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Correspondence of the New York Tribune.j My pilgrimage to Marsh field, tbe narration of which was left unfinished in a preceding letter, was made upon the only day of the week which the family reserve for their retirement and the society of private gnests. The early afternoon was hushed and still a New England Sabbath. Tbe Webster mansion is secluded from the nearest farm-houses, like the lonely moated grange; and while the lady of the i fi day next if the weather be favorable, if not on the following day. If both days should be unsuitable a new appointment will be made. The train will leave the Eastern depot at eight o'clock and on the arrival of the partv at Gloucester carriages wUl be in readiness to convey them to Annisquain.

The meeting lor discussions will be held in the Universalist church quarter before two o'claick. Af tea the meeting the party will take carriages for the depot, to return on the 0.26 train. Free return passes will be furnished to those who attend the meeting. A party of Indians have encamped on their usual ground near the head of Broad street. The Indians have bead-work and baskets for sale, and the camp is visited by considerable numbers who are curious to see the braves, squaws and papooses," and purchase their wares.

HAMILTON. THE METHODISTCAMP GROUND. The home of Gail Hamilton, Hamilton, twenty miles out of Boston on the line of the Eastern railroad, is one of the most charming towns of Essex county. Just outside the porphyritic ridges of hills, beginning at Marblehead and sweeping around Boston to its junction with the granite of Qtimcy, its hills are smooth and green to the tons, ami its plains fertile and easily cultivated. Here, in a most cnarm-ing grove, the Methodists of Eastern Massachusetts located some dozen years ago their camp ground.

A forest of oaks, hemlocks and stately pines furnish ample shade, while here and there delightful glades let in the sunshine. The purest water is supplied by numerous wells, and so cold is the aqueous fluid that one almost suspects that there must be a deitosit of ice kept in the fountains rann whence it comes. Hundreds of quaint and tasty cottages have been erected for the comfort of tlie many families who here spend their summer vacations, Arouml a circle enclaieing some two or three acres are built the frame tents of the various societies. These tents will soon be covered with canvas, anal when, on August 20, the meeting begins, they will be filled with the multitudes who come np to this beautiful retreat to sjiend a week in undisturbed and constant Christian worship. Many of the cottages are already occupied, the dwellers therein doing their own cooking in a simple, rustic way which takes them back to the good old times; while those who want all rest, and no work or care, will be fed after Wednesalay next by that eminent caterer, John Ellis of Lynn.

Hundreds of people are now there and every day brings fresh accessions. The woods are full of the joyful shouts of happy childhood, mingled with the samgsof many birds; pale cheeks grow ruddy with returning health, and old and young rejoice in this refreshing intercourse with mother nature. CHELSEA. Work for Puck. The Public says that an cx-T'Criuieiit in electrical lamplighting is to be triexl.

The lamps on the streets surrounding tlie City Hall are to be connected with a battery in the building, and lighted and extinguished from that place. Should the experiment prove successful, it is intended to apply the wires to all the lights in the city. The Marshal's Report. The following is an abstract of Marshal Drury's monthly bulletin for July: Whole number committed, 113; lodgers, 34; for various offences, 79; males, 93; females, 20; minors, 12; number brought before the court, 53, ot which 7 were for assault and battery, 1 felonious assault, 2 aaiultery, 5 attempt to rescue prisoners, 2 breakihg and entering, 23 drunkenness, 3 disturbing the neace. 1 disturbing a public meeting.

2 fast driv difficulty In the whole matter seems to be urine incertitude of the statutes, hich grant authority to boards of health under Umil tations somewhat vague, and which statutes, so far as authorizing the removal of people from their homes, are thought by some lawyers to be unconstitutional. The second difficulty is a want of proper systematization and definition of the power actually granted, so that one city official may not be liable to step on the toes of another. The third difficulty, from whatever canse arising, seems to be as to where the hospital shall be taken, if removed. This last named problem will doubtless be solved in a summary manner at the meeting of the board to-day. BEIEF LOCAL NEWS.

Deaths in Boston last week, 206. In 1819 land on Beacon street hill was offered for one dollar per foot. Independence square, South Boston, by the Brigade Band, this evening. An indication that somebodv must have gone on a "bust," is that there is a "Vblly Daideu" corset now in the market. Not for many months have the freight trains been so few and so light on the Boston and Albany railroad as at the present time.

The subscriptions in aid of the poor children's excursions now amount to $518, as acknowledged by the treasurer, H. H. Peters, No. 36 Congress street. The records show that the number of persons who availed themselves of the public baths, last month, was 837,053, or 28,367 more than in July, 1871.

The weekly meeting of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society was held on Saturday, and the display of flowers, fruit and vegetables was very creditable. The police commissioners have appointed the following members of the State Police for their respective cities: CharlcsA. Cannon of Charles-town, Henry T. Hitchcock of Fitchburg. A cook employed in a family at the West End, whose wages were sadly in arrears, took her revenge by substituting her chignon for tlie dressing of a turkey on an occasion wheu her employer gave a din" party.

Secretary Bontwell has awarded buito iKw for'slK The b'Vd from $315,000 to the above amount. Tbe Freucb an-' will arrive in this city at eigut nVWk tliia moiniig. On Thursday afternoon an hJ harbor, in honor of the band, will tke the full particulars of which will bo an-aiiced to-morrow. Although the sidewalk of Tremont Row has been recently widened, there is no reason why tbe extra room provided should be used by the store-keepers for their cases, as the number of pedestrians has increased full as rapidly at the sidewalk accommodation. The petition for the removal of the Coliseum will not aval, fur the reason that a siecial act of the Legislatire provides for its continuance on its present site ojte year anal a half from last June, unless the executive commute, of the Jubilee see tit to demolish or it.

An old habitue of one.f our police stations recently begged the officer who tund him in an intoxi cated condition to leave lum to inach tho station-house alone. "For." said he, "I finu myself there so often that I begin to fear that ptxple wi'U conclude I belong to the force." A very intelligent colored man was asked the question lately: "What do you think of Sunnier." lie replied I alius thought gooal aleel of Massa Sumner, but I made up my mind some time ago dat I follow him jus so far as he follow tie Loral, and now be has game back on de Lord and I go back on Massa Sumner." The proposal of the Republican Slate central canimiltee to holal a grand ratification meeting in this city on the day after the State Convent ion, has already met with much favor from intiuentiid ami active Republicans. It is proposed, if the meeting lie helai, to invite as speakers prominent Republicans from different parts of the country. Rev. Dr.

Lorimer delivered an able discourse yesterday morning, taking for his subject the recent proposal to Professor Tyudall concerning the trial of the flicacy of prayer. Dr. Iorimer showeil very conclusively the utter absnrility of the proposal and claimed that it was intemled as an attack upon religion in general, and not upon prayer iu particular. Mrs. E.

V. Dean, 27 Lawrence street, Boston, prints a card in the World, complaining that women unaccompanied by gentlemen cannot obtain rooms at New York hotels! She says she wandered for three hours last Wednesday night from house to house, ami everywhere was refused admittance, and she wishes to know whether respectable women have a right to the hospitality of hotels or not. Rev. Dr. Neale preachiKl his thirty-fifth anniversary' sermon yesterday, ami Rev.

Thomas Worcester, st tied over the Swedenborgian Church forty-four years ago, preached at the New Jerusalem Church. The active pastors of Batston who are seniors of Rev. Dr. Iseale in service are Rev. Dr.

liartol, J7; Rev. Dr. Blagalen, 1K36; Itev. Dr. Lothrop, lii; Rev.

1 r. Adams, IKtt Rev. Dr. Bobbins, 1633; Rev. Dr.

Worcester, lb28. ACCIDENTS. William Cottle, living in Doyle's block on Tremont street, while walking on tbe Providence railroad track, near the Tremont street crossing, on Saturday nioi was struck by the seven clock outward bound train anal had several of his ribs broken. He was taken to the City Hospital. Laura Foster, while riding out on Saturalay was froul carriage anal received a painful dislocation tlie eioow joint.

She was carried to the City ital. A millwright iiaij stetson, whilo taking down some heavy shafting buiialing ca.rner of Causeway and rritnal streets, Sajj af met with a severe accident by tmg kii.1 off a staging with a piece of falling shafting. I tllu haIt mg struck the mnsa-les ot his arm atiu. fej on tie floor, cutting a deep gash and severing a artery. Ir.

