Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-07-22
philadelphia.
OUR SATURDAY LETTER.

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ouR aAruR DAY LETTE n.
DEMOCRATIC LOCAL somsAuors-sxAprso COAL
co. EsrIoArIoN-rREsIpzNr aowxN's DE-
FEssK-AN INNOCENT orEnaYMAN v1Cr1xIzHp-
the ur1ynorrrH ROCK" EXCURSION FRAUDS
DEATH or REV. DIR. MonIARry-rBK ORANGE
cEIEBRATIox-NEw HALL OF THE Y. u. G. A. &c
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PHILADELPHIA, suiy 10.
The Democrats followed up this week the lag
gard nominations Of the Republicans for Recor-
oel ol Deeus' 'uus' u common ,ieA., o.''N VI
Quarter Sessions and City Commissioner
These places on tho ticket have been
left vacant a lonp while. and 4 CON-
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tnr 10 =, nr.resr ss.a;ons ",sra.h;n ana tb" vnn.
aor tne IN vuso. @ oSss'uns "Ia ~" vi" ~,
nef ,,t ~ . sun 'na. ~ s.H Po'a IMe ~ IS
knew lnat " meae h''ie ol"orenoe' ~ ne "ou'o
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anG neas ovS, oSm ~ ~ NV $50 n"oh "
plonh'es " 10 .9ne eoni ~. ...a1 ~ si.hat,
.aosu. - I.e nis.oL.o DIookyn M .Iisl, .asnvusn
me me, Jury oi she slc.se ns s DH.r sS t1u,o M,,e
fhaI Poor Ma. Sa.peh'esh iorUes . h1", aae
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Sme !sn., s@"e msSdh 0u ,h.;r T,,,;s.
eal.~1' @hu o.AoiwIs app'o~oI 'neu uus.1 es
with 80 serene spir1t that many OF us would
DC prona 60 serve the s.aee ~ Cne sAMe as; ters,
hitet All theae "eeAs hlu'ty .lo uoIc"ue
mas hNs llse peea ned; LMs pr. n .. shc
o"so nHs peen shsesieu ~ Hlesiuons uo"en ~
~ e'~'orS'e su'ro'e, w. rI Snoe' mioo
.eeiois " "o~ Mo u
.ne ., newspapors- give n'a.an. iauio..on . VI
me sue proper 10 % sexeh IN .ae ocntrISersy. s
Dob people VINO regs,u mr. uoWon spoocii rom
~ IN s,eM ~ ~ soo NV s;n.t P"a
10 we Welguty pIousns se aus .no nosu
hle moaopoy Inc one Pons P. sn1s no 'nsNes -
sssinHt .ne aee'1rs wltn any ss!enE.n Liza .,
snoic WeiBnt. 1hst ehere nlay ~ ton1.hS
10 thls II some cAsea u very poesiDie nut now IL
Thst seson .s Il msv be We. to rememSer 't
whether the Reading Co. il justified in its policy
OF crowding individual enterprise out OF the mar
ket. and in attempting to control the entire
anthracite trade of this section? The
of tho COMPANY ia overwhelming and it goes for
iu.t nothing that Mr.. Gowen should prove GER
tain retailers to be dishonest, That ir. it goes
for nothing witt, the BODY of thinking and up.
persons, but 1t will 20 for much, no
donbt with tho Legislative committee, who
lave n yerict for Gowen 4 co, already pre-
pared Still, although the decision will be in IA
yor of the monopoly il is not possible with tho
Iyl,t that has been thrown On the subiect that
tic Reading Company can enforce to the fall, AZ
fat,on,
The case of,pev. r.. r. Bott. Baptst minister
Of th- city. charged with Icentious conduct. has
canse5 a nainfni eycitement. which not even tho
formal verict Of scnnittsi bv his congregation
hsa so,vcd to sliov irhera is good reasnn 10.
haljevine that th,s scandal grew ont Of the mn.
,yhniesnne while sentin,ent enpendered bv the
Reecher case Buav bodies and eossippers
thonpht II fine snort to meddle with the chsrsc-
tars Of n worthy clercymen and lady members Of
snIead Va thev ware repeated until they finally
assnmea criminal shane, and the church author.
