THE DAILY EVENING TELEGKATH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY MAY 27, 1871.
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SATURDAY, MAY 27. 1871.
IWTho earliest regular edition of tho Tns
Evening Telkqb ath . goes to press at 1)4 o'clock,
and the subsequent regular editions at 8, and
4. Whenever' there 1b important news of the com
plications In Europe, extra editions will be issued
after this hour, and before the regular time for the
early edition.
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.
It is gratifying to find that the attention of
thoughtful men is being seriously directed
to the great necessity for a thorough and
radical reform in our marriage and divorce
Bystem. The word "syBtem," however, is a
tnisnomer in this connection, for the evils
which exist result from a total want of
Bystem, and of such uniform national laws as
Will alone prevent the scandals which are
Constantly ocourring i under the loose and
Irregular enaotments of the several States.
Civilized sooiety depends upon a mainte
nance of the sanctity of the marriage relation,
and there is ample evidence to prove that
nothing eonduoes more to Bocial demoraliza
tion than laws which permit these relations
to be dissolved at pleasure. In Indiana the
scandal created by the divorce laws has be
come so great that it has been found neces
sary to inaugurate a reform, and under exist
ing regulations a residence ot three years is
required before a divorce can be granted.
This is a move in the right direction, but it
does not go far enough,, and even if Indiana
were to institute a radical reform the root of
the evil would not be reached, as there are
other States equally as bad. Governor Jewell,
of Connecticut, in his inaugural address, a
few days ago, called' attention to the mis
chievous manner in which the divorce laws
of that State work, and he presented some
facts and figures that are well worthy of can
did consideration. He said:
"Cur divorce laws, unless changed, bid fair to bring
us Into disrepute. They are notoriously louse more
bo than in auy other State except Indiana and Illi
nois. In the year 1870 there were in this State 406
divorces and 4871 marriages a ratio of aoout one to
twelve, which has been about the proportion for
several years. In Vermont the ratio is one to
twenty-one, In Ohio one to twenty-seven, la Massa
chusetts one to forty-rour. Divorces ma; be granted
in this State for too many causes ; In fact, for al
moBt no cause at all. Discontented and vicious peo
ple come here from other States to get divorces
which the more strict legislation of their own States
deny, thus creating much scandal and tarnishing
the fair fame ot our State. Some marked cases of
this kind have occurred the past year, which loudly
call for reform In our laws."
It is well for the men and women of Con
necticut and other States where free and easy
divorces are permitted, who are capable of
appreciating the great danger to the nation
that will result if the dootrines of the free
love branch of the Woman's Rights party are
generally accepted, to agitate for an immediate
reform in their State laws; but they should do
more than this, for the existing evils cannot
be properly cured until the regulation of
marriages and divorces is taken away from
the States and placed in the hands of the
General Government. In this matter a sys
tem of uniform laws for the whole nation is
imperatively needed, and it should not be
possible for the citizens of one State to go to
another and obtain a severance of the mar
riage ties which they could not obtain
at home. The power of granting di
vorces should be taken away from the
State Legislatures, who continually use it
most corruptly and unjustly, and it should
only be entrusted to the United States courts,
which, in all human probability, will wield it
justly and impartially. To accomplish this
important reform a constitutional amend-,
ment will be necessary, and we
do not believe that there will be
any difnoulty whatever in obtaining
such an amendment if the matter is properly
agitated. The power of regulating marriages
and divoroes is of no earthly advantage to
the several States, and the most enthusiastio
stickler for State rights can offer no valid
reasons why it should not be transferred to
the General Government. We believe that
the vant majority of the people of the coun
try would cordially endorse such a change as
this, if the matter were once properly
urged upon their attention; and the
only difficulty about effecting the much
needed reform is in getting a proposition for
the necessary constitutional amendment fairly
before the public This can be done, how.
ever, with comparative ease, if those who ap
predate the importance of uniform marriage
and divorce laws, and who look with abhor-
renoe upon the licentious doctrines that are
openly advocated in certain quarters, wil
bring their lnfluenoe to bear upon our law
makers to urge them to take the proper ini
tiatory steps.
