4 THE DAILY EVKN 1IN G TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY", APRIL 21, 1871. fating &clcgvayi ' FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1371. " " TnE ADJO VRNMENT OF CONGRESS. The first scBsion of the Forty-second Coa grefls haa come to an end, and the results achieved are before the country. There haa I) eon a great deal of meaningless talk; not a few exhibitions of blackguardism, that have tended to decrease the respect of the people of the country for the law-making branch of the Government; a great deal of quarrelling and ppitefnl oratory on the part of men who entertained exalted ideas of their own im portance; and little or no legislation likely to be . of . . any practical . benefit to the country. The only important measure that has received the full attention of Congress has been the Ru-klux bill, the utility of which is more than doubtful, while raany subjects of unquestionable import ance have either not been considered at all or have been enable to command the favor able notice of our Senators and Representa tives. The Kn-klux bill passed yesterday, and now it only remains to be seen how much good or how much harm the efforts to enforce it will do. If it has any effect in putting a stop to the political murders and outrages that have dis graced certain portions of the Southern States since the conclusion of the Rebellion, its passage will not be regretted; but all the indications are that it will do- more harm than good, and that it will tend to postpone that complete reconciliation between the North and the South which good men of all sections are anxious to bring about. Contrary to the dictates of sound political policy, and con trary to the urgent advice of the best and most thoughtful men of the Republican party, Congress refused to pass an Amnesty law; and this refusal, taken in connection with the passage of the Ku-klux, bill can scarcely fail to increase the irritation and bad feeling that unhappily exist at the South. For the defeat of the Amnesty bill the Senate alone is responsible, and the great mistake made in ( this instance is unfortunately not the only performance that will tend to bring the "upper house" into discredit. The Senate announced its intention not to consider any measure but the Ku-klux bill, . but the Deficiency bill was loaded down with amendments of every de scription, the great majority of them being private schemes to extract money from the publio treasury, and well calculated to in crease the unenviable reputation already ob tained by the Senate of the United States, that it is one of the most corrupt legislative bodies in the country. Fortunately the Ilouse of Representatives is either more vir tuous than the Senate or else its members Stand in greater awe of publio opinion, and it refused to concur in the Senate amendments. During the session about forty bills, publio -and private, were passed some of which, like the one for the relief of Nicholas P. Trist, the negotiator of the Guadeloupe treaty, had merit. None of them, however, except the Ku-klux bill, were of special publio interest or importance; and, with the result of the six weeks of Congressional labor before them, most sensible people will be apt to think that the session was a waste of time and money, and that it had better not been held. RELIEF FOR WAR DAMAGES. We give to-day the report of a special com mittee of the Senate, which presents an in teresting review of the causes of the destruc tion of Chambersburg by MoCausland in 18G4, and of the spoliation generally of the border counties by the Rebels, and it pre sents the question of responsibility for these claims in a manner that cannot fail to carry conviction with it. The committee are unanimous on several most vital primary points. They all unite in testifying that the people, and not speculators, are the parties before the Legislature; that the measure pro posed will stand the severest test as to the in tegrity of its aims, and that the General Government is justly or legally responsible for the liquidation of the claims. The only diversity of opinion among the members of the committee is as to the proper method of presenting the matter to the Gene ral Government. The majority unite in a proposition that seems at once just and prac ticable. They say that by reason of the withdrawal of the troops, organized by the State for our own defense, to reinforce the defeated Federal armies, Chambersburg was burned and the exposed counties suffered great