THE DAILt EVENINO TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1870. teninrj -fS&tltgwjrti PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON (SUNDAYS BZCBPTED), AT THE EVENING TELEQRA.nl BUILDING, NO. 108 8. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Price tt three cents per copy (double sheet), or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom served. The subscription price by mail is Hine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents for two months, invariably in advance for the tims ordered. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1870. sT The earliest regular edition of The Evening Telegbath goes to press at lj o'olock, and the subsequent regular editions at 2$, 3, and 4. Whenever there is im portant news of the progress of the Euro pean war, extra editions will be issued after this hour, and before the regular time for the early edition. THE FATE OF FRANCE. The cup of humiliation and disaster offered to unhappy France seems to be not yet filled. All her losses and sufferings have not forced her authorities to seriously consider the necessity for making peaoe, while they fail lamentably in their efforts to wage effective war. In view of reoent events the question becomes more pertinent than ever whether the Provisional Government possesses the confidence of the country. If it does not, the continued failure of its efforts to hold in check the invaders, or to invigorate the attempts to resist the all-conquering Germans, can be easily explained. The necessity of exacting obedience to the laws which exists in time of peaoe is fearfully intensified by the onerous demands of war. We can readily imagine what would have been the result of our own conflict if tha right of Lincoln's administration to govern the nation had not been generally acknow ledged in the North; and if loyal States and cities had felt free to obey or disobey, as they pleased, laws and orders issued at Wash ington. France is in a large degree in this chaotic condition to-day. The members of the dif ferent parties by which she is divided all feel that no official or proper test of their strength or their respective right to govern has been nude, and they know that, although the em pire has fallen, a republic has not yet been established. Half a dozen men have assumed supreme power, having no better claim to it than the approval of a Parisian mob, which was made partially goo i for the time by the inability of rival aspirants to command to openly contest these pretensions; and this Government is, as might jastly hive been anticipated from the outset, laboring under the great disadvantage of inability to exercise authoritative command over the population and resources of France. Gene rals are doing pretty much as they please, soldiers fight after their own fashion, and local authorities reserve the right to exercise their private judgment. In such a state of things effective defense against a victorious army of three-quarters of a million, which moves on its deadly errand with the precision of a machine, is a sheer impossibility, and it is a mere question of time when the Prussians will take whatever they may think worth having. The best remedy for this chaos is the elec tion of members of a Constituent Assembly. It is high time that the voice of the whole French people should be heard, and that they should be permitted to become, as far as pos sible, the arbiters of their own destiny. If the war is to go on, such a body would infuse into the conflict a degree of vigor which can never be derived from the edicts of unautho rized rulers, while if peaoe is to be sought, the immediate representatives of the people could.best decide what terms are admissible. It is a curious feature of the cable news that while the Paris Government is said to be opposed to an election, the Prussians insist that if an armistice is granted an election must be held. Can it be that it is the mission of Germany to not only destroy the French empire, but to give the French people lessons in tine republicanism? WE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The committee of Councils having the su perintendence of the erection of the House of Correction visited the proposed site of this much needed municipal institution yester day, and selected the spot upon which the buildings are to be erected. As the differ ence between the competing contractors has now been definitely settled by a legal deci sion, there ought to be no further delay in putting up the necessary structures for the House of Correction. It is acknowledged on all sides that this insti tution is an impera tive neoessity, and after all the disoussion that has taken plaoe