THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH rmMDELPJirA, THTJltSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1870.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1870.
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the North American, Inquirer, Ledger,
Press, Age, Record, and German Democrat,
of this city, and the leading journals of the
East, North, West and South; and hereafter
The Telegraph will be the only evening
paper published in this city in which the
afternoon despatches of the Associated
Press will appear.
THE FIRST SENATORIAL D18TRI0T.
It is a matter of very great importance thut a
sound llepublican fihou'd succeed to the
va?arcy created by the death of Mr. Watt,
for the Senate as it now stands ia a tie, and
the election to take place on Dooember 20th
will da! ermine whether the Republicans or
the Democrats shall have the majority. In
this eleotion is involved the choice of a
Speak r for the Senate, and consequently
the political oompltxion of the committees to
be appointed by him. As the new ap
portionment not only for State Senators
and Representatives but for Congressmen will
be made by the Legislature this winter, it is a
matter of the first importanoe that Republi
can influence should preponderate in the
committees, if the State is not to be gerry
mandered in such a manner as to give the
Democrats an advantage to which they are
not entitled. Besides this, there are a great
number of important Ctate and looal interests
at stake that ought to induoe the Republicans
of the First Senatorial district to select the
best man that can be obtained for their can
didate, and to put forth all their strength to
eleot him. The Democrat are fully alive to
the importance of the oocasion, and they
have oerlainly made a first-class nomination.
Their oandidate is one who commands the
respeot and esteem of the best men
of all parties, and if the Republicans expect
to defeat him they will be obliged to follow
the example of their opponents and make a
selection that will be certain to secure every
Republican vote. In spite of the interests at
Btake, it will be much better to have a Demo
crat who is known to be both able and honest
returned from the First Senatorial district
than some mere jobbing politician who
calls himself a Republican merely because he
thinks it will pay to do so, and who carries
his principles and his conscience in his
breeches pockets. Active exertions are now
being made by several of this class of men
to secure the Republican nomination, and if
either of them should do so a Democratic
victory may be considered a certainty. One
of the individuals, especially, who is work
ing very energetically for the Republi
can nomination, is as unfit a person
to have a voice and vote in the State Senate
as oould possibly be found within the limits
f the city of Philadelphia. lie U a politi
cal jobber of the very lowest class, and his
nomination will be a disgraoe to the Republi
can party, especially beside the one the
Demoorata have made. It is perfectly useless
to talk of party principles if such
men as the one alluded to are allowed to be
oome the representatives of Republicanism
in the most important publio offloes. We
have now mere than enough members of the
Legislature of his particular stripe, and it
is time that there waa a little more
honesty nd decency in both the
Senate and the House of Representative ven
if they can only be obtained by the election
of Demoorata. We do not care to make any
direot personal allusions at the present time,
bat we have said enough to indioate to the
men inside politics who we mean, and we
now give notice that if the individual in
question is nominated we will oppose him
from the start, and we will support the Demo,
oratio oandidate rather than a so-called Re
publican who would disgrace any politioal
party to which he might attach himself.
The Republican voters of the First Sena
torial district should remember that their
last chance of getting upon the Registry list
will be when the revision is made on next
Saturday aiterneon, and if , they are not
registered they should see to the matter at
onoe. The election for delegates to the Re
publican nominating convention will be held
on Tuesday next, and we earnestly exhort all
the Republican voters to attend and vote for
a man that will do credit to the party and
that can be elected in opposition to the
U?g o&QdidftU the DsmooraU Lav put up.
toning jlcgwplt
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VnilADELPIHA.
The Price U three cents per copy double ihe(),
or eightee n oent$ per to wfc, payable to the carrier
by oh,m terved. The tubscription price by mail
it A'ine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and
Fifty Centt for two monthn, invariably in
advance for the time ordered.
COLONEL ROBERT P. DECriERT.