losses, and therefore the General Gov ernment owes it to the State and to the de spoiled citizens to make restitution. They say, furthermore, that these citizens cannot make suooeasful claim before Congress, but that the State, acting in her capacity of a great Commonwealth, can do so without fear of failure, whenever she can do so in her own name. The majority of the committee do not propose to pay the claims, nor do they ask that any new debt be incurred, or that taxes be increased; but they apply an amount less than the taxes of the raided counties to the payment of interest on the claims, and thus bring them Into the possession of the State to recover the money from the General Government with which to pay them. This measure, it is claimed with reason, will afford substantial and Immediate benefit to the people who have lost their property, without imposing debt or taxes upon the State, and secure the payment in full of these extraordinary losses at an early day by tlie United Slates. It seems to be free from objeotionable features, and it will doubtless afford the much needed re lief to the citizens who have suffered, with out in any degree impairing the very flatter ing condition of our finances and ere lit. The committee seem to have united in a careful effort to have all speculative, frivo lous, and dishonest rfrfiua excluded from tha benefits of the bill; and if thai L fuitVully done, the uieamue will be satisfactory to the public. The closino Horn of the notion in the House of Representatives yeterly were devoted by Butler and Farnsworth to a char acterifltio purpose. Batler attempted to show that he was not a blackguard, m charged against him by garrulous old Garrett Davis, but unhappily thought it necessary, in so doiDg, to prove that almost everybody else was a blackguard. Farnsworth, who appears to think that ho was sent to Congress for the express and solitary purpose of worrying Butler, indulged in the same line of talk, but succeeded only in confusing Butler with his brother-in-law. Beck, the lively Kentucky Democrat, likewise participated in the melee, end proved that Southern' Democratic virtue of the old-fashioned ante-bellum type is not extinct. And finally, just before the Speak er's hammer fell and the session was ad journed without day, Sunset Cox expressed a desire to have the coroner called in. If the coroner could be called in to hold an in quest on Butler and Farnsworth, it would be a good thing for Congress and the Repub lican party. These two worthies are getting monotonous. Butler may not be an honest man, and Farnsworth may not be a white man, but a coroner's jury, the people begin to think, would be the best authority to in quire into and settle the matter. Councils yesterday determined t o appro priate the Spring Garden Hall property, at the corner of Thirteenth and Spring Garden streets, to the purposes of the Girls' Normal School. The present building will either be extensively altered or else torn down and a new one erected. It is most probable that a new structure will be put up, as the present one is not adapted to the uses of the school, and the alterations required are so many that it will most likely be considered advantageous to erect an entirely new building with all the modern improvements. The present Normal School building in Sergeant street is noto riously inadequate, and better accommo dations should have been provided long ago. The Boys' nigh School has been accommodated in an elegant and com modious edifice upon our noblest thorough fare for many years, and it is not oreditable that the girls' school, which is of equal importance, should have been up to the present time confined to the dingy and in commodious structure on Sergeant street. The location of Spring Garden Hall is an excel lent one for the Girls' Normal School; and whether the present building is retained or a new one erected, it is to be hoped that the necessary work will be completed at as early a day as is possible, in order that the school may have the benefit of the change without farther de!ay. Smith, that inoorrigiblo "Rooster," suffered a relapse yesterday afternoon. In fact, he was subjected to another attack of pneu matics, which was severe enough while it lasted, although happily it did not last long. It was under the guise of a "Pennsylvania and New Jersey Transportation Company" that Smith introduced his submarine tubes to the Ilouse. Sam Josephs, who finds it quite impossible to be a stranger to virtue on all oocasions, riddled