4 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH I'HILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1870. Published every afternoITTT (SUNDAYS 1XCBPTBD), IT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, NO. 103 8. TIIIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. The Price i three cents per copy double sheet), or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom. served. ZV subscription price by mail is Nine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and Fifty Ceitis for two months, invariably in advance for Vie time ordered. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 23. 1370. W The earliest regular edition of Tax Evening Telegraph goes to press at o'olook, and the subsequent regular editions at 2J, 3J, and 4J. Whenever there U im portant news of the progress of the Euro pean war, extra editions will be issued after this hour, and before the regular time for the arly edition. THE TRUE ROAD TO REFORM. The beneficent labors of William Welsh of this city in purging the Indian Department, in unearthing the frauds which it has so long sanctioned, in disseoting the vouchers given to rich contractors, and in exposing extor tions practised upon the aborigines, cannot be too highly praised; and it i3 deeply to bo regretted that all other departments of the National, State, and city governments cannot be overlooked in a similar manner by intelli gent, industrious, and incorruptible citizens, We would like to see daylight poured in upon the Navy Department, so that the public can be told plainly how many useless loafers are on its pay-rolls receiving enormous salaries. The War Department should be exa mined critically by keen and candid eyes ready to expose abuses which, though appa rently sanctioned by custom, are nevertheless grossly unjust. The whole machinery of Con gress, too, and the practical workings of legis lation, if they could be laid bare to the public eye, would furnish a lamentable spectacle and intensify the public demand for reform. And if, in addition to the exposure of the mass of rottenness that exists perpetually at Washington, acute observers would depict with bold and faithful hands the wrong-doing-at Harrisburg and the peccadilloes of Phila delphia ofticials, the people would be amazed at the impotence, corruption, extrava gance, and rascality of many of their servants. What is needed is that dine rent men should each take tip some one of a hundred different departments in a patient and persevering spirit like that displayed by Mr. Welsh in his investigations of the Indian Department, and publish the results fearlessly to the world. We have lost faith in Congressional or Legislative commit tees of investigation. They rarely act effi ciently unless they have some partisan pur pose to serve, and they only disclose as much of the truth as serves their immediate ends. The nation is getting more and more into the position of a rich housekeeper whose servants combine to deceive and defraud him; and if the Republic is to be defended and purified, it must be by men who are above partisan ambition. THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL ROAD. The magnificent enterprise which will open- open up to civilization our Northwestern territory, with all its wealth of arable lands. minerals, timber, and wonderfully salubrious climate, is being rapidly pushed forward, and it will be but a short time before the Northern Pacific Railroad will be completed, and the Atlantio and Pacific Oceans united by another band of iron. The work on the eastern end of this road is progressing at the rate of two miles a day, and by the time spring opens the engineers will be ready for the workmen to commence upon the western or Pacific end, and during the spring, summer, and fall the grading and track-laying will go on as fast as possible. In the meantime, the Northern .Paoific ltailroad Company, hav ing in view the importance of developing as rapidly as possible the country through whioh their main line will pass, are taking active measures to make important connections and to locate branch lines that will make the Northern Pacific the centre of a network of railways. To this end they have already purchased the St. Paul and Pacific ltailroad, three hundred miles of which are finished and in prosperous operation in one of the finest sections of Minnesota, and other equally valuable connections have been made and other branch roads projected which will enable the company to command the entire trade of the Northwest, as well as to furnish the shortest route between theAtlantic States and the Pacific, and with their steamship connections between Europe and China