Tns Democrat of the First Senatorial dis-
Irict have i o ?cn their appreciation of the
importnn-") jf the politioal struggle on the
2)th instant by nominating, with great
imauimity, one of their best men. Atl per
sonal aspirations and factional divisions have
been sunk by that party, and Colonel Robert
P. Dechert has been made their standard
bearer. He is a gallant soldier, and a gen
tleman of ability and culture, and
of blameless private character. He
entered the army as Sergeant-Major
of the 2!Uh Pennsylvania Regiment, under
Colonel John K. Murphy, on the 1st of
July, 1801, and shared the fortunes of our
gallant army until July 17, 18ti5,when the regi
ment was mustered out of theservioe. He parti
cipated in the campaign of General Banks
in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring
of 18(!i, and waa at Cedar Mountain,
second Bull Run, and all the battles
in front of Washington in the disastrous
campaign of Pope. He won especial distinc
tion for his gallantry at Antietam, Chancel
lorsville, and Gettysburg, and then was trans
ferred under Hooker to Chattanooga. He
became Assistant Adjutant-General on the
staff of General Slocum, and with him served
in. the memorable march to Atlanta,
and thence to the sea. He was at
intervals promoted lieutenant, captain,
major, and lieutenant-colonel for "gallantry
and other meritorious services," and after the
victory over rebellion was complete, Colonel
Dechert returned to his profession of the law
in his native city, lie is at present an
Assistant District Attorney under Mr.
Sbeppard, and by the courteous and faithful
discbarge of his duties, he has won the re
spect and confidence of the bar and of the
community generally. He is not a politician
by trade, and is free from "rings" and all
complications which would embarrass him as
a Senator.
Such is the nomination made by the Demo?
crats in the close Senatorial district whose
decision on the 20th instant is to decide
the political power of the Senate, and
it is an admonition to the Republicans
that they must "do likewise" if they
would wis. A Dcmocratio candidate
with a brilliant record as a soldier, and unob
jectionable either as to qualification or cha
racter, will demand the best candidate in the
Republican party to defeat him. No nominee
of any ring or faction can hope to
succeed against Colonel Deohert
and a united end earnest party
supporting him. Let the Republicans be up
and doing, for they have a task of no com
mon magnitude before them. They oan
carry the district, but it can be done only by
presenting a man who will dosorve the sup
port of the entire party.
The Eubopeah Steamship Line project has
assumed such a practical and promising shape
that we trust the proposed meeting of citi
zens at the Merchants' Exchange on Saturday
next will place its speedy suocess beyond all
doubt or peradventure. We understand that
four first-class steamships can be built here
for $5CO,000 each, or $2,000,000. Nearly
three-fourths of this sum can be raised on
$1,500,000 of bonds to be issued by the
steamship company, guaranteed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. That powerful
corporation has also agreed to subscribe
$400,000 to the capital stock, and all that
our citizens are expected or asked to do is to
take $300,000 of the stock of the steamship
company. Considering the importance of
the object to be achieved, there should be no
difficulty whatever in securing the compara
tively small subscription which is still re
quired. If our merchants, manufacturers,
real estate owners, and business men gene
rally, care a stiver forthelong-talked-of steam
ship line, they will, with the liberal assist
ance now offered, soon have its vessels plying
between Philadelphia and Europe.
A Radical Hueest. The Age laments that
"the principle of true representation is often
forgotten in these days of radical heresies,
when Mr. Senator Morton can openly decline
a foreign mission, because he thus prevents
the people of Indiana from electing a Sena
tor who will truly represent them. The very
reason," continues the Age, "that would, not
many years ago, have constrained an honor
able man to resign, now makes Senator Mor
ton withhold his resignation." We do not
remember to have read in the history of the
country, especially in that of the Democratic
party, that a United States Senator ever gave
up his seat before the expiration of his term
because the party opposed to that which
elected him gained control of the legislature
of his State in the meantime. If our Demo
cratic neighbor is anxious to see such a high
sense of political honor in Senatorial circles,
it should advise the resignation of Stockton
of New Jersey and Thurman of Ohio.
Thx Nxw Yoik Demockact have secured
control of the State Assembly. Mr. Horatio
N. Twombly was the only Repmblican eleoted
to that body from New York city; but when
Tweed, Sweeny & Co. discovered that, if he
were Buffered to take his seat, the Assembly
would be a tie, the county canvassers were
ordered to count him out, and count him out
they did. As the result, the lower house of
the Legislature will stand G5 Demoorata to G3
Republicans. This is a small margin for
Tammany Hull, but it will doubtless be found
to suffice.
If we are to . believe the late cable tele
grams the invincible Germans have reoently
achieved important victories in battles with
the French Army of the Loire, and at the
same time beaten back a number of sortie
parties who vainly endeavored to open a
pathway from beleaguered Paris, These
struggles indicate that the beginning of the
end draws near, and that the threatened star
vation of two millions of Frenchmen will
coon force the Provisional Government to
Uik a treaty.