Smith's tubes so effectu ally that they would not hold "slush,' and an indefinite postponement put an end to the business. Smith must try again. THE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS. ' In the Congress of the United States, at Washington, the Democratic party are fortu nately in a minority. At Albany, the capital of the State of New York, as well as in New York city, and in some of the Southern States and districts where Ku-kluxism is most ram pant, they are in a majority. We refer to these well-known facts because, in view of the tone of the address issued by the Demo crats in Congress yesterday, they afford a forcible new illustration of the old rhyme Betting forth that 'When the devil was sick the devil a monk would be ; w oen ine aevu goi weu me aevu m moat was ne. ' The Democrats at Washington, being in a minority, complain that "partisanship is the only test applied to the distribution" of Federal patronage, they are shocked at the enormous amount of the national expend! tures, and they burn with indignation at the thought that "the publio offioes have been multiplied beyond all precedent to serve as instruments in the perpetuation of power." While it is quite possible that there is some truth, perhaps too muoh, in these charges, the wonder is that the party which has its chief seats of power at Albany and New York, and whioh finds its master-spirits in the Tammany nail Ring, should presume to make such aoousations at a time when the inherent rottenness of its own organization is bo painfully appareut. Surely some better time should be chosen for these accusations than the moment when Tweed is completing his arrangements for the extension of a series of unprecedented exactions upon the tax-payers of New York, and when the evidenoes of his controlling in fluence over the Democratic erganization are being multiplied. It may be wrong to make partisanship the only test applicable' to the distribution -of patronage, but the Democracy, who invented the doctrine that to the victors belong the spoils, who have maintained it with a "vigor un known to all other political organizations, and who do not even now pretend that they will ever depart from this cardinal prinoiple of their faith, are not the men to denounoe the Republicans for a partial imitation of their example. However wrong it may be to multiply public offices unnecessarily, what prudent citizen would venture to look for a reform of this abuse to the party of Tweed and Tammany Hall? Coming nearer home, how many good policemen did Daniel II. Fox keep in office, despite their Republi canism; and how many bad ones did he ap point and retain in office, despite their defi ciencies and delinquencies, simply because they were zealous aiial faithful adherents of the Democratic party? And how many De mocratic State legislators and Ceunoihneu would hitate to provide profitable plaoes fur their partisan associates if they had the power? Aide from the moralizing paqsngos of tha address of the Democratic Congremrnn,its other paragraphs relate mainly to revenu reform (so-called) and the Ku-klux bill. The talk about revenue reform means free-trale, but the authors of this document have been too cowardly to say so in plain English. They wished to seoure the signatures of all the Democratic Senators and Congressmen, and as a few of the number were anxious to win tariff votes in their districts, it was doomed Impolitio to deal fairly and frankly with the people. The true attitude of the party is well described in the statement that it is for free-trade everywhere except where more powerful interests demand protection, when it suddenly becomes, in snch particular ocalities, an ardent champion of domestic industry. Bat in reality it has not been for many years heartily in favor of protecting anything except slavery, and since its aboli tion it is at this moment heartily and sincerely in favor of the principle more noarly allied to slavery in its practical operation than any doctrine extensively advocated in this coun try, to wit, free-trade. The Ku-klux clause of the address is false n some of its assertions and ridiculous in others. It has ftie audacity to assert that the Democratic party, has no sympathy with attempts to deprive any man of his rights under the Constitution an assertion whioh, in view of innumerable outrages upon colored citizens and in view of the doctrines openly proclaimed by a large portion of the Demo cratic party, is manifestly untrue. It also alleges that "no