4 THE DAILY EVENING TKLKGUAPII PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1870. PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON (tSDATB- kXCKPTBD), A.T Til F. EVEMSG TELEGRAM BUILDING, No. 108 8. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA Tht f'rice isihree cents per copy double theef); r eighteen cent per week, payable to th carrier by intiom nerved. The wbrcription priee by mail Xine Dollar per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents fur two months, invariably in advawe for the lime ordered. MON1UY, MAY 2, 1870. THE TARIFF BILL. An interesting discussion of the tariff ques tion occurred in the House of Keprosenta tiveH on Saturday. It abounded, however, rather with piquant personalities thin with any new arguments on tha vital issues affected. The main point at issue was the attempt of some of the free-traders to aban don the present bill and to substitute there for a short enactment which would reduce the duty on sugar, molasses, tea, coffee, salt, and iron. In their eagerness to strike a vital blow at the great staple of Pennsylvania these gentlemen seem to be willing to retain, for the present, heavy duties on all other do mestic manufactures, but their scheme was instautly checked by its prompt exposure, and the Hoxise by a vote of 1G to 'Jt decided to continue their labors upon the bill reported by the Commit tee of Ways and Means. The task undertaken by that committee is so gigantic that we shall not be at all astonished if its bast efforts to thoroughly revise the tariff at the present Hession prove abortive. It is next to impossi ble, except at times when an irresistible par tisan pressure is applied, to force a compre hensive new tariff bill through both branches of Cjngress at any given session. Nor is such legislation, as a rale, desirable. One member, in opposing the abandonment of the Sehenck bill on Saturday, said that if it was given up such a surrender would be a confession that the House had not capacity enough to understand it in detail and such we fear is the fact, whether it is acknowledged or not. It is entirely beyond the power of any body of twohun- . dred and fifty men to act promptly and in telligently in the regulation of the duties upon every known article of commerce, and members who learn merely the names of all the things imported rank in knowledge above the average of their colleagues. As several thou sand distinct items must eome up for debate and consideration, we do not wonder that, after two months' discussion, comparatively little progress has been made. Mr. Schenck is laboring with indefatigable zeal, hopeful ness, and industry, and he will avert the fate he dreads of having his bill "kicked to death by grasshoppers" if human energy can en sure success. In the end, however, a short cat to reduced taxation may still be come necessary, and what Pennsyl- vania has most to dread is that in this summary proceeding the line of opera tions suggested by the free-traders on Satur- . day may ye: be adopted. There is no good reason way the iron interests should ba singled ov. ta the special target of the foes of protection, but they are evidently inspired by a hope that, through a combination be tween railway projector t, free-traders para and simple, and the Democrats as a party, they will be able to cripple if not to destroy this vitally important branch of domestic in dustry. Should they succeed, even in a moderate degree, incalculable injury will be inflieted upon the people of this State. Any man who travels over it, who stops to consider from what souroes the revenues of its citizens are derived, who inquires what sustains its leading cities and towns, and what makes its mighty mineral districts teem with life and activity, can see at a glance that a withdrawal of protection would well-nigh prove a death-blow to Pennsylvania. Her citizens can bear as well as the people of any other section a moderate amount of tinkering at the tariff, but if, by any neglect of her representatives, or any triumph of her ene mies at Washington, the old-time supremacy of the hostile iron interests of Qreat Britain is restored, the Keystone State will be clothed in sackcloth and ashes, and become the veri table Cinderella of the American Union. On one occasion during the present session the duty on iron in the bill under discussion was materially reduced on account of the ab sence of a number of the members from this Commonwealth. Now since the free-traders have avowed a disposition to concentrate their forces against our staple, it will require but very little more neglect to