4 THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1871. feting Mtltufix PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON (SUNPATS XXCEFTBD), AT THE EVENING TELEGRAPH BUILDING, No. 103 S. THIRD STREET, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1871. TUB WILL OF THE TEOPLE 13 LAW. The anti-Penn Bqaareites yesterday met with a defeat at Ilarrisbnrg which we hope will effectually settle them for the fntore. The House Com mittee on Municipal Corporations, which had In charge Mr. Dechert's bill abolishing the Building Commission, listened patiently to the appeals of Mr. Tom Webster, listened in terestedly to the fiery eloquence of Mr. Smith, and carefully compared the valuable statistics of Mr. Henry C. Lea, and found the whole affair to be muoh alo about nothing. Mr. II. V. Gray, in a straightforward speech, pricked the anti Penn Square bladder, and by showing the interested motives and the real aim? of the men whojwere demanding that the Legislature Should interfere to defeat the will of the peo ple, let the wind out of it, and then fol lowed a total collapse. The result of Mr. Gray's speech was that the committee determined to report the bill with a negative recommendation, which will effectually kill it, aa the Washing ton Square faction cannot obtain the votes of two-thirds of the members of the House, which are necessary for its consideration. The entire Committee on Munioipal Corpora tions, with the exception of two members, Messrs. Miller and Johnston, voted to report the bill negatively. The names of those who thus respected the plainly expressed wishes of the citizens of Philadelphia were Mooney, Quigley, Griffith, Lamon, Dumbell, Albright, Duffy, McGowen, Thompson, and Hager. These gentlemen have done an essential ser vice to Philadelphia, for they have put a quietus to one of the most discreditable attempts to defeat the popular will ever made in this city, and they have insured the erec tion on a suitable site of such public build ings as will be creditable to a great and wealthy city such as this is. The interested cha racter of the agitation for the abolition of the Building Commission needs no other demon stration than a glance at the composition of the delegation of anti-Penn Squareites which has been in Ilarrisbnrg for the last few days Urging the Legislature to reverse its action of last year. Of those gentleman who protest against the irresponsible Building Commis sion but three are not members of commis sions equally irresponsible which were .created by the Legislature in the same manner. One of them was the president of the old Building Commis sion, four are members of the Park Commis sion, four are trustees of the Girard Estate, and five are on the Bridge Commission. These are certainly not the proper men to protest against the Building Commission on the ground that it was created by the Legislature and not by Counoils. In fact, the whole agitation that has been carried on since the October election has been nothing but an impudent and reckless attempt on the part of certain property-holders to prevent the erection of the publio buildings at all, unless they could have them in the neighborhood of Sixth and Chesnnt streets. They managed to induce the Senate to stultify itself, but the Commit tee on Municipal Corporations of the House proved an obstruction that could not be sur mounted, and the Washington Square delega tion were obliged to return to the city with nothing to show for their time, labor, and money. The action of the committee in re porting the bill negatively was doubtless due in a great measure to the eloquent speeoh of Mr. Gray, who presented the real facts of the case in such a plain and understandable manner that there was no exouse for any other action than that taken. Mr. Gray is entitled to the thanks of his fellow-citizens for his able vindication, of the cause of the majority, as expressed at the October elec tion, and the members of the Committee on Municipal Corporations, who aided in the de feat of theWaBhington Square conspiracy, are also deserving of gratitude for their resist ance to the demands of men who would sacri fice the interests of the publio for their own selfish ends. " OUR WATER SUmY. The water famine of summer before last and the one which was threatened during the prolonged hot spell of last year, awakened much anxiety with regard to the reliability of the means now in use for supplying the city with one of the prime necessities of life. For the city to be left without water in the summer, or even for the water supply to be seriously reduced, would be a calamity of the first magnitude; and the subject