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"+. .......-.. Since your adjournment all.the courts, with the ------- exco • nof those of Mississi • sd Texax, have II ~...:x ~tii.L..l; NEI S PAPi RESTAURANT, 9 and 10, Haymarket.—The CAFEINNER is from FOU istea five o'clock as D heretofore. now The served Severn Salmon R Sea n dirof son has commenced. WILLIAM JOHN WILDE, Proprietor. THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL FETES at the NEW GARDEN, SOUTH KENSINGTON, W. The GRAND FLOWER and FRUIT SHOW, on JUNE 5. Admission JUNE 6 The GRAND ROSE SHOW, JULY 10 5B. Od. The GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, SEPTEMBER 11 25. 6d. The GRAND FRUIT and CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW, NOVEMBER 6 2s. Pd. NOVEMBER 7 ls. ed. Fellows, Ivory Tickets, and persons registered under the Debenture Agreement, Free. h ilti-1 4 1 ,4; S ippi am been organised by the appointment of marshals and district attorneys, and are now prepared fur the exercise of their functions. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1861 No. 21,493. PRICE 4D: STAMPED, 5D PUBLICATIONS. VENISON. -T. GROVE, FISHMONGER AND VENISON DEALER, 33, Charing Cross, has commenced killing BUCK VENISON for the Season. Doors open each day at 1 o'clock. Tickets may be had at the Gardens, South Kensington ; Messrs. Addison and Co.'s, 210, Regent-street ; Messrs. Leader and Cocks, 63, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, old Bond-street; Mr. R. W. Olivier, 19, 0111 Bond-street Mr. Sams's, 1, St. James's-street ; Mr. Wester ton's Library, Knightsbridge ; Keith, Prowse, and Co.'s, 48, Cheapside ; and Vacher and Sons, Parliament-street. Tickets sold on Days of Shows will be charged 2s. 6d. extra. All the Shows will be held under Roofed Buildings. After the opening, on June 5, Bands will play on Wednes days and Saturdays, in June and July. As the Works in the Garden are still in progress, the Coun cil have decided that the right of entry to these Promenades must, for the present Season, be limited to Fellows, who (except on Fete Days) may personally introduce two Friends, the holders of Ivory Tickets, who may introduce two Friends, and to those persons whose names are registered under the Debenture Agreement ; and on Saturdays after 1 o'clock, by Tickets, price 2s. 6d. a * * Ballots for Election of Fellows will take place on the 24th and 31st of Ikray. NEW WORK BY SCRUTATOR. Now ready, in 1 vol., with Illustrations, R ECOLLECTIONS OF A FOX HUNTER. By SCRUTATOR. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA is the most certain remedy for restoring and strengthening the hair. By it whiskers and moustaches are produced and beautified. Ladies will find it especially valuable, as the most delicate head-dress or bonnet can be worn without fear of soiling. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., 65., and lls. C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street, Strand. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., ICE - BOUND. By WALTER THORNEURY. Author of " British Artists from HoF.farth to Turner," gi" In 'lce-Bound' Mr. Thornbury has put forth all his power e, and has produced one of the best books of fiction he has ever written." —Messenger. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. By Order of Council. AND. MURRAY. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN MENT, the CABINET of CURIOSITIES, POLY GRAPHIC HALL, King William-street, Charing-cross, TO - NIGHT and EVERY EVENING (except Sat ur d ay ) , a t R4ht. Private boxes, £1 ls. ' • Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ; area, 2s. •, amphitheatre, is. —A plan of the stalls may b e s een, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box (Ace, from 10 till 4 ,Morning P er f ormance, Saturday, IlaY IL A ROYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL ENT, 'with the Celebrated BAND, Forty ERTAINMENT in number (established eleven years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Royal Italian Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Dancing at Nine o'clock.—ls. admission. rrHE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn. --This popular an mnificentl ap- pointed Ball Room, decidedly the most fashionable and best conducted entertainment in the world. The very excellent band, under the able direction of Mr. Packer, is constantly introducing the choicest and latest music of the day. The wines supplied are of the very choicest quality. The refresh ment rooms are elegant in the extreme, and replete with every comfort. Admission throughout, is. EVANS'S MUSIC and SUPPER ROOMS.— Gentlemen meet as usual every evening. Mackney as ev er — Sydney's admirable New Song—•the Lee Family's elegant Performances, superior to anything yet seen. Four- Part Songs, Glees, Madrigals, and Classic Vocal Music form the main element of the entertainment "Play-goers sup at Evans's to glees extremely well sung."—Athenmum. CONTRACTS FOR RAISINS, PEPPER, MU SEED, TOBACCO , AND VINE GAR. STARD Department of the Comptroller for Victualling, THE Somerset-hous,e, 16th May, 1861. COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the 28th inst., at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT fbr sup plying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.: - RAISINS 25 Tons. PEPPER . 5 MUSTARD SEED I (White). •• • 30 Qrs. (8r0wn).... 30 „ TOBACCO 5O Tons. When to be deli ve r e d . —H alf of each in Three Weeks, and the remainder in Three Weeks afterwards, or earlier if pre ferred by the party tendering. VINEGAR M . ll OOO Gal. Half in One Month and the remainder in On s e Month afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering. Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the articles. Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for or for eole ; or for such p ar t th ereo f on l y as t h ey may deem fit, greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection. The Raisins, Pepper, and Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are respectively lying. Samples of the Mustard Seed (not less than Two Quarts of each, of the Pepper, not less than Two Pounds, and of the Raisins, not less than Three Pounds), must be produced by the parties tendering. Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several Trade marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its growth or produce, and a fresh drawn Dock sample of each cask or Package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any cask or package that is found not be of the same mark, num ber, or quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will be ?ejected by the officers Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a Quart) which the parties tendering may purpose to supply must accompany their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to be made in accordance with the samples which may be accepted, and the Vinegar tendered to be No. 20, Trade denomination. The Vinegar to be delivered in good, sound, strong, and substantial casks, which are to be retained as long as re quired by the said Commissioners or their officers without VsYment therefor, bnt are to be taken back from the said ictualling Stores (when emptied), by and at the expense of the contractor. 'I he samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted, are requested to be taken away by them immedi ately after the contracts have been decided. No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said office, or to the officer conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the collector of Customs at Bristol. Particular attention is called to the recent modification of the conditions of the contracts, which may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender will be received after half-past One o'clock on the day of treaty ; and it will not be reqiiira thm, tue party tendering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be communicated to him and his pro posed sureties in writing. Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset- house. • ENRPS PATENT HORSE and CATTLE H" FEED, Invented, 1854 ; Patented, 1855 ; has n ow b een before the public for more than six years, and, owing to its Emcees, there is now a host of imitations in the market, all of which are so many compliments to this, the Original and the only Patented Cattle Feed preparation. DAILY HORSE and CATTLE FEED, for seasoning the other food, and causing good digestion, 425. per cwt. MEDICATED, for restoring and conditioning horses and Cattle, in boxes, 56 feeds, 125., sent carriage paid. Head Office, London-bridge, London ; Manufactory, Hull GIVEN AWAY TO NERVOUS SUFFERERS. - HENRY SMITH. M.D., of the University of Jena, has just published, for the b e n e fit o f N ervous Sufferers, a FREE EDITION of his valuable work, THE WARNING VOICE TO YOUNG MEN (120 pages). A medical work on the cure of Nervous Debility, Loss of Memory, Dimness of Sight, Lassitude, Indigestion, Dislike to Society, Spe r m a t orr h cea, L ocal Weakness, Muscular Re laxation, Languor, Listlessness, Depression, &c., which, if neglected, result in consumption, insanity, and premature death ; with plain directi ons f or per f ect restoration to health and vigour. The book will be sent, post free, secure from ob nervation, to any address, on receipt of a directed envelope and two stamps. Address, HENRY SMITH, M.D., 8, Burton crescent Tavistock-square, London, W.C. DR. BRIGHT'S APHRODISION, The Phosphorised Nervine Tonic. The Newly-Discovered and approved of CHEMICAL COMBINATION of PHOSPHATIC SALTS, Quinine. Iron, &c., innocent in Its action and agreeable to the palate, for the immediate and permanent cure of Sperrnatorrhcea, Gleet, Stricture, and Renal Pains, Diseases of the Kidneys and. Bladder, Retention and Non - retention, and consequent de posits, Generative Incapacity for Wedlock, Partial and Total Prostration, Premature Decline of Manly Power, with many other distressing symptoms, caused in early life and maturity by incontinence, and youthful disregard to future happiness. London Agents :—Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard ; .1. