4 rilE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870. vetting Mctjrapli PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON (SUNDAYS BICEPTBD), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, No. 108 8. TniRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Trice in three cent per copy (double sheet), Or eighteen cent per roeek, payable to the carrier by Whom served. The subscription price by mail is Nine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar anl Fifty Centi for heo months, invariably in advance for the time ordered, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1870. TEE D71NQ AGONIES OF A FREE TRADER. A leading editorial in the leading organ of the free-traders, the New York Evening Post, of yesterday, demands that a new at tempt shall be made to inflict on the nation another four years term of David A. Wells. This faithless official, while pretending to act as Special Commissioner of Revenue, has suppressed and manipulated American statis tics in a manner so pleasing to the supporters of British interests that they naturally desire Lis retention in office, and cherish the hope that by the continuance of his misrepresenta tions the American people will at last be persuaded to restore the industrial dominance of their grasping rivals. No man in the United States has labored so zealously and so unscrupulously to destroy the manu factures of this country, to restrict American energy to agriculture and commerce, and to create a few merchant prinoes on the thraldom of a countless host of impoverished farmers. His retention of office up to this time is a wrong only partially atoned for by the fact that on the 30th of the present month bis position expires by limita tion and by the general understanding that after that period he will have a full commis sion to serve in a private capacity the foreign Interests which he has been endeavoring to promote under the mask of an Amerisan official. For practical purposes, we might as well aocept a scion of Queen Victoria as our Fresident as permit a man of Wells' stamp to act as Commissioner of Revenue, and this fact is now being so well recognized at Wash ington, that while Congress has failed or refused to provide for the extension or re creation of the office in question, the Presi dent, according to the story told by the Post, has fully concurred in the wisdom of this policy, or, in other words, has told Mr. Wells in polite but emphatic language that he re joiced in the approaching opportunity to dis pense with bis services. With any ordinary individual these stinging rebukes would end the chapter, but the Post, acting in the interest of Wells, insists that the office shall be extended by Congress, and that the re sponsibility shall be thrust upon the Fresi dent of refusing to reappoint the pet of the free-traders. It even goes so far as to threaten dire vengeance on the administration on account of the attitude it has assumed towards its faithless subordi nate. There is a special fitness in the resort to this British bluster to accomplish the ob ject in view. It needs no prophet to foretell that General Grant is not the man to be bullied by it, but the record of Wells' treach ery would scarcely have been complete if the tactics of his foreign masters had not been resorted to, as a last desperate expedient, to insure his retention in office. If we are to have a political war about free trade and pro tection, we could not wish a better issue than that which the Post proposes to raise. The people abhor treachery in all its forms, and nothing is more repulsive to them than treachery like that committed by Mr. Wells. TEE CENSUS. In another column we publish a commu nication from a well-known citizen protest ing in very indignant terms against the in quisitorial queries that the oensus-takers are authorized to make. The ob j ec tion that every body has to answering questions about pri vate family and business matters is an occa sion of difficulty every time a census is ordered to be taken. A majority even of the most intelligent men and women in the coun try are unable to understand what possible use such information can be to anybody; and even when the full importance of the census is understood, there are few who are willing to answer freely and unreservedly all the questions that are propounded. This repugnance . is perfectly natural, and Congress in passing a census law Should endeavor to make the queries as little objectionable as possible; and it is especially important that the census-takers shall be polite and good-humored, and endeavor to obtain the information they require without giving offense. The present census is designed to be much fuller