THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH .PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1871. feting 'clcgtapli PUBL18I1ED EVBRT AFTERNOON (bUNDATS KXCEPTKD), AT TI1E EVENING TELEGR VPfl BUILDING, No. 108 8. THIRD 8TREET, PHILADELPHIA. fhe rrice i threeccnla per copy (double hect or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom served. The nubnoription price by mail is Aine hollars per annum, or One D ilia ani Fifty Cents for two months, invariably advance for the lime ordered. TUESDAY, MARCH 28. 171. Ml. SUMNEll'S ANTT.SAN DOMINGO Whatever ratty he tbe inherent value or worthleBPDt rs of Dominica, it is impossible to read Senttfor Sumner's flpeech without Coming to the conolnaion that very irregular end improper menus have been resorted to in tbe negotiations relating to that proposed acquisition. The sketch be gives of the leaders of Dominica ix anything bat compli mentary. Onr own politicians are had enough, but tbf-y are embodiments of virtue when compared with tbe rulers of the Spnnish American nation, and, more espeoiilly, finch men as Baez. lie has figured during tbe last eight or ten yeflis as tbe active ally of the Spaniards in their efforts to establinh their dominion over Dominica, as a zealons opponent of annexa tion to the United States, as a p ttriot of the first water, aa a cruel and sanguinary tyrant, and, finally, as a gigantic real estate specula tor, who proposes to transfer his ooantry bcdily to the United States Government. Tbe principal portion of Senator Sumner's Speech is u.ade up of an exposure of the tyr annies, perfidies, ai d rascalities of 3aez, and of a Belies of complaints that the Cftval power of this country was improperly employe! to maintain bis authority while the negotiations with the United Slates were pending. All these points seem to be e'ear y established: There oau be no doubt that liaez is a cruel and unprin cipled pcourdre); that the Dominicans, either through their own inherent efforts or by the aid of the Haytiens, would have deposed him during the last year, if American war vesswls bad not propped up bis nhadowy authority; and that tbe f.dmiuist ration i-sned orders and rendered assistance to linnz of Mich a character that it is amenable to Caubtio criticism. It is probable that some Of th' Be acts m y be, in part, explained by the d'( enters of th Presidential policy; and it is on'y fair th t their responses ahuuli be duly considered before nual judgment is passed on this part of the controversy; but as matters stand now, there are apparently good grounds for the belief that Amerio.iu fleets have been maintaining a usurper iu omoa for ine . purpose or en abling him to sell to as his country. Tbe alleged violations of in ternational law connected with such a trans action, upon which Senator Sumner lays great stress, are of even less importance thu their proballe bearing upon the practical value Of Dominica. We bought Florida from th Spaniards, but the. long fight with the Semi Holes cost the nation more mouey than tbe territory was ever w.rtb; and if the Domini cans, in consequence of a belief that Baz bas betrijed them, or from any other cans3 resist the enforcement of our authority, they may prove as worthless and as troublesome as the Seminoles. That they do not lack tbe power, even when under chicken-thief leaders tike Cabral, to wage hostilities in an effective manner, is proved by their recent successful resistance to Spain; and it is not pleasant to contemplate the pra&peot that we would be compelled to wage a war like that continued for years in Florida, or like the wars waged by Spain against the Cuban insurgents and against the Domini cans. If our first step after annexation must be the massacre of an insurgent population capable of prolonging a struggle indefinitely by a retreat iuto interior mountains or swt naps, we may well shrink from a policy that would entail suoh repulsive, dis tasteful, and cruel duties. The forthcoming