4 THE DAILY EVKNiISlG TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY MAROn 20, 1871. PUBLISHED EVERT AFTERNOON ( " (8UNDATS IXCKPTKD), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, No. 108 S. THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA. , The rrict is three cen ts per copy (double sheet), or eighteen cents per week, payable to the carrier by whom nerved. The subscription price by mail is Kine Dollars per annum, or One DMar and Fifty Cents for two months, invariably advance for the lime ordered. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1871. The Evening Telegraph, from Its original establishment, has been in the receipt of telegraphic news from the New York Associated Press, which consists of the Tribune, Times, Herald, World, Sun, Journal of Commerce, Evening Post, Commercial Advertiser, and Evening Ex press. The success which has attended our enterprise is, in itself, a sufficient evi dence of the freshness, fullness, and relia bility of the news which we have received from this source. In March, 1870, we en tered into a special contract by which The Evening Telegraph has the exclusive use of the news furnished in the afternoon by the Associated Press to its own members, the North American, Inquirer, Ledger, Press, Age, Record, and German Democrat, of this city, and the leading journals of the East, North, West and South ; and hereafter The Telegraph will be the only evening paper published in this city in which the afternoon despatches of the Associated Press will appear. SIT The earliest regular edition of The Evening Telkobaph goes to press at o'clock, and the subsequent regular editions at 2$, 3J, and 4. Whenever there is im portant news of the complications in Europe, extra editions will be issued af ier this hour, and before the regular time for the early edition. TEE SAN D OMINO 0 Q UES TION. A notable feature of the debates in the Senate on the San Domingo question is the disposition of the speakers on both sides to avoid committing themselves on the main issue. The controversy refers rather to the manner in which the negotiations have been conducted than to the merits or demerits of the proposed acquisition in itself. The de fenders of the President are apparently dis posed to await the report of the commission before they take bold and decided grounds for annexa tion; and if the rumor that this report will, on the whole, be unfavorable, proves true, a abort and easy method will be furnished for disposiog of the entire subjeot. By way of compromise, our Government might lease or buy outright the bay and harbor of Samana, and leave the rapscallions and revolutionists of the interior to continue their domestic quarrels until sheer ex haustion prompted all parties to seek our friendly intervention, or until, like Kilkenny cats, tbey devoured each other. ' The bay and harbor may prove nseful as a naval station, and in the event of a war with a foreign power it would soon save to the Government infinitely more than its cost; while the prac tical value of the interior will depend greatly upon the varying disposition of a people prone to change, to idleness, and to revenge ful demonstrations. We have got land enough, in all conscience, for present neces sities: and if we are to aoquire more, it had far better be unencumbered with a race of lazzaroni, robbers, or rebels. IMPORTANT TO COAL DEALERS. A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to regulate the weight of anthracite coal delivered by retail coal dealers in the city of Philadelphia, which is of con siderable interest and importance to both dealers and consumers, as its objeot is to compel the dealers to give full weight. It provides that after the first day of July, 1871, the legal standard ton for anthraoite coal shall be 2240 pounds, whioh will put an end to all differences of opinion between those who sell and those who buy as to whether the word "ton" means a long or a short ton 2210 or 000 pounds. The bill divides the city into three inspection districts, and provides for the election of , throe inspectors y Councils