word of conciliation, of k;nd encouragement, or fraternal fellowship has ever been spoken by the President or by Congress to the people of the Southern States." This assertion is so preposterously and notoriously false that it is positively ridiculous. The whole address is so notably weak and deficient that it is charitable to BuppoBe that its author, before preparing it, had indulged in an extra allowance of Bour bon, by way of mitigating his grief over the tendency of recent political events to heal dissensions in the Republican ranks and to ensure continued Republican ascendancy. DR. BOLLINGER. Dr. John Joseph Ignatius Dolllngcr, against whom the Pope has hurled the major excommu nication, was born at Bamberg, in Bavaria, on the 28th of February, 1799. He was educated for the Church, and, immediately after his ordi nation in 1823, was appointed chaplain to the diocese of bis native town. In 1836 he made his first appearance as an author, publishing in that year a work on "The Doctrine of the Eu charist during the First Three Centuries." This brought him into prominence, and the same year be was Invited to lecture on the history of the Church before the University of Munich, a Roman Catholic institution, with which he has remained in connection until the present time as l'roicseor or Uhurcu History. me substance of his lectures was published in 1828, under the title of "Manual of the His tory of the Church," and in a more extended form in 1838, as a "Treatise on the History of the Church." Turning his attention to political life finally. he was, In 1845, elected to represent the Uni versity of Munich in the Bavarian Parliament, becoming In 1851 a delegate to the Diet of the Germanic Confederation at Frankfort. Here he gave full vent to his extremely liberal opinions, and cast his vote for the absolute separation of the Church from the State. He then attacked the temporal power of the Pope, the abandon ment of which he advocated in a reries of lec tures delivered in 1801. Throughout his long; career be has frequently appeared aa an author, all his works having a direct bearing upon the history of the Church and Its relations to the State. Ills erudition Is as accurate as it is ex tended, and be has long stood in the very front rank of the historians of the Church. The action of the late Oecumenical Council on the question of Papal infallibility served to fully arouse the venerable theologian, and during the discussion in the Council Dr. Dolllnger assailed the arguments of the Papal party in a masterly manner, effectually exposing their absurdity, and bringing down upon himself the full mea sure of Papal wrath. He is suspected, also, of having been one of the unacknowledged authors ot "Janus," the famous anti-infallibilist tract which appeared the year beiore the assembling of the Council. This suspicion tended to in crease the disfavor in which he was held at the Vatican, and his final refusal, when called upon by the Archbishop of Munich, to give In his adhesion to the obnoxious dogma has resulted In his excommunication by the Pope. Bat Dr. Dolllnger still holds his professorship in an orthodox Catholic university, and the grave question which Is now presented Involves his retention or removal from this post. It is under stood that he will be supported fully by the Minister of Worship and the other lay function aries of the Bavarian Government. It Is scarcely possible that, in opposition to them, King Louis will succumb to the demand for his removal; and in the event of his retain ing his professorship, a lively and necessarily bitter warfare between the Liberal and Ultra montane parties in Bavaria la In prospect Whatever may be the result of the struggle, the hiirh reputation of Dr. Dolllnger Is beyond Its reach, and In the end the cause of a liberal aud eulightened Christianity will not be apt to sutler. NOTICES. Wet snorLD W'OKKINQ MKN lxvKsr TUEia Savings in WANAMAKKK fc ItUOWM'S Kbauv-madb Clotiiiko? BlCArSK First. Money iiveed in this Clothing yklds a higher rate of satisfaction than money in vented elsewhere. , Second. Honey invented in this Clothing i less in amount for any given article than the money that ha to be invested for the same ' garment eUt where. Third. Money invested in this Clothing goes further than money invented in any other Clothing, towara giving tht 'warer comfort and a respectable appearance. Fourth. Money invested in thin Clothing lasts for a long tine, the Clothitig being so good and so well mad that the investments