Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-18
FIRST EDITION.
PHILADELPHIA.
oua sAruR DAY TER.

.S9scia, Corr pun teaes ot The C1Bamereia!.
pnILADELpHrA, Sept. II.
TAoyletory OF OIL. SCOT over Commodore Van
dsrbilt in tue matter of the fast mail trains was
clear and complete. Tie feat accomplished by
the pennsylylua Railroad was without parallel
in American R.iIsly Manasomout, and has cx-
cited no onl of untau.ils sn l. IL not needed
that should reette tho whols story. it being
enough to state That The Pennaylsania Road did
IN thirteen days what the New York Central had
heen five or Blk weeks III dpllg and won besides.
leste,dty was ths date settled by government
when the two fast trains should commence run
ming, bnt the PnnnsylYlnit ran preliminary
train on Monday, hayins built cars and p rtocted
tho lnmenrity of nege-rary hrfahseinaht5 b}
That date, when the y. Y. Central Was a. yet M
Abls 10 move The fact shows the marvellous
completeness and the extent Of resnntoe OF the
rannryIvani. blli. No other railway cor
porati0n in The world, possibly, conld hnye done
tuo thing here carried t. II ruceess!ul lisne,
without detaueins ia any particular tho regular
hn -ineAa uf tile line. ! noto popular dread
tlat tlese Trains may como TO btlet III Their wiu
cru ule az sk TIM lad space, hu IL If, on bsi-
erai Driaclp!e4 sato To l3Iyo tae uf:ter with
men who have shown that they understand tser
hu-nes8 At mast, these tralna run but 40
nilas an hour, which IL understood to be the ay-
eraso ratio OF spool OF exp'ess t'Atls IN Il iS-
lunl.
! tliluk ilA results htlhIiltNi III tlle ho'tniNHit
Trial b jar ont c)n:lustgely tho yie@s Expressed
IN tins c0rrssnonleucc dntins the carly stages
Of tho else. La e.facs tds results have been
NIL Tho facts Of tho abduction have been
brought out more clearly than ever before, ahd
tho history of tho negotiations OF the II Rlss fam
ilv with hoJliduappers posresseA intense inter-
cst-being unique in COutt annals-but, IN view
of what WIS attempted, the case is u failure.
There was no way of proving Westerrflss com
nectiou with the CRIME, however strong presump
E,,bt In nd u u Hftmlttpi
sons who i'll tho beginning wero vehement Tor
conviction The case has dragged on longer
than was expected but is now nearly ready Tor
the Jury, the cloae Of the District Attorney .
| summing up being looked for to-mor-
row morning. In his examination Westervelt
denied thar he could ever have furnished
any clue to tho abduction, or the place OF con
| ceHmeut of little Charley, and on cross eXaIni-
nation got in the damaging testimony tnae m ohiol
| Wslling never was to pay him a reward for the
| arrest OF the Lduappers Gas has been aleaed)
but only for the recovery OF the stolen boy. As
| mary peonle besides Westetyelt were on that
| search the priaaner'a dealings with the police do
| mt appcnr To his prejudice. One or the few
clear tlings about the whole case Is that the De-
| taciives hnrgled the affair at every step
| fhe Public Buidug Commission having ap-
| pointed u cunmittca to Investigate the recent
| charges Of the E9e,i4J Batte'(a concerning the
marble work being pug into the new City Hall a
| moetug was held this week which the Butetin
| uroDrictors were invited to attend. they dd 40,
INT having been pncd for libel by MessrB. Strnth-
| cr- II son the marble contractors for tho puDic
| building they declined to say anything before
the Committee in addition to what they had al
ready alleged, preferring to let the whole matter
be brou ,ht out IN court under oath Mr Illilp
| Doughertv for Struthers " Son, improved the
occasion, however, by entering Whoiesale 10
nial Of the claim of short measure and improper
| Workmanship. There will be lively time when
the case comes to formal adjustment.
| Mayor StOkley has won u decisive triumph
over parties who strove to implcate MN III
practices snbvefsive of the Sunday Liquor Law.