and their appointment by the Mayor, who shall serve for two years.' Tbesn inspectors are to receive $ 1200 per annum, and it is made their duty to examine all the wagonB and other vehicles used for the de livery of anthracite coal within their respec tive districts, and to ascertain by measure ment or otherwise their capaoitv. Those wagons whioh will contain 2210 pounds of bard white ath Sohnjlkilt eoal, or fractional fourths thereof, are to be etamped by the inspectors in a conspicuous manner; and then the bill further provides that on and after the first day of July, 1871, it shall not be lawful for any cart, wagon, or other vehiola to be nsed for delivering anthracite coal within the city of Philadelphia unless stamped or branded by the proper inspector, and every person violating this ' pro vision will be liable to a fine of ten dollars. The bill also autho rizes the inspectors to order any cart or wagon used by reU.i cool dealers in delivering anthrtctte coal to be brought to any boaIas within foar hundred yards of the place where the ooal shall have been loaded, and to weigh it both loaded and empty. If the inspector shall find that the ooal is short of the proper weight, it will be his duty to inform the dealer of the fact and of the penalty incurred, which will be a fine of fifty dollars. The In spector's fee for stamping ooal carts is one dollar each; the fine for using an nnstampei cart. is fixed at ten dollars, the fine for refus ing to permit the inspector to weigh a loud of coal is fixed at ten dollars, and fifty dollars U the pfnalfy for sending out into the highway a load which weighs less than 2210 pounds, or the proper fractional part thereof. The bill contains no provision with regard to the manner in which the penalties named in it may be recovered, but in every other re spect it is an exoellent measure, whioh ought to go through the Legislature without opposition. It is notorious that many retail ooal dealers habitually give short weight, and that many are firmly con vinced that two thousand pounds is a full ton, while the consumers are under the im pression that twenty-two hundred and forty pounds is the legal weight. The bill now under consideration will protect honest dealers as wtll as consumers, and if it becomes a law it will do away with abuses which it is now almost impossible to reach. COLLEGIATE HONORS FOR SALE. During some months past the Provost of the University of Pennsylvania has been receiv ing from various persons in Canada and Eu rope letters inquiring whether the Univer sity would confer degrees in absentia, and at what cost. At first these letters were myste ries, but at last their origin was detected. It was ascertained that a hired agent of a sham university in this city we will not advertise it by giving its address was palming off upon over-anxious Europeans and Canadians degrees which they supposed to come from the University of Pennsylva nia, but which in reality came from the so-called University above alluded to. It was also ascertained that two charters, one for a medical school and the other for a college, gave the power to confer degrees. Finally a reporter of the Press took the mat ter in bano, and his expose of the whole con cern, publihed last . Thursday, proved the correctness of the information before ob tained. The "dean" of the pretending in stitution was caught in a nicely-laid trap, and a letter from him to a clergyman in England, offering to confer any degree in the whole list for a certain price, was found in no way to exaggerate his willingness to make doc tors if paid for it. Of course such an iniquity should not be tolerated a single day longer than necessary. The Legislature should revoke these much abused charters without delay. Our police should make a descent on the premises, for a museum of immoral and absolutely obscene specimens helps the financial department of 'the enterprise; and every citizen should do his bhare to excite a proper pullio feeling. When we think bow many inooimptnt, if . utterly dishonest, fellows are turned loose upon the community with a- degree