report of the commissioners sent to Dominica may throw additional light upon the senti ments of the masses of that ooantry; but it will be hardly safe to place implioit reliance upon their opinions. With the results of the experiment made by Napoleon and Maximilian In Mexioo, and a foreknowledge of the defeat of the effort to re-establish Spanish authority over Dominica, which was apparently com menced witb the unanimous consent of the people interested, we may welt pause, in view of the complications described in Sam tier's speech, before we aooept the blauk ele phant tendered by Baez. The Gablx Hepobts from France indicate that tbe revolutionary movement has spread from Paris to other leading towns, and the late elections in Paris have resulted in Com munist triumphs, partly on aooount of the absence of the friends of law and orfer from the polls. Although the authority of M. Thiers is supposed to be seriously menaced by these events, it is by Ho means certain that it will necessarily be overthrown. The eiihtiug Government lacks above all other things, soldiers in whom it can confide; and continuance of its authotity seems to binge upon its ability to speedily organize a trustworthy army. Under similar Circumstances, in the United States, hundreds of thoubands of reliable volunteers would rinh to tbe defense of an Assembly chosen by the whole nation; but it is impossible to predict what Frenchmen may or may not do. Thk Bboad Btbeet Railroad Bill wai ne. gatively reported in the Legislature y enter day. It is to be hoped that this is the last Of it. ins runuc nuiLDitras. The anti-Penn Sqnaroites having held their indignation meeting without apparently con vincing anybody bnt themselves . the property-holders about Washington and Inde pendence Squares of the iniquity of the so called "intersection job;" having set off their fireworks without exciting any enthusiasm except among a small crowd of small boys; having instigated a corruption investigation which bas come to nothing, for the reason that no witnesses can be found to substanti ate the accusations so boldly put fwrth iu the bi ti-Fenu Square organ; and having now, it vond seem exhausted both argument and vituperation, it is to be hoped that the com misMoners will, uninfluenced by factious clamor, pat, present, or prospective, go to work and erect the public buildings where tbe people have said that they shall be erected, without further delay. The Legisla ture took tbe one proper course to settle definitely and forever the controversy with regard to the Bite for the new public buildings by submitting the subject to the vote of tbe citizens of Philadelphia. Every man, woman, and child in Philadelphia knows bow the election resulted, and the choice of Penn Square by an overwhelming majority ought to have put a stop to all further .agita tion. The attempt of the property-holders whose incomes would probably be affeoted by the removal of the publio offices from their present looation to nullify the decision of the citizens of Philadelphia is one of the most shameless and impudent violations of the fundamental prinoiple of republicanism that bas ever occurred in this or any other com munity. The motives of those who have opposed the plans of the commission have been so utterly transparent that their arguments have been de prived of any foice they would have had under other circumstanjen, and the whole effect of the post-election controversy has been to confirm those who voted for Penn Square in the opinion that they made a proper decision last October. We do not blame the Washington Square property-holders for wishing to hold fast to their present good things, but it certainly cannot be ex pected that the entire city of Philadelphia mubt be inoonvenienced in order to oblige a small coterie of individual who are engaged in the lucrative business of letting out lawyers' offices at exorbitant rates. This would be carrying the principle of accommodation en tirely too