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NATIONAL EDUCATION.
Tbi report reoently issued by the National
Commissioner of Eduoation presents a strik
ing and interesting view of the various
school systems of the United States. It is
gratifying to observe that, if the merits of the
respective plans is to be tested by the amount
of expenditure per head of the school popula
tion, Pennsylvania is nearly at the top of the
list, the liberality displays ! in onr Common
wealth being only exceeded by Nevada, Mas
sachusetts, California, and Conneotiout, and
as the high cost per head in Nevada and
California is evidently caused by sparseness
of population, Pennsylvania really stands third
among the States whioh can be fairly com
pared. We fear, however, that the aotual
condition of our schools, notwithstanding
their relative high rank, is soaroely up to the
point indicated by this financial comparison,
as Borne of the Western States make better
use of their eduoational appropriations than
Pennsylvania. Despite the great advances
in this Commonwealth during the last
decade, the failure of the Legislature to es
tablish a comprehensive system has bafllsd
many vigorous efforts for reform and improve
ment. If, on the other hand, we contrast the edu
oational condition of Pennsylvania with that
of the benighted Southern regions where
Democracy and slavery have heretofore
reigned, we have abundant cause for self
gratulation. Kentucky, the great citadel of
Democracy, spends seventy-three cents per
head on the schoel population, and North
Carolina spends forty-eight cents, against an
expenditure in this Commonwealth of $78C.
In nearly the whole South the cause of
popular eduoation is on trial, and its fate will
depend largely upon the result of the political
contests of the day, for the triumph of the
old slaveholding aristocracy of that region
will, in nine cases out of ten, be fatal to
liberal school appropriations. In the South,
as in many portions of the North, Demooracy
and ignorance are twin brothers, and it will
be the oonstant aim of a few highly eduoated
Democratic leaders to keep the masses
deeply enshrouded in ignorance.
NOTICES.
Yoc Cak Dot
Clothing
IiETTKR AND CllB ATER
OK
Efmneit Co.,
Towkr Hali,
No. CIS Makkkt Strert,
1HLF WAV BETWEEN FIFTH AND BIXTU STREETS,
TnAN ANVWOKKH Sl.SK.
Tukv Wnx Not bu
Undersold
Undkk
Any Cibcumstancxs.
It is well to get clear of a Cold the first week, but
it Is much safer to rid yourself or It the first forty
eight hours the proper remedy for the purpose
belDg Dr. Jayne's Expoctoraut. Sold by all
Druggists.
TnK Groveb & Baker Se wini Machine Company
are selling both their Elastlc-Stltch and Improved
Lock-Stitch Sewing Machines on very easy terms.
Having both stitches, the privilege of exchange la
offered if not Bulted with flrat choice, Office No. T30
Chesnat street.
No. 47. Ec phone. All who want .the elegant
EumoKK-soLO-STor, resonant case, Mason & Hamlin
Cabinet Organ, No. 4T, for Christmas presents, will
please leave their orders with Oould A Fisciikk,
No. 923 Chesnut street, at once. The demand is
great and supply short. Call and hear them.
NiCKKL-ri.ATiD Siatbs will be all the rage this
winter.
The Pabkinson Caramel Depot, No. 1409 Ches
nut street.
Sorg not by Bok'er.
The Emperor Nap
Was a terrible chap
To govern the "Beautiful Nation!"
Poor Paris he sold,
And out In the cold
Ee left all the rest of oreatlont
The belles and the beaux
Must wear their new clothes
Usgardleas of "modes it ParU,"
And Santa Clans, too I
Why I what will U do
For the bon-bom he once used to carry
But never despair,
For PARKINSON'S here t
tall on him often and toon!
Only lay down the pelf, 11 29 3trp
What he cau't make himself
He'll Import yon, express, by Balloon 1
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE.
NOW OPENING,
English Plated Wares,
Vienna Fancy Goods,
In Great Variety,
At Low Iiices.
BOBBINS, CLARK & BIDDLE,
No. I 124 CHESNUT Street,
It PBlLaDBL?HIA.
OROOERIE8, ETO.
ALMEEIA GRAPES
In the finest order, ta cents per pound, or t pounds
for $1-00.
Also, a large assortment or the finest quality of
Fruitf , Nuts, etc
E. BRADFORD CLARKE,
SUCCESSOR TO
SIMON COLTON A CLARKE,
B. W. Corner BROAD and WALNUT,
1 1 thstntf4p PHILADELPHIA.