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, Lon don -bridge; Bowden, 78, Gracechurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand, and of all Chemists throughout the world. Prices : 10s. 6d. per bottle, or five 10s. 6d. bottles in one, £2 2s. ; and in cases containing three £2 2s. bottles £5. DR. BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES, known throughout the world, for the cure of every disease. VEGETABLE SKIN OINTMENT, for all skin eruptions, deep-seated ulcers, sores, boils, &e. Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. PATENT SUGAR-COATED VEGETABLE PILLS, for regulating the bowels, and purifyi ng t h e blood. la. lid., 2s. 9d., 6d. , CONCENTRATED VEGETABLE ESSENCE, for re invigorating the nervous and muscular system, from all causes in early youth, causing* chronic and spasmodic stric ture, renal pains, weakness of the bladder, retention and non retention, diseases of the kidneys, nervous debility, and all female complaints, enriching* and increasing every vital fluid. 4s. 6d., lls., or four quantities in one, 31s. Physician's ad vice free on application, and "Buchan's Guide for Patients," one stamp. Sold by Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford-street. London, W., and medicines forwarded on re ceipt of post-office order. To be had of all chemists. Wholesale Agents : Barclay, 75, Farringdon- st. ; Newbery 45, St. Paul's Churchyard ; J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-st. ; Han- MT, 63; Oxford-st. ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 43, King William-st., London-bridge; Howden, 78, Gracechurch-st. ; Prout, 229, Strand, London. "The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative medicines is purchased at the high price of the aggravation nd it the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D. NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC Pon CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS, DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH, ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT, FEVERS DU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a ew pence per day, saves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and tires without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy - nces, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver oil, or visits to distant climates. Certificate No. 36,418. —We find it the safest remedy, An dre yzUre,M.D., F . R .S. land D r. Campbell. ; Dr. Harvey ; D r . W urzer ; D r. Sh or - We extract a few out of 56 000 Cure No. 1,771. Lord 49, S B t 3 ta o c d ur ele — cies of many years' dyspepsia. Cure No. agony from dyspepsia, nervousn f fifty yea coshscribable tion, flatulency, spasms, si n k :flea : Bs . asthma, constipa- No. 47,121. bliss vomiting, Maria July, of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousness, indigestio and nervous fan-cies. Cure No snat gatherings, low spirits, jeaten l l Rev. James T. Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Norfolk, of indigestinn and iiver complaint& Cure No. 56(3F4:Mr. Samnel Laxton ,Leicester, of two years' diarrh cea. W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 r e e ar ri?. 180. Mr. ness, constipation, indigestion, and debility. Y Car s e Iro r :g o or; nervousness, debilit, F‘ight years' dyspepsia, with cramps, ' 8. npasms, and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel idlington R&n. Athol-street, t ort'. Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years, cough, indi estion, and general debility, James Porter, erth. Cure No. 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liverpool, of ten years' dyspepsia, and all the horrors of nervous irritability. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. Jame. R oberts, timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness. Similar testimonials from 56,000 patients who can be re ferred to, ~,he Food is sold in canisters,2lb, 45. 6d., 121 b. " 4 . 1., 241 b. 408. ; super-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The 121 b., and 241 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of p ost-offioe order by Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent "ll,4London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., 182, Piccadilly, Lyndon ; Abbis, 60, Gracerkurch-street; 4, cheapside; 63 IV, HO, Oxford -street ; 330 and 452, Strand ;49 and 80, '' u nPagate-street ; Batty,l6, Finsbury-pavement tnd Lo' tog dealers ; Petty, Wood, and Co., Ring Willira .re., 114•11Nru; mid all glum. T•HE FIFTH and CONCLUDING VOLUME of LORD 3 IACAULAY'S HISTORY of ENGLAND is now ready, price 125., and may be had of all Booksellers and at all Circulating Libraries. London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts. THE PRESENT DISTRESS IN TRADE A- fully explained in J. GROSSMITH'S " GOVERNMENT UPON FIRST PRINCIPLES." The cause is there predicated of the monetary difficulties ex perienced in 1860. The Crisis is at hand. Anxiety in bus ness has now become the grim torture. Purity of motive, intelligently exercieed, must animate all Governments, or all is lost, All denominations of Constitutions are carefully examined in J. Grossmith's " Government upon First Prin ciples." Bent and Co., late Piper and Co., Paternoster-row. The Fourth Edition, Just Published. Bvo, in cloth, price ss. by post free, ss. 6d. ON TRUE and FALSE SPERMATORRTICEA; with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors in relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from De bility of the Generative system, or Sexual Hypochrondriasis. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. " Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practical contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs us, thai, he has saares.ei himself to the non-memesireatiet. We trust that this may not be the last, if he shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his power to correct."—London Medical Gazette. " The editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this distressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bare the scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object than to fill their own purses. The difference between true Spermatorrheea and the various forms of disease which resemble it are accurately de scribed, and thus a safe guide is offered for the treatment of the malady."—Medical Circular. " We have dilated so long upon the contents of the preli minary chapter, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of the subject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate price at which the 'brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of every one interested in the matter."— Dublin Medical Press. London : H. Bailliere,2l9, Regent-street DR. BRIGHT'S MANUAL, with Descriptive Cases, illustrated with Drawings from Life, Member of the College of Physicians. On Spermatorrhota, Loss of Manly Power, and consequent impediments to married life : containing full particulars for self cure. J. Allen, 20, War wick-lane, Paternoster-row. Price ls. ; by post, 14 stamps ; sealed, 2z stamps. IMPORTANT TO OWNERS OF HORSES.- After long experience, deep researches into chymistrY, by the aid of costly machinery, I have discovered the means whereby oats, beans, and oilcake may be entirely dispensed with in the feeding of horses and cattle. I have now invented a compound meal, composed of locust beans, Indian corn, linseed, &c., at £l6 per ton, which is equal in value to £24 worth of oats, beans, or any other feeding material in the market. Two quarts of this compound meal, weighing 31bs., at the cost of 5d., mixed with a peck of chopped hay, is a feed for a draught horse, and superior in every respect to three quarterns of oats, costing 70. 14 barrels weigh net 1 ton 1 cwt., at 16s. per cwt., £l6 16s. net cash, free, delivered by my own waggons to any station in London. Nothing less than 21 cwt. sold at the manufactory, and orders must be accom panied with cheques crossed, made payable to the inventor, JOSEPH THORLEY. Steam Mills, Caledonian-road, king's-cross, April 8, 1861. Single barrels, weighing 14 cwt., may be had for 305., at 77, Newgrate-street, City, or of any of my accredited Agents in the country. THORLEY'S CONDIMENTAL FOOD (mixed with crushed Oats, &c.) for My Horses.