ensure their triumph, and it behooves every true cliam , pion of the Stale to be on the alert. Let our members and Senators see that no short cut to reduced taxation shall be made over the mangled body of. Pennsylvania, and let them be very sure that they will be always present and voting when questions affecting the for tunes' and the daily bread of hundreds of thousands of their fellow-citizens come up for consideration. v V THE NB W SO UTIIERN RAID. The recent attempt in the House of llepre .sentatives to obtain a recognition of the claims of so-called Southern loyalists for pro perty destroyed during the . war, has been followed up by a speech in the Senate in ' favor of this fatal policy, which was delivered by Mr. Pratt, of Indiana. It was announced some time ago that this gentleman felt so well assured of bis unfitness for bis present posi tion that he intended to resign, and Binoe this last demonstration we hope he will execute this intention at the earliest possible moment. The. real meaning of bis Speech is that hun dreds, ay, thousands, of millions of dollars I shall be unnecessarily, unwisely, unjustly, and ruinously added to the burdens of the Bioat patriotio and heavily-taxed people on earth, and that' these vat sums shall be shared by gangs of mean and ravenous Wash ington claim sharks, by corrupt Congressmen, veneer of loyalty is so thin that if they are scratched anywhere a Rebel coating is immediately diaolosed. In the light of past events this proposition is the most infamous that was ever presented in a legislative body. If the whole South were sold at ten times its intrinsic value, the sum realized would not compensate Northern fathers, brothers, mothers, wives, and sisters for the loss of the lives of the dear kindred who were slain in the war. The North must suffer this great loss, however, in silence. She must bear the brunt of the burden of the debt, too, for the necessary national expendi tures in the Rebel regions have soarcely been equalled, since the war, by the revenues they have yielded. Her States, counties, cities, and towns must still groan beneath the pres sure of local war loans. And yet heartless schemers are constantly endeavoring to make frightful additions to these burdens in the interest of those who, if not directly respon sible for all our national calamities, are at least inextricably intermingled with the im mediate authors and promoters of the Rebel lion. Year after year the proposition to pay the Southern war claims seems to gain strength, in spite of its preposterous character. It will not be astonishing if this demand pre sently assumes a sectional shape, and if the entire Southern delegations unite in urging it, in which event the chief change in their mission, as compared with the olden times, will be a resolve to virtually enslave all the white tax-payers of the North instead of an effort to perpetuate and extend negro slavery in the South. To ensure this end no pains' will be spared to wiu the support of Northern members to the Southern raid upon the Treasury. And the people of the loyal States can find safety only in a resolute and prompt determination to brand with opprobrium every man, high or low, who lends himself to this conspiracy against their welfare and prosperity. Let no voter think that we are giving expression to idle fears. Claim agents and lobbyists alwayB abound at the national capital. It swarms with adventurers of every grade, who spend their lives in inventing and promoting schemes to pick the pockets of the people. They are ever ready to influence the weak, to buy the corrupt, to persuade the merciful, to ridicule the true and honest men of the nation, and, they will leave no art untried to consuoiaiate that most profitable and pernicious of all schemes which is involved in the proposition to pay the claims of Southern loyalists. One of the objects of the motions and speeches made during the present session is to test public sentiment, and to ascertain the vie wa of Northern tax-payers in regard to the pro posed new burden. The people should, therefore, not hesitate to declare, in the most emphatic terms, their unconquerable aversion to the new load. They should scan, with the closest scrutiny, the records and dispositions of the candidates for renomination and re election, and trust no one whose integrity and judgment are not proof against the strongest Appeals of the advocates of these dangerous claims. The announcement that the Senate Committee on Claims will make a report in favor of this huge claim-swindle should be productive of increased caution on the part