Jenks took up the ruptured artery andXult, Up the wi.und, after which Stetson was able to his home. CAMBRIDGE. A ssaflt. Aliout twelve o'clock Saturday night a i-booting affray took place in Belmont, and has thus far created ci nsi la rabli: excitement in this usually quiet place. From hat can be ascertained it ap-l-ars that John Manning of Watortown had some time ago a plight difference with a iersin named James Tobey, which finally grew into enmity.

They aic both young men of about seventeen years. Saturalay evening ToWy, with a number of friends, entered tbe house of Patrick Kelly on Strawberry Hill, in ar Fresh uial, in Itchuont, ami there (iroa-e ied to pass the night in jollity. About midnight Manning entered the same house, and, seeing Tobcy, drew a pistol and li real at him, after a few words had passed between them. The shot struck Tuboy in the fare-head, just above the right eye, but, fortunately, it glanced off and praxiuceal no seriaius wounal. Mail' ldiig, however, says there was no bullet in tlie pisd, and refers the wounal to the waaiding with the pistol was loaalcd.

He was arrested a few hoars after the shait was fiml and conveyed to Station where be will await examination. The alarm of fire from box 26, about five o'clock Saturday afternoon, was occasional by tlie slight burning of the roof of the part of the iron founaiery of J. J. Walworth on Oslsim street, i ambrialga-pairt, caused by a spark from tlie furnace. Damage about $25.

OrrvAm Mr.ETiNds The Young Men's Christian Association af this city, with their customary real, have liegun a seria-s of open-air prayer meetings, bieh are held every Sunday at five o'clock P. M. in the vacant lot on Monument square, near the high school buiialing. These meetings are unusually well attended, tbe exercises consisting of prayer and preaa-hing. sametinif by clergymen anal sometimes by a flicCis anal members of the association, together with singing by tho entire assembly.

It is a good work ami deserves to be sustained in every manner. Wavekley Mr. Dow seems at hist to have hit upon a plan for making useful that iiortion of the Waverley House originally intended for a market. After two unsuccessful attempts to make it pay in that capacity, he finally decialeal to try it as a public hall, anal the necessary change have be" going on the past few weeks. It will prolWy be mucli used for jK.litical meetings during tne c.oun."? paicn, as it is capable of bold" 100 to 2000 lers-ons.

Jottings Mr "Wfldam Gove, a private watch- nnn at the manufactory of F. M. Holmes Co wn" "aB seriously injured by falling down'- stairs, a distance of fifteen feet, at twt establishment, is now daring very well. I he new track of the Midailajsex ailroad Company on the old brialge, which is to go into us when workis commenced on Warren bridge, cost the company about $15,000. Timothy Kelley, the lad who was injured so on the Fitchburg railroad last week is improving, and is now declared out of danger.

There are 553 convicts at tbe State Prison. THE SUBURBS IN BRIEF. Everett. The Glendale Christian Union Society has bought a lot of land on Ferry straet, near the Glenalale school-bouse, and will soon build a chapel thereon, Newton. A number of years ago Mr.

Henry Ross of this town, at present superintenaleiit of the new cemetery, made a failure in the effort to sot up a floral establishment, but having paial over at that time all of his remaining means to his creditors, they sup-poseal it to be the end of the matter and probably chargeal the balance to profit and loss. But Mr. Ross, thaiugh in no sense legally liable fair the indebtedness, Has, within a short time, for waraled to each of his creditors a check for the amount due. Hyde Park. There are to be four tracks on the Providence railroad between this place and Read-ville, and the new bridge of iron trasses going up over Mother brook, just south of the new depot is gauged for that number.

A third track is to run from Boston to Readville, giving an independent line from the latter point to Boston tor the accommodatiam of the rptcial trains so necessary to the great amount of travel over this roatl and a foot bridgj is to span the track-way at this station, thus greatly reducing the chances for casualties so liable to occur iu consequence of the sharp curve just above the depot. The old station-house is to be moved off its present site. Arlington. The extensive carriage manufactory of George F. Wrightt on Medfaird street, and the Rus-sel grammar school, immediately adjoining, were totally destroyed by fire early on Saturday morning.

Strange to say there is no organizetl fire department in the town, and only one hand engine, which is housed a mile from where the fire took place. Mr. Wright's loss is about $8000 and that of the town abaiut $10,000. Rockport. The Rockport National Bank has had for the first twenty-one years of its existence, but one cashier, Mr.

J. R. Gott. Having reached the age of seventy-two, he resigned at the close of July. THE PEST-HOUSE.

OFFICIAL ACTION THE DENTS ttt pitsTS-THE AUJi TR M0CTVES AND THE PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES THE CASK It would seem the small-pox which the 'X me impression upon the icebergs of City Hall, ami i prospect that these congealed JJ yet oecome fluent to the popular wiU and the buovant tide of a common purpose, on the part or 2S-m-afc the said ospttaay be gayly wafted away from the city, as far at least as GStuXd'the committee of citizens of the South End appointed at a meeting at the Central Club House, Friday evening, waited upon His Honor Mayor Gaston, at the City Hall, to present the resolutions adopted at the meeting with reganl to the smaU-pox hospitaL Col. Charles W. Wilder acted as spokesman, and informed the mayor of the action of the citizens in regard to the grievance under which they were suffering from a nuisance in that locality. Mayor Gaston said: "I appreciate the troubles and the alarm of the citizens whom your committee represent, and in that view have already called a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen this noon to take some speedy action in the matter. I believe it is a serious matter, requiring the prompt aciion of the city.

I shall, therefore, lay your resolutions imniediatelv before the board. Your chairman is entirely right in saying that you have my personal Tho delegation, after thanking the mayor, left the chamber. A meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held immediately alter, at which the mayor presided. Six members were present. The mayor announced the object of the meeting of tho board by saying that he had called them together to consult the subject of the pest-house at the South End of the city.

He was personally of the opinion that it was a matter which called for their immediate attention, and that the circumstances are such as to demand prompt action, either to take measures for tho removal of the hospital, or report why such action cannot be taken. Ho then presented the resolutions, which the delegation had just given him. Alderman Squires moved their reference to the committee on health, with directio--to report forthwith, which was unaiiimously)'(0in2 On motion of Alderman Fairbanks thj "that the order was unanimously adopted: O-" auj re. committee on health be requested 'i. tho port at the next meeting of tl small-pox patients or any of em" to Gallon's pita! can ne satciv and ti, i.

adiourneo. iu i eni. aim mut. mg of the iWrd will be the regular meeting yj men takeVplacehis afternoon so that it Pboble there ill not be mucn more uciaj Ja nnt In the meanwhile the voice nlaint is i not oral rotiowml statemP-" Kr" 1 'S fj nrf hospital, and the authorities -ZT ouneeted therewith. These c-- present anything that is entirely, lKssibly the fact that the wagon by wh" tne uospnal is supplied with bread has leen to the dixtrs of the hospital, and the loa-fts naving been delivered is again driven through tlv city streets in the usual routine of business.

That the of transferring patients from their homes to the hospital is open to very serious objection seen evident, since it is asserted without denial that tbe imbalance is driven to the patient's door, and while tlero standing and during the transfer of tlie patimt from the house to the vehicle, no attempt is madoto keep the street clear, but a crowd of curious "id gapmg spectators, including men, women ael childreu, is allowed to gather around the carriage. Attention is called also to the iisparity of figures between the sura paid by paicnts, fifteen dollars per week, and the sum at wht'h they are "fanned out" to Dr. MeConnell, ni dollars per week. Financially this difference of dollars per week per patient seems a very pretty unrgiu of profit for the public treasury, but morally iris very questionable whether the high-minded an virtuous city of Boston should iocket it, and more especially that it should be done throuh that devout branch of the city government, which has ma surh serious opposition to the opening of the reading npm of tho Public Library on any rate, if the sum of fifteen dollars is collected by te city, the worth thereof should rendered, and tkete ought to be no rumor of insufficient attendance, improper food or oveiwowding of patients. it is but fair to observe, however, that the evidence of ill-treatment is somewhat contradictory, and until the matter is cleared up by the official investigation already started, condemnation shtuld not be, as it must be at present, indiscriminately liestowed.

On the one hand, discharged patients tell sad tales of neglect, improier food and cruel usage, but in tho same breath, or uou the same sheet of manuscript, award the highest praise for the kindness of the attending physicians, Dr. McConndl and Dr. Webb. Now these two gentlemen, so much extolled, have the sole charge and control of the administration of the hospital, and it must be by the direction or ousent of these same physicians, to whom patients are ao grateful, that patients have been necessitated to lie during the night in their beds, calling in vain for war io cool their parched throats, have been compelled use the same lotion aud brush to bathe their own eruption wldch had just served tlie same office for others in an equally or more edensive stage of disease, and, becoming convalescent, have been required to walk from oue room to another with the blood gushing from the festering sores of their feet. If these and similar this have been dune, the doctors are not entitled to praise of patients for exceeding kindness; ihty are entitled to that praise, what is the probability of the truth of tlie stories? There is complaint also whicli seems to be well grounded, that patients have been forcibly transferred from their own houses to the hospital when they were in a position at home to well cared for, under competent physicians and nurses, and at the same time so isolated as to secure the safety of other inmates and tlie neighbors.

