THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1870. toting dcfltauli FUBiieDED EVERT AFTERNOON (SUNDAYS KIBrriD), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, ND. 108 8. THIRD STREET. PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1870. tit ALL REVim.lVAN UX11Y US . RESTORED ? OoronM-s meets to-day. Sinoe the aljoura mect ia miclstimmer tbe popular election have pointed with marked emphasis to the enly pth of safety for the RnpnMican parly. There rorst be Kepnblioin unity, or the nation must be surrendered to the Ueino eracy. The unity essential to Repnblican sucasis means tnach more than merely reo inciting the differences of rirat politicians. The wound is deeper and broader than wrangling politicians could have inflicted. If all the mere politicians could be mado to lore each ether, and nnite against the common enmy, the Republican party would still be paralyioJ and unequal to its future struggles. The war of politicians is but the result of the great cause of discord aud disintegration apparent in tbe Republican ranks. If the national administration had counsellors in whose ability and integrity the people con fided, and appealed to popular support by a just respect for the popular will, politicians would not dare to foment dissensions by their rivalry. They hare a wholesome fern of the people, and only when the people are indifferent, or offended by the policy of the (rovernment, can the party be made tho foot ball for faction. ' We hear almost daily of the efforts of poli tical tinkers to heal the breaches between ambitious loaders by providing patronage or plunder for themselves or friends; and the managers who have become conspicuous uf late seem to assume that if the placo-lmn-ters and brawlers are satisfied there will be Republican peace. It is a fatal mistake to attempt to treat the disooid in the Republican rauks as a disease so trivial in its character. The people h ire no sympathy with camp followers, who fou3nt disoord to profit by reconciliation. All the disappointed office-hunters in Pennsylvania if their wildest demands were gratified, could not make the Republican party any more harmonious or hopeful than it is now; and it is even probable that, so far from bettering the condition of the party, it would be more disgusted and less adhesive after such a remedy hal been applied than before. While such men as Cameron, and Caandbr, and Hutler are charged with the work of heal ing the wounds of the Republican party, the soros will become more ghastly and dangerous with each remedial effort they make. When they ooms with such specifics as causeless war and territorial spoliation, avowedly as mere political inventions, they forget tha'. the Araerioan people are as honorable as they are patriotic, aud as faithful in their devotion to peaoe as they are invincible in war. When they ooine with demands for Iuduu agencies, and revenue collectors, and foreiga missions, aud blaok-mail assessments from the star velius of the departments, to propitiate popuUr favor, they wilfully defraud tha administra tion, and prostitute its patronage and power to preserve for themselves the accidental and disareditable prominence they have gained. Republicanism is trembling on the vergn of dissolution, became there is an utter wiU of J confidante and sympathy between th admin istration and the honest masses of the party. If this misfortune could be corrected, the mere politicians who hope to profit by the internal dissensions of the party would be glad to yield a support to the administration and to the usages of the organization, regardless of the fortune they might meet with in these sorambles for plunder; but with the adminis tration estranged from the masses of the people who called it into existence, and appa rently indifferent to the popular will, faction runs riot, and factionists are reaping the richest harvest at tbe cost of the administra tion. The people have trusted leaders, whose counsels they accept and whose plumes they follow ia the conflicts of politics. They are not only politicians but they are statesmon, and ia every sense representative men. They do not rush to the White