, 1870-01-03
BOST0H,
A Curious Ctaim-Etclic OF the Old
Uounay. diving PerIod-Are Matters
Striving for u New Pubic Gallery
APFonskinK A Ptan-ProJccts In 80
ciaf Hcicncc-PcfAonai and Liter
xAHy Gossip.

FFonsklnE Ptau-ProJccts In So
ciaf Hciencc-PcfAonai and Liter.
nry Gossip.
lFHoA ouR owN CORRESPONDENT
boeroA, Dec. q, 1852.
TIE BuRRnL c1AIM
Attention has been directed are to that curious
Piece OF o1scess, the Durril claim against tho city
o! Boston, Of which yonr readers may remember
somettlpg. Mr. Charles Burrtll was, duriog the
Wal. q sort OF euhstrnle-hroker In genteel WY.
contracting to tll the quotas Of toIn4 when vol.
nn,eers we're Tot plenty, with The names OF non-
resident Eold!es1, AID gettiug we'll paid for bis
work. In the co1tBa OF hla business be usue a
tornsl agreement With the Mayor OF Bo.ton, q
daft then being imminent to get credits" upon
the quota OF the city at 8 hundred and twenty-five
dollan apiece. Il he got fer, be. might have made
coed deal Of money. But he got too many. lie
vent to work At Warrington to persuade people
In power TINT 1t vas wlEe and proper 10 credit
B A1on with her men enlisted In the navy.
Through his exertlons, Or otherwise. such credit
vas gwen; AID a List made out BY Mr.. BurrillA
neanP, OF something oTer six Thousand names,
was used In settling the EatteE with the gortrn-
Meut.
But tho nmonnt to which Mr. Burrtll thus
btcame entitled from the tax.psJers' pocxetA,
taking The imprudent conduct OF the Mayor lit
etn]ly, Wss too enormous 10 be submitted 10. TIE
city Ietlssed Mi, Bur11u determined to btakt
bis case On the lssue Of 4 lawsuit, and Eefuse1 al
Offers OF compromise. General Butler and other
emmett lawyers were engaged. aud great Legal
struggle was expected. Bnt the cousts decided
against the claimant on preltmlnar!es. The
Mayor was rot authorized to make sucn con-
tract. In lhe mad extravaganza Of those days,
probably the Council would have ratified lns ageee-
ment ant nade 1t lega! Il an opportunity had been
given them. But 10 slight q aaw was sutuc!eLt
to overthrow Nj Bur7til's cAstle-.. He no1 comea
before the city government In different temper,
pleading hla great Aaor aud expenditure IN the
puLlic service, and expressing a Willingness to
accept whatever compensation may he awarded
h1m- Thee remains the dit1coty, however, Ct
1xlpg upon the sum. Nearly everybody who has
investigated the matter is Of the opinion that Nj.
Btnfll actually earned something; hut the eEti.
mates IA to the proper am1unt wary all the way
from 6, 100 up to sl25,o Tne Aldermen having
developed an utter inability to agree, tho
proposition Is made for commission OF emmett
GeLnemeD, Impartial and above suspicion. 10
nake an award: and I nu inclined to think this
mode OF eettljng the matter Will be- finally
adopted.
ART MATTRRA.
Our cusoric project for au art gallery Of propor-
t,ots commensurate with Bolton estimates Of
Boston culture, and o1 character To keep with
% our own sons and daughters, and to gather
hele thole from the rest Of the county who now
70 to Rome, Florence, aud Paris to study, is Ia
rather better e1ape than usnal- 1t has been found
possible to haYMonlzc the yarfona Interests and
preferences Of the Boston AthenRlu1, the Tkus.
tet Of the City Putlic Library, the managers OF
The institute Of Technology and the gentlemen
controlling the art :1eatures Of tue Harvard COL
t.ca Jihrsrp with these the men,t,erz and ott.
20. ~ ,hs socist scIanca Assoc,a,lon vorE ~.
s,.11 :, = ,o,,1,o, carso +, IA 1Iko,, ma, n,
thass a te.,rn,,o1a nn,sss.,,n IN &ha arc,ora,.
...a 49,, .n",ss. ~ ,atnt,,a. s+.trss css,s
"! ~ "1 - ss.. 49,. -
eua susse' ~" " asf .as,.a 1,,sa,r,
oi.s peiuausu.,1 ~ = s'..Ao. ta~ A1a1u' 1.4s. ~.
telalA'n8 oaJ me itsu. VI p.sps' "H.si. ~
host eatee' " "u"lo We 1npoteoe ~ aut'snue''
committee o. zen gentlemen, 1nc'nolne repre-
scntatses OF tnese ssf'eus lnssitoaons, oal aclne
"a an looeEenoelt oooy, 16 at "olA p1epat1R
plan 1or tbe carrying tnfougn OF tne pfoJeet ana
will doubtless petition the Legislature, soon after
It convenes, for charter. The building Wo1!d b
erected aid Ette on the BACK Bay 1and5 given b7
the State to The city for ths purpose only. 1t u
the tqu.re on which stooa the jubilee Coliseum.