far, and while the desolate owners of buildings in tbe neighborhood of Fifth and Sixth and Chesnut and Walnut streets have our sincere pympsthies in their misfortune, we must deprecate the manner in whioh they have endeavored to obstruct a great public enterprise iu order that their private interests might be benefited. The present seasonable weather should be taken advantage of by the Building Cam mishioners to commence tbe work of digging tbe cellar aud Hying the foundations, in order that it may be well advanced before next win ter. If the work is delayed until the com missioners cease to be criticized, it will never commenoe at all; and it should be remem- brd tii ait n tbe clamor ' wnlcu bas been raised sinoe the election has been with a view of preventing the publio buildings from being removed from their present location. The commissioners will not be doing their duty if they allow themselves any longer to be im peded in the important work which they have in band by the Chinese thunder of the anti-Penn Squareites; and if we are ever to have publio buildings suitable to tbe dignity of the city, and which will afford deoent accommodations for our courts and municipal offices they should be commenoed at once and finished as rapidly as possible. THE INCOME TAX RETURNS. We published yesterdays remarkable editorial article from the New York Tribune concern ing the changes in the law regulating the assessment and collection of the income tax, and the fact that the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue, in preparing the blanks for the returns, bad overlooked these changes. General Pleasanton, whose manly efforts to eecure the repeal of the tax have not been lost Bight of by the people, has promptly recti fied tbe mistake made at the outset. His de cision modifying the original form of return will be found on another page, and every per son who bas not yet made his return should read it before submitting answers to the im pertinent questions embraced in the blanks recently distributed by the assistant assessors. The Commissioner fully meets the point made in reference to the details of income, by authorizing a form of return which simply requires a statement of the net inoome liable to taxation. In reference, however, to the cases of those whose gross incomes did not exceed $2000 during 1870, the Commissioner fails to give all the relief that was demanded. A portion of the affidavit has been stricken out, Lut every person whose inoome did not exceed $2000 is still requiied to mke an affi davit to the effect that he "was not possessed of an income valued in the United States legal-tender currency liable to be assessed according to the provisions of the aot of July 14, 1870." As was shown by the Iribune article, there is no authority of law for the exaction of any return whatever in such cases. Whether or not it is desirable for the people to defy the Commissioner by neglecting to make the return, is a matter for individual decision. Many will doubtless prefer to hunt up the assistant assessor to avoid all possi bility of trouble, while others will be prompted to rely upon their rights as oitizens and refuse compliance with an unwarranted decision of the Commissioner. The English House of Lords is deter, ruined to preserve intact all the legaoies of the Middle Ages. Last night the bill legaliz ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister, piev u ly passed by the House of Commons, came np for final disposition, but only to be rejected, after a lengthy discussion. The prohibition is repeatedly violated in England, it is opposed to the spirit of tbe age, and the House of Lords, by its adverse autiou, hu simply aimed another blow at its own stability. Smith, thk "Rooster," bas pneumatic tubes on the brain. Yesterday afternoon he , introduced in the Legislature a bill autho rizing the construction of pneumatic tubes under the city of Philadelphia and under the Delaware river. If this bill should