and Japan. The Northern Pacific Railroad will reduce the distance between the great lakes and the Pacific Ocean by 000 miles, aud consequently the distance between Philadelphia and New York by the same number. Even more im portant than this is the faot thut this road will lessen the distance between London and China by at least 1 too miles. Such an ad vantage as this is of itself enough to assure the prosperity of the road, for in these days of rapid communications time is money in the most literal sense, and the line that offers the greatest facilities for the rapid transportation of goods will certainly command the trade of the world. The lack of railroad communication has hitherto prevented the northwestern section of our territory from being settled as rapidly a some others, and yet all who. have ex. plored it unite in prainea of its fertility, its mineral wealth, and its remarkubly salu brious climate. The latitude is about the name as that of Northern New York and New England, but a variety of causes have con tributed to render the climate much more healthful aud invigorating than that of our Northeastern States. In fact, everything appears to have contributed to make this the garden-spot of the United States, and the improving hand of man in alone needed to make the desert blossom like the rose. The Northern Pacific Railroad will aid in develop ing this magnificent section of country in a manner that would be impossible without the facilities that a transcontinental line and its connections will afford, and enterprising settlers are already making their way along the line of the road and establish ing homesteads that in a few years will be splendid estates. The plans adopted by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company for the encouragement of permanent Bottlers are ex ceedingly liberal, and there ii no doubt that they will aid materially in filling up the whole Northwest with a thrifty and intelli gent population. The Northern Pacific Rail road is a great national enterprise, and it is being advanced under such unusually favor able auspices that its suocess is absolutely certain. Its bonds are therefore worthy of more than usual attention from capitalists who wish to make safe and profitable invest ments. Messrs. Jay Cooke fc Co., No. 114 South Third street, the fiscal agents of the Northern Pacific Railroad, now offer for sale at par and ac crued interest the first mortgage land grant gold bonds of the road. Both the principal and interest of these bonds are payable in American gold coin, the principal at the end of thirty years, and the interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent., half-yearly, on the first of January and the first of July. These bonds are secured by a first mortgage on the railroad and the Government land grant, and the general mortgage is recorded in the office of the Secretary of the Interior at Washington, the trustees being Messrs. Jay Cooke and J. Edgar Thomson. For those who wish to make safe, profitable, and per manent investments, no securities in the market offer more advantages than these bonds, and we commend them to the favor able notice of all who wish to put their money where it will be secure, and at the same time yield a handsome profit. Two of the prominent Democratic poli ticians of New York have recently made, in an ostentations manner, large'gifts to the poor of that city, William M. Tweed, head sachem of Tammany Hall, contributing $.".0,000 and Sheriff OBrien L'",ooo. It is decidedly better that these gifts should be made than that the fortunes amassed by the donors through their political successes should be devoted wholly to selfish purposes; but if the whole truth were told, we suspect that Tweed and O'Brien would rank with that class of operators who put a penny in the urn of poverty and take out a shilling. Tweed has accumulated an enormous fortune by a series cf speculations which are all based on his partisan influence, and after selling the peo ple out wholesale he can well afford to retail relief among his henchmen. O'Brien, as Sheriff of New York, has received as salary twenty times as much as his services were worth, and he would only render strict justice if he paid back to the people nineteen-twen-tieths instead of a mere tithe of his over-pay. The American people are being devoured by their politicians, who habitually barter away their property and their rights: and while the partial restitutions which are occasionally made are creditable things in their way, the great wrong consists in the toleration or crea tion of innumerable opportunities for the enrichment of partisan adventurers. We receive many