The Republican journal., 1871-06-08
Letter From Boston,
Correspondence of the journal.
ANNIVERSARY WEEK,

doomed to eternal death, have met here
with full ranks, and have enjoyed them
selves hugely, in hllrling birthstone with
u lighted match applied, at the heads Of
all unbclievers. That may perhaps ac-
count for the intense hot weather that has
prevailed. The meetings Of the liberals
have had 4 large attendance, and their
exercises were very interesting The
Spirtualists have been here, too, holding
sweet converse with departed ones as well
as with the living. A new sect, or one
might say no sect, has made its appear
ance. Its members are called the Free
Raioionists, and all who come are wei
coined, whether they be Protestant, Jew.
Catholic, Mahometan, or Infidcl The
object of the meeting is thata free discus
sion of the different creeds may be had,
to determine which is the right one Last
come the Free Lovers, who would turn
the world upside down if they could, set
at naught the marriage vows, degrade
mankind, and in fact destroy the harmony
of homes and society. But if, as some of
the good men who have been here say,
1.-The right will prosper" their doctrine
will amount to nothing. IT the prayers
of the righteous ascend to Heaven, they
must form so impenetrable a barrier that
nothing unholy can find audience with the
Most High, for prayers innumerable have
been made the past week.
DECORATION DAY
was quite generally observed throughout
the city, and suburbs The ceremonies at
the cemeteries were very affecting, as well
as very interesting. 1t was beautiful
sight 10 see the wounded soldiers, paying
tribute to their fallen comrades, and very
to see the tears stealing down
the battle Scared checks of veterans, as
they knelt to cover the graves with flowers.
Our merchants showed their respect to the
dead by closing their stores and sending
liberal floral contributions to the officers
of the Grand Army of the Republic, who
had charge of the decorations.
TIE ANNUAL MAY TRAINING
occurred last Wednesday, The citizens
do not take much interest in the parade of
late years The soldiers turned ont in
full ranks, and presented beautiful APP
u
flashing Of their arms, rs they moved
along to the music Of the bands, was in
spirinG. Each and every regiment was
looking its best, and it would be hard to
say which bore oil the palm. The Mass
Ninth attracted considerable notice. 1t is
entirely of Irishmen, and won
much fame in the late rebellion 1t has
since been called "The Bloody Ninth"
Attached to this regiment is a company of
a stalWart men, not one Of them being
less than six feet, and some of them are
almost seven in height. They are called
the Engineer Corps. Their uniform differs
from that worn by the regiment They
wear bear skin caps, leather aprons which
almost hide the uniform underneath, which
is of gray. Their arms consist of short
swords and broad axes. There is no other
regiment in the State that has a company
like this. The Montgomery Guards, the
Champion Drill Company of the State
Militia, also belong to this regiment
A sIIoPLn,TEE
wa arrested last week by detective
Woods. The prisoner is 4 young girl
about twenty years Of age, is very good
looking, and Of pleasing address. Her
name Is Jennie Baldwin. She has been
stealing from her employers for q long
time, hy the wholesale, and remained I'M
until 4 few DAYS ago. She was
in the jewelry and fancy goods
store OF Stowell 4 Co, No u Winter st.
Business being rather dull, She was dis
charged about two weeks ago. After she
was gone n number of valuable vases
were missing, and the matter was placed
in the hands of q detective, who succeed
ed in tracing the missing property TO Miss
Baldwin, Finding she was discovered,
she made a confession, and acknowledged
stealing many articles that had not been
missed. She seemed very penitent, and
her employers, being kind hearted men.
did not wish to prosecute her and inter
ceded with the court in her behalf She
was let out under light bail which was
furnished by u brother OF her betrothed
lover, But the detective, in hunting up
the missing goods, had found a clue to
large amount of property, that was not
mentioned in her confession, and he was
not willing to relinquish it until he had
succeeded in unraveling the whole affair.
Upon investigation he found that the
stolen property amounted to several
hundred dollars, and when he asked her
where she had put it she told him, he was
paid for hunting it up and added CHOW
find it if you can" Her bondsman, find
ing her sunk deeper in crime than he had
any idea Of, delivered her up, and She
was committed to prison to await her ey-
animation.
E!IEFS.
A delegation Of Indian Chiefs, from the
Indian Territory, who have been visiting
Washington, are in town, and quartercd
at the st. James Hotel.
A disagreement between Manager Fisk,
and Aimee the prima donna Of the French
Opera boutfe, has resulted in Aimee leay-
ing the company, and ~ promised lawsuit
with James Fisk Jr as defendant.
The yachting season has opened, and
excursions down the harbor are daily
occurrence OLIVE.
There is need of troops all over the
country, to judge by the terrible preva-
lence of Ku-klux outrages. In Kentucky,
one Samuel johnson, a colored man, was
dragged into the woods and whipped
nearly to death by a party who broke in
to his house, all for voting the Democrat
ic ,cl,at Then there was another negro