Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
THE NEW YORK PRESS.
EditsriaI Extracts From the Great Dali,
Nh. oBEELEy DOES NOT AROUSE ENTHusIAsR.
From the n Y. Herald.1

Nh. GBkELEf DOES NOT AROUSE hNIHubIAhns
LFrom the n. Y. Herald.l
wood-chopping, drinking copiously Of spring
water and nothing else, the white hat or other
peculiaritiea Of Mr.. Greeley, viii not arouse any
electioneering furor. There is nothing either
solid or amusing enough in these. They do not
come up to the rail-splitting OF Abraham Lin
coin and rail-splitting without higher qualihea.
tions and powerful party to back him would
not have gone far to elect Mr.. Lincoln. Nor
10 there anything heroic in the character and
history of Mr.. Greeley to stir the public mind
unless the bailing OF Jen Davis be considered
an act OF magnanimity bordering on heroism
but that would hardly give him popularity with
tbs American people. We soc, therefore, the
cause Of the apparent apathy with which the
people, after the sensation Of novelty has
passed away, regard the Cincinnati nomination.
NEW YoBK's MURDER LIST.
[From the N. Y. Tlmesl
During the week which ended yesterday, eight
dead bodies we're found floating near our City
docks, an unknown woman was found dead in
the street, and prominent German mysterious
ly disappeared. In nearly every instance these
persons were foully murdered, else their bodies
would not have borne the marks Of the blud-
geon, the knife, or the pistol.
1t is only necessary to walk along the river
front of this city after dark to understand why
it is that so many corpses are constantly taken
from the water The neighborhood Of the rivers
is Stunned by the police at night while the
gangs of rufians who congregate around the
low grog shops, or prowl along the wharves in
search Of plunder, can perpetrate robbery and
murder with little fear Of detection. Their vic
Tins are mostly sea-faring men, and the motive
OF these crimes is nearly always a mercanary
one
"MR. GREELEY Is REPUBLICAN"
From the N, Y, Tribune.l
OF course Mr.. Greeley is a Republican. No
body,ever thought Of calling him anything else.
II the Democrats to secure the success of a
platform they approve, and make the best use
| they can OF the power they have, in the circum-
stances that surround them, should support him,
they would be doing precisely what Mr. Greeley
himself has again and again done for his old
antagonists. Nobody knows better than the
Editor of the Democratic organ now so effec-
lively aiding General Grant, that Mr.. Greeley
supported Daniel +. Tiemann for Mayor of this
city, that he supported John Heeker, that h6
supported Thomas A. Ledwith. They were all
Democratic, all his hfe-leng political foes, and
| likely to remain so. But he thought their sue
cess would improve the political situation and
| under the circumstances, offered the greatest
| attainable good. An immense majority Of the
Democrats now take similar view Of the Gin
cinnati ticket, and it lie not in the power o
stump-speakers on the Wabash, or Commercial
journals in New York to stop them.
GREELEY DOES NOT NEED Two-THIRDs, AT BALTI
| MORE.
[From the N. Y. Herald
But in the case OF the proposed endorsement
OF Greeley the two-third rule would under nc
circumstances be operative. He would not re
ceive the nomination of the Baltimore Conven
tion, as he is already in the field and resolu
ton to make no nomination or to endorse thu
action Of the Cincinnati Convention would, lik
any other resolution, require only majorit
vote for it's adoption. SO that the calculation
OF the wise Washington politicians, who are EN-
ploying their time in canvassing States an
grouping together figures in order TO show tina
Greeley cannot obtain two-third vote in tn
baltimore Convention and hence cannot b
made its candidate, are wholly erroneous.
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Grief has had remarkable effect on wild
ow out in Elmwood, Ill. Her husband died thre
years ago aud in all that time she has not spo
ken a word to any living being.
An attorney in that delig' hful country, Ne'
Mexico, gave weight to his arguments before
jury by threatening to put bullet into tn
brain Of any man who should intimate that hi
client was guilty.
Snake stories are in season. The list open
splendidly with the boy who was choked t.
death by large, black serpent coiling arounC
his neck.
They do things differently in different parts o
the country. A Utah settler has inst scalpe
his wife. At the East men overload their wiye
with back hair and kill them with kindness.