4 Tlifl DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH riilLADfiLPHIA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1870. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON (SUNDAY HXOKPTBn), iTTHE EVENING TELKURM'H BUILDING, N:. J08 8. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2$, 1870. MR. DELANO'S REPORT. On our first page this aftornooa we print a full abstract of wbht is perhaps the most im portant public document which the country will be called upon to read during the en Euing month. So mnch of our national reve nue is derived at present from internal sources, and the system of internal ttaation is Buoh an anomaly in this country, that the operations of the Bureau from the head of which Mr. Delano recently retired are of paramount importance. Mr. Delano's last oflloial act as Commissioner of Internal Reve nue was the writing of, this report, and it consequently contains his parting recom mendations on the subject of our internal revenue. The recommendations made by the retiring Commissioner should receive the earnest attention of Congress and the country. He is opposed to any change whatever in the tax on spirits, believing that such changes will be of no benefit to the country. On the next question of importance, the taxation of tobaooo, Mr. Delano takes opposite ground, and favors a change that will make the burdens heaped upon tobacoo uniform. Among other points upon which ha dwells are the necessity for radical changes in our bonded warehouse sys tem, and a complete reviuion of the tax-bill which was hurried through Congress at the close of the last session, and which, as he clearly chows, is full of inconsistencies and mistakes. We commend ' the entire docu ment to the oareful attention of our reader-. THE REPORTED FRENCH VICTORY. Cable despatches announce that a gieat ba' tle is pending in France, aud that the French foroes have been victorious in the prelimi nary skirmishes. This news coaie3 from Tours, and as we have no confirmation of it from German sources, it should be received with caution. The reported battle m.iy tura out to bo an unimportant straggle bet .voeu a comparatively small body of Germans, sent out to feel the enemy, or it miy be that Von Moltke is at la it making a determined effort to gobble up Palatines' army.' The pressure of publio sentiment from Germany is strongly prompting the invading armies to speedily make an imposing demonstration of some kind, and as Paris cannot now be prudently assaulted, the next best thing is tj bag another French army. However glorious the capture of the French capital may be, it seems a lame and impotent conclusion to follow up the victories at Weis?enburg, Gravelotte, aDd Sedan with a wearying siege which involves the confession that hunger must be called in as a Germ in ally; and if, by' any chance, Troshu escapes the toils of the besiegers, and Faladincs overmatches the forces sent against hiss, there is a pjssibility that the Germans ti-iy yet be as auxioas to got out of Franco as they were to get into it. Sigas of German discontent and of diversity of sen timent among the German leaders are at last manifested. The interviewers report that Bismarok oomplains bitterly of Von Moltke's determination to trust to famine for the re daction of Paris, and of the course ef Ger man politics, whioh is creating a mere half hearted confederation instead of a firmly united Fatherland. If the arm of the victors can be weakened by these strifes at a moment when the French, rising from the depths of despair, are creating effective armies from raw reoruits, the tide of battlo may yet tarn, and the ownership of Alsace and Lorraine still be involved in doubt. A despatch received just as we go to press with our early edition discredits the reported French victory, and states that the French forces were repulsed at several points. CVMM1NG8 ON THE WAR TATH. Majob-Genebal Alexakdeb CuaiiiiNGs, in bis paper this morning, waxes indignant over certain allusions which we made on Saturday to the military title of our Chief of Police, ex-Brigadier General, &o., St. Clair A. Mul holland. We are willing to admit, for the sake of argument at least, that the war record of General Mulholland is wholly unim peachable, but how about the war record of Lieutenant-General Cummings? This is a subject in which the publio is really in terested, and it affords material for numerous spicy editorials in the columns of the sheet which Colonel Cummings is now engaged in publishing. While General Mulholland was righting for his country, com mon report has it that Captain Cummings was up to his arm-pits among the greenbacks of the Treasury, and that the capital used for