4 Tllfi DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH 1'lilLADELPHIA, F. tID AY, NOVEMBER 25, 1870. toting Mcgtapli f U BUSHED EVER T AFTERNOON (BUN DATS BXCRPTBD), &T THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, NO. 103 8. THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA.. Tfte Prioe U three cenlt per copy (double sheet), or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom nerved. The subscription price by mail is Nine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents for tu0 months, invariably in advance for Vie time ordered. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1370. FO REIGN 0 RA TIOX. An oflicial statement has recently been issued of the number and nationality of tho alien passengers (or immigrants) who arrived in the United States during the fifty-one years ending on September 30, 1370 Ih 1S20, the number of immigrants was only 838.", and it was not nntil 1828 that they exceeded 20,000. In 18114, more than 05,000 immigrants arrived on our shores, and it was not until 18l." that they exceeded one hundred thousand. In 1847 tho immigration suddenly increased to more than two hundred thousand per annum, the famine in Ireland driving an immense number of her citizens to our shores at a time when the Qerman immigration was unusually large. In lS.'.O the immigration ex ceeded "00,000 for the first time, and these numbers rapidly swelled to more than 400,000 in 18," t. It is a noticeable fact that this is the culminating point in tho history of foreign immigration, the number of arrivals falling from 427,833 in 1854 to 200,877 in 1855, and there being another Blight decrease in the subsequent year of 1850. The Know Nothing agitation was probably the main cause of this sudden check, as the newly arrived immigrants naturally sent home dole ful aocounts of the denunciations hurled against them, but the sudden diminution of the American demand for labor in construct ing railways may have also exerted a conside rable influence in arresting the tide that had been flowing in upon us so rapidly. In no one year since 1851 has immigration reached 400,000. During the first year of the war, 181,' it fell below 100,000 for the first time since 1844, and from this depression it did not again rally nntil 13G3, when it reached 170,282, this number increasing to 318,554 in IHUCt, and reaching in 18: the enormous aggregate of 385,287, or a higher number than had ever before been attained in any one year except 1854. During the three quarters of 1870 which ended Septem ber .".0, the totals reached 285,422, which figures indicate that the number of immi grants this year from every important quarter exoept Germany will be as great as in 1800. The aggregate of this entire immigration during the period named is 7,448,022, of whom 2,250,822 cane from Germany and 3,826,040 from the British isles. Of the lat ter 501,310 are from England. 1.40t,0:)O frona Ireland, 82,403 from Scotland, 12,213 from Wales, and 1,824,078 from "Great Britain, not specified," a large portion of whom are 'Irishmen, so that the immigration from the Emerald Isle has probably exceeded that from the Fatherland, although in late years they have closely kept pace, especially if we add 100,!8:$ reported as Prussians and 01,200 Swiss. The immigration from other quarters is comparatively unimportant, the largest aggregate being 271,185 from British America, which has already sent na in 1870 more immigrants than in any former year f4 0,034), and which paves the way for manifest destiny by sending her population into the United States with extraordinary rapidity. The Chinese immigration, which is the great modern bugbear, has amounted in the aggregate to 108,610, and it is remarkable that while it suddenly started, in 1354, with 13,100, it fell off in 1855 to 3520, and never again exceeded 10,000 per annum nntil 1308. In 1809, however, it swelled to 14,002, and during the first three quarters of 1870 it was 11,051. It appears from these statistics that public opinion in the United States, even when it is not embodied in our laws, exercises a power ful influence on immigration, as well as on purely domestio subjects. The stump speeches of our demagogues, the riotous demonstrations of our rowdies, and the various other manifestations of a spirit of hostility to men of foreign birth check immi gration even when they fail to influence the action