beoome a law, it is to be hoped that Smith will be at once injected into bis submarine network, and kept moving baok and forth under ground until be gets bis fill of pneumatics. Peibaps it would be a good thing to authorize the construction of a pneumatio tube nuder the Atlantic to San Domingo, when we could rid ourselves forever of Smith by shooting him down into tho tropics. OBI 1 1 Alt ftlrKrna Rarhntinn, Py tnnnter V. . N. McKeun Buchanan, a distinguished United States naval officer, died recently at Charles town, Mas?. He held the'oflice of paymaster, and was one of the oldest of that rank in the ret vice, being In his seventy-third year. lie was a native of Baltimore, a son of Dr. George Buchanan, and grandson of Thomas McKean, one of the signers of tbe Declaration of Inde pendence, and afterwards a Governor of this Commonwealth. Mr. Buchanan was commis sioned as purser iu the navy by President Adams In 1826. Since that time he has seen thirty-two and a half years of active service, one-half of which time was spent at sea. He made four cruises to tbe Pacific and onovoyage around the world in the sloop Vlncennes, which trip was tbe first of the kind made by any American man-of-war. In 1861 he was on board the frigate Congress when it engaged with and was dis abled by the Rebel iron-clad Merrlmac in Hampton Roads. In that deadly naval battle he commanded the berth-deck division of his ves sel. This was his final service afloat. By the law of December, 1801, he was placed on the re tired lift by reason of his age, but on account ol his great abilities he was kept in active ser vice until within a short time of his death. Joha Tappaa. John Tappan, a distinguished aud venerable merchant of Boston, better known as President and Treasurer of the American Tract Society, which office he held for forty years, died on Saturday last, at bis residence near that city. At the time of bis death he was nearly ninety years of age. Ills native place was Northampton, but he went to Boston about the year 1799, and has since remained there. After a short but very successful business career, he retired upon a competency as early as 1825. He has since held several offices of business honor and trust in the city. He was at one time a religious follower of Dr. Channing, but afterwards returned to the orthodox faith. He held the most responsible office of tbe Trac. Society, and was always in terested in foreign missions, holding the posi Hon of member of the Prudential Committee of the American Board. To this cause, as well as to many others, he was always a liberal con tributo . He also held offices in other religious and benevolent institutions, and was a promi nent and early advocate of the temperance movement. NOTICES. OVFBCOATS, OVEI COATS FOR SrBINO. ALL THE NEW STYLES ovkkc0at8, and Overcoats, New Colors. Beautiful, Fresh Spring Suits, Beautiful, Fresh Sphino Suits, Beautiful, Fbesh Spring Suits, for Sixmimwmm om Dbkss, ' Business or Dress. Boys' All-wool Suits, Boys All-wool Suits, Boys' All-wool Surra, FOB Sundays and Weekdays. Sundays and Workdays. Very Durable and Vebt Cheap. Veby Dubablb and Very Cheap, Immense Assortment of Children's Fancy Suits, Immense Assortment of Children's Fancy Suits, on the First Floor. Wanamaeer & Brown's, Wanamaeer A Brown's, Wanamaeer & Brown's, Oak Hall, Oak Hall, The Popular Clothino House, S. E. Corner Sixth and Market Streets. The Sudden Changes of Temperature, together with the searching winds which are now so common, are causing severe Colds to prevail everywhere, and laying the foundations for many cases of Inflamma tion of the Lungs, Pleurisy, Asthma, and other Lung Disorders. Prudent people should now take especial precautions to avoid unnecessary exposure, and 1 unfortunate enough to contract Colds, would do well to resort at onoe to Dr. J ayne'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. FISH. EXTRA NEW MESS MACKEREL, YARMOUTH BLOATERS, SPICED AND FRESH SALMON. E. BRADFORD CLARKE, (SUCCESSOR, TO SIMON COLTON A CLARKE,) 8. W. Corner BE0AD and WALNUT, 181 tuthstftp PHlLADEfciPHIA. JJAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS FOR THE SALE AND EXCHANGE OF TBI NEW UNITED STATES LOAM, We would tender our services to Investors or hold ers of old loans desiring to make exchange. DREXEL & CO., Ho. 84 BOUTH THIRD STREET, PH ILADBLPB I A p O R SALE, By the Bachelor's Barge Clufc, The Four-oared Outrigger Barge Lotus With oars and furniture, all in excellent condition. Apply to H. P. ATKINSON. 