of insuring an abundance of water at all seasons, in the face of all prebable contingencies, should have received, ere this, far more attention than it has yet done. A second summer since the water famine is now upon us, and there is no assurance that the works in ope ration will not prove insufficient just at the time when there is most seed that they should be equal to every demand upon then; and if the Chief Engineer obtains the $2,122,000 he is asking Councils to grant him for the extension of the water works, there is no guarantee that even thin Urge amount will place us out of the reach of dan ger. Ia view of all the facts of the case, the proposition of Colonel Barton II. Jenk, in behalf of the Hydrostatio and Hydraulic Company, of which he is President, is entitled to a candid consideration at the hands of the Committee on Water, to whom it was yeater dayreferred. This company engages tofarnUh pumps and buildings, and to guarantee a sup ply of r0,(H0,000 gallons of water every twenty-four houw, for the sum of $2, 500, 000. In ras j Councils should not wish to adopt the props ler pumps of this company absolutely without giving them a thorough test, Col. Jenks makes the additional proposition that the city shall appropriate a sum sufficient for the erec tion of a single pump at Fairmount or else where, which can be operated by one of the engines now in nse, and which the company will guarantee to lift a greater num ber of pounds of water per hundred pound of coal than is now done in any of the oily works. The pump alluded to is a screw which revolves at a great velocity within a hollow shaft, and its successful performances in the cases in which it has been tried prove it to be an invention of great value. If it will operate upon a large scale with the same effect that it does upon a small one, there oan be no doubt aa to its superiority to any of the applianoea now in use for furnishing the city with water. It will be entirely independent of the weather, and a dry spell will not affect its operations so long as there is any water at all in either of our rivers, and it will therefore ensure a sufficient supply of water at all seasons and obviate all danger of water famines in the future. This pump appears at least to be worthy of a fair trial, and if the proposition of Colonel Jenks is accepted in whole or in part, reliable guarantees should be exacted that this company will fulfil all the conditions of its compact. What the citizens of Philadelphia want is an assurance that water in the utmost abundance shall be furnished to them at all times of the year, but especially during the hot season, and if the propeller pumps can do this economically they should be adopted. Before substituting them for the present system, however, they should be so tested that there will be no doubt whatever about their ability to do all that is claimed for them; and if they will do this, it would be much better to expend our millions upon them than upon the construction of new reservoirs, which the experiences of the past prove may some day fail when it is most important that they should be full. TEE NEW TREATY. The new treaty with Great Britain, which The Evening Telegbaph published yesterday in ad vance of all its contemporaries, has met with a deoidedly favorable reception from the press and the publio. In view of the compli cated and irritating questions at issue, the huge volumes of correspondence which have been filled by efforts to explain them, and the repeated failures to peacefully adjust them; it cannot be questioned that the High Commission has performed a very dif ficult and creditable task in devising a mutually satisfactory solution for all old complications. It is neither the desire nor the interest of this country to rush speedily into another war. The greatest boon gained by final victory in the late contest was the assurance that hereafter the nation might live in external as well as internal peace; and as this assurance would be rendered doubly sure by a harmonious settlement with the only foreign nation with whom a dasgeroua conflict could easily arise, the final ratification of a satisfactory treaty with Great Britain would be the most important and beneficent triumph of American diplomacy. The triumph is, substantially, embodied in the text of the new compact. In its general character, as well as in the details of its provisions, it is dignified and apparently just. It furnishes as complete a recognition of the high rank of this country in the scale of nations, and of the correctness of the principles of interna tional law for which American statesmen have hitherto