Jiff. Davis has been making another
speech at Augusta, Georgia. Warned by the
effect of his impudent harangue at Mont
gomery, delivered some months ago, he
Stated at Augusta that he was fearful to trust
himself to speak; but he still ventured to ex
press the opinion that "he did not conoeive
that the principles of the Lost Cause
were dead," and he Btated that he looked for
ward "to the time when he might with
propriety Bpeak to his fellow-citizens as his
heart moved Lim." Does he mean that, after
a Democratic President is elected, secession
will oaoe more become fashionable ?
Little Raven,- Powder Face, Chief Bird,
and Buffalo Good, after critically examining
Philadelphia, consider itdeoidedly injured by
the varied labors performed here sinoe Wil
liam Penn began to sell town lts. The
narrow streets, thick walls, and huge collec
tion of houses are, in their enlightened judg
ment, a poor exchange for primeval forests
full of game. They think that the old elm
tree was put to the worst possible use when
its branches were converted into a canopy for
treaty-makers; and they see little to admire
save our pretty squares, war paint, rifles,
revolvers, and blankets of brilliant hues.
Little Raven, Buffalo Good & Co., however,
have not yet fathomed the mysterious arts by
which our chiefs plunder their white brethren.
When they fully understand the perfection
to which this noble science has been brought,
they will be forced to confess that civilization
is not, after all, a failure.
The effort to amend the Registry law seems
to have been totally inefficacious. If any
thing can excuse the Republican House fox
strenuously opposing modification of any de
scription, it is the character of the avowed
eaders of the Democratic party; but even
though Mcilullin and Wallace are to marshal
the Democratic legions in the city and State,
we think it would have been just and politic
to provide that the returns of Philadelphia
elections should hereafter be counted in the
presence of the judges of our city courts.
We are glad to notice that Ku-kluxism has
so far subsided in South Carolina that Gov
ernor Scott has stated to the President that
no present necessity exists for placing the
almetto State under martial law. The late
act of Congress and the warning given by
General Grant have brought murderous mid
night marauders to their senses, and the relios
of chivalry are rapidly arriving at the convio
tion that it is better to cultivate corn and
cotton than to devote their time to frighten
ing and killing freedmen.
Slaughtering without mercy, shooting
prisoners, burning splendid edifices, firing off
shells filled with petroleum, so that, if pos
sible, a whole city may be destroyed, is still
the order of the day in Paris. Instead of
being the paradise of pleasure-seekers it has
become a pandemonium; and the massacre
of all the survivors of the Communist forces
seems to be reserved as the crowning tragedy.
A Chinese Doctor, Lipotar, has been per
mitted to testify in a California court; but
this act of grace seems to be attributable
solely to his determination to appeal from
the barbarous code of the State to the higher
law of the American Union. Thus civiliza
tion and justice are made to radiate from the
National Capitol at the command of a majority
of the whole people to the remotest frontier.
OBITUAUV.
General Jeroslaa Dombrowtkt,
A cable telegram from Versailles announces
that the French Government has caused several
of the Insurgent leaders who were in custody to
be shot, among the number being General Je-
roslas Dombrowski, the Polish adventurer who,
since the fall of Bergeret, has been the principal
military commander of the Communists.
Dombroweki was born at Cracow in 1826. In
1863 be served as elonel in the insurrectionary
Polish army. In 1865 he was charged with being
engaged in the forging and uttering of false
Russian notes, but was released in consequence
of the withdrawal of the prosecution. He, how
ever, appeared a second time upon the same
charge before the Assize Court of the
Seine, and was acquitted. Jeroslas Dom-
browskl dealt in forged passports and
false certificates, in which he attested
that certain of his countrymen whom he hon
ored with imaginary rank had taken an active
part in the insurrection, while, in fact, they had
had no share in it. These certificates were used
to obtain for the holders certain pecuniary bene
fits as refugees. In the month of February last
Dombrowski endeavored to provoke an insur
rection at Bordeaux, and a warrant for his arrest
was issued. He, however, escaped into Switzer
land, where he remained until the end of March.
During the siege of Paris, being suspected of
communications with the Prussians, he was
several times arrested. He had even passed
through the enemy's lines with a forged pass.
Very shortly before the recent outbreak he was
arretted at a moment when he was expressing
his desire that the whole French army might be
destroyed.
NOTICES.
Warm Weather.
