Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-24
philadelphia.
OUR SATURDAY LETTER.

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Special Correspondence Of he Commercial:
PHILADELPHIA, August 23
The State Teachers Convention has led all
other events this week. although it is not a sub
ect of startling character This time Of the
year however we must be content with what we
can get in the way of news, nor il it certain but
than an educa ional conference is of more value
than many other more exciting matters. The
luck was against the teachers in having their
annual meeting cast in the midst Of weather un-
paralleled in late years The calling of the
convention in Summer il unavoidable, inasmueh
az no other season would suit the convenience
of teachers 1t il purrosely delayed until nearly
the end of vacation, but ithappened this year
that the end Of August was as hot as'the middle
of July. The temperature Of the Academy OF
Music this week, with it's hundreds of gas-buri =
ors, was almost uubearable and the pers on who
rat through all the sessions gave proof by that
act of a very decided devotion 30 his Calling and
with all the drawbacks the attendance was very
large and the interest continued undated to the
cose.
A principal feature of the Convention was the
debate ON the subject of combining the school
systems of Philadelphia aud the balance of the
State. At present, as you may be aware, they
are quite distinct the State, apart from the city,
being under the general control of Supelll-
/ nteat, and with an organization materially
different from that of the First School Dis
lrict.' A unit ormity IN this respect, Is greatly
to be dstired. Philadelphia should certainly
have a superintendent of schools, and with
competent person ~ such position we hhunld
have end OF the sqndhbes aud Shortcomings
of our many headed management. The discuss
sion from this point took wlle range however,
embracing the advisibiluy of uniting the Hys-
TENS uf private and public instruction. How
it is possible to do that and yet preserve the
distinctive characteristics Of each system il
rather puzzliug. complaint was expressed
that the Legislature did nothing by way of ap-
propriaiiuus for higher education, and there
NJ ems To be some justice in It, for apart from
the &" High and Normal schools OF tins city,
there are no colleges supported by public funds
in the State. Tax Payers of tho rural districts
have An good right as City Tax Payers to
collegiate education Tor their children, and the
establishment ut several OF THESE higher schools
is Necessity in the near future.
The Pubic Building Comm sston finds itself
in trouble, hut one doubtless from which it will
find an eary way out. 1t seems that Cot.ber,
Sergeant Il 20 put III a bid for stone work OF
over half million which was accepted with the
understanding that the st0no was to be furnish
ed ready dressed. 1t Is claimed by other bidders
that the stoLe was to be "dressed IL Phlladel-
phia and that their bids were made upon that
basis. The difference Is material one and the
question IL whether the COmber party shall be
allowed the additional 10 per cent. for dressin.,
or wha ther the contract shall be declared null
The other bidders say the latter course is the
fair and legal one, while the Combers say they
have got the contract as 1t IL. II Is pretty
quarrel with one thing ony perfectly CLEAR
that some bungie was made III inviting proposals
At the Intersection il things cannot be said TO be
| Lively tney are at least very much mixed
beginning has been made with the foundation
bnt sGarce,y II half Of the entire excavations have
been made ar yet This way Of WORKING By piece
meal docs not hook very workmanllke
The report OF the Commission on site OF the
new post Office has been punished ana althonSh
| the main facts are already known, there are
some particulars of prices NC which are he"
| and interesting. The Commission states that
the price asked for the additions to the present.
site Was S5l5,0OO or so per square foot. Ihe
| price asked tor the University lot and ADJOINING
| properties was S925 $50 or Sli6O per square
| fout,-a very gIedt difference, indeed. Fuithel-
| more the present Post Office property ls worth
| aud will sell for s3JO.OO0, and tins amount de
| Quoted from the value of Lhe Ninth st, property
would leave the plce Of tho latter only aDonl
| Sll0,0O0 more than the Chestnut ST. slto,--anj
| to" u property considerably more than twice the
| size This argument, added TO the fact that
business Ia stretching rapidly westward, Is OF the
| impregna Ile urd5r. This altorno1ns Washing
ton news intimate that Mr.. Mullett, the govern.
| meut architect, Is still taysTaOe to the 9th 1T.
| project, but it is scarcely likely that he cth
carry his point against such a clear case Tor the
| other side
Something certainly is the matter with the
| Sun But what ID the use OF saving the weather
| Is unbedrable vine We do somehow manage to
| bear IT. Seaside people say they never hdd such
| a season, atd wonder nobody stays IN town
| who can by any means get out, ANA we are as
| hot and as fiat as pancake at the sdme time
eacn evening there uOnIes mp tetrne thuhdel
shower and each morning the sun comes our
hotter tnan before. People had their laugh
about the comet but how do We know that tlils
nsy not DO d H,IIsA of Ills taley We are poor
RAGS nf kuOw-nOthinSs. anyhow, We peraplre
ard philt sophse but we cannot tell what maker
tho sun hot. The thuuder storms have beeh
tnghtiul III thor force that OF last evening DO
ius espt cally viOent, Everything is 'phenom =
nal nuw-a-dAya, but the word ID Dotter applied
to the weather than to most thlHg7.
Tue muruel of Policeman Lare this week was
an unpruVukeu ami brutal outrage. The olhcer,
m discourage Of lille day on Chestnut sueet, told
Il slightly Iue bliated person to move on, when
the man moved into IL shooting gallery III the
| vicinity, procuring Ii pistol and coming back u
| where tue policeman stood, shot INN down Will
| out word The murderer Is named Narne. IL
a brother of the proprietor OF the shooting Sal'
lely referred to, and ls very respectfully CON
| ueuted. he officer was removed To the ISnha'
Hospital, where he d ID i'll q day or two atterWard
To aud the pant chaTac Ell OF the all air tbt
niue. OF the Hospital Authorities VINO IND thell
pat IN the h, artless drama. When the wuuhdeo
man was brought To the gate, various tormAllte'
ha to be gone through, nearly an hour belnt
! 7uent before the officer could gain admlttance
Ii, lyIng IN the street IN the meantime suffering
intense agony. Ii surgeon could have Deel
had at once, there is no saying how the caai
: might have terminated. Aud later IN the weeI
fllends OF tie oIiCer we're denied pemlssloni OIL
Y on some pIetence, to visit him. Although l
was a sad and wretchtd affair
n The theatres made poor venture in opening
Q | 80 early. Inc Malnut sought 10 recuty IL
y | mistake by tahng week TO " prepare Tor th
production OF the spectacular play of "Notr
dame" to be gwen tomorrow evening, the The
| afro during the week remaining CLOSED. I'M
, | device was very thin indeed and dld not detelN
- | ANYBODY and the chances are thar the peopl
n viii ind It too not tomorrow night, just as Llle
Il dld two weeks ago. As tor 'NOtre Dame l
a | has already been done at the " Walnut, and
,r could 10 brought out at days notice at All
time.
The troubles at this theatre have culminate
in the refinement of MIR. Hemphlll, BUSHES
manager of the house. He has found MIR. Hal
g who Tor many years was Fords lieutenant, to
o many for hlm l gave you an account Ut Iii
b uuarlel last winter aud need not now go over I'll
| ground. IL IL enough TO gay that Hemphl
fought the Baltimore man hard but coulu llt
dlsiudge INN, and at last rendered Mir Clarke h
le 4. sIgnation An order has been Issued decia III
10 HAL stage Manager; II young man naIned Burn'
late Box Book-keeper Treasurer and liemp.iI
a general supervisor and carer for MIR. Clarke
,d | interests While uUseut, No one seems to klo
no what the last position means, dues it si5nli
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