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The Daily IE-Tews. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1866. Speech of Hesid Centre Stephens. At the Fenian mooting at Jo?os* Woods, Now York, on tho 16th inBt., Mr. Jameh Stki'uenb spoke to the assemblage in substance aa follows : Friendb of Irkland : Towards tbo close of De cember, 1857, a young Irishman called at my rcsi denco in Dublin, bringing nie letter? from Colonel O'Mahoney and the Into Colonel Doheny. He abo had an oral communication to make, and all W?* to the efl'cct that an organization had been cstab lished in Amerioa, of which Michael Doheny wbh tho appointed chiof. I was requested to et art Ml organization and direct it in Irolnnd. At that time tho rune of Ireland was en low at homo, as woll iiH abroad in all tho world, tint few men ol any brains or position could bo got to tako part in it. Thoy did not know tho people. Tho Irish pcoplo then, as over, wero sound. Thoir hcsrtB wore in tho right place, ami they only re quired to bo shown what to do, to lind tho men in whom thoy could havo confidence, to (?o to work for that eternal causo of Ireland, which is as freah as ovor in their hearts to-day. My knowledge of tho country was extensivo. On my return to Ireland, after sovon years of oxilo, the first tbing I did was to travol throughout tho country, in ovory direction, to know tho pcoplo and see what could ho done. I devoted a whole year to Unit, during which year I travelled ovor thirty-five hundred indos on foot. I conscien tiously answered tlio letters of my friends in America, and, on certain oondiH ?? , undertook to organizo a forco of ton tliouoitiid mon in thrco months in Ireland. I undertook to do moro ?I that timo. Tho con ditions wero twofold. Fur?t, thht I should have the absolute diroction oi the organization. I be lieve you know it was a conBpiraov. I believe it utterly impossiblo for an oppressed nationality to organize such a power as could effect its iudopen douco without a conspiracy, and without ono man having the supreme control of tho organization. Tho boooud condition was that I should bo eup filiod with a certain sum of money, monthly, for he first threo months;-after which time, after having organized ten thousand men, I meant to havo made other proposals. I sout a tmeted friend, who has since bcon iu an Irish prison, to America. On the 17th of March, 1858, ho returned. Ho had found no organization iu Amorica?only a few dovoted men, at tho head of whom was Michael Doheny, who had held to got her against all circmnutancca in America, and endeavored to keep tho Irish people nlivo and powerful thero. Such as thoy wore thou, those twenty or thirty men accepted my conditions, and sent me a papor, endorsing, so far as they could endorse it, my action in Ireland. On the 17tb of March, then, 1858, I began the organization in Irf laud of a conspiracy, ns I have said it was. And to bo a member of that conspira cy, it was necessary to tako an oath. You have heard a great deal on tho subject of this oath ; but perhaps you have not heard my real reason for making it an essential condition of mombcr ehip. 1 had been in tho movement in 1818 with Smith O'Brien, and I found that when we had one hun dred, two hundred, or threo liunpred men around as, if wo happened to meet in any place with a clergyman who happened to bo oppoeod to the movement, and spoke against it, he was ablo to scatter our forcee. Thia was because the people 'had not got the necessary training. It was ne cessary to make tho people, in my mind, distin guish between the two-fold character of the prieats and clergymen of all classes?the temporal and the spiritual?and we have invariably inculcated on our friends tho duty of giving obedience, love, devotion ; to their temporal character simply to look on them as citizens. [Loud cheers.] Without this training you never could havo a force in Ireland ou which you could rely. [Ap plause.] Wo then made tho oath a condition of membership, and we havo continued to make it bo, aud it shall never be cbauged. [Applause.] Tho first instalment of money sent mo from Ame rica was ninety pounds, aud was received on the 17th of March, 1858, and the second instalment was to have reached me a mouth from that, but the months of April, May, and Juno went by without my having received anything. I had to send out my trusted friond the* second timo to btato the case. Tho report he brought of tho organization to New York was favorably received, but as thero was no organization iu America at the time, ho found it very difficult to get tho necessary funds. They came to mo in small instalments. I conti nued to work, however, drawing on the resources of my friends at home in Ireland for this. 1 want to make you understand that for ovory dollar contributed in this country, the men at home have contributed ten. [Cheers.] Finding, by the month of Septomber, that the promises made to me remained unfilled, and snowing that I had organized more than ton times the force I had uudortaken to do, I felt the necessity of coming to America to lay the founda tion of our work diere. In 8u\ tomber, 1858. I arrived in Now York, and I had a great many dif ficulties to contend with here, of which difficulties I do not caro to speak at present, though, if neces sary, I shall make them all kuonn to you. ["Let's hear them !"] Not now; I havo too many othor points to touch on. At length, however, I was allowed to go to work in America, and tho first man I enrolled on this continent was Michael Corcoran. Tho speaker thou proceeded to mako a state ment regarding financial transactions, and con tinued as follows. Alluding to delegates, he said : It bo happened that ono of these delegates, whilst in Ireland, lost certain documents. That was Mr. Meehau. [Slight disapprobation.] I don't wish to say one word iu disparagement of Mr. Meeban to-day, aud I wish that no friend of mine may do so; but whilst I am desirous not to eay anything against Mr. Meehau hero, it*is