than any ever taken before, and many of the questions are well calculated to create considerable irritation. The communication to which we refer undoubtedly expresses the feelings of a great many pewons; bat it Should be taken iato consideration that the census is only taken once iu ten years, that the details are carefully kept from the publio, and that the aggregate information . obtained is really of the greatest value not only to statesmen, business men, and others who have occasion to consult statistics, but in a thousand different ways to all clashes of society. It is only by means of a careful census that we can gain any accurate knowledge of the increase of the population, the relative importance of the great business interest of the country, and a multitude of Other things that contribute to the prosperity of the nation. Every citizen in a free country like this has a direot interest in making the census returns as complete and accurate as possible; and although it may be disagreeable to reply to some of the queries propounded, it should be remembered that the census is taken for a really wise and good purpose, and it is much better for individuals to submit to a alight inconvenience than to vitiate the correctness of the returns by ref using to ftuswer. oc by answering incorrectly. No proper comparison can be made between tlie census and the inoorue tax law. By the latter every citizen is compelled to make a detailed statement of his most private busi ness affairs, with the knowledge that there is nothing to prevent the publio from being made acquainted with his exact financial status. The income tax law courts publicity, and Congress has absolutely refused to order the returns to be kept from the curious, the plea being that the Government was thereby, in a measure at least, protected from fraud. With regard to the census, on the contrary, there is nothing to be gained by the publica tion of items, and the census-takers are accordingly especially instructed to keep private the information they obtain. It is of no consequence to the Government what the respective ages of Mr. Brown, Mr, Jones, er Mr. Robinson may be, how many children they may have, how much thoir per sonal or real estate may be valued at, how many operatives they may employ, or any other Buch matters, but the aggregate of such information is of real value, and the majority at least of the questions asked by the census takers are both wise and necessary. If the census were to be taken every year it might with propriety be considered a nuisance, but as it only annoys us once in a decade, it is the duty of good citizens to submit to the annoyance and to cheerfully aid the Govern ment officers in their difficult and unpleasant task. VfHITTEMORES LAST CRIME. General Butler has received a despatch from the notorious Whittemore, informing Congress that the cadet-peddler has been re elected by 8000 majority. We have already in these columns, alluded to the question soon to be raised in the House by the appearance of Mr. Whittemore to be qualified as a mem ber. If Mr. Whittemore was to be tried be fore a judicial tribunal for the offense of which he stands confessedly guilty, his punish ment would not only be fine, or imprison ment, or both, but an act of - Congress de clares that he must thenceforth be ineligible to any office of honor or profit under the Gov ernment. If Whittemore's guilt was a matter of doubt, Congress might hesitate to reject him on the face of an apparent endorsement of his constituents; but the proof of his guilt was so overwhelming that he made no de fense, and even admitted the sale of the ca detship and the receipt of the consideration, and escaped an almost unanimous expulsion by a cowardly resignation. Another question of grave moment may demand the attention of Congress in connec tion with the case of Mr. Whittemore. Con gress has assumed to decide eleotions in South Carolina against the verdict of the ballot boxes, and without the stereotyped pretext of fraudulent voting or dishonest returns. It is not questioned that the qualified votes, honestly polled and as honestly computed and certified, defeated Messrs. Hoge and Wal lace, now sitting as members from the Third and Fourth districts of that State. They were admitted because it was proven, or alleged to be proven, that more than enough of legal voters were intimidated from voting for lloge and Wallace to have elected them. By this bold assumption of power over the management of local elections, Congress ad mitted two Republicans from South Carolina, against whom popular majorities of about 4000 each were .given. If Congress can thus supervise the mere political machinery of