of M. D. for which they never, studied an hour, and thus empowered to injure for life, or even kill, suoh simple- minded persons as may coma to them for ad vice, we can see easily how grave a responsi bility rests upon every decent man in the community. Such doctors of medicine (yes- terday, perhaps, clowns or stable-boys; are generally the wretches who by their lewdness decoy young men and women into sin, and then kill the former by quackery and the latter by malpractioe. But for such men and a few like-minded, though regular gradu ates the terrible crimes of pre-natal murder and infantioide, whioh so disgrace our age more than any preceding one, wonld be com paratively rare. To sell a strictly honorary degree is bare enough: to traffic in the lives of our fellows is a crime against society, and should be punished as such. If this scandal upon our oity's fair reputa tion continue, we must expect to hear of sua picion and doubt attaching to the glorious fame of Philadelphia as the mother of medi cal schools in the United States. The En glish clergyman spoken of above, perhaps too ready to believe ill of anything Amerioan, says: "I cannot understand how suoh a re spectable university as that of Philadelphia Sh nld issue degrees through an agent in London. This system of agency is most discreditable, and, for the honor of both our countries, should be stopped." Itohing for a degree, yet fearing that he was being humbugged, though he knew that the Uni versity of Pennsylvania was too "respectable' to make a trade of its honors he still writes in this vein. The medical diplomas of Phila delphia's two great schools, the University and Jefferson, are recognized all over Enropa. The city owes it to itself to keep Philadel phia's diplomas always recognizable. The debate upon the anti-Ku-klux bill has fairly commenced in the House of Represents tives, and the people may expeot .to be folly enlightened in regard to the state of the South by the lower branch of Congress, while the ripper branch is disposing of Dominica. All this may be well, but the substantial interests tt the people of the Northern States ought also to ba occasionally looked after; and if the Government has any blessings to bestow, a 6mall share of them should be vouchsafed to those who have saved and maintained it and who bear nine-tenths of its burdens. Napoleon III -does not relish the idea of retiring to private life. lie thinks that due regard for the welfare of bis "poor people" will require him to take sn active interest in the pnblio affairs of France. Like the played out politicians of Amerioa, his thirst for power, instead of being cured by his down fall, remains as strong as ever, and the re mainder of his life will probably be spent in efforts to regain bis lost throne. Ik Tint Static Senate the groundwork was laid yesterday for a grand oyster war between the noble Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, by a resolution offered by Senator Dechert, which was appropriatley re ferred to the Committee on Foreign Relation. If we mint huve another fight, we know of nothing so well calculated to awaken martial ardor as the threatened loss of the Pennsyl vania o. ser crop in the Delaware B jr. Let us have no division into parties of hard shells and softshells, or half -shells and whole shells, on thin momentous subjeot, but maroh to the front with a stern resolve that not a siDgle lu-cious bivalve shall be surrendered to the grasping Jerseymen. Anaraatna Becker, .laaraallet. A prominent German journalist, Augustus Becker, died in Cincinnati 011 Sunday lat. lie was bom in 1814 in Uesse-Darmctadt. In 1835, when he was a young man, he was imprisoned for tight years for aiding the revolution wh'.ch bro'ie out in Frankfort-on-the Main. When re leased hrt went to Switzerland and edited several radical republican papers. He was afterwards tbe ed or of a paper published in Gdiin u y ad supported tbe revolution ot 1848, for which he was prosecuted by the Government, ne emi grated to this country in 18.1. He went to B li more and edited tbe Wecker for awhile, but