starting the daily sheet which he now edits was obtained from various con tracts, in which straw hats, linen trowsers, and red herring figure with considerable prominence. Indeed, the war record of Colonel Cummings appears to be largely made up of such items as tstraw hats, linen trowsers, and red herring, and we have yettoleira that be appeared near the front with any wea pons in his bands. It is true that he was the oolonel of a cavalry regiment, and theaeby hangs a tale. Most civilians whj know nothing of the art of war were content to be attached to infantry regiments, but nothing but the cavalry would do for the valiant Cnmmicgs, for the very suuliient reason that purchases of steeds to bear, the arave delete rs of their country were to be raado aud vith proper management the profits in the shape of commissions anl other perquisite uld be made to mount up to hupoMir.f fir res. When the regiment was , fully organized and mounted Colonel Cum- ' mings, if we remember rightly, did not ac company it to the field of glory, probably because he was afraid to risk his pre cions neck by mounting any one of Vh broken-down hacks with whioh he halpro vided his regiment, but being wise in his day and generation, he'remained at home to interest himself in fresh contracts. It U not well for those who live in glass houses to throw stones, and when the bold Cummings undertakes to talk about the military records of other people he should remember that he has one of his own that it would bo interest ing to have ventilated. If Genoral Cum mings desires us to inform the publio exactly what he did for his country during the war hejhas only to say so, and we will undertake to give some of the more important item of his war record in detail. What we have said above is enough for one d;y, but we may re turn to the subject again, in case Major General Cummings declines to do so, as is one that presents plenty of excellent material for a series of articles that will bo of consider able interest to our readers. THE KINO OF ITALY AND THE ROPE. The Pope not being able to keep the King of Italy out of Rome by the aid of temporal weapons, has resorted to some of the great guns of his spiritual armory, and has pro nounced against him and all his aiders aud abettors the major excommunication. The King, we believe, has been excammunicated several times before, but has managed to bear up pretty well under the infliction, and was not deterred from annexing the Papal terri tory to his dominions. The last thunderbolt of the Church seems to have disturbed 'his equanimity somewhat, however, and he has given vent to his irritated feelings in a rather foolish manner by suppressing several newspapers that published the Pope's bull. Victor Emanuel could do much better than this by fighting the Pope with his own wea pons, for while he will gain but little credit in attempting to bridle the press, he could scarcely fail to make an impression of a most decided character upon -the Pope and his counsello rs if he were to encourage a num ber of anti-papal preachers to hold popular religious services under the very shadow of the Vatican. In the old times, when excom munication really meant something, even such obstinate king as John of England could be brought to terms by the stoppage of all religious services and by the personal odium that attached even to royalty when it fell under the ban of the Church. King John had the disposition to fight the Pope to the last, and he had many able supporters, but when all religious ordinances ceased throughout his kingdom, he had the nation as well as the Church against him, and he was obliged to succumb. In like manner other potent monarchs were brought to terms and com pelled to acknowledge themselves vassels of the See of Rome, but things have changed since those days, and it is difficult to imagine what the practical effect of the excommuni cation of the King of Italy and his sup porters ought to be according to the ideas that prevail in the Vatican. According to precedent it ought to pue a stop to all reli gious services of the Catholic Church through out Italy, but it can scarcely be imigined that the Pope would porpetrate such a piece of folly as this when the King is, or ought to be, able to command a weapon of equal potency. Whatever the effect of the excom munication may be, however, it gives the King more than a reasonable excuse for re sorting to a measure that will excito tho greatest alarm in the Papal councils, for it will strike at the very root of the supremacy of the Roman Church. There are now in Italy many liberal eeclesiastios men of the Father Hyacinthe stamp, who, while they are scarcely prepared to