This, when the hospital was unduly crowded, as on all bands it ii a ltuitted that it was, is certainly inexcusable. The origin of (he present diiticulty dates from some distance into the past, and is perhaps explainable as veil by the story of the Dutchman as iu any other way. As will lie remembered, it was sugsete-l to ans that instead of carrying a heavy stone in one end his bag to balance the bushel of corn in tho othr end, as the bag hung across the horse's back, it would be as well if not letter to carry two in each end. His rebly was that his father and his grandfather had always cirried corn to mill in that undoubtedly it was the best way, at any rate he should follow it. ilany years ago, when the Asiatic cholera raged, the then 'fathers of the city established a cholera hospital in tbe midst of the most thickly populated district of tbe city at that time, namely.

Fort Hill. It was used for the purpose, aud very likely from its proximity to the residences materially reduced the number of well people, if not of live people, having a domicile in that vicinity. Having served well its original purpose there, it was, after the disapiearaiee of the cholera, as we learn from the statement of ex-Aldcrnian Crane, removed to Albany street, where it is now fulfilling its mission as the identical small-pox hospital at present complained of. Tlie fathers of the citv of the current small-pox era seem to have thought, after the manner of the Dutchman, that the mode in which their predecessors managed the cholera plague was the pmper mode to deal with the plague, to wit: establish it. and give it materi-d to operate upon iu the centre of the city.

Alderman Crane of the former era, as he says, perceived the ab-suidityof so locating a pest-house, ami sought to have it removed, but it apicars that there were enough Dutchmen in tlie Board of Aldermen at. that time to prevert it. The same gentleman is authority for the statement, which, however, corresponds to the general public apprehension of the case, that the Board of Aldermen, being tlie Board of Health, have delegated their authority to a committee of three, and that, committee again defer to their chairman, who is to lie held responsible. This arrangement at the first glance seems a good one, and one not to be objected to, except by some bigoted partisan of republican institutions. who should resent anything looking like the "one-man power." But what agency is more efficient in a time of peril than such a power? No dilatory counselling with others about measures, no demoralizing compromises, no counter-working or conflicting iulluences, but all things moving by parallel lines to the same desirable end.

Upon the theorem thus suggested, what is plainer than that Alderman Little is to be held responsible for all our woes? A second glance, however, enables us to see this apparently centralized power dissolved into nebula'. To send a person to the hospital by leg.d authority requires the action of the full Board Health, upon tlie particular case. This action lias recently been taken in a few instances. man as the servitor of the Iniard may "J045 tne patient safely as far as the hospital but once under the arch of the gateway a n-" and power has control of anioly, the trustees of the Cil JlnmJ1- -rn wer is again distributed in rather ill defined to popular, if not official, apprehension amoug the president of the trustees, the Buriiitendeiit of the City Hospital, the su-lerintendent of the small-pox hospital, the attending physician of the small-pox hospital, Alderman Jenks, trustee on the part of the Board of Aldermen, and.ac-cording to the official list, Councilmcn Emery and Prescott, trustees on the part of the Common Council. It was said aliove that the power bwomes nebulous let the figure be let it be presumed that it has become planetary, each repository of authority revolving in his projier orbit.

Now comes in a cometary influence, namely, the city physician, who seems to have taken it upon his bands to see that no small-pox patient should rest quietly upon his bed at home, but must be hustled out, "will he, nil he," and, notwithstanding tbe advice and protestAtions of the family physician, conveyed to the hospital. It does not appear that the margin of six dollars per patent has anything to with this business-like promptitude, aud doubtless considerations pro bono publico are the moving ones. But the doctor's activity at one time was so much like a certain party in a gale of wind, anil tending towards certain mischief, that one or more of the aldermen Interposed with something like a command to desist or else, as it was declared, "the noise lie was makin" would spoil the Coliseum." The Jubilee over, it probable that this mandate became inoperative and "Richard was himself again. Various unkind remarks about sinister motives have been made by parties interested in this much talked about subject, among which on the one side it is said that the aldermen are dilatory because if it is necessary to put np a new building it is desirable to take tune to erect one that shall be "a credit to the city, this quoted phrase being the official parlance for a big budding that shall prove a fat job for city contractors. On the other hand, it is affirmed that nothing would have been thought or said about the matter if certain parties had not wanted the wharf where the hospital stands, to carry on an extended lumber business, and they do not see their way clear to buy it or lease it so long as it is in actual use for city purposes.

The primary BOSTON ON SUNDAY. ABOUT THE WHARVES AND BUSINESS STREETS. HOW THE NORTH END LOOKS ON THE SABBATH DAY A FEW PEN-PICTURES DIRTY MEN AND DIRTIER WOMEN AND CHILDREN. In no other part of the city is the change made by Sunday more noticeable than in the streets and about the wharves of the North End. During the week this part of the city Is given up to trade and the streets used for residences are quiet and almost deserted while the people are laboring for their daily subsistence.

On Sunday, and more especially during the hours just before sunset, the scene is so totally different that it is difficult to realize that the streets filled with throngs of people and crowds of children decked out In holiday attire are tne same mat are through the week filled with teams loaded with the varied produce of the world, and in which one is constantly pressed upon on all sides of the thousands of laboring men and women, each of whom is too intent npon his or her especial errand to take any thought or care for the passer-by. Around the wharves, even the sidewalks and cobble-stones seem to put on a Sunday look, and the samples of molasses, flour, hemp and the numerous other articles that leave a track wherever they are moved are all gone, aud the streets look as neat and bright aa if they had been specially cleaned for the day. In a walk through this section on a Sunday evening many queer sights are seen, and many things that woulal appear commonplace have a charm of novelty thrown around them by the surroundings peculiar to the day. Entering Commercial street from State street, last evening th first thing to attract the attentiain would liave been a slightly inebriated individual, had, honestly or otherwise, become paissessed of a Urge wateimelon.and bad verched himself upon an immense pile of chain cable to enjoy himself in de vourmg It. 1 ms ne was uanng in a primitive maimer, by digging the centre out with his hands.after having smashed it in halves against the chains upon he was seated, and, although evidently enjoying the fruit himself, he offered to share it with any of the passers-by, ami hailed every oue with the question, 4 Want some?" The surroundings of the Quincy market present a far different aspect on a Sunalay night from that of the week day.

for the sidewalks ou the southerly side are piled high with barrels, crates and baskets of all sorts of vegetables, snugly covered with old pail cloth, and in readiness for the early trade of the following day, while the street is alreaaiy partially filled ith tho wagons of suburbans on the alert for the honest inny to be gained in the trade of the morrow's twilight. Dame Partington used to say that the people in this part of the city must be very honest, as the storekeepers left anchors and big coils of chains right out doors with nobody to watch them, and it might seem as if the market men trusted too much to the honesty of the younger part of the community, if it were not for the presence of a quiet individual who has his eyes on all sides and seems to have an instinctive knowledge of the movements of even a corner of any of the coverings under his charge. Passing round to the rear of the block of stores fronting on Commercial street, a group of a half alozen gamins anal two or thrase girls were found quietly enjoying as much of the sweets of life as could 1 extractetl from a hogshead of molasses, ith the aial of old hoops. The whole party hail evidently been up to the their raiment was freshly marked with the colors obtained only by close contact with Dame Nature, and tbe sunshades and other suiierfluous finery of the girls were carefully piled on one side while the stolen sweets were enjoyed. ust as the whole party was nicely daubed, a rival delegation of about the same number turned the corner anal disjiersed the first in the field by shouting "pcrlict- and then quietly took possession of the stock left on hand by the too confiding retiring party.

