, 1870-01-09
BOSTON,

bDo1tN.
The Meeting of tho Leg EtaltAturc-Llt.
cFatry und Art x0skip- The SfoSse- |
byron Eontrovessy-ahe February |
AUid nnd New s'-Iho pEu<tcnt |
Public.
tFRou oUa OWN CORRESPONDENT
Boa1ok, Jan. T.
TIE rEGIsI.4TuRE.
The General Court has assembled With degree |
u extraordinary qu,etuets and harmony which |
seelus 10 enGgett the provefblas calm before the |
stoEm. We mar not bare exactly stormy ses- |
son; but We have by no means such lamb like |
time IN store for US Is indicated by tne election
Of Boston lawyers az President OF the Senate aud
Speaker Of the uoube win hardly d.ssenslra |
golce, atd the abseGce eren Of The usual nutTT |
ovet the Office Of sergeanta.ArHa. AL concerted
Ia the opep!t ceremonies yesterday made long |
bodJ indulged IN quite 8uch p1o;fxly AZ the MAJ
Of Boston, who laid himself oos Ia an Inaugural
address OF such Tremendous length that 1t would
hare taken him all day 10 read 1t, had be not Wtsc
II omitted large half, and so gfren the news
papees an exSmple OF condensation which every
ore Of them waa eager to tol'ow. So not = soul
Knows susKhere bear all that was In the Mayors
1ddress, except the Mayor hIo,sels.
LIrkKARF MATTEKs-
pa1 phlet, William GodwlnI nosel Of "cAleb
E.lliama,'' IL mee: the spsc.al demand expected
fc. It IRON the readet4 Of Mrs. Stose'a Byron
buok It Is 1teqeeatly referred to, bus the connec
ton ts rather falnt Tue book "a worth reading for
lis Eu SAKE, however, and for the ulauJ interest,"
lug associations connected Htsh 1t. " ID especially
curious to read the Preface, tame, moderate, and
vague IS 1t seens. Judged By the s.acdaras al the
present lay, ahd 10 learn that It Was suppressed
Nrrf oht 7f 10 ,n+1
from ooofEe lers' Tears OF prosecution ioT 1re2-
son. Mrs S:owe,5 own book Is gcuera!1y pro.
uotcced, IN literary ctrctee, a dlsaqpotJtment7
slice, where proof WAS promised AMI Lee'1es, ane
has given only reiterated accusation aud Rfgu'
menf. 1t seems especially nnfoItacaee t1a. sue
tharld hare thowu her Own poverty OF l2forma-
tion about the a14irs OF which she speaks, By her
manifest ignorance about Medora Leigh and The
Tre9eIlon family, lust as book appelrs e1plain-
Ing the whole history Of this bIacch nf the mat
tel, ald Anc1tiIg a. good arguments 10 Mrs.
stowe as to her adversartea, Or. at least ~ good
as guy the heI7elr haa brought forward. The pa
pe,e here generally trea. MrA So res reyelatEous
rather elnge1ls, as hardly matters 10. family read-
Ing and discussion. The baay Adsevtiafr
has an elaborate article II support
Of the theory that the Medors Leigh BOOK
ouers the real soiution Of The whole matter; tast
1reya11on, to serve nts own purposes ~ikn nA
pasamou1, and 10 induce LADY byron 10 scppo1t
her when he cast het OF, invented the story Of her
peculiar paftntsge, ard that Lady BJrou tnsn
rrs. accepted IT, Aod In her aged oroodlnEs evolved
flom her memory of her N i1r1ed life lncden1s 10
conobosate It. This nt least rcconcil.s the 1ettef5
10 M1p. Leigh, IN 1876, aud 10 LAZY Anne B.snas1.
IN ISIS, with the Rccu: s,iona Of the period atIsr
1saD-wncn It Is hard, uoIeT auJ oihes interpEels-
siou or the matter, TO harmoutze. Dus Mira.
Stowe La IL be rltled, on this tteor5 or auy
other.
Tns February number Of OIL anj .sfsc. Judged
By the glimpse an aoe 10 get ~ 1t coca to press.
Will be atrpuges than The 0Est and especially more
attractive ss popular magazine, containing tarth
or four good s'orles, inc'adlng one b. Nj. Hale.
Titles ct dtoties suygest little. AmoaR the otner
titles nre "Ths West u It l., by Mrs. Jolla Ward
Howe; "s1 Fingered People," b5 Dr. 3. Wilder:
"French Storm Maps ~ Pfof. ]. P. Lesley;
"Langmge as Fine Art !" - Nature and the Pa-
cine Rall1oaa," By ". r. Dtignsm; Florida, +"
by Rev. Charles Bceehcr; "Inspuadob," BY
ReS. II. ". Bellosa; "Tne Negroes
aud gheir Bureau" By stdnew And:ews: aud
"Evez.n treating It tue canal, the combined work
Of s=.eral competent gentlemen writing On the
spot. uTne Record Of Pzuxzess," which u =
leading feature Of the magazine. WILL be, IN the
camiug Lunoer, m.lniF dsvoted 70 Improvement
In life u cttles. ............