contended, as could be desired. There is something grateful to our wounded pride in its very tone. It alleges that "her Britannio Majesty has authorized her nigh Commissioners and Plenipotentiaries to express, in a friendly spirit, the regret felt by her Majesty's Government for the escape, under whatever circumstances, of the Ala bama and other vessels from British ports, and for the depredations committed by these vessels." It provides for the creation of a tribunal to decide upon the claims founded on these depredations, which will not only be of a dignified character, but which will be chosen by powers likely to be friendly to us, the President of the .Swiss Confederation and the Emperor of Brazil being two of the appointees. It concedes the vital point that the rales applied to the assess ment of damages shall be based on the ex alted standard of the obligations of neutrality for which our Government has hitherto vainly contended. And it appoints Geneva, a city looated in a European republic, as the place where the arbitrators of the Alabama claims are to meet. Although Great Britain has grievously wronged us, she makes in these provisions the best atonement that we could reasonably anticipate, and our national reputation would justly suffer if we were to wantonly reject them. The other subjects embraced in the treaty, although important in themselves, are of minor consequence. If we honestly owe money to British subjects, it ought to be paid, and the commission seems to have been as careful as possible in restricting the num ber and character of permissible claims against this country. As the bulk of the treaty is conceived in a lofty and magnani mous spirit, we can scarcely believe that it was the intention ef either party to weaken its soothing moral effect by interjecting any de. ceptive clause designed to create new diffi culties and dissensions hereafter. We trust no loopholes have been left for the benefit of the Confederate bondholders of England; that the fishermen of the United States and the New Dominion will be enabled to peacefully and profitably ply their useful vocation; and that the Emperor of Germany will be enabled to arrive at a satisfactory con clubion on the vexed point whether the ex treme Northwestern boundary line should be run through the Rosario Straits or the Canal de Haro. General Grant's motto, when he was a can didate for the Presidency, was "Let us have peace," and the new treaty indicates that he Lbs assured a long peace with our only dan gerous foreign rival. The State Legislature has passed finally a bill which, under the innooent title of the Laurel Bun Improvement Company, conveys important privileges connected with the pur chase of coal mines, and the mining and transportation of coal.. The capital stock of the company is to consist of one million of dollars, but it is authorized to in crease the amount of stook and to issue bonds to an unlimited amount; and also empowered to "purchase, sell, trans port, and mine coal, and to mine and manu facture iron, and to acquire from time to time, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, an unlimited quantity of land, as well as to con struct all necessary buildings and fixtures necessary for the purpose of mining and for preparing coal for market, mining and manu facturing iron, and the accommodation of persons engaged" in the said business. These extensive powers and privileges would, at an earlier period of the history of the State, have excited vigorous hostility; but we are not aware that the bill in question encountered any serious opposition, and, if the Governor signs it, it remains to be seen whether it will beoome a mere speculative charter, or the base of gigantic coal and iron mining operations. NOTICES. 'Let Us IUvk Peace " Tna GfUnd Pkacb Festival OF OUR german fki.low-citizen?, On Monday, may 13, 1971. All tkrsons in any way interested in this, THE MOST Magnificent Pageant ever designed in philadelphia, will plea3e observe carefully the following Suggestions: To Participants in the Parade! 1st Suggestion. Much depends upon the appearance of each individual, and to look exactly right, you slioald be clad In clothes from Wanamaeer & Brown's Oae Hall. 2d Suggestion. If you must have a pair of Black Pants, rememberyou can get them for from 5 to tio, warranted the best In town, at Wanamaeer & Brown a Oae IIall. 