of the people in the approaching con tests over seats in the next Congress. TEE PUBLIC BATHS. For a number of years past we have urged the importance of ample bathing facilities during the summer months for the accommo dation of those who are unprovided with bath-tubs in their houses, and who are unable to travel off to the sea-shore during the hot weather. Not only the comfort but the health of the laboring population would be greatly promoted if an opportunity were offered for a good plunge into the water every evening when the labors of the day are over, and ly ing, as Philadelphia does, between two large rivers, there should be no difficulty whatever in providing all the bathing facilities that may be required. The houses of this city are better supplied with water than perhaps those of any other place in the world, but very many, and perhaps a large majority, are totally unprovided with bathing accommodations. The laboring men who work all day out in the hot and dusty streets, and who more than any others need ample opportunities for bathing, are the ones who are most stinted for water in their homes. The exigencies of modern civiliza tion prohibit public bathing on the river fronts, and a large portion of the population are thus cut off from a gratification to which they are fairly entitled. If the city prohibits public bathing, it ought certainly to provide some accommodations for these who suffer by the prohibition. In Boston, New York, and other cities public baths have been in operation for several years with much suooess, and we are glad to see that a practical move ment for a similar accommodation to the public has been started in this city, through the able efforts, of Mr. II. llohn. Common Council ai its last meeting appropriated $l.r,K)() for the erection of publio bath houses, and it is to be hoped that the Select Branch will give its prompt concurrence, so that the baths may be put in operation imme diately. Very simple and inexpensive structures will answer every purpose, and the sum named above ought to be ample, for the pre sent at least, if it is properly managed. Tbe bath-houses do not require to bo very ornate, and it is only necessary that they shall be strongly put together, and bo arranged that they will hide the bathers from the public gaze. The erection of a series of these bath-houses, which any oue may be at liberty to xue at any time, will do more to promote the health of the city aud to abolish disease thau almost any measure that could be tried, and the sum of $1.,000 expended for such an object will be one of the cheapest investments ever made by the city. This important matter has been delayed too long already, and another hot season ought not to find us unprovided with such a sanitary auxiliary as a series of public bath-houses wiHte. THE WATER-MAIN- CONTRACT. A letter, addressed by Bnnhong A Brothers, brokers, of Reading, to Frederick Qraeff, Esq., the Chief Engineer of the Philadelphia Water Works, has been published. It contains the charge that a bid for supplying the city with certain water-mains, made in good faith by Messrs. Mellert & Kinsey, manufacturers, of Reading, was set aside, and the contract given to a higher bidder. This letter states that by sealed proposals, filed the 10 th of April, the above-named firm offered to furnish all the cast-iron water-mains advertised for by the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of Philadelphia at the rate of two and one-half cents per pound. Messrs. Mellert & Kinsey received blanks at the Chief Engineer's office, which were filled up according to in structions and bond filed as required. To their surprise they found, a few days ago, that the contract had been awarded to other parlies at one-half per cent, more thau their bid. Messrs. Bushong Brothers state that they are considerable property owners in Philadelphia, and therefore heavy tax-payers; consequently they have a right to know the why and wherefore of this affair. They hint very plainly that some underhand influences were at work, and they publish their letter to Mr. Oraeff for the information of the publio and because they were unable to obtain any information from him, as he returned their communication to them without comment. If the Chief Engineer had any good reasons for declining this bid the publio ought to know what they were, for unless good reasons can be adduced for not accepting the lowest bid in a case of this kind, the insinuations of foul play made by Bushong & Brothers will find ample credence. The Chief Engineer owes it to himself and to the city to explain this