of Congress. If we want immigrants we must give them a hospitable reception, and although they cannot all be frightened off by soare-crow agitators, their numbers can be very materially diminished by im posing ebullitions of hostility. In this connectioa, we give the following extract from a letter addressed to the recent convention at Indianapolis, by Jay Cooke, Esq., the eminent banker of this city: "Although for yean we have, aa a nation, de rived a large share of oar marvellous increase la numbers, wealth, and power from immigration, this vast interest has been singularly neglected by our National Oovernnient. While state authorities and private corporations have accomplished much, ex perience has shown that the Ueneral Government li the only power competent to do the really national work of fostering Immigration on aa adequate scale, and protecting each Immigrant, while In transit between the old home and the new. In addition to the Government's neglect of the Immi gration interest, It seems to me It wholly lack a bualut!8s-llke method of promoting the rapid set tlement of our public lands by our landless citizens, native and foreign born. Our liberal homestead and bounty laws are rendered inoperative through the failure to disseminate amoug the classes they are specially designed to bene tit that minute and full ioforinaUon without which the proffered gift of free laud has little value. For example, what farmer's son, what day laborer In an Eastern city, much leas what newly arrived emigrant knows where to Bnd desirable public lands or how to secure them when found. A simple aud inexpensive sys tem of furnishing this information to the landless masses by means of maps, plates, and printed docu ments, would quadruple the present rate of settle ment of our publio domain, give prosperous homes to thousands who are now poor and homeless, and add proportionately to our national growth aud wealtti. As some intimation of our views on certain point of the subject you have in hand, I may re mark that iu organizing the Immigration depart, nieut of the Northern Pcino Katl road, perhaps the most extensive movemeut of the kind vet undertaken, this com pauy amis. Orst, to select as its Immigration agents, at borne and abroad, only men of highest character; second, to permit no representation t hi m-ti bv tta authority which the facts will not fully warrit; third, to promote, as far as possible, Immigration by colonies, so that neighbors In Pathi-rland my In neighbors in the new Went; fourth, to exercise over Immigrants, from the tiine they leave one home until they reach another, whatever supervision their b Interests may require, aetdng to it that transporta jlon charges are the lowest obtainable; that ao-sorn modnttons on ships snd ears are comfortable; than their treatment is kind; fiHr proteorlin against companion and sounea of all sorw complete; tha; every dollar rf nnnecesnarv expenditure en route Is avoided, and the emigrant enabled to husband his scanty means for the work of starting a homestead. These matters of detail, though seem ingly unimportant, make just the difference be tween the content and discontent, the siccnss and failure of thousands who oomo among ns, strangers to our inngj.i?e or geogra phy and onr ways of life. The corporation for which 1 have taken the liberty to speak above in tend to complete the worn of caring for the immi grant who moves to the line of their road by furn Itdilng lands at such mod-rale prices and long credits that the poorest need net remain landless; by aiding all who prefer to aeenre homesteads fr-im trie (iovei nmcnt domain, bv transporting auttlers, their families, and goods, at reduced rates; by see ing to it that all the elements of a sound ntviltxation, Including educational, church, and mall facilities, Keep pace with the progress of the road and the growth of communities. Jay Cooks." PURCHASE OF FIRE APPARATUS. The passage of tha Faid Fire Department bill is now considered a certainty, and conse quently all the volunteer companies are ani mated with a desire to sell out their apparatus and other fixtures at the bent possible rates. So soon as the bill goes into operation an active competition will commence upon this point, and there is no doubt that the city will be urged to purchase engines and other pro perties at prices far beyond their real value. It therefore would be prudent as