The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-09-10
Rights of Ma. Jral,zed Citizens.

We clip the following from the. ". Y.
Hereld of September 4th, inst. Tue matter
mentioned is Of general ipterest to all, rs
showing the action of our gcverDment in
redress'Tg the wrongs of onr naturali2e ,
citizens; and of spt ,ial intc est 10 tic peo-
pie of this county, because Dr. Schoenfeld
aslOng been resident among us. His
claim was prepared for presentation our
Minister Of Foreign A Fairs by Messrs.
Lowe q Nauorth, NJ raeys, Of pis city:
At the are of fifteen a boy boz in Uesse-
Cassel eInIgrated t) Ameried. went out
West graduated as physician, and prae-
tised for a Ir'nNe Ner Of T6a"S "S--Jwcn,y y Vears
or forSy; | ahi not sure on that point. This
physician retulnel , UeSse-C ssel on ac-
copnt of aweak1 1esS Of sight which he
wished to have treated by az Oceulist.
DIR. Schoenfela almost irmeliately a'ter
his arrival was waito1 upnn hY some au--
thorities of his native town ana requested
10 pay a compensation i'm liel Of Sc wing
in the Amy. He IciIs'l 10 % either was
seized Imprisoned apl notallowed eymrnu-
nicaLiOn WI the 4 nel ican M9isterOr any
United States ofticial. Bv dint of pcrse-
verance he succee 0d in send'ng - Mr.
Murply, CNrsu) C. C'rers' of the Unitel
Sta s AZ Frark,nl an ace nrnt Of his ease
AZ cr some d'ficIl.y thc Foot r was al
lowed TO live in hotel under .darl of two
policemen, lac 1aviDg for iheir Subsistence.
&c. Evenlle''y Mr.. Murphy o. aimed his
release onqah. III Is c,'se came o. hef)rc
an interior cpurD and he was discharged,
bciHgd 'lared Zee from m''itaty d'ty az
compensation. HeretuIred TO toe Tilted
StaTes, and there employed a lawyer 10
draw up iIe case for presentation L, 5he
Minister of Foreiph A fairs. Inc neti lon
and eTaud of $3.50 conversation for
- tftN,r. sv,ar., .a, A.. e.,
forwarded M. Seward, who despatched
II - the American Minister at Berlio. with
directions t. demand he sum. NJ. WI ight
did so, but at the time Of mis- demaru--
quito lstely--Hcsse-C Cassel was occupied
by Prlissian troops, and considered as an
nexed TO that government. lie therefore
presented The case NJ Berlin. anl was offer
cd $50 o. which ne refGsei {, accept. lie
was theu asked for fOul ,een days delay, So
that the mater might be more iully looked
into; and there the case at present stands
Without doubt Schoeufelu will recover
the $15l ,; hut that Is but a tIlne "a cOTl-
parisOn with the importance Of the point
involved. COunt l.ismaTck, wt'O Is ilclin-
ed to be very liberal o.. tile subject made.
alew months ago, tllr first concession on
this question that has yet been obtained
trom trnssia, viz, that for the future an
men who should einigrate before they had
attalleg tine age of seventeen, shall, II they
IctuAt - a IuseiA a.lef bctolatng CltiLenS|
OF the United st2tes, not be liable TO mill
tary dirty or 70 pay compensation in lieu,
unless they settle into ? tlsiness In PRUSSIA
with the inteation OF remaining there or
any man who should leave Pi nssia atter
having attained the age of seventeen. but
remain In the United states ten years and
then return, worh not be econsdered liable.
Bismarck has lately ccnsented 10 reduce
the term in the last Instance to seven yea.
and the Minister at Berlin, IL Is said urun6
on by Mr.. Seward the adv stability of ac-
cepting these terms as basis for the flng,
settlement Of tue question. H.I tel
But IL is believed this question will soon
be settled sbetween the United States Snd
Prussia. 1il II AA iAtltW NUnIHl
BRsT's sFILTERs--PRIC RRDuCKD.--In or
der to accommodate all classes who desire
to have pure drinking water this warm
weather, Il. Best would announce thai he
has reduced the price of his superior Filters
10 $40. This WIN place them In the reach
n "A AlanaNu a. 80. ~