Nj. Goodwin Smith has written for the January
North A,aeriea,s Kts,eu paper on fhe Ecc4esl-
astIcal C1tata IN England" =" and l.haslts FtAocs
Adams, IT., has another uf hls railroad a1tcieA
The Afk1ntr Moaifiv fot February will have for
It's tt 0 most Prominent articles paper on tue
lata Xr, Stanton, BY Hon HenrJ Wilson, and
"rressure ufon Congre*sy" bT Jasnes Par Oh
M!ss Louisa Acott Is etlll IN miserable health,
and can to no literary WoIt. She has throat
trouble and has NOT 9poken aloud f0r months.
She can s1trd Illness, pecuniar.l5, better iuaa ID
the early dRJa ol her fanr: for "Listle Women
nov brings IN an authors profit Of ABOUT 5a5oo q
yea1. spe has agreed TO write, when she CAD dc
anythtng at au, for the Litis carpofa1 Of 5oui
city. -
Quite a snr has been caused here IN art ant
fashionable ctrclea orer q new painting, "E3ner
alda and d b5 Tan Leliu@, OF Antwerp. TIT
chs. acreIs named are from Victor Nuxo's Eosef
.Tne Huuchbsck OF So1se Dame" and are I
sJpsy giri and trained goat Tue Two afe repre-
serreL In rough old room, the dausel lung pEo.l
| rpop her breas., her head raised and her Al Z!
e. c, bg tne intelligent goat. Wncn she to t1siut
to teach to eptll out Win letter blocks the uam'
| Of her l0Esf. She IS clad about tue Falet OF
! ,e4s, sone cHrgthg blanket Is thrown aooat nef
tus IL ;ne beautiful 1!mbs. With dark, er4iiiaof
marvellous q. so.co1oE, and the intense face, sh'
Mist has csnsf1yed to tttoE a fascination Hact
| tie hes1s OF nude cgures exhibited every 5ear en
| tirtly iarK, Technically tt Is superb piece
pa,uurS. But the Daily 4Gr<Etiser, WHICH IA
I commanded nucn pralsc Of late NJ Ia bold AM
Aeute art Criticism, has published alssa1og efit
tque Of the pcrnre aomsstieR its skIs nut aceasti
IL Of sensualty Of spirit and purpose, ana otclN
iL8 It to be 1rauRhi ~1kh esi OF toe "otss so''
The c1tt,cttpn WAS eateslsIJ written, to aSod tina
tPpnr,a1:ou to The low feiioFs Of the baser eot
a1ua,s ia5.c to be conveyed In such deoaoesasloa
Eut thpse concerned, ED espee!a u the p1oprss
sots Of the gallery wheIe the ~ofA Is SHOWN. nav
been astoQshed to see = perfect sc5n OF F!slfoF
ever ..uce the article apptn4ed, rpTo1re tae
room dsy ulter dar, not Rtth the rou&hs Of u
ye,, End, but m!th the ladles OF Beacon s1fee
and tne f,,lld ons c:asses generally. The fenal
| mare peen to tho 1aale y:ttxors a. shxse 70 ous
And II is curious 10 see Low tpe ia.1 ptuded 50 i
| The gallery. xcalser ca1eles4ly about among Ia
s.:clea Of re,tu, look carefully At tee o.hef pst
,utts lp The same roou, and, at last, glance Chat
ally around, a. II By aec1den., 81 i1t tauSh'J PIX
| rufe hen was the o21ect o1 sbeH vtdtt-
Hr. ThomAs Hill Il painting large Whit
Mon1ta,o picture, which promises 10 anfpasa .
tar lar hls Yosemite piece std TO ta'se n's Eeas
,ss,ou ua;er1all5. 1t Representa- White AoonIal
| Notch aIref s1orH, the Ipmulnpnh csonos sun
| fnz over the tkJ. with gin7.es o< <h.ue, the mss1
r1st1 e I'd tie 4ides Ut The nso1ntatas and nauSao
oyes Inc fa7luea, the Ssco samonn9 aoGfuJ 10 :
IN a .t.1e OF fsesoes troa The centre to the fen
croupd The picture Is nooos ten tee1 o1 Ell
ttze- and u full Of power IN every patr
At.J. Foxc1oit Cole Is engaged ua nae tnin
fn1 The u.,oa C1no House Of ths city, q lad
raryas lor The dtntug 1oou, suggestive ot tase
rnesf fut,o on and teodtr caops. 4 nopae 14T
hse ~. ata1da facing the spectator. nla cnr1!n
| norns KlyIug ed.denpi dtgr1tf 10 Q! ae4n: ~
: sanusnAve. serene eve hes peada hin. uades
sseiwynb Thestre "a hav'ns N s9Ets Of nnue
| ce,tent Cd man Ar. Gstn!ns and Ar Z. 4. "
Ierhon from tar7o1s petty insaoaId1pktsoos. l
leadtpe lady apa osrroa, Mr. Tasmas ~ Ha1I !;
| nas htt.n Lsxfted b5 ,lbe4s during Aoout nast =.
rn of stpe Midsummer Nkns's Dream II Al
: row The Bottom Of the sAme p1e:c, NJ. stda
. Robson, Il u en- epIet. snd tfeaolesome T.
| suuantxxt,op pi the c44t ii Eade necessary. su:
i-tnirV. aYe not co14gnon IN oar iotAtfes1 ana u
punic ;, npafniEes warmly Wltn the manasr.
| 4N1acttd. nA'AAN