OLOTHINQ.
ALL THE WAY FROM
BAFFIN'S BAY
As far as the
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA,
It la now generally admitted that there are
NO CLOTHES
Furnished for the use of mankind for every climate
and In all seasons, which are
HALF AO GOOD
As tae substantial and elegant garments made at
the
EREAT
REAT
BROWN
R O W N
The combination of every desirable feature in
these Clothes commends them to every male citizen
of whatsoever nationality or persuasion. If you
want good olothes.
CHEAP,
Come and look at the Winter Stock of
6HEAT BItOWN UALI,
603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET.
CHESTNUT ST,
HOTEL
PHILADELPHIA: PA.
$10 Overcoats,
$15 Overcoats
$20 Overcoat,
$25 Overcoats.
Our $15 Suits are more stylish and
better cut and trimmed than any of
fered elsewhere.
READY-MADE
CLOTHING,
Combining Style, Durability, and Excellence of
Workmanship.
JONES'
Ono-P rico
ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 604 MARKET STREET.
GEO. W. N I EM A N N.
Handsome Garments made to order at the short
est notice. io 8 tf rp
WESTON & BROTHER,
TAILORS,
S. W. Corner NINTH and AKCH Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA.
Afullassortmertof ne most approved styles for
FALL AND WINTER WEAR,
JU8T RECEIVED. .
A SUPERIOR GABMENT AT A REASONABLE
PRICE. SJSSinrp
TODOER8 fc WOt.TENHOLM'8 POCKET
IV Ktilvs, Kairchllds' Olebjuted Gold fens,
Pocket-books, etv In great varwi.y.
W.M. SI. tmKlSTY, Stationer,
11 22 tl 1 So. 121 S. TUUID at, UiliW CUciiJ'
IR ALL
uu ALL
OP
ROCKHILL & WILSON.
J(J ko 7)o
IfiWINQ MAOHINESi
II IS
"WHEELER & WILSON
BI3WINU MACHINE,
For Bale on Eary Term:
NO. 914 OUESNUT STREET.
I mw4 PHILADELPHIA.
JEWELRY ETO.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
J. E. CALDWELL & CO.,
No. 002 CHESNUT Street,
Now offer their entire Importation of
EUROPEAN NOVELTIES
For the Holidays.
These Goods, freshly arrived from LONDON,
IAKI8, 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 oan devise, In
Rrontfi fflarble. Crystal, lorce
lain, Cold, Silver. leather,
lTory, Tortoise Shell,
etc. Era,
And are now ready for the inspection of all who
will favor with a visit their
Marble Store,
No. 902 CHE8NUT Gt.
M. E. CALDWELL & CO.
11 !2tf4p
PIANOS.
GEORGE STICK & COS
PIANOS,
tirand, Square and Upright.
AI.80,
HAINES BKOS.' PIANOS.
Only place In Philadelphia for sale of
Kaion & Hamlin's World-Eenownen
Cabinet Organs. -
For naif or rent, or to rent with vieu to purcha, and
part of rental apply. 9 ia tf
OOIJSuO Ac risciiF.it.
J. E. GOULD, No. 923 CHESNUT St.
VM. G. FISCHER, No. 1018 ARC II St.
STEINWAY & SONS' tf
Grand Square and Upright Pianos.
Special attention la called to their new
1'afeut lljrle;lit Pianos,
With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tubnlar
Metal Frutne Action, etc., which are matohleag In
Tone and Touch, and unrivalled in durability.
WAKEROOMS,
No. 1006 CHESNUT STREET,
13 tfrp PHILADELPHIA.
PLATED WARE.
S I 00,000 WORTH
OF
SILVElt-PL AT E D WARE,
FOB
GWstmas aii ffeiiis Presents.
The Largest, Varied and Most Elegant
Stock ever offered in this Country.
MEAD & ROBBINS,
N. E. Cor. NINTH and CHESNUT,
! S BtuthSm PHILADELPHIA.
CLOTHS, OA68IMERE8, ETO.
KEIM & BIDDLE,
CLOTH IIOTJteE,
If, W. Corner SECOND and
KlAllUUT Streets.
Cloths, lOrercoatlnss,
IoekIn?, Fancy Coating,
Causlnieres, Telreteens,
Yetlus, '.Corduroys.
ILEUM & 23ZDDXJ2f .
