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diseases Of the Eye Can be Cured.
DIR. JAS. CAMPBELL.

has opened an EVE INFIRMARY in Davenport
and can accommodate one or two hsndred patients
and will treat all diseases strictly confidential.
Office, on Second Street, in Leciaire Block.
No charges made for unsuccessful services.
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New Post Office Saloon
f8 Drink for the Thirsty. o.
AeSt for the wearv.

AMES KELLER, late Of Camden. informs his
old friends, and the public generally that he
uas opened firstclass Saloon at the above place,
where he invites everybody to come and see him.
Inc pest OF Liquors and Cigars always on hand
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Brass and Iron Work.
Gas Fitf1nE
Z. b ANN 5Iqaao
,SsTlEAM PIP z S

LEvEE, NEAR. FERRY LANDINe.
The subscriber has moved into his new shop,
near Wotman's Hall, on the Levee, where he in
vites the patronage of his friends and the public
generally. He keeps sIconStantlysFon hand all
kinds of Brass and Iron Goods, such Steam
Cocks, Valves, Water Gauges, Whistles, Oil Cups,
Beer Cocks, Pumps, Gas and Steam Pipe Of all
sizes, link, Babbittl Metal, &C., ete.Iea
Steam and Gas work promptly attended to and
put up in workmanlike manner.
Gas fixtures Of alLkinds for salexy 6xsFmY
Gas Filters supplied. iii F#Es sgsskNFA
: N. B. Cash paidfor old copper and brass.
JACOB RILEY.
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Proofs Of the Superior Quality
eFass@ 60 ss4sof the s7@@ ~ ga E-# 80
American Watch
made at
wALTHANG, MASS.

z@4 The American Watch Company, of Waltham,
Mass respectfully submit that their Watches
cheaper more accurate, less complex, more dura-
Bile, and better adapted for general use, and more
| easily kept in order and repaired than any other
watches in the market. They are simpler IL
structure, and therefore stronger, and less likely
to be injured than the majority of foreign watch
es, which composed of from rs to 300 pieces,
while in oldEnglish watch there are more than
700 parts. How they run under the hardest trial
watches can have, is shown by the following let
ter
N PENN. RAILROAD COMPANY
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT,
Altoona, Pa, Is Dec, 1866.
GEsTI.EsES-The watches manufactured by
you have been in use on this railroad for several
years by our enginemen, to whom furnish
watches as part Sof our equipment. There are
some three hundred OF them carried on our
line and consider them good and reliable
time keepers. 1ndeed, have great satisfaction
in saying your watches give us less trouble and
have worn and do wear much longer without
pairs than any watches we have ever had in
on this road. As YOU are aware, we formerly
trusted to those of English manufacture, Of ae-
knowledged good reputation; but class they
never keep time correctly, nor have they done
rs good service as yours.
In these statements i am sustained by my pre-
decessor MIR. Lewis, whose experience extended
over a series of years. Respectfully,
EDWARD II. WILLIAMS,
General Superintendent.
Ameriean Watch Co, " altham. Sc sEAa e
We make five different grades of watches,
named respectively rs follows:
Appleton Tracy & Co., Naltham, Mass.
Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass.
P s. Bartlett, Walthan, Mass
VIM. Eflery, - Boston, Mass. =
Home Watch Company, Boston, Mass.
All of these, with the exception of the Home
Watch Company are warranted by the American
Watch Company to be of the best material, on
the most approved principle, and to possess every
requisite for areliHble tine-keeper. Eyerydealer
selling these watches is provided with the Com
pany's printed card of guarantee, which should
accompany each watch sold, SO that buyers may
feel sure that they are purchasing the genuine ar
ticle. There are numerous counterfeits and imi-
tations of our watches sold throughout tue coun
| try, and wezweuid caution purchasers to beSon
their guard against imposition.
ANY grades of Waltham Watches may be pur-
chased of watch dealers throughout the country.
Il ROBBINS & APPLETON,
T. TEx 1872 Broadway New York.
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CAPITAL STOCK.

