The Daily Empire

The Wigwam
The immense temporary structure which has been erected for the accommodation of the National Convention, which meets to-day in Philadelphia, is an immense building. A letter says:
It is one hundred and twenty feet wide, three stories high, and has twelve windows and doors in front. In the center of the front there is a flagstaff one hundred feet high, from which the flag of the Union Wing of the Convention will float. There are seats for about thirteen hundred delegates, one hundred and thirty newspaper men, and nine thousand spectators.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that the outer dimensions are 146 feet by 245 feet; the amphitheater is 70 by 110; while the galleries are supported by iron pillars, ten feet apart. It adds:
Seats are provided for 8,000 persons, while 3,000 patient visitors can be accommodated with standing room. As evergreens and festooned flowers are to decorate its many iron columns, the frame structure will be gayly relieved.
Who these "one thousand dollar persons" are, thus favorably provided, we are yet in ignorance, possibly those Black Radical Congressmen, who lately voted themselves the nice little bonus from the Treasury, about which there is so much talk.