The Republican journal., 1870-04-07

and shadowy-are at hand but thus far have
kept quietly in the background, not presum-
ING to intrude themselves into the bright
CHEEKY atmosphere that ushered in the first
of April. Cold dull, and worse than dead
must that nature be that could walk abroad
in this mornings glorious sunlight and not
feel the joy of living. Truly the poet sings
''Thcse morning hours blend Joy with grief.
That draw the fuller spring time near
| And hint the tender opening leaf,
And pour the robins carol clear
A month later and the city will be ubilant
with bursting leaf, and blooming flower
and singing birds, and then what pleasure
an early morning walk across the Common
and Public Garden will be. May I be there
to see.
All the FOOLS are not dead, as witness the
long procession that went to see the Cardiff
Giant, which the Herald said would be on
exhibition on the Common yesterday. ii
was only little ''goak," rs the late Artemus
Ward would say. An equally excellent ore
was perpetrated by the Post in announcing
the sudden discovery of a spring which was
flooding the new Post Office The Journal
| discovered a most wonderful cave somewhere,
but now maintains that it was washed away
by the spring of the Post. 4 wonderful
number of packages and bundles of dry
goods lay upon the payements. And the
little Irish boys, with pieces of chalk, were
about as thick as mosquitoes in swampy land
in summer fine. and lucky the individual
that got by them without q cross on the
back
The inhabitants of Noddlc's Island, other
wise known IS East Boston, took this partic-
ular day to celebrate the decrease of their
ferry toll, anC the assumption of the ferries
by the city government Flags were flying,
drums beating, and the people smiling-all
of which terminated in a grand ball in the
evening One of the poets of the Island
burst forth INTO song to the tune of Shoo-flv,
thus
81 feel, feel, feel. 50 mighty nice to-day.
| All Noddle's Island come ana ioin me in my hap
| .. come and help me sing-lcS have a Jubilee,
We've only got to pay Two Cents. instead Of pay
ing Three"
and much more of the same sort
The committee on the Hartford and Erie
Railroad started on their trip over he road
yesterday The decision upon this long
| pending and troublesome case will probably
be settled soon after their return. There is
strong hope expressed that the al;lir will ter
inmate in the assumption of the road by the
State. At present the stock is worth moth
ing, and shares are sold for so small sums us
two and four dollars The pros and cons of
| the case have been duly discussed, and many
pleas both for and against State aid have
been made. Among these latter perhaps the
most discOuraging one is that of Mr.. j. b.
Brooks, u prominent Western railroad con-
| tractor and manager. who gave 4 most I'M
| favorable report of the road and of its prob
able benefit to Massachusetts.
| The Committee on Paving had u hearing
on the case of the Broadway Extension on
Thursday last, but nothing definite was ar
rived at Meanwhile the road hangs sus-
pended-in the air, ii one may use such an
| expression. Surely il is HIGH enough to be
in the air. And the partly demolished build
| ings of Messrs. Hoe & Co., manufacturers of
steam printing prcsses, still present their
battered and llnattractive sides to the eye.
| The work on Hanover street goes steadily on,
| and soon two houses Just below the Metho-
| dist Church-said to be the oldest in the city
| are to be taken down, and their inhabitants
| obliged to move Tor the first time in half
century. 50 the Old landmarks fade away,
| one by one dropping into the silent past
! 1t is strange that this Yankee habit Of i'm
| provement won't let anything old remain,
| but must needs lay its Eandal touch upon
| everything made sacred by time. 1t is 4
| pleasure to visit a city whore at every turn
| and angle you are coming upon unexpected
patches of green grass-littlc squares OF Cir
Giles fenced in from the common road, and
| shaded with trees. Well kept, they are beau
| titul and inspiring, and it seems sacrilegious
| to sacrifice them all to convenience and love
| Of gain. Even the Phladelphians talk of
| dcmOlishing our revercd independence Hall
and that before we have reached the Cen
tennia celebration. Won't it be disgrace
| to our Nation, though, if it's done Why. it
| makes AL the Fourth Of July there is in
| our blood boil over with Indignation to think
Of it-and we really hope, if ii is DONE that
the Chinese will, in the spirit of improve
| ment, build tunnel through the earth from
| their own enlightened land to this one to
promote emgration-erect Pagoda where
| the Capitol now stands, and in the White
House set up u golden calf for worship.
| The gale Of last Sunday proved not very
disastrous along our coast though it swept
| in a considerable tide to the whArts and in
| undated the streets and cellars in some por-
tons of the city. It made one think of lean
! Ingelow's High Tide when
'Realing Lindis, backward pressed.
Shook Ill her trembling banks aman'
Though it is to be hoped tor the romance Of
the thing, that the water was not 50 dirty rs
that which pcrvaded Federal Street Swim
ming through this dclectable Avenue in Il
horSe-car, we couldn't help noticing with
what apparent delight the little ragged ur-
chins Of this vicinity heralded the approach
OF the water to the doors 1t was evidently
| an pynprrnrp in their lives and they enjoy !