The capital stock of the company is One Mil
hon of Dollars, and is divided into shares of one
hundred dellarseach.s The company desire to
distribute the stock in small amounts among the
business men along The entire length or the fine,
in order to secure their interest in the welfare of
the company, and to secure to them, its patrons,
their share Of the profits from its business.
ASSESS OF STOCK.
Only five per cent 81. the stock win be required
TO be paid in at the time of subscription, and sub
sequent calls win not exceed ten per cent. per
month After the fiji st payment of five per cent,
no further call viii be mad until Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars. shall have been subscribed
not be compelled to call in moro than iftyor six
y per cent. of the subscriptions, in ordcrto place
the hne in complete working order. Y
- DIVIDENDS az .----
From carefully prepared estimates, based upon
the amount of business done by the companies
now in operation, and giving them an equal share
of the BUSINESS sbetsy cen competing points, the
company confidently believe that large and re-
munerative dividends be made and they
further believe that, taking into consideration the
great advantages which they will possess in a
short and direct route, they will be able 20 secure
nearly all the business along the line, which will
place the stock at high premium, and make it
one of the best investments to be found.
WHEN TO BE DONE. g&gr,
The company propose to commence work at an
early day, and to push it forward as rapidly as
possible, and intend TO have their lines completed
without delay 4 szsEE --..-sg=ssE .s.ss
DISTRIBUTION OF DIRECTORS
The stockholders will be represented by Dirccl
tors at the principal points of the line. CO
THE PROSPECT
Is most fattering. The location of the line is
one of the best in the country. 1t passes through
large numbers OF important cities and towns where
commercial intercourse is large and rapidly in
creasing. The country along the river is receiv-
ing constant accessons of wealth and population,
and these will bring an increase of trade which
must eerresPendingly add largely every year tc
| the business and profits of the company. Allthe
| old telegraph companies throughout the country
are now, and have been, paying Satisfactory div
idends, on a capital stock that has been repeated.
| dlysNatered. 1T these companies, controlled by
few wealthy individuals owning nearly all the
stock, can do this, at is quite reasonable to sup
pose that a company, owned and managed by il,
patrons, with its lines desirably located, and
witha limited amount of stock can at least d.
b
! The following act has been accepted by thi
company: ~ &a4 %M
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Eli HALBERsTADr,

.Mcssrs. Res Bovfngdons Grand Distribution o.
vsssp e T nrsana on Tie "a day neIi
when the holders of lucky numbers viii draw someof
the most magnificent prizes ever offered 10 similar
drawing. That the public may be assured ma, thf en-
erprse conducted IN good faith ft 10 only neces
ssry refer the long list OF reference 81 OF 1non
have long been known and houoFed m this county. -
men or strict probity and whose Recommendation 10
10 ouell ali doubt and satisfy every one In thie
community.-Champaign Union anu oa = eu May
The drawing will take place at the Court House 10
1851 under supervision of q board OF managers,
and by disnterested comfeee selected Tor that pur
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ADVICE FOR THE PEOPLE.

Forced sweating is bad, often producing ssri-
consequences while purgation in chills, colds,
rheumatisms, etc, etc., with -
8 BRANDRETH'S PILLS i
is always safe, never leaving any il-effects In
all cases their use is wise but in severe pains
from coils, infammations, rheumatisms, or ex-
ternal iniuries 1t is
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IlFE-S

Remember, Brandreth's Pills are always sure
of effect, and always without the least danger,
and they act on every part Of the system, dis
lodging and removing all accommodations of i'm
purities, thus cleaning the blood and restoring
health -
The Hon. Demas Barnes says: Fl soil more of
Brandreth Pills than of all others put together"
Brandreth's Pills are sold by all druggists, and
at the principal Office, Brandreth House, New
York.
Observe B. BRANDRETH in white letters on
the government stamp on each box. g81
juy9dwlm.
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10 marry or MOT to Marry

Dc $50 1 WHY NOT?
Serious Reflections for Young Men, in Essays
of the Howard Association, on the Physiological
Errors, Abuses and Diseases induced by ignor-
ance of Natures Laws, in the first age of man.
Sent b sealed letter envelopes, free Of charge.
Address, DR.. J. sKILLdF no gdHToN, Howard
Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
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ings. valued az .. o., S
Dan Gardner, Rob. Peacock, & Hammill Sateheil.
GENrs AT the request OF Messrs. RIA 4 Bowie
,os OF our ejtv. we have made examination Of the
properly contained In the foregoing and have
i've articles. Very Respectfully
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fhe stockholders will be represented by Direc-
$ at theprincpai points of the line. ef
THE PROSPECT
The National Telegraph Law.

The following act has been accepted by tn
company: .GE Eu1 ZI gA.c
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Good 81 and Reliable ASents wanted!