ab solutely necessary that the fact should bo made known, that the loss of those documents by him was tbo immediate occasion of tho arrests of tho Fenian prisoners in Ireland. [Groans.] Not a word, gontlcmon, I bog of you. It is not in that spirit I wish to speak to you. I will not have anybody hero say a word against Mr. Mec han. [Cheers.] I have myself written against him, hut if I have wronged him I will be very hap py to make him ampio reparation if he will only favor me with a visit. [Cheers.] I havo sont in vitations to all thoso gentlemen, Gen Sweeney, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Meehau aud others, to com? aud seo me, but I am very sorry to say that up to this time very few of thom have come, Tho fAult has not been on my side. I havo mi du all the ad vances I could make compatible with my souse of duty and dignity. [Applause] Well, to return to my narrative, the arrests were made, and tho Government said iriumi)hhntly that all was ovor in Ireland. But bo far from that be ing the fact, thero I evor was harder or inoro work dono in Ireland than after thoso arrests. I was free myself, and whilo froo I aui not uaed to bo idle. [Laughter and cheers.] Shortly after tho Government saw tho necessity of proclaiming ovory county in Ireland, one after another, be cause thoy felt that tbo work was going on .strong ly, and that the only things wo wanted, arma and munitions of war, wore corning into tho country, and that thoy could not prevent them from com iugin. The mon who wero in iho eorvico or the Irish Republic were ablo to bufiio them and get int> the country whatever they required, and what thoy wore ablo to do then they aro able to do to-day. [Groat cheering.] There are those who say that even if wo had arms we could not get them into Ireland. Do not allow yourBelves to bo deceived in that way; lot u * man pers-u ido you that we can not got what we require into Ireland if w have means to purchase our requirement. Lot ua havo requisite funde, aud wo cau get war material into tbo oountry, and men, too, if we requiro mou. I think that my opinion?I who havo lived in Ireland, and worked for Ireland sil my life-1 think, 1 say, that my opinion on this subject ought to bo worth more than tbo opinions of people who have not soen Ireland since tho greenness of their youth. Weil, my friends wero arro-ited; you kuow now they conducted thenisclveB. Tho i oaring of thoso prisoners haB never been surpassed bv the hearing or any men in any country; uud they'bore themselves so nobly bocauso thoy had faith, still faith, in the organization which they knew to be so - powerful at home, and also faith that tho remises so often aud bo solemnly niado to thom y (h- pooplo horo would bo kept. When tho counties wore proclaimed, the British {iresa?how shall I deaignato that press ? I bc ieve it to be- the vilest in tho world, unless, in deed, it be tho viler press of Iroland, which may be fairly described a? the journalistic excrement of England. [Laughter.] When the counties * were proclaimed, the British press again boasted that the organization was suppressed in Ireland. But only a few weeks afterward th?cLord Lieu tenant wrote that pressing lotter, which yon muat have read, calling on the Go vor mont to suspend tho habeas corpus act. Yon know the wholosalo arrest? that followed the suspension of that act. Again, the Government and their preso thought ft> make the world boliovo that we were ?upt ! . ' . *w* ( *t- <;:?***'? Y . o .AOflWiSjf*) pressod in Ireland. Tbat was tho third timo tbat wo wore Bnpprossod then at hint. But I toll you tbat tho organization in Ireland to-day is strong or than it evor has boon?stronger in numbers, in disciplino, in all tho roqniromonts of an army, save only war material. Tho organization for Iro lauel toward tho cloao of last year numbered two hundred thousand men. [Groat cheering.] Of that force fifty thousand mon wore thor oughly drilled, with a largo proportion of mon who bad ecou war, who hp>. smolt powder on tlio battle-field?voternns, in *,' it. Fifty thousand arc partially drilled men. Tho other ono hundred thousand aro undrilled, but if tbcro is a man aiuoiiK you who thinks that fifty thousand Irish men thoroughly drilled, and fifty thousand more partially drilled, to begin with, would not consti tute a forco sufilciout to meet anything that Eng land could bring against a? in Ireland, thon, iu eleed, bo is wofully ignorant. What is tho military forco In Inland at prosont? Tbero aro now in Ireland from twenty thousand to twonty-two thousand niou ; not more. Thoro aro in tho United Kingdom, ns it is called, somo thirty-sovon thousand effective mon. It woulel tukc Jingla, d thirty or forty days to concentrate thirty thousand to forty thousan-.l men in lreltnd. It would take her three nionths to concentrate sovouty tbonsind mqii, and it a very likoly she would never bo able to ce ucentralo a larger "forco tbero. [A. voice : "That abo may never bo able." Laughter and cheers.] Of our forco wo could concontrato in Ireland, on four or livo given points, ono hundred thousand tnon in twenty-four bourn. [Cheers.] From tho middle of September of last rear to tho end of Docombor, all wo wanted In Ireland mi arms to put into tue haiiels of our men. The men woro thoro; wo only wanted arma. Butin that hour, in tho vory hour o? our strength at homo, there came to Ireland tho molancholy news of your disruption here. But still wo held ?u. Wo did not think it possiblo that any body of men could bo found on this continent to" withhold from tho pooplo of Ireland, in that supremo hour of hor need and peril, tho succor thoy bad ho so lemnly plodged tnombelvcs to give; and it was bo causo I could not bring myself to believo this that I bad made up my mind to get myself arrested, even if tho Government had not succeeded in doing so before I was ready. 