, 1870-07-17
Hoston Gossip Two Hundred Years



The Atsr England Historical ard GsuleJicut
RfJi:hr Prints letter wnt,cn tr Chief JUS
tite samuel sewal, of Eo=ton. tlle:, = young
man Of =. to his brother Stephen. 1t cont,ius,
amons other things. description Of tho
famous comet ot Fs0 tCalsor's comet. WHICH
Newton watched. and from it concluded that
comets rerolye IN sllipdeal orbits. II L. ia.ed
- Dorton i'll y. T.. Xr ,pecemtprj a, l640,.'
We quota:
'.MondsF, " 20, rode to Newburv, not
withstandine the sabbath DAY .low. A. this
time hve year,; found sil our friends well, and
got done in your business What YOU see Which
i it attaius the end, shall 1eioice with you.
Wednesday Ar = got home about . of the
clock. the weather aud u,aonshine iurising
me, When came home WAS told of the 1e1,h
OF 1reiat, Winslow, Eear.. Governor Of Ply
mouth. Nr Il. having filed up complete luz
trum Of years rince The Fort fight lat MARIA
eansett in King fhtiaps Wal, Dec. ~ lG75>.
| His fns1tral was to be yc-terta!.
| - BIT that which is most notable 10 be 4paken
OF from hence. is the comet, which hath heen
| seen here shove u1nnth: twas teen fitst in
not till Friday morn, November II. hat it had
| bceu eeen before. Some said tafterwari, they
had seen il Il nj .:ht (fostnishtN before, bnt
now Twas generally spoken nf- The stream
was seen much palmer on Thursday q, m:
could hardly discern an, thing this morn. hut
Tue ttar through the e1s-s seemed to be OF
fascotls color, and Of something di'atc3 and
| dlssclHte substance: was a.tittle above Spica
STgipiss quickly after that, was hill in tha
tunbeams till December 10, Friday; then VAS
teen in the west. but obatsactetl hy Sunshine
and clouds till Tuesday. Xr H. On which day
the fody was eeen, which apreasea very srnall,
from ~h!ct proceeded prsligious AID aEn.x-
Ing blaze, not sltoeether unlike the lowers Of
twlrt-double r1ruatior. wbnse shock il not
able 10 afyonl them sent~ Tvss iu color Iik0
| - IN INA NJ . hons fNw AZ
a distance; the length was sbous ei1.r DO
Erees, pointing not directly toward our
zenith, hut something obfs1uel. toward
The uo1h: the middle rart Of it was
united. and not si1gate az it grew wider and
higher. 20 it grew fainter till it would un, ter
tuiuate the light. Tie star on the Eagle to
the uorthwan!i q Cor A',air .s,gre arcti through
the m.3st Of the rtrrau,: Wednesday night
was cloudy on the Fast Dav at night twas
teen again iu u clear sky, and then, III near as
! could discern. il covered the star to the
f.,nthwartf nf Tor AurilR. nu Saturday night
the southern edge Of the blaze brushes tho
Dolphin, and spreads itself over the etSr in
The middle Of the left wing Of cygnus. our
horlaau hottl generally been ha7r. and for
! wanr+ of skill and exercise. ami astronomical
Instruments. It's hut little. doubt, thst hath
1een rnrtousls ohreryed about it here. Mr.
Sherman, our great astronomer (lsev. John
sherman, Of Watertonn>, hath been very sick
hnc confined to his honHe. 80 his oEn.erva-
siona cannot be numbered Take. therefore.
canliily. what have witt, and rend me word
| how it appears with you.
" he true. plain. and not more deeply en-
gsRe'l in xour wnonE than you thall have just
encouragement. far 'ti& ine<sHvsnirnf q ,HaiA
f1oulf marry a man out of pity Attend On
come EthtF- able ministry constantly. Head
the word daily, With prayer. hare rent what
the synod put forth. whch. ttnucht. fr
that, anil hecanse houn,l here. might E,e suit
able for token Give them to yonr mistress,
or which OF her relations yon p'esse. Have
alfo eent email ring. which say give her to
from me to give to whom 1te plen~eth. ~ q
i token that. il abe cannot comply with, ypt stan
doth not sitepias my brother. lore. i'oesy IT,
7ihi sol, Ih4,'<. This is a pretty
eqntsocatinp, meaning either. On tliet. alone
l emile, or Il an the noon t's thee the sun.'
lce-ibiE the pun may have been correct still
further II the fair lady's natne wa- fhrbe,
which We do not know. Observe The Affection
ate art With which be tries 10 bring her 10 a
declaration Of her sentiments, and biz mis-
giEings That abe will reject poor stephen, as
"tiood old Mr. Eliot (apoatle to the InG1isns)
rreachea the lecture yesterday. Thee., l.l0.