8d Suggestion. You will need White Gloves, and, perhaps, a new Cravat. These, and all other Furnishing Goods, are to be had also at Wanamaeer & Brown's Oae Hall. 4th Suggestion. Waste no money In buying your Clothes, but get good clothing at the very lowest prices, for which you must go to Wanamaeer & Brown's Oak IIall. To Spectators. Suggestion 1st. To fully enjoy thia grand display you must have on a new Spring Salt from The Largest Clothing House, W. & B.'s Oak Hall. Suggestion 2d. A the boys are going to have a holiday of It, Improve the oppor tunity by bringing them to The Largest Clothing House, W. A B.'s Oik Hall. Suggestion 81. Remember that for men and boys there are no prices so low as at The Largest Clothing House, W. A B.'s Oak Hall. To Strangers. One Suggestion. Do not fall to call and look through the greatest business house in America. You will be heartily welcome whether you come to buy or not by WANi maker h. Brown, AT Oae Hall, Market and Sixth Streets. Nos. 632, 634, 536, and 63S Market street, and 1, 8, 8, 7, 9, 11, and 13 South Sixth street. SPECIAL. NOTICES. br additional Special KoUcm t Intidt Faga. THE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED HEttKEW CHARITIES will hold its second annual meeu Ing on SUNDAY, May 14, at 3 o'clock P. M., in the JULIANNA STREET SYNAGOGUE. Tne ninm bers aud contributors are respectfully Invite! with out further notice. N. B JULIANNA Street. . L. MOSS, 6 H 2t Secretary. tey GENTLEMEN IN SEARCH OU COMFORT aLd style In BOUTa and SHOES should call on B4RTLETT. At No. 33 South SIXTH Street, Above Chesnut. 2 20 tr THE BEST COAL. ISAAC K. WrTgHT & SON, No. 124 South SECOND Street. YARDS Corner EIGHTH and MASTKB 8U. and wfm No, 818 SW ANSON St. above Queen. PAPER MANOINQS. E I O. HACLE, COOKE AND EWIIMC, Paper Hangings, fio. 1210 CHESNUT St., 8 IS smw3mrp PHILADELPHIA. STRIFE. T MAYER HAS REMOVED TO NINTH fj Street, between Arch and Cherry. Notice the iiag. His braids can be changed to Buit any style of hair-dressing, therefore you will dud them the most convenient travelling companions. Remember they caB only be obtained at NINTH Street, between Arch and Cherry. Loamgs of hair can be worked into a variety of ornamental styles. Save your losings, weigh them before Bending, and avoid nita miderstauduig. Branch No. 2103 MOUNT VERNON Street. 2T 1st rp rpiIB YOUNU MAN WHO WITNESSED THE - brutal assault on a passenger on the Twelfth aud Eleventh Streets Railway, at Eleventh and Chris tian streets, TIIUFSDIY JEVKNINU, by the Con nuctor and Driver on Car No. 33, would confer a great favor by calling la person or sending his addreBsto S. 1'ORTER, It No. 9 N. SECOND Street. $40,000 10 LOAN IN SUMS OF 16,0W and upwards. Apply to LEWIS If. ItEDNKR, NO. 11 WALNUT btreeU sisst DECIDED MOEIEfa, GOLLADAV & Nos. 1412 and 1414 CHESNUT Street, -AJEfcE CLOSIf'6 A GREAT VARIETY OF GOODS OF THEIR SPRING IMPORTATIONS. Chene Lenos of Suits, only 18c; worth 37 1-2. Double-fold Buff Mohairs, for Suits, 25c; worth 45. Handsome Pure Mohair Lenos, vcr desirable for Suits, 40c; worth 62. Plain Colored Glacina, very handsome, for Summer Suits, only 4 5c, very cheap. Chintz Color Imported Jaconet Lawns. 18c French Silk and "Wool Pongees, 75c; worth $100. Very Handsome Case of Berlinese Cloth in Tea Rose Shades, 50 cents. CLOTHING. VTVTTT7 TVT? NOW I NOW ! NOW! IS THE W XLJClJkV time. Don't put it on. Go now It you want your plctc of Fine Spring Clothing. NOW GREAT BBOWN IIALL Of ROCKIIILL& WILSON, 603 60S Chesnut street, the most WHERE? convenient place in town. G03 andOOS TTTTT7 You and your boy, and all the men W XXs. and boys you know of. All the peo ... that want beautiful Clothing at mar vellously low prices. JEt. & W. fTT TT A rpi What else but excellent Clothes? W Jl1.a1.Jl ; What is lower than KOCKHILL & WILSjN'S prices? What Is greater than their rush of cus tomers? Clothes HTTJV Why? Why? Why? do people pur VY XL X S chase their Clothes at KOCKHILL & WILfeONS? Because they can buy the best. Because they can buy the cheapest. Because they are f airly dealt with. Because GREAT BROWN HAIL IS THE BEST PLACE IN" TOWN FOR EXCELLENT CLOTHES. ROCKHILL & WILSON. J Chf' CHESTNUTST. CNDUUHE TOM INLIV f4 HOTEL PHILADELPHIA: PA. A NEW LOT OF DARK and LIGHT MIXTURES IN Scotch and English Check and Striped GOODS, FOR BUSINESS, TRAVELLING, and MORNING SUITS, Looking, when Cot and Trimmed Stylishly, VERY ELEGANT. WESTON & BROTHER, TAILORS, S W. Corner NISTLT and ARCH SU, PHILADELPHIA. A full assortment now in store OF ME CHOICEST NOVELTIES OP TnE SEASON FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR. A SUPERIOR GARMENT A A REASONABLE PRICE. 48mrp SOAP. SOAP! SOAP II SOAP III PATENT PERFUMED DETERSIVE. PATENT PERFUMED DETERSIVE. PATENT PERFUMED DETERSIVE. Thia ii the best and most economical LAUNDRY SOAP In the United States For house-cleaning, and washing Flannel or Woollen Goods, it has no equal. It la told by all grocers, and manufactured only by McKEONE, VAN HAAQEN A CO., I is wfmSxn Philadelphia An d New york i vs -'-- tr BARGAINS. 