1 determined to bo arrest ed, because I felt bound to tako action last your, and I thought tbat if Idovotcd myself to tho causo bo far as to voluntarily go into a prison, yon on tbia side would feel bound, if driven, to give us what wo wanted. [Cheers.] However, before the time at which I had decided to take that atep, in case I did not bear favorable uews from this sido, tho Government discovered my residence, and I mi arrested. But it was de termined to defer action yot awhile, and it was then that I resolved on coming to the- Rttttea. Tbat course onco docided upon, my friende act about the execution of my departure, and it is to them that everything in duo, und nothing to myself. This departure from Ireland was moro difficult than my cacapo from prison; but I will not dwell on it now. My object in coming to America is to rocouoilo all parties hero, and to effect a union be tween all tho frionds of Ireland. I fird tbo or ganization boro torn asunder, and ba? feelings among tho members; but still, I think I can effoct enough for my purpoBO. It will givo all groat pleasure to ace a re-union. I did expect Colonol Roberta would act liko Colonel O'Mtihoue 7, and resign. I believe it would bo patriotic and wise for him to do so. I think the cauao would prosper if Coionol O'Mahoney and Colonel Roberta would come on this platform, and shako bauds, and then resign. I believo in a single month, if these dif f?rences wero healed, tho freedom of Ireland would be a cortain thing.. I call upon all men to stand up and endeavor to create unity of action. Without unity o? action you cannot fulfill your duty to your country and your promises to Iro land. Unless you in this country unito with tbo Irish people at homo our organization will break up, and surely an eternal stain will rest upon tho Irish character. Liabilities of Telegraph Companies. We gave a brief synopsis of the important judi cial decision iu our " News Summary" a few days ago, and .now present tbo opinion of tbe Conrt in full. Tho following decision waa rondcrod in tho case of JonN Wann vb. Tbe Western Telegraph Com pany, in tbe Supromo Court of Missouri, March term, 18GG : OPINION OF TUE CJUHT. This was an action ?ustitutod - to recovor dama ges for alleged carelessness o?" tbe Western Union Tolegraph Company in transmitting a dispatch for plaintiff from St. . Louiu to Now York oily. The dispatch, as sont by plaintiff to his correspondent in New York, ordoroa tbom to ship to him at tit. Louis certain quantities of salt by "sail," and when it reached New York and waa delivered, it read, ship by "rail;" that is, tho worel "rail" was substituted for tbo word " sail" iu tbe origiual dis patch. Accordingly a large proportion of tho Bait waa forwardod by railroad instead of by oanal and lake, as was originally intended by the dispatch. Tbo shipping by railroad was much more expen sive tbau by water, and tho action was brought to recovor the difference between tbe two modes of transportation. A judgment was rendered in the Court below for the plaintiff for tbe sum of one thousand aud oighty-fivo dollars and forty-four cents, and to reverse tbe judgment tbo case U brought h oro by appeal. The defendant resists tbe recovery on the ground that all dispatches were sent over its lines on the following conditions, which, it appears, plaintiff had knowledge of: "TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAOES AllE RECEIVED HV THE COMPANY FOlt TBANBMIBSION. "The public are notified that, in order to ?uard aeainst mistakes in tho transmission of messagos, every message, of importance ought to be repeated by boingsent back from the atation at which it is to bo received to the station from which it is origi nally sent. Half tbo usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message; and, wbilo th: i company will, as heretofore, use everv precaution to maure correctness, it will not bo re sponsible) for mistakes or delays in the transmis sion or delivery of repeated messagoB beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times tho amount paid for sending tbe message, nor will it be re sponsible for mistakes or delays in tbe transmis sion of repeated messages, from whatever causo they may arise, nor from delay arising from inter ruptions in tbo workings of its telegraphs, nor from any mistakes or omissions of any other com pany, over whose linos the raesaago is to be sent to reach the place of its destination. All messages will hereafter ho received by this company for transmission subject to the abovo conditions." Tbo message was not ordered to bo repeated, Qur statuto under which tho company id incor porated declares that it shall be the duty of the ' company, "on payment or tender of the usual chargo,"according to ths regulations of tho com pany," to transmit all dispatches with impartiali ty and good faith, in tbe order of time in which thoy are received, <fcc. And auch companies aro made liable for special damages occasioned by the failure or ncgligcnco of their operatives or aer vants in receiving, copying, transmitting or de livering dispatches. [2 Rev. Slat., 1855, p 1521 8. 8. 5 6.] The Court has never boforo been called on to construe tuii statute, and the trans mitting and communicating intelligence by moans of tho electio telegraph being of compara tively roccnt invention, but fow adjudications have, boon made in respect to tbe liabilities of telegraph companies. In California tho Court seems to have applied tbo doctrino governing tho liibilitv of common carriers to telegraph compa nies. But in tho California caee, as well as the Maryland case, to which reference has been made, thoro was not merely negligenco, but an entire omission on tho part of tho operators of the com panies to perform their duties. Iu the former, tho dispatch was not sent until tho dav after it was received, iu couBequenco of which delay tbe plaintiff lost a dent; in tue latter, the dispatch was forgotten, and was not sont at all. But tho Maryland Court repudiates tho doc trine that a tolegraph company is a common car rier, and assumes that it is bailee, and that a par ty sending messages by telegraph, knowing