communications asking why Ahem is not arraigned and tried for fo menting a riot at the meeting of the Return Judges in last October. The evidence adduced against him certainly furnishes probable cause of action, and his imputed offense strikes at the very foundation of social order. Y'et months after months pass by without an attempt being made to summon him before a jury of twelve good and lawful men. Who is to blame for this neglect '( Thi Dakvbian Pkiki'U'ai.itik. A recent caWe telegram states that Prince Charles of Kouiuanta has called the attention of the great powers to the fact that his position, as settled by the treaty of Paris, is no longer tenable. The necessity for tins appeal Is shown in the following letter from a cor respondent at Bucharest, who writes under date of November SO: "The first news of Gortsouakoirs evil designs was telegraphed here to the Prince as early as the Sth Inst. Some very important message arrived, and the result was the immediate departure of his representative te his post at Constantinople, to press further on the Turks the necessity of for warding troops here, and this though they were refused four months atro, when 80,800 were asked for; but in the present state of Roumania the fact of Turkish troops entering at one end would cause the Russians to enter at the other, and the Wallachian would become a sand- rich, and the result would be that the name 'Rou mania,' which was painted on the map or Europe at the treaty of Paris, would be obliterated. The Roumanians talk of a very Urge army of, they say, over 8i,0u j men. but asyttlliave been unable to find 40,000, and I have been here three years; but if Koumania Is still a province of Turkey, or under her protection as she virtually It by her paying every year the tnouie how can Turkey refuse to send troops here? Cue thing, though, I am quite convinced of, and that Is, if Russia lands a large force on the shores of liulgaria, nothing on earth will Induce the Ro.iranniau troops to cross the Danube to help to expel tueiu, and Koumania will then declare herself free act independent, and the Prince will take the title cf King. Whatever hap pens here Roumania must always recover a ad ap pear on the stage ol Europe ajraiu monger than ever firstly, from her position ou tie high road from London to Bombay by railway, the Danube washing 80) miles of her coast; and secondly, be cause she is more civilized tan any part of the East. Where else will you liud su h roads and Iron bridges as the Kussiaus will find if they come here aa between Yasy and Bucharest, or such a lino of railway as from Bucharest to Glurgevo? In the East there Is only one malady from which Roumania suiters, and that is her const nit Chan e of minis ters. In tliiee years 1 have setn forty-live." France and the roiE. A recent cable teir?ra states that M. Garobetta has announced to the Pope bis desire that Prauce shall terminate the Concor dat, In order to eilcct the entire separation of Church and State in France. The separation of the church and State in France mainly Involves the abrogation of the Concordat or agreement entered into between the French and Papal courts at the time of the Re. storatlon, by which it waa stipulated that the Roman Catholic bishops aud clergy In France should receive salaries from the Government, while on the part of the Papal Court it was agreed that no bull of the Pope should be published tn France till U had sanction of the King; and that the approval of the Government would ke necesMn to render valid all Important Papnl decrees arTectlng national Interests. The French Government pays annually about tlo,iKH),ooo to the Roman Catholic and W0,o)r to the Trotestant Church. The .lews also receive State aid. AeniTOR-OKKERAL AND SCRVITOR-UlNRRiL, There are a number of candidates for Auditor-General and Surveyor-General. The strongest candi dates named for Auditor General are Major David Stanton, of Beaver couajy, and formerly of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry, and General Beaver, of Centre. Major Stanton Is a near relative of the late Secretary of War, and la well spoken or, and seems to be looming up lately, to the surprise of every one. Colonel W. W. Jennings, of Dauphin, Is the most prominent candidate named for Surveyor-General, and if he consents to be a candidate, he is going to be a hard man to beat. The Auditor-General will be conceded to the West, while the Surveyor-General will be taken from the East. NOTICES. Sk vtivc .Tacmts. . skauno Jacket?. skating Jackhts. Skating Jaikkis. t.knnktt k. Co., Tower Ham., No. Bis Market Street, Hai.i-wat between Fifth anu Sixth streets, BAVK A fine assortment of thce neaxonable