. VT. Corner SECOND ao.d MARKET Streets,
10 1 itnth2'n4p PHILADELPHIA
DREXEL & CO.,"
No. 34 SOUTH TJJIUD STREET,
American and Foreign Hankers,
DRAWS EXCHANGE ON LONDON AND PRIN
CIPAL CITIES OV EUROPE.
DEALERS IN
Government and Railroad Sdcuritiea,
Drtxel, W'inthrop t Co., Drexel, Barjea t Co.,
DRY QOODS.
LYONS BLACK GILEC
VELVETS
28 INCIT, FftOM 10 TO 18,
32-INCIT, FROM IC TO 29.
Black Velvets for Trimming.
JOIIN W. THOMAS,
405 and 407 N. SECOND St.,
14 BtnthlpSnt PHILADELPHIA.
BLACK SILKS,
AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT NOW
OPEN AT THE LOWEST TRICES.
PERKINS & CO.,
9 South NINTH Street
II tuths3m4p
PHILADELPHIA.
GEORGE D. WiSHAfV,
No. 7 Horth EIGHTH Street,
Ii now prepared to offer one of the largest and beat
selected stocks of
Dre?s. Goods
To be found In the city, and will be sold at the
LOWEST CASH PRIOE3.
NEW GOODS OPENING DAILY.
Eighth Street Emporium for
Slack Silks! Black Silks!
BLACK TAFFETA.
KLAl'K (JWOS UKalf. hfayy, tl'JW, 11 TO, .
1SLACK. OltOS OltAiN, wldo. $4
BLACK OKOS UKALN.IlOh, Sa-86, Jfi9. t-T5, 13.
18 60. 14, 4 BO, 5. 1
A sriUSDID ASSORTMENT OP IRISH POPL1N3.
For Bargains call at
UEORGB D. WISIIAM'S
ONE PRICE STORE,
9 n ths No. T North EIGHTH Street.
Onr Motto Small IoMa otul Quick Sale.
1 S Y o.
fc6-A.t Tliornle,y9
EVER SINCE 1853
We have been on
Spring Garden Street
And In ail the years of the past we have kept steadily
iu tich me miuruat oi our customers in lu
furulslilag
mem
Good Goods at Low Prices.
We hare now a splendid stock of
Paisley hawls,
Sroche Shawls,
Blanket Shawls,
Superb Black Bilks,
Rich Fashionable Dress Goods,
Hid Gloves, Hdltfs., SLirts, Etc.
Onr stock Is very largo and splendidly assorted,
and we have put every article down to the very
lowest possible point.
JOSEPH H. TH0RBXETS
Centrally Located Dry Goods Esta
blishment NORTHEAST CORNER OP
EIGHTH aad SPRING GARDES SU,
1 1 tbstn PHILADELPHIA.
1012
CHESNUT STREET.
1012
Great Closing Out Sale,
COMMENCING MONDAY, NOV. 23,
J. EI. HAFLEIGH'S
ENTIRE STOCK OP
I R, Y Gr o o r
EMBRACING
Silks, Drew Uoodi,
Lluens, Uoalerj-,
CiloTew, Wblte Goods,
Iwiceat and Embroideries,
ALSO,
Ladies' Suits, Sacques and Shawls,
WILL BE SOLD
"Witlioixt Reserve,
AT GREAT SACRIFICE
FUK CASH,
To Close up his Present Business.
11 89 6trp
2?7 SOUTH S T K'K E T .VELVETEENS.
) I Black Velveteens, bl? bargains, Wo. to I'i'SO.
hcarlt Velveteens, splendid quality, cheap,
lilue Velveteens, all shades, very cheap,
ft row n Velveteens, all shades, from Auction.
Ureen Velveteens, and all other shades the ladlea
may desire, for making up or trimming.
MAKKLAND'S, No. 83T SOUTH Street.
LADIES' HATS. I HAVE BOUGHTAT
Zt) ' . recent auction sales, so cases ladies' Hats,
which we will oflVr you a bargain.
li IthgmHt MAKKLANU S. Krt MT SOUTH t.
rtM7 -BAKOAINS IN SASU IUU BUNS, ALL
colors, iust received from New York auction
yalea. No. 887 SOUTH Street.
);ir SILK VELVETS, ALL SHADES, CUT TO
.) suit our customers, ut low prices.
PLAIN WALL PAPERS
THAT OAN BE WASHED.
JOHN H. LONGSTRCTH,
ho. 12 NORTH THIRD STREET,
12 Ut SOLE 1GHNT,