Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-08-21
FIRST EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
our sATuR DAY LsTTER.


PHILADELPHIA, Aug 20.
What effect that prolific writer of "open let
tors" Mr.. William Welsh, may be having upon
the whole public to which he addresses himself
there are no means as yet to decide. Tho conn
try is so far dumb in its astonishment at MIR.
Welsb's mingled fecundity and assurance, and
il we except few New York papers, which hail
with delight every asperaion upon tho President
gives no sign There are, as we all know very
well, some people ready to believe, or TO profess
that that they beieyesGenoral Grant capable of
the whole catalogue Of crimes, from big to little,
and such people naturally endorse Mr.. Welsh,
although ID is pleasant to note that their influ-
ence is 20 slight that they have produced no
perceptibe effect on opinion at large. Here at
home we are enabled to form clear judy
meDt Of tho effect of Mr.. Welshs raid
L am confident that / express the
opinion of r Rspubllcins almost without exception
when l affirm that the movement has been ut
terly without weight. At first the comfortable
audacity Of this home guard statesman attracted
sort of amused attention, but that feeling
speedily gave way to disgust when Mr.. Welsh be-
gan to assail the President for thlngs, and III
manner, which We all felt to be Ill tho highest
degree unjust People are not 80 dumb, nor are
they 30 scant OF memory, but they know that
General Grant has beeu throughout his term
Of office devoted to n solution of the Indian
problem. They know all about the frauds in
contracts, and the other matters which DIS s51sce
the Interior Department, but they also know
that the President deplores these abuses az
much as any citizen, and has labored season al
ter season to abate them. A confidential ex-
preston from the President would no doubt re-
veal the fact that the Indian Question has given
him more anxiety and com cientlous concern
than anything connected with his whole admin
istration. Ii we are just one mlst admit this,
and as most reputable men are Just, the yehe-
mence of Mr.. Welsh goes for nothing.
These "0pen Letters" are full of such choice
passages as the following "'You allowed him.
(Secretary Delano) "to leave the Department
III charge of subordinates for months together
that lie might CANVASS the country and secure
your Reelection to the Presidency'-or this,-
!" every suggestion l made to you was promptly
responded to, gave The investigation of frauds
made by youi appointees." 1t i'd free county,
sure enough, when citizen can publicly abute
the Chief Magistrate in this Billngrgale fash
ion. The end OF all ID that Welsh has become
an intolerable bore. Although he grows weaker
the papers are still full of him aud tho forlorn
cry OF ''give us a rest is general
1t has been understood from the first that the
group of Exhibition Buildings proper at tho
Centennial Exposition would be but part of
the equipment of the great Fair. Tho scheme
ls large enough to embrace separate buildings
for each State of tho Union, and for all foreign
countries, if they choose to make such appeals
to tho public eye. 1t ia not likely, of course,
that all will do so, but there will be qnte a num-
ber of such structures. The most important
of them will be the United States, Ger
man and British buildings. France, SSitz-
erland, Japan and other countries, will fol
low suit, and as the foreign commissions
ers will all erect in the styles of native
architecture the result will be to give great var
iety and animation TO the scene. With all this,
and with the fountains and myriads Of de- cora
tions, it will be the biggest % cents worth ever
ssen in "the States. Besides the buildings
have named, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Ohio and
Nsw Jersey have already expressed their deter
, Mpation to have separate accommodations
~, VIC will also be jury pavilion, photograph
49,, Nuilding, and pavilion for the Womens
nn. s1lial Commission. The celebrated Frefes
p.n,eo Vqnr restaurant of Paris has also appned
ror ,vo ronn, aud Will erect gorgeous CAFE sur
sino a uything to be seen on the Paris
asraS t,IS.a, Counting tue five Exhibition Build
,,a,a a,d the ornate Offices OF tbs commission
.5ss,;sn, n5p baa therefore already been made for
savantean INN 'ense and elaborate structures, ana
ofhe, will no doubt be added to the
,i,a hat,ren,, .iIis time and and the iirst OF
uear The bnildn gs just referred to VIII all be
a. a oraot scaIe n, 70 photographers pavilion Ii
9aa by " feet having $4,000 square rect OF moor
epace the Jury pavllio n VIII pe 1oz py ti2 ,oe.