an avoid ance of the difficulty in the future, and to give the best satisfaction to all parties concerned, if it were known before the bill be comes a law what measures are to be taken for the purchase of property. The bill itself contains no definite provi sions upon this point, and the whole mat ter is left entirely in the hands of the com missioners, who will not, improbably, in the confusion incident to the organization of the paid department, be subjected to a pressure upon all sides from the old companies that may induce them to make some bargains not advantageous to the city. It is understood that a plan has been arranged for the leasing of the old fire apparatus for a term of two years, the city at the end of that time to have the option of purchasing or of returning it to the present owners. This arrangement, we are confident, will not work well, and it would be much better to purchase at once what is needed for the outfit of the new department. The proper method of proceeding would be to invite proposals from all who hi ve fire apparatus to sell, and then purchase of the lowest and best bidders. There is no necessity whatever for the city to take all the engines, hose carriages, and other fixtures now belonging to the volunteer companies, nor is it necessary to pay for the ornamental work with which many of them are decorated. There is no doubt that the companies owning highly decorated engines and hose carriages will endeavor to dispose of them at prices representing the cost, or more than the cost, of the perfectly useless work upon them, when equally efficient machines could be Had at much lower rates. There Is no reason why tho city should submit to this, and if a competition is opened for the actual number of machines needed, and no more, and it is clearly understood that purchases will be made where the best bargains can be obtained, the city will hnve some chance of getting the real value of its investment. In case any of the old engines and hose carriages are ob tained for the nse of the paid department, it would be well to strip them of all the ginger bread work with which thoy are now deco rated, and make them as plain and unat tractive in appearance as is possible. There would then be less temptation for a certain class of young men to run to fires, and the new department would be less liable to be afflicted with the nuisances that have de moralized the old one. 7 HE TAX RATE. The Finance Committee of Common Council on Wednesday reported an ordinance fixing the tax rate for 171 at $ 180 on the hundred, to which must be added the 0 cents on the hundred to provide funds for the erection of the new public buildings. That this tax rate will be totally insufficient every member of Councils knows from past experiences; but if there were any doubts on the subject, they ehould be removed by the array of figures presented by Mr. Hetzel, who clearly demon strated that even if every dollar of the tax were to be collected, and without taking into acoount the many extra appropriations that will inevitably be called for, but that cannot now be foreseen, there will be a de ficiency of $040,8 (5-01 at the end of the year. It is folly for Councils to pretend to manage the finances of the city in this man ner any longer, and the members will not be doing their duty to their individual constitu ents or to the city at large if they do not fix the rate at such a figure as will cover, with eco nomical management, the neoessary expenses of the municipal government. The present method of doing business has already caused an infinite amount of trouble and embarrass ment, but it has no outlook for the future but disgraceful bankruptcy. In faot, a total re form in our revenue matters is needed, and there is no reason why the whole expense of the city government should be borne by the Owners of real estate. There are millions of dollars worth of personal pro perty that is available for taxation, aud that ought to be taxed, and if the taxes were thus divided among a larger number of persons, it could easily be put at a lower figure even than the one now proposed. In adlition to this there is a source of revenue that ought to be available to this city that is not at present. All that is received from liquor dealers' licenses goes into the State treasury, while the city is obliged to support the paupers and criminals who are the results of the