THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAROII 25, 1871.
PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
(STJNDATS EXCEPTED),
AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING,
No. 108 8. THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
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or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier
by whom served. The subscription price by mail
is Arine Dollars per annum, or One Dollar and
Fifty Cents for two months, invariably
advance for the time ordered.
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1871.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
A subject of the first importance, which has
Dot yet received the general consideration
which it deserves, is the great and growing
necessity for a national code of laws regulat
ing marriage and divoroe. To establish such
a code, and to pat a stop to the uncertainty
and scandal which exist at present on account
of the varying enactments of the several
States, a constitutional amendment will be
necessary; and those who believe that upon
the sanctity of the marriage tie and the
restraint of license depend the future safety
nd welfare of our social organization, cannot
too soon commence to agitate in favor of such
an amendment. The Yelverton case and
some others which have engaged
public attention of late years have shown
bow great outrages upon publio decency, not
to speak of private rights, result in Great
Britain from the varying and conflicting mar
, riage laws of England, Ireland, and Sootlaad;
and in this country we are only saved from
innumerable occurrences of the same kind
because marriage is considered merely as a
civil compact, and the forms necessary to
constitute a legal marriage are of the aim
plest description in all of the States. It is in
our divorce regulations, however, that the
greatest chaos prevails; and scandals of the
most outrageous character occur every day
through the facilities which are afforded in
some of the States for undoing the marriage
bonds. In addition to this, the leaders of the
women rights movement, forgetful of the
fact that, if marriage and divorce are to de
pend entirely upon the momentary
whims of the contracting parties, the
women will be the greatest sufferers, are
clamoring for the privilege of free divoroe;
so that when either a husband or a wife be
comes tired of his or her partner, or discov
ers a new "affinity," the marriage may be
dissolved, in spite of the claims of children
or of society at large. It is obvious at a
glance that if these free-love doctrines are
allowed to prevail all respect for decency will
speedily be swept away. Children will have
no natural protectors, and the whole founda
tions of religion, morality, and social organi
zation will be undermined. Marriage is,
from its very nature, something different
from a mere business partnership; and those
who enter upon it unadvisedly or hastily, or
who do not find all their expectations of wed
ded bliss realized, cannot be permitted to
make society at large suffer for their mistakes
or misfortunes. This is one of the relations
of life in which society has some claims supe
rior to those of individuals, and it is infinitely
better that a comparatively few unhappily
matched couples should be compelled to en
dure their misery as best they mty, and to
take care of their children, than that, by a
Bystem of free divorce, all the floodgates of
the grossest forms of immorality should be
opened for the destruction of the nation.
No opponent of centralization, however
bigoted be may be, can contend that the regu
lation of marriage and divorce should not be
in the hands of the General Government, or
that there should not be uniform laws for the
whole country. In fact, the only opposition
would oome from the now unimportant and
nninfiuential clique of coarse-minded women
who profess to believe that they are the vic
tims of masculine tyranny; and the only
serious obstacle in the way of placing the
whole matter in the hands of the General
Government is in the difficulty of obtaining
the uecary amendment to the Constitution.
Xhis difficulty could easily be overoome if
sufficient interest were manifested by those
who look with horror upon the pernicious
doctrines of the advooates of free love, and
there are already evils of sufficient magnitude
existing under our present system to excite
that lively interest in the subject that is de
manded if a reform is to be effected.
FREE- TRADE D ONKE YS.
The American Free-trade Leagae has
indulged in the publication of a broad
blanket sheet, with tne title of the "Peo
ple's Pictorial Tax-Payer." These words are
printed at the top of the first page in gor
geously illuminated letters, intertwined
among which is the motto, "Millions for
Revenue, Not One Cent for Monopolists."