—Read Admiral Rous on the English Racehorse. 40s. per barrel, containing 448 feeds. THORLEY'S CONDIMENT for My Cows. Increasing the quantity and enriching the quality of Milk. 40s. per barreL THORLEY'S COMPOUND f or My Sh ee p. Sold in barrels, containing 44s feeds, with measure enclosed, and carriage paid to any railway station in the ingdom. THORLEY for My pigs. 405. per barrel. THORLEY'S GLEANER is Published every Monday in time for post, and contains forty Columns of valuable information, including Mark-lane Report, Agri cultural and Sporting* intelli, , ,renee up to time of going to press. Price One Penny. Order of any Newsvendor.-77, ovrg ate-street, City. DR. BRIGHT'S THREE DAYS' CURE, The MEDICATED SUGARED GLOBULES, con taining the Quintessence of Copaiba, Cubebs, Buchu, and other invaluable ingredients, permanently eradicating the most inveterate cases of Gonorrhoea, obstinate Gleet, Stric ture, Urethral Discharges from whatever cause, Irritation of the Passages of the Bladder, Kidneys, Gravel, Sedimentary Deposits, Lucorheea, &c. These Globules lubricate instan taneously the irritated mucous membrane of the urino-genital system, subduing every inflammatory action, and checking all morbid secretions. Possessing the further advantage of being carried full taken free from observation, detection, taste, or smell. Price lls., by post 12s. 6d. LONDON AGENTS :—Newbery, 45, St. Paul's Church-yard J. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Hooper, 43, King William-street, Lon don-bridge; Bowden, 75, Gracechurch-street ; Prout, 229, Strand, and of all chemists throughout the world. Post free for four stamps, 1 - 4 1 , LE CTR ICI T Y AND ITS WONDERS as a health-giving Agent, and Curative in all diseases of the Sexual and Generative organs, with simple instructions for Self-treatment and Cure. Electricity, with other adjuncts, will also be found a most powerful and efficacious remedy for the cure of poverty of the blood and its sympathetic disorders of the liver, stomach, &c. ; also in diseases of the skin, para lysis, debility, lassitude, despondency, failure of memory , timidity, self-distrust, unfitness for study or business, and other disorders of the nervous system. Issued gratis and prepaid on receipt of four stamps by Dr. WATSON, U.S., F.R.A.S , No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedford-square, London, who continues to advise with patients daily, and apply his new mode of treatment. Persons residing in the country may have Dr. Watson's candid opinion of their case gratis on sending a statement of their age, sex, symptoms, Ace. &c. All letters to be addressed Dr. Watson, U.S., F.R.A.S., No. 27, Alfred-place, Bedfbrd square, London. Also, sent with above, Hints on the Use of the ELECTRO MEDICATED BATH, for the extraction of Mercury and other mineral poisons from the system, adopted according to the French mode. 1, GREAT MARLBOROUGH-STREET. W., NEAR THE PANTHEON. CULVERWELL, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Apo hecaries' Hall, London, can be consulted daily (only) as bove, on all cases of Nervous Debility, Languor, Incapacity, Loss of Memory, Sterility, and all Functional Derangements if both Sexes, emanating from early and excessive :indul enoes Has Just, published, price is. ; by poet, 11 titonnl4 18 sealed, No. 4, An entire new and original Work, entitled OURSELVES. Synopsis : The Physiology and Anatomy of our Generation —The Origin of'' Disease—Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. Also, an Exposition of. and Remedy for, all Urinary Derange ments and Marital Disqualifications, MALE. The modern treatment of Syphilis, Stricture, Blennorrhagia Gonorrhrea), Spermatorrhcea, Impotency, and all Diseases of 'he Urinary Organs, with Prescriptions, &ail FEMALE. The Physiology and Anatomy of Women—Functional Ir regularities in Health and Sickness—Choice in Marriage — Their Expectancies and Disappointments—The Cause and aemoval of Sterility —The Theory and Symptoms of Gesta tion—Use of the Speculum. Also, No. 1. HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and LONGEVITY; On Debility, Nervousness, Dyspepsia, and Indigestion; No. 2. LOVE AND Me nd RI fheir Obligations, Happiness, and Disappointments Love ind other Matches. Sterility Removed, and Healthy Off wing secured., No. E. THE CASE BOOR ; 100 Cases of SPERMA.TORREREA, Their Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, Confession/ and Cure by Cauterisations , Galvanism, &a Ato. To be had t o h t e M w ann orki , sn9g. C c o i rnh ags i e l! ; faenediridettltthorts.es: (SPECIAL NOTICE.) D A r. d C vi n ce lve th rwell is the only legally qualified medical practi tioner living of that name, and can be consulted (only as above). DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD: & MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRHCE A.. — NERVOUS AND GENERAT IVE DEBILITY, & c. Just Published, the 150th thousand, with numerous plates, in a sealed envelope, price ls., Sold by all Boeksellers, and sent post paid, by the Author, for 12 stamps, ANHOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions for Perfect Restoration to Health and vigour. By Dr. J. L. CURTIS, 15, Albermarle-street, Piccadilly, London. CONTENTS : INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiologicai Structure and Functicns of the Reproductive Organs. CHAPTER ll.—Causes of Spermatorrhcea and Impotence; Early Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect. CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifications of Marriage ; whether resulting from Youthful Abuse, the Follies of Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection. CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of Gonorrhoea and Syphilis. The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive Lotion. REVIEWS OF THE WORK. "Curtis on Manhood.--This is a truly valuable work, and should be in the hands of young and old."—" Sunday Times," 23 d March, 1856. "The author has conferred a great boon by publishing this little work, in which is described the sourc e of those dis eas e s which produce decline in youth or more frequently premature old a g .. '. ,,__ "Daily Telegraph," March 27, 1856. "This WOrk, which for twenty years has stood the test of professionaln criticism and empirical hostility, treats in aplain and s ympathising ' manner on the various disqualifications tnediments arising from nervous excitement and de bility excesses ; and to invalids suffering from youthful errors and Ron 91 con :oster-row ; nd n it w ill be found valuable and useful." —Record. : Published by J. Allen, 20, Warwick Lane, Pater- Mann * 89, Cmh . ilL _, . io tin 9 U ltati9A -1 9 tO 3 and 0 to S ; ai l utlaPn ""-'-' " WHEATSTONE'S HARMONIUMS (English) in solid oak cases, manufactured by them expressly for Churches, Chapels, Schools, &c., have the full compass of keys, are of the best quality oi tone, best workmanship and material, and do not require tuning. Guineas. New Patent, five octaves, from CC. double pedals 6 With one stop, oak case (reduced price) . 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ARTIFICIAL TEETH on a NEW and IM PROVED PRINCIPLE.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENTED INVENTION (protected by her Majesty's Royal Seal, July, 1860), for adapting Artificial Teeth on Moveable Bases by Self-adhesion, are fixed without springs or any fastenings, w ithout pain or extraction, restore perfect articulation and mastication, rendering detection impossible, and last a life time. "An admirable contrivance for remedying the defects of nature, without requiring new sets of teeth."—Sun, July 20. " Will doubtless b e ex te nsi vely patronised . Court Cir cular, July 21. "Unrivalled for its utility and economy."— Morning Post, July 20. Consultations free.—Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street ; Old Steyne, Brighton; Bennett's-hill, Birmingham. THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY_ The following is the Message of Jefferson Davis ,o the Provisional Congress : GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS, .. . It is my pleasing duty to announce to you that the Constitution framed for the establishment of a permanent Government for the Confederate States has been ratified by Conventions in each of those States in which it was referred. To inaugurate the Government to its full proportions and upon its own substantial basis of the popular will it only remains that elections should be held for the designation of the officers to administer it. There is every reason to believe that at no distant day other States, identified in political principles and community of interests with these which you represent, will join this Confederacy, giving to its typical constellation increased splendour ; to its go vernment of free, equal, and sovereign States a wider sphere of usefulness; and to the friends of constitutional liberty a greater security for its har monious and perpetual existence. It was not, however, for the purpose of making this announcement that I have deemed it my duty to convoke you at an earlier day than that fixed by yourselves for your meeting. The declaration of war made against this Confederacy by Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, in his proclamation issued on the 15th day of the present month, rendered it necessary, in my judgment, that you should convene at the earliest practicable mo ment to devise measures necessary for the defence of the country. The occasion is, indeed, an extraordinary one. It justifies me in a brief review of the relations here tofore existing between us and the States which now unite in warfare against us, and in a succinct statement of the events which have resulted in this warfare ; to the end that mankind may pass intel ligent and impartial judgment on its motives and objects. During the war waged against Great Britain by her colonies on this continent a common danger im pelled them to a close alliance, and to the formation of a Confederation by the terms of which the colo nies, styling themselves States, entered "severally into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever." In order to guard against any misconstruction of their compact, the several States made explicit de claration, in a distinct article, that "each State re tains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence.and every power, jurisdiction, and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled." Under this contract of alliance the war of the Revolution was successfully waged, and resulted in the treaty of peace with Great Britain in 1783, by the terms of which the several States were, each by name, recognized to be independent. The Articles of Confederation contained a clause whereby all alterations were prohibited, unless con firmed by the Legislatures of every State, after being agreed to by the Congress ; and, in obedience to this provision, under the resolution of Congress of the 21st of February, 1787, the several States ap pointed delegates, who attended a Convention " for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several Legislatures such alterations and pro visions therein as shall, when agreed to in Con gress, and confirmed by the States, render the Federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of Government and the preservation of the Union." It was by the delegates chosen by the several States, under the resolution just quoted, that the Constitution of the United States was framed in 1787, and submitted to the several States for ratifi cation, as shown by the seventh article, which is in these words : "The ratification of the Conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Con stitution between the States so ratifying the same." The Constitution of 1787 having, however, omitted the clause already recited from the articles of Confederation which provided in explicit terms that each State retained its sovereignty and inde pendence, some alarm was felt in the States when invited to ratify the Constitution, lest this omission should be construed into an abandonment of their cherished principle, and they refused to be satisfied until amendments were added to the Constitution, placing beyond any p retence of doubt the i reserva tion by the States of al l their sovereign rights and powers, expresslyonstitutdelegated to the United States the ot ien. C I have italicised certain words in the quotations, just made, for the purpose of attracting attentioirto the singular and marked caution with which the States endeavoured, in every possible form, to ex clude the idea that the separate and independent sovereignty of each State was merged into one com mon Government and nation, and the earnest desire they evinced to impress on the Constitution its true character—that of a compact between independent States. Strange indeed must it appear to the impartial observer, but it is none the less true, that all these carefully-worded clauses proved unavailing to pre vent the rise and growth in the Northern States of a political school which has persistently claimed that the Government thus formed was not a com pact between States, but was, in effect, a national Government, set up above and over the States. An organisation, created by the States to secure the blessings of liberty and independence against foreign aggression, has been gradually perverted into a machine for their control in their domestic affairs ; the creature had been exalted above its creators ; the principals have been made subordinate to the agent appointed by themselves. The people of the Southern States, whose almost exclusive occupation was agriculture,early perceived a tendency in the Northern States to render the common government subservient to their own pur poses by imposing burdens on commerce as a protec tion to their manufacturing and shipping interests. Long and angry controversy grew out of these at tempts, often successful, to benefit one section of the c ß o y u s n di t en r g y err a eeie t anss t ,i h n e g expense of the other. And the dan gera greaterof disruption ratratio t arising han the from this cause was en hancedwa. by the fact that the Northern population o immigration ul a a t n i o d n o o t f h e ther causal South.in tdaeuragnhctetheira t s h t e he Northern States gained prepon pgloavuesrinbltehaedmvpoince advocacy epr yilteyo Na ft:oot yield d.r Congress , heatdy s self-interest sen t to. any to listen with impatiencewith to r ou rttihgteh suggestion u a g s g a e s t m i e a o j majority ya any t m e r p l e y d have im e the h t e d principles control ; they learned constitutional andsout i e N e or e t x h e e r r c o i o s mf e of nhde their cthona t inaugural March nral last, h address e a deliveredssertsa as a n by ax Presidentaxiom President whichstitution been corrupted in th Ihneintpleiloealinnly deems to be undeniable, that the theory in di d a n l all tcases hesitatethe w will ; of the Constitutionehrieefqumiaregsistthraatte majority shall govern . ; and in another memorable instance the same to liken the relations between a State and the United States to those which exist between a coun ty and the S tate in which it is situated and e lamentable and which it w as created. This is th amentable and fundament al error on which rests the policy that has culminated in his declaration of war Confederate States, apingt thew vCsn' In addition to the long-zontinued and deep-seated resentment felt by the Southern States at the per sistent abuse of the powers they had delegated to the Congress for the purpose of enriching the manufacturing and shipping classes of the North at the expense of the South, there has existed for nearly half a century another subject of discord, involving interests of such transcendent magnitude as at all times to create the apprehension in the minds of many devoted lovers of the Union that its permanence was impossible. When the several States delegated certain powers to the United States Congress s large portion of the labouring popula' ion consisted of African slaves im ported into colonies by the mother country. In 12 out of the 13 States negro slavery existed, and the right of property in slaves was protected by law. This property was recognised in the Constitution, and provision was made against its loss by the escape of the slave. The increase in the number of slaves by further importation from Africa was also secured by a clause forbidding Congress to prohibit the slave trade anterior to a certain date ; and in no clause can there be found any delegation of power to the Congress authorising it in any manner to legislate to* the prejudice, detriment, or dis couragement of the owners of that species of pro perty, or excluding it from the protection of the Government. The climate and soil of the Northern States soon' proved unpropitious to the continuance of slave labour, while the converse was the case at the South. Under the unrestricted free intercourse between the two sections, the Northern States con su lt e d th e i r own interest by selling their slaves tolhe South, and prohibiting slavery within their limits. The South were willing purchasers of a preperty suitable to their wants, and paid the price of. Or acquisition without harbouring a suspicion 'Oita their quiet possession was to be disturbed by those who were inhibited, not only by want of constitutional authority, but by good faith as vendors, from dis quieting a title emanating from them4elves. As soon, however, as the Northert . States, that prohibited African slavery within their limits, had reached a number sufficient to give their represen tation a controlling voice in the Cctlgress, a per sistent and organised system of hostile measures against the rights of the owners of slaves in the Southern States was inaugurated and gradually ex tended. A continuous series of measures were devised and prosecuted for the purpose of repdering inse cure the tenure of property in slaves, flinatical orga nisations supplied with money by voluntary sub scriptions were assiduously engaged in exciting among the slaves a spirit of discontent, and revolt, means were furnished for