Mr.. q. s. Stroud, IN earnest Temperance adyo-
cate. in a speech at a recent Prohibit onist
meeting, charged tho Mayor with frequently,
spending his Sundays ut the Indian Rock Hotel
!, fAyorlto hosterie on the Wlssahickon. Inc
charge was grave ono. for it arragned the
Chief Magistrate Of the city with knowledge o
local ordinances deliberately broken. Mr.
stroud is doing IL good work, but he had mad'
n mistake in his data in tins instance
and tho Mayor was very prompt to lalorm hlni
of tile fact. Ina firm rejoinder, quite Grant,
like in tonc, lie says d" have never been IN the
Indian Rock Hotel on Sunday, and have nevel
, in nv life been in place where liquor was soid
within this city or county ~ S1tuils peiiiiie ~
1 that. | guess. by the limitation he makes TN
Mayor means that in travelling he mas some
: times been in hotels on Sunday; but he has th'
=, strictest opinions upon the proper 9pserVaLe
d of that day. That short letter will do more
a | commend Mr. Stokley to tho regard OF nutpei
y oIls people than all lis long eiiical documents
I'm It we see tho man, and tina him TO be homes
q and upright. - ,f ,
/. sado against tho Catholic Churcil, and II !,
a l1ea not do it with little more Judgment, WI
II before long get himself into serious uoupie
d Lust night he was mubbed AZ Manayuoh,ahu on
II ly a strong detachment of poilee pfeVeliteu ~
q heinz very roughly handled. The cfnwd, COZ
"a ai,tinp of several hundred angry mil hahd'
N broke into a car in Which he had been placed Dc
n mind locked doors for protection. Ihey q
n hold OF their enemy, but the police maze II sal
h aud recaptured hini and the tram nc ohco slaf
T. ed for the city. 1t was toly 70 make u spedo ~
frhe kind in Rnch Il locality, the popuiatioh "
"a INC, very irnoraut violent rud nnfeaSohihS VI
e. psnula yiGh omissions" are apj TO make SUE
n mistakes What cln!d an assallaht OF W
prlosthpol eXDect to acnleve III he'shopno'
IN nrtety. Catholic, and lis remaining part deish
i, "a S,rif., anv Observation-Disclosures or other"l
~ -f,i. aruw Cord 9mLln should nave u quar-
n NV. John Chambers, one Of the most disti
e- Rut-hel clergyman OF Tins city, might h,iio ~
NV of tho tlulc, j. lying seriously ~ anu "
=, anal homes arc entertained of his recover
y The news wil be most painful To many peop
on m the surrounding country VINO tltne anu nha
m have heard him preach. MIR. Chathpe,e a
IL | b.en longer assoeiteu with the filaiepn
N, | pnI,yt than any other, with the exception
II | ~ iEnrness having been called to the Asso
A cd reformed church i'll May ,iozo; lho @ oo
wear of hs pastufate was celebrated lhsb SPIN
HtllAmherB' chursn, III 'io"t n'iH '7'
~ s.reets has for mole than generation DGeh
H of the features of the city. 1t has liau nv
by tIan 95OO members and has sent ~ MINIS Z
st info the world Mr.. Chambers, Ill his carrier ua
IN ,,a4 a sort of Boauerges terror to sinners, u
ureaehcr of the old fashioned blno'lisht otu
M Nh ot late years he had toned down greatly a
IL wn3 more endurablo to people OF tender herV
il vas ALWAYS recogniZad however, even
lb thnsa Who differed with him III theology, a.
Em nnn Of IL remarkable power, aud ono WIZ
en- n'hnla heart was in hi1 calling His death v
to Ia raf;,IcIa3a a real all elton. Mr.. Chambers
~ ve.ra old his ilners is a complication
'ait fnl,lles arising from paravtic stroe reeel'
'e" a few years ago from Wiiiah Ae he'V4 ""'''
ns. iaT'' spbs cricket tournament has had streak
ere nod lnrl, nui is not likely to be either tie III
1n. Hi ~, anrial success that was eXpecten'
the pEiladelppia crcieters did not so INTO the "
re Ia make money bat they hoped they ihisu9
anu inatauv and thern thoY are hkelY W 70 ~ ~
mp ,,,intej The weather has been bad, ram 'hil
mo ~ t,yn day- and Ut no time being OF u chal
atty tcr 10 entice many people out OF to"h !,
ave Garnantnwu delegation ut the matches mas
rev tr',a and br,llttnt (tlle ladies' OF that sec,
ub Ii,,rt esnecal patrons OF cricket but the al'
1urs dsmne otherwise las not been up to the MI
tuf- F,r nne thing the admission prices nave b
rnrcnsonsbv high. A dollar for sea. Oh
covered stand il entirely 100 liuc't " aah -
ore entertainment not essentially peluei Tta T,a
ken home clubs furnish every season Tree - - 1
hat l.r Inns very little desire to see lhe oiuiea @
and nrarl Ms Bcitzh Oil eIs, IL IL ohiS c'loot ~
rtei tla,u "A crtcleters. The case WAS uihaIohl "
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