It is rendered still more attractive by a strip
of salt water from which projects an ugly-looking
rook labelled "Protection," against which
a small vessel having the general appearanoe
of a Cape Cod finning smack is being hurled,
all of which is intended, if not calculated, to
strike the beholder with awe and inspire him
with terror. In addition there is a string of
donkeys burdened with huge bundles pla
carded as "Tax," the said donkeys being
represented in every stage of decrepitude,
from a alight irregularity in the spinal column
to a complete prostration upon the ground,
all of which is very hard on the donkeys,
especially as they have every appearanoe of
being free-trade donkeys. The asinine
monotony , of . this melancholy too
bagerie is somewhat relieved
by the apparition of a meek-looking lamb, on
which "Protection," in the guise of a wolf, i
about to pounoe. The prospective fate of the
iamt free-trade lamb, of course is in
tended to distress the beholder, j ust as his
Lean is to te touched by the peril of the Cane
C?i frijPS Thers ,s Unwise into-
duced a delightful Oriental reminlaoenae.
which looks like Sinbad the Sailor struggling
under the weight of the Old Man of the Sea.
Sinbad is discovered in the act of wading
through visionary water, but has taken the
precaution to pull his trousers up to his
knees, by which simple device they have
escaped the moisture. Sinbad having taken
a sudden turn in his watery ramble, the
inscription borne by the Old Man is on the
off side, and we are therefore unable to
decipher it, much to our regret. Finally, the
rear of the procession, or the head of it, as
you like, is brought up by a pert-looking
terrier a free-trade cur, of course, although
there is no visible label to fortify such a
presumption.
On the inside of the sheet there is a graphia
picture of the "Protection Hospital," presided
over by a matronly caricature of Horace Gree
ley, and crowded with monstrosities, the whole
cartoon being surrounded by a grand array of
knives and forks, watering-pots, hand-saws,
tombstones, coal-scuttles, tallow-candles, and
ladies' stockings. Thrown in is an assortment
of free-trade buncombe by Mahlon Sands, and
the whole is put up expressly for family use,
at the low price of five cents. But five cents
per copy would not make sufficient return to
pay for designing the big-headed, broad
stomached, lank-legged infant to whom Horace
Greeley is devoting his undivided attention.
Hence there is a resort to advertisements, of
which there are about eight columns. Of
these, nearly six columns are made up of the
cards of Birmingham and Sheffield iron manu
facturers, English insurance companies, free
trade literature, and the like. The character
of these advertisements gives an unmistaka
ble clue to the whole production. It is sim
ply a small shot aimed at American industry
from the English battery, serving but one
purpose, and that is to show that the active
free-traders of this country are nothing more
nor less than the agents of British manufac
turers. THOSE EXILES OF ERIN.
The struggle over O'Donovan Rossa and his
companions in exile appears to have subsided
for the time being. These illustrious per
sonages imparted by their presence additional
grandeur to the grand pageant in which the
New York Demoeracy indulged on St.
Patrick's Day in the morning; and having had
by that time a surfeit of ovation and recep
tion, they settled down to more serious busi
ness. It is scarcely worth one's while to be
an exile, unless it can be turned to some sub
stantial account. Rossa and his
compatriots, albeit amateurs in
the exile line, are by no means so ingenuous
that they do not comprehend the true func
tions of an exile, and discern the rare privi
leges which fall in the way especially of an
exile from Erin in these United States. Are
there not hod-carriers to be plundered, and
kitchen-girls to be filched from ? Is the Irish
Directory business played out? Are Head
Centres, and Central Organizers, and the
likes o' them utterly undone ? Is the cause
of Irish independence an accomplished
fact ? . lias the Snnbnrat . sank into th
sea, along with the snakes ? O'Donovan
Rossa and his compatriots opine not; and
they have lost no time in organizing for a
grand campaign against the hod-carriers and
the kitchen-girls, whose scanty earnings at
tract their attention as the ill savor of the
carcase allures the bird of prey. So they or
ganize a Central Directory, or something of
that sort, for the custody of the funds which
are to purchase the redemption of Ireland,
and condescendingly invite all the Irishmen
and Irishwomen in America to drop their
old associations and send forward their cash
to the headquarters of the new one.