their escam from their owners, and agents secretly employed t4lentice them to abscond; the constitutional provision for their relation to their owners was first evaded, then openly announced as a conscientious violation of obligation and religious duty ; men were taught that it was a merit to elude, disobey, and violently oppose the execution of the laws enacted to secure the performance of the promise in the constitutional compact ; owners of slaves were mobbed and even murdered in open day, solely for applying to a magistrate for the arrest of a fugitive slave; the dogmas of these voluntary organisations soon ob tained control of the Legislatures of many of the Northern States, and laws were passed providing for the punishment by ruinous fines and long-con tinued imprisonment in gaols and penitentiaries of citizens of the Southern States who should dare to ask aid of the officers of the law for the recovery of their property. Emboldened by success, the theatre of agitation and aggression against the clearly ex pressed constitutional rights of the Southern States was transferred to the Congress; senators and re presentatives were sent to the common councils of the nation, whose chief title to this distinction con sisted in the display of a spirit of ultra fanaticism, and whose business was not " to promote the gene ral welfare or insure domesticlranquillity," but to awaken the bitterest hatred against the citizens of sister States by violent denunciations of their insti tutions; the transaction of public affairs was im peded by repeated efforts to usurp powers not dele gated by the constitution, for the purpose of im pairing the security of property in slaves, and reducing those States which held slaves to a condition of inferiority. Finally, a great party was organised for the ' purpose of obtaining the administration of the Government with the avowed object of using its power for the total exclusion of the Slave States from all participa tion in the benefits of the public domain, acquired by all the States in common, whether by conquest or purchase; of surrounding them entirely by States in which slavery should be prohibited ; of thus ren dering the property in slaves so insecure as to be comparatively worthless, and thereby annihilating in effect property worth thousands of millions of dollars. This party thus organised succeeded, in the month of November last, in the election of its candidate for the Presidency of the United States. In the meantime, under the mild and genial cli mate of the Southern States, and the increasing care and attention for the wellbeing and comfort of the labouring class, dictated alike by interest and hu manity, the African slaves had augmented in num ber from about 600,000, at the date of the adoption of the constitutional compact, to upwards of four million. In moral and social condition they had been elevated from brutal savages into docile, intel ligent, not t n o d n c l i y v civilised a g bodilyr agricultural o l r a t b s bruetr with , an d c s a u r p e fal religious instruction. Under the supervision of a superior race their labour had been so directed as not only to allow a gradual and marked ameliora tion of their own condition, but to convert hundreds of thousands of square miles of the wilderness into cultivated lands, covered with a prosperous people; towns and cities had sprung into existence, and had rapidly increased in wealth and population under the social system of the South ; the white popula tion of the Southern slaveholding States had aug mented from about 1,260,000, at the date of the adoption of the Constitution, to more than 8,500,000 in 1860, and the productions of the South in cotton, rice, sugar, and tobacco, for the full development and continuance of which the labour of African slaves was and is indispensable, had swollen to an amount which formed nearly three-fourths of the exports of the whole United States, and become ab solutely necessary to the wants of civilised man. With interests of such overwhelming magnitude imperilled the people of the Southern States were driven by the conduct of the North to the adoption of some course of action to avert the danger with which they were openly menaced. With this view the Legislature •of the several States invited the people to select delegates to conventions to be held for the purpose of determining for themselves what measures were best adapted to meet so alarming a crisis in their history. Here it may be proper to observe that from a period a States of the early as theunion l7 a 9B pa th rt e y re had cmo existed etuninter i r n n a p l t l the edly in the majority, based upon the creed that each State was, in the last resort, the sole judge as well of its wrongs as of the mode and measure of redress. In deed it is obvious that under the law of nations this principle is an axiom as applied to the relations of independent sovereign States such as those which had united themselves under the constitutional com pact. The Democratic party in the United States s i n The g ; re peated in its successful canvass in 1 856 the declara tion made in numerous pre vio us political contests, that it would " faithfully abide by and uphold the principles laid down in the Kentu cky and Virginia resolutions of 1798, and in the re port of Mr. Madi son em maindtoo principles foundationsp t t ll s e thoseV i rg principles i n ioa thus t L itse g e politicali Legislature t u e orne 1799creed."tniti emphatically constituting that to which I hav e alr eady adverted, the right of each State to judge of and redress the wrongs of ain ed which y it overwhelming oil the States of the Union a t different elections, especially in the election of M r. Jefferson in 1805, complains. majorities of th e peop l e o f t Mr. Madison in 1809, and Mr. Pierce in 1852. In the exercise of a right so ancient, so well estab lished, and so necessary for self - preservation, the people of the Confederate States in their Conven which they had t s hey were menaced the delegation of st required t a e tn r h m da determined they v thatishould w t i h t he wwrevoke powers to the Federal Government which they had ratified in their several Conventions. They conse all their rights y re p ig a n sse a d nd or i d n i d n e a p n e c n e d s e resuming citahsueseionrytcelonnexion with the other States of the Union. Having done this, they proceeded to fo rm a n ew wonhgichthehmayseelvbese,en also ratifi e d by th e by new articles of con eodmepraateiton am, C on ventions of the several States, with an a pp roac h to-unallimitY far exceeding that o f th e Convent i on w hi c h adopted the Constitution o f 1787. Th e y h a ve organised their new Government i n a ll it s de partments ; the functions of the execut i ve, legisla tive, and judicial magistrates are perf orme d i n ac cordance with the will of the people, as displayed I not merely in cheerful acquiescence, but in the en thusiastic support of the Government thus esta blished by themselves ; and, but for the interference of the Government of the United States in this legi ' timate aerate of the right of a people to pelf go vernment, peace, h a p p i ness, and prosperity would now smile on our land. s m i b e lnet for d m p . e o s p e l a e r h e a e s h !a a e ( l , That peace is ard en tl y d es i red b y this Govern nyou a a n s s i f e e m s t b e I d e d i n i n e v F e e r b y r upaorsy laq when, prior even to the inauguration of the Chief Magistrate yOra had elected, you passed a re solution expressive of your desire for the appoint. ment of commissioners to be sent to the Govern ment o f the United States, " for the purp ose o f ne gotiating frieTadly relations between that Govern ment and the Confederate States of America, and for the settlement of all questions of disagreement between the two Governments upon principles of right, justice, equity, and good faith." It was my pleasure, as well as my duty, to co operate with you in this work of peace. Indeed, in my address to you on taking the oath of office, and before receiving from you the communication of this resolution, I had said, "as a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to the remedy of separa tion, and henceforth our energies must be directed 'to the conduct of our own affairs and the perpetuity of the Confederacy which we have formed. If a just perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue our separate political career, my most earliest desire will have been fulfilled." It was in furtherance of these accordant views of the Congress and the Executive that I made choice of three discreet, able, and distinguished citizens, who repaired to Washington. Aided by their cordial co-operation, and that of the Secretary of State, every effort compatible with self-respect and the dignity of the Confederacy was exhausted before I allowed myself to yield to the conviction that the Government of the United States was determined to attempt the conquest of this people, rind that our cherished hopes of peace were unattainable. On the arrival of our Commissioners in Washing ton on the sth of March they postponed, at the sug gestion of a