number Of teachers employed,
and the vast amount Of money expended tc
! educate the children of Boston. The Stats
tics, as furnished in the very able report o
the Superintendent of public schools, giy,
seven hundred and thirty-two regular teach
ers, and twenty-tour special teachers. TheS,
include instructors in vocal and physical Gull
ture, music, drawing, sewing, and military
drill Then when You come to add the Trt
ant officers and Janitors You have about
eight hundred persons employed in tho
schools, to say nothing Of the school commit
tees and other officers The total cXpcndi
lures for school purposes for the financial yr;u
ending April 30, 1868, was S96l ,l97. 2l rhi-
wear it will exceed a million