Passing along into Commercial street again, a roup a half alozen puzzled sailors was met bo were at a loss to find the way back to their ship, and the plan of the city was criticized in language neither choice nor nnexpressive, tlie determination finally arriveal at by them lieing to try and weather the pjint anal bear away on the home tack. High up in one of the old dingy buiiaiings near Atlantic avenue, a bit of beauty was seen in a window filled with pot plants and ruu-niiig vines, which looked as strange as it was pretty in contrast with the dull surrouiniiugs. On the steje of a large fiour and grain establishment, a group of a dozen longshoremen was gathered, and in their midst a good-natured Irish woman was enleavoring to convince her lietter half that he should leave his congenial companions and return to his family, 'ibe diallings of the group were returned wiih true Irish wit by the liauguter of the Green Isle. The otien space at the head of Eastern avenue is the best place to jualge of the clans of people commonly met in this (tart of the city, and a stop there just after the ferry boat comes in gives one a chance to see a lively scene. The costunn-s of those who go down to the sksl in ships ith that of their wives stand out most prominently in the shifting crowd, the rich Imlia shawls ami bright dresses of the ladies reminding one of the far countries of the East.

The markeal difference in the dress anal general aiqearance of theolaler Irishwomen and their daughters reflects credit upon the elevating influences of our civilization, and shows what goed clothes will do for the naturally bright features common among the Irish bairn in this country. Just as you turn Into Atiantie avenue, you see a queer little fruit stand, alsmt eight fa'et long and two feet wide, that revuir to be pla tcred on to the side of the street, as there are no visible supiiorts, iu the twilight just gathering, and in this Utile box two men are endeavoring to turn an honest peuny by tbe sale of dirty little pieces of water-melon ami cakes, candies anal fruits, whose antiaiuity is eviaicnt at a glance. Turning up towards Hanover street a whole battalion of children is seen formed on ana! about the steps of a travelling photographic establishment playing school, an 1 all tho tricks of the "school nianu" are cleverly mimicked by the diminutive instructor. The gravity of tlie scholars is saunewhat disturbed by oue ot the number who, upon seeing a boy outidde the school limits" en j. ying a stoU-n ride on the rear of a passing forliear to call out cut, cut behinii." a'- tlia-reby insure a cut" from the whip of the up some are lieniatia'Al calculation is necessary to Ol lUC Iiaios'S, a a craum coiivev tue idea that all the surrounding streets hai delegations into the particular street through wiiv-h vou were walking.

All the streets are just as full, and it seems a pity that the large space occupied try the burving ground shouM not lie otiened so that tii leople living in this vicinity could have a chance to move alHiuf and not jostle each other. The streets about Kre are remarkably clean, aud with the exception of tlmsc running down toward the gas com-lny's yard, are very pleasant for I'ciuiug back to Hanover street.through Salem street, tbe siyht rcmiinh) oue of Tremont row on a Saturday night, for the street is filled with promen-adcrs up anal down as far as one can see, and no bettcr-uatured crowd wdl be met iu any part of the citv. Passing down nanover street, the gas-lights that follow In the wake of the wiry little man who runs up his ladaier, touches the match to the burner anal Is down again ami off to the next lst, remind one of the gathering darkness anal of the fact that North street is best seen by Turning aiown any of the narrow streets crossing ram Hanover to Commercial, one meets with the dirty, vulgar loungers that can be met nowhere but in th vicinity of this part of the city. On turning into North street the scene presentaid is such as to make one only too glad to hurry along anal pass in rapial review the lounging crowal of aiirty men and dirtier women and 'children who till the streets as well as the sidewalks. The condition of the walks and that of the buildings cor-rif ponds admirably, and the thought comes that it might be a blessing if some one could assume the authority ami clean out the low, tumble-diuvn shanties on both siaies of the street at one time, and oblige the owners of the property to erect habitations fit for human beings to live in.

Upon returning to Dock square there comes a feeling of relief to think that the whole city is not like the little part last visited, and the remembrances of the sights that may be seen will amply repay any one for the exertion of a walk through the North Knd on a Sunday night. TOWN VALUATIONS. Everett. Tlie asses9ars' books give the number of polls in the town of Everett as 724; dwelling-hamses, 544 inhabitants, 2712. The present valuation is against last year, showing an increase of The rate of taxation is $11 80 per $1000, which is less than last year.

The laying of water pipes by O. H. Norman.wlncli was begun in October last, has just been completed. More than thirteen miles of have been with fifty-five gates and sixty-four hydrants, at an expense of about $77,000, exclusive of service pipes. Watertown.

Tlie town's total increase in valuation over last year is $1,173,970. Of this $221,690 is in personal may in part be accounted for by the restoration of the bank stock to the town for taxable purposes. The increase of real estate, amounting to $952,370, is largely due to the increase of dwelling-houses, being fifty-five more than last year; and otherwise increased valuation, unavoidable fioui tbe actual rise in market value. If the value of the corporation stock owned in the town and taxed by the State were added to the assessors' valuation, Watertown would be able to divide to each man, woman and child within its limits, $1700, or apportion to each taxable acre of land the sum of $3520. Waltham.

The assessors' books give the following interesting figures: Total valuation of real estate, personal estate, total valuation, rate per cent, of taxation, $13 80 per $1000 (last vcar, $14 30); town grants. $128,116 53; State tax, county tax, $6285 79; total to be raised by taxation, $145,242 32. Number of poll taxpayers, 2362; number who have neither personal or real estate, 1380: number of children between the ages of five and fifteen, 1357; number of persons liable to military duty, 1194; number of acres taxed, 7720; number of dwelling-houses, 1313. The valuation of real estate has increased about 20 per cent. that of personal estate, about 17 per cent.

SALEM. The New SmpprNo Act. The owners and masters of fishing vessels sailing from this port have found great difliimlty of late in obtaining crews for their vessels. The great trouble seems to be not the want of men who are willing to engage in the business, but to hold them to their engagements. One owner of a fishing schooner which was ready for sea a few days since, engaged over one hundred seamen before he found enough who kept their won! and appeared at the time set.

All the owners are anxious for the success of the new shipping act, which goes into effect on the 9th which proviales for tho appointment of shipping commissioners, whose business it is to aid masters of vessels in obtaining crews. Fifld Meeting. The third fielal meeting, under the anspices of the Essex Institute, will lie held at Annisquam, near Bay View, Gloucester, on Thurs- orivcr on ef the stealer of rules. lassin on to the Bi-ct qf Copp's Hill, one fin is difficulty in getting along, so crowded the streets with the she could communicate with her. The mother left j.i.

return early iu tne morning, wnn tne necessary clothing, and still bottle, 'which she has thus far failed to do. The mm 1n -1 1 nerseu tne mother of five little nnps. hna ji.n tm.l i. me care or tne nttie stranger, attacked with cholera infantum almost Yj, auu una ueen very in ana a source oi sore trouble. THE JAPANESE EMBASSY.

VISIT TO LAWRENCE AND LOWELL TO-DAY'S MOVEMENTS. On Saturday about twenty-five members of the embassy, accompanied by the committees of the isoard of Trade and City Government and several prominent gentlemen, paid a visit to Lawrence and for the purpose of inspecting the cotton fac tories at those places. Leaving the Boston and Maine depot at nine o'clock, in a special train furnished for the occasion by Acting Superintendent Furber, they reached Lawrence about ten. and proceeded in carriages to the Pacific mills, Mr. J.

Wiley Edmands, treasurer of the corporation, receiving them and showing them through the various departments. After about two hours had been spent In the examination of the various processes of cotton manufacturing at the Pacific mills, the company was taken to the Central mills.where a half hour was passed, and at about noon left for Lowell on a special train provided by Superintendent Winslow of the Lowell road. They were met at the station by Mayor Peabody, Messrs. Richardson of the Boott mill, Ausseyof the Lawrence, Hayes of the Carpet, Boy-den of the Prescott, Birdsey of the Treruont and Suffolk, Battles of the Masachusetes and Palfrey of and escorted to the saloon of Goddard Son, where a collation had been provided. This was eaten, and the party were then driven to the Boott and Carpet mills, both of which were carefully inspected.

The members of the embassy manifested a warm interest in the construction and working of the machinery in the various mills. Thev were themselves in turn an object of equal curiosity on the part of the factory operatives. At half-past three o'clock the party returned to the depot and took the cars for Boston. On their arrival they were driven directly to the Revere House. Yesterday afternoon several of the embassy, with some members of the committee, took carriages at about two o'clock and drove to the Chestnut Hill reservoir.

From thence they went to tbe residence of Mr. Alvin where a collation was served in an informal manner, after which they proceeded to Me Iford to the Brooks farm, where they partook of the hospitalities of Mrs. tiorham Brooks, and spent considerable time in walking about the premises. At about seven they again took their carriages and drove leisurely to the citv, reaching the Revere House at about niue o'clock. To-day they will form two parties, oue of which, including Iwakura, will visit the shoe factory of Boyd, Corey Co.

at Marlboro, the other going to Providence to examine the Gorham silver works and American Screw Company's establishment. Trains leave this city at 9 A. returning about 6 P. M. To-morrow they will sail for Liverpool on the Cuuard steamer Olympus.