elections, a feature that presents itself in Whittemore's re-election demands its careful scrutiny. We have before referred to the corrupt ring of adventurers that now rules South Carolina, and has made Republicanism a term of reproach with every honest citizen of that State. After Whittemore was driven from the House, he demanded from his fellow plunderers a re-election to vindioate himself. Governor Scott had but to take the stand demanded by every consideration of official and personal integrity, and Whittemore would have been driven from South Carolina as he was from Washington. But he could not strike at the disgraced Congressman without striking at himself. Congress has decided that either laws or individual action calculated to intimidate legal voters vitiates a majority, if employed in furtherance of that majority. Will it now inquire into the laws and aots of offloials of South Carolina, by which the defeat of Whitte more was rendered impossible, regardless of the vote cast by the people ? If the Repub licans in Congress do not vindicate the name of the Republican party from complicity with the systematic corruption and lawlessness of the banded thieves in South Carolina and other Southern States, Republicanism will become a hissing reproach both North and South, and the better elements of the nation will accept any form of opposition to over throw the adventurers who cloak the most shameless wrongs under the shadow of the Republican party. Let Congress meet this question now with a promptness and determination that will demonstrate to the nation that it can have no sympathy or fellowship with the political highwaymen who are now roaming through official channels in the South, in the name of Republicanism; and the Republican! in the North, and the Republicans in the South, will be saved from the defeat that must inevitably follow open disgrace. Let Whittemore be met at the thre&hhold and sent back, because he left a criminal, and returns doubly criminal by the frauds he employed to effect his pretended re-election, and honesty in the South will take courage and bring forth good fruits, and Republicanism everywhere will be vindicated from complicity with the vampires who have so basely prostituted Republican power in the Southern States. "Tdk Episcopal Registbb." Messrs. Mc Calla & Btavely, Nos. 237-9 Dock street, have commenced the publication of a new reli gious weekly Journal with the above title. It will be devoted to the advancement of the inte rests of the Episcopal Church and to the accu rate and careful narrative of the current events In the Church's history. One of Us prominent features will be a weekly selection from the leading; editorials of the other Church papers, so that its readers will he informed upon the various views that are entertained with regard to matters of Interest. The Register will be evangelical in its tone by which we understand that It will Incllae to the Low Church side of Episcopal polities but It will not be a party paper, and it will consider itself free to criticize all sides. The Register is a handsome sheet, and the initial number is filled with interesting original and selected matter relating to the religious topics of the day. The subscription price is 13 per annum. 6EWINQ MACHINES. WHEELER & WILSON SEWING MACHINE, For Sale on Easy Terms. NO. 9 14 CIIESNUT STREET. 4 mw PHILADELPHIA, SPECIAL. NOTICES. far additional Sptetal AoKeMM th Imid Fuo. ggf 818 and 820 CIIESNUT ST. WHITE VESTS. JOHN WANAMAKER. fs-B - TEINWAY & SONS' GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. CHARLES BLASIUS, 60LR AGENT FOR TEX SALK OF THK WORLD-RENOWNED PIANOS, AT THE OLD WAREROOMS, 4 I5tf4p No. 1006 CHESNTJT STREET. jgy- N O T I C E. THE ATTENTION OF the charitable publio ii called to the Ladies' Straw berry Festival and Instrumental Musio, to be held at CONCERT HALL, on the Evening of June 14, for the benefit of the Bedford Street Mission. Through the press the ptople have been aoquainted with the desperate misery, squalor, and sickness that reign in theee dark abodes of evil. A band of noble men and women have been noise lessly at work for some time among them, giving of their time, means, and strength to reduoe these elements of wretchedness into order and deoency. In consequence of the prevailing fever and other causes the funds of the Mission are at present inadequate to meet its wants, and the ladies appeal to the friends of the suffering, in all de nominations, to aid them by the purchase of tiokets, or donations of sugar, flowers, cake, or money to be used at the Festival. Tickets $1. to be had of GEORGE MILLI KEN, No. 1123 OUESNUT Street; at the Book Rooms, No. 1018 ARCH Street ; or of any of the Managers, or at the Hall on the evening of the Festival, where any dona t ions will also be thankfully received. 