and comforta ble Coats, tirlHnfi at half-price.. TllKY ARK HEAVY AND WARM, A c an overcoat, but shorter, and are v orn by mtny an the only out-of-doui t coat, betuii oi.jicf warm rnovnh, and mveh more convenient t linn the overcoat fur busine, and MUCH CUK.AI'Elt, Holiday Gifts. Holiday goods In abundance can be found at Dreka's store, No. 1033 Cheenut street, and such goods as are acceptable at all times for presents. His stock comprises writing desks, pocket-books, gold pens, Inkstands, card cases, pen-holders, boxes of paper and envelopes, visiting cards, playing cards, etc. ' Dealers will find it to their interest to call at Dreka's before purchas ing elsewhere. His prices are low, and general satisfaction Is guaranteed in all sales. Christmas Present?. Persona In search of Chilstmas or New Year's presents cannot do better than to call at the store of James W. Queen & Co., No. 924 Chcsnut street, and examine the fine assort ment of opera glasses, stereoscopes and views, gold spectacles, pocket-rules and measures, thermome ters, pocket-compasses, and other articles of gene ral use. Such presents are always acceptable, and wc know of no place where bargains can be made to better advantage than at No. 924 Chesnut street. The firm have also on band globes and pumps, elec tric machines, magnetic toys, mercurial toys, etc. Whitman's Jujube. For singers and public speakers, to keep the throat moUt and voice clear, it is excellent. 25 cents per box. Druggists sell it. STErnEN F. Whitman & Son, Sole Manufacturers, 8. W. corner of Twelfth and Market streets. SS& A URGE PU3LIC SALE OF 150 rirst-Slass Carriages, INCLUDING AN ELEGANT ASSORTMENT OF FINE CARRIAGES, ROUES, IIA1CNES9, SADDLES, HIDING WHIPS, ETC., at Gregg & Bowea' Cariia e Worki, CORNER OF EIGHTH AND ORANGE STREETS, WILMINGTON, DEL., OS WEDNESDAY, Dec. 28, 1870. Sale to commence at 11 o'clock A. M. OCBEE & MILLER, it Real Estate Agents, Auctioneers. CHESNUT STREET SKVTING RINK, TWENTY-THIRD AND CHESNUT STS. Splendid Skating, Jieaitlii'ul Ice, ISIeeraut Warm Kooiiis. LIBERTY SILVER CORNET BAND. OPEHALL DAY AND EVENING. CARD. THE SKATING PUBLIC ARE RESPECTFULLY INFORMED TEAT WE HAVE A feOLID BOD 7 OF SMOOTH ICE, SIX INJHEJ THICK, WniClI WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE WEATHER, BEING IN A HANDSOME BUILDING, PRO TECTED FRM SNOW OR RAINSTORMS, AITD NOT AFFECTED BY THE RISING OF THE THERMOMETER. 12 28 J. A. PAYNE I'.RO, HOLIDAY COOOS. HOLIDAY GOODS. 1 OMIIIIK nUI969 Rocking Horses, Children's Carriages, EOYb' SLEDS, WAGONS, VELOCIPEDES, Etc. Etc H. J. SHILL, Factory, No. 226 DOCK Street, IS 9 4p BELOW EXCHANGE. BETHLEHEM BUCKWHEAT MEAL, The Genuine Article, In half and quarter ibl., for sale by JAMES R. WEBB, S. E. Corner WALNUT and EIGHTH, U 3 lmrp PHILADELPHIA. IOPGEl:S & WOaTENUOLMS POCKET V hinvt'8, Fairchllds' Celebrated Gold Pens, j octet-books, etc.. in treat variety. WiL M. CHRISTY, Stationer, 11 22 tl 1 No. 127 S. THIRD St., below Chesnut. WILLIAM B. WARME CO., Wholesale Dealers In WATCHES, JEWELRY, AND 8 v lfl MLVER WAKE. Second floor of No. 633 CU ESNUT Street, 6. B. corner bfiYfiVfU and WIESNUT Streets. CLOTHING. THOSE OVERCOATS At the Great Brown Hall Are the Very Perfection of Beauty, Cheapness, Good Fit, Flae Style', Tastefulncss. Elegance, Durability, Neatness, BUY AN OVERCOAT FOR YOUR BOY, $5 TO $13. BUY AN OVERCOAT FOR YOURSELF, $10 TO $40. The Great Reduct'.onln tne price of Oyerco its at the GREAT BROWN HALL make I it Worm your while To embrace tae present Opportunity To get A FINE OVERCOAT, Cheapl Cheap!! Cheap!!! We do not only sell Overcoats, but one Winter Clothing of every description Is offered now At prices which defy competition. Don't forget our Custom Department. YOURS, TRULY, GREAT J3K0WN HALT, 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. UNDER 1 PHILADELPHIA: PA. Handsome Goods. Elegantly Trimmed, Artistically Cut, and IVZade in the best STYLE. Tailors. Tailors. Tailors. READY-MADE CLOTHING, Combining Style, Durability, and Excellence of Workmanship. JONES' Ono-T rico ESTABLISHMENT, No. 604 MARKET STREET. G EO. W. NIEMANN. Handsome Garments made to order at the short est notice. 