Ilouse to beg for petty favors, nor do they explore the depart ments in search of contributions or contracts. They do not herald their going and coming in the newspapers through hired correspon dents; but when they do go to Washington, and when they do speak.the people watch their movements and hear their counsels with in terest and respect. Such men are not the creatures of accident or purchase. Their distinction ia based upon popu lar oonfidence and affection, and tbey do not need to be cTothed with patronage to maintain themselves at home. These men are not the confidants and coun sellors of the administration, and the peplt distrust the Geerment that practically re jests hem. It is not from such men that the Republican party received its crushing load of. political blunders during the last seesion. They did not disgust and humiliate the people by continuing the inquisitorial income tax in order to gratify the lobby by relieving gross receipts of taxation. They did not in vent St. Domingo jobs to mislead the Presi dent and involve him in disrepute. They do not advise that the industry of the country bo paralyzed to give us the idle boast of redu cing the publio debt beyond the necessities of the publio credit, and they do not bargain their votes tdi lucre or patronage. , Tbe time has ooue whea the Republican party must be restored to the confidence of the people, or it must aooept a rapid decline and fall. In Pennsylvania its position is one of peculiar periL Has it no leaders, clothed with its honors, to interfere and point the w7 to Safety ml gnoses? Cajnecoa coali not if be wonM, and he would ant if he oonLI, for Republican regeneration inojns the end of the corrupt enthralment of the adminis tration. Bin at or Soott could an I should emerge from the o.Hcial obscurity and doubt ful atmosphere he has unwittingly psrmiMed to envelope him, and beoome the bold champion of the elevation and honest ad vanremeat of Republicanism. Although inexperienced in subtle political manage ment, he h4 the ability essential to tbe tank. He .is respected as a Senator who is alove the petty conflicts which have belittlod the Fmident.' He is blameless in eharaoter, aad thrice armed as be would be by his just oaiss, ha oont I not fail in the grand effort if he were to step to the front. He sees et 1 known the dn.nor tion that is progressing around him, an I eating like a horrible cancer at the vitals of the party, and the rem ly is so plin au 1 the path of duty so elearly marks I that he oould not err in the movement. Great opportuni ties oocnr but snldoni in a lifetime, an 1 the opportunity of Senator Sciott is mow ! If he shall fail to grasp it, and oontinue to be subordinated to mean ability and oonsuuniata trickery, he will retire from the high duties with which be is oharq)l leaving to history only this record served i the Unite i t'tatc Sinate icHh Simon C'fneron .' TDK ARMY AX XI TY. Tii k report of the Secretaries of War and the Navy present interesting general reviews of the two branches of the military service. The Army, considering tbe reduced foroe now at the command of the War Department, is tdiown to be highly eftuient, and the system under which it is managed is one that perhaps is as nearly perfect as caa be devised. The exhibit made by Secretary Dolknap of the affairs of the various branches of the army is in a high degree satisfactory, and it is shown that judicious economy has besn practised, and that the expenditures have boon kept down to tho lowest possible figure consistent with efficiency. Thq army during the p:st year ban, so far as its ac'ive operations are concerned, beon mainly employed against tbe Iodises, atd tho Secretary urges, in view of our extended f rontior, the necessity for a larger force thin is at present available. He also presses tlio subject of our militia system and urges tho importance of measures for incroasing it eflicieaay so that it can be relied npo:i for cfiHent service in case of foreign ' invasion or other emer gency. The Secretary of War present a number of valuable facts and figures with regard to tho management of the army during the past year, and makes a number of