that tho engagera uta of tho company are controlled by certain ralea and regulations, engrafts them in contract of bailment, and is bound by them; and that rules exempting the company from liability for th? non-transmission and nou-delivery of uure peated messages do not apply to a case where no effort is made hy tho company or its agents to put a m.3fsago on its transit. In the Kentucky oaso tho Telegraph Company bad published notice in tho precise language usod by tho defendant hero and copiod'in this opinion. Tho plaintiff Bent a message ovor its lines without ordering it to be repeated, or paying for having the same done. A mistake occurred In its trans mission whereby ho lost one hundred dollar?. Tho Court held tbat tbe condition was reasonable- aud the defendant was not-liable. Tbe case of M. An drew ?5 the Electric Telegraph Company (7 Conn. Bench 3) is in point, and is ably reasoned. The statute 16 and 17 Victoria embodies a provision similar to ours in regard to telegraph companies, and the company thero had given notioe of which the one-here-Is almost an identical transcript. The plaintiff delivered an unropoated message to .. ; I . . / .HV t S :; . lit T .. .1 .;? . ;.'. ' ci iKvtfA . ..' t- . ' '"- V ? bo transmitted over tho compny's lino, directing a certain Bhip to proceed to lull. Bv mistake, when it was rocoived, it dttotocl tho ship to Southampton. On account 0 this mistako tho plaintiff was injured in dlapsete of his cargo, nnd brought his action to roc<ivo*lamngo8, but tho Court enid tho condition wrb rosonablo, and there was no objection to the compay availing itself of tho samo pi otoction that otho persons in a sinii lnr position aro entitled to tloiy law, by limiting its liability by fair nnd rcny?iaole conditions, notice of which is duly brougt homo to the par ties contracting with it. Whether wo roenrd telogiph companies n-? cominou carriers or as bailee? wo seo DO reason why they may not specially liii' their liabilities, subject to tho qualification, owover, that they will not bo protected from tb consequences ol gross negligence Deny lliem.hu right and they will bo utterly niinblo lo f otoct themselves against tho hazards and rj-ks which tiro incident to tho business in which tliov ro ougxged. Wo seo nothing unreaeonabl in their declaring they will not be responsible ft" uurepeated mes sages. Wo think this descriptif! of liability comes within tho intention of the rqculatioiiH provided for in tho statute. Tho jujitteft of telegraphing, however perfect it may be, ?a i rionsly ?fleeted by atmospheric causes ?viiich aroincoulrollablc, anil if a man wants to send a mwsgo of nn important character, prndenco and visaSm would seem to dictate that ho should havo itropeuted, in owl' r to bo assured of its correct traisniiesion. And as tho repetition imposes additior.il labor, it is surely justice thut the advauccd pice should be paid. If tho company undertake to usuro tho accuracy of tho message and assumes additional risk, it should bo paid accordingly. The message- Bout by tho plautifi* wrb ono of im portance; ho could havo demeastrated its perfect correctness by having it ropated ut a trilling sum, and ho was fully cognizat of the regulations of the company. The first, third and fourth nstructions prayed for by defondnut should have teeu given, and tho last paragraph of the inslnii ious given for tho plaintiff should havo been rofoed. Tho judgment is reversed, nnd tho causo re manded. Judge Holmes concurs. Judge Lovolaco absent. [Signed] B%VID WAGNER. - * ? The stiitj; of ?|i-?pc. Tho followiug interesting Rimmary of Conti nontal news and war rumora s from tho Gorman correspondent of tho Cinc?initi Commercial: Military statistics, lately published, show that Prussia can muster in tho -cgular field army 350,1)05 mou; for the reservo aid garrisons of tor troisea und depots? 123,900 niel, aud 153,000 men inore of gnrrisoning militia, o; the first levy,?al together 10,000 officers nnd 08,701 men, if tho whole army, including the miltia of the first levy, is put on war footing. Austrh can muster, be sido the Imperial body-guard if 8(0 men, and tho strong and numerous goiiBdirmos, G10.000, with 70,000 horscB. How many oj theso corps have been called iuto activo sorviccis not known to tho public, RB tho mutual recrimiiatious assert that each powor is acting but on tlu defensive. For the moment people talk lees of tho possi bility of an actual war than ol tho reform meas ures proposed bv the Pruasiat Cabinet. Nobody knows what to ronkc ont nf dem, as nobody is informed what measures Biainirk is going to sug gest. M. Savigny, tho ltueeitn Embneeador at the Gorman Diet in this city, has left on tho 24th instant, for Berlin, to receive his final in structions regarding tho futura German Parlia ment, tho organization of tho military and nitral forces, tho diplomatic repressntation and com mercial affairs of (?ormany. People are cracking their biains about these intended reforms. In the first moment tho prop osition of electing a Germau Parliament, by uni versal suffrage, was not only ridiculed, but re ceived nil over Germany with acorn and disgust. Bismark, who had just most unceremoniously dis missed bis own Parliament, and treated tho same with supromo contempt; Bismark, who had in duced tho Supreme Court of his country to misin terpret tho Couatitution and to cripple tho right of freo speech, even within tho walla of Parlia ment; that same man ahall at once, and as by magic, aide'With the Democratic party of the Ger mau Liberals, and take tho load in creating a Par liament?no, that was too much even for the good natured and simple-hearted Germans; anU tho unanimous verdict of all their meetings was a condemnation of Bismark and his policy?"Timeo Dunao? et doria ferentes," thoy repeated, with tho old Roman poet. But Bismark laughed in his sleeve, and know but too well that at tho fimst steam off his oppo nents would whcol into lind. Soon n eocond sober thought prevailed, andiin tbo cvoniug