The Republican journal., 1869-03-04
Letter from Boston.
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oussion in regard the salaries paid By hc State and
some glrlug incongruites in the relative payments for
services have been discovered while the Mayor Bos
ton receives the same salary the Governor$5Q00 per
nnum--the treasurer and auditor Boston arc paid
$4,000 and $500 and the and auditor Of the
Safe only $500 and $500 respectively Thee Soc
tor OF Boston receives only s5010 and the
era Of the State but $500 The City Cerk OF Boston
to be paid 45oo this year. and the Secretary Of State only
$500 the former having work enough three cicrs
and the latter employment for ;hau dozen. In
Boston, the Superintendent OF Health the Superntend
emf of lamps and the Chief Engineer, Ip each paid q
salary equal to that Of the Secretary Of state and the
ditor While the Superintendent u streets sewers ana
public buildings. each receive Salary uhich e
ceeds by $500 that OF the state officials named The
Judge of Probate and lnsolYenc; in suffolk County re-
ceiyes $1,000 per anuum wheh brethren in AIddesex
and some other counties equality with the Au
ditor and Secretary OF State in the salary department
one OF the chief points urged against the bill was that it
would be impossible to reduce the salary again it
were once raised. So one member related how Dexter,
Alien, and the other Wing lawyers Of twenty five years
ago took the ground that reduction would be uncopst
tutional and another gentleman remembered how Judge
Shaw refused to take his pay from the treasury AFTER the
salary was reduced by the Legislature Of ISIS, An
tempt will be made revive the BILL but considered
ii such is the that the question reduction Will
suredly have to up, eventually.
The Senators have "snubbed etectuaily several nile
men who stgned their desire that eggs should be sold
by weight instead of by the dozen They discussed the
proposition briefly >leay ing cut, however the important
feature Of idea the righteous gnatou Of the hens
At this radical innovation upon all their od established
customs and then wisely concluded hat legislation
necessary.
One advantage, among the many. Of the State House
improvements is the securing Of sufficiently light
m s4ry St,to- .i,nr,,
is located in the basement OF the extension Mount
Vernon Street, and is in charge of a gentleman whose
methodical habits make him the best Of custods. The
shelves enclosed with neat railing and subdi-
yded Into three thousand compartments Here
arranged the permanent documents of tho State and at
any be furnished anything the State has pro
ycd which may be needed for reference information
The proposition for extending Washington Street at
tracts much attention. 1t appears that there Two DIFF
terent plans, either OF Wheh II properly carried out,
WILL it is believed, prove the greatest Importance to
the whole neghbo hood One is to continue Washing
Street from the Of Cornll to Portland
and the other continue to Hlymarket Square tnce
of course entering Chlrestown Street. The owners "a
the land and Of the buildings understood to bl IN
era DESTROYS of speedy contamination ot the improve
The Portland street is the shorter of the
two and will require the widening of that street. which
will be advantage securing additional facilities much
and Nashua Railroads. The uaymarke: Square
is the longest, and will afford and desirable means
of going and from the Maine and Fitchburs well as
Lowell and Eastern depots The prUpretors Of these
great railroads said to be entirely in favor o the con
empated extension prefrring rop;e and some
the other. And the change viii also be OF real service
to the horse railroad companies especially if the longest
line be adopted in that the horse could be
the entire length of Washington Street 70 Charles
Hill
streets leading from the Left each OF the railways
There seems be much less suffering and destitutiou
in Boston this year than last to judge alone from the
of soup given out by the benevolent institution
which supplies poor people with this nourishing and
desirable article OF food For four weeks after the open
ing OF the free soup houses lS69 - persons wce
supplied with soup, while the number Of rltions furnish
ed during the first four weeks Ut the present year
oy 05, showing decrease BY 81 9J9 of the number
OF destitute applicants. This may be owing partially tc
the mdness of the partly to other causes The,
can be question bat that this public benevolence il
one of the charitable and praiseworthy OF the many
which the city prov ides. a walk into OF the poor
est and glance the wretched abodes .
poverty there convincing proofs of what scl
charity Is worth to the denizens of these destitute
houses IT, however the general restitution t'
be less there is also improvement in another dir &c
ton equally desirable Last year three hundred ant
mitted TO the county prisons this year only hundret
and cightysiN reported; in 1866, three hundred
tortyfye reportcd-thus showing decrease in twt
years of one-sixth. This certainly speaks well for th
good influence Of reform schools aud other agencies fol
looking after neglected children
The Revere House, SO long and tlYorally known h
travellers from MI parts the country about to max,
change in its proprictorshp the paca Of Mr. Bling
ham, who retrcs his health be led BY
Mr. Gardner Wetherbee for many years connected wiki
the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. The house is Il
be newly furnished, ana its third story altered into suits
OF apartments 70 meet the requirements VI moder1
travel 1t is twenty-five years since this hotel
opened BY Col SteYens and it Immediately took ranl
among the first houses OF the country. Many foregr
and domestic celebrities have put up within its pre-
cincts the youthful II. X. Ii. OF England among them
and Webster Chase, Banks, Douglas Seward, Andrew
Butler, sherman, Sheridan, and many others have nd
dressed crowds from its balcony. Thousands from al
sections Of the Union have been its patrons, guests
the many elegant dinners, public and private, whcl
have been given in its halls and parors. The newc
hotels may possess advantages this 'hostee
but its reputation is, it has always been of the hi CHEST
and the prominent part has taken in the reception
entertainment of celebrities Of every kindred tongu,
and nation invsst 1t with somewhat historical vau,
and interest.
The birthday Of tie immortal &. Washington whose
memory and whose pies alike unblemjshcd iii their
reputation celebrated here In the customary man
ner. Bells and cannon resounded At strange and I'M
necessary hours during the day which quite general
ly observed holiday The annual reception given by
Mrs Harrison Gray Otis upon this anniversary occurred
as usual at house between the hours oi twelve
aud four and the occasion it always is of much
easy social Intercourse and many pleasant reunions Tho
house is always thrown open rom turrct foundation
stone" the hall and sairways draped with American
flags, and every room adorned with protIsion of flow
ers. In of the parors where stands table lader
with cake in all its bewiderlng varieties and wine tht
only refreshments Mrs Otis receives her Invited guests
in the cordial and hospitablo manner making then
feel at home Mt once. Here may be met all Boston y
literary, musical ultra fashionable and retiring mel 1t
grave and gay, ministers, lawyers physicians poets
artists elderly and middle aged people and brilliant
array of youth beauty gorgeous in aimcnt and blthC
OF tongue. These last. observed, early seek the
library where hooks and suitable for
tiousy disposed, cheerful coal fire. flowers, pic
lures and curosies and also that the inner
may suffer- If sentiment be wanting, another table
grooming the reporters say, with more sacchartne
attractions The occasion is always of much enjoy
ment for the hosptabc hostess understands perfectly
well the art Of entertaining WELL an accomplishment
which all do possess either by nature education
Yesterday we had II brief specimen of what the winter
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