matter, for one-half cent per pound on our water-mains is a very serious matter, that ought not to be allowed to go unquestioned when a serious doubt is thrown on the fair ness of the contract. Be oh Hand, To-night the Republicans of the city will meet at their various ward headquarters for the purpose of electing the officers of the regular ward associations. As this is the initiative step as to what is to be done at the primary elections which coma off in June, it would be well that our citizens who are intent on reform in the representa tive men of the party, be on hand. SPECIAL NOTICES. For additional Special AoMcm M Oit Xnrtd flWM, A Fins Lot of Real "JVobbrj" Clothing for Young Gents. JOHN WANAMAKER, No$. SIS and 820 Chesnut Street. Finest Ready-made Suits, Superior in Materials, Finish, Fit. g- ACADEMY OF FINE ASTS. LAST DATS OF THB EXHIBITION OF SHERIDAN'S RIDE. Great Life-size Fainting by the POET-ARTIST, T. BUCHANAN KB AD. TENTH WEEK AND UNEXAMPLRD SUCCESS. Th Poem reoited at 13 M., 4 and 9 P. M., daily, by MR. J. B. KOBEBTb, the distinguished Tragedian and Elocutionist. (' 8 6t Admission .31 orati Including the entire Talnable oolleotion of toe Aoadetnj. Open from A. M. to P. M end from 7 to l' P. M. BRANCH OFFICE, CONTINENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMPANY. PrrTHBUHG. April 30, 1870. A meeting of tbe Stockholder of tbe Continental Im provement Company will be held in the Branoh Offioe of the Company, in the city of Pittsburg. (corn of PKNW and TENTH Street), on TUESDAY, May 17, at 13 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of electing a Board of Directors to serve for the current year, and until their (nceeeor are duly elected and qualified. And alao for the purpose of considering and aoting upon the provi sions of th Supplement to the Charter of (aid Company, approved Twenty-fourth day of March, 1870. VT. B. BHBLBY, 6214t Secretary. NOTICE A SPECIAL MEETING OF th Stockholder of th PHILADELPHIA, BER. MANTOWN, AND NORRISTOWN RAILROAD COM PANY will b held in Room No 34. PHILADELPHIA EXCHANGE, on THURSDAY, the th day of Jane next, at 11 o'clock M.,for tbe consideration of an act of th General Assembly of tbe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act to authorize the Philadelphia, German town, and Nerriatowa Railroad Company to inoreaae it Capital Stock," approved the 39ta day ef March, 1870. By aider ef the Board of Managers. 61 US 9 A. E. DOUGHERTY, Seoretary. n&r FUEL SAVINGS SOCIETY OF THE CITY AND LIBERTIES OP PHILADELPHIA. The Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Sooiety will be held at No. lw N. TKNTH Street, on THIRD DAY (Tuesday., Sd lust., at H o'olook P. M. Election f umottr. By order of th Managers. B. W. BEESLEY, Seoretary. 6 S3 THE ANNUAL ELECTION OP tweatr-four Uanasars of th PENNSYLVANIA. BIHLIC HOOIBTY will ba held at tua Bible UouM.oorner ( SHVKNTH and WALNUT btreeu, on WttbtfKiJ DAY, Mar . WIS, at a o'clock P. M. ikJSKPH H. DULLK8. Corresponding Secretary. RICHARD NKWTON, Records, 8eortarr. If fgy NOTICETHE ANNUAL MEETING m of TUK NKW8BOY8' UOH1 ASSOCIATION will ba hold at the Uuuia, o. if LOCUaT Street, on TUKHDAY. May B, at 4 o'clock P. M. Tbe Othcere and Managors lor tua nauinx rar will ba laotod at Uiia masting. KNOOH UtWH, Seoretary. Philadelphia, April 80, lsia. auat THE PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL BANK. . , , PHlUmKLPHIA, May 1. 1S70. The Directors have this dsy declared a Dividend of SKVKN I'KK UKNT. fur the last six months, olaar of taxes, payable on demand. bint B. B. COM KOYa. Cashier. 1S- C. SAUNDERS' COLLEGE, W. PHILA. Lectures, MUM DAY EVENINGS. &l4p QOLONNADE HOTEL, FIFTEENTH AND CHESNUT STS INTIBKLY BKW AND HANDSOMKLT PUB. MgUEDjii rtur tot parmMant or tiMttteat esU, OLOTHINO. THE QUESTION IS IN EVERYBODY'S MOUTH, "ETavo TTon Seen Those Ten Dollar Suits?" WHAT ARK THETT THEY ARE ALL WOOL, They are of substantial fabric They are comfortable to wear. Triey are beautiful to look a poo. Ttey are durable and convenient. Tliey are of fast color. They are Rracefally fitted. They are becoming to tbe wearer. Ttey are handy to have In the house. They are JUST WHAT YOU WANT. Bankers, Grocers, Dry Good Merchants, Bakers, preachers, Lawyers, Doctors, Cashiers, Railroad men, and All other men, are making themselves both Useful and happy by wearing The Bcanttrul Ten Dollar Salts, So popular, so cheap, so elegant. Ton can buy them, with all other descriptions of de sirable Clothing, at the 11 HEAT BROWN JIALl, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. SEWINQ MACHINES. rp II E WHEELER & WILSON SEWINC MACHINE. For Sale on Easy Terms. NO. 914 CHESNUT STREET. 