Cse to celebrate Ghrlstts praiss: frorn which
b" took occasion to speak sgainst Christmas
keeping, which he did with great deal OF
Strength OF reason aud grace. snowins that
tile very title they gave the dav ard games
was a great Proclamation Of the name Of cur
Lord Ind sasiour- Mentioning this pnts mo
in mind to tell yon that nv nncle Quincy Ed
mund, married Mattress Eliot widow ct tho
a1oetles eonl 7uuE u.i-trers' Hixter, the Sth
nlet., before the deputy Governor. Richard
Saltonstall, Esq. etc On Monday next tl,e-
eember 49, the deputy made $ noble treat
hymphe, waiting At table Then the bride.
having besVoken me At TIE wedding, rode be-
hind me to Hraln.rav mistaktnE me for as
| good horteman ~ yourself Wherefore
must prepare to carry it toward her - my
aunt.
"John Appleton lately married DR.. Rogers
daughter, Aaior Generals grnndrhld. trhis
1'r. Rogers wAs President Of Harvard College,
16a2-4; hia vile was daughter of Major Gen
erai Daniel Denison', Captain Hudror WAS
burned the day before my uncle's weslding. and
uss 1t contribution The Sabbath preceding ;
: Eeilg taken away suddeniy. 1t eeetna Mr.
Warren, " ho came over. now in Gillian. died
last Saturday December Isl, and Mr. Russell,
the ans-b baptist minister, was buried lAst
! Wednesday, rcarce having time To resi- bis lit
tie piece, writ in defence Of that sect in
opIoeiiion to Mr.. Aashers Ufeinr Right o}
lnf1nf E0pfas'". Which came over rrintetl. /
suppose, IN the last rhip. | called at cousin
Seiron'h last Wednesday. aud stAsel pretty
while. bat Mr. Nelson ras gone from, hotu:-
II t4ank you for your pamphlet: !: hE very
> strong ard pithy piece. Ny wife remembers
! her kind love to you THANKS you for your low
! ing token. ! at present like not the device un
! LAY Aso4t nt@l< N0EaCtD%o i&A'Ncol- AttlEl
will took it something KetAi-s that you Rent
+: not the price OF his things, which defended
NJ we'll AZ could. Wrote yuu before OF MI
,, 1etei'ing Mr. pelham's bill. and paying tathel
l for you = H.
; ..Brother Longfellow's father. William
r Loptfellow- lives 1t Hoefofth- near Leede. II
Q Yorkshire. Tell him brother has ~on VII
J. liau = 1ins, likely child, very good piece O.
: land md greatly wants little stock TO nsu
q age it, aud that father hath paid for hin, up
. wanda u = hundred pounds to get him out o.
"a debt. ('E1uther LonKfelow' was th'
!. hrzt ancestor in this countr! Of tbs
o poet LonKfellow. HiA name was Vii
: ham, and be married Ann Se~au. sistet OF
q samuel and Stephen, the Chief Justice ant
y Mayor. In 1857 he went to Yorkshire TO oh
= tain his portion Of hia fathers estate.) Tvs
does and I buck get well to Justice sewau
:, though have not yet received any lines tron
It Llm. This HAs IN English cousin, probably
'.On the Wednesday morning tDt,cenhe
q I x2t father Of his own account rhoWed nae hi
u will, wherein bath related yontseif and me Il
; aimoet al the land he hath. l then took &C
u casion to get him to aign the enclosed. abou
% the freehold. kewbury hath bad tue dlTssiot
It OF the commons in agitation several times
q Brother, xou will Sea by nine OF the 25th
X ! that have put my all into Four hands, where
n | OF 0tit yourself ike man in the disposal 0
h it tor my good. The good Lord help yon
9 hletd you, accept you, and your loving brother
'SAMEI SE~An-s
u a youthful candidate for epistolator
\ hoEo1s s<Eote the following to little friend
Dear Jennie-l thought would write you