im portant suggestions that m-mt the atteution of Congress. The Secretary, of tha Navy gives a general review of the condition of the navy, leaving many of the matters of detail to be discussal in tbe reports of the Admiral and the hea ls of bureaus. A large portion of the document is taken up with an exhibit of the multitude of duties the navy is called upon to perform and its very extended field of operation. Not only has our own ooastline of over 40(H) miles in extent to be protected, but there are im portant interests in all quarters of the world that require tbe guardianship of an adequate naval force. The responsibilities of the navy have been largely increased by the troubles in China, which threaten foreigners of all- nationalit ios in that Umpire with serious danger to life und property, and by the war in Europe, which requires a dis play of naval strength that will seoure the proper protection of American interests under every emergency that may arise. The Secre tary gives a detailed list of the number of vessels in each of the squadrons, and contends that, considering the faot that the military power of the United States mast be impressed upon foreigners through this arm of the ser vice, our navy is far too small to adequately perform all that is required of it. The Secretary states that since his last re port there has been a docided (improvement in the character and conduct of the men in terested in the naval service, and the general discipline and efficiency of the crews of our men-of-war. A good effect has been pro duced by regulations made and orders issued with a view of promoting the oomfort and welfare of the enlisted men, and by a system of rewards and promotions for good conduct. This policy, the Secretary thinks, needs only to be pursued faithfully and enlarged to make the navy attractive to the best sailors in the country; and he recommends several improvements that will have a tendency to promote this desirable end. With regard to the navy yards, very little has been done during the past year for their improvement, and the longer the necessary steps to bring them to a proper state of efficiency are postponed the more difficult and expensive it will be to take them. In the meantime, the lack of necessary facili ties at the navj yards entails an inoreased cost upon the Government for work that with suitable appliances for economical labor would be leu expensive. With regard to League Island, the Secretary considers that the neces sities of the navy no less than the obligations of the Government require that it should be adapted at as early a day as possible to the uses for which it is intended. The Secretary alludes in very general terms to tha Annapolis Academy, which for some time past, notwithstanding the favorable re ports of boards of visitors, has been the weak instead of the strong arm of the naval service. The importance of this school can not be overestimated, but it is a fact that cannot be denied that it is not by any means up to the standard of West Point' either as regards scholarship or discipline. The Seore tary makes a number of other important observations and suggestions with regard to the status of the navy that we hope will meet with the thoughtful attention of Congress, and the 'present session ought not to be allowed to pass away without some efficient measures being adopted for the promotion of the increased efficiency of the navy, or for the removal of the disabilities under which it Lbcrs. . THE CATHOLIC V SMOXS Tit A TION. j Tui meeting of tbo Catholies of Philadelphia j at the Cathedral yesterday was one of the most imposing popular demonstrations ever made in this city, whether we regard the mere display of numbers, or the vigor and skill manifested in the speeob.es delivered in opposition to the oconpancy of the States of the Church. Protests against the spoliation of the Papal Dominions are now being mad in many quarters ' of the world, but we doubt if any ' of them will be more powerful and pointed than those which were embodied in the proceedings in this city. It is a rare thing for the Catholio laymen to make publio speeches in its tem ples on any subject