Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-01
PHILADELPHIA, January %, 1866

IhlLADELihlA, "duuhi ~ ASS''
The death of Hon. Judge Oswald Thompson has
left gap in the judicial affairs of this city which
will indeed be difficult to ill. He died on Tuesday
morning last at five o'clock. He has acted as the
President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for
the period of nine years; five years previous 10
which he was appointed, with the Hons. Judge
Allison and Kelley, as common judge of that court
Judge Allison is the only one that is left of the orgi-
nal three-Kelley being member of Congress from
this State, and as your readers are well aware, one
of the Radical lights of that Radical body.
The Northern opinion on negro suffrage is not
such as many of the prominent Southern journals
seem to think it to be. \ popular vote in the State
of Pennsylvania taken this very hour, would give
a majority against negro suffrage OF sixty thousand.
The members OF Congress are not representatives,
for they have ceased TO represent the people. 1t APP
pears To be the highest ambition oil man, IN all
LARGELY pOpulated cities of the North TO go To Con-
pres The question of brains has never entered into
the merits and dement's Of the party. After they
have become certain OF their seats, the next query
is, how shall become famousF The men who
have any gift for talking generally "hob6ylze,
and when their minds are fully settled they pitch IN.
An example is found in almost every Congressman
from this State from Thad, Stevens down TO Charles
Buckaew.
Northern journals are generally opposed to negro
suffrage. There are very few who are Wiling 10 eS-
pouse the cause of the negro beyond what they have
already done for him. They, or at least the war has
given him freedom, and they think it would be well
enough for ten years at least TO allow INN To ENJOY
II. without crOwding new dangers upon him. lhe
few Radical journals who MAINTAIN that the negro
should have his rights" have ceased to crowd the
public with the fact that their argument Is moral
one. This moral business ceased when slavery
ceased and the question Of right only OF lhe class
that might be called political aesthetics,
The papers OF Wednesday last contained short
notice about the ROMANTIC c0whilllg OF prosper
GUS" Young man by an inSuted lady. The alalr
took place on Eighth street. and was witnessed by
crowd of passers, who had the good luck TO be ON
hand" at the suspicious moment A man by tue
name of Carpenter telegraph OPERATOR was the one
attacked, and a young lady, whose name need not
be given 10 the public, was the aggrleved aNenSefOI
some supposed or certain wrong. She passed lels-
ureIy mn Eighth street. with magnanimOus looking
rawhide, hidden beneath her velvet cloak. she was
dressed very stylShy and did not seem to be on an
GRAND Of " mercy" She met Carpenter coming down
the street. aud II first passed him, without any re-
mark, lie not appearing TO notice her. turning
around, she drew forth the instrument and bela6or
ed him over the shoulder and ears most unmerciuly'
He endeayored TO elude the furious young damse
bat she continued applying the hail dozen raw,
disarrayiGg the harmony OF his whSkers ana nous
tache whenever TIE blow struck his face. GraSplng
the Wnlp, nc tTieu " MlciHSH ~ ilViiAt NV -
too powerful and he was compelled ~ seek shelter
in q neighboring store. The crowd that sprronnded
tie happy couple during the representation must
have given the gentleman an idea OF the great stuq
ton that he occupied in life as well as the fgure he
would cut before the public when the circumstance
became generally known, It has not tralspired
what occasiOned the emeHte,
The Italian opera, under the management OF Leo
nard Grover and Max MaretZek, closed last week.
IL is estimated that the directors cleared about twelve
thousand dollars during the twelve nights. LAJri,
came was given three times during their stay, ana
each time better and with greater appreciation on
The mart of the audience. great work like TINS
reouires to be studied and to be heard frequently
before it can be rightly understood. Zucch dressed
in a costume which is about as nOndescript as the
Mace Of the story but which is sufficiently barbara
In TYNE, and is becoming to her-in the fourth act
unite gorgeous She scts always passionately ana
we'll Bellini is equally The .gaYage ila should
calm himself little, and not gasp QUITE rs I;qch--
Ortolani is stif and somewhat unnatural She gives
the romance in the first act quite well ~ hmeS' put
lacks line perception. She should pay itIe more
attention 10 her costume well Us her acting, hs "
strikes me as being rather absurd for her to wear the
same grey satin dress from Lisbon to the South Sea
witlOlt single change. Great care has evidently
been lie, Qyed on the mise en- scene OF this opera.