Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-06-05

1 Iilehe iateSt ueYolOpmeiltB OF Lne war, Concefn-
| ing the carriage of the mails, tho Pennsylvania
| appears to lave come out first beet, and there
| IL already cry that the B. * o., is weakening
| and cannot hold its own much longer. How that
/ may he mono but tho principals know, and they
| keep as stiff an upper lip HI evor. But any one
| can tell that both sides have lost immense sums
of money and furthermore, that they have
| succeeded, between them in deranging the
| whole carrying business OF the country Col.
Scott has made public statement to the effect
that the net loss to his company through tho
| competition for the last four months has been
| Sll 900. Tho fact Of his making such state
| 1nent at all-whatever may be private opinion of
| its exact truth-is proof that the company felt
something must be sad to disabuse the public
mind as to rumors injurious to the credit OF the
Central" There is not much doubt but that
Pennsylvania will win the fight in tho end, but
few such victories would he equivalent to disas-
| ter.
| Decoration Day was succoss with us, what
ever it may have been i'll some other places. Oc-
caHional reports chow that falling OIL in spirit
has been felt in certain localities but here the
| holiday was never moro thoroughly observed or
| ita ceremonies more earnestly or feengly per-
| formed. There might be some msapprehension
on this point felt by visitors. owing 10 tho lack
| of central display. The grounds rcaorted to
| being widely separated, and the persons con-
| cerned having each their particular mission,
combined display is mpoeshe-to which con-
sideration it must be added that the celebration
takes the people out OF town and scatters them,
intlchu oil lashlnp tlcln III VIC inhll tIoroH-ii-
| fares as on other holidays. But the summarized
| reports show that more people participated in
| the festival than on any previous Decoration
Day.
| Tho bequest OF tho late Mr.. John IL. Towne
| to the Department of Science of tho University
Of pennsylvania ranks among the most mlinlh-
cent gifts Of thatnature over made in the United
States. Tho University authorities declare that
III ita special terms it is without precedent here
or elsewhere. Ezra Cornell Asa Packer and
| Cornelius Vanderbilt-not to speak OF Stephen
| Girard whose gift while transcending all others
was materially different in character-have con-
| tributcd prncely sums to the cause OF Educa-
| ton. but they did not limit the use OF their
money to certain departments of study.
| This, Mr.. Towno hap wisely done, insuring
thereby tho utmost efficiency in the work he de-
sired to serve. lie has cfectually placed the
Scientific Department of the University by this
generous act, at tho head OF all tito institutions
OF the kind in tho country. That is enough for
| ono patrons let others who have corresponding
interest in the Departments OF Medicine or Art
show their enthusasm II 9al ika @spHsG u Is s
rather than di1use your resources. The trustees
| have taken prompt and worthy action, showing
their recognition of tho great bequest by declaI,
| ing that the Department specihed snall
| bs hereafter known as "The Towne Scentlfic
School of the University of pennsyvaiia' Inc
extent of the gift is notoxactly known put IL IS
| supposed it will reach the neiShborhood OF
| ii 200 900. Tho will is somewhat complicated
| and the value of the estate has not yet been as
| certained 1t is believed to bc worth F2,ooO.OV0
| however and the Scientific School is to nave all
| tile residue after the payment OF the private
| beauests which amount to about II ouoooo.
| There are conditions, also, by which large part
| of these private monies may revert 10 the
| IIniyersitv Such thoroughly noble and elevated
| actions make us feel proud of our race IN what
better way can men, whose experience OF lie mas :
been 40 much more fortunate than tne great
majority of their fellows, dispose OF their wealth.
tlian by deciding it to the continual heheht oi
l IA astt riff l.
gence it is a curse wisely given to the cause OF
| knowledge it becomes All eScr-iIicreahlhG hicho-
ing. , =; ,,,.io,, ,I,,. in
genious adyenturer George i. HIT played so
prominent part, is, VIC are told, after innumera-
lie delays, about to be thoroughly investigated.
At least that is the PROMISE. 1t VIII require
thoroughness, in fact, to clear up an the uhcet-
tainties of the case, and anything better thah
half result is hardly to be expected tilt was
Treasurer of tho Safeguard Insurance
Company" and was charged, Win
| every appearance OF truth, OF nay naSins "
negotiated counterfeit U. 5. bonds, as wen "
| bo9us securities of the Chicago and Northwest
ern II. Il. and other Western corporations Ihls
raecslity was to swell the apparent resources o.
r the s Safeguard" so as to enable 1t TO sustaii
the legal inspection of Insurance Companies
Tho interest, it will bo seen, is not 30 hucn IL
the fortunes of such specuator, and counter
fniter's right bower as Hit s shown to be, AZ j
I il in tho exposure of the means whereby cor
poratlops really bankrupt may have peeh apie
and NAV still be able, to make themselves
| annear entirely solvent Tho clam o
i it'll ia that he negotiated these bogu
j eecurites in good faith, believing Them 70 @ Dc
: genuine, but only very small minority OF peo
pie take any stock i'll that delence' IL, ~
4 ed tile Developments in the case Will diseios
V fatal weaknesses in the affairs of several com
h companies of similar rank with the "SaieSuafu
concern. ,,,..: i;,.a-
| hv the death of MIR. tIeOfE
l O. Evans in this city. Mr.. Evans was rendere
: notorious by his connection with tho " wa
Claims" dispute-a subject which Tor long pc
riod filled large share OF the popular a',9n .,a
}. tion. The facts, very briefly, We're una
i Evans as State agent, by Gov. Geary
& to collect claims against the general goyernmeI
II growing out of the war, drew from the 1reasuf
$4,000 and over, being 10 per cent, On GIN IL /,
It amounting to 50, 3,0O0,0 900 which he ayerred h
~ had collected. The bulk of this sum had nov
y ever. been paid the State some time preViousi
and Evans was only entitled to the eomnissio ~.
en- 1892 900 the claims ACTUALLY coiiecteu py mn
Whatever became of the money drawn py MI
varv few neople know, and those who do kno
II. won't tell 1t is evident now that I'Vans ",
he little more than the cats-paw in tile hanqs OIL u
ha real thieves. for he died pennless. lie WI
fried twice for his offences, both suils Gol
ls .rainst him. and he lay prison until 1t Decaii
~ ciear that ho was in II dying condition, when II
la1 releape was effected. 1t is wretched sto
mha m | throughout. :, l,..,,r. 49,, =, :,
at- p,it;ah I,ontennial commission caused pleasa
stir in Exposition circles The a,gn'acsaos saosc
a Insiness here il to make arrangements Tor u
'ns reception OF the goods of English exhibitor eo
or, This does not look much as though tho en2l
gh ~ Tho Free Traders to excite prejudice again
tn the , Exposition were likely to have much S, ~ y
cess. Work progresses satlsiactoray OH :.
ory Centennial buildings. Particular sratfcatiot !.
Wy falt with the speed and character OF O
work done, "AaGnsry ms ,in,sod IL + heal eo
ION s;derale timo before the period named IN q
III tic a Of s%y s T Of pt hst
'ar y,i;,., uunH abo concert of thousands of Pub
the School Children accompanied BY The thg ,ram mammo
in Centennial Orchestra, will be heid W,siiin WV 81
Smple preparations arc making Ior
at Fourth h constituting it ''a swelling prologue
rop 'Ns eauyontion Of packers Of canned goe
will meet in this city next Tuesday inns W.
to sy Large rpS Sayn ynaAsis 9Sat pIs0 tIs
10 nortlv alu ~. concerned in il sho'
iSr sp meet and discuss questions Of importatI