do not have to be o frequently repeated. Fifth. Monty invested in this Clothing is a slear saving of 80 or 80 per tent, of the monay uJ.it A ha to b rt'J fur no better Clothing at Ooyns other place. Wanamakbu k Bkowk, Fopcljik 'H)a Hall" Clot Bind noinsK, S. JL CoahkB Su.m us Mliutr STaxjrra. THK REASON WHY Brussels Carpetings are Now Selling at ; TO 200, Is, ttat in the purcbese of Isrgo lots are included some patterns not strictly first-class in i;tjle, which are offered at these very low figures. ,9" By the above announcement we do not wish to convey the ; IMPBES&ION That we have no BRUSSELS C ARPETS AT niGnEU PRICES, but invite special atten tion to a line of TYr , t, ,.n 1 n New and Beautiful Patterns, Made to order for us by the best manufacturers selling at S2'25, $2'35 S2"40, S250. i. L. KNIGHT SON, IVo. 1223 CHESNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA. Every article will be sold as low as goods otter American city. Thk Ricbt Kind of a Mokumint. The house of Crlppen & Maddock, No. 116 South Third street, Philadelphia, is one or the oldest established and the very best In that city, having a continuous existence since 1805, passing in 1825 Into the hands of Crlppen &. Maddock, the sires of the present amiable and en terprising gentlemen now conducting the business so satisfactorily to the public and creditably to them selves. Having grown as It were into the business from infancy, they bring to it a lifetime of study, the result of which is they have to-day a business house that stands as a monument to their commer cial enterprise and Integrity. Gentlemen whose business brings them dally from all parts of the city near to this house have only to step in, give their orders, return to their homes In the evening, and And the choice fresh groceries nicely put away to the 1 atlsfactlon ot the honse-wlfe. It la needless for us to attempt to enumerate what they have, for, In a word, they have everything an epicure could wish for; in a word, they supply everything in a first class grocery line, their prices lower, their goods better than elsewhere in the city, a call only being necessary to convince the most skeptical that the Ir es of their choice goods are cheaper than com iuoi goods that are sold all over the city. Delaware County American. Tnx sale at C. P. naseltlne's Galleries, No. 1125 Chesnut street, last evening, made by Henry W. & B. Scott, Jr., was well attended, but prices were lower than ever obtained in bis galleries. . The sale will be continued this evening, when the balance of the catalogue will be sold, In oonseqasnce of extensive alterations about being made In his galleries. PIANOS. STEIN WAY it, SONS' GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. Special attention Is called to their PATENT UPRIGHT PIANOS. CHARLES KLASIUS. Warerooms. No. 1000 CHESNUT Street. Philadel- phla. 4 13 tfrp epffi SCHOMACKEll fc CO., GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. Special attention Is called to onr Upright Pianos. They possess the highest Improvements of any In struments made, and are uurlvalled for tone and durability. , Also, sole Agents for the celebrated ' BURDETT ORGAN. . SCHOftlACKER & CO., No. 1103 CHESNUT Street. 4l81m4p PIANOS AND ORGANS. GEO. 8TECK & CO.'S.) BRADBUKY'S, V PIANOS, BALNKS' BROS', 4K9 J MASON AND HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS. GOULD fc FISCHER, No. 923 OUES NUT Street. 1. 1, gould. No. 1018 ARCH Street. VIL O. r-lflCHSB. l IT tf4p g C II I C K E It I N.G SONS' GrandEquare and Upright Pianos. GREAT REDUCTION FIXED PRICES. BUTTON'S PIANO ROOMS, 1 88 lm4p Kos. 112 and 1123 CHESNUT St V T,l . MENCKE & BROTHER, No. 804 ARCH FTREET. Just received direct from Paris, a complete assort ment of tha celebrated BOUDIER'S PARIS KID GIOYES. Also, a new Importation of Victoria Kid Gloves, $1 Per Pair. The best It Glove in the market. Real Guipure and Thread laces. A splendid assortment of LATEST STYLES I adies Dross Trimmings. WM, IY1ENCSCE & DROTHKr?, i 4 81 2t ' No. 80 1 ARCH Street, OPTICIANS. OPEC TA CLEG. MICROSCOPES, TELESCOPES, TI1EU MOMETERS, MATH EM ATIOAli, SUR VEYING, PIIILOSOPUIOAIj AND DRAWING) INSTRUMENTS AT REDUCED PRICES. 