meetings resolutions wero everywhere psssed, declaring that tho interior difficulties for the moment had to bo forgotton, and that every true-hearted Prus sian was iu duty bound to assist ovon the hated Government of Bismark in n generating the Gorman i athorland. Oh, weathercock of public opinion 1 It is now assortod, as far ab tho military affairs of Germany are concerned, that Bismark intends by liia proposed reforms to sco Prussia entrusted with the command of tho armies of all German States situated between tho North Sea and the Main?a kind of your fatal Mason and Dixon line? and to put Bavaria at the head of tho armies of the other German Statos, thereby excluding Aus tria und deciding the question of the Hegemony in favor of Prussia. But he may reckon without his host; for Aus tria, wo hoar, insist? on the admission into the Parliament of representatives of all her non-Gor man States, whereby she would number a third of all members to bo elocted, aud reinforced by one or the other of the minor German States, ahe could oasily voto down any Prussian proposition of this kind. Secondly, ?ho points to the third article of tho Confederate Couatitution, which de clares?foolishly enough?that any reform of the constitution requires a unanimous approval of all tho members of tho Diet; and who can ever ob tain auch a vote? Thirdly, she is said to insist that Holstein bo allowed to'send independent rep resentatives iuto Iho Parliament, wherebv she at ouce refuses to acknowledge the right ot Pius-dun annexation. Will Bismark, thus foiled and thwart ed in his scheme, fulfill his throat to secede from the Confederacy, und complicate tho situation more th: u ever before ? These questions aro the tilarinin, loiius of the present crisis. Anoth i report atatoa that one of Bismark's firopoait a will bo tho folio viug: That the Par inmont . .11 bo elected by universal suffrage, ac cording ho number of tho population of tho various .man .States; (hat tho number of the deputies s?all bo fixed beforehand, and tho mode of election determined by the Diet; and lastly, that only auch men ahall bo eligible to the Parlia ment, who in tho var one ?tatoa aro entitled to become members of the First Chambers, or tho so called Houses of Peers. ^JPhongh tbia report is based upon the plausi bility that the reactionary Prussian Premier in tends by this proposition to reconcile tho feudal clement (tho lunkor party of bis owu State), and that ho hopea tho nobility to be more accessible to his schemes than tho othor population. Yet this roport seems to ho one of the wild newspaper speculations, as a proposition excluding tho Lib? rala and tho mon or the people, would arou80 such a storni ot indiguation Mil over.Gcrmanv, that wo would note down the day ou which sucli a propo sition was to be promulgated, as tbo birth-day or dawn of the German revolution. I noticed this rumor only becauso I thought it to bo the duty of a faithful correspondent to givo you all possible information. In th? meantimo tbo Ministers of nine of the more powerful of tho German minor Statos met on tbo 22d instant, in Augsburg, Bavaria. Thoy bad two protracted meetings on that same day, and ono on the following, ami agreed to co-operate on tho proposition i. ado by Prussia, in such a manner that a reform of tbo Diet might be car riod, which would anawcr both tbo intentions of the great Powers and those of tho German nation. Thoy reaolved to act as a unit; but all will depend on the detailed propositions expected of Biamark, aud to bo submitted to a Committee of Nino, who was appointed by the Diet, to report on those pro positions. It remains to be seen whether thoy will continuo to act unanimously, or as usually bo swayod by the private views and in torea ta of their Government. At the samo timo it is lumorcd that Russia, whoso proaont sovereigns are of German origin, and bear tho title of Dukes ot Holstcin-Gottorp, ia coming forth aud claiming her share in tho DnchioB for tho Duko or Oldenburg. Col. Wey mann ha? arrived from St. Petersburg, boariug an autograph letter of tho Emperor Aloxandor to King William. It is tbo second communication which has reached tbo King from St. Petersburg einen the commencement of the present ci is is. At tho same limo, a pamplilot has been published bv Dr. Mayor, Profoasor of Law at tho University of Robbaok, which enlists a good deal of interest aud attention. It is entitled "Critic of th< deci sion given by the Ljudici of the Prussian Crown, first part: Oldenburg, and the claim? of the House Of Gottorp on Holstein," The Lyndici averred that, after th* defeat of tho King of Den mark? the House of Oldenburg wan tho legal suc cessor to thcr*Duobica; but that it? right? had . : i ... : h ' ' . v. -. hi ; : ,li'.f (ucQ . beon overthrown by tho troaty couclueloel botwoou Russia and Austria. Dr. Mayor ridiculos tnd ox posoB tho futility of this decision; aud it is gono rally Biirmiacd that tho pampblot is put forth as a feeler by tho Bnssian Government. Though tho danger of war is for tho momont delayed, it is but dolayod. Tho words of Bismark: "In tho long ru>, thcBO questions ponding be tweou Austiia and Prussia havo to bo decided by tho aword; it may bo tbo host policy to fight them out at onco," press like a night mare upon Europe Tho B-rlin Military Gazotto, in ono of its semi official lenders, declares peremptorily that tho Duchies must, and will at any price) bo annexed to Prussia. Negotiations, therefore!, niitv for tho moment provont tho iinshoathing of tho sword, out wo arc in tho millet of a crista which is big with Iho most important consequences for both Germtny and Europe. " SPECIAL NOTIOES. ?a-RUI'TUKE CUBED!?WHITE'S PATENT LEVER TRUSS is warranted to euro RUPTURE radi cally. I'owcr Is made strong or light! nt idcasurc. No pi Will W on tbo BACK or CORD. Sold wholesale and retail. Pamphlets freo. WHITE'S PATENT LKVEIt TRUSS CO., Bole Proprietors, No. GJ*J Broadway, N. Y. April 14 stuthSinos AS- CHEAPEST STORE IN NEW YORK TO BUY CHINA. GLASS, STONEWARE, CUTLERY, SILVERPLATEDWARE, Ac. Always on band, tbat popular, new anel beautiful White Stone Parisian Din uer, Tea and Toilet Sets, handsome as China, samo color and shapes, and half tho price. Call and seo if you don't purchase. Goods sent all over tbe world. HADLEY'S, COOPEIt INSTITUTE, April 14 stutbSmo Middle of tbo Block. ?