8 83 tuthiifdp No. 83 North THIRD street. BEWINQ MACHINES. WHEELER & WILSON SEWinU JtlACSlIftlS, For Bait on Easy Term. NO. 914 GIIESNUT STREET. I a4 PHILADELPHIA. OLOTHIND. The Popular Clothiers! Custom Department OF TBS GREAT BROWN HALL, NOW X ii Full Blast With Choice Varieties Of Foreign and American Fabrics Of Every Grade, Every Style, Every Color, Every Description. CHEAP! PROMPT! ROCKHILL & WILSON. 603 and 605 CHESNUT STREET. fiflBMtGMett With a Stock of Qoods From which any and every one may SEE AND SELECT The fabric and style that best suits HIS FANCY, With able and long-tried OOTTEKH To do justice to that choice, And with the best skilled WORKMEN To finish ft all, We lay our claims for patronage Before the Public. PIANOS. 5 Steinway & Sons' Grand Square and Upright Pianos. Special attention Is called to their ne Patent Upright Pianos, With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tubular Metal Frame Action, etc. which are matchless in Tone and Touch, and unrivalled In durability. CIIAIILEM HL.AS1U0, WABEROOMS, No. 1006 CHESNUT STREET. 1 13 tTrp PHILADELPHIA.' PIANOS AND ORGANS. GEO. STEuK & CO.'S.) BRADBTJKY'S, J- PIANOS, BAIWES' BR08', J AND MASON AND HAMLIN'S CABINET OBQANS. GOULD & FISCHER, No. 923 OH KSNDT Street. t. K. GOULD. ' No. 1018 ARCH Street. WM. O. yiSCHKB. 1 IT tf 4p GrandSquare and Upright Pianos. 1 GREAT REDUCTION. FIXED PRICES. DUTTON'S PIANO ROOMS, S 85 lm4p yos. 112 and 1188 CHESNUT St. HARDWARE, ETO. CUMBERLAND NAILO 84 '40 Per Keg. These Nails are known to be the best In the market All Halls, no waste, and cost no more than other brands. Each keg warranted to contain loo pounds of Nails. AIho, a large assortment of fine Hinges, Locks, and Knoiia, Salld Bronze, suitable for nrst-olasa build ings, at the great Cheap-for-Cash Hardware Store OF J. O. BUANNOrV, 1 14tu tbsS No. 1009 MARKET Street. EDWARD POflTI & CO., IMPORTERS OF FOREIQS PRODUCE, Wines, Oils. Fruits, cigars, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, ' No. 1)01 HALIli Street, PHILADELPHIA. KDWABP PQKTI. ISSTJ JAMES W. HAVENS. AR C H 8 0 T M, 18 7 1. MFSSRS. OOPELAND k BROWNING (jKNTLKMEN : The liuildlug Committee, and the Trustees of the Arch Ktrt-et Method 1st Episcopal Church, take ttils meihodof expressing to : ou their apprt'clatloa of tlie faithfulness with which you have fuldlled your contract with them for the erection of their church building. W u bt lleve you have coraplli d with your contract in letter and in spirit. The result is all we could have hoped lor, and In these days f severe compe tition, with so much contract work Imperfectly doue, is more than we expected. As ye', no alga of any crack indicating settling of the work Is uppareut, not even In the spire, with Its estimated weight iroui loundatlon to Urn ad of from SHOO to 8000 tons. Those ot us wboae riuti-ji required us to be more frequently In business relations with you accord y U the uieilt of pleasant aud obllglnt; attend u to our suppeftinnH, ann to those of Mr. A. Hutton, the Architect, and oiler ourselves as reference 1 1 others who may ftl deposed to contract with you for the erection of tiulhiiuics. This note, unsolicited byjjou, will be published by us. On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Arch Street M. K. Church. JOHN WHITE MAN, President. J. M. LONQACRF, Secretary. u PEABODY Oc WESTON, CAR P JW 11 OUfS 10. A visit to onr Store will convince any one that we are prepared to offer Great Bargains and Special Inducements to Cash Purchasers in Carpetings. I1AV1NO A LA KG K LOT OF Ingrain, Tapestry Brussels and Body Brussels Consigned to us for onr opecial account, we can h-u thmu at na u prices aatuey are bauht wholeHale Bt in New York. Tlii we gnarauteM. INGRAINH at 75 cents per jhtI. all wool. TAPEST11Y BRUSSELS. $112 rr yH. 01JJLE (5 COL'S JtST AS LOW. PEABODY & WESTON, No. 72.