Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-06-01

put forward 3 strong ticket, possibly the best
they could have advanced. But, although Col
Forney does not seem to think so-their men are
not Al good as our men, and there should be no
difficulty in eecting the Republican State ticket.
Forney has succeeded admirably in bewideriDg
his friends and delighting his enemies What he
is driving at exactly, no one can tell, either
friend or foe, but he desires to defeat Hartrantt,
and il he thinks Pennsylvania can be lost to the
Republicans in October and in a short month
he does not display the political acumen he has
hitherto been credited with. Can it be that his
support Of tine President is a sham ? Some Of us
would hesitate a long while before affirming that.
but others are convinced that they have there
the key to the problem. II comes to the same
thing at all events. Hartranft means Grant and
Buckalew means Greeley. Politicians may shift
and squirm till all is blue, but they cannot rub
the spots off of those cards.
Meanwhile preparations are steadily going for
ward for the greatest of all this series OF conven
tons that have for weeks been keeping political
circles in a fever heat-the Republican National
Convention which is to be held in this city next
week, commencing on Wednesday, the 9th Of
June, and which it Is expected will start Genl
Grant upon a second term of National peace and
prosperity. The arrangements for this important
event are the most complete and elaborate II is
Nominating Convention. Accommodations forthe
Delegates were secured weeks since at the prin-
cipal hotels, and the city will be 30 full next
week, that good lodging will be amatter difficult
to get by persons who have not been prudent
enough to engage rooms in advance. The Acad-
emy OF Music and Horticultural Hall have beer
engaged for the business Of the Convention and
are now being fitted up in the nee g AIRY manner
and profusely aud elegantly ornamented. Three
hundred newspaper correspondents will be here
from all parts of the country-an unprecedented
array which tells Of itself the importance placed
upon this convention. There were two hundred
reporters at Cincinnati and that was considered
a force beyond parallel. In addition to the work
upon the Academy busy hands are laboring upon
the ''wigwam," on Broad street near Arch, which
will be formally opened on the eve of the Con-
vention. This is a substantial structure, calcu-
lated to hold between 1000 and 5000 people and is
designed for service throughout the campaign
Many are the stirring meetings that will be held
there during the next six months Members Of
the Union League have been prominent in its
erection and endorsement The Club objected,
as a body, to having the League House made any
longer a centre OF political gatherings but mem
bers took this side project lovingly and it is al
ready a success.
Two important delberative church bodies have
been In session here this week. the Lutheran
Synod, and the National Baptist Educational
Convention. Although the Lutherans have, AS
a sect, about as strong reasons flor being" as
interest felt in the denomination outside Of the
German element. But there is at the same time
probably, no sect that has 30 strong hold upon
those who do unite with it. Lutherans are be-
lievers, whilst too many and other secta-
rians are mere Journalists. The Education
al Society Of the Baptist Church is a vigorous
organization, that seems to be doing very
practical work in most determined and straight
forward manner. II is to be sure somewhat big
Oted and straightlaced on certain points but it is
in the main up to the times, and certainly no
iliberaity crops out in such a measure as that
favoring the education Of young women in the
same colleges with young men. Such resolu-
tion was adopted at this session, and believe
am right in claiming for the Baptsts the van in
this great educational reform.
Baptists and Ohurchmen are only mortal after
ALL 80 1t need not surprise you 10 hear that thie
convention wound up with grand breakfast
and walk around" at Belmont, in the Park, this
morning, Tho thing sounds a little queer
but why not Command me though to lot of
ministers for heavy joking. For instance, Mr..
Geo. II. Stuart (who is next door to preacher
himself - would be one il he wasn't 30 rich and
had 30 much business to attend to)-Mr. Stuart
IN expressing his qualification at being present
at the breakfast this morning said he was afraid
in such excellent company OF becoming Bap-
tist,-whereupon clerical joker suggested that
the Schuvlkil was close at hand. This sally
was greeted with uproarious laughter by all the
assembled ministers, butt strikes poor heath
en- like myself that il the ordinance of Baptism
is az all important as they claim ii to be that
there was nothing 80 consumiDgly amusing in
the Reverend Gentleman's remark after all.
Boiler explosions are unhappily too frequent
to occasion at every recurrence much remark,
but a distressing casualty of the sort here this
week is somewhat out Of the beaten track The
boiler in question was an experiment, designed
to furnish greater quantity of steam than ap-
paratus Of old patterns could produce ;-and was
| further guaranteed to be non-explosive. The
point il in the last clause for upon the occasion
Of its first fair trial it verified the promises of
| its builder in lefthanded manner, killing two
persons and severely injuring several more. 1t
becomes a nice question whether machinists
with a supposed talent for invention, and propri-
/ etors Of an economical turn OF mind, are justi-
/ he'd IN making their experiments in buildings
| crowded with operatives Every other phase Of
this unhappy affair has been touched upon but
| this-one OF the most important Of all has re-
| ceived no notice. The inquest held this morn
| ing disnoses some melancholy facts. A number
| of experts were examined, all Of whom declared
| the exploded boiler to have been radically false
/ in construction. The engineer, and the young
| girl who was crushed by the falling walls, were
| therefore murdered-there is no escape from
| that conclusion, no matter what jury may de-
| eide. Patent non-explosive boilers should be
| hereafter tested in out of the way places, and
| with the sanguine inventors only as attendants.
| Decoration Day was a dismal failure, here,
owing to the unpropitious weather. Great pre-
parations had been made, and the disappoint-
|
worse the very next day proved one of the most
delightful of the season. Despite the rain. how.
ever, some of the Posts performed their allotted
share i'll the Decoration programme, going,
am sorry to say in some cases to the length OF
drawing car loads Of children clad in their white
dretse to the cemeteries. More than one case
of consumption is certain to grow out OF tina
piece of reckless imprudence. Other partiei
more sensible gave up the celebration for thii
year or postponed it until the first clear day
But the unanimity Of the affair-ono Of it's grea
charms-was eifectually spoiled.
The Centennial Commission adjourned on
Thursday until the first Wednesday in Decem
ber The most important business transacted
this week the voting Of premiums to tn
amount of $50 900 for the purpose Of procuring
the best designs for buildings for the Grand Ex
position. The Commission has done everything
in large and liberal way, one becoming the Ma
tional character of the enterprise. Thursday
session was devoted to speechmaking which som
people declare 10 have been of the buncomb
order, but which is fairly susceptible OF anothe
classification. A comminging of the sentimen
of the different parts Of the country may be call
ed necessary in project of this kind. The Cen
tennial gives an opportunity for the close re
} Joining OF North and South, and earnest expires
plons looking to this desirable end are always /
order. In reality the Commission did no NOR
practical work than in listening TO these so-oalle
sentimental speeches.
3 understand that Mr.. Adam Everly, the we
i | known actor late of the Arch st. Theatre, pro
inutnn IN will