friendly intermediary, doing more than giving in formal notice of their arrival. This was done with a view to afford time to the President, who had just been inaugurated, for the discharge of other pressing official duties in the organisation of his Administration, before engaging his atten tion in the object of their mission. It was not until the 12th of the month that they officially addressed the Secretary of State, informing him of the pur pose of their arrival, and stating in the language of their instructions their wish to make to the Government of the United States overtures for the opening of negotiations, assuring the Government of the United States that the President, Congress, and people of the Confederate States earnestly desire a peaceful solution of these great questions ; that it is neither their interest nor their wish to make any demand which is not founded on strict justice, nor do any act to injure their late confederates. To this communication no formal reply was re ceived until April 8. During the interval the Com missioners had consented to waive all questions of form. With the firm resolve to avoid war if pos sible, they went so far even as to hold, during that long period, unofficial intercourse, through an in termediary, whose high position and character in spired the hope of success, and through whom con stant assurances were received from the Government of the United States of peaceful intentions of the de termination to evacuate Fort Sumter, and further that no measure changing the existing status pre judicially to the Confederate States, especially at Fort Pickens, was in contemplation, but that in the event of any hange of intention on the subject notice would be given to the Commissioners. The crooked paths of diplomacy can scarcely furnish an example so wanting in courtesy, in candour and directness, as was the course of the United States Government towards our Commissioners in Washington. For proof of this I refer to the annexed documents marked --, taken in connexion with other facts which I now prOceed to relate. Early in April the attention of the whole coun try, as well as that of our Commissioners, was at tracted to extraordinary preparations for an exten sive military and naval expedition in New York and other Northern ports. These preparations, com menced in secrecy for an expedition whose destina tion was concealed, only became known when nearly completed, and on the sth, Gth, and 7th of April transports and vessels of war, with troops, munitions,and military supplies sailed from Northern ports bound southwards. Alarmed by so extraordi nary a demonstration, the Commissioners requested the delivery of an answer to their official communi cation of the 12th of March, and thereupon received, on the Bth of April, a reply dated on the 15th of the previous month, from which it appears that during the whole interval, while the Commissioners were receiving assurances calculated to inspire hopes of the success of their mission, the Secretary of State and the President of the United States had already determined to hold no intercourse with them whatever—to refuse even to listen to any pro posals they had to make, and had profited by the delay created by their own selfishness in order to prepare secretly the means for effective hostile operations. That these assurances were given has been vir tually confessed by the Government of the United States, by its sending a messenger to Charleston to e striking proof of the absence of good faith in the con no of its f s u p p u p r l p y o i s n e g to F ours: Sumterforce if . o p N p n o s e n i d .) i r n e i d gt u isv c ie t n o nt f eo t nt h itc e i: Government of the United States towards this Confederacy can be required than is contained in the circumstances which accompanied this notice. According to the usual course of navigation, the vessels composing the expedition designed for the relief of Fort Sumter might be expected to reach Charleston harbour on the 9th of April ; yet, with our Commissioners actually in Washington, de tained under assurances that notice should be given of any military movement, the notice was not ad dressed to them, but a messenger was sent to Charles ton to give the notice to the Governor of South Ca rolina, and the notice was so given at a late hour on the Bth of April, the eve of the very day on which the fleet might be expected to arrive. That this manoeuvre failed in its purpose was not the fault of those who contrived it. A heavy tempest delayed the arrival of the expedition, and gave time to the commander of our forces at Charleston to ask and receive the instructions of this Government. Even then, under all the provocation incident to the con temptuous refusal to listen to our Commissioners and the tortuous course of the Government of the United States, I was sincerely anxious to avoid the effusion of blood, and directed a proposal to be made to the commander of Fort Sumter, who had avowed himself to be nearly out of provisions, that we would abstain from directing our fire on Fort Sumter if he would promise not to open fire on our forces unless first attacked. This proposal was re fused, and the conclusion was reached that the design of the United States was to place the be sieging force at Charleston between the simultane ous fire of the fleet and the fort. There remained, therefore, no alternative but to direct that the fort should at once be reduced. This order was executed by General Beauregard, with the skill and success which were naturally to be expected from the well known character of that gallant officer; and al though the bombardment lasted but 33 hours, our flag did not wave over its battered walls until after the appearance of the hostile fleet off Charleston. Fortunately, not a life was lost on our side, and we were gratified in being spared the necessity of a use less effusion of blood by the prudent caution of the officers who commanded the fleet, in abstaining from the evidently futile effort to enter the harbour for the relief of Major Anderson. I refer to the report of the Secretary of War, and the papers which ac company it, for further details of the brilliant affair. In this connexion I cannot refrain from a well-de served tribute to the noble State, the eminent sol dierly qualities of whose people were so conspicuously displayed in the port of Charleston. For months they had been irritated by the spectacle of a for tress held within their principal harbour, as a standing menace against their peace and indepen dence. Built in part with their own money, its custody confided with their own consent to an agent who held no power over them other than such as they had themselves delegated for their own benefit, intended to be used by that agent for their own protection against foreign attack, they saw it held with persistent tenacity as a means of offence against them by the very Government which they had established for their protection. They had beleaguered it for months—felt entire confidence in their power to capture it—yet yielded to the requirements of discipline, curbed their im patience, submitted without complaint to the un accustomed hardships, labours, and privations of a protracted siege; and when at length their patience was rewarded by the signal for attack and success had crowned their steady and gallant conduct—even in the very moment of triumph—they evinced a chivalrous re gard for the feelings of the brave but unfortu nate officer who had been compelled to lower hie flag. All manifestations of exultation were checked in his presence. Their commanding General, with their ver cordial nnien t, re f a r p arn r e o d va f l ro a m na im t p h o e sinl n L e 7 terms that t c at: could wound the sensibilities of the commander of the fort. He was permitted to retire with the honour's of war—to salute 144 flag: to depart freely with all his command, and was escorted to the ves sel in which he embarked with the highest marks of respect from those against whom his guns had been so recently directed. Not only does every event. connected with the siege reflect the highest honour on South Carolina, but the forbearance of her peo ple and of this Government front making any harsh use of a victory obtained under circumstances of such peculiar provocation attests to the fullest ex tent the absence of any purpose beyond securing their own tranquillity, and the sincere desire to avoid the calamities of war. Scarcely had the President of the Unites States received intelligence of the failure of the scheme which he had devised for the reinforcement of Fort Sumter when he issued the declaration of war against this Confederacy which has prompted me to convoke you. In this extraordinary production that high functionary affects total ignorance of the exist ence of an independent Government, which possess ing the entire and enthusiastic devotion of its people is exercising its functions without question over seven sovereign States, over more than 5,000,000 of people, and over a territory whose area exceeds half-a-million of square miles. He terms sovereign States "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law." He