acknowledge themselves Protestants, are bitterly opposed to tho policy that refuses to acknowl edge the civilization of the ago, and who would, under proper encouragement, readily undertake to preach and pray in the streets of Rome, or in improvised meeting-houses, and there are thousauds of non-ecclesiastics who would eagerly engage in the same work. The King, therefore, could organize an ef ficient spiritual opposition to the Pope with out calling in the aid of any outsiders; and if be were to place himself at the head of a great religious reform movement, as did Henry VIII of England, the Pope's bull of excommunication would not only beoome a dead letter, but it would be turned into an efficient weapon against him who issued it. THE EASTERN QUESTION. Tee Eastern question remains unsettled, and it is still an unsolved problem whether the Russian demands will provoke a war. Eng land has been placed in a peouliar, if not a ridiculous, position by the precipitate action of Granville, and the anomalies of the British constitution have been illustrated in a remark able manner. Nobody but a bull-headed British Cabinet Minister would have ventured to send off a belligerent despatch to a foreign nation without consulting either his ministerial colleagues or his sovereign. Gran ville was in honor bound to do both, and by his cavalier behavior he has outraged at once his associates and mild Queen Vio. While she is willing to be treated as a mere figure-head in all ordinary matters, she can illy brook the idea of being totally ignored in affairs which may in volve an expensive foreign war. As matrimonial ties alto new closely connect the royal houses of England, Prussia, and Russia, the maternal instincts as well as the Queenly pride of the British sovereign have been shocked, and we do not wonder at her reported declaration that bhe "would not hear of war under any circumstances." This disposition of the Queen, combined with the ill-feeling generated among the dominant English politicians by Granville's precipitate action, greatly diminish the probabilities of a war between Russia and England. If there is any fighting to be done the Turks will have to bear the brunt of it, with a slight chance of help from Austria; but as Boon as this fact becomes clearly apparent, we presume that a J peaceful solution of the question will be ound in a tacit, if not a formal, abrogation of the provisions of the treaty of which are most obnoxious to Russia. STATUES OF PIULADEL PHI A N3 IN THE PARK. A movement has been inaugurated for plac ing in the park the statures of the late Samuel V. Merrick and Matthew W. Baldwin, two citizens of Philadelphia who were for many years well-known for their publio spirit and for their devotion to the industrial interests of the city. This idea is an excellent one, and it is to be hoped that it will be carried out and extended so as to include the effigies of other distinguished Philadelphians who have done honor to the city. Both here and in New York propositions have been made, and in some instances put into execution, for the embellishment of our parks with the busts and statues of Shakespeare, Schil ler, Goethe, Humboldt, and other distin guished men who are the world's herons. Our German fellow-citizens, who naturaHy feel a special interest in the three last-named worthies, are entitled to the credit for this, while the native Americans have done little or nothing towards embellishing our parks with effigies in bronze and marble of the men whose greatness was distinctively Amerioan. We do not wish to disparage in the least the p'ans that have been arranged for erecting memorials of Sohiller, Hum boldt, and other great men whose works be long to no age or country, but it would cer tainly be much more appropriate to com mence the work of ornamenting our park with statues in honor of the emi nent citizens who during their lifetime were especially identified with Philadelphia iqterests. Mr. Merrick and Mr. Baldwin, during long lives of usefulness, in which only the magnitude of the enterprises in which they were engaged made them, in the common acceptation of the term, publio men, performed a great work in building up industries which have made Philadelphia famous, which have furnished employment to thousands of working men, and which are largely identi fied with the most important elements of the city's prosperity. Without making themselves prominent in publio affairs, or seeking to control political offices, they were publio spi rited in the best senses of tho term, and they were in every way more valaable members of the community than many of the dabblers in politics who, because thoir names are con stantly kept boforo the publio, are presumed to be our representative publio men. The erection of statues of Messrs. Merrick and Baldwin will set a good example, and it ought to lead to the embellishment of the park by memorials of other eminent Philadelphians. On this account we hope that the idea sug gested will be carried out. At-SAC and Lokrainb, which are demanded by Germany from France, as a rectlilcaslonof the fron tier, comprise the following departments, the area, population and laad revenue of each of which are also given: tWINQ MACHINE. A Hafr Upper Rhine Lower Ktilne Menrthe Mcuse Moselle Vots A Tea. (Ari.) .1,138,000 .1,020,000 , 1,522.000 .1,607,000 .1,342.0111) . 