Warm Wkatuer.
Warm Weather.
Wanamaker & Bbown were never better pre
pared than this season.
Immense Lots.
Immense Lots.
Immense Lots.
Just sren Goods to Scit.
Jcst svcH Goons to Suit.
J 1ST SUCH OOODB TO SUIT.
Cool, Comfortable, Cheap.
Cool, Com portable, Cheap.
GOOL, COMFORTABLE, CHEAP.
Prices Certainly the Lowest.
Prices Certainlt the Lowest.
Prices Certainly tub Lowest.
Wanamaeer u Brown,
S. E. cor. Sixth and Market Streets.
Special. An immense quantity of White Vests
far under market prices.
I oak Hall,
1 oak Hall,
Taa Largest Clothing House in America,
! C0HNBK Sixth and Market Streets.
! WINES.
FINE SHERRY.
AM O FLOR FINO.
A very high-grade wine, combining the AmontU
lado with the Etch, Fruity Flavor which makes this
wine a rarity among One Sherries, and not often
found In any stock for sale. Imported and Or sale
E. BRADFORD CLARKE,
(SUCCESSOR TO SIMON COLTON CLARKE,)
F. W. Corner BKOAD and WALNUT,
1 II tuthaU4j PHILADELPHIA.
THE ' PHILADELPHIA CLOTH HOUSE,
N. W. Corner of i Ninth and Market Streets.
LI J
Scotch Gheviots,
THIN
IHilAM
N. W. Corner of
OLOTMINO.
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS
Of Fine Spring 8nlts now ready at
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S
Thousands and Thousands
Of Boys of every age can now be accom
modated with Choice Clothes Cheap at
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S.
Thousands and Thousands
Of citizens of all sizes and shapes can
now walk right into (splendid Spring
' Garments at
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S.
Thousands and Thousands
Of Splendid Tiece Goods of every variety
now ready to be made to your measure
at
ROCKHILL & WILSON'S.
Patticularly the
TEN DOLLAR SUITS.
NOBODY CAN BEAT THE
6REAT BROWN HAIL
OP
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
603 and 605 CHE3HUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
UNDER THEl
vvTlNirivit-.V
HOTEL -
PHILADELPHIA PA.
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READY-MADE
LINEN
DUSTERS,
WALKING COATS;
PANTS AND VESTS.
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A LINE OP BEAUTIFUL NEW GOODS
FOR MORNING! AND TRAVEL
LING WEAR.
WESTON & BROTHER,
TAILORS,
S. W. Corner NINTH and ARCH Sta(
PHILADELPHIA.
A fall assortment now In store
OF THE CHOICEST NOVELTIES OF
THE SEASON
FOR GENTLEMEN'S WEAR.
A SUPERIOR GARMENT AT A REASONABLE
PRICK. 4 8 8mn
PAPER HANGINGS, E I O.
WACLE.
COOKE
AND
EWINC,
Paper Hangings,
No. 1210 CHESNUT St.,
8 IS smwsmrp
PHILADELPHIA.
WATCHES, JEWELRY, ETO.
stallislied In 1854.
WATCHE8.
EVERGOING
STEM-WINDERS,
KEY-WINDERS,
QUARTER SECONDS,
MINUTE REPEATERS,
ETO. ETC. ETO.
C. & A. PEQUIGNOT,
No. 608 CHESNUT STREET,
4 23 2m PHILADELPHIA.
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AND ALL KINDS OF
U A
FOR WARM WEATHER.
T ER ALS
T. SN0DA
NINTH and MARKET
REMOVAL.
J. IVL HAFLEIGH,
Nos. 1012 and 1014 CHESNUT Street,
WILL REMOVE TO
TVo. 1105 CHESNUT STREET,
I (NORTH side,;
EARLY IN JUNE.
Great Inducements will be Offered in Prices,
Commencing MONDAY, May Sl,
TO
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REDUCE STOCK.
PIANOS.
fifl 8TBIN XV A Y St SONS'
GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT PIANOS.
Special attention 1b called to their
PATENT UPRiailT PIANOS.
CHARLES BLASIUS.
Warerooms, No. 1006 CHESNUT Street, Phtiaiel
phla. 413 tfrp
jj-orj CMICICEUINO SONS,
Grand Square and Upright Piano.