6 6 8t 1 CENTENARY FAIR AND FESTIVAL. The ladies of the CHURCH OK THK MESSIAH hold a Fair sad Festival, at the Lecture-room of their Church, LOCUST Street, below Broad, for the beneht of the Murray Fund, opening on TUESDAY EVENING, June 7, at 6 o'clock, and continuing from 8 to 10 o'clock P. M., on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8th, 9th, and 10th in stants. A great variety of faney and useful articles will be offered for sale, with an abundance of BXRAWBERRIKS. ICE CREAM, AND OTHER REFRESHMENTS. , Season tickets, 25 cents. Single tiokets, 10 cents. 6 4 6t f- FLORAL FESTIVAL, FAIR, AND PROMENADE CONCERT, at HORTICUL TURAL HALL, WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY and FRIDAY AFTERNOONS and EVENINGS, June 8,8, and 10, by the Ladies of Beth-Eden Church. First Regi ment Band eveiy evening. Tickets, 8a oents. Season Tickets, 60 cents. For sale at B. C. Bbinn'a Drag Store, S. W. corner Broad and Spruce streets and at the Hall. 6 3 tit Bfif STRAWBERRY AND FLORAL FE8TI VAL of the LADIES' AID SOCIETY connected with the ZION P. K. CHURCH, at Athletic Hall, THIR TEENTH Street, above JeUersoa, on FRIDAY EVEN. I NO, June 10. Tiokets 60 cents. For sale at the door. M nsio in attendance. 8 8 8t VST ARTISTS' FUND GALLERIES (Opposite U.S. Mint). SHERIDAN'S BIDE., with a collection of Paintings by T. BUCHANAN READ, and other American Artists, from private Galleries. LAST FOUR DAYS OF THE EXHIBITION. The Poem recited at 13 M. and 4 and P. M., by MR. J. B. ROBERTS Admission 85 cents Open from 9 A. M. to 10 P. M. SSrit THE UNION FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA Manufacture and sell the Improved, Portable Fire Extinguisher. Always Reliable. D. T. GAGE, C 80 tf No. 113 MARKET St, General Agent. jg- HARPER'S nAIR DYE-TOE ONLY harmless and reliable Dye known. This splendid Hair Dye is perfect. Changes red, ruatv, or gray hair, whiskers, or moustache instantly to a glossy black or natural brown, without injuring the hair or staining the skin, leaving the hair soft and beautiful. Only 60 cente fora Urge box. OALLKNDKR, THIRD and WALNUT; JOHNSON, HOLLOW AY OOWDKN. No. 602 AROH Btreet;TRENWITH,No. 614 CHKSNUT Street; YAR NELL. IKTEJCNTH and MARKET Streets; BROWN, FIFTH and CHKSNUT Sts ; and all Druggists. 1 31 tf 4p BIROS. A FINE LOT OF SINGING CANARIES, BULLFINCHES, EUROPEAN BLACKBIRDS, THRUSHES, STABLINGS, ETC. 5 No. 144 North SIXTH Street, j Odd Fellows' Hail. For sale, an Imported Italian Hound, Maltese Cats, Carrier, Pouter, aud Tumbler Pigeons. i No. 144 North SIXTH Street. Odd Fellows' Hall. A fresh lot of TALKING PARROTS. OO0KATOO8, COCK ATILLAS. PARKOWUKTfl, MINA BIRDS, Ete.a en hand ana for sale. I no. lfi ifortn HUTU street. l ( 4 raw4tr Wda Fellows' Hall. LOST. LOST A POCKET-BOOK CONTAINING A small anas of money, a draft, twe checks, and other papers of no nae to any but iue owner, payaieat of same Laving been stopped. Suitable reward given by returning to otfcce of the 1'Ueman Dewourat," No. tU and 614 UHKaaVT 8lttt. If OL.OTMINO. GTOr THE CAR! LET BID OUT! Z DAY! "Wr. Conductor, stop the car this minuter "lie at the corner In a minute, sir I" "No matter, I don t want to go to the corner 1 I want to atop right here!" "Whnfs the matter with the manT" Matter? Why matter enough, air! Dint yon pel I cant afford to go past the GREAT BKOVVN HALL, with such a notice as that staring me In the face." "What notice?" "Why, dont you see? Read It 1 A NICE WOOLLEN SUIT FOR TEN DOLLARS!" "Whoa I Whoa I Let's go and see It t" And the conductor and all the passengers get out at ROCK DILL & WILSON'S, and every man of them buys a TEN DOLLAR SUIT, and they all subscribe to make up ten dollars for a suit for the driver. After which they drive off, crying as they go, "HURRAH FOR THE. TEN DOLLAR SUITS OF BLUE AIVT GREEN KID GLOVES, 603 and 605 CHESNTJT STREET. VESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, 8 W. Corner NINTH and AECH 8U. PHILADELPHIA. A full assortment of the most approved styles for BFRINQ AND SUMMER WEAR, NOW IN STORE, A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. ' 4 1 smrp OARPETINQS, ETO. REMNANTS. REMNANTS. REMNANTS. We offer for Hotels, Sea side or Country Cottages, cheap REMNANTS CARPETING, any length, from one to twenty yards, suitable for small rooms or Bedside Rugs, at low prices. ALSO, OIL CLOTH REMNANTS, MATTINGS. At less than gold cost of importation, fresh, newly made, just landed. R. L KNIGHT & SON, 1222 CHE8NUT STREET, It PHILADELPHIA OIL CLOTHS, A Zi Zi J? JE I O E FROM SO Cents to $200. R. L. KNIGHT & SON, No. 1222 CHE8NUT Street, It