which concerns even re motely the affairs of the Church; but yes terday the priests gave up the honors of the tribune to tho Nestor of Philadelphia journalism, Joseph R. Chand ler, to the keen logloiun, William A. Stokes, Esq., to the silver-tongued orator, Daniel Dougherty, Eiq., and several other talented members of tho bar, Hon. James Campbell, ex-Postcuaiter-Ganeral, presiding, and opening the meeting with a short but appropriate address. Each speaker ably pre sented in turn important arguments in favor of the Papal view of tha Italian controversy, but Mr. Dougherty's speech was especially effective, and we do not wonder that it wrought up. the immense aulience it uncontrollable enthusiasm. If the Pope could find many such advocates, tha dura tion of Victor Emanuel's reign over Rome might well be questioned, and it would not be diffioult to turn the tide of publio senti ment on the Roman question against the ad vocates of Italian unity. Whatover ba the issue of the long-pending controversy, it is evident that the Papal power is rapidly being strengthened by an immense aooession of moral force coming from the ac tive sympathy of hundreds of millions of C.itholios soatterad throughout the world; and it remains to bo Been whether these manifestations will not, after all, unseal the verdict temporarily won by Italian bayo nets. The thunders of tho Church are taking a modern as well as an ancient form. Victor Emanuel is assailod by millious of foreign' laymon as well as by excommunication, by external as well as internal pressure, and he must be bold and fortunate to withstand the new crusade for tho recovery of the Holy City. THE FIRST SENATORIAL DISTRICT Uxiw.n authority of tho Republican City Ex ecutive Committee, primary elections will be held in the several precincts comprising the First Senatorial distiiot, on December C, be tween tbe hours of X and 8 o'clock P. M., for the election of delegates to a convention which will convene on tha following day, for tbe purposo of nominating a candidate for Senator in the place of Hon. W. W. Watt, deceased. Perhaps at no period in the his tory of our State has the election of a single Senator been so really important to parties as in the coming eleotiou. If the Republi cans elect, they will hold all tbe branches of the State Government. If, on the contrary, the Democracy should succeed, they will hoi 1 the Senate, and thus be in a position to dic tate terms on all matters of legislation. The coming session of our Legislature will be of peculiar importance, as the apportion ment of the State for the ensuing teu years will take place, upon which hinge political results of the most important character. We have already expressed our conviction as to the , great importance indeed imperative necessity on the part of tho Republican Convention of presenting an unexceptionable candidate. If wire-pullers, disregarding the well-known wishes of tbe people, present as a candidate a man of mental and moral weakness, and one who is of no earthly acoount, either to tbe Republican party or to the community at large, he will be overwhelmingly defeated, and the people will have done a righteous thing. The times, the Republican party, and the maintenance of our free institutions alike demand that men who have some claim to publio rospeot, whose lives are not a reproach, shall bo called upon to fill place of grave responsibility and trust. In the First Sena torial district there are many auoh men. All that is required to nominate one of this class is that good, thoughtful, and patriotio Repub licans shall discharge the solemn duty resting upon them. If they would strike dowa the parasites who are preying upon the life of the party, they must arouie themselves to action, and that immediately. Let them at enoe, in each precinct, meet together, and name some one in whom they can repose con fidence, so that on the evening of December Cth they may present a united front against tha corrnptionists, who will doubtless be thoroughly organized. If this be done, and good citizens turn oat to the election, there can be no doubt of the result, even allowing for the rascality that will be