But they have run counter to opposition
from an unanticipated source. John Savage
has been in the Irish Redemption business
for some years past, and knows just what
percentage it pays. His experience has taught
him just how far kitchen-girls and hod-carriers
may be bled without fatal effect. And
Savage is naturally loth to give up his calling
at the bidding of this self-constituted Direc
tory. At a session of the Fenian Brotherhood
in New York a day or two ago. Savage let
fall some plain words. With one stroke of
his tongue he stripped O'Donovan Rossa
and the rent of the exiled crew of the
flimsy conceit which had before disguised
them, "lie took occasion, says the re
port, "to rebuke the exiles for their dicta
torial course in seeking to destroy the Fenian
organization in this country, that they might
establish a secret directory, composed of
themselves, for the custody of the funds."
Mr. Savage's head is perfectly level, as a man
with half an eye can perceive without a spe
cial effort. O'Donovan Rossa is after the
"custody of the fands." So is Savage, and
hence his rebuke of the exiles. It is not
that Savage is opposed to the systematic
plundering of hod-carriers and kitchen-girls,
under the vain pretense that their contributions
are to be directed towards the liberation
of Old Ireland. Savage evidently favors "the
funds," objecting only to undue haste on the
part of the exiles in constituting themselves a
secret directory for their custody. If Savage
were ready to throw himself into the gap,
without a thought of "the funds," he would
not care a stiver who became the custodian,
bo long as the money accumulated in some
body's bands. If O'Donovan Rossa and his
immediate companions in exile had their
eyes on the gap alone, they would not
attempt to disturb Sivaue in hia
stronghold, nor indulge in unseemly
strifa over "the custody of the funds."
Both seta of Liberators are after
"the funds," the exiles being a little more
eager than their rival, because they are a
trifle more seedy. Eash crowd is ready to
leap into the gap, but it is the gap in the
pockets of hard-fisted Irishmen and red
aimed Iiishwomen that invites their head
long plunge. They are after gold, not gire,
The blood-letting trick has long since ceased
to be attractive, but "the custody of the
funds" is a mighty good thing, as long as
there are mors fools among our fellow-citizens
of Irixh birth or descent than the fojl-
killers can attend to. There is no help
for it, we suppose. The redemption
of the Emerald Isle will not cense to be a
stumbling-block to men and women who
need all they can earn for their present sup
port or future COmfort. Bst when, the cus
todians of the funds fall out, the rivalry ovef
the spoils promises to be instrumental in
opening the eyes and closing the purses of a
few, whose meagre savings would otherwise
fall into the clutches of the Head-Centres,
Senators,Gentral Organizers, Exiles, and suoh.
THE IMPEND IN O ISSUE.
The free-traders were never more active than
at the present moment, and the tariff question
will probably become the paramount issue of
the next great political struggle. The
Democracy, outside of Pennsylvania, present
an unbroken front in favor of free trade; and
the few Republicans who favor that disastrous
dogma will do more harm than good to the
Republican party. The battle of American
ndustry must soon again be refought against
the gathering clans of its allied foes, and Re
publicanism will find in this conflict a cause
worthy of its steel. In the present
condition of this country protec
tion is the natural ally
of individual freedom, while free trade is the
sure forerunner of vassalage and industrial
slavery. Labor must ever continue to be
the great source of wealth; and any system
which unnecessarily transfers to foreign
hands a large portion of the labors involved
in the supply of American wants diminishes,
to that extent, the productive power of the
Union and the prosperity of American citi
zens. Enoouraged by the increase of free
trade strength in the lower branch of Con
gress, the New York importing houses which
represent British manufacturing firms are
making desperate exertions to influence pub
lio sentiment in favor of their own special
interests and the interests of their British
masters. The lavish use of British gold
for this purpose is not even denied, and
Americans are openly insulted by these pre
sumptuous efforts of foreigners to instruct
them in regard to their politioal duties, and
to make this country a missionary ground
for. the advocates of false and pernicious
British systems of political economy. John
Bull would not hesitate a moment to drive
out of his domains, or to imprison or hang,
any Americans who attempted, on English
soil, to influence English politics by a lavish
expenditure of American money; and the
English agents who have' organized a vigorous
campaign against our industries deserve no
better treatment here. But as free discus
sion prevails in this country, the people can
give vent to thei r indignation most effectu
ally at the polls, and from this time forth they
should take special pains that no candidate
suspected of free-trade tendencies receives
their votes.