liquor traffic. Under these circumstances a portion at least of the special taxes paid by the liquor dealers rightfully belongs to the city rather than to the State, and an effort ahould be made to obtain it. If Councils, instead of timidly quibbling over the tax rate, would ! resolutely determine to effect a permanent revenue reform for the city, they oould do so undoubtedly, and in a short time plaoe ns in a creditable financial condition. In the meantime tho tax rate for 1871 must be fixed at once, and we sincerely hope that at the next meeting of Councils the matter will re ceive the attention it deserves, and that the members will resolutely determine to impose a tax sufficient to meet the necessities of the city government for the coming year. The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior appeared in some enterprising news papers yesterday, and as it is theoretically a document addressed to the President, em bracing the history of the transactions of the Interior np to the latest moment prior to the meeting of Congress, which does not take place until the first Monday in December, it appears decidedly ahead of time. Its publi cation involves a broach of faith in some quarter, as it is not courteous to give this precious document to the whole American people before it has been duly inspected by the high official parties who have the first right to a perusal. How it happened to come to light thus prematurely is not fully ex plained, but in some quarters the intimation is made that ex-Secretary Cox, who prepared it previous to his resignation, has had some share in the disclosure. If indeed he has veritably let the cat out of tho bag in this fashion, he has done more to disgrace himself than to mortify the administration, for private griefs or quarrels will never justify the vio lations of official confidence by an ex-Cabinet minister. It may turn out, however, that the whole affair hinges on a feat of newspaper enterprise, and that there has been no exhi bition of petty spite work after all. CotNciLMAN Nickels is a genius. Ilis ideas on the proposed Paid Fire Department are especially novel, and as weighty as novel. He has discovered that "dirty" means are at work to secure the passage of the ordinance creating a Paid Fire Department, the said "dirty" means consisting in the fact that the insurance companies are anxious to buy votes in its favor, and are willing to throw away at least $150,600 in this reckless and repre hensible manner. But, to show that he en tertains no ill-will towards the insurance companies for this insinuation against the incorruptibility of Councilmen, Mr. Niokels opposes a Paid Fire Department because the effect of such a system in New York city has been to lower the rates of insurance and thereby to drive a number of companies out of existence ! Insurance companies are a good thing in their way, but we scarcely think that the general publio will complain at the lowering of the rates of insurance. Per sons who own much real estate, especially, will not be apt to take a lowering of the rates to heart. Nor oro property-owners anxious to see a system perpetuated which keeps up the rates, and by so doing bolsters up weak companies. Henby Ward Beecheu's Woman Suffrage Association refuses to coalesce and combine with Theodore Tilton's Woman Suffrage Association. The Beecherites are not willing to be swamped among the Tilters. The antagonism, we are told, is based upon "a difference of principles and modes of work.' All the friends of the sixteenth amendment should rejoice at the determination of the Beecher people to keep themselves sepa rate and apart from the Tilton crowd. Rivalry is a good thing in every kind of business, and if there should be no rivalry among the female suffragists, there would be danger of a total collapse. Five of the leading volunteer fire compa nies of the city have already pronounoed in favor of the proposed paid system, and de clared their readiness to come under its regu lations. These are the United States Fire Company, the Diligent Engine Company, the Humane Fire Company, the Fairmount Steam Fire Engine Company, and the Spring Gar den Steam Fire Company. The abuses of the present system have at last beoonie so apparent that the respectable firemen, de spairing of a reform, are at least willing to acquiesce in a radical change. New Yoke charity had its hands full yes