Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-11-04
PHILADELPHIA.
The Centennial Rush-HolidaY Notes-Pol-
itlcs- General City News.

1t1Cs--General G1Jy NeWss
Special Correspondence Of the Commercial.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.-Only one more |
week remains, from to-day, of the Exposl-
tion period proper. The Commission has
given notice, however, that the Fair will be
kept open at least one week after the 10Th
of November, and doubtless it will re-
main open as long as the present extraordl-
nary rush continues. To be sure, exhibit
ors have the right to remove their goods
after the 10th, for they contracted to re-
main only TO that time, but as their only
object is to secure publicity it is not
thought likely that they will be in any
greater hurry to move than the Com
mission will be in to have them go.
Certainly, the innumerable parties who are
making money in one way or another
through the agency of the Exposition will
not be anxious to withdraw. 1t is a matter
of regret all around, now, that the regular
term of the Exposition was not in the first
instance made longer, and many people be-
lieye the return would have been magniti-
cent if the scheme of the Fair had covered
the entire Centennial year, from January
1st '76 to January 1st n. Thus, it is ar
| gued, we should have aVailed ourselves of
| the leisure time of country people for
| two years instead of one. But it is easy to
| be wise after the fact, and the Centennial
has been q succession of huge surprises
| The greatest enthusiasts did not picture to
| themselves such state of things as we see
| now, and if the situation could have been
foretold we should naturally have made
| other arrangements.
AS it is, people who took good advice and
paid their Centennial visit earlier in the
| season, may have the pleasant assurance
that they saw the great Fair at it's best and
with a degree of personal convenience
which is now out of the question. The
crowds of the past month have made COM
fort impossible. There is no going any
where on the grounds or buildings with
ease, and no seeing anything with satisfac-
ton. At all the more prominent exhibits
spectators are ranged in line three or four
deep, and in the picture galleries one has to
go with the crowd, and quiet deliberate in
spection is for the most part impracticable.
I will give this hint, as relating to the Art
Gallery, to readers who have delayed their
excursion until now. Arrange to be at the
gates the moment they open and proceed at
once to Memorial Hall The crowd scatters
in entering, but the most of it goes to Main
Building and Machinery Hall By taking
this advice the picture-lover will have per-
so as to be uncomfortable When it be.
comes crowded he can betake himself else
where, reserving the first khour of subse-
quent days for finishing the inspection.
This is the one solitary Ichance of "doing'
Memorial Hall at present with satisfaction.
There have been various celebrations on
the grounds during the week, such as the
dedication of the Allen monument, raised
in memory of Richard Allen, the first col
ored Methodist Bishop in the United States,
the observance of ''German's Day" &c.
We are still to have " Women's Day" and
Philadelphia Day." But the general
crowd largely deprives episodes of their at
traction, and what would be ordinarily 8
most significant event, takes it's place, un
der the circumstances, as simple feature
of the whole display.
PUNISHMENT OF PRIZE FIGHTERS.
There is mingled satisfaction and trepi
{ daton here to day over the result of the
3 trial of the New Jersey prize fighters
i Weeden and his second. the second of Kos
r ter, and two other parties have been foun(
guilty of manslaughter. II they may no
"Hang you for cherry down in New-Je er
[ say, as the song ayers, they at least know
| how to treat malefactoTs over there, AM
= this taste of Jersey justice will make tn
} bruisers very careful hereafter how the
} outrage the soil of that State. New Jerse
: has had an opportunity TO make tellin
example of this kind of vllainy and it ha
been thoroughly availed of if other State
would be equally earnest the crime of priz
fighting could be thoroughly put down
The rascals have been sentenced to 81
n years imprisonment in some cases an
three years in others. 1t is in all this tha
= the satisfaction l referred to is felt tn
trepidation is experienced by the spectator
v of the fight, men little less brutal, thoug
l fVn fW.nF lad aEal,l
than the principals themselves. Judg
t Reed said in his charge that all parties buy
. ing tickets for the prize fight, or who i
j. any other way were willing spectators OF il
q were accessories, and that ruling is any
thing but comfortable to politicians an
q "sports' who are known to have been pres
l. enT, and whose feelings at present it ma
q be imagined are not OF the most enviabl
f description.
O THE POLITICAL SEASON
n 1t has been an exciting political week. 1
t. the first place we had foolish charge mad
y against the correctness of Treasurer Weide
l. ner's accouts, but one so bungling and g
le evidently preiudiced and imperfect that
ID fell of its own weight. Another affai
o, which has attracted more attention, was th
is arrest of the somewhat notorious Samue
i Josephs and councilman Henry Marcus, o
a. the charge of preparing and circulatin
lu bogus UaA reC6lplb. II is dlosou 1uoIS WoI
Id enough of those bogus receipts, if the
7e could have been properly placed, to hav
t. changed the whole face of the election re
ID turn in Philadelphia. The Republican
contend that it was piece of Democrat
rascality, while the Democrats say it was
game Matched by Republicans but made o
its face to involve Democrats so as
throw their party into odium. The trut
appears impossible to discover, and houet
people are SO disgusted with the 'last card
business on the eve OF general electio
that the equilibrium is but little disturbed
Still, these events have served to kee
things in turmoil; whatever people ma
hope for on next Thursday all will be hea
tily glad when this uncomfortable campaig
is over.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
D. The hope that the Centennial seaso
be would pass without railway accident is brt