The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
[ etter From Hcaton
Correspondence OF the journal,
BosToN, May 6.
GREELEY AND BROWN.

Inc TACT that pOlltlcai topics are upper
most now must constitute my apology, il
any is needed, for touching first on the
Cincinnati nominations. When the an
nouncement was made here, incredibly
gave place to establishment and mirth
But this feeling was of brief duration, and
now there is gradually arising conscious
ness that the sage OF Chappaqua" may
prove no mean competitor, and that they
only should laugh who win. Still, the
nomination is a terrible disappointment to
many Massachusetts Republicans who
were preparing to support Adams if nom
mated, while Democrats, except those of
Hibernian origin. Hook with much distavor
at q contingency they had not contemplate
ed But Massachusetts Is not the whole
Union, and it is not impossible, after all
that the nomination is the strongest aud
best that could be made Said politician
OF no little local celebrity to me yesterday !:
1T will not do to under rate Greeley. He
has strong hold on the American people,
and were he to die to-day, he would be
more generally and sincerely mourned
than any American now living The very
novelty of his selection-for it is not com
mon to nominate our ablest men-may
prove the strongest point with the people.
Moreover, the men who secured his nom
nation are the most sagacious of our
present race of politicians, and it is not
probable they have read the drift ut public
sentiment to little purpose " How far the
gentleman is correct ir his view, deponent
saith not. 1t is not possible, however, to
predict on any trustworthy data the result
OF the coming campaign until after the
issue is made up and joined, and we know
whether the contest is to be a triangular
one or not Next week | may De able to
give you the names OF some prominent
Republicans, not heretofore suspected OF
disatfection, who have Joined iii the
Greeley movement. Things is working >
Is HANGING PLAYED OUT?
Not Il little comment is made in Gun
neigh5oring city Of Chelsea over the Yer
dict OF the jury iii the case Of one tornelu,
Connors, II rough and rumselier. charged
with the murder Of policeman Wilbur, :
native of Maine. The verdict M..s no
guilty, in the teeth u strong evidence
and every probability 10 the contrary
The excitement has not lessened under the
report that on the day Of his acqutta
Corners INDUCED in Il drunken wall
around with two OF the jurvInen who sa
on his case. What wonder if people al,
asking is hanging played out -
JOURNALISTIC.
| The advent of the Globe has put the 81,
dailies 20 their trumps. and now We heal
or many contemplated changes and iill
| proyements The stad Advertiser Is abol
to become still more unwieldly by the a,i
! dition to its pages of a column each, W Il
a corresponding lengthening thereof. Tn
Transcript, which has come out for son
| time past as a double OF quarto shee
| twice 2 week, will shortly be issued al
| together i'll quarto form. The journal
| not to be outdOne, will also make a con
siderable enlargement The competition
among the daily papers OF Boston wa
never so brisk as now, and the, improve
ment among them al is marked I1
| Globe holds its own very well
| THE COMMON.
| Most Of our American eitee are distinguishes
| tor some local peculiarly feature ut on,
the pet AMI pride Of it, rt-den,. Thu, Balti
| more has her monuments, Chicago her grail
| elevators, St. Louis her beer gardens, Phadel
| phia her wide and regular thoroughiares an,
| her water works, New Orleans her jackson
| Square and Canal street, New York her Centra
| Park, and Boston her Common, including I'll
| Frog Pond and Public Gardens To the natiy,
| hubite, the Common is Il source of intense pride
| He has other specialites which he deems intn
| telV superior to anything Of like character t
| be found elsewhere, but hi, deepest affection
! are centered in the Common. Do you wish t.
make him your enemy for life: Suggest then
| a possibility that another spot can he found %
| this serene planet to match it! Seriously
| though while there is something of eXaggera
| ton in the regard of Bostonans for their city
| and notably the Common, the beauty nor li
utility of the latter can be denied. 1t is indeed
| At this season. an emerald set in the heart of tn
| good old town--a breathing place for adults AM
/ the playground, spacious and clearly, for chi
| tren. Strohng through its tree embowere,
| avenues the other morning, listening TO tn
| carols of the eathered songsters, and notin!
| sundry improvements in process, we observe.
| workmen putting up the wooden seats, which
| during the warm season, are arranged III sh0r
| intervals all about the Common aud public gar
| den Passing that way the same evening. We
| found these seats nearly all occupied. although
| the atmosphere was raw and cold, by yOuns
| eoupes--by Patrcks and Bridget~, Jonathan
| and Betseys, Hans and Wilhelm iuas-tll az
| parenty enjoying with much zest the long lie
| sired opportunity here afforded Of renewing tn
| fiirtations and courtships, rudely broken III
| the previous autumn by the unsentimental cit
! forester. The eyening was sombre, but tn,
moon occasionally peeped from behind the hit
| ting clouds. revealing--shall we say TIN tn
| various attitudes OF the absorbed couples, mean
| ly every phase of the grand passion, from tht
| first bashfu hating and doubtful stages up 20
| DOWN to that complete intoXication for which
the matrimonial moose alone affords relief OIL
I justification. Occasionally, q coarse Jest o
| ribald expression from some dark corner, re-
| vealed the presence of the delui-monde. The
! policeman with whom we We're walking
| told Us that but few of this class occupied the
| seats, partly because they We're here under SUI
vigilance and partly because they were crowde,
out by the shop-girs and their beauX, many 0
| the former having no other place in which tC
| receive their lovers; for be it known to you
dear journal reader, that in most of the board
| ing houses in godly Boston, where girls iron
| the country are accommodated with narrow
| rooms, narrower beds, and scanty. il-cooket
food, it is expressly stipulated that they shal
receive no male company in the paror, ant
hence they are compelled to see their ''com
pany" on the common, in the Streets,o at some
saloon OF doubtful repute. 1t is ptiful stat