Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-11-01
FIRST EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
our sATURDA LETTER.


| ITALIAN TRAaEDIAN-THE GREATEST ACTING SEEN
BY THIS dEHEHAT1oS-
Special Correspondence Of he Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA Oct. 81.
The Constitutional Convention had the usual
quiet tenor OF its way disturbed this week by
some lively proceedings. Mr.. White, dele
gate from Allegheny. directed the atten-
| ton of the convention Monday to certain
| serious charges made by the Pittsburg Evening
| Tylegraph, both in news dispatches and in edi-
| torials, to tho effect that the Convention had
| been captured" by the Pennsylvania Company
/ and that the Railroad Article of the constitu-
ton as it is called had been amended in the in-
terests OF the Pennsylvania Railroad entirely,
and In opposition to the true interests OF the
peorle The Telegraph made various offensive
| allu-ions az to the m amer in which TINS thlng
| was done the Influence brought to bear upon
delegates &c. and strongly suggested even II
| it did not assert, that bribery had peen
used by the company's agents; Inc
mosS prominent persons attacked were
MIR Cuyler Hud Mr.. Howard, Solicitor OF
the Penna r. r. After a warm debate, in which
| large number Of delegates counselled that NO
notice be taken Of the charge, comm ttee OF
| investigation was ordered. This committee has
been holding daily sessions and has at this writ
ing not reached its decision. There would be no
difficulty however in predicting what that deci-
sion will be. The testimony throughout mas
hNs
most audacious falsider and that the delegates
abused on lot Of lambs, incapable OF guile
Truth to say. the TeIegrdphs attack was a elnm-
ey one. The meat axe and cleaver style OF hght-
ing ayails little against such delicate master
Of the rapier as the Hon. Mr.. Cuvler, who can
pink such numbering aasallant as the 1eIegrdpl
| man between the ribs before he can STRIKE
| blow fact there is no rubbing out,-wheiher
| improperly managed or not, the railway article IS
in the interest OF the great monopoly Ihe peo-
| pie see this and their sympathes are mainly with
| the newspaper side OF the question, but Col
| Scott's little combination will nevertheless graD
ALI as IL ia in the habit of doing The man who
| butts his head against that wall is-materially
| speaking-a fool He ought to-and II he is
| person OF observation he would-know better
Perhaps it may not always be 80, but Just now
all such zeal il quite thrown away.
The Philadelphia night schools are marked
feature of our Educational System Next 70
those OF Boston figures show these schools TO De
the most efficient OF any OF the kind in the coun-
trv Strangely enough they seem proportion
ately to do more work than the free day schools,
, and each year extends their usefulness IL Is
suggestive sight to observe IN these schooia
middle aged and even elderly men patiently
: | irving late in the race of life 70 make up Tor
| want OF opportunities III youth. The earnestness
| of these singular pupils IL most nouceaple
teachers naturally are zealous and the re-.
| suits are very gratifying to all lrlend'
| of Education. The schools opened Tor tne
? Fall and winter this weelt-2S establishments I'D
various parts OF the city being assigned Tor the
purpose, This is greater number than were sNn
opened last winter, the accommodation then 0e
ing too small for these mature pupils Inc
! Artisans school will be opened next Mondal
| night ut the High School Building Some OF th'
! hiuber practical eindies. such IA Engineering
Mechanical drawing Mathematics. Chemistry
q etc will be pursued at this school, to which arl
, | sans and apprentices are only admitted heI'
n is & College Course open, ttee, 10 the yoult
worklngman who chooses to learn. such enter
} pIises truly noble in plan and scopeahd ar
o a dignity to the community.