ST. VINCENT'S CHURCH. LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE. Over teu thousand persons were present at the ceremonies of laying the corner-stone of St. Vince's Church, on the corner of Third and yesterday afternoon.

The church is to of granite, and one hundred and forty-eight feet long and seventy-two feet average width, the widest part being ninety- eight feet, with an open timber roof. A belfry tower, measuring twelve feet at its base, will surmount the structure, the spire being one hundred and twenty-three feet from the ground. The architecture of the building is of the Grecian order, and tbe whole will be constructed under the direction of J. Uuinlivan, architect. The ceremonies, yesterday, began with the formation of a procession "at the house of Father Lane, the pastor of the church, on Fourth street, and, marched to the church, where two temporary structures had been erected upon the flooring of the second Btory of the building, for the accommodation of the clergy and the choir.

A number of Catholic societies were present, among whom were the older of Benevolent Hibernians, Gate of Heaven Lodge, St. Vincent and St. Paul's Lodge, and others. Among the clergy were Right Rev. Bishop Williams of Boston, Iiev.

Mr. Lane, Rev. Mr. Supple. Rev.

Mr. Bradv. Rev. Mr. Sherwood Healv, Kii'bt Hev.

Mr. Quinlan, bishop of Mobile, Ala. The choir was composed of some forty members of St. Augustine, St. Peter and St.

Paul, Gate of Heavon nnrl Vincent, f-hiirchra. under the cirtction of Miss Feran, the organist of St. Vincent's church. On arrival of the procewslon at the church the choir sang the "Veui Creator." after which an eloquent address was delivered by the Rev. Mr.

Gross, superior ot the order ot JKederaptonsis, jrooitiine. The ehoirtben rendered the "Quam Delecta Taber-nacula," after which tbe procession was re-formed and marched around the building, the bishop sprinkling every part with holy water, and on arrival at the corner-stone taking the silver trowel and cementing the edges of the stone after it had been deposited in its place. The ceremonies according to the ritual of the Catholic church were performed, and the pro cession resumed its march. The usual box was placed under the stone, containing conies of the Boston Post and Pilot. Roman and United States coins and aloarch- ment bearing a Latin inscription.

RAILROAD CROSSINGS. HEARING CPON THE PETITION OF THE LOW ELL RAILROAD. A continued hearing upon the petition of the Lowell railroad for leave to cross Chelsea bridge at grade was given by the commissioners of Midice county on Saturday, at their office in F-w Cambridge. Mr. T.

P. Cheever appeared for the city of Chelsea.and presented a remonstrance of several citizens against the granting of the petition. He said that city de pended npon this bridge for access to Boston, and would never cease to oppose any plan which would interfere with Its use. The cross ing of this bridge as proposed might be a convenience to the corporation and save them some money, but the public would be discommoded, for tne bridge now needs widening tor puuiic travel, it this privilege be granted it will probably always interfere with the public convenience. To show the risk cf life which would attend the use of a track across the bridge, he introducod Mr.

Win. II. Archer, bridge tender, who testified that he had been on Chelsea bridge for nine years as toll-keeper; the travel since the bridge was made free iu 18o9 has trebled; the numler of passengers over the bridge counted in one day (August 1st), between the hours of 8 A. M. and 6 P.

were 620 foot; one-horse teams, 3iio two-horse teams, 40 three-horse teams, and 2-2 four-horse teams. When the bridge was a toll-bridge the receipts were about $1150 a month, but now they would reach, if there were toll charges, over S300. Mr. W. W.

Warren apeared for the Lynn and Boston Horse Railroad Company, ami offered as testimony the following statistics, showing, in round trips, their business over Chelsea bridge during the year ending June 30, 1872: Numlier of passengers carried 1,161,242 Average number per month day 3,013 trip 31 Total nnmberof trips Average number of trips per month 3.013 Avei age number of trips per day 99 In answer to a question from Col. George, it was also said that 122,020 passengers were carried to and from Lynn and Boston on their cars last year. The colonel replied that the Eastern railroad carried, without doubt, 1,000,000 passengers yearly, showing the small proportion of those who used the horse-cars. Mr. W.

S. Stearns appeared for the city of Charles-town against the petition, and specially to ask that the expense attending the laying of a track, if the petition were granted, might be borne by the corporation and not by Charlestown. Mr. S. E.

Ireson, the city solicitor of Lynn, also spoke against the petition, anil presented the remonstrance of a large number of citizens. Mr. W. W. Warren, counsel tor the Lynn and Boston Horse Railroad Company, made a long argument against the granting of the petition, and said the charter and rights of the bridge were dependent on the franchise of the Lynn and Boston Horse railroad.

Every community interested protests against granting the petition. The bridge is a part of the main thoroughfare from Essex county to Boston, and is now too narrow to accommodate public travel. If the right to lay one track be granted, it will be followed by others, it being the intention of the Lowell road to build up a very large business. He thought the question should be settle 1 by the Legislature and not by the commissioners. Col.

George, counsel for the Lowell road, spoke in rebuttal. He thought it absurd for a horse railroad company to claim that because its tracks were first laid no other corporation could have the same right. If there were any doubt as to this point it could be settled by the courts. Three hundred thousand dollars have been expended by tlie Lowell railroad Mystic Flats and improvements made uoo" tun, and he hojied the commissioners would able to see-1'j! a necessity existed for the granting -f war asked, and that by grantiiut J- Mystc iats war TheheIii'i- tbcn closed, and the comtnission-Miirmake the- uecision at some future time. POLICE NOTES.

Samuel Perry was arrested on Saturday for swindling the iEtna Sewing Machine Company out of a sewing machine. He had previously visited several other agencies. Three small and youthful Bostonians. giving their names as Michael Barrett, Frank Ball and Michael Lyons, who ran away from home recently, have been picked up by the Brooklyn, N. police.

Officer U. Doherty arrested David McCarthy, on Saturday, on Blackstone street, for being disorderly and drunk. On his wav to the station McCarthy drew a knife and assaulte'd Doherty, wounding hira ia the hand slightly, but he was soon overpowered and taken to the station-house. Lyman Emerick, living at. 108 Dorchester avenue, was drowned in Boston harbor, near the landin" at Spectacle island, at half-past six o'clock last evening.

He was in a small boat with two other men, one of whom accidently tipped the boat over bv standing upon one of the sides. The body was not recovered last evening. SLIGHT FIRES. The alarm from box Zi3 at eight o'clock on Saturday evening was unnecessary, as the onlv cause thereof was the burning of a box of shavings at Neponset. A slight fire in Paul's upholstery rooms on Tremont street occasioned the alarm from box 62 at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock on Saturday evening.

The damage was trifling. A SCNDAY MORNING WITHOUT AXD WITHIN THIS CHARITY. Will you tell me when we come to the North End Mission?" asks Scmpervirens of the conductor or an East Boston horse-car, who, knowing that he does not go within half a mile of the place, assents blandly, maintains a discreet silence until he arrives at the North ferry slip, and then nimbly alights and departs for regions unknown to avoid the wrath of Sempervirens, who Is left blankly staring about, and with very indefinite ideas of the external appearance 01 missions in general and none at all of this one in particular. However, the place exists, and so some- Doy must know of it, and as no policeman is in eight, a twelve-year-old girl, barefooted and carrying a baby, appears a likely source of Information. She reaay enough, but indefinite.

Yes its down rh sthrate a pace; over there." SempervireuB starts, and owmij up iiuim street. Is this staid, orderly Boston, that one reads about In the New York papers and the Poet at the Breakfast Table? Boston of the Public Library, the Massachusetts Historical Society and the Daily Advertiser? Is this a Sunday in Boston this day when there "iucti no noise oi norses or wagons in the street, but when a noisy babble fills the air, a babble in wnicn the softest and sweetest note is of rude mirth, and the harsher tones are too rough to be heard with out keen pain at one's perfect helplessness to hush or change them? Are these Boston men who stand at the corners of the streets, in loud converse. hushed to silence as an outsider passes, to break again in a moment, ana tnese gins wno crowd the door-steps and sit upon the curb-stones, some with melancholy, aged looking babies in umut arms, or lean irora tne windows in screaming conversation with other girls across the street? Worst of all, are these Boston children? Here u.i uicm a uoy iu a uii oi piain, coarse, Out clean clothes, and now and then nnn r.m tins mi mirk freshly-brushed hair and clean, stiff calico gown, looking as out of place as a daisy springing up alone in a dismal bog; but these are the exceptions. The little ones do not seem like chilalren, but cull up memories of the weird tales of changeling fairy babss. whose prematurely-ancient countenances showed that the soul within hail passed through eternities of sorrow and the knowledge of sin, wliilo their baby bidies uou uuij kuuwu i.ew onei nours oi eartn.