- AWAY WITH 8PEOTACLE8.?OLD EYE8 nade now, without 8poctacles, Doctor or Medicine Pamphlet mailed free on receipt of ten cents. Addreis 8. B. FOOT-E, M. D., No. 1130 Broadway, Now York. November o ? MARRIAGE AND CELIBACY, an Essay of Warnlug aud Instruction for Young Men. A!so, Disease* and Abuses which prostrate the vital powers, with sure means of relief. Sent freo of charge in Healed lutter envelopes. Address, Dr. J. SKILLIN HOUOHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Fa. April 17 Sino. *BT ARTIFICIAL EYES.?ARTIFICIAL HU MAN EYES niado to order and inserted by Drs. F. UAUOII and P. GOUGELMANN (formerly employee! by Roissonnkad, of ParlB), No. C99 Broadway. Now York. April 14_lyr ^??-BATCH ELOR'S HAIR DYEI?THE ORIGINAL and best In the world I The only truo and perfect HAIR OYE. Harmless, Reliable and Lnstantanoous. Produces immediately a 'splendid Black or nature! Brown, with ont Injuring tho hair or skin. Remedies the IU effects o '.?ad dyes. Sold by all Druggists. Thogonuine Is signed WILLIAM A. BATOHELOR. Also. BEGENERATTNG EXTRACT OF MILLEFLE?B8. For restoring and Beautifying the Hair. CHARLES BATOHELOR, New York. AegDSl 17_lyr Or SPECIAL NOTICE? "GREATOAK8 FROM tittle acoriiH grow." The worst disoasoa known to ths tunan race spring from causes so small as to almost ofy detection. Tho volumes of scientific lore tbat fill the tables and shelves of tbo medical fraternity only go to prove and elaborate these facts. Thon guard youraolves while yoc may. The smallest pimple on the akin Is a tell-tale and indicator of disease; It may fade and die away from tho surface of the body, mil It will roach tbe vitals, perhaps, at last, and death jo tho result aud final close. MAGGIEL'S BILIOUS DYSPEPTIC, at.d DIARRHEA PILLS cure where all others fail. While for Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Onto ?ml all abrasions of the skin, MAGGIFL'S Salve Is in fallible. Bold by 3. MAGG1EL, No. 43 Fulton-atreot, New York, and all Druggists, at 36 cents per box. September 30 lyr ?-THE SALE OF THE PLANTATION BIT TERS Is without precedent in the history of the world, xhoro ia no ??vi-?!, in tho niattor. Thoy aro at onco the aiost speedy, strengthening health-resto/er ever dis covered. It requires but a single trial to understand this. Their purity can always be relied npon. They are composed of tho celebrated Calle-aya Bark, Cascarilla Bark, Dandolion, Chamomllo Flowors, Lavender Flowers, Wintergrcen, Aalse, Cloverbuds, Orauge-peel, Snake-root, Caraway, Coriander, Bnrdock, S.-T.-1860-X. &o. The; aro especially reoommonded to clergymon, pub lie speakers, and persons of literary habits and seden tary life, who require ireo digestion, a relish for food, and cloar mental faculties. Delicate females and weak perBons arc certain to find In these Bitters what they have bo long looked for. Thoy purify, strengthen and Invigorate. Tboy create a healthy appetite. Thoy are an antidota to change of water and diet Thoy overcome effects of dissipation and lato hours. They strengthen the system and enllvon the mind. They prevent miasmatic and intermittent fevers. They purify tho breath and acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. Thoy euro Diarrhea, Cholera and Cholera Morbos. They enre Livor Complaint acd Nervous Headache. They are the best Bitters in the world. They make tbo weak man strong, and aro exhausted nature's groat restorer. The following startling and emphatic statements can be scon at our office. Lottcr of Rev. E. F. Chine, Chaplain of tbo 107th Now York Regiment: Near Acquia Cnnp.ic, March 4th, 1863. Owing to the great exposure and terrible, decomposi tion after the battle of Antletam, I was utterly prostrat ed and very sick. My stomach would not retain medi cine. An article called Plantation Bitters, prepared by Dr. Dbake, of New- York, was prescribed to give mo strength and an appetite. To my great surprise they' gave mo immediate relief. Two bottles almost allowed mo to join my regiment. * * * .I have since soon them u-ed in many coses, and am free to Bay, for hos pital or private purposes I know of nothing like them. Rev. E. F. CRANE, Chaplain. Leiter from the Rev. N. E. Gilds, St. Clalravl-'lo, Pa. Gkntlkjjes:?You were kind enough, on a former oc casion, to send me a half doxzen bottles of Plantation untere for $3 60. My wlfo haying derived so much benefit from tho uso of thoao Bitters, I dcslro her to continuo them, and you will pleaso send us six bottles moro for tho monoy esclosed. I am, very truly, yours, N. E. GILDS, Pastor Gar. Ref. Church, Soldikius' Home, Supkrintbhdkht's Office, l , Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 16tb, 1863. j ********* I havo given your Plantation Bitters to hundreds of our noble soldiers who sop hero, more or leas disabled from vari?os canses, and the effect la marvellous and gratlfyiog. Such a preparation'as this Is I heartily wish in evory family, in every hospital, and at hand on every battle field. O. W. D. ANDREWS, Superintendent Dr. W. A Child?, Surgeon of tbe Tenth Vermont Re giment, writes:?"I wish every soldier had a bottlo cf Plantation Bitte rs. Thoy are tho most effective, per fect, and harmless tonic I ever used." WjLLABD'S noTKL, 1 WAsnrNOTON, D. C, May 33d, 1863. \ Gentlemen:?Wo require another supply ofyyour Plantation Bitters, tho popularity of whlsh dally in creases with the guests of our house. , Respectfully, 8YKES. Oil ADWICK h 00. Ac. - Ac. Ao. Ac. ico. Bo snre that every bottle bears the fac-aimlle of onr signature on a steel plate label, with onr private stamp over the cork. P. H. DRAKE & CO. No. 303 BROADWAY, N. Y Sold by all respootablo Druggir?s, Physicians, Grocers, Hotel?, Saloons, and country dealers. . April 1? . thstulyr .... SPECIAL NOTICES. 