-1 CHl SNt'T Stn tt. rexr rfonr t.i M-wonio Hall. JEWELRY AND 8ILVERWARF.. A LARGE INVOICE OP English Work Baskets, WITH FITTINGS COMPLETE, Just received by steamer Russia. J. E. CALDWELL & CO., JEWELLERS, No. 902 CHESNUT Street, 8 1? Itutbi PHILADELPHIA. CURTAINS ANO SHADES. TT-XIVIS Curtain Materials. NEW Curtains and Shades IVALRAVEN M AGONIC HALL, No. 719 CHESNUT St., 8 18 tb8tu3mrp PHILADELPHIA. HOSIERY. COOK & BROTHER, No. 63 N. EIGHTH 8 root, (TRADE-MARK.) . i RETAILERS . , 0F ... HOSIERY GOOD8 Bxclualvely or their own Importation. Just received, by ateamer China, 8 cases, 450 doaeaa Children's Fancy Hose, Embracing f 4 new and desirable styles, AT LO If BATti. 8 S3 tuthSmrp FIRE AND BURCLARPROOF SAFES AMERICAN STEAM SAFE CO., Bate Makers to the United States Government No. 32 8. FOURTH 8t.f PHILADELPHIA, SOL.lt BIJL tUPACTURBRS OF 8TEAM FIRE-PROOF SAFES, SANBORN'S PATENT BaLk Vaults, linrglar-Proof Safes, ETC. ETC., Of Welded Bteel and Iron, with Sargent's, Isham's, and Pillord's Locks. BILVBli BAKES, EXPRESS BOXES, Sta, built to order. 81 stuthSmrp 1 1HI A II L I C J A C K N AND MAOH INERT. PRICES KKWJCJED. GREATLY IMPROVED PUMP, Inclosed from cunt, and piston guided top and bottom, reducing wear tali; one-half. Jacks on hire, from 4 to ltxt tons. PHILIPS JUSTICE. Shops 8 EVENT E ENT U and COATES Mtreeu. Omce No. 14 N. FIFTH btreet. 8 18 stuthlui HATS AND OAPS. nWA R BURTON'S IMPROVED VENTILATED and ea -nulng DUES: HATa (patented). In all the improved faaliiona of the season. OUE3NUT btreet, uext door Ur the font 00) oe, rp UKV oouus J. M. HAFLKIOII, Ko. 1012 and 1014 CHESNUT fit, Will Exhibit IN Ladies' Suits andSacques, MONDAY, Mitca 27. 8 24 8t 1853 " TBOENIiEY'8 ' jQ-i Eighteenth Anniversary. For eighteen years we have been on 8?RIN GAhUiN M.,aiifl amid the irnta'loiw of Time we have wtntnteadlly on adding to our Ion and re enertati Mm of FlKnT-CLahS customers (ana to cur xt hequer, of courde) for all of whlua we to-day I preBeut our ANNIVEHS 4RY THANKS, And say that never in an the pant have we offered a more complete stock of Dry Goods Than we have the pleasure of now presenting before the public. ftPEC'lAIriES. BLACK Si LB 8, KPRLNW DR8 GOODS, NEW AMU BBAUTIFUL SHAWLS, RICH LINEN TABLK DAMASKS, MARSEILLES AND OTUKH QUILTS, MUSLINS, CASSIMKHK4, FLANNELS, Etc JOSEPH H. THO BH LEY, NORTHEAST CORNEK OF EIGHTH and SPRING GARDES Els,, ' 18 thstnl PIIILADSLPHIA. 727 CHiSNUT STREET. 1 ALEXANDER RICKEY, Importer, Jobber, and Re ' taller of Dry Goods, DEPOT FOR THE 8 ALK OF CHOICE FABRICS IN DRY GOODS, I AT POPULAR PRICES, ' STOCK DAILY REPLENISHED With the CHEAPEST and CHOICEST OFFERINGS of this ana other markets. ALEXANDER RICKEY, 81 tnthstf ' No. T8T CHESNUT Street. ni;r itiiuiSTiftug. A CASE OF SUPERIOR QUALITY DARN8LEY SHEETINGS, Ordered by us, have just come to hand, but "WETTED ON THE VOYAGE. As no injury will result if Immediately washed oat, I we nui oner great maucemenis to parcaasers. ' aw rt mm u mm cak as d& jm. ft No. O South NINTH Street, 8 89 tuths3mip PHILADELPHIA. WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO. THIS NEW YORK WATCH COMPANY'S WATCHES, (Factory, Springfield, Mass. Id presenting their Watches to the American pub lie, we dojso with the knowledge that in point of finish and time-keeping qualities they are superior for the price to any Watch made In this country. For sale by ALEX. R. HARPER & DRO., Successor to John H. Harper, No. 308 OHKSNUT HTKEKT, SECOND STOBY, U 8 imrp halenrooiu of tbe American Watch. ClOTI KS WKINWEKH RSPAlKtD, No. MIT MARKET blleel (baseweul). If W. UOWEY. i i