The late reports from Dominica indicate
that Cabral is making headway ogainst the
forces of Baez, and by the time Congress is
ready to favor annexation the obioken-thief
instead of the present President may be in
power. 11 avis g already Ku-klux Klans in
the South, Greasers in the Southwest, Sitka
Indians in the Northwest, and Kanucks in the
North, the nation scarcely needs to seek new
troubles in a new quarter.
NOTICES.
Spring Sale
IK
Fine Clothing for Gentlemen and Boys.
An entirely new stock. By far the largest and most
varied, the moat elegantly made up, in
new and stylish modes, well sewed and
nandaomely trimmed; grave and gay, to
snlt all tastes boys of six or men of
sixty.
Scale of Prices Cheap, Cheaper, Cheapest.
Wanamaker 4 Bbowh
have now opened, after months of preparation, a
stock of Spring and Summer Clothing, which far
surpasses even their former efforts.
This they will dispose of by a
Lively and Quick Sale,
to Insure which they have put the lowest figures
possible on every article in store,
Advice Corae and see for yourself,
secure a nrit pick'' In the stock.
Register jour orders early In the Custom Depart
ment. , .
A ok your wife to examine our Boys' Clothing.
Buy your Slilrta, Cravats, etc, In our enlarged
Gents' FurnishlDg Department.
Oak Hall Building,
The Lakgest Clothino House in Philadelphia,
S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market Streets.
A Great Sewing-machine Mart. From No. T30
Chesnut street, running back at a right an?le to
Eighth street, are located the admlrably-ntted-up
warerooms (In this city) of the Grover A Baker Sew
ing Machine Company, presided over by our popular
fellow-citizen, George W. Eddy, Esq. A visit there
within the last few days convinced as of what there
was already little room for doubt, that the Grover fc
Baker Sewing Machines have the deepest hold upon
the affections of our people. Always a favorite, the
recent improvements which have been applied to it
render it well-nigh Indispensable In every household
In fact, it performs admirably what no other ma
chines attempt. Last year' the aggregate sales of
Grover A Baker machines largely exceeded those of
any previous season, and the present Indications are
that the current year will witness the greatest In
crease in the demand for these machines that has
yet been realised. Indeed the time seems to be
rapidly approachlDg when, both In America aad
Europe, no house will be considered completely fur
nished without the presence of a Grover A Baker
Sewing Machine, which machines, we may remark,
are got up In styles quite commensurate with the
most ornately furnished palaoe, while at the same
time they are sold In just as good working frames
at prices that compare with the most moderate In
price. urney Fi t,
The Sudden Changes op Temperature, together
with the searching winds which are now socoimoion,
are causiBg severe Colds to prevail everywhere, and
laying the foundations for many cases of Inflamma
tion of the Longs, Pleurisy, Asthma, and other Lung
Disorders. Prudent people should now take
especial precautions to avoid unnecessary exposure,
and if unfortunate enough to contract Colds, would
do well to resort at once to Dr. Jayne's Expectorant,
a safe and reliable remedy, which will not only
promptly cure Coughs and Colds, but will relieve
and strengthen the Pulmonary and Bronchial
organs, and remove all dangerous symptoms. Sold
everywhere.