practised. This is an imperative duty resting upon each Republi can in the First district who has any regard for himself, his party, or his eountry. Under no circumstances will he be blameless who, from indolence or indifference, neglects its performance. If Republicans of character will only thus determine and nnite they will present a candidate who will be elected with ease, and who, when elected, will by his offi cial conduct reflect credit upon our city aud honor upon those who have been instrumental in bis nomination and election. Suoh a can didate can alone defeat Colonel Robert Y. Dechert. Ws have received a petition or appeal, addressed to the President and Directors of the Fenntylvania Railroad, and signed by a large number of leading Philadelphia mer chants, complaining of the business losses to which they have been subjected by the faot that the freight charges from New York to various points in the West have been lover dating the present season than the corres ponding charges from Philadelphia, and sug gesting, as one of the remedies, that the i company should boy oat aud conjuet, on Us own account, all tbe express freight lines ran over its road. One cause of the evil complained of is, no doubt, the general de rangement of freight charges which has arisen from the railway war, and this cause may be temporarily removed by a mutual agreement of the railway managers at their approaohing meeting. But it is doubtful whether a com plete remedy can ever .be found white the express freight lines remain under private control, and while a uniform abatement of freight charges on goods going to the Went, tbe instant that rates are lowered in New York, is denied to Philadelphia. The hbktixo held at the Merchants' Ex change on Saturday to devise means for raising subscriptions for the proposed Euro pean line of steamers was well attended, and a committee was appointed which will, we hope, be able, at a very early period, to raise the small amount of money needed to ensure the construction of a fleet of Philadelphia steamships. The people of this oity lost or squandered in oil stook speculations enough money to buy half the steamships employed in the carrying trade between the ' United States and Europe, and they will commit nearly as disastrous an error if they rush into the other extreme of withholding from the steamship onterprise the pittanoe required to re-establish our foreign commerce. NOTICES. BnstNRss coats. Busings Coats. Huhinkss Coats. Bosjnkss Coats. Bi'biNK&s Coats. busts ks Co vrj. Mkn'sWintkr Bl'SlNKSS COATS, Au Wool, fok Bix Dollars. 8-s six Dollar. An excellent wtweahle Coattetlinif much k'Um their valve. Zlal.way between . BkN?EL fj. Fifth and Sixth Streets. ) 0. 618Uk 5t. Skr advertisement of Eighth Fage. Atraore's Mince Meat on Tns Pa phb3 report that the Dome of tha Capitol at WashiDgtou Is to be nickel plated. iii:i. Garbipon. On the SI instant, Craio D. CiAitRi SOK, aged 8C yettis. 1 lie relatives and friends of the familv are re Fptctfully invited to attend his funeral, from hu Ute residence, Ne. 118 Morris street, on Wednesday af-t-rnoon, at 9 o'clock. To proceed to Wharton Street Church Vault. f IIarnkd. Suddenly, on the 3d Instant, Adri.issa IIaiinkd, daughter of Mary and the late William Darned. The relatives and friends of the fiimllv are respect fully Invited to attend the luneral, from her late residence. No. 1231 Monterey street, on Tuesday, fit ti Instant, nt 3 P. M. precisely. .Services at North itroad Street Presbyterian Church, tsro.id and Ureon streets, at 3 o'clock. Interment at Woodlands. LIFE INSURANCE, INSUllE YOUll LIFE AT HOME IK THE 'A Ml? 11 1 C AN LIlK INSURANCE CO. of pinr.ADKr.pniA. ALEX. WHILLDIN, President. JOHN 8. WILSON, Secretary. The AMEBIC AN' Issues policies on all desirable plans at lout rates, and is viuurpassed In the advan tages offered to Insurers by any Company la the United States. 