Their sharp, shrill voices have none of that bubbling joy. ousness which makes a child's laughter so sweet, and their eyes, large and hollow, look up with a consciousness of superior knowledge that irives "'i' i'iio wim suuuuers uuu maKes trie wished-for Mission seem leagues away in the distance. Indeed it seems so far away that a friendly-looking candv-woman is asked for direction gives it in almost the same words as did the girl be- xuic imcu, uiu oemuervireus goes on, not rejoicing, but beginning occasionally to (unm riita bear queer sounds. Here is a (Tronn which raitl Babel in the polyglot murmur which greets the ear of ijBfer. vrurcurai uerman, rapid Italian, switter-rolling French, harsh Swedish and hissing Ituss, with tne all-pervadnig Milesian brogue mingle their sounuB, ana the little "shine yer boots?" who is making the best of the worn foot-covering of one, answers his "Parlez vous Francais?" with a '-guess not," em- PbatiCAllv VftTlVpA.

Tfnro nra n-i aktFnl. 1. girls of fifteen seated on neighboring doorsteps, each exulting in the neatness of a little sister play- uu lub siuewaiK, ana eacu strongly inclined to disparage that of the other. Here are two littU tutrni and knickerbockers unsuppleinented by stockings and shoes, chattering Italian and gesturing like crazy uuiiatjjB, uut snowing, as tuey iook up, eves mat make one remember those two angels of Raphael's that eternally gaze at the Madonua in rapt contemplation. Here stands a girl to whom some unusual nouniy or rortune lias given a paper of candy, which biio itt uiviuing wnn impartial generosity among a hovering swarm of hungry little things that cluster about her.

Surely the Mission ought to be near such a scene as that, and sure enough the lantern inscribed with its name soon appears before the glad eyes of miuuaiucira, wuu rings rue ueit, placed nigh up in the door, out of the reach of mischievous little hands, and waits. A slender little lady with long, fairy curls opens the door. "Service? Iso, there is no service in the ciiapei, put nn-stairs in the parlor for the girls there will be reading and singing and a little address. ill Sempervirens walk up?" Sempervirens walks through scrupulously clean passages and up two nie oi wmcn lias a aoor oi wood-en at hea1. int0 plainly-furnished parlor, with thairs set along the sides, ready for the expected worshippers.

These soon appear seventeen "girls," as the matron calls them, in her kindly fashion, women of all ages and apparently of two or three nations. Very sad and weary are most of the faces uion which Sempervirens looks, but there are here and there exceptions: one Irish girl, with a pleasant face and stout comfortable figure, looks as if no care had ever come near her, and no sin which might not be fullv absolved with the smallest of penances another looks tierce and Indisposed to yield to external Influence for good oue, a dark-eyed, strong-browed, handsome woman of twenty-five, shows by her expression that no ordinary preaching will be needed to really touch her, although from policy she may pretend to yield. Near England women, colored in half-tints, with pale, drab hair and sallow face, her large, sad, gray eyes seeming to long to tell tlie tale of misery which their owner, with true New England reticence, keeps for herself alone. All of the girls are neatly dressed, and. looking along their line Sempervirens notices that there is but one who has not striven by some scrap of ribbon to brighten her costume and give it that touch of grace and beauty Trhicu Ce feminine relinquishes so late anl so seldom.

The service is very simple i A hymn a prayer, a hymn, an address, another h.yhrti "a prayer arid the closing benedirtipn; but how ditierent they are from the same things churches. The little matron leals in the singing, and the voices of the girls follow her, not always in strict accord, but with evident g.xxi will, and the deep voice of the preacher mingles in the chorus, and the hvmn is sung through to the end, and then all kneel before their chairs, and the minister prays, while now and then a half-suppressed sob or a long sigh is heard from one of the kneeling circle the second hymn is sung in much the same manner as the first, and then comes the address. The preacher is in earnest, and although bound by the formulae of his creed, which do not allow him to aweu so mucn upon tne love of Uod, as upon the consequences of his wrath, the humanity of the speaker pierces through all tbe clouds of his doctrine, and his hearers are evidently affected, and when, after another hymn, he asks those to stand who wish to know by experience this love of (iod about which he has been talking, all stand: again they kneel in prayer while he asks that they mav receive what they need, and after the benediction they slowly file out. Coming out of this quiet, fresh, neat parlor again into the dreary, dingy, squalid street, Sempervirens thought afresh of the energy and courage of these ladies who dared to live there always, taking charge of these girls, aiding them into their upward struggle, and of those other noble men and women who give assistance to this quiet, unobtrusive institution, and lelt almost ready to say that the dreariness, dinginess and squalor of the street had sutHcient reason for being, since out cf them had grown this North End Mission. MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Gen. Burrell thinks that the First battalion of infantry is not sufficiently large at present to entitle it to a lieutenant colonel. When one or more companies are added to the battalion the officer desired can be elected. The singular charge is made that Col. Freeman of the Cavalry battalion was elected under an assumed name and that his real name is Albert Freeman Murphy.

The troubles in the Light Dragoons are said to have brought this fact to light, but it seems hardly probable that so high an officer would be engaged in such a small-potato trick. The camp of the Second battalion of infantry (colored) will be known as Camp Jewell, in honor of lion. Harvey Jewell of this city. "Camp Wilson" will be the title of the muster field of the First battalion of infantry. Major Frazar, the individual honored being Hon.

Henry Wilson. During the past week Gilbert D. Arnold has been elected first lieutenant of Company Third regiment; William J. Fitzmeyer first lieutenant and John C. Miller second lieutenant of Company First battalion of infantry; and W.

H. Baker has qualified as assistant surgeon of the First regiment. The Sixth regiment, Col. Beal, will encamp at SwampscoU. August 20th, and the Second regiment, Col.

Parsons, at Northampton, September 17th. The First ami Ninth regiments go Into eainn to morrow, the former at Hull and the latter at Wey- mouiu. The annual reunion of the association of the Thirty-second regiment will take place at Framinj'bam tomorrow, and a very pleasant time is expected. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Globe Theatre.

To-night Humpty Dumpty enters upon the last week but one of its performances in this city for the present. It has steadily increased in popularity, and even now, after seven weeks, its attractiveness has in nowise diminished on the contrary the public still flock to see it, and crowded houses are the rule. It amply deserves the succe nuciiura it, and it Has proved ot acceptable and amusing of sumr entertain- The Fkesch asp. The band of h- oarde Re-publicaine announce three o-erts, to be given at the Boston Theatre on iron'1" and Tuesday evenings and on WWoesdfj- otternoon. In view of the popularity the during the Peace Jubilee, their xeapprance will be hailed with pleasure by tbe pub-p.

general. They will tie heard to far greater advantage at the Boston Theatre than in the Coliseum where the more minute refinements of their plavin" were lost, owing to the great size of the As this will be their last appearance here previous to their return to France, it is but natural to presume that their three concerts will be greeted by crowded audiences. MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. A little more than a week ago a woman, calling herself Mrs. Roberts, and hailing from Chelsea, ap-, peared in the streets in search of some one to take charge of her infant, about five weeks old.

She represented that her husband left her for a voyage on the "raging ocean," shortly after their marriage, since which time he had not been heard from. And now, finding herself a mother and dependent upon her own exertions for support, she had obtained a situation as wet nurse, at the rate of eight dollars per week, which she could accept if only she could find some one to take charge of her own infant, for which sen-ices she would pay one-half her wages. The lady, at whose bouse she called, knew of a poor worn- manor stowed room after room, the apartments were cool and tranquail. "the blue fly sang the fane fi and I was gratified for the absence of the throng that often bustles in and out from begiuning to end of A secular week. The right, for years yielded to the fi public, of visiting this historic homestead, is steadiiv I exercised by the curious and patriotic, aud thisim poses cpon the family a surrender of privacr the task of constantly putting things to ordi' auu im sman amount ot petty expenses.