The enterprise which has such start will Ut.
questIorably be powerful We shall not see cur
palace Ct art completed In 1870. nor 1911, but
have fat.h enough tn Boston 10 believe ta2t the
freseut generation will see II uoue Tht building
once npcer Hey. one OF the t1ts. reuuisites Honld
he IN sccure for II COLLECTION OF casts Of ,oe
preat sta,ues Of the world, more couplete than
that Dow beorcIpR 10 the Athepruu Mr,
cnarles E. Pe1klns, who IL an authority on SUCH
matters, apa has studied ibis epectal subject In
practical E,y, feels sure that good and euffl.
cept collection Of piaetez casts, covering ali the
Plastic a1t IN Europe, could be obtained for
$4,000.
Mr. William Bradford, the artist. who went with
Dr. ]. l usyef lnto the Arctic zone Last summer,
a. be mas done many summers before, but with
unusual facilities for taking Photographs Of the
remarkable and little-Erowu acenerY OF that re-
Rfops has made arrangements for exhibiting the
pctures there taken to the public. A atereo2:lcon
IL to be used 10 magnify and give hoiIdlty to the
pctuIea, and the exhibition is expected to be one
Of the most remarkable OF the Kind ever attempt-
ed. Ar. nradfords familiarity With the region,
and his experience as an hrtitt were Of great ad-
vantage IN Bupe pertntendnK the taking Of the pho
to2rnpnR. MeeslF. Fields, Oagood i co. contem"
plated puo!ish1ns the views IN VOLUME bnt sltce
the adoption OF the e1eteoPueon ldea thas has
been abandoned .......
Mr. Eafnest Longte!'o", son Of tue poet, hal
nade an entrance into wotEtcg lie as portrait
painter, aud mas SCI up stadlo II boston..t lis
picture OF Lib 1athe1' IN OIL, Is on e1hloi!oa ID
one OF our galleries., ana ID fea1ls very good
LITERARY ooss'r.
TIE pazs!nR o. christmas mas Drought foil
etop 10 tne pupAauluR VI oookts auo II VIII DC sew
efal We. Ks before We beall nave anJtnlng new pnt
On the market Inc EeEJ laas 10 appear before
the cufretI Eas eous Oh #cse Two OF Ine pleasant
Patty Gray" feries OF A1B. Caroline u. Dali, de-
EcrbipE what the tatrlotlc and Precoc!ous little
heroine saw snd learned tn Washington and
Mount Vernon. -.-....
We teas by the way OF New York that Gail
Hamilton Will take advantage OF her alliance with
Harper s Brothers TO make an attack, Which she
has lcr Jears been preparing. on her former pun.
tehiuK house Of Fields, O5guod Co. It Is to
take the form Of little book, telling the aorJ Of
her quarrel under assumed names and It Ia ex-
pecteI that the sharp laay's long peh&.up anger
will give each paragraph separate sting. Ntss
dodge trpEe on with Ticlnor L Fields several
years. sgo, having disagreement with
.hc house In Datter OF financial settle
Eents for her books, magazine contributions, and
editorial work on Our Young Foles- The lady
waB unable to cone TO IN agreement upon the
questions Involved, and, by consent OF both
parties, they we're left to arbitration. The
publishers and the sathor appointed each ret-
cree, ard they tFochose third,-Mtss Dodges
representative On The board being Hon. James
G. Blame, and tue house choosing Hon. A. II.
Ksce. These gentlemen decided On terms Of sot-
ueuent, and their award was suppoaed to be
alaL But It vas not accepted By Ass Dodge
SOCIAL SCIENCE
The Soeta1 Science Association, which holds Its
general meetings IN New YORK but has It's hesd-
quarters here, Il busy IN many waSs' It's leading
Eemters are active In the art gallery project, OF
which I hare alfeady spoken It's Secretary Is
getting out the Jonfnsl OF lts laht pholc seaslon-
II has oeieeateo 10 TWO OF 's ntu1aefs 3 very H.
po1tant taEk, IN me preparation OF library cata-
loRues, for the use ol seosa eneaEed
IN establishing npfas1ea ano ae'ectng oooEs
for them II dfaesent pafta Of tae
conntfy. no one Nho mas not neen pelsona!s ia'
Etlar with the oiMcalt1ea encountered and tue
bloIdera made fy County library committees can