11 ia wamJt E. Corner Fourth and Walam Sts. UPHOL8 rCRY GOODS, ETO. 1870. ai;i it row. 1870. STEVENSON & SCUWEMHER. Blch Brocho Figured Cotelines FOR PABLORS AND RECEPTION ROOMS. IIEAVr TAMBOURED LACES TO CORRESPOND. Wliy are their p' Ices over twenty per cent, lower than elsewhere for tbe same Goods? Fiiot Because they buy for CASH aad receive heavy discounts. '1 hese they transfer to purchasers. &ccoui Being practical and experienced In a 1 benches ol the DBOOR AT INO and UPDlOLSTtf KIT butdi ess, they save by personal attention and super vision at leaat of'een per cent, in their expenses, of which their customers shall also have the fall benefit. 'J hfs makes a total of twenty-one per cent, saved by every customer placing orders In their charge, besides havtnr their work executed In the finest manner and with the utmost despatch. 1 1 1 CHFSNUT STREET, lilt) 10 13 wfm3m4D 1113 WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO. n t a I 1 i k! i ol In 1 854. WATCHES. EVERGOINU 8TEM-WINDEUS, KEY-WINDERS, QUABTER SECONDS, MINUTE REPEATERS, ETC. ETC. ETO. C. & A. PECIUIGNOT, No. COS CHESNUT STREET, Slmws PniLADSLPHIA. DItEXEL & CO., No. 34 BOUTU THIRD STREET, Americas and Foreign Jlankert f DRAWS EXCHANGE. ON LONDON .AND PRIN CIPAL CITIES OF EUROPE. DEALERS IN OoTtrsmczat and Railroad Securities, DrrrtL WinOirop A Co.,iDrerel, Earjes Co., No. M Wait Ktreet, No. Rue Scribe, Nsw Yorfc. I Paris. SPECTACLES. Microscopes, Teleeeepes, Thermometers, Maine maucaJ, burveytDf, philosophical aad Drawing Io pit uiuenta, sA roduoed prices. JAHE3 W. QUELS & CO., it, tai ciixsnirr Street, j m cwtup fmT.inm.paiA, 1 R. E H FOR CHRISTMAS On IVXOIVryVA Decomhor Ci WE SHALL ARRANGE ON SPECIAL AN IMMENSE TO CLOSE OUT NEW Lnrjro AT TREMENDOUS A FEW QUOTATIOH8: Striped Batines in Chintz Colors, at 20, cost over GOo, to import. One Case All-wool French Merinoes, at r5o. One Cass All-wool French Merinoep, at C.".o. One Case Plain Solid Color Satin Cloths, 33 inches wide, at STjo. Splendid Quality Heavy Satlaes, 65c, very handsome for Suits. Janus Cloths, in dark elotbcolor, for Suits, 65o. Silk Corded Poplins, in mixed dark colors, C5o. Bast Quality French Prints, in Chintz Colors, 37 Jo. Two cases of very handsome soft finish All-wool Cords, 80 iaohes wide, for Sails s at 75 cents. These goods are worth $1 "50. OMER, COLLADAY CO., 1412 AND 1414 CHESNUT STREET. DRY GOODS. HOLIDAY CIFXS. Presents of Intrinsic value mar be found at EDWIN HALL'S, No. 28 SOUTH SECOND STREET, tx RICH BLACK 6ILK8, BIOH COLORED PILK8, SPLENDID BVBN1NQ SILKS. Tue latest stjles or DItKsS OUODS at very low price. Silk Cloaking Velvets. SILK PLl BHIS, , iihOCH SIUWL8, ULAN&KT SHAWLS, VKLVKTKESo-. ASTKACBAN CLOTHS, CABACULLA OiOTUb, KBAVBKS, Etc. JOXJTIN KID GLOVE, CLOIH GLOVES, LlES HANDKKKCHlfcKS. ROMAN SASHES AND fJCAUFS. FliJthCUl JAT8UX8 AND TAKLATANS, for Even- iiiK Vrentef. POlrVl' AND VALENCIBNNLS LAC COLLARS AND HAXPKEKCHlltfS. LINEN AND LAC a g&T4, APPL1QUK AND YA- LENHBNMKS. LA( "Ed, EIM1INUS. INSERT'NGS, Etc. liVVV bEJUTS AND COhbET-. 1 be above goods have been selected wltS great care, aid w'U be so.d at tUe lowest reus, e&rawssnup ' EDWIM BALL. TJOPOER tt WOST EN HOLMS POCKET It Knives, VaircUilda' Uele'jjuted Gold Peua, pocket-books, etc. iu rrat vsrletv. 1 ' WM. M. tMlKlSTV Stationer, UMtll '0. 121 S. TBlUy WW CUesaut. C-1 O O 1 PRESENTS. COXJIVrX,JEE5 PURCHASE YORK IMPORTERS, Line of BARGAINS. DRY QOOD9. BLACK SILKS. AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT NOW OPEN AT THS LOWEST PRICES. PERKINS & CO., 9 South NINTH Street 13tnios3in4p PHILADELPHIA. )-f SOUTH STR KKT.-VKLVETEK.HS. ' BUck Velveteens, big bargains, boo. to l SO. K-ailtl Velveteens, splendid quality, cbeap. . I'.iue Velveteens, all uliarirs, vrrv cbeap. liiown Velveteens, sll shades, from Auction. Orteu Velveteens, aud all other shades the ladies may desire, for making- op or trimming;. ki A If k LAND'S, No. HI SOl'Til Street. 2017 -LADIES1 II ATS.-I HAVE BOUGHT AT s , recent auttloa sales, So cases ladies' Hats, wlilcb we will oner you a kurgaio. . U llhmiat MABILAM) S, No. 3T SOUTH Bt. )07 -BAROAlS IH BASH RIBBONS, ALL J.t I colors, just received from New York aucliou tales. No. Kit, hot i ll SueeU ly SILK VELVETS, AI L BlUDfc, CUT TO j ' suit osr customer, at low prices. 7EDDINU ANU KNUAURMKNT KINUs i f wbs bun as rot- guALirr. wan k, 1 L J I. E u i 1 I'll If d kl.L..
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