A fee is ceptcd from strangere for exhibition of the rooms and relics. Complaint has been made of this, vet, aivier the condition of the estate, it is mt only proper necessary. Besides, tbe visitor is thus freed from i sense of intrusion, and the charge is nothing coo. pared with the interest of what is here to be seen, i never have been in an American mansion so fiflJ with the reliquary treasures, personal memorials famous pictures of one great man, complete in portions of its founder or better worth a more lin2ri ing observation than I was able to give it. It pleasure, even, to lead my boy through those old-fash ioned rooms, and to show him how a gr ind or i tor aid hearty gentleman built np his home, and to let hia stamp upon his memory the likeness of an order no.

fast changing and yielding to tlie new. On the right of the quaint yet spacious hall is tho breakfast-room, with a cheerv.ooen lirMilw left, the reception parlor; beyond tlie latter inntizl I parlor, or music-room, anal, still further and of met i -interest, the lofty library at the western end of the house. Here, with all his volumes still upon their shelves books not nearly so varied and conipreben. i sive in assortment as one might look to find and amid a hundred other mementoes of nij studious hours, the statesman's writing chair and table at once attraa the eve. Upon the -latter a registration book lies open, 'where visitors i may inscribe their names.

Tlie leaf to which I turned bore the signatnre, "Jefferson Davis bold- ly and fairly written under the date of his Northern 1 tour, maaie but a year or two before the breaking oat ft of the Rebellion. The parlor, music-room and libra- li ry, foro a stately suite, owning, through windows 5 that reach from floor to ceiling, upon the lainj south- 4 ern piazza. From the miaialle raxim a passage teads 1 into the boast of the mansion and what its foun ler could not be without a spacious, hospitable dininj- hall. if those walls bad language! what memories 1 of day 8 ami nights of the generous banquethus of wits and advocates and statesmen; of the prialeof fi blaxid, the joy of beauty, the strength of fame. hei brought together anou ami an and more than once an oungation to pome uazzici, pietuonc burglar a thousand times repaid by his one admission to that legendary boarai Forfaits of Mr.

Webster of his wives, eliiMrea, and other kith and kin, some in crayon, some ia oil and many exquisite miniatures upon ivory, done ia that ethereal manner which not even the feeolemw of the Miss La Crews uld bring into disrepute, and. which nothing but the introaiuctinu of the photograpi could render a lost art these picturats ars nion the walls of nearly every rs)m. The stanlarl life-size paintings of Webster and Lord AshDiirton, by Ileaiey, still hang on opposife sides of tne library window. But I was most interested in an nn-finished full-length picture of Webster ia rough hunting costume hat slouched and ride 0, in hand which stands the dining hall. His bust.

size, was in the corner apiiearcd to tie an admirable bust of Pius iu marble, a place of honor in the statesman 4fi.ii 1 oiinniEa I milltit ,1 1 1 1 1 I ..1.1 1.I..U. i. i.iini iiin standing Col. Fletcher Webster's sword, presented 1 1 Lim as a commaiialer of the tilh Massachusetts regi- mint; some rapacious visitor has stolen five lans amethysts from the jewelled hilt. Of the rare old far-1 niiure noticeable here anal there, I made no close examination, yet struck with the elaborate richness of a tall cabinet, the work of monastic hank and snid to have required a century for in completion which is entirely covered with spiritel 1 pictures and designs, laboriously carved frua i the hardest and blackest of woods.

In strix- 1 ing contrast, near by, was a plain round libit, the first piece of American furniture made roai tie black walnut of the West, and presa-nted so reaii the inscription to Mr. Webster, many years the citizens of Buffalo as a recognition of his etfm "in behalf ot protection to American indu-stry." I passed rapidly through the chambers on the second noor. These are tastefully varied and aaloroed, aoti all of them command bcautful prospects of tbe or-rounding country but tbe simpkst and plainest at all was tbe room which the master died the square, unj.ra tending beaistead standing in the mid lie of tbe apartment, as it stood throughout his illness- and at the clairig scene. The Appletons children of Mr. Webster's daughter Julia and the late Samuel A.

Appleton of Boston together with the widow and children of Col. Fletch er ciisier, are, am ioiu, iue ouiy survitiug pers'fm who inherit the statesman blood or name, lot Marshfield estate is in possession of the lttter mem- 2 bers of the family, and it is a question whether this has been a benefit or injury to beir own hapine and success. Compensation and retributioa are the matched steeds that follow on men's actj-m, anl jnsticc drives them with steady hand. 'If Veb- i ster was rewarded for his patriotfm and the splemiid laliors of his life by au undying fame and the boundless devotion of a most chi valroas and forbearing circle of adherents, im the other inu 1 A his laxity of life, his blunted sense of personal ia ie- Ifnaience, his carelessness of minor rights anl wrongs, bad a direct influence against the success ia hfe of those most dear to lnm. and completely an-da m.ineal his estate.

The evil lived after him. aal much of the io-1 was interred with his bv-ivs. Ta ho fiiceecrfed txrth to his renown and obligutm were, as I have said, from the first, with the eyes of the community obsf-rvine their conduct ami foftnnes. it would a marvel if th i tad not faltered in tbe race. When death remvit-i the ha.

ail and chieftain of their clan, the Weirat-family found the roof-tree fallen iutleed. fti bread acres, nearly two thousand iu ail. wet. covered with indebtedness; he left a bal really had nothing to devise; an 1. though practical devotion of his friends siiH wnn mMy extended to his famiiv.

the estate at Marsh-field, i from the bills to the el2s of the sea. and held in trust. I believe, by the Webster Association gradually sloughed olf by sui-ee-fcdve enforced Fales. until upon young Ashburton WebsSsr's ccniing of rge the rcsialue wai5 conveyed to biin, witi the KBpnnMbilitr and opportunity for its preservation. It has, however, recent H-been defied byhia to hi? mother, who now owns the fee, aud there still are obligations uni it which, totlaHber with the en of kreping np unproductive portions, prevent it from viehline an income to the wants of its holders.

For these times it is still a princely domain, covering 3t7 acres around the niansim, and perhaps worth more than the original entirety. A portion, less remunerative lair agncuunrsi p-iriivsea, is rendered especially valuable for building sites by its commanding elevatiam, ami the completion of th ne i re fi Duxbury and Cohasset railroad nas orougai fielal profierty into the market, giving it spec-ulati attractions. Mrs. Webster has determines! to ou 116 acres for sale, thereby removing the lncumbranca from the remainder of the estate anal securing a fait income in the future. The land will be offered at auction, in one parcel, at Boston, on the 7th of AuguA It include "afiolham Hiil Riinerh nnition villa residences or a haitel.

facine north, sooti" and east, and overlooking the land and oeen far and wide. The portion of the farm under cultivation seems to be tolerably well managed. It i principally in grass and pasture, and this year thef are cutting (a short crop) about seventv toni of bay- There is a alairy. from which butter anal milk are salt to the Boston market. The ground behind the man sion, with lawn, valley rising sloes, is exquisitely 1 beautiful in the lowest depth winds a clear, tree- shaded pond, with an arbor and miniature pier at ii beginning.

It is fed by springs, and stocked to reple- 4 tinn with white perch; but if it were mine I shiula place in its waters fifty of the large black bass which might be procured so readily from the Plymouth lakes, near by, and in three years should never be at a loss for a delicious breakfast if by chance the buwh- er might neglect to come my way. 7 I Morris Ireland are having great sale for their fire- piWl. -11 1 1. Wl UCSLI1(UIC LftUUIQUC Thk WlLLCOX Gibbs S. M.

142 Tremont street, corner of Temple place, are selling at verylo prices some machines of other makes (almost newl wbicb they have taken in exchange. A good opportunity is here offered to those who wish to avail themselves of a great reduction in price. MARRIAGES. In this city, 1st inst Mr. Angelow Carroll Mr.

George Farweli of Cambridge aud Miss Susaa M. Wilson of Boston. In East Boston, 2d inst, by Rev. Warren H. Ctidworth, Mr.

Cbarles F. Hardt and Miss Margaret Boudellier, both of Boston. In Maiden, 1st inst, bv Rev. T. J.

Oreenwood, Iroy P. Keav to Miss S. Lizzie Russell, both of Maiden. DEATHS. In this citv, 1st inst.

Francis R. Vincent. In South Isoston, 1st inst, of congestion of the lungs, Benjamin R. Means, 57 years. Iu Dorchester, 2d inst of typhoid dysentery, Alice wife of the late H.

D. Gage, 51 years6 month In Cambridge, 3d inst. Rev. Robert F. Chase, pastor ot St.

Peter's Memorial Chapel, Philadelphia; of typbw lever, i naries ivenoau or osioii, ou e.ti iv i 27 davs. In East Cambridge, 1st inst, Lucretia widow of to Samuel Smallidge, SO years. In Somerville, 1st inst. Elizabeth D. Brown, wife i Elisha Brown 31 years 11 mouths days.

jnif- In Watertown, 1st hist, of scarlet fever, Ronbert ii" ton. oiily son of Laura A. and George S. Bowen, J131 3 mooths. 01i In Woburn, 3d inst.