!. We had this week very exciting court scen'
s in the Oyer and Termner James kingsmlll "a
d on trial tor killing Francis Malone Inc prlso
If uer's counsel were contendng that the killinl
l. WAS done in self defence when tue TWO SONS .
l. Malone made desperate demonstIatlon III court
liz undtterred By Judges, Jury and Lawyers oh
10 | Of the Maloues Jumped into the dock where III
10 prisoner sat and attempted to stab him. Kings
RS mill broke away and took refuge III the pro
10 | tec,ing arms OF the crier. The Maones the
i bad struggle with the court oilcers anu
ID was work of some trouble 70 secut
IN them and drag them away hngtmiil
counsel were shrewd enough TO ave his case WI
le the Jury at that juncture, thinking the seen
u they had Just witnessed would have more pc
iii tonf effect than any argument So it proved
for after very slight deliberAilon the jury rel
I'D dered a verdict of mot guilty. hnRsnil m ha
Is refused to go ont on bail, which the Judge ma
OF offered to allow to do, for fear he should I
of | .nbiected to this very attack. The Grand Jur.
as | promptly returned true bill against the a
vii tempted murderer for aggravated assault, put
DIS a little preliminary to ms trial on that ehai
DIV Judge paxHon sentenced him to MI
op months impriaonment for contempt OF Cour
of Among the good things the Union League
Philadelphia has done deserves to be p faced u
Dr. encouragement it has gwen to art ia our hlluf
re-. It's frequent receptions" have done gre
lg. deal towards exciting general interest Ill al
ne and it has in more than one instance CIV
es- Young painters and sculptors opportunities
ck- exhibiting their work and OF obtaining paIro
,oi aye which no other medium probably cou
Ien | have secured. The exhibitions given at u
League House are always among the me
ENJOYABLE OF the kind we hay
Such a collection has been on view several ia
:. this week it being the result OF the public spl
u ~ OF Mr. Borie Mr. Claghorn, MIR. Fell ana OH
pl' prominent collectors and conholseurs. TICK
% %ae for these ex xhibitions not for sale but III
out W can be obtained without any trouble by any p
~, ~ sons sufficiently Interested to apply ior the
t tno The present reception is especially noteWoIi
ni. in its collection of old engraVlngs cohtroulea
an M Mr. Ulaghorn Specimens OF the art from
mn VA | earliest times to our own are mere aTapeeu
eh, | nOpular sequence, and the exhibition ID OF
acI | highest interest N =, -. ,,;,,o,,
~ | understand the real possibilities OF the ia Ia
lha. Stage There are number of intelligent hcl
We who give us hints and suggestions IN TINS Vl
lec' ton but there are very few indeed VINO Nil
10 measure of our ideal Savini is such a one
me deed. he more than fills it. He is such re
hls zatou of tragedy as men now living may scare
ny | hone TO see exceed. For my part DO not n
n'ihi to have it equalled just AZ never saw SO o
,unu | mendouslv powerful performance as ms W
lkSl ~ 10, so do I never ANTICIPATE seeing II tqnal
dto MIN Forrest, Cushman, Ristorl, SseDa
Japauschek, l never had this feeh
Those great artists have all thrilled INT
has bnt they never did more than produce
full sense OF satisfaction, than give assuranc'
os to entire capabty for the tasks they had set IN
selves. But Salvni openes new and tun
fiona field Of emotion. His Ottelto shows
'pec' playgoer possibilities which he never eNpe'
10 see ealzed-of which he has only dream
a big run the risk of being thought extravagant'
am anite sincere. The last three acts OF
lour. VIM. 0iheLO are as furious illustrations OF
man passion as presented themselves
80, the poet in his widest frenzy. The porforma
ohsu has never been equAlled in this clty,-at l
Win since the days of Edmund kean
/ have vehement desire upon me 10
son, Won what Salvltl's acting Is hke-but
stern Il ao difficult Perhaps, to give a gen
!. idaa, l can do no better than ask you
imarine a union of the effects produced by
All and Edwin Booth. Salvini has great
than of Forests deliberation masalveness and IL
ni6cent reserve Of power, and he has to'
riding psrfection, Booths grace aud q1ickness :,
can be as steady as a rock and as heIce as Il
ming. in no measure compare Booth
Salyini in force or intellectual ability, but
tion peculiarites they have to an extent IN
,nst mon The changes from enforced repos'