1,520,000 Pop. (tSil.) 677,000 510,000 429,001) 805,000 44 J, 000 415,0011 (1S51.) $2,870,001) 2,150,00'J 2,350,000 8,355,000 S.SOT.OOU 1,85:1,001) Total 8,108,000 2,098,000 $13,510,000 The whole of France 134,000,000 3T,500,009 $210,000,000 These six departments comprise, therefore, about six per cent, of tho surface, seven per cent, of the population, and seven per cent, of the land revenue of die whole of France, and, calculating the laud revenue at 33 years' purchase at three per cent., the capitalized value of Alsace and Lorraine may be put down at $450,000, Quo. NOTICES. Overcoats, Ovekcoats, ovkkcoats, ovekl'oats, OVKKC0AT8, OVEltCOATS. ' Men's Wintek Melton Ovkkcoats, all wool, FOK EiflUT Dollars, $$; $?, Eight Dollars. A good servieealle article selling much below their valve. ... 1 Bennett A Co.. u' ) No. 518 Market street. Fifth and Sixth No. 47. EurnoNK. All who want the elegant EiTiioKK-soi.o-STor, resonant ase, MaaonA Ilamlln Cabinet Organ, No. 47, for Christmas presents, will please leave their orders with Oould & Fischer, No. S23 chesnut street, at once. The demand is great and supply short. Call and hear them. A. Barlow, No. 45 South Second street, in order to reduce his Immense stock ef Furniture, wul offer great Inducements for the next thirty days. Nickel Plating does not rust, will net corrode, and is admirably adapted for cemetery lota, for rail ings, chains, and plates. See advertisement of Atmore's Mince Meat on F.lghth Page. FOR SALE. FOR SALE, THE WASHINGTON BUILDING, 1HIRD BELOW WALNUT, to feet front by 180 feet deep to Binjuara's Ceirt, CONSTRUCTED FOR OFFICES, BUr Adapted for Manufac turing Purposes, OR FOR AN .Ai'tifcmii JOuilclingf. 11 It 8w TO RENT. rpO RENT TUB STORE NO. V12 UUESNOT Street. ApplJ on the premises between 10 and IS o'clock A. M. SlTtf TO LET. FROM JANUARY 1, 1971 Five-story Store. No. 420 MARKET Street. piily to LEWIS T. BROWN, No. Me MARSHALL Street. 11 25 4t BOARDING. WHEELER & WILSON SmVlIVU MACHINE, For Bale on Earn Termt. HO. 814 CHESNUT STREET. mwit PHILADELPHIA. OLOTHINQi GREAT Bargains In WiDter Overcoats. BargniDS In Winter Business Coats. Bargains In Winter Waistcoats. Bargains in Winter Pantalojns. 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 cheap suits are tho object of your desires. We can fit you out like a prince, If you desire what will cost you more money. We are fully prepared for the winter, to do things up BROWN To the entire fatlsfactlon of our customers ' And the public generally, Our Custom Department is In full biast dully turning out vast quantities of the moBt Beautiful Clothes. Our HALL Was never better stocked than now, With every desirable description Of Fashionably made garments Of Finest material, Of Choicest style, , At Lowest .Trice. Come to 603 and 605 CHESNUT Street, And see our stock cf Boys' Suits, Men's Snlts, Coach men's Coats, Dress Coats, Evening Coats, Wedding Coats, Sunday Coats, Busi ness Coats, Home Fuits, Street Suits, Waiting Suits, Beautiful Salts Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest. 1 ' 1 flOl GIRARD STREET, BETWEKN KLE 1 1 1 veuth and Twelfth and Chesnut and Mar ket streets. Vacancies for Families and Single (lea tlemen. Also, a suit of rooms on the second floor, furnished or unfurnished, with urgt-clasi board. Also, table board. 10 iltf aitEAT BROWN HAM-, 803 and G05 CHESNUT STREET. HINDER THE - n u 1 Li. PHILADELPHIA: PA. Overcoats. Pants. Suits Military Uniforms Naval. IVXercbant Tailoring1 AND Heady-made Clothing. FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING, Combining Style, Durability, and Excellence of Workmanship. JONES' One- ! 1 i c o ESTABLISH M E N T, No. 604 MARKET STREET. CEO. W. NIEMANN. Eandsome Garments made to order at the short est notice. 10 8 tfrp VE8TON & BROTHER, TAILORS, S. W. Cornsr NINTH and ABCH Sts., PHILADELPHIA. A fall assort mert of ne most approved styles for FALL AND WINTER WEAK, JUST RECEIVED. ' A SUPERIOR GAJiMENT AT A REASONABLE PRICE. 