Sarah Louise, wife of E. W. Bttr-. son, 47 vears. a In Taunton, 1st inst, Charles J.

Hendee of Boston. In Sharon, 3d inst. Rtanlev, son of A. Atlt Emily F. Yaunhn of Cambridge.

2 years 1 mum davs. In Sonth Chelmsford, 59th nil, of 'enlar-jM" of the heart, Celia. wife of Rev. John Parkhanm years 2 months 9 davs. of In NeiK.nset.IlL, of paralysis, Mrs.

E. F. Beunew" itchtiuru, Mass. reborn- In Allenstowu. N.

1st inst, Augustus ostxw Evans, agad 40 years. CATARRH, DEAF2 Hi and all Diseases of the EYE, EAR ami RESPIRATOR! OfGASt Scientifically and successfully trcitetl uy DR. LIGHTHILL, 3'i Beacon Street. Office hours, between 9 A. M.

aud 3 1. M. il lL above tbe mantel ia i in plaster, of heroic of anotha-r room, and work of art; but why the I should have been Jiven 's library is more I A ing, 3 keeping disoralerly houses, and one each of several other minor offences. Amount of fines imposed, $321 92; aggregate amount of imprisonment, 510 days; disturbances suppressed without arrests, 115; accidents, 19. In Brief.

The baggage and camp "flxins" of tbe Veterans, Company First Massachusetts regiment, went off to the camp grounds last evening. THE FRENCH BAND. Spiridiou" translated for yesterday's Gazette part of a letter written by M. Maury to a Paris friend, which was printed in one of the papers of that city. The following extract is what M.

Maury said about the reception of the band in Boston: In Boston we found waiting to receive us the municipal council, French resialents with the tricolor at their head, a band of music, followed by a battalion of Irish volunteers, and by a regiment of young wards of the republic (cbilaifen between twelve an sixteen), who manoeuvre! like old soldiers. There are 300,000 inhabitants in Boston. I do not exaggerate when I say that two-thirds of them were awaiting us in the streets through which we were to i ass, in order to welcome the Frenchmen. When the came out of the station, and our uniforms appeared, an immense huzza was raised by all these mouths, and we were obligai, for two hours, to reply by our salutations to the acclamations of the crowd. Ah dear friend, I assure you all our eyes brimmed with tears, and, witlwiut looking on Column Vendome, we were proud of being Frenchmen.

On our way, after being saluted by the mayor and aldermen, a lunch was I'ffered us by the munia ipal council. A speech of welcome was made in English to us by a member of the council. Mods. Paulus replied to it, and I proposed a huzza for the French Republic and fair the United States, which our musicians gave with a will. We set out again, after this lunch, and.

wben we did so, thirty-six cannon were fired in our honor. At last we got to our hotel, and made ourselves comfortable; we were extremely fatigued, but delighted and proud of the reception which was given us, a recepi ion which was not for us, but for our unfortunate country, whose humble representatives we were. We every day received the visits of French residents. There are very few not more than two hnudrad Frenchmen here. Germans are numerous.

They are awaiting the Prussian music, which will be here in a few days, to give it a brilliant reception. An English anal Irish band, Strauss's (of Vienna) orchestra, and a New York orchestra also, are coming, to be present at a jubilee which the city of Boston gives fair universal fieace. An immense Coliseum, which will hold 10,000 persons, is now buiialing, and will lie completed on the 17th. These musical festivals will last tiil the 4th of July, the anniversary day of the indeienilcuce of the United States. Tliere will be 20,000 singers and 2000 musicians from all parts of the United States, besides the foreigners.

There are only Americans who could carry to successful issue so gigantic an enterprise. Our "band determined to go, day before yestenlay, to the Boston Theatre. Molls. Paulus did nait come. I h-d our band.

When we entered the theatre and took the seats reserved for us iu the balcony, the actors stopped, anal tlie orchestra at once struck np which was greeted with thunders of applause by the hole audience. I was obliged to rise several times and to bow thanks fdr the reception given us. Vou cannot imagine to what pitch runs. For instance, Mons. Paulus went yesterday, Sunday, to the Catholic Church.

He was recognized, ami the organist played, while the congregation wer going out guess what? La SAXES OF HOUSES AND "LANDS. SUFFOLK COUNTY. Boston. Michael Hayden has sold to Rebecca H. Emery, house and land ou east side of Harvard street, for 11,000.

Koliert Young has sold to Ealwin McGinnis, land anal buildings on Battery alley, for Marquis S. Stiller has sailal to Samuel M. Shapleigh, land and buiiaiings on Dartmouth strax-t, for 15.0 K). Henry A. Perry has sold to Jerusha W.

Hayden, land anal buiialing on Metropolitan place, for $4500. Erasmus A. White has solal to Russell A. Ballon, land and buildings on Pembroke street, for S19.000. Bartholomew bhehan ha-s sold to Mary E.

Leahy, land anal buiiaiings on Hudson street, for S500. John W. Olinstead has sold to John O. White, laud and buildings on Shawmut avenue, fair 88000. David Snow has sold to the city of Boston, lot of land for the extension of South Market street, for $15,400.

William Eadie has sold to Charles M. Brownwiek, estate on Madison square, subject to mortgage for $7500, for $11,000. John C. Rogers has sold to Elbridge G. Moulton, bouse and landon Sterling street, for $8000.

Samuel M. Shapleigh has sold to Marquis S. Miller, house and lanal on Carver street, for 13,000. Southern District. Otis 11.

Weed has sold to John Salter, two lots of land on Heath street, for $1500. Henrietta Elliot has sold to Amelia M. Morrill, lot of land, fair $6300. Socth Boston. Jacob M.

Baker, assignee, has sold to Hiram Emery, land and buildings on Gates Btreet, for $5000. East Bostox. Jeremiah Cronin has sold to Edmund Fitzgerald, land aud buildings on Porter street, for $2180. Charles Sloan lias sold to Bridget Burke, land and buildings on Everett street, for $2600. Chelsea.

S. B. Logan has sold to George W. Ger-rish, containing 5000 sajuare feet, corner of Broadway and Cary avenue, for also a house on hurtled" street, to Frederick Behrens, for 7000. George W.

Pratt has sold to John Neagle, 9711 feet of land on Gerrish avenue, for $1747 98. MIDDLESEX COUNTY. Somervit.le. J. Simpson has sold to L.

R. Webber, 4197 5-10 feet of land and buildings on Wallace street, for $3700. H. M. Abbott has sold to M.

S. Tufts, 3054 8-10 feet of land and buiiaiings on Mills street, for $3800. Everett. L. E.

Siblev has sold to II. P. Goodwin, 6286 feet of land on Linden street, for SI 131 48. L. Brown has sobl to H.

P. Goodwin, 13,207 feet of land on Church and Linden streets, for $2us0. Newton Highlands. C. W.

Farnham has sold to I. B. Samuels, 17,319 feet of land on Essex street, for $2597 85. Ma lden. S.

A. Fisher has sold to II. E. Dole, 12,000 feet of land on corner of Maple and Webster streets, for $2160. W.

H. Nesmith has sold to J. B. Doland, 7576 feet of land and buildings on Tremont street, for $3500. J.

B. Doland and wife have sold to W. H. Nesmith, 12,500 feet of land on Maplewood street, for $1600. S.

W. Nichols and other have sold to J. W. Cobb, 9400 feet of land and buildings, for $2500. Wai.tham.

American Watch Company have sold to R. W. Haynes, 12,000 feet on corner of Adams and Orange streets, for $1080. Cam bridge. O.

Lynch has sold to M. Lynch, land and buildings on Franklin street, for $2000. Campaign Cl can purchase uniforms, hats, at Haughton, Perkins, Woods Winthrop square, suited to all parties. "Boys In Blue," "Grant Guards." "Tanners," and admirers of the "Second Franklin" can all be "fixed out" in good style for the Presidential campaign. "Sunset Pavilion," North Conwat, N.

H. Thi well-known house is now at the height of the season. Situated among some of the finest scenery in New Hampshire, with genial proprietors, who do everything iiecessary to make it a first-class hotel, it is one of the most pleasant resorts in New England, which is well attested by its large number of patrons. Its location is the best iu the village and not surpassed by tliat of any hotel in the mountain regions..