in 1856 removed to Cincinnati, where he had charge of two papers. He rerveddurirg the war as chaplain, he having studied theology in Genua y, being originally intended for the Church by his father, a Lutheran clergyman. In 1864 he was attain in Baltimore, tngv'td upon the Wecker, and afterwards agv.n removed to Cincinnati to start an entirely new journal, tbe Volkshlatt. In 18(59 he became editor of he Courier, the most prominent German Rer.u'U' can paper, upon which he was engaged until a few months azo, when his health broke down and he was obliged to forego all work. THE FINK A UTS. Moran'. "Lund and Mea" Mr. Mo rairs pictures, "Land and Sea,"seventy flve in number, have been removed from Messrs. Earles' galleries to Scott's nets auction rooms, No. 1120 Chesnut street, where they are on free exhibi tion ontll the time of sale, Thursday evening at lyi o'clock. At Mr. Moran has made up hU mind to leave us, to settle permanently in Nor York, the pictures must be disposed or, and the sale, Messrs. Eerie assure us, will be peremptory. Among so many line thiDgs we could not fairly notice particu larly any particular ones, but any one Is a great ex ample of the artist's work. We might call attention to Nos. 76 and 77 on tho catalogues, by J. T. Peele, of London, an old friend of Mr. Moran, which he has Included In his Bale, as tliy were in bis posses sion at the time he dismantled his studio. They are charming English game subjects, entrusted to him to be sold for the be uefk of Mr. Peele's aged father, who Is hind, and entirely dependent upon his sons. Under these circumstances, they shou'd command readily the price the artist desired for them f 50 each. HEAVY Df. FA L CATION. Dlsappearaace tf u. Mailed Nlnte. Revenue Coi mar. Tbe Savannah Republican of the 25th inst has tbe following: Yesterday it was found that Major J H. Gould, the United States Revenue Collector for this district, had left for parti unknown, being a defaulter to the Government In a sum esti mated at from $75,000 to $100,000. We get this ii formation from parties connected with the t.ffice and from other Government olllelals in the City. tcirtbr with Ij i. buKdiinun. . .... . The departure bad been so well concealed that even the subordinate officers themselves knew not where Major Gould was to be fouud. Elongated faces of bondsmen were te be seen on the blreet, but not desiring to add to a great prief, v. e hesitated to ask w here was the collec tor. Yesterday morning tbe facts appeared patent, and tbe answer was repeated from almost every lip, "uone where the woodbine twineth." The actual loss will fall heavily upon his bondsmen, three of wbom, in a desire to aid a deserving official, geueroualy consented to hold up his honest hands while he fought against traduction aud poverty, and who are now se riously injured by his default. Gould was a Muson, and, more than ever, will be rebuked in conscience for doing that which brings discredit upon tbe brotherhood. Connected with the above facts is tbe farther fact that tbe Supervisor ot Interna- Revenue has also mysteriously disappeared, and it is sup posed in ofliclal circles that the Collector and tbe Supervisor of Revenue are twins in this de livery of the Treasury to so large an amount. Major Gould evidently took the western train on Thursday morning, after having obliterated all traces which would lead to his destination. His family have also left the city. A B.lena Protest Aaait AaaezatUa te Oer naay. The following is a portion ot a protest that was unanimously adopted, emanating from tbe municipality of Metz: One of the greatest barriers that standi between two nations is the diversity of languages. Taking only the positively practical side of the queatiou. how can a foreign t administration be lujplauted among a population which does not understand its idiom? For at no time haa tbe Qertnan language bem spoken In Metz. In going back to the epoch of tbe middle ages, wtien the free city of Metz was by a tleuder tie attached to the German empire, her language, literature, records of publio and private acts, the names