00., NOW TRIMMINGS, PATTERNS. ETO. Vim. Mencke & Brother, No. 804 ARCH St. JUST RECEIVED, A NEW IMPORTATION OP Berlin Worsted Embroideries. SLIPPERS B0 cents and upwards; CUSHIONS, STRIPES, ELEGANT BEAD SCREENS, TOWEL RACES, Etc. Etc Boudier's Paris Kid Gloves. THE FINEST GLOVE MADE. Victoria Kid Gloves, $1 Per Pair. The best f l Glove in the market. LACES, GIMPS, ORNAMENTS, ETO. WM. MENCKE & BROTHEXR, IV. S01AKC1I Street, 5 3 mwf3t4p PHILADELPHIA MILLINERY, TRIMMINGS, ETO. 237. BARGAINS IN STRAAT GOODS. , iHrtiiiiiiix u o, ziii oul iu oireeu OQ7 SOUTH STREET. WE HAVE JUST 4U3 I received great bargains In Ladies' Hats, 60 different shapes, less than up-town prices. MARK LAND, 83T SOUTH Street. 237 160 CARTONS FINE FRENCH FLOW. i ers, at jjiAKKivAiMii , !3i south street. 237 6000 STRAW CORDS AND TASSELS s from 10 cents np. 1( A DLrT AXT'0 flOf OATTTirf 237 ALL HATS PURCHASED OF US WE t will trim to suit you while you wale MAKb.UA.isu a, -in mjuth street. OQtV RIBBONS ALL WIDTHS AND 46 O i . colon, for Sashes and TrimmlDg. 6 1ifmw3t MARKLANDa, 83T80LTH 8treet. NEW PUBLICATIONS NEW BOOKS. L.OCVST GROVE STORIES. Containing: I The Luruly Tongue Jacob's Wall Claras Sur prise. 8. How Violet's Prayer was Answered words- How Good brings Good out of EvlL 8. Jack Story and Paul Stanley Truth in Trifles Love to the Aged. 4. Die It Mason and Harry Slack Sym pathy for Othns Johnnie's Lesson Aunt Clyde' Visit. 6. The Earnest Boy Goa' Bye upon Us Hans Albright ana his Mother Nannie JVIalone. 6. The Birth-day Party at the HallJulia and her Friend, Bell Newton. Uniformly boual in cloth, ISrao, and all In a neat paper box f I 75. COl'KTRY CHILDREN IX TOAVX. I3mo, cloth, to and S3 cents. Just Published and for Sale by the AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 1122 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. S ia wimct N O XV It 12 I Y. CALLI RIIOE. From the French of MAURICE SAND, son of George Sand. Translated by S. A. Da Pome. Pp. 825. 12mo. fine cloth, f l-is. MEMOIR OF COUNT RUMFORD. One vol. royal 8?o; pp. cso, with Illustrations. Fine cloth. Price (5. Sold by all Booksellers. Claxton, llcmsen & Ilallelflngor, Publishers, Booksellers, and Stationers, A'oa. 810 aud 61 MARKET Street, 6 9 tuwf3t PHILADELPHIA. "yE OFFER ANOTHER LOT OF Worked Shoes and Cushions Ccmmenced and Pattern ready Bargain. One lot of Shoes, TS cents. One lot of Hlioea, fl. Handsome Black Gimp. Black and Colored Buttons, Black aud Colored Silk Fringes. . 1 . . , . . .. rean ana ivoij vuhwu, Coat Loops. 4 SO Wfm luilp RAPSOFl'8, N.W.Coruer EIGHTH aud: CHERRY 8ts. GROCERIES, ETO. cnxrruri a ri ad dock, Dealers and Importers in Fin Grocerte, No. 118 8. Tllini Street, BELOW CHESNUT, Invite the attention ol buyers to the following: New Burlington Herring, New Boneless Sardines, New Spiced Salmon, New Crop Queen OUvea, New Crop Olive Oil, New Crop Oolong Teas, New Crop Green Teas, New Crop Japan Teas, lt4p New Crop Chulan Teas, New Crop English Breakfast Tea. . WATCHES. JEWELRY, ETO. A1LEY & JEWELLERS, CHESNUT and TWELFTH Sts., Invite attention to their wedding outats 0 STERLING SILVER FORKS AND SPOONS, Of which they hive nineteen patterns, all or the finest quality, and at lowest prices. 5 1 mws?T HENRY HARPER, No. 722 CHESNUT Street, . A NEW STOCK AT LOW PRICES OF WATCHES, OPERA AND VEST CHAINS, FINE JEWELRY, SILVER BRIDAL PRESENTS, Rogers', Silver-Pint ed gpoous, Forks, Tea Seta, Castors, Ice Pitchers, Etc. U91m4p PIANOS. fft STEIN XV A Y & SONS' GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIOnT PIANOS. Special attention Is called to their PATENT UPRIGHT PIANOS. CHARLES BLASIUS. Warerooms, No. 1008 CHESNUT Street, PhiladeU phla 4 13 tfrp 4b C O., GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS. Special attention Is called to our Upright Pianos. They possess the highest Improvements of any in struments made, and are unrivalled for tone and durability. Also, sole Agents for the celebrated BURDETT ORGAN. SCIIOMACKER db CO., No. 1103 CHESNUT Street. 4131m4p PIANOS AND ORGANS. GEO. STECK & CO.'S.' 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MICROSCOPES, TELESCOPES, TnER MOMETERS, MATHEMATICAL, SUR VEYING, PHILOSOPHICAL AND DRAWING INSTRUMENTS AT REDUCED PRICES. JAMES W. OUEBN A CO.. tMniwWp No. 9il CHESNUT Street, Phlla. TO LET, FOR ONE OR MORB YEARS JLi Country Mansion House, wide piazza on three fciut, large Uwu, variety of la'tfe shat trees, vege. table gtrUeu, fruit trees, etc. j ten minutes' drtvti to astatloD. E. 8. HAND?, aisaf COMMERCE and FIFTH Streets. 0