4 mws PHILADELPHIA. OOOD8 FOR THE LADIES. EDWIN HALL & CO., No. 23 SOUTH SECOlfD STREET. STBIPB AND PL AID SILKS. SOLID COLOR SILKS. JAPANESE SILKS. SILK POPLIN KTT8. BLACK SILKS OF THB BEST GRADES. BLACK SILKS at S1'37X. Slo, IT5 and 2. BLACK AND COLORED SATINS. ORGANDIES AND LAWNS. ORGANDY LAWN ROBES. PERCALE ROBES. RICH 8TTLBS GRENADINES. POPULAR STYLES OP MIXED GOODS FOR SUITS, from ss cent a yard op. ALL OP WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT THE LOW- EST CASH PRICES. lt EDWIN HALL & CO., No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, Inviw Attention to their Stock of BLACK IRON KARBQEtt. 8-4 and 8 4 SILK AND WOOl'i HBRNANIS. LLAMA LACE JACKETS; BLACK LACE POlNxS, PAISLEY SHAWLS. NEW STRIPS ARABS. NEW SPRING 8HAWL8. 1L NEW PUBllQATIONa. A NEW NOVELL, FERNYHURST COURT, AN Jt VERY-DAY STORY, Br Ui author of "Bloat Edge," ia commenoed in tins' number of Good W o r d. . An Illnstratadf Monthly Mrgazine of LITERATURE, BOIEWCE, ART, AND TRAVEL. Now Ready. THE MAY PART, WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS. For aale by all Periodical Dealers. TERMS. Yearly aubaoription, fiTS. Slnile Number Si oenta. Liberal Clubbing Bate. Specimen number inauea, postage paia, to any address on recall of a, oenta. J. B. LIPPINOOTT A CO., Publishers, r9t Nos T18 and 717 M ARKET St., PhUada. 09 i SUMMER RESORTS. ATLANTIC HOUSE, Newport, Rhode Island. BOARD REDUCED. Tnla Hotel will be opened MAY 30, at S3 -SO per day lor transient boarders. Families may make special arrangement! by the week or season. WM. W. HAZARD, 4 11 mHp PROPRIETOR. THE FINE ARTS. HASELTINE'S GALLERIES, No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET. PAINTINGS. SEB AUCTION COLUMN. 11 10 rp WINES. QIESLER A CO. CHAMPAGNE. OAEES COLD LABEL AND DRY SILLERY, QUARTS AND PINTS, Jnat received and (or aale by . JOS. F. TOBIAS de CO., 4 18 lot Noa. 906 and sua 8. FRONT Street AT RUM. A SMALL INVOICE JUST RE- ceived by JOS. F. TOBIAS Oc CO., Noa. 6 and 308 8. FRONT Street. 4 86 Wt RACES. pOlNT IlRVKZi: l-Altl:. TUESDAY, MAY 3. MATCH I'iau. , Mile beats, best S In 6, to naraesa. Good, toy and traok. M. Goodln names i g . Barry IX R. P. Stetson najne U nu Gazelle. Admission, l. 80 St NEW GOLDEN MILLIKEN'S LINEN STORES, No. 828 ARCH STREET and No. 1128 CHESNUT STREET. NINE CASES MORE OF THESE CELEBRATED LINENS. JUST OPENED DIUECT FROM THE MANUFACTURERS. These GOLDEN FLAX LINENS are undoubtedly the best and cheapest Linens in the market. ALSO, 700 DOZ7N LADIES' HANDKERCHIEFS, TAPE BORDERS AND II KM. STITCHED, FROM 16 TO 50 CENTS. THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL QUALITIES AT BARGAIN PRICES. ALSO, 120 MKCES FLAX-COLORED CENTS. REGULAR J'HICE 50 CENTS. GREAT BARGAINS IN LINES SHEETINGS, TABLE LINENS, NAPKINS TOWELS, ETC. LINEN 8TAIR AND CARPET COVERINGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 2 OASES STAIR LINENS, SLIGHTLY WET ON THE VOYAGE OF 1MPOR' TAT ION, SELLING OFF AT A HEAVY GRAND INAUGURATION LOW ElOLlfi, GQilfiOfiV & GO. .AJFTE NOW Tlie wliole of tlieir fin ACIM IFICEIMT STOCK UmlSS GOODS, SILKS. ETC.. w w RepleK" with M the CHOICEST NOVELTIES oi this Reason, together with LARGE IN VOIt desirable goods pur chase in this market for Cash at ASTOHISitflNGtoy LW RATES. H.f C. & CO. concrtatV that It Is 0.? necessary to quote a few of their offerings, ov an Index of tnC orlcesat which this SUPERB STOCK wt'" be disposed of, .to insure an early call ZZandsome Double Width? CHene) Mohairs, 37 Cents. Double-fold Poulard Mohairs, 45 Cents. Double-fold Xeforwich Poplins, in the new lig-ht shades, 50 Cents. Dtoyle's Vard'Wide English Prints, 25 Cents. One case of the Finest Org-andies Imported, 40 Cents. Heal Scotch Cling hams, in all colors, 25 Cents. 2 cases of French Toulard Mo hairs, now being sold bv the piece for 65 Cents, will be of fered at 56 Cents. Duff Linens for Suits at 25 and 30 Cents, in the new shades. FLAX LINENS. LINEN LAWNS, FOR SUITS, AT .17' REDUCTION. OF PRICES. OJFJFJSRITVGJ- OF .XXandsome Cfee'he iron Htfegea for Hummer Suit at 30 cents. Chener XVXohairs for Suits at 25 Cents. Slack Xyons Oros Gr&tns' anl Drap de Lyon, of the besfmalr.es, from $1'5 O to 0800 per yard,' Chen Silks of the latest desfrni in the Paris market, and extra' quality. sold last Spring-at 9325 8250, Striped Silks from $150 to $200. Dlack Canvas Bareg-es, extra 8a perb Quality, 75 Cents. Do. do. all widths and qualities, up to $600. Walking- Suits, Lace Shawls, Lace Points, etc., all at the ZTDW RATES. i rawest i
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