on the sabjeot it is cer tainly high time that something definite was done to make it an established fact. The County Prison and the Almshouse are both crowded to overflowing with outcasts of both sexes who do not pro perly belong there, but who cannot be cared for in a suitable manner until they are lodged in a House of Correction and obliged to do Borne honest labor for the food they oat and the clothing fhey wear. Independently of those who are thus direotly thrown upon the publio, our streets are swarming with pau pers, and it is utterly imp ossible to institute any measures for their benefit or for the pro tection of the publio from them until a House of Correction is built and in operation. It Is not creditable to a great and wealthy city like this that such a long delay should have occurred in putting into practical execution the idea of a House of Correction, but now that the first definite gjeps haje been, taken, and tha project seems to be in a fair way to be carried out ia a pro per manner, we hope sincerely that the mem bers of Councils, and all others who are in a position to exert a direct influence in the progress of the work, will endeavor to have it pushed forward as rapidly as possible. REVISION OF THE CIVIL CODE OF PENNSYLVANIA. A commission has been engaged for several years in this State in the arduous and im portant task of condensing and revising all the public aots and statutes relating to tha civil oode of Pennsylvania. It has also exer cised the power of stating not merely what the laws are, but what, in their judgment, they should be, and as a final report of the results of these labors is to be made at the next ses sion of the Legislature, the people of the State may soon and suddenly be subjected to a civil oode radically different in some important respects from that by which they are now governed. The commis sion consisted of Hon. David Derrickson, of Meadville, William II. Hall, of Bedford, and Wayne McVeigh, of West Chester, but the last-named gentleman has merely figured as an ornamental member of the commission, and he seems to have drawn a salary by virtue of his relationship to Senator Cameron rather than as a reward for actual service. A com mittee, composed of three members of the Senate and three members of the lower branch of the Legislature of 1870, was appointed at the last session to exam ine the labors of the working members of the Code Commission, and to report at the next session, so that the whole subject will soon come up for consideration. As changes have been made in the system of taxation, the forms of legal proceedings, and in the num ber of judges in some districts, the people are apparently on the point of having a substantially new system of laws imposed upon them. As a large proportion of the men sent to the Legis lature are totally incompetent to judge of the merits or demerits of the proposed innovations, and as neither the Code Com missioners nor tho legislative committees appointed possess in ns complete a degree as is desirable the confidence of the Common wealth, it is to be hoped that judges and in telligent members of the bar, in various sec tions of the State, will revise the work of the reviser?, and if it is found objectionable or defective make known the results of their investigations. It is highly desirable that the innumerable laws which lumber the statute-books should be condensed and codified, and it iqay be useful to change them in many respects, yet there U obvious dan ger in permitting a few appointees to remodel the entire civil code of tho Com monwealth, and little dependence can be placed upon either the ability or the disposi tion of the Legislature to espy errors or to act as careful guardians of the publio interest. The most prudent course will probably be to publish the report of the commissioners after it is finished and revised in 1871, and post pone final action until the session of 1872. The people should have ample notice of the character of the proposed changes in the laws, and of the fact that the men they nomi nate and elect as members of the Legislature are to act on such an important subject. Our despatches from Washington state that the President was very much surprised at the publication of the correspondence between himself and ex-Secretary Cox, and that he proposes to give the publio a statement of his side of the case that will place his conduct in a more favorable light than it is at present. As the matter now stands the President is certainly not in a very enviable position be fore the country, and if he really has any good reasons for his recent conduot the sooner he lets the publio know what they are the better it will be for