of her writers aud Inhabitant were exclusively French. When the league was con-CiUot-fl between certain German priuces and King Henry II, Metz, with T ul, Verdun and Camurai, was t it eu as one of the four imperial cltiei whioh was not ot the ''tiermanlo language." It Is not i.i c4 ss&ry to sav that the same con liuons hive ex isted fur the last thiee centurlts. At the last census of 186 it was proved that of 47,V4iJ iLbaMUuts 44,' 67 bt longed to the French na tl. ballt.v. There were in M tz only 1741 Germans, lLcimliiig the subjects of tii Austrian Empire. We Dixy lurtlier add that amoug the lending portion of the community, lu pu of the vicinity of GeruiiOT, tbettuii.vol the Uermun lauguxgt; has never met with sympathy, aud Unit a very small uumoer of pun lif b eak r even ULfliTbuhl thai language. The Incorporation of tills province iuto Germany, wl.ii 1 , by her laiKuutje and institutions, is corn pit tely alien to us. would In the overthrow of tui cur interests. The population of the city la com ix sed 01 maginrat s, puil'c and ministerial oinoers, pensioners ol ti e M;i:j, piommiois, merchants, ana w 01 Mi. en. AtitiexHtlou would be a terrl .le blow to the fortune, Uection, aud even the very existence of tluse peoph . NOTICES. fcPKlNU Clothixu, SPKlkO Cl.OTHlNO, S1K1KG tXOTBlNd, S.PRisu (jLiratvo, Sl'alKO CLOTUINO, . . SfuJ.Nd Ci.0TUIK(J, 'Men's Yon-ns', Hove', t ( UU.DUXK'ti. A LL TH K K K WEST DKSlOhS. AIL THE BEST UAEEj. Sri'KlllOH WOUKMANhUlP. Low Pricks, Wanamakek it Hkowk, Wanauakek DaowK, Oak Ham.. Oak Hall, The Poet LAB C'l-ovniNo House. S. E. COSKKB SlXIU AND MAKKET STRBKTS. Sl-KIKU OVEKCOATX, VKSV DESIHABLB bl king oveiu'oats, and 8ibi.no Ovehcoais, Very cheap, At Wanamakks fc Buowk's, oak Hall, S. E. C0Bt t S MJilU AND MAKKET STKIKT4 IMPORTANT COHHUIirCATIOH iFBOBI the ;:! PHILADELPHIA CLOTH HOUSE VJILUAH N. W. Corner EUROPEAN AND LADIES', GENTLEMEN'S, AND BOYO' WEAR. Sil. Embraces everything, IXativo and Foreign, that is Rare, Chaste, and Beautiful, Is comprehensive, covering everything that the refined taste of London, Paris, Hew York, ; So&ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, or any of the larger centres, could desire, LUPIN'S BLACK I) RAPS D'ETE AND B0MBARINES, For Gentlemen's Suits and Ladies' Embroidered Sacks. Every varfety of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vestings, for Friends' Wear; ALL KIN DO OF LINEN DRILLINGS AND MARSEILLES. WILLIAM T, SWODGRASS CO., N. W. Ccrrer of Ninth and Market Streets. OLOTHINQ. The Popular Clotkiers! Custom Be part me nt or TBM GREAT BROWN HALL, 1 NOW X n Full Blast Wim Choice Varieties Of Foreign and American Fabrics Of Every Grade, Bver t tjle. Every color, Every Description. CHEAP I PROMPT! ROCKHILL & WILSON, 603 and 605 CHESNUT 8TREBT. -JLiJpCHESTNUTST. ' UNDER 1 'riULADLLPHIAiPA, - With a Stock of Qoods From wblch any and every one may 8KK AND 8KLKCT The fabric and styt that best salts HIS FANCY, : With ftWle ant long-tried OIIITEKS . To do Justice to that choice, And with the beat skilled WORKMEN .To finish it all, We lay our claims for patronage . Before the Public. . coxjjpovh. : TAB COUPONS OF THE FIHST MORTGAGE, OOFJD8 or TBI Wilmington and Heading B.B., Due April 1 Will be paid on and after that date at the Dankli g Douse of WM. PAINTER & CO., PHILADELPHIA. 8 i lfct JOHV 8. IIILLES. Treasurer. TO LET, AT STEAMB J IT STATION, I't'iirifvlvuiil Kdllronl. a moilera stvla of iiuuee, with twenty-four rooms anl luolcra conveol u cm. stable. Ice-house, ami gnlen, suttaMe for a tmnrdiiiir-huuHe, school, or two families. Kent, $'sVi IM-ram um. Plans, with full paruuulars, at Ku.f) S. Till UL Street, Philadelphia. it, OF T. of NINTH and MARKET Streets, i CE THE OF OK AMERICAN MATERIALS FOR DRY QOODS. JOHN V. THOMAS & Co,. Kot. 405 and 407 N. SECOND Street, Invite an examination of their NEW STOCK Spring Dress Goods, Which is now complete in Every Department. I 3 !!2 wfiu8mrB ' - I EYRE AND LA WD ELL, AKCII & FOTJXtTII Sta. HAVE ALL THE POPULAR COLORS OF TUB NEW SPRING OILKO. ECUMB PE LA MER, POUSSIERB OR DUST, i JCCBU OR RAW, CHEROOT BROWNS, SPANISH