49- SJMIL1A HIB1ILIUHH OlIHANTUU. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC, rou PREVENTION AND CURE OF ASIATIC CHOLERA. As the season advances, and Dyncntory, Cholera Mor hus, attendod with F*>vith, aro becoming coiujioii, a PREVKNTlON for the ASIATIC OHOLKRA in u iieeossl ty with every individual and every family. In tho lost visl'allon of ChoVra lu this country, Dr. HUMPHREYS' SPECIFIC was rcgircted, wh.revcr the prcssnroon his limn allowed it to he introduced, as the surest PREVENTIVE and most effectual (JURE given to tbo public. Of thoHO who UBO tho PREVENTIVE faithfully, only about five per cent, woro atUcknd, and ol casos treated tho mortality was Iobb than four par cent. One-half ounce vials.11.00 Pocket esses, threo throo-quarf er vials, nnd book of directions, complote. 3.00 Family casos, throo one-ounco vialn, and book, complete. 5.00 Scut by mall froo on receipt of price. HOMEOPATHIC SYPFULOIDS. ANCHOR 8YPHII.?ID, curen duiiorrliuu, Gloot, Old Urinary Complaints.f 2.00 STAR SYPHILOID (caso ol lhno buttles nud book), cures recont Syphilis. Chancros, Buboes. 6.00 Sont by mail on receipt of price. HUMPH HEYS" Specific Hnmcopathic Medicine Company, No. 602 Broadway, Now York. KING & CASSIDEY, April 14 stutb6raos ?Charleston, 8. C. ??T?1860?X. DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS. They purity, strengthen and Invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. Thoy are an antidoto to change of water and diet. Thoy overcome effects of dissipation and late hot.r? Thoy strengthen tho system and enliven tho mind. They prevent miasmatic aud intermittent fevers. Thoy purify tho broath add acidity of the stomach, Thoy cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure Diarrhoea, Cholera and Cholera Morona. They curo Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache. They are the best Bitters m the world. They mak> tho weak strong, and aro exhausted nature's great r? storor. They aro made of pure 8t Orolx Rum, the cele brated Calisaya Bark, roots and horbB, and are takei with tbo pleasuro of a bevorago, without regard to ago or timo of day. Particularly recommended to delicate persons requiring a gontle stimulant. Bold by all Oro cers, Druggists, HotolB and Saloon?. Only genuin when Cork is covered by our private U. 8. Stamp, B# ware of counterfeits and refilled bottles. P. H. DRAKE & CO., No. 21 Park Row, New York, October M f? atuth ly LYON'S KATHAIRON. KA.THAIRON IS FROM THE GREEK WOBl 'Kathie, " or "Katbairo, " signifying to oleanie rejuvenate and restore. ThiB article is what Its Dim signifies. For preserving, restoring and beautifying th> human hair, It Is tho most remarkable preparation In tb world. It is again owned and put up by the orif Inal proprietor, and Is now made with tho same care, ?kill and attention which gave it a sale of over one trillion bottles per annum. It Is a most delightful Hair Dressing. It eradicates scurf and dandruff. It keeps the head cool and clean. It makes the hair rich, soft and glossy. It prevents the hair from falling off and turning gray It restores hair upon bald heads. ? Any lady or gontleman who values a beautiful he* of hair should uso Lyon's Katbalron. It Is known ant used throughout tho civilized world. Bold by all rs ?pectable dealers. DEMAS BARNES & CO., Ootober 28 ?tnlhlyr New York *sT COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP?THIS CELE BRATED Toilet Soap, In such naiver*?! demand, s made from the choicest materials, Is mild and mol l?en tin its nature, fragrantly scent eil, and extremely beneficial In its action upon the skin. For sale by all Druggists and Fancy Goods Dealer?. February 7 ly? ?V HILL'S HAIR DYE?FIFTY CENTS BLACK OB BROWN.?Instantaneous In effect, reliable for natural appearance, beauty of color and durability - also the cheapest and best lu use. Depot, No. 66 Join street, corner ot William"street, New York, and sold by Druggists and Fancy Goods Stores everywhere. November 29 6mo G. W. AIMAR, a O IK IE HVL I S T AND ?>RUeGIST, Corner King and Vanderhorst-streets. March 6_3mo CIIIRLBSTONJ?MG IIO?SB. JOHN ASHH??RST, Superintendent, rORHBRLY OF No. ?9 IIAY5B.8TREB?, JUST RECEIVE? AND NOW IN STORE, A FULL SUPPLY OF' DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES PERFUMERY * BRUSHES PAINTS OILS WINDOW GLASS KEROS?N E OIL LAMPS, ft? WIIOL.KSALK AOBNTB FOR DRAKE'S PLANTATION BITTERS Sterling's Ambrosia, CONSTITUTION LIFE SYRUP, CONSTITUTION WATEB.I AND ALL THE RELIADLE PATENT MEDIO INES 07 THE DAT. JOSEPH A. MORGAN, WHOLESALE DBUGOIST, No. 153 HEETING-ST., OPPOSITE CHARLESTON HOTEL. February IS "' '"' -y BEAUTY . ? AUBURN, (lolilcn. Flaxen, unit Silken CUUL8 produced by tho use ol Preit. Dk?Ihkux's Fhl-Elt LK C11KVKUX. tine application warranted to Ollrl tin- moi.! strnighl ; and stubborn liair of either ox Into wavy rlugl- t-t or heavy ninnMvo curls. Han been ised by tie fashionables of Paris and London, with tho nost gratifying results Don no Injury to the hair, 'rice by mail, sealed and postpaid. $1. Descriptive ?-lr nlars mailed freo Address, 111 RtiER. SHU IT'S v CO., Chemists, No. 3H5 River Htrcel, Troy. N. Y. Sole H?tenle or tho United ?tatos. tull?-3tno May 8 WHISKERS AND MU8 iACtii-.H forced to grow upon the smoothes! fac? in freini three' to livti weeks by dsloR I>r. HEY'O NE 'S KhSTAURArUKK OAt'lLLUmC, tho most wonderful discovery in mo dern seiellCM, at:tlll(i Up- 11 ho Beard and Hair In an nliiiost miraculous manner. It lasbtcn used bv the> elite of Pari? anel London with tl.o mont Hatteting success. Names of all pm chasers will [>ei registered, ami if mitiro satisfaction m not given In ?very lustaiK-e, tho money wi I be cheerfully refunded. Price by mail, seale-d and postpaid, fl, Descriptivo r.ir :ulars and testimonial- mail -d freo Address Bfc ROER, SUUTrSfc CO., Chemists, No 285 Rlvcr-btrcet, Troy, N. Y. Solo ageuts lor tho United States. May 7\_tuthB?liuo M? OWN REMEDIES, s Congress Sprite Water. 