Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-11
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ment Review Etc, .--.
GHf-t ~ PHILADEIPHIA, May 10th.
Especial Correg ,ondence OF the Commercially
There ought to be something new here in pol
ites, considering the importance Of the stua-
ton generally. say there ought to be, but
there isn't.-. Mr. Aleok MoClures Address to the
-Boiters, published on Wednesday, excited a
momentary ripple which soon died away, leaving
us in a dead calm, and patiently waiting the
Convention of next month, when the nomina-
tion of Grant will virtually settle the whole
vexed question. Mr.. McOlure's address makes
a number Of naive assertions, prominent among
them being this, that the " Principles declared
by the Cincinnati Convention are free from all
ambiguity or assembling" II that is so it is q
little singular that no two men have yet been
found who are agreed upon what the Platform
really means to say about the revenue and other
important matters. Not that it makes any par
ticular difference, however.
The Medical Societies Convention attracted
great deal OF attention for several reasons ist,
because it really deserved it End, because mat
ters of interest generally are awfully slack just
now 3d. because its receptions, Reunions, DC,
have become fashionable. 1t is an event of i'm
portance, certainly, to have several hundred OF
the leading physicians and surgeons of the coun-
try met to devise ways and means for the relief
of suffering In fact il such were the entire sub
iect considered, nobler meeting could scarcely
be ifndgued, But the convention is largely o
law-naking power,and appeared 70 be especially
devoted to upholding the esprit de corps OF one
branch OF the medical profession. It's action in
this direction was remarkable going to the rev.
olutionary length of ignoring the existence OF
any other praetitiopeis orof any other system
of medicine whatever. submit that this Is car
rying the " unconscious theory too far. Twen-
ty years ago when Homeopathy was thing COM
paratvely unknown, this line Of conduct might
not have been altogether unreasonable, but
now when the dimensions and power OF the new
profession are fully acknowledged, when every
man can number many Homeopathsin in the circle
OF his acquaintance, when ministers OF the new
creed are to be found in quantities in the larger
cities and when there is scarcely village in the
land without one nov, say the time has fairly
arrived when HomeOpathsts should be treated
with respect Among the significant actions on
this head was the report OF a committee recon
meDding that delegates from the various medi-
cal colleges should form congress to decide
the status of schools that may be established in
the future and to proclaim the society the only
medical authority in the country. This is the
very height OF dogmatisrni aud such illibeTaiity
does not ang,Ir well for the futsre Of liberal
profession.
The city was startled this week by the news
tiary-" Cherry Hill' az it is more famiharly
called--in which the victim one Of the pris-
oners and the murderer fellow convict, The
parties themselves are worthless and degraded
and no particular sympathy was wasted in that
direction, but the affalr WAS startling from the
surroundings and above all from the evidence
itgayo of tile imperfect administration of our
State prison. These men had been sentenced
to solitary confinement at hard labor, but it ap-
| pears the jail il 80 overerowded that ii is i'm
| to hinninUa ha
Courts. These ruifians were necessarily
| placed in the same cell, and investigation
dscloses the fact that the same doubling up"
process largely prevails through the Penitentia-
ry. 1t must be admitted that this is very demor-
alzing to the administration Of justice. The
| time is evidently at hand when the question Of
| a removal of the Prison must be agitated. Be-
sides lacking the requisite accommodations for
a commonwealth that has grown vastly since it
was established, the Jail is decidedly in the way
| as at present located. 1t has been the ruin OF
| Coates street. While Green, Spring Garden,
| Mount Vernon and other parallel streets reach
/ ing to the Schuylkill have been improved TO the
| utmost Coates street. with better natural advan-
tages is region of petty shops and beer ga
| looms, and with building lots not worth half OF
| what they command on adjoining avenues Fol
this state of things the situation Of the Prison
| is directly responsible.
We have seen to-day the conclusion Of as pret
ty farce in the art loving" line as often IL
presented. 1t relates to the "Brgnoli COmpli-
4 mentary Beneft' aud the story is worth telling
About two weeks ago some enthusiastic Opers
goers, stockholders in the Academy, &c, wrote tC
| Mr.. Brignoli, who was in New York at the time
asking him how it would suit him to receive
| Benefit at the hands of his Philadelphia
admrers2 Bngnoli, ticked all to pieces, re-
Piled by the next post that it would suit hin
hrzt rate, and placed himself unreservedly IN
the handsof the Quaker City lovers OF harmony
Being desired to do sd he further arranged thI
details of the projected entertainment, engaged
the singers chorus, orchestra, &c:, of cours
j expeeting--as this was compliment, and some
thing entirely unsolicited by himself; that hi
y ltrons would see him through And now the
le grows pain u. The time for the benefit
| approached, and 1t was found that the publ
was not doing its part. Tickets were not at
premium, and it was thought advisable to post
none the performance until this evening. Peopl
said at the time that this was not very creditabl
: to the testimonial Committee which should hay
, seen to it that the tickets toere sold. HoweVe
! the day went ON again, and in this morning
papers il was announced that the Beneht wa
. | indefinitely postponed A fact that has come t
my knowledge was not stated however, Uiz tha
Mr.. Brignoli WAS left to foot the whole bill :
| some $1,000. Certainly the Silver Voiced ca
! | saw save me from my friends with perfet
= sincerity. l could give you the names OF th
? Committee, but it might make some unpleasan
= ness although they richly deserve the completes
? exposure. .
I, The important ordinance was passed by Coul
= ellis yesterday providing Tor the widening
!, Delaware AYenue--South wharyes as we near
= :, all prefer to call it-from Dock street to Was
y ington Avenue, and giving the Pennsylyan
Railroad Co., authority to lay double track +
freight cars ON the street. This measure W
Nd necessary to the proper working of the ne
Steamship line and will further be great il
r proyement to that section The width Of d
"a street is to be made eighty feet and the cost
m a. the widening will be $175 600 to the city and
additional 500 900 to the Railway Compan
w This is another indication Of the detelminati
: to make the Philadelphia Ocean Steamshi
" successful. II energy and liberal outlay C
Of command success for the scheme, its future
Ii already assured
O. Judge Allison was almost as great hero
be "Old Horace in the early part week.
X squslched the impudenoe OF the lawyer Be
ry here from New York by the man Dana to exou
on his non appearance to answer libel suit, in
of manner that warmed every Philadelphia hea
lg | Bartlett (the lawyer) was a most offensive al
over bearing person and came here eyiden
n with the idea that philadelphia Judges VIZ
Ir | small potatoes and few in hill, and that
,st could broYbeat at pleasure. He counted
~ | yond his host, however, when he tackled A
re- son, As courteous and mild hammered a n
Vn AZ q general thing RS any person living, t
Judge can on occasion show doughty spirit a
the Braggart Bartlett got such setting down
'o- he will Remember to the latest day of his Ii
10 10 He is Just the lawyer you might suppose
IN son like Dana would employ--a bully with
'n- sense of decency, to say nothing OF the dign
| of his professionally he will not come c
cd | NAV anOn aqain.