calls for an army of 75,000 men to act us a posse comitatus in aid of the process of the courts of jus tice in States where no courts exist whose man dates and decrees are not cheerfully obeyed and respected by a willing people. He avows that" the first service to be assigned to the forces called out" will be, not to execute the process of courts, but to capture forts and strongholds situated within the admitted limits of this Confederacy, and garri soned by its troops ; and declares that " this effort" is intended " to maintain the perpetuity of popular government." He concludes by command ing " the persons composing the combinations afore said—to wit, the 5,000,000 inhabitants of these States—" to retire peaceably to their respective abodes within 20 days." Apparently contradictory as are the terms of this singular document, one point was unmistakably evident. The President of the United States called for an army of 75,000 men, whose first service was to be to capture our forts. It was a plain declara tion of war, which I was not at liberty to disregard because of my knowledge that under the Constitu tion of the United States the President was usurp ing a power granted exclusively to the Congress. He is the sole organ of communication between that country and foreign Powers. The law of nations did not permit me to question the authority of the Exe cutive of a foreign nation to declare war against this Confederacy. Although I might have refrained from taking active measures for our defence if the States of the Union had all imitated the action of Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, by denouncing the call for troops as a constitutional usurpation of power to which they refused to respond, I was not at liberty to dis regard the fact that many of the States seemed quite content to submit to the exercise of the power assumed by the President of the United States, and were actively engaged in levying troops to be used for the purpose indicated in the proclamation. Deprived of the aid of Congress at the moment, I was under the necessity of confining my action to a call on the States for volunteers for the common defence, in accordance with the authority you had confided to me before your adjouriment. I deemed it proper further to issue proclamation inviting application from persons disposed to aid our defence in private armed vessels on the high seas, to the end that preparations might be made for the immediate issue of letters of marque and reprisal, which you alone under the Constitution have power to grant. I entertain no doubt you will concur with me in the opinion that, in the absence of a fleet of public vessels, it will be eminently expedient to supply their place by private armed vessels, so happily styled by the publicists of the United States "the militia of the sea," and so often and justly relied on by them as an efficient and admirable instrument of defensive warfare. I earnestly recommend the immediate passage of a law authorising me to accept the numerous pro posals already received. I cannot close this review of the acts of the Go vernment of the United States without referring to a proclamation issued by their President, under date of 19th inst., in which, after declaring that an insurrection has broken out in this Confederacy against the Government of flu, TTrcitorl Rtntoia, hn announces a blockade of all the ports of these States, and threatens to punish as pirates all per sons who shall molest any vessel of the United States under letters of marque by this Government. Notwithstanding the authenticity of this procla mation, you will concur with me that it is hard to believe it could have emanated from a President of the United States. Its announcement of a mere paper blockade is so manifestly a violation of the law of nations that it would seem incredible that it could have been issued by authority. But con ceding this to be the case so far as the Executive is concerned, it will be difficult to satisfy the people of those States that their late confederates will sanction its declarations, will determine to ignore the usages of civilised nations, and will inaugurate a war of extermination on both sides by treating as pirates open enemies acting under the authority of commissions issued by an organised Government. If such proclamation was issued, it could only have been published under the sudden influence of passion, and we may rest assured mankind will be spared the horrors of the conflict it seems to invite. For the details of the administration of the different departments, I refer to the reports of the Secretaries which accompany this Message. The State Department has furnished the neces sary instructions for three Commissioners who have been sent to England, France, Russia, and Bel gium, since your adjournment, to ask four recogni tion as a member of the family of nations, and to make with each of those Powers treaties of amity and commerce. Further steps will be taken to enter into like negotiations with the other European .Powers in pursuance of your resolution passed at the last session. Sufficient time has not yet elapsed since the departure of these Commissioners for the receipt of any intelligence from them. As I deem it desirable that Commissioners, or diplomatic agents, should also be sent at an early period to the independent American Powers south of our Confederacy, with all of whom it is our interest and earnest wish to maintain the most cordial and Having been officially notified by the public friendlyautho pmoaskei.na the n relations,ecess necessary ry suggested approp ria t t i h o e n s e x fo p r e tdhieantcypuorf rities of the State of Virginia that she had with drawn from the Union, and desired to maintain the closest politicalrelations with us which it was pos sible at this time to establish, I commissioned Hou. A. H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate States, to represent this Government at Richmond. I am happy to inform you that he has concluded a Convention with the State of Virginia, by which that honoured commonwealth, so long and so justly distinguished among her sister States, and so dear to the hearts of thousands of her children in the Confederate States, has united her power and her fortunes with ours and become one of us. This Convention, together with the ordinance of Vir ginia adopting the Provisional Constitution of the Confederacy, will be laid before you for your con stitutional action. I have satisfactory assurances from other of our late confederates, that they are on the point of adopting similar measures, and I can not doubt that ere you shall have:been many weeks in session, the whole of the slave-holding States of the late Union will respond to the call of honour and affection, and by uniting their fortunes with ours, promote our common interests and secure our common safety. In the Treasury Department regulations have been devised and put into execution for carrying out the policy indicated in your legislation on the subject of the navigation of the Mississippi river, as taowellhnfeam callnoaors more f awt o h r saai t snn h g e alBdnesrrbwoe i col l ection code:poweeoutdasso:ualit o f revenue Free transit has been secured for vessels and mer chandise passing through the Confederate States, and delay and inconvenience have been avoided as far as possible in organising the revenue service for_ the various railways entering our tecristiost As i fast as experience shall indicate the Prrfo e subscription Tdrot u d forts, b e en o the improvement in these regulations, no ec _ sa r ohles e ap m nia - d spared to free commerce from all unn " barrassments and obstructions. an , proposals were Under your act authorising fo a r io , u n n b s tsc Citizens, rui sp,tiion issued inviting subscriptions e becomewasi necessary development of t he . United States to i n vade and wage war blockade our R 9 duced me to to ra i se mean .. . .larger amount to defray , p ouses of maintaining our independence and the • should be ane it Ichille'e our ° fine made a is n l c ui t i lPnh a , condition .dlec°eoamProPPoprt,uetaosroi. President t of f the repelling invasion. I invite your special attention Government, e p t t e o d .. It c w i vs g i l l l et ll. fir now oon entireooufr waysa go e h r e n m s u e b n j t e , e w t , i t a h n an d for the supply of the Treasur y , will easury, be presented to you in, a separate COMLAIIiMign• .Tn the two States just named, the gentlemen can finned. as judges declined to accept the appoint ment, and no nominations have yet been made to fill the vacancies. I refer you to the report of the Attorney-General, and concur in his recommenda tion for immediate legislation, especially on the subject of patent rights. Early provision should be made to secure to the subjects of foreign nations the full enjoyment of their property in valuable inven tions, and to extend to our own citizens protection, not only for their own inventions, but for such as be eay assigned have sttehp7ceotr b e e tfb e aoy n rryc a pe s ,eo s r i fsr g olve n ng e sua d rlD: t ori o t,n althem,ien enemies. n e y s hereafter