The Republican journal., 1873-12-04
Letter from Boston,
Correspondence Of the Journal.

Thanksgiving has filled the minds and
stomachs of the people the past week,
and the era of good feeling has had numer
Gus and peculiarly fitting Publications.,
which go far towards disproving the as
scrtions Of those selt-consttutcd teachers
who would have us believe that no good
thing can come out Of mans depraved
heart. The many instances recorded
where employers distributed to those in
their establishments the indispensable
turkeys for properly observing the annual
feast. accompanied by the best dressing
in kind words spoken in q sympathetic
anticipation of the good time coming, are
pleasant to think OF. as also the dinners
set before the inmates Of the several chart
table institutions of the city.
In the state Prison. in Charlestown. ar-
cordng to q custom long standing, the
prisoners We're permitted to torego all
work and enjoy themselves at such games
as their situation would permit, being
provided in addition with substantial
meal One and perhaps the most interest
ing feature Of The occasion, was when the
names We're read of those who had been
awarded pardonS. Four conyictS were
the recipients OF the executive clemencv
One Of these, Anthony Baker. who was
committed in March, 1863, for robbery,
for ten wears term, had his sentence re-
united on account Of illness, and his con
celNed his discharge from all earthly
bondage. Imention this case thus Speciii-
callN on account Of the revelation Of self
sacrificing devotion, and noble generosity
Afforded in a place where one would hardly
be prepared 10 expect it Th" accomplish
OF Baker in the robbery tur which he wa,
incareerated, seeing his friend use the
word adyiSedlv->trickcn by disease and
rapidly sinking under its Withering touch.
pleaded for his manumSsion from the
prison walls. offering himself 10 serve the
meXpired portion q the sick mans term
in addition to hi own Now 81 convict
prison would be the last place III which to
look for on exhibition Of selt-denylng love
50 splendid as this despised criminal has
evinced for his death-striclien pal and
vet many noble nature, now hidden be
meath the prison garb. might, but ion
untoWard circumstances. have occupied Il
moral and intellectual plane UNNECESSARILY
higher than that occupied by the apostles
Of human hepravity-who are peradven-
lure correct in their estimate 50 long rs
they reason from known premises.
Some OF our oycr-zealous Catholic ub-
horers have been endeavoring to Stir up
al aggressive warfare against the Romlsh
Church, but At a meeting which was in
tended 70 be 2 great upriSing tn" audience
consisted ot less than dozen persons,
and good enough tor EN-. When will
mankind agree to let each and every son
Of sorrow serve God in his own peculiar
way? If it is heaven We are striving for
surely the end and not the means should
be locked a. and the former BE- an excuse
il need be, for the latter In prominent
contrast with this marrow ~ectarian spirit
is the course Of sermons to be delivered at
the church of Rev James Freeman Clarke
(Unitaran,) wherein a preacher Of each
and all of the various denominations is to
have an evening in which to give an ca
position OF his creed. and Il reason for the
faith that is in him. Last evening Father
WEIGH, q professor in the Boston College,
stated the Roman Catholic view ot the
Church. These lectures are NOT wholly
unique in Boston, something very similar
having been previously delivered in Pitts
street Chapel and IIollis-street Church,
but they present an excellent opportunity
of hearing an opponent in theology recite
his own story, instead of trusting 10 dis
torted knowledge gained behind his back.
We are getting beautifully miXel mtm-
cipally. with annexation, water supply,
Ben Butler, and the old gentleman
knows what not. DiS@runlIed factions in
CharlestoWn and West RoXburl VERY mod
eStly decline to unite their fortunes with
those Of the metropolis; MiddrseN County
is also 10th 10 part with her chief city
Boston after paying III addition to her
own county expenses for highways, those
Of Chelsea, Winthrop and Revere for the
last twenty years, now cries = hold, |
enough, last wear secured the PASSAGE of
bill by the Legislature to release Her !
from assessments for Improvements III the
county outside her jurisdiction, and now
modestly asks that the city and towns !
aforesaid be annexed 10 another county |
which proposition Winthrop already kicks |
against, and the breeching will soon be
tested in like manner 10y the other places |
interested Ben Butler next appears on |
the scene a. the representative Of the |
NameSit Power Company and brings suit |
against each and -rverally Of the Water |
Board for alleged damages TO plaintiff |
company in taking water from the Sud |
bury and Concord rivers ID supply the |
city during the last summers drought
and the Mayor has resigned 10 occupy
his seat in rongrr>- wha time, TO
be sure
But, thank fortune, the ilo>tac Tunnel |
is through pea7lee and the whole tribe
of candy-lottery men are at last 10 be
summarly squelched, and the little boys |
who have so long subsisted on the sac |
charine allurements Will soon 90 about |
the streets refusing to be comtorted be-
cause Of the unsatistied cravings OF their
sweet-teeth Coe, the broker who bor |
rowed money on raised coilateral>, has
been convicted on one count ion obtaining |
money on false preiences; at trial on
Nut Island in the harbor of the tit1een-inch |
Wizard gun, by using q charge Of lao
pounds of powder, projected a shot weigh
ing AGO pounds through rolled wrough t