GREAT REDUCTION.
FIXED PRICES.
DUTTON'S PIANO ROOMS,
5 16 lmplm Nob. 1126 and 1123 CHES.MUT St.
Urm j PIANOS AND ORGANS. fig
GEO. 8TECK & CO.'S.)
BRADBUKVS, V PIANOS,
HAINES' BROS', J
AND
MASON AND HAMLIN'S CABINET ORGANS. .
GOULD fc FISCHER,
No. 923 CHESNUT Street.
J. . GOULD. No. 1018 ARCH Street.
WM. O. flSCHKB. 1 11 tf 4p
NEW GENERAL MORTGAGE BONDS
or TBI
PHILADELPHIA AND READING
RAILROAD COMPANY.
7 Per Cent. Per Annum,
Free of all Taxes.
Forty Years to Run, wttli Sinking Fund
Attached.
Interest payable June 1 and December 1.
BONDS EITHER COUPON OR REGISTERED, at
the option of purchaser.
We call attention to this very safe and desirable
home Investment, which we offer at par and accrued
Interest, to date of purchase.
Fall particulars can be had at the office of cither
of the undersigned.
Drexel & Co.
C. & II. Borle. o 27 stutnim
7. II. Kewbald, Son & Aertsen.
CAMDEN AND AM BOY
tND
Philadelphia & Trenton Ltailroads.
CHANGE OF HOUlt FOR NEW YORK.
On and after MONDAY. May 89, 1811, the MORN
ING MAIL EXPRESS LINE now leaving Walnut
Street Wharf at 8 00 A. M., will leave WEST PHILA.
DELPUIA DJtPOT at 810 A. M., arriving at New
York 11 40 A. M.
Returning, will leave NEW YORK 4 00 P. M., ar
riving at West Ptolladelphla T 46 P. M.
The train now leaving West Philadelphia at 10 A
M., will leave at 11 A. M. for New York, arriving at
2-15 P M.
It
W. IL GATZUBR, Agent.
raps d'EEte,
& CO.
Streets.
JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE.
Special attention Is invited to. oar
DIAMOND
DEPARTMENT,
Greatly Increased the past week by recent Importa
tions, and more complete than at any
previous season.
ROBBINS, CLARK S DIDDLE,
No. I 124 CHESNUT St.,
6 25 8t PHILADELPHIA.
a
AHiEJYA
CHESNUT and TWELFTH Sts.,
Invite special attention to their stock of
PLATED WARE,
WniCIIJ WILL BE FOUND TO EM
BRACE ALL THE NEWEST
STYLE 3.
Quality Guaranteed.
C 1 mwsirp
No. 002 CHESNUT Street.
TORTOISE SHELL
.1 E "W ELI, Y,
IK
NEW DESIGNS.
1 18 stutht
DRY OOOOS.
, 1871.
SPRING GARDEN OTRBBT
SINCE 1053.
" THORNLEY'8"
CENTRALLY LOCATED
DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT,
ON THB NORTHEAST CORNER 07
EIGHTH and SPEIKO GARDES Stf.
An Immense Stock of Goods.
Prices very low Indeed.
Everybody sure to get stilted.
The utmost attention to customers. '
jso misrepresentation In order to effect sales.
If purchases are not satisfactory we return the
money.
DRESS GOODS,
SILKS AND SHAWLS,
MEN'S AND BOYS' WKAH
LLAMA LACE SACQUES AND POINTE9,
KID GLOVES, TABLE LINENS,
QUILTS, Etc. Etc.
JOBEPH a THORNLEY.
9 S thstul
THE NEW YORK
Dyeing and Printing
ESTABLI S HIM ENT,
STATBN ISLAND,
40 N. EIGHTH Street,
PHILADELPHIA,
No. 99 DUANE Street, New York.
DIE AND FINISH IN THE BEST MANNER,
Silks, Satins, Velvets, Crapes, Ribbons, Tissues,
Karepeg, Merinos. Cloths, Alpacas, Rep9, Paramat
tas,! usiln Delaines, Fringes, Trlmmluga, Hosiery,
Also, cleanse Lace Curtains and Linen Shades In
a superior lnanner. Goods called for und delivered
in any part of the city. 4 15 stuth2mrp
"LINEN SIIEETINGST
We are offering great Inducements to parchasers
this department.