terday. In the various prisons, hospitals, asylums, and missions, there were some 10,5K) criminals, invalids, orphans, and vaga bonds who eat their Thanksgiving dinners at public expense. There are some points on which New York can justly lay claim to being a metropolitan city. Its depraved and de pendent classes are far more formidable in number than those of any other American city. A silver mine was recently discovered cn the property of a Mr. NavUun, at Corning, In New York. The State Geologist visited the place last week, and took away specimens for examination. NOTICES. OVKKC0AT8, Overcoats, ovkhcoats, ovkkcovts, ovkhcoats, ovekcoatd. Men's Winter Mki.ton Ovkhoats, ALL WOOL, you EW.UT IIOI.I.AirP, , 3, ElOHT DOLLARS. .1 yootl rvwettlle ai ti l telling mu t belete theii' value. ,j.i, h, ) Bennett A Co., Fifth and Sixth utrttta. ""'' :'" ..,. nviwi-u ii.ii No. CIS Market street. Closing Sale op Elegant Cabinet Fubnitcrk The stock of elegant furniture manufactured by John A. Henkela expressly for his Wareroom Bales will be sold on Mondav next, without reserve, at Nob. 1)01 and 1004 Arch street, comprising rosewood aid walnut drawing suits, centre, bouquet and con sole tables, etageres, caaineta, bookcases, muslo stands, hall and dining-room furniture, etc. Now arranged for examination with catalogues. No. 47. Ecphonk. All who wantjthe elegant ErriiOKE-BOLO-sTOP, resonant case, Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ, No. tT, for Christmas presents, will please leave their orders with Qocld a Fischer, No. MS Chesnut street, at once. The demand la great and supply short. Call and hear them. Mori beautiful than the first rajs of a summer's un rising from out the ocean are the articles as they emerge from the baths at the Star Nickel 1 Plating Works, No. 423 Walnut street. GROCERIES, ETO. New Crop Queen Olives, First of the season, Just receive, and for sate b.r the quart, gallon or cask. White Almeria Grapes In fine large clusters, at the lowest price by the yound or keg. cmrrnrc & xviaddocxz, Dealers and Importers la Fine Groceries, No. US S. Tlllltn Street, r 11 M tuf4p Below Chesnnt OLOTHINO. GREAT Hargalns In Winter Overcoats. Bargains In Winter Business Coats. Bargains In Winter Waistcoats. Bargains In Wlnier Fantalojus. Bargains in Winter Suits. From the lowest priced grades of goods to the most costly, we have every variety and style. We can sell cheaper than any other house, if oheap suits are the object of your desires. We can fit you out like a prince, if you desire what will cost you more money. We are fnlly prepared for the winter, to do things up BROWN To the entire satisfaction of onr customers And the publio generally, Onr Custom Department la In full biast daisy turning out vast quantities of the most Beautiful Clothes. Our HALL, Was never better stocked lhan now, With every desirable description Of FasMonably made garments Of Finest material, Of Choicest stjle, At Lowest Trice. Come to 603 and 605 CHESfiUT Street, And see our stock of Boys' Suits, Men's Suits, Coach men's Coats, Dress Coats, Evening Coats, Wedding Coats, Sunday Coats, Busi ness Coats, Home Eults, Street Suits, Walking Suits, Beautiful Suits Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest. GREAT BROWN HALT, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. Jlk:EST' JLSIlNOER THE nui Ck 'PHILADELPHIA; PA. lYZZZtXTARTT AND NAVAL unironivis Blade in Elegant Style. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Combining Style, Durability, and Excellence of Workmanship. JONES' O n e - I i' i c o ESTABLISHMENT, No. 604 MARKET STREET. GEO. V. N I EM A N N. Handsome Garments made to order at the abort eat notice. 10 3 tfrp WESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, S. W. Corner NINTH and ARCH St., PHILADELPHIA. A foil assortmeit of ne moat approved styles for FALL AND WINTER WEAR, JUST RECEIVED. A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. 913mrp TO RENT. JX RENT THE STORE NO. 724 CHESNUT Street ArplJ on the premises between 19 and 11 O'clock A. M. 8 ITU TO LET. FROM JANUARY 1. HTL. Five-stor Store. No. 4M MARKET Street. . i.i.ly to LEWiS T. BMWN, No. btH MARSHALL Street. 