1 liwuiwrwfc No. 924 CUEsNUT Street, Pnlia, of New and Old England, which are rapidly of same quality can be had in this or any t ' CLOTHING. LIE it OF PHILADELPHIA! AROUSE In vour mlarht to the Importance of making an early examination of our vast stock or Elegant Spring Ciothtner. You are freely incited to coma o our 'CJKEAT BROWN HALL," and look closely at our assortment. You will and that you have come TO A. Most unparalleled wealth of fine raiment, ia every variety ana or every styie. jnen 01 gooa SENSE Will be struck In a moment with the magnitude of the preparations we have made for the satHraction Of everybody tnis spring, uenuemen 01 rnuaaei- phla, li you want to get ine wortn OF YOUR Money, If you" want to be suttsfled with perfectly flt- t Ino warmontH If inn wont'tji lift nrnf.RiM.rtd In thfl ci. BIGHTS! Bay your Spring Suits at the GREAT BKOWN HALL ; ROCKHILL I WILSON, 603 and 605 CHESNUT 8TR22T. KVJJXnder the V .riii t-S HOTEL PU11ADELPH1 Ai FA With ' Barest Beauties of Fabrlo and Finish Piling our counters, And with Able Interpreters of Style To display them, and And to assist yen in your CHOICE, We request the custom of the public Additionally A Large Ready-made Stock of Clothing. Prlces.IYarloui Styles. WEGTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, S W. Corner NINTH and ARCH Sts, PHILADELPHIA. A full assortment now in store OF THE CnOICE&T NOVELTIES OF THE SEASON FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. A SUPERIOR OAR11ENT AT A REASONABLE B PLMC8. 4 8 8mrp SOAP. SOAP! SOAP II SOAP!!! PATEUT PERFUMED DETEES1TE. PATENT PERFUMED DETERSIVE. PATENT PERFUSED DETERSIVE. This is the best and most economical LAUNDRY SOAP lu the United States For house-cleaning, and washing Flannel or Woollen floods, It has no equal. It la sold by all grocers, and manufactured only by McKEONE, VAN HAAGEN & CO., 15 wfmsm Philadelphia and New Yort. BONNETS, HATS, ETO. 130 ARCH ST. T0 ARCH ST. C I L L 8 TRIMMED ROFINETS, TRIMMED HATS, STRAW CiOODS, R1BUONS, FA.OWER8, Etc. CMopleU stock In oar own Inimitable styles, re U1U.K a wU0Uala rat, p R iliiwvtl No. TW) AUiU Street. DRY GOODS. STRIPE C1LKG IE ALL Colors and Prices. A 1 . JOIIHVi. THOMAS S CO., Hoi. 405 and 407 N. SECOND Street, 8 22 wfmRmrp PHILADELPHIA. SMS, SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS No. 916 CIIKSNUT STREET, Invites attention to bis stock of SILKS OF A 1.1 KINDS, INDIA AND OTHER SHAWLS. Novelties In Prtm and Fnucy Goods, INDIA, PONGEE,: AND O ANTON CRAPE IN - SHAWLS AND DRESS QU IDS. 413 8mrp i head Teotbihs, N. E. Cor. NINTH and CHESNUT, MANUFACTURERS OP Silver-Plated Ware. Wedding Presents, Hotels Furnished, Families Supplied, i WITH EVERY ARTICLE REQUIRED IN TnEIR-i LINE OB" OOODS. 8 S3 wfmmrp OAR Rl ACES. GARDNER - & FLEMING, CARRIAGE BUILDERS, Wo. 214 South FIFTH Street. BELOW WALNUT. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF LIGHT CARRIAGES, INCLUDING PIITO S3, JENNY LINDsj ALWAYS ON HAND. All WORK WARRANTED to be of the b WORKMANSHIP and MATERIALS. Also, an assortment of SECONDHAND 1ARJ JUAUAO lOr BB1U Bl rBBBUUBDlB priUBB. , Special attention given to REPAIRINO. KEPAIR1NO, KEPAINTINU, and VARNI8HING. FINANCIAL. TRAVELLERS' CREDITS. i Our Letter of Credit gives the holder the privilege o drawing either on DKEXEL, IIA1UES & CO., Paris; IN FRaNC3, ' oa on Sestrs. A. 8 PET R IE & CO., London; IN STERLING, Aa may ba fonnd most convenient of profitable, and; la available throughout Europe. To parties going atuoad we offer special facllliiofl, collecting tnntr In- tcrcst and dtvldeuaa during their absence wituoaH charge. , DREXEL & CO.i Ho. Si BOUTH THIRD STREET, PHILADELPHIA j 1 AGRICULTURAL. sa THE PHILADELPHIA LAW i MOWER, Two thousand of these eilebrated Machines wf acid In the spring of 1870, and ttin snpplv failed meet the deuiaud. They are acknowledged to Ixa, the beat Mower in the world, and we warrant thj every machine will please the purchaser. They ard of six sizes, aa follows : I No. 00, for a young lady. price 13-0( 0, for a lady or boy " 1 M 1, for a man ss-o 8, for two men " Sskhi SV. for a pony or light borne " 7S 0t( 8. for one horse " ifMr(M 1-WWe deliver all machines and operate them au your residence without extra cnarge. ROBERT HlIST, Jr., Seed and Acrlcnltural Honse. 4 20 6t rp 29 and m M ARKET HL, above Nluth,! WATCHES. JEWELRY. ETO. HENRY HARPER, No. 722 CHE8MUT Street? A NEW STOCK AT LOW PRICES OP WATCHES, OPERA AND VEST CHAINS, I FINE JEWELRY SILVER BRIDAL PRESENTS, Rogers', SUver-Plated Spooua, Forks Sets, Castors, Ice Pitchers, Etc. 4 It luiap GTO THOSE DESIRING SUMMER RE3I dences, the new suburban town of YT E N O N A H presents special and attractive features. Sitaata' tn the wtai jersev jituiro.n, n nine, irwm (. amaen 45 nunuta from buaiuea oeutres. i'ot parUvaian addruss DANIEL AL POT A SON, ' 1 19 wis St Ko, tw N. ilrTU blrcot.