hia reputa tion. We very much fear, however, that the President will find it impossible to present such a version of the why and wherefore of Mr. Cox's exit from the Cabinet as' will be satisfactory to the right-minded men of the country, and unless he can make a really satisfactory defense the best thing he can do is to say nothing, for a lame defense will only have the effect of intensifying the dis gust of those who look upon his acceptance of Mr. Cox's resignation as a shameful sur render to some of the most corrupt influences that disgrace our national politics. Henry Bcmm, Esq., was yesterday nomi nated by the Republican caucus of Select Council for a member of the Board of Trus tees of the Philadelphia Gas Works. As this nomination is equivalent to an election, the citizens of Philadelphia are to be congratu lated upon having a gentleman of Mr. Bumm's character and standing upon the Board of Trustees of the Gas Works. Mr. Bumm filled the post of City Treasurer for several terms with eminent ability, and to the satisfaction of all classes of citizens. He is an earnest Republican, and neither upon personal nor political grounds could the cau cus have made a better choice. Tee, name of Washington College, over which Robert E. Lee formerly presided, has been changed to Washington-Lee University, and G. W. C. Lee, second son of the late President, has been elected as the successor of his father. The trustees of this institu tion are evidently determined to lavish honors upon the military leader of the Re bellion; and while the addition to the name of the college is perhaps fitting in view of their special purposes, it would be shockingly inappropriate if they were influenced by broad American motives. NOTICES. ' Boys' akd Chilbrbn's Clothing Department. Stwly fitted ftp, on first floor. CvnceuunU or LoAie-4. Large and i omplktb assobtmbkt. Call and examine. Half-way I Bennett k Co., Eituttu Fifth Tow nit HiH. ana sixth ois. J SiQ. i 8 M.4KKBT tiTKjfxr, CLOTHING. SUITS $10 SUITS $12 Do you wants Salt For the chilly Fall? r Whether thin or stout, O Or short or tall. We nt von well we nave it crimp Attn a Gieat Brown AA Hall. 3plv At the Great Brown Hall. $12 $15 GREAT BR0yN BALL. $10 $12 TflW PWtPFS OIK. FALL SUITS. FINK GOODS. fTOlU M.h PATTERNS. ftp l NEAT FITS. FASHIONABLE, CHOICE STYLES. fl 1 A NOBBY. SPLENDID CUT. 3 ' " CHEAP. $12 $15 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. SB8 'PHILADELPHIA: PA. n vj i u- O $l.r Heavy, Heavy, V $15 Heavy, Heavy E $ 15 All-wool, All-wool, R $15 All-wool, All-wool C $15 Melton, Melton, O $15 Melton, Melton A $15 Winter Overooats. T $15 Winter Overcoats. S $15 Winter Overcoats. These Coats are a very superior artiole, and we particularly desire the attention of the public to be called to them. FINIS READY-MADE CLOTHING, Combining Stjle, Durability, and Excellence of Workmanship. 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All descriptions of Sllrer-Plated Ware constantly on hand, suitable for WEDDING PRESENTS. Tea Sets aa Low as S20. N. E. Cor. NINTH and CHESNUT, 10 8 Btuth3m PHILADELPHIA. HOSIERY. ETO. QARTWRIGI1T & WARNER'S Merino Hosiery and Underwear, Just received, by steamer City of Brooklyn, 18 cases (900 dozens) of Cartwrlght & Warner's cele brated make of MERINO GOODS, embracing every description of Men s, Ladles', Boys' and Misses' wear. COOK & BROTHER, Importers and Retailers ofllo siery Goods, No. 53 North EIGHTH Street. 9 IB Bta Sm PHILADELPHIA, OLOTH8, OASSIMERE8, ETO. KEIM & BIDDLE, CLOTH HOUSE, ft, W. Corner SECOND and MARKET Streets. Clotbs, Doeskins, Cassimeres, Vesting s, Overcoatings, Fancy Coatings, Velveteens, Corduroys. ILEUM & BIDDLE, , W. Corner SECOND and MARKET Streets, 10 1 BtutlTO4p PHILADELPHIA. FOR 8AL.Il. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR 2 a i City Property, one of the finest FARMS the country. R. J. DOBBINS, Lediier Building. 8 18 tbstu tf TO RENT. po RENT THE STORE NO. 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SHOEMAKER & CO.'S, No. I0M CHESNUT Street. N. B We are dally receiving new styles of In- farts' French Caps and Bonnets. 10 89 St ART EXHIBITION. ON FREE EXHIBITION AT CHAS. P. HASELTINEB GALLERY, No. 1125 CHESNUT STREET, BRAUN'S FAMOUS PANORAMIC VIEWS Of Berlin, Potsdam. Charlottentmrg, Coblenta, HeldeU berg, Jena, Weimar, Erfurt, Ems. Baden-Baden, Weltfbaden, Brussels, Amsterdam, Waterloo, Liug Ypres, Kotteidam, Utrecht, eta. eta, A complete stt of the Berlin Museums, and interior views of ail the rooms lu the various royal palaces of Prussia. Part leu In r attention Is drawn to the faot that In a few dajs loo views ou tha Rhine and. Its fortiaca. tlons, as never before teen, will be exhibited. in