Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-04-13
[speeial Correspondence of the commercIaIl

PHILADELPHIA, April 12.
Despite the disaffection OF the Press, the nom
inaton of General Haltranft gives great satis-
faction to the Republicans OF Philadelphia We
have fallen on evil times when our leaders can
not pull firmly and strenously together. 1t used
to be otherwise but now every man must be for
himself, and the unmentionable old gentleman
for the hlndmost, Will the result be to make a
locofoco potpie of the whole body polite? l
"hepe all may be WE'LL and believe 1t too, but it
is disheartening to see men whom we believed to
be our best friends playing directly into the
hands OF our bitterest enemies. As far as Har-
tranft is concerned, however, 1t is OF no use. He
iA too honest too simple-minded. too strong.
His record is clear, above board, and without
spot. No Pennsylvanian came out of the war
with better showing, and the people feel that
they know all about him. We almost call him
Philadelphian, for he was born and raised in
Montgomery county mot far from the city. 1t is
a name and record to rally around, and notwitL-
standing the soreheads, the campaign has alrea-
dy opened with spirit.
The short but perllous reign Of inoompetency
Of the Sewage Utilization Co. is over, and it is
well that it Is, or We should speedily have had
pestilence here to which the Small Pox would
have been trihing in comparison. The manner
of the Sewage Utilzers' taking of was rs novel
as the thing itself was unexpected. The Board
of Health, impelled by the unanimous voice Of
the public, decided on Wednesday to annul the
company's contract. The whole thing was set
tied in few words and when the resolutions
were passed one of the citys bugbears for the
past three months was put out OF sight. The
dirt itself unfortunately il not 30 easily dispo-
| sed Of, but immediate measures were proposed
and are now being acted upon. The Board OF
Health at once set about distrcting the city and
inviting separate contracts for the different sec
| tions Doubtless the immensity of the task had
| a great deal to do with the swamping OF the
| Sewage Co. The work was too great for ono
| company unless it had five or six times the re-
| sources and capacity OF the now illustrous de-
| funct The warm weather appears to be upon
| us and the streets are worse than they were at
mid-winter. The work ought to be finished and
| it is not yet commenced But it ID no use bor-
| rowing trouble.
| tioh way is the Art Sale" az it is now managed
| in the Trade The Scheme is to get few good
pictures, few more indifferent ones, and a
great raft OF worthless ones in collection to
have them attractively catalogued and advertise
| largely and to call especial attention TO the
| sale through the newspapers. When the time
comes the good pictures are coolly Withdrawn
| under the pretence that the bids are not high
/ enough Now the sole virtue of an auction, and
| the only one tnht ulbtllBulsneb II lIOm u
private sale is that the articles shall go to the
| highest bidder. The oonsignee runs the risk,
i or should, of their going low. a sale OF this
/ sort was held here this week, and there il con-
| siderable dissatisfaction in the manner In which
/ bidders and not holders were victimized Near
| ly all the good pictures were withdrawn after a
| single bid showing that the design was not TO
| sell them but only to add strength to the cata-
| logue Artists lose caste by lending their names
/ to such questionable enterprises.
| ba OOuraa a GlOBe
week after the most successful series OF enter
tainments Of this sort ever given here. The
/ course has in the ma pleased everybody, and
the manager must have adeconsiderable money
out of it. The profit vas deserved, for there was
| nothing niggardly about the administration.
| Besides being invited to the most luxurious and
comfortable public building in the city, the lee
| ture goers enjoyed nightly choice little supple
| mental concert, and, speaking generally got
4 even more than they were promised. That 10 the
right way to treat the many-headed-beast. 1t is
| a mistake TO suppose that people can be fooled
| to the top of their bent long at time. They
| are quick to resent the impertinence OF mana
| ger whose entertainment ID all IN his ADVERTISE
ments, and oontrarywise will honestly support
one who does even better than he says. VI the
| regular lectures of this course the Oushman and
Dickinson nights were the best, and the James
| 4. Fields night the poorest. Prof hohdes ART
exhibition drew an audience almost equal to the
two first named. The remaining seven lectures
I-Dougherty, Phillips, Mrs. Livermore, Prof
Richards. Billings, Rev. Mr. Murray, and Wm,
Curtis, ran about evenly, all OF them attracting
large audiences. or the new comers, Mrs Liver
more and Mr.. Murray made very favorable i'm
| pressons, the last named particularly.
The Field lecture proved again what everybody
already knew that for marked success in the
lecture field a speaker must have either very
| high reputation, a marked local notoriety or 8
subject so attractive that the public is careless
L about the speaker himself In the season undel
review, Messrs. Richards d Rohde were quits
| unknown, but theI subjects carried them hand
somely through. Mr.. Dougherty may not 6'
known throughout the country, but everybody
| in Philadelphia has heard of him, which answer
| the immediate purpose. But Fields stood upon
neutral ground. He afforded no pretence for
rallying cry and his relation to the others wal
| not altogether unlike the opposition Of Genera
| Grant by Messrs. Schurz and Trumbull, yer!
nice persons indeed, but gentlemen OF whom th
mass of the people know nothing more thai
: their names. You will understand that speal
of Mr. Fields only relatively. He had yer.
fair house, but 1t suffered IN comparison VIII
the others.
Miss Dickinson closed the season on Thursda
, | evening, and did not altogether please tn
: immense audience in attendance. Her ad
, | dress was largely made up OF pitter an
| entirely unreasonable attack upon the Presiden
: and there was at times good deal OF hissin
h | and other disapprobation expressed. Miss DicA
. inson is entitled to her opinions about Generi
r | Grant or anybody else, and is at liberty to eA
o taste to express them in that place and in th
;. manner she chose. She was not addressing
/. mass meeting, but an elegant audience, eonshtJ
It ted largely OF ladies', who certainly did not Q,
3, pect set political speech to be Iosted upon
y course of literary lectures. It was weak an
< spiteful, an altogether feeble effort, and unwo
I thy of the speakers reputation.
Is The Opera n-Nillson-commences neI
l. Monday but there is dreadful lack OF enthus
> asm about it. The fair Swede snubped us
Is some time since that it is found impossible
If induce people to pay - ticket to hear her
10 this time with any Overwhelming alacrity. Bus
N ness at the Arch has been bad and at ii
Chestnut" only 30 so. Miss Cushman's engag
II | ment at this house, of which notified you son
Is weeks ago. commences on the 22nd inst. She W
il be supported by Mr.. Davenport and Mr.. OouldJe
ic a combination worth coming from Wilmingto
b. or a good deal further to see. Booth draws il
a. mense houses at the "Walnht." There is
n unpleasant rumor about the management Of ii
is theatre. 1t is reported that the Dramatic Cor
ty pany has been notified that their service will n
Of be required after next week. The order thro'
each individual out of or weeks salary, as
was understood when the engagement was ma
ar that the season would extend to the lst of Jun
nj Business has been excellent at this house
A. winter, and there is no excuse for such pr
oeeding, There is quite an excitement in the
trical circles about it.
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