a . veTrha and applications Patent-office f patents,business although h is a mucho confined mor e caleeodnvfeoyrsexten siveiinderufnudl l e under th importantorganisation nmi s aottnhi month, r u t, os h fh a oadwbi bureauen e g n th eo fnecessity anticipated. epeaetse, snittys .If' for r e the law exclusively to citizens of our Confederacy, o gr a is documents,ed andvolunteer,his report and and accom panyingp provi sional, n v information con e several acts of Congress, their organisation and distribution ; also an account of the expenditures already de, and further estimates for the fiscal year ending Feb. 18, 1862, rendered necessary by recent events. I refer to his report also for a full history of the occurrences in Charleston Harbour prior to and thesieorTnnhpai con cerning including the bombardment and reduction of Fort Sumter, and of the measures subsequently taken for the common defence, on receiving intelligence of the declaration of war against us made by the President of the United States. There are now in the field at Charleston, Pensacola, Forts Morgan, Jackson, St. Philip, and Pulaski 19,000 men, and 16,000 are now en route for Virginia. It is proposed to organise and hold in readiness for action, in view of the present exigencies of the country, an army of 100,000 men. If further force should be needed the wisdom and patriotism of Congress will be con fidently appealed to for authority to call into the field additional numbers of our noble•spirited volun teers, who are constantly tendering service far in. excess of our wants. The operations of the Navy Department have been necessarily restricted by the fact that sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the purchase or con struction of more than a limited number of vessels adapted to the public service. Two vessels pur chased have been named the Sumter and Macrae, and are now being prepared for sea at New Orleans with all possible despatch. Contracts have also been made at that city with two different establish ments for the casting of ordnance, cannon, shot, and shell, with the view to encourage the manu facture of these articles, so indispensable for our defence, at as_ many points within our territory as possible. I call your attention to the recommendation of the Secretary for the establishment of a magazine and laboratory for preparation of ordnance stores, and the necessary appropriation for that purpose. Hitherto such stores have usually been prepared at the navy yards, and no appropriation was made at your last Session for this object. The Secretary also calls attention to the fact that no provision has been made for the payment of invalid pensions to our own citizens. Many of these per sons are advanced in life, they have no means of support, and by the secession of these States have been deprived of their claim against the Govern ment of the United States. I recommend the ap propriation of the sum necessary to pay these pen sioners, as well as those of the army, whose claims can scarcely exceed 70,000 doll. per annum. The Postmaster- General has already succeeded in organising his department to such an extent as to be in readiness to assume the direction of our postal affairs on the occurrence of the contingency con templated by the Act of March 15, 1861, or even sooner if desired by Congress. The various books and circulars have been prepared and measures taken to secure supplies of blanks, postage stamps, stamped envelopes, mail-bags, locks, keys, &c. He presents a detailed classification and arrangement of his clerical force, and asks for its increase. An auditor of the Treasury for this department is neces sary, and a plan is submitted for the organisation of his bureau. The great number and magnitude of the accounts of this department require an in crease of the clerical force in the accounting branch in the Treasury. The revenues of this department are collected and disbursed in modes peculiar to itself, and require a special bureau to secure a pro per accountability in the administration of its finances. I call your attention to the additional legislation required for this for changes in the law fixing the rates of post age on newspapers, periodicals, and sealed packages of certain kinds, and specially to the recommenda tion of the Secretary, in which I concur, that you provide at once for the assumption by him of the control of our entire postal service. In the military organization of the States provi sion is made for brigadier and major-generals, but in the army of the Confederate States the highest grade is that of brigadier-general. Hence it will no doubt sometimes occur that where troops of the Confederacy do duty with the militia, the general selected for the command and possessed of the views and purposes of this Government will be superseded by an officer of the militia not having the same ad vantages. To avoid this contingency in the least objectionable manner, I recommend that additional rank be given to the General of the Confederate army, and concurring in the policy of having but one grade of generals in the army of the Confe deracy I recommend that the law of its organization be amended, so that the grade be that of general. To secure a thorough military education it is deemed essential that offices should enter upon the study of their profession at an early period of life and have elementary instructions in a military school. Until such school shall be established it is recommended that cadets be appointed and attached to companies until they shall have attained the age and have acquired the knowledge to fit them for the duties of lieutenants. I also call your attention to an omission in the law organizing the army, in relation to military chaplains, and recommend that provision be made for their appointment. In conclusion, I congratulate you on the fact that in every portion of our country there has been ex hibited the most patriotic devotion to our common cause. Transportation companies have freely ten dered the use of their lines for troops and supplies. The presidents of the railroads of the Confederacy, in company with others who control lines of com munication with States that we hope soon to greet as sisters, assembled in convention in this city, and not only reduced largely the rates heretofore de manded for mail service and conveyance of troops and munitions, but voluntarily proffered to receive their compensations at these reduced rates in the bonds of the Confederacy, for the purpose of leaving all the resources of the Government at its disposal for common defence. Requisitions for troops have been met with such alacrity that the numbers ten dering their services have in every instance greatly exceeded the demand. Alen of the highest official and social position are serving as volunteers in the ranks. The gravity of age and the zeal of youth rival each other in the desire to be foremost in the public defence, and, though at no other point than the one heretofore noticed have they been stimu lated by the excitement incidental to actual engage menta and the hope of distinction for indiTg o u ps i achievement, they have borne what. for new c o fo n rt of active is the Severest ordeal—patient toil 4 vigil, and all the exposure and dis in such as to service—with a resolution and fortitudeeh highest command approbation and justify the valour shall be expec tation of their conduct when active a Tbeherefia Ce. required in place of steady e d and n resolved cannot shrink Providence cheers us with A people thus united i they nuLY ) from any sacrifice whi t : a h reasonable doubt of their make, nor can therehowever long and severe may be the e a l y ds offorgrain which final success, ination to maintain their birth_ test of their determination be call a equality, as trust freedom and a which it right of fr duty to transmit undiminished is their firstto their posterity. e c d o constant a nt to A bounteous the ro wise ~..____ the sickle „i re assurance of the amplest supply of food for man, while the corn, cotton, and other staple productions of our soil afford abundant proof that up to this period the season has been propitious. We feel that our • cause is just and holy ; we pro test solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honour and inde wi'n w o i f t a h b in un a d j a e n w t c w ro o p ek s ; pendence ; we seek no conquest, no aggrandisement, no concession of any kind on the States with which we were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone ; that those who never held power over us should not now attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this we must resist to the direst ex tremity. The moment this pretension is abandoned the sword will drop from our grasp, and we shall be ready to enter into treaties of amity and com merce that cannot but be mutually beneficial. So long as this pretension is maintained, with a firm reliance on that Divine power which covers with its protection the just cause, we will continue to strug gle for our inherent right to freedom, independence, and self-government. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Montgomery, Apxil 29.