PERKINS & CO.
No. 9 South NINTH Street,
S SS tuths3mrp
PHILADELPHIA.
THE BEST 75 CENT
BLACK IIERNANI
IN THE CITY.
BLACK HERNANIES, ALL QUALITIES.
STRIPE AND CHECK SILKS, $125.
Ely, Hunsberger & Ely,
No. 1126 CHESNUT STREET,
4J11 tnths3m PHILADELPHIA.
111 Pi OUR OWN MAKE OV CHAMPION
l O, Hoop Skirts, in all the newest styles, the
best and cheapest In the market.
Also, good Eastern-made Skirts, from 15 to 40
springs, from 81 to 60c. Soiled Skirts, quarter price.
CORSETS, I OR8BTS-119 styles, and prices from
48c. to S6"88. Misses' Corsets, superior quality.
65c. for French Woven Corsets: reduced from 85c.
THOMSON'S Glove fitting Corsets at 11-25. 1 160
11-74. $2-f0, 13-60, 14-75, and $6 60.
MRS. MOODY'S Abdominal Corsets, from H-75
to fo.
MADAME FOY'S Corset Skirt Supporter at 11-09.
$1 French Woven Corsets, the cheapest In the city.
EVERY desirable Btyle of corsets at prices which
defy competition.
PAN1ER BU8TLFS. in 89 styles, 23c. to tL
BON TON BUSTLES, from 47c. upwards.
PARASOLS at wholesale prices.
LADIES' UNDER-QARMENTS A cempleta
assortment at lowest rates. Call and examine our
goods, at No. 133 N. EIGHTH Street, and No. H15
CHESNUT Street.
6 23 tuthsrptf WILLIAM T. HOPKINS.
WOT CHESNUT STREET. HOT
I L I IMMENSE CLEARING BALE OF U
SPRING AND SUMMER
DRESS GOODS AT RETAIL
FOR LESS THAN AUCTION PRICES.
Black Silks.
Linens for Suits,
Black Hernanles,
8-4 French Muslins,
White Piques,
Nainsooks,
Victoria Lawns,
Hamburg Edgings,
I.lueu Handkerchiefs,
Table Damasks,
Napkins, Doylies,
Llama Points, etc.
Striped Silks,
Silk Pongees,
Silk Pongee Serges,
White Alpacas,
Black Mohairs,
Colored Mohairs,
Cbene Mohairs,
Tea-rose Suitings,
French Lawns,
Striped Linen Lawns,
SPECIAL
1000 PIECES OF FRENCH LAWNS,
a new and beautiful effects, at 26 cents.
ALEXANDEU RICKEY,
6 BtUthS No. 727 CHESNUT STRKBT.
SILKS, SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS
oxoxias rcvsrsn,
No. 916 CHESNUT STREET,
Invites attention to his stock of
BILKS OF ALL KINDS,
INDIA AND OTHER SHAWLS.
Novelties In Dress and Fancy Goods,
INDIA, PONGEE,; AND CANTON CRAPE IN
SHAWLS AND DRESS GOODS. 418 8mrp
J PARASOLS, 76c., 11, $1-25; LINED, l-25,
J Jl-60, $1-76: Silk Sun Umbrellas, oc., $1, $1-23,
11-60, at DIXON'S, No. 21 8. E1UHTH SU 8 tf
FINANCIAL.
TRAVELLERS' CREDITS.
Our Letter of Credit gives the holder the privilege of
drawing either on
DREXEL, HAB JES & CO., Paris,
IN FRaNCS,
OK OH
Meiirs. A. 8. PETRIE & CO., London,
IN STERLING,
As may be found most convenient or profitable, and
Is available throughout Europe. To parUes going
abjoad we offer special f acuities, collecting their In
terest and dividends during their absence without
; barge.
DREXEL & CO.,
Ho. 14 BOUTH THIRD BTRES1,
PHILADELPH IA.
STOCKS, L O A N 8, K T C,
1 UOl'GnT AND SOLD
AT THE BOARD OF BHOKERS,
BV GEOROK J. BOYD.
4 25 tuths2urp l!j THIRD Street.