The Republican journal., 1870-12-01
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
Correspondence Of the journal,
The Peace Convention---S Sunday Evening Lee
tures---A Costly Book---A New Literary Star
---Mss Annie ;Cary---A Course Of Lectures
for the Massachusetts Convicts.
BosTON, Nov. 26, 1870.

spirit of which was Mrs Julia Ward Howe. |
In order that the Peace Convention might be |
peacefully carried on. tickets were dstribut-
cd to the faithful few who it was supposed
would appreciate the efforts of the evening.
Accordingly when the audience had assem-
bled it was found to be "select'' both in num-
bers and quality. At the appointed hour the
meeting was called to order by Mr.. Sanborn,
reporter of the Springfield Republican, in a
few remarks concluding with the nomination
of Mrs. Howe as presiding officer, which
nomination was Immediately ratified Mrs.
Howe, who is characterized by an intimate
acquaintance, as having ''more intellect and
| less head than any woman in America then
proceeded to read her address, which was
nothing more nor less than an essay-search-
| ing, finished and scholarly. The eloquence
of Mrs. Howe is always polished, but rarely
gows with the warmth of real life. She is
| frequently sarcastic but seldom humorous.
| The studied caretulness and learned illusions
of the mass of her lectures and addresses are
| above the conception of the common mind,
and therefore fail to touch the popular heart
In this case, after deprecating her unworthi-
ness for the task which she had undertaken
she continued with definition of Peace as 4
| reconciliation of minds and the Compatible
have at once the foundation of freedom and
the issue of progress. Peace must have
ground to stand upon, and soon to aspire
War springs from a selfish instinct amt is
justified by q falsity. The appeal to arms
was natural before the use of brains The
progress of civilization and character leads
wholly in the opposite direction" After adj
hitting that the shedding of blood was con-
tingency not absolutely to be avoided in HUI
man affairs, she proceeded to say that ''women
had been held rs non-voters because they
We're non-combattants' but she wished to ad-
vance new doctrine that in future instead Of
counting the votes of bloody hands they
should count those of bleeding hearts, This
aluson brought the object OF the meeting
more plainly to view; which was to appoint
delegates to attend the approaching Peace
Convention to be held in New York short
| time hence This Convention has for its pur-
pose the originating of some plan or organ
ization that shall put an end to war and settle
satisfactorily all disputed points by peaceful
arbitration. This in some manner is to be
effected by the direct intervention of women,
and in the shape of lectures and addresses,
messages are to be sent to tho sex all over
the world implorng their aid and their sup
port Mrs. Howe is the originator Of the
| scheme, and has previously addressed SINH
phia, awakening q great interest in both
cities in her undertaking. May her efforts
prove successful. AT the conclusion OF Mrs
Howe's address, which occupied an hour in
delivery, the meeting was further entertain
ed by remarks from Mrs. Cheney and Hon.
Henry Wilson. Mrs. Livermore was expect
ed to have been present, but was prevented
| by sudden indisposition AT the conclusion
| of these remarks, Mrs. Howe. Mrs Child and
Mrs, Cheney We're appointed a committee,
with power to add to their number, TO carry
| out the purposes Of the convention.
Bostonians are as much noted for their in
tellectual culture as their puritanical notions.
Just at present they seem inclined TO sacrifice
the latter to the former trait. In their
anxiety to possess much knowledge they are
giving their sanction to Sunday evening lee
lures upon various topics, not connected with
religion. Six days not being enough where
in to cultivate the intellect they appropriate
the seventh also These efforts usually take
place in some Of the theatres, with nh the
accessories of drawn curtains, blazing foot
lights and artistically arranged scenery, and
the time ana subject having been previously
announced, the tickets are sold at the box Of
flee, the same as for any week day perform
ance, and the proceeds, over and above the
expenses, goes into the treasury of the estab-
lishment A nice way to cheat the Lord. isn't
it, Tomorrow evening Miss Field is, by
special invitation, to repeat her lecture on
Dickens at the Globe, and the eloquent Curtis
has been engaged for the same evening TO
lecture at the Boston upon the same subject
The circumstance scents a little difficulty in
affairs somewhere but whether it is in the
rivalry that exists between the two establish
ments, or in the little breeze Of feeling that
has Just now been started against bonny
Kate. am unable TO say
The new catalogue Of Harvard College,
it is stated, will be the costiest book ever
issued from the press, and for this reason
They had been in the habit of having them
printed at the University press, with which
the late Hon A K z. Welch was connected
but changed them to some other establish
ment where they could have them done
cheaper This it is said induced Mr.. Weich
to change his will giving Harvard 500, 900 so
az to leave them nothing. BY this operation
the college loses $40, 900 instead of gaining
20,O0O. A losing game to them if the report
be true, and there is the best of proof to sup
port the assertion.
The allusion to books reminds me to say
that Il new star is about to rise upon the
literary world, in the wife Of "A we'll known
editor Of a leading Boston Daily. The lady's
family is not unknown to fame, though she
herself has never before been an aspirant for