9 14 3mrp DREXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIRD STREET, Aiurlcan and Foreign Hankers, DRAWS EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND PRIN CIPAL CITIES OF EUROPE. DEALERS IN Government and Railroad Securities, Vn-rt l, Winthrop CQ.,Drptel, Barjet Co., . fo. is Wajl fcireet, .. i.3 tio. a Ruo Scribe, Kew Vort. : I . Farla. BLACK SILKS. 8oon after the commencement of the war the entire ttock of Black Silks in Lyons was sold to English and American buyers to remove them from danger. Dhia etock comprised all qualities more bad than good goods made to feel heavy, but, though sightly, composed of poor material, which will affoct the wear and beauty of the silk. Large quantities are in this country and are being sold extensively. We, with onr old connections and knowledge of the best manufacturers, have been able to supply ourselves with the VERY BEST MAKES KNOWN and TRIED for Twenty Years, and offer thorn 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. 5 AL,. We take pleasure in calling attention to one case of these beautiful goods, in tfll tho new dark shades, which we shall open on Monday, November 14. 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 an early inspection. We may remark that while there is a probability of a super abundance in common textures this soaaon, of really new and choice French goods the market will soon be bare. KOMER, COLLADAY & CO., 1412 AND 1414 CHESNUT STKEET. JEWELRY ETC. HOLIDAY GOODS. J. E. CALDWELL & CO., No. 902 CHESNUT Street, Now oiler their entire importation of EUROPEAN NOVELTIES For the Holidays. These Goods, freshly arrived from LONDON, PARI8, VIENNA. and ROME, many of them en tirely new to this city, have been expressly made for their retail sales, In every form of Ornament and Use that Art and Taste can devise, In ICromr. marble. Crystal, lorce lain, (aold, Silver. JLeatlier, Ivor j. Tortoise Shell, ETC. Em, And are now ready for the Inspection of all who will favor with a visit their Marble Store, No. 02 CHESNUT St. J&S. E. CALDWELL & CO. 11 S3 tf4p FURS. runs ! jues ! fues j The undersigned respectfully Informs his friends and the publio In general, as he is about giving up buslr ess, that he will c1ob out his entire stock of VANCY FUKS at greatly reduced prices, such as the best Siberian 6qulrrel8eta from... fSOOtofS-oo Astracjan sou from 6 00 to 9 00 Ermine seta from S 00 to 8 00 Best Roval Erniine sets from 16-00 t 25 00 Mink Sable sets from la oo to 80 00 Hudson liav feable sets from 40 00 to 75-00 Russian Sable sets f com 75 00 upwards aud every description of Forsat Reduced t rices. I'ersous deuixoiu of purchasing will do well by call ing at JOHN DAVIS', No. 51 NOltTII (SECOND STREET. 11 SS wfmlinrp ' Above Mirket. GLASS AND QUEENSW ARE. Gay's China Palace, No. IOI2 CHESNUT Street, Wishing to reduce stock, are offering the'r goods at the following unpreeedentedly low prices White T rencti China Dining Sets, ir0 pieces. . .f.to-oo " " " " " 1H " ... 81-5!) " " " Tea " 44 ... TOO tt u ' 40 " ... 8 00 " u " Cups and Saucers, 12 pieces, cups with handles l-oo Stone China Dining (lets, 96 plsces 9 so Stone China Tea Sets (cups with handles), 41 f pieces 3-sj Stone China Tea Sets (cups with bundled) 40 plecen 4-00 Stone Chamber Sets a s t " " ' Cups and Saucers, per set, 19 piece.- 6') " " Dining Plates, per dozen i on Table Tumblers, per dozen 59 Table Goblets 75 Glass Tea Sets (4 articles) -75 Bohemian Cologne Sets, 8 bottles and puu box 90 Bohemian 1 lquor Sets, 6 glasses, waiter and bottle 91) An endless variety of Fancy Ooods, suitable for Holiday Fiesents, at an lmmensd reduction from former prices. Goods to go out of the city will be packed and de livered to transportation cilice frte or charge, and itnured against breakage to destination. Show Room open till 9 o'clock at night. 11 Stisniwloirp UPHOLS TERY GOODS, ETO. 1870. Airru mw. 1870. STEVENSON SCHWEMMER. Rich Eroche - Figured Cotelines j FOR PARLORS AND RECEPl'ION ROOMS. HEAVY TAMBOURED LA.0E3 TO CORRESPOND. Why are their puces over twenty per cent, lower thau elsewhere for the same Goous? tint Because they buy for CASH and reolve heavy discounts. '1 ht Be they transfer to purchasers. Stcund tielng practical aud experienced la al blanches of the DECORATING and UPHOLSTaKy business, they save by persoual attention and super vision st least til'teeu per ceut. In their exnu4es, of which their customers itiall also have the full beneht. This ruakfs a total of teuty one per cent, save'! I j tvry cuntomr placing orders In their charge, U sides haviDsr tfic.lr worn executed tu tho Uuest iLULUur and wUu the utmost tk'bp.ucii. 1H CHFKNUT HTUEET, 11J.') lc i wfUitutp
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