BROWtS, FROU-FROU (SHAPES, STEEL GREY, DOVJS - GltKV, ELEUANT OR2BNS, BLUJS, MODES, BTO. 1 ST mwssmrp PRICE & WOOD, N. W. Corner EIGHTH and FILBERT, . Have Just received a new lot of Satin Plaid Nainsooks. Hofi-tlnlsti Cambrics, Victoria Lawns, Nainsooks. KwUs Mutant, 4-4, 6-4, 8-4 f renco Muslins. India 'l will Long Cloths, Piques, etc. . . : Tucked muslins for infants' dresses. '1 ucked luuMlns (or yokes and bodies. Imitation of Tuck niusllu, One quality, at Sitfc. a jaid. Marseilles qul'.ts, 2-&0 to $10, much under regular prices. Honeycomb aud Jacquard quilts. )argalns in Table Linens. Heavy Powe r-Loom Table Linens. 6 4, 7-4, 8 4 Bleached Table Oamasks. Best makes Shirting Linens at less than regular prlcee. Binleye linens, Nursery Blrdeye. epklLS aud 1ot lies very cheap. BOO dozen Towels, bought for cash, very cheap. Heavy Buck Towels, 4, 14. 1(1, is, 80, 85, 8lo. Danask Towels, 85, ts, Hi, SH, 60, M, tis, J5o. Ht makes Milrting, Pillow-case, and Sheeting. Muslins at the very lowest market prices. Black bilks a new lot bought for cash, cheap. .kk1 Dlack Silks, Sl-fS, 1 60, 1'S, U liX, ISKfi. fi-tt), la. Black Alpacas, 81, BTXi 40, 45, 60, i2X. TS, 81X0., and II. New styles or Mixed Poplins for dresses and suits. Plaid Poplins, 84 and 81 c. per yard. Paclflc Percales. Dew s'jles. Ladies' and Children's Hosiery. Gents' English Half-hose 88c. per pair. Children's English hose, extra length. Ladles' Balbrlggan hose, extra lengths. PltlOB WOOD, 8 lw N. W. cor. EIGHTH and FILBERT, PR I N T I NO. THIO. IEONIURDT & CO., Ed graying and. Steam LithograpMo PRINTING ROOMS, Not. 612 and 614 CHESNUT Street StSwfm&uirp DEMOCRAT BUILDING. n RDVS' DIE OO.a mam PAR1DEQT PIANOS. Steinway & Sons' ; Grand Square and Upright Fianoe. Special attention la called to their ne ' Patent Upright JPlaaaoa, With Double Iron Frame, Patent Resonator, Tabular. Metal Frame Action, etc., which are matchless la Tone and Touch, and unrivalled in durability. ' OUBLES IJL.A8IUS, WAREROOMS, Ho. 1000 CHESNUT BTREBT, tlStfrp ' PHILADELPHIA; cS PIANOS AND ORGANS. GEO. 8TECK & CO.'S.) ' BRADBURY'S, . - PIANOB, HAINES' BROS', j awn MASON AND HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS. GOULD k FISCHER, ., No. 823 OUESNUT Street. 1. 1. GOULD. No. 1018 ARCH Street. WM. O. tlflCHBB. 1 IT tf 4p sfffl JIIIl4liltIU SOUS' GrandSquare and Upright Pianos. J OF EAT REDUCTION. FIXED PRICES. ! DUTTON'S PIANO ROOM 8, 86 lm4p Kos. 1186 and 118S CHESNUT St. i MILLINERY, ETO. rpiIK HINtKg A eucYaihjii & iiTUanr, NO. 114 gQUTH ELEVENTH STREET, Have opened their Spring Assortment of i DKSlltaBLE WHITE GOODS. Flquesln Plaids, Btrlpes. and Cords. French NalDSook, all prices. French Muslin, 8 lards wide, verv low. . . Tucked MuhIid. lor Walttts and Skirts. A L tHUU STOCK. OV HAMBURli EDGING! AND INSERTING. Real and Imitation Laces. Rich Honnctrig in Nainsook and Swiss. French Caps for Ladies and Ch Idren, ladles' Toder-garmentf, very cheap. NOVELTIES AND FANCY ARTICLES RE- UE1VED DAILY. IN rA NTS' OUTFITS on hand and made to order. 8 Hmw3m FINANCIAL. JJAVING BEEN APPOINTED AGENTS FOR THE SALE AND EXCHANGE or Tan NEW UNITED STATES LOAN, We wonld tender our services to investors or hold era of old loans desiring to make exchange. DREXEL & CO., Wo. 24 SOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA HATS AND CAPS. . WILLIAM II. OAKFOIID, II ATT 13 U. No. 013 CIIEfMfUT fitree. - SPRING STYLES NOW BEADY. Patronage respectfully solicited. P. H.-SOLB AGENT FOR AMIDON'S NEW YORK HATS. 8 10 fmwl3trp HWARBURTON'S IMPROVED VENTILATED aud easv-tlUlDtr DRESS UAT (patented). In all the improved fashions of the season. Clli&jNUT Street, next door to the fott Ortice. rpi TOST OR MISLAID PERPETUAL POLICY j No. u40, of Ti'e Kuterprlae Insurance Com. pany, on house No. Vt Alder street, originally tukrn out by Joseph D. Thornton, aud by him trans ferred to C. K Kl.'is. mortgagee, aud John P. Wol-vt-rton, owner. If fouud, plenn return to J. P. WDOLVthTON. No. 1141 UKACH Street, as appll cation has been made lor a duplicate. 6 lTtuiwCi
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