TBI PCBITT AND SDPKRIOBITlf Of Dr. t'OltOU'S
Nitrous Oxide Uaa forpaiule tootu extravt'oa is
! proverbial.
OdtceNo. "3T Walnut street.
PHILADELPHIA CLOTH HOUSE
HILLUU3
N. W. Corner of
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN MATERIALS
LADIES',
embraces o very thing, native and Foreign, that is Rare,
HE 'S
Is ccmpn hen&ive, covering everything that the refined taste of London, Faris, riew York,
Eo stop, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, or any of the larger centres, could desire
LUPIN'S BLACK DBAPS D'ETE AND BOMB Alt INES,
For Gentlemen's Suits and Ladies' Embroidered Sacks.
Every variety of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vestings, for Friends' Wear.
ALL KINDS OF LINEN DRILLINGS AND MARSEILLES.
WILLIAM T. SWODGRASS $c CO.,
F. W. Corner of Kinth ar.d Market Streets.
fcHEKCx's Mandrake Fills
are prepared only by
Dr. J. II ScnENCK,
and told wholesale and retail at his Principal
Offlce.
N. 35 North Sixth ST.,
Philadelphia,
and by Tra; g'st- everywhere.
Price twtn'j five cents per box.
No Curb, No Pay. Forrkbt'3 Juniper Tar
For Coughs, Croup, Whooping Cough, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Sara Throat. Splttlnc or Blood and
Lung Diseases. Immediate relief and positive care,
or price refunded. N. B The only genuine Is pre
pared by Dr. J. Mason Forrest & Co., since 1862. For
sale by French, Richards & Co., Tenth and Market,
and A. M. Wilson, Ninth and Filbert. Price 85 cents.
PURE WINES,
Direct from California.
Port, Angelica, Mutcatel. and Hock.
Also, Fine and very Pure
BRANDY,
At prices lower than ever offered before, and
etroDgly recommended by our best phyalclans.
E. BRADFORD CLARKE.
(SUCCESSOR TO SIMON COLTON A CLARKE,)
S. W. Corner BROAD and WALNUT,
1 31 tuthstMp PHILADB&PIIIA.
PAPER HANCINQSi
fJACLE,
COOKE
AND
EWIIMG,
Paper Hangings,
No. 1210 CHESNUT St.,
8'8Bmw3mrp PHILADELPHIA.
CLOVES.
CDESNIT STREET KID OLOYE HOUSE,
No. (W.
, LADIES' KID GLOVES.
"Hartley ' 1185
'rtajou'7 1&5
BARTHOLOMEWS', "Jouvin" 1 8S
"La Belle" i
"Joseph" 100
CnESNUT Children's 100
Oents' "La Belle" 1 60
GenU' "BirUey" 8 25
STREET HOSIERY.
Ladles' Hose, 23. 88, 81c. up.
Ladles' English Hose, 35, 38 to
KID GLOVE fcoc '
Ladles' Balbrlargan Dose,
tints' Hose, 5, 8a up.
HOUSE, . (tents' i hose, 31, ssu. up.
Gents' Furnishing (ioods, etc
PARASOLS,
008 - FANS.
COMBS,
BlU'KHES,
CHESNUT STREET. GLOVES,
HDKtfS.,
CORSETS.
We import our Kid Gloves for. and especially to
meet, the demands at our Retail Stores, which have
iucreased toiucb an extent that we now claim the
largfbt aiovH trade In Philadelphia; aad why t on
the merits ofour gooos. li'JL
fcffEfi CUItUUIU.'iU 0V
Grand.'Square and Upright Pianos.
GREAT REDUCTION,
FIXED PRICES.
DUTTON'S PIANO ROOM?, "
I is lu)4p b'os. 1124 and 1129 CUESNUf St.
IMPORTANT COHLIUKICATION
XTOOIfcX THE
OF
T.