10 3 tf rp CLOVES. nj. north Kiuimi sr. A & J B B A R T II O L O M E W S Uuder Wear reduced. Handkerchiefs infancy boxes reUice I. Lace Collars reduced. Linen Collars reduced. Hen's Cloth Gloves reduced. Ladles' Cloth Oloves reduced. Children's Kid Gloves reduced. Fancy Jewelry reduced. Hosiery. Gents 811k nanakerchic f. Embroideries. Shirt Fronts. Eid Gloves for Ladles. a Kid Gloves for Children. Sid Gloves for Ucnt'.tmcu. Lined Kid Gloves for Gentlemen. Ladies' and Gents' Castor Gloves. K II I O d K :i :i A o i o ci i x GREAT 12 '2S WStf OPTICIANS. SPECTACLES. Microscopes, Telescopes, Thermometers, Mathe matical, Surveying, Philosophical and Drawing In struments, at reduced prices. JAMES W. QUEEN & CO., No. 99A CIIESXUT Street, 1 30 mwaHp rmLASSLPniA. -lOO ARCH HTREET. POLITICAL ECONOMISTS SAY Expenses Eat Up Houses. On Hi is (i round Arch Street Defies Competition. HAVE NOT BOUGHT OUT SEVERAL IM PORTERS, BUT HATE ENOUGH TO SUIT ALL GOOD RAYING CUSTOMERS. WE DO NOT BUY ALL FOR CASH, BUT DIS COUNT ENOUGH TO PAY ALL OUR EXPENSES. HAPPY CHRISTMAS. PIANOS. SCHOM ACKER & CO.'S Urcut (Sale of first. l'lu Rose- ivootl 1'ianoM At Prices llelotrilie Actual Cost to 9Ianuftictiiie. Eavlnp determined to offer our extensive stock of superior and highly finished Boat-wood 1'ianos at prices below the actual cost to mauufacture, we will sell durlDK the nioni li of December at rates LOWER THAN EVER OKFKKKD HERETOFORE, in order to close out our large stock by the cud of the vear. The reputation of these first-class Instruments makes It unnecessary for us to say a word in their favor: they are universally acknowledged to be su perior to anv instruments made. Those wishing to purchase or desiring to make CHRISTMAS l'RESENTS will find that our special and extraordinary reduc tion of prices will enable them to oi tain A FIRST-CLASS INSTRl lEN'T at a price even less than a second teor tnferloi one would otherwise cost them. Those wanting bargains should not 'all to call a', our WAREROOMS. No. 1103 C1IE8N'L?T STRKKT, and examine our large stock, where they will oe readily convinced of the superiority of these piauos, aud tlie sacrifice at which we are offering litem. KCHOM ACKER & CO. N. B. Sole Agents for the celebrated RL'RDETT ORGANS. A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF Su PKR CENT. Catalogues, with descriptions of styles and sche dules of prices, can )e had by applying a; our ware rcorus, or will be sent by mail. VI it mwsup 3 GEORGE STECK & CO.'S PIANOS. tirand, Square and Upright. ALSO, HAINES BROS.' PIANOS. Only place In Philadelphia for sale of Mason & Hamlin's World-Renowned Cabinet Organs. Fur or rent, or to rent with view to purchase, and , jHt'i (curat appiy. v lt tr UOl l,I 6c FISCHEK. HM I'hemiiit Street, J.E.OI'I.D. lOlNArrHr.. WiU. ii. I' lMCHEH. tfi STEiNWAY 4 SONS' ua Grand Square and Upright Pianos. Special attention Is called to their ne l'aleut Upright A'iano, With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tubular Metal Frame Action, etc, which are matchless In Tone and Touch, and unrivalled In durability. CIIARL.ES 1IL.ASIUS, WAREROOMS, No. 100G CHESNUT STUEKT, 13rp PHILADELPHIA. I8TAltLlSIlBl frF3 MEYER'S World-Renowned, Crescent-Scale, Im proved Overstrung iiyviso-xoitTi:. FIHST PRIZES AWARDED IS EUROPE AN AMErttCA. 1NSTIIUMBNTS FOLLY WARRANTED. Salesroom, No. 722 AKOH STICK KT. 1'.' 1 thstulm PUILADBLPUIA. PATENT Arion Xiaiio lortos, Warranted to stand lu tune loiter than any other Piauoi hi the market. ALSO, ESTEY'S COTTAOE O1C0ANS, With the Jubilant. E. M. BRl'CK, No. IS North Sli'KNTIi Street. Music Bound at lowest rates. 12 9 finwlmrp j FINANCIAL.. i DKKXEL & CO., No. 34 SOUTH THIK1J STREET, ! American and 1'orelsrn Hauherg, S DRAWS KXCUANUB ON LONDON AND PRIN. I CIPAL CITIES OF SUROPS. i DSAL2R8 IN Government and Railroad Securities, Drexel, Wtnthrop dt Co., Drexel, Harjes fc Co., Ko. is Wall Street, i Mo. S Kue Scne, New York. I Par j, 400 DELL JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE. HOLIDAY GOODS. J. E. CALDWELL & CO., JEWELLEKS, No. 002 CHESNUT Street, ! Open this day a large Invoice of Pink Coral Jewelry Of Newest Designs, Just arrived from Naples. They will also open on Monday next an Invoice of English Fancy Goods, Including a fresh supply of Ladies' Furnished Work Baskets. Their stock of PARIS AND VIENNA NOVELTIES Superior to that of any previous season. CHRISTMAS GOODS, In Hold, silver, Bronze, Crystal, Leather, Wood. Etc. Etc., AT PRICES SUITED TO THE TIMES. ii aa tf-ip OPHOLS TERY OOOD8. ETO. NEWEST DESIGNS IN LACE CURTAINS LAMBREQUINS. STEVENSON & SCHWEMMER, No. 1113 CHESNUT Street, GIICAltD now. FINE BORDERED SHADES, With best fixtures, put up 1 1 'CO each. COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF TABLE and PIANO COVERS. 10 12 wfmSnup ART GALLERY. 1020. 1020. rilESENTS ! PRESENTS ! AT REUKAUFF'8 ART GALLERY AND LOOKING-GLASS WARE . ROOMS, No. 1020 CHESNUT STREET, French and German Carved Goods. Imported and American Pictures innumerable. IU is Vitrp 1020. 1020. TOBACCO. R B D C L O U NAVY TOBACCO. J. A. BLAKE & CO., bOLS MANUFACTURERS, No. 1D07 MARKET STRbET, 11 11 fm3c rj PHILADELPHIA.
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