;t;as rait coIlaJ an h, .rroigp their nastor
.,n'' ~, ono of the star,,est charges N mInister
can be hronoht to face The strictest scrutiny
sS;i "a .l,o.s .nvtt;,s - c,n.;sA n. n.4S tsIs..
NOR WITH It's thousand Tongues" has done al, ~ q
All innocent man is perhaps moftaliy hurS ny tne
words Of scandal mongers. L. ls ~ cf9el GHse ,t
as people have lately hnd TO consluer. Inc
church says there is no evidence OF erinihai ~
toHt, pub ~ en- e. WV, sh~O S@A'.A'bo
yisable. And what congregation VIII e1tena -
the next 'calr' under the circumstances ne ~
wDrk-aa far ss can be seen-ciosed through tnt
causeless, wicked tattle OF thoughtless poys Ano
venomous old maids. II THIS thih8 Keeps o! We
shall have to address all preachers IN the slhls-
ter words of Hamlet "Be thou as chaste ss
ice, as pure an snow, thon Shalt not escape cal
umny.'
The travelling pubic, ana parties prosluhs
summer convenlenees thereioI, nave peoo !.
good deal exercised LATELY py tne ecceh.l'S uo
ings OF certain new NorK hpecuiatots WIN nav :,
cut into the local pleasure tralhG by means wnlct
all allow to DO disreputaole. me reierenoe Il
to Messrs Jarrett a. Palmer' tne theAo,lcs
managers VINO msde fortunes out y. 'no Dasot
Crook and then by perverse late suoceeues
in securing the control OF Booths theaIe, aLte' .
Edwin Booths SAD but noble ,auule. oalrets !,
Palmer are far types OF inc sens&eQnri
managers VINO nave done @ii tna1 ~ 10 Poss,o't
to 40 TO degrade the stage. sihce .laey nA,o Ia,
control of Booths, tnelr taclics nave homle"nA
changed but only from motives o! gam h'i'
from no conviction OF duty to the pubic. me.
would be ready to produce ahother ana worse
''Crook' to morrow II they thouentlt Woula pay
Such men are naturally we noney, makets t ~, y
earnings OF the season: some speculation mus
be devised for rsking in the dollars between IN
opening and the closing OF the doors. In Tn
summer therefore these high-tonea manager
run an excursion steamboat: Ihey nay
hired jim Fisk's pet FOLLY the fly
mouth Rock, and are making more none
ont Of her than ever the gorgeous Fisk dld. no
are they content with Gotham prohtH Simply, ou
ply up and down the coast taking whatever oi
fers, aud good deal OF 1t. several Excul
sions" from Philadelphia have been gwen al
them frauds OF tho first class On one OF Ines
trips people were promised ride to New ior
(by rail to Amboy) taunt up the hudson =
West Point, and return home by l0 o'clock ]
the evening. In fact, the Hudson part OF IN
trip was not given, trains and boat were leariu
ly SLOW, and the city was not reached OIL the retur
until o'clock III the morning. Again, the steAmt
was advertised for Cape May. When at New "a
tie sle was pnt about, despite the protestsuons
the vctimized passengers. On her way up th
river furious fight broke out among crowd {
roughs on board and the decent part OF the con
pany were frightened almost out OF their wit
These are merely sample excursions. Liquor
monest conveniences, even drinking water, hA'
been often wanting. Refreshments are held
exorbitant prices-and the whole enterprise
in fact q swindle of the worst kind. 1t haa BET
finally found out and there are not likely to
any more plymouth Rock Excursions fro
this neighborhood.
Two events concerning our Irish citizens la
occurred-the death of Rev. Dr. Moriarty, al
tho 20 Orange" anniversary, celebrating the Ba
tie Of the Boyne. They were events that .
pealed to different classes, the first to the Gath
lie the latter to the Protestant Irish Dr.. Mo
arty was priest OF immense influence in
church no man of our time has had more, wi
perhaps the simple exception Of Bishop Woo
In some respects Moriarty WAS even strong
leader than Wood. He WAS very effective n
: public speaker and came closer 70 the hei
q OF the Catholic public tnah any OF =
n numerous ora'ois OF .no ,a1 uauiom ar.s,i, ,nv M