1 lolun?triaji Spring Water, NO NATURAL OR AKTIFICIADBJOMFOUND HAD yot be>cn discovorrd or MANU?v.e:ri!iit:njK'al efl"alp these waters as a PREVENTIVE, RKLIe?vKD PERMA. MENT (JUKE, for many temporary aK chronic dis onses, as proved by the experience of ^K'y thoueandfl who hovo drank them for years, with thei^^st beneficia o fleets. COXURESS WATER :p:ri ozenfl "1 ttlctl Is a cathartic, alterativo anil tonic, mid hTaKalual'lQ remedy for affections of the Liver and Kidneflfc f'V8" pupsla, Gout, Chronic Consli|iatioti und Cutanc eyases. It Je a moat powerful preventivo e>f and Hllioua Complainte, so prevalent vu warm clln? EMPIRE WATER Is a cathartic, and a valuable remedy forltheurostisr Derangement of tho Live;r, Diseases of tho Skin, ar., General Debility. Its efl'ects aro most salutary in I.un?, Diseases. It is an almost suiee OUBX for fc'crofnla, and tho most aggravated forms ot Dyspepsia. As a prevent ttve ano cuitE for all Bilious Derangements, it stand? unrivaled. COLUMBIAN WATER Is a tonic and diuretic ol a highly beneficial cJinracter, and Is a positive iiemeoy lor Diabetes, Gravol, Calculus, Irritation and Inflammation of (he Kidneys and Bladder, and has most Rlugularly active ?fleets iu'restoring then? organs when debilitated by long disease. Females who have suffered for years from irregularity, and the dis tressing diseases known only to their sex, bare been entirely cured by the faithful und judicious use of CO LUMBIAN WATER. Theso waters are bottled fresh and puro, from each ol tho above-named Springs, in so careful and secure a manner that they preserve all their medicinal value for years, and will bo found equally c-llicaclous when drank thousands of miles distant, us wheu taken directly from tho Spring. Beware of Imitations ami inferior Waters; tho corks ol all genuino Congress, Empire and Columbian Waten aro branded on tho sido of the cork, thus : I Congress Water, 1 J Empire Water, ) C. & E. 8. Co. f ( O. & ?. S. Co. j I Coi.cmiuas Wate?, 1 I C. & E. S. Co. I Packed safely aud securely, in boxes suitable for i-hrp. ment to any part of the world. Congress and Empire Waters in boxes, containing 4 Dozen Pints, or 2 Dozen Quart Bottles each. Columbian Water in boxes con lug 4, or 6 Dozen Half Pints, or 1 Dozen Pint Bottle each. Sold by all Druggists, Hotels, Wine Merchants, and Orst-clasB Grocers. Sold only at Wholesale by HOTCHKISS SONS, PropTs., No. 92 Beekman-street, N. Y. $?t~ Orders by mail recelvo prompt attention. March 15 thatuSmo HEALTH RESTORED, AND SICKNESS PREVENTED BY USING THE CELB BRATED GRAEFENBERG FAMILY MEDICINES. AMONG WHICH ARE MARSHALL'S UFERINE CAT!! Price $1.50, Which wUl infallibly, positively, invariably cure iflj those torturing, perplexing, and debilitating symptoms commonly known as FEMALE DISEASE, WEAKNESS' IBREGULARITIES, etc., which weary and render on happy so m iny women between the ages of 16 and 60,? for which the medical profeseion seeks in vain torsi remedy, and from which wealth, position, delicacy, and refinement afford no exemption. Read the following: Lafayette, Ky.. Juno 31,18R0. I am a graduate of the regular Medical Colleges. Eight een months ago I bad eovon cases of severe female dis ease whioh I bad entirely failed to cure. One lady bad constant hysterics; one bad every sjmpion of epileptic convulsions consequent upon dorauged monEtruation. others bad whites, tailing. Irregularities, and all the se vere symptoma of continued uterine derangement, Having my attention called to MARSHALL'S UTEltlNI CATHOLICON, 1 used it, and it cured every cato. Tbori bas not been a singlo failure in its operation. C. J. NOItTHINtfXON, M. D. JtBfSi'o that tho seal of tho Qraefouberg Company it on every bottlo.-tjo. THE GRAEFENBERfTvEGETABLE PILLS Aro the best in tho world for family nse, and for Indi, gestion ? Constipation ? Headache? Nervousness?B?? lousnces ?Heartburn ? Acidity? Nausea? Flatulence? Want of Appetite?Dyspepsia?Liver Complaint?Grl pings?Fevers. On account ot their great njildnose, and from the fact that they never gripe, nauseate, or leavo the bowels in ? constipated condition, tho Graefeuborg Pills will be found more pleasant than any others. 49-Prico 25 cents per box. On tl.o receipt of one dol lar four boxes will be sent by mail, free of postage, to any part of the country. DY8ENTERY SYRUP.?Price 60 cents. Infallible m all caaes of bowel oomplaiuts, and a ce tain cure for ASIATIC CHOLERA. GREEN MOUNTAIN OINTMENT.?Prico 35 cents. 49"For Burns, Bruises, Scalds, Old Soros, Chilblains, Chapped Skin, Cold Sores, and wherover there la in- j flammation. It acts like) magic. -fr& j ?3~Tho Ointment Is guaranteed as the best applica tion in tho world for the above. It acts more quickly and oertainly than any other over offered to the public CHILDREN'S PANACEA.?50 cents. . SARHAPARILLA CO M POU.nD. ? $1. CONSUMPTIVE'S-BALSAM.?$3. EYE LOTION.?35 cent?. HEALTH BITTERS.?36 cents. PILE REMEDY_$1 FEVER AND AGUE REMEDY_60 cents. MANUAL OF HEALTH?26 cents. A complete Fami ly Physician. Sent by mail on roocipt of 36 cents. THE ORAEFENBKRO FAMILY MEDICINES are pre pared under the Imm?diate supervision of a SKILFUL PHYSICIAN, and they may r*3 relied upon In all c?sea ?-THEY ARE PURELY VEGETABLE.? * ?7*Thoy have been the leading American Remed?? for 30 years. 8old, wholesale and retail, by THE ORAEFENBEBO COMPANY, No IN William atreet. New York, and by tho trado generally. ?-The trade supplied on liberal term?, by . KING & CASSIDEY, ? March 17 gtttth3moa CHARLESTON. &. O. ^ THE HAHNWI?hl, SENT1NHL, T1HB PUBLICATION OF THIS PAPER, WHIOH OF X FIOE was destroyed In February lsat by the Federa army, has boon resumed. It la the only paper published la that burg? and populous District, and to merchants and bnalnea? moa poaaeases advantages seldom met with. T<>rms for advertising, |] per square of twelve lines, f? leas, for each lneerBon. Subscription to oaper. 18 per annum. Address SHUCK h PERRY, MMcftl? 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