The Republican journal., 1875-10-21
LETTER FROM BOSTON.
Correspondence of the journal

BOSTON, Oct Is, 1875.
NJ. D. Conway, the well known London cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial and
the Unitarianized Methodist preacher. scarcely
made Il success in his first appearance here last
week, as a lecturer. His discourse on London
was thoroughly interesting and bright as, of
course, man of his literary attachments and
acquaintance with the great metropolis would
make it; but his delivery was very poor. He
spoke i'll the low, conversational tone charac-
tcristic of English speakers and that in Music
Hall is about as effective as ordinary speech
amid the noise and hurry burly of Washington
street. The consequence was. nearly six hun
dred persons left the hall during the lecture,
which if ever eXeusabe was certainly so under
these circumstances. Mr.. Conway ought TO
adopt the plan of Henry Morgan, the exhorter
of Feast Young Men" A popular lecturer had
the curiosity to go to hear Morgan last Sunday
night, and he was privileged TO look over the
eccentric clergyman's manuscript. He found
it made up of patches of red and black ink.
Morgan, in answer to his inquiry as to hat
that meant, replied "Why don't you know?
When you get to the red ink, raise your voice.
Now Conway needed some such device as that
to remind him that he had hearers, or listeners.
rather, more than two feet distant from the
PLATFORM
Wendell Phillips. whose financial discussion
with Schurz, and another defeat of his princi-
piles, brings him again before the public, is
growing old. His hair is now snowy white
1t is long and silky, and almost reaches his
shoulders, q Ia Tilton. His face has acquired
that bcnienant genial look that belongs to all
who have lived Il temperate, pure life, and are
thus privileged to grow Old beautifully. His
silver voice is even more mellow and musical
than ever, and whether he talks about trashy
money, or becomes erratc over the abuses OF
lahoring people or what moi, he is simply
charming. Particularly is he so in private con-
Iersation, when he appears to have no DISPOSE
ton to hold back anything that any one else
may desire TO know. In getting together nior
nation on various subjects, he says he has 1t
great many tables in Il back parlor, which his
wife calls the 'gr;tvc Of the pamphlets" where
he deposits in separate piles all books, papers,
magazines OF pamphlets on these topics Then
keeping the run of current discussion, he digs
down into the solid authorities and thus accu-
mulates the facts upon which to base opinion
and theory. Not long since | saw Phillips ut
home Ii was Il Sunday afternoon. which is
the time, by the way, when he is always to be
found there, The room was lis OWN sitting
room and the noticeable thing about it was
this same preponderance of tables just men
toned. In this case they We're filled With the
books he reads and refers to most. There
were plaster ca>ts-portrait busts of friends
and artistic tcsigns-which in connection with
| books gave the apartment a refined air; but
| otherwise every thing was of the simplest de
scription An od-fashioned wooden carpet was
on the floors the furniture was o.d-t;lshioned,
plain mahogany, covered with black hair cloth,
Phillips wore a pair of Old shoes ''that laughed
extremely loud" as children say, and which
men of his years, notice, are more partial TO
than the most deliberately wrought slippers that
| pouS women love to make for sanity pastors.
| Nobody could be more devoted to wife than
| Mr.. Phillips has been to his, whose confirmed
invaldsm does not permit her to leave her
chamber more than four times il year; when
| She removes to and from SWampScott, ut the
| beginning and close of summer, and on the oc-
cason OF two rides of half an hour each to get
the air. Her trouble is spinal disease, which,
however, leaves her mind bright, and she is
said to be a very charming person by the few
old friends who are privileged to see her. Last
winter she WAS more seriously Ill than usual
and Mr. Phillips cancelled his lecture engage
ments in order to be With her constantly. Hi
i, certainly devotion and fidelity that ought
10 inspire the poets
The "terrible child" is always about. A
Young lady told me the other day OF an incident
i'll which This pest figured in connection with
ia WGnf 9H I" tEfs6 H 1t ge2 Etn Ge !i
and appetite, her hostess thought to please ano
appease the latter by making some famous Par
| ktr House rolls, and Il certain kind of cake OF
which her guest was known TO be very fond
AT the table the Young lady sat beside the
Youngest daughter of the family, a bright child
Of six years, on whom suppression does moi
work well. The young lady found the bread
and butter SO excellent and partook of it so
literally, that she had no desire for cake, but
when it was passed to her she said, laughing
-"Oh, if had known it was my fayorite cake
should have eaten five biscuits instead of six. =
The hostess laughed, too, and said with polite
incretlulity-" Why, you've done no such thing >
! Then up spoke this terrible argus eyed" child
in a shlil voice that no one could fail to hear
''Shc's eaten four, saw her" OF course the
cuprit was sent in disgrace from the table; but
the look Of horror that was ON the faces of the
father and mother was partly dispcllcl by the
| honest laugh Of the young lady, who could en-
| JOY the joke even though She herself were tho
victim of it.
The civil rights bill is not required By some
colortd persons, at least, TO teach them that
they are rs good as their white neighbors.
| Notably is this true of Il Young colored girl
who came not long since from Richmond, Va,
and who has been living with Il small family in
a country town near this city. The lady and
gentleman have no children, and they have been
very kind to little nmah, who is intelligent and
| ny no means i'll looking. She has also been on
| quite friendly terms with the young lads and
misses of the place, who have invited her to
dance and sing Nth them on many social occa-
! sions. Dinah seems to take all this As Il matter
| of course, and never appears to expect anything
different. one day lately, however. the gentle
man with whom she lives was considerably
amused TO receive 4 petition from the little girl
to this effect. She said She would like piano
| very much, to learn to play, and wanted to
know if she could not have one. Well, til"
gentleman said he thought not; he did not
think he could afford it. Dinah looked Gown
cast for 4 moment and then said with sorrow
full in9enolisncss-''Oh that is too bad. Mr..
Blank could buy one, and he has three children,
and you cant have piano when you have only
one" The gentleman contrived to rcprcss Il
laugh at the uncercmonious way i'll which he
was adopted as Il parent, but the girl received
no rcbuke. Soon enough she will meet with
some one to relieve the ignorance in which she
is now 50 happy.
The event of this week is the first appear
ance of Won Bulow, the great German pianist.
1t is seldom New Workers Think that celebr-