HiHTH and IIAEKET Streets,
GEjTP.1i
oir
iron
GENTLEMEN'S, AND BOYS' WEAR,
ARTE3EfJT
OLOTHINQi
AY.UtOAl f
t
Spiin ? CvjMCoatsI
Velvet Collar!
Silk Breast!
Silk Lined!
Spring Overcoats!
For Boys! Coys!! Boys!!!
FA 11
1JETTEK
AND
CIIEAPEK
THAN
ELSEWHERE.
R0CKH1LL . ft " WILSON,
803 and 605 CHESSUT STREET.
.V
UNDER 1
HUE
'PUUADUPHJA:PAi
Elegance,
Fashion,
Good Taste,
Characterise the'
Assortment of Goods
We have to submit to
Our Customers.
Ready-made Clothing of all qualities and styles at
reasonable prices.
FOR BALEi
FOR SALE, AT MERCHANTVILLE, NEW
.Tnrn K.irl new (tnnventent. and nn&t(t
tuna nnv mill tn hn mm it nled : larffft front nrd
and garden ; price moderate. Inquire of E. G. CAT
TELL, Merchant ville, or at No. 84 N. DELAWARE
avenue, Philadelphia. 3 83 6t
fT COUNTRY SEAT AND FARM FOR M
Uuj7-mlle stone, and Dear T&oony. Mansion houao
and small du elling to le
Apply on premites, or
ff FOR SALETHAT VALUABLE CORNER
property, northwest corner ELEVENTH and
LOMBARD streets. Excellent location for store.
Cheap. l'OBHefcsion immediate. WILLIAM F.
JOHNSON, No. 6i!8 WALNUT Street. iH&ttt
G FOR BALK HANDSOME FOVR-STORY
IS Dwelling No. SiOlT AH :H Krent, ) by 140 feet
u. 34 feet street. H. KINGSTON Ml'C'AV, No. ii
W A Lt. UT S treet. If
OR EGG'S BRICK MACHINE,
Eew, Kever Used, For Sale.
CAN REDELIVERED ATOSCE.
Address CAPITAL,
1 23 1M 11 ai !wu3, I hlUdelphia Post OOlce.
OObb
fjwdhn
Chaste, and Beautiful.
PARTG3EE1T
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE.
JTJST OPENED.
A LARGE INVOICE OF
English Work Baskets,
WITH FITTINGS COMPLETE,
Just received by steamer Russia.
J. E. CALDWELL & CO.,
JEWELLERS,
No. 902 CHESNUT Street,
aiastntht PHILADELPHIA.
OARPETINOS, ETO.
McCAlLULl, CREASE & SLOAN.
IMPORTERS OF
Spring Importations,
NEW DESIGNS IN ALL FABRICS.
Now in store; and to arrive, together with the whole
lock, are oflered at .
I? op ixl ax Prin58,
To Insure large tales,
Prepararory to Removal
In July to our new warehouse,
Nos. 1012 and 1014 Chesnut St.
HcCALLUM, CREASE k SLOAN,
No. 500 CHESNUT Street,
8 1 wsmSmrp PHILADELPHIA.
FINANQIAL.
JJAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS
FOR THE SALE AND EXCHANGE
OF TBI
NEW UNITED STATES LOAN,
We would tender our services to Investors or hold
ers of old loans desiring to make exchange.
DREXEL & CO.,
ICO. 84 80UTH THIRD STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
FOR GALE.
The Farnitnre of a Flrtt-olati Club
Boom, including Billiard Table.
WILL BE BOLD LO if.
8 81 tuHisSt Address ''CLUB," this omoe.
HIDD DOULE, IN CONSEl'EM'E 09
THE
Ai dm-esoe of A. K. MYiln. ha leattvd the
Sol Til VUSS bHAUD HTAULKS,
snd buying refitted the same with every conve.
nlence, reepectlullj asks the patronage of the public
lu Bur'pnrtiug (if
lliKMOL'SL STABLE OF PHILADELPHIA.
A