PHILADELPHIA. PLATED WARE. J. E. CALDWELL & CO., JEWELLERS, No. 902 CHESNUT Street, Call attention to their very complete and regularly maintained stock of ELEGANT PLATED WARES , fBOM TBM Gorham Manufacturing Company, Whose productions are universally admitted to have Introduced a hlghei style ef ART than baa hitherto been found In such manufactures. They nave a very full line of COFFEE AND TEA SERVICES, DINNER AND DESSERT SERVICES, TUREENS, GAME DISHES, VEGETABLE DISHES PITCHERS, WAITERS, GOBLETS, CUPS, CAKE BASKETS, ETC. ETC NEW, USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PIECES DE SIGNED FOR FRUITS AND FLOWERS. t Complete Table Outfits In plain practical designs and matching throughout At Fixed l'rlcett. commending: tbem to closest buyers, a I wfmtfrp ; ' p L A T E I O O 1 H. REMOVAL OF A. n. UOtiERS From No. 804 Obeenut street to No. 63'A MARKET Street, First Floor, Where we shall be bappv to our old customers of the trade. Constantly on baud Rogers Brothers' and Merida Britannia Uo.'s rutM ware 01 au oeeunuuona. to lax OIOARS. -" QMOKE C U M P E R T'S "Three IIrother" Clears, 9 MABUrAOTUBKO AT No. 1311 CllliSItlTT Street, 4lfaw8uur Rest to U. & Kurt. CO Ul o ml o Q 2 z Ul u o JV8T LANDED, Bine Kid Gloves, Embroidered bscks. ireen " " .... lirnu Parasols opened within a few dars. Psmnnls, 60 cents to SS 60 each, lim Children's Paroeola at a jnb price. MX) Kane tans 10 cents to Ssb each. Linen Fans, 10 oents. Linen Fans, 10 oents. All tbe new styles Fans-tine Fans. KM dozen reajnlar-msde Hose, 84 cents. Hosiery enaranlopd cheaper tban the cheap.. 5(HI vards Humour Edgings, (tood styles, cheap. 1000 Ijioe dollars, 20 oents to 3 bl each B A. HU A INS 150 doren Silk Kid Finish Oloves, 44 oents. 60) " LiMe Thread Gloves, 15 cents. ISO " " " " Uo. : I pair, 45 cents. 0M " Lisle Buff and White O loves. Sec., usually sold at 60 cents. , . I.aretit stock of Oloves la the market. Corsets, WW.; Corsets, $1; Cornets. 1M; Oonwte, Ilia Piques, Piques, Piques, best 60o. Piques oflered. Piques, 19, 81, 5, II, 88, 44, 60, 63o. up. I1I GLOVES. "Joseph" "I Belle" JouTln" "Bartley" Blue Kid Oloves. Kid Cloves. Kid Oloves, Kid Cloves, Kid Cloves, Ureea - " 91, $115, l'4i, $1-85, all colors " " Largest Stock Largeot Sales Greatest variety In P hiladelphia-oi our own Importation K V R R Y PAIR GUARANTEED. If they rip or tear, another pair given in exchange. 4 a wstfrp & J. B. BARTHOLOMEW. No. 23 NOllTII EIGHTH STREET, m r c pi 5 o r O Pi CD SPECIAL NOTICE. J. (VI. HAFLEIGH, Nos. 1012 and 1014 CIIESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Important Sale, commencing Monday, June G, I870t TRIOR TO MAKING EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS IN HIS STORE, WILL BELL HIS ENTIRE STOCK OF Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Embroideries, Linens, White Goods, Hosiery and Gloves, j&jt a. Great Reduction in Xiices. Stock must be sold before July 1. Goods reduced to one half former prices. IOOO Ladies' Suits at SIO'OO. TO RENT, FOUR SPACIOUS ROOMS. Also, STORE ROOM, 20 by 160, and BASEMENT, 45 by 230 feet. 44t R, COLLADAY & GO. HAVE MARKED DOWN THE PRICES Of a large line of handsome fabrics suitable for Walking Suits, etc., and are now offering them at ONE HALF THE PRICE OR LESS Than previously sold at this season. tO-CLOSE-OUT THE STOCK.' 1600 yards beautiful French Chenc Mohairs, reduced from 75 cents to 25 cents. IOOO yards Gay Plaids for Children at 22c. Tea Rose Poplins, double Width, 28 cents, and an immense variety of other desirable styles equally cheap. 6 i smwfit PUBLISHED THIS DAY; I. THE SEAT OF EMPIRE. 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With 14 illustrations by DuMaurier aud tbe Au. thor. 12-uo. This volume completes the Illustrated Library Edition of Thackeray's Novels, In six handsome volumes, uniform with tbe Illustrated Library Edi tions of IMckens, Scott, and tieerge Eliot. For sale by all Booksellers. Sent postpaid on re- AAint- t nHcA k tht PntilikiiiMra VCLI VI fSW HOTELS. U FIELDS, OSGOOD A CO., BOSTON. OCEAN HOUSE, CATE MAY, N. J. This favorite TIR8T.CLASS FAMILY HOTEL, with additional home-like comforts and attractions, will be reopened on JUNE 18. Terms, 131-00 per week. Application to be made to LYCETT & SAWYER, 1 SOt'sp . Cape May, New Jersey. COLONNADE HOTEL. FIFTEENTH AND CHESNTJT UTS., KNTIHELY HEW AND HANDSOMELY FUR NIH KU is now ready for permanent or transient tveeta FINANOIAUs JJ n E X G L & c o No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET. American aud Foreign BANKERS, ISSUE DRAFTS AND CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT available on presentation in any part of Europe. 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