and tho Kansas Building l32feet SQUARE, Lfety-
thing about the Centennial ~ OF necessity,
huge. Work at all points is peipS eiN' WV
the utmost celeritv. HOMAGE
1t was commonly thought that non iioiaeo
Binney might have given some oi LIS ef .'u ~ W
public uses, and Ills will publis hed lo-uas "hs
read with interest. 1t is to be femafkeu, ps
the way, that nothing Is surer or pelie ron. ',
than the LAST will of any man, wheehef hno"h
to the public OF not. Even when the fecipsentr
are equally UNKNOWN. and the amouhso " t1o
bequests inconsiderable, there Is '. n.,aiat
about the subject which few readers can resist y.
Regarding Mr. Bnney, those who eXpecteu 10
learn of public bequests were dishpppihteu'
Not even Fair Harvard is remembered. IL i
stated, indeed, that Mr. Blhney seriously
d,ffered with the Cambridge authorities on
religious matters and although hlinset so
distinguished graduate of that college sent
hoth his sons to Yale But from his peculiar re-
latlopsbip to the Harvard alumni 1t was beheV
he would remember bis alma mater IN ms VIII,
Tho estate ls however, with the exception OF Il
few email legacies, apportioned III equal parts
among his children. The death of the VIE CT
Mr.. Binney's favorte son, Horace Blnuey Jfr
within day or two OF her iathep-li'iaM, VA mae
angular The funerals were held on succeed
ing days this week in the same LulIal lot ut the
charming rural church of st. james the LESS, et
the Falls OF Schuylkiil. :,
"Travellers within this valley, as we feau III
one of Poe's poems, cannot fail to note reyolu-
:tion in a certain prominent branch of summer
.eta business. / refer to the soda water trhihc
: or what was once traffic. For, practically,
4 hat means of catering to the public has oeeii
market This has been done not on merit bu.
on price. Mead is poor substitute Tor Sooai
glass of soda water, but it is sold for one halt
the money. The engineer OF the new movement
ia an apothecary named Bower, long
located at 6th and Vine Sts cannot believe
Bower is beloved by the druggists fraternity or
if he is it il striking Instance OF forgiveness
and lowluess OF spirit. Bower first opened the
sale of his new drink at his Il street store ana
found 1t such genuine take that he set up
.1nwn town .braIich" at 4th and Chestnut str.
,rhis also WAS euccessful and he now has these
temperance restaurants IN all parts of the ciy.
The soda water sellers finding they can make no
headway against mead have also taken TO Inc
manufacture and it is now the standard drink
The apothecaries have only themselves to blame
for this breaking down OF lucrative
business. Everybody knows that ten cents u
glass rs an exhorbitant charge for what does not
cost more than two or three cents to furnish. 4,
they had established five cent tariff they con Il
have kept the enemy out.
Tho Walnut and Chestnut street theatres OPP
ened this week. At the first named house Fox
the clown, appeared in the perennial humpS
Dmmpty." Fox is funny there is no mhnnef
| of doubt about it. The entertainment he oilers
| NAV be intellectual beneath contempt but 1
wonld rather see him than would struggle VIII,
most of the tragedians. j have wondered
sometimes il drimaldi himself was
apy more thoroughly absurd than Fox
| IN some of his inauities. rhe "Chestnut
opening is, it is to be feared, something OF a
| trick The lessee of this house untl the lst OF
| September, is Mr.. q. X. Goodwin, Its manager
| Last season, but now associated with tho 'Wai,
| -. ~ IT, IL lnovu that Measrs. Scott, Gemmill