11 6 41 df7frf TO LOAN ON MORTGAGE. APPLY JhlUUU to LEWI H. RKDNRR, 11 ko U No. 731 WALNUT Kreet. BLACK SILKS. Boon after the commencement of the war the entire itock of Black Silks in Lyons was sold to English and American buyers to remove thorn from danger. This stock comprised all qnalitie more bad than good goods made to feel heavy, bat, though sightly, composed of poor material, which will affect the wear and beauty of the silk. Large quantities are in thia country and are being sold extensively. We, with onr old connections and knowledge of the best manufacturers, have been able to supply onrsolvcs with the VERY BEST MAKES KNOWN and TRIED for Twenty Years, and offer them to our customers at prices less than last year's, and less than we have reason to believe they will be after the present season. DRAP IMPERIAL. a We take pleasure in calling attention to ope cie of these beautiful goods, in all tho new dark shades, whioh we shall open on Monday, November It. Among the novelties in our importation of DRESS GOODS this season this fabric, for Walking Costume, has de servedly taken a high place in the estimation of our customers, and we would solicit au early inspection. We may remark that while there is a probability of a super abundance in common textures this season, of really new and choice French goo.ls the market will soon be bare. HOMER, COLLADAY $c CO., 1412 AND 1414 UPHOL8 TERY QOOD3, ETO. 1870. Ainu in:. 1870. STEVENSON & SCHWEMMER. Bich Broche Figured Cotelinei FOR PARLORS AND RECEPTION ROOMS. HEAVY TAMBOURED LACES TO CORRESPOND. Wby are their p Ices over twenty per cent, lower than elsewhere for the same Goods? t'imu-Because they buy for CASH ami receive heavy discounts. 1 hese they transfer to purchasers. Second Being practical and experienced in a 1 branches of the DECORATING and UPHOLSTERY business, they save by personal attention and super vision at least fifteen per cent. In their expenses, of which their customers shall also have the fall benefit. This makes a total of twenty-one per cent, saved by every customer placing orders in their charge, besides having their work executed la the finest manner and with the utmost despatch. V 111.1 CHESNUT STltEET. 10 13 wfm3m4p 111P FURNITURE. BUY YOUR FURNITURE or GOULD Ac CO., Ncs. 37 and 39 N. SECOND Street AND N. E. Corner NINTH and MARKET. LARGEST, CHEAPIST, AND BL3T STOCK iN THE WORLD. U 5 wf m3mrp rpHE CHEAT AMERICAN FURNITURE DEPOT, 1202 MARKET STREET. 1201 Examine our Immense stock, unsurpassed In va riety and elegance, befuie purchasing. WALNCT WORK A BfKClALTV. We sell 20 per cent, cheaper than auction prices, and will not te undersold l y any house. Fnll ftlarb'ti Top Walnut Suits IMto $wo Collage Suits 133 to ftf Parlor fcuiis In Plush. Terrr, Reps, and liatr Cioui; Chamber and Dining Room Bui's lu great variety, all at prices that Uiktauce competition. 10 -24 tuwirpJin THE VATICAN, No. 1010 CI1ESNTT STREET. Statuary, Bicnes, Clocks, Vases, Pedestals, and elegant articles of taste for the adornment of the parlor, dining-room, library, hall, and boudoir, and for bridal presents, purchased In Europe pre vious to the war at a great sacrifice, aud will now te sold, retail, at correspondingly low prices. We lu vita an inspection at our spacious store aud show rooms, np stairs. The price of all articles marked In plain figures. Ooods packed an shipped free of charge. 10 89 xenrp CHESNUT STREET. PIANOS. GEORGE STICK & CO.'S PIANOS. Grand, Square and Upright. ALSO, HAINES BROS.' PIANOS. Only place In Philadelphia for sale of Maton & Hamlin's "World-Renowned Cabinet Organs. For tale or rent, or to rent with view to purchase, and part of rental apfly. 9 10 tf UOIJl. Sc FISCIIBR. J. E. GOULD, No. 923 CHESNUT 8t. WJI. U. FISCHER, No. 1018 ARCH 8t. fi STEINWAY & SONS' Grand Square and Upright Pianos. Special attention Is called to their new l'atciit Upright IManoi, With Double Iron Frame, Patent ResonatorTTdbular Metal Frame Action, etc., which, are matchless la Tone and Touch, and unrivalled in durability. JllAKIJKIi 1IL.ASIITS, WAREROOMS, No. 100G CHESNUT 8TREET, 13 tfrp PHILADELPHIA. PINANOIAI-a DIIEXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET, American and Foreign flankers, DRAWS EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND PRIN CIPAL CITIES OF EUROPE. DEALERS IN Government and Railroad Securities, Drerel, Winthrop & Co.,:Drerel, Harjes A ' Co., No. 18 Wall street, No. Rue Scribe. New York. . I Parla. TOBAOCO. RED CLOUD NAVY TOBACCO. J. A. BLAKE & CO., SOLE MANUFACTURERS, ' No. 107 MARKET STREET. 11 11 fma Smrp PfllLADlLPEI A.
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