In every county In QlB da0 ao3on1nE State2- ASenN
allowed ten per cent. commission all sales Of Tick
cts All orders BY Man nniounfing 70 Ten Dollars or
less, may be sent by Mall ct our risk, larger sums
should be sent by Dram or r. o. ORDER All orders foi
certificates and communications. should be addressed
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IN ACTto aid in the Construction of Telegraph
Lines, and TO secure to the Government the use
Of the same for Postal, Military and other pur-
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The Legislative Report ON the Now York
Ferries.
The report Of the committee appointed BY
the Legislature to investigate the condition Of
The different ferries between New York, Brook
lyn and New Jersey presents very unsatis-
factory stale of things, rs tar a. the safety and
comfort Of those who travel by them are oon-
cerned While there Is apparently desire -
deal very leniently with the Union Ferry Com
pany's lines to Brooklyn, still all the serious
causes of complaint which have been urged
against them are admitted. They may b
briefly summed up:-The boats were found BY
the committee deficient in the means Of saving
life In case Of accident; that assistance from
other boats in such emergencies, occurring In
foggy weather, is out of the question, and thai
the irregularity in starting the boats, and
sometimes Withdrawing them altogether, ID .
matter Of such inconvenience to the public
that the committee are forced to condemn Il
With regard to the other ferries the report is
less delicate. The Hoboken ferry ID pro.
nounced in shocking condition, with hardly
a spark Of saving grace about it The Wee.
hawken establishment Is declared disgrsoefhl
in point Of cleanliness and the comfort Of pas.
sengers. The lines to Williamsburg are 70
ported to be conducted with entire disregard
to the convenience Of the public. Altogether
the report lays heavy hands upon the general
management Of all the New York ferries, and
bears out In . great measure the numerous
complaints which have been made against
them, although 1t does not appear that during
their Investigations people took much trouble
TO furnish them with evidence, while at Tie
same time IL Ii known that the Union Ferry
Company took especial care of the comforts
Of the committee, and treated them with par
ticular distinction during their short sojourn in
Brooklyn. 1t is said that they were we'll sup
piled with information from the company's
standpoint, and equally well supplied with the
good things Of this life from the compsny's
plethoric larder.
The committee say that they are not pre-
pared TO introduce bill which will bs
sufficient in its provisions to regulate the
ferries; but they recommend q measure BY
which these monopolies should be placed under
the control Of the Metropolitan Police and .
ferry superintendent This may be an In
provement upon no control OF all, provided
that the Police Board has not as much to DO
already o. they can well attend to.
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A committee Of the Commo.: Council are to
hold meeting at .ae ...e City Hall on Friday nexs
70 hear any objections that may be urged
against the location Of the Post Office at the
lower end Of The Park. The objections against
this Holman scheme are plain enough to be
seen without any unnecessary committee
meetings. Any person who stands on the
Astor House steps during the day and wit
nesses the crowdlng and jamming Of vehicles
of every description below Ann street, and
the confusion, danger, delay and Interruption
Of business consequent thereon, will need
nothing but the evidence Of his own eyes and
his own common sense to convince him Of the
absurd and mischievous character Of Mayor
Hoffman's proposition. Business now suffers
80 materially from the present impassable con-
dition of Broadway. below the Park, that the
value Of down town property is seriously
affected. With the Post ONCE obstruction added
10 those that already exist It would be almoss
impossible to continue business below Fulton
street Mayor Hoffman's singular opposition
to the opening Of Ann street to the river,
which would have divided the stream Of travel
and afforded substantial relief to Broadway,
was bad enough, but his equally strange al.
tempt TO locate the Post Ofice at the end or
the Park would be yet more destructive 10
the business OF the lower part Of the city.
The members Of tbe Common Council
committee know all these facts wcli
enough. and should aot on the resolution
70 reconsider the proposed sale OF the
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not with the French government we could sue
oeed in efrecting treaty arrangement on tho
subject within the present year.


We learn by the news from Mexico that tbs
contending forces Of the national liberal party
and imperialists were drawing near each other
and that probably an important battle would
be fought soon. There are many details, and,
as usual, some conflicting accounts as to tho
position and numbers Of the different detach-
ments Of each army; but there appears to b
no doubt as TO tho general fact that an impoF-
tant battle was imminent We may hear any
day or hour Of the result From present sp-
pearances the battle will take place at Quers-
taro or in the neighborhood; for Maximiliaa
was at that place with his army Of fifteen thou
sand strong, in three divisions, commanded BY
Miramon, Costilla and Mejia. Marquee was
chief Of staff to the Emperor. Escobedo, The
Juares general, occupied San Felipe, Dolores
and San Miguel, eighteen leagues distant from
the imperialists. Regules and Corona were
expected, with reinforcements Of twelve thou
sand men for Escobsdo, on the arrival of which
it was expected tho liberals would give Maxi
milan battle. In the meantime Porfrio DiaaL
with eight thousand men, and expecting REIN
forcements Of four thousand moro, was prepaz-
ing to attack the city Of Mexico. Everything
leoks favorable for the iberalA But MAJ.
it Is said, is eager for the fight His soul ap-
pears to be on fire; for it is reported he saids
in chivalric language worthy Of DON Quixotts
de la Mancha, 'This day desired long since,
but there were obstacles in the way. Being
now free from all compromises can follow
my sentiments" What these sentiments are
we can only conjecture. He evidently wishes
to convey the impression that he intends to
fight and is confident of success; that, in fact
being freed from French control, he is goicg to
establish his throne by the sword. We are
rather inclined to believe this is all buncombs
and ruso to cover up his fetreat from the
country. Even . temporary success could not
preve.lt his ultimate expulsion or capture. 40
must know this; for the liberals are surround.
ing him like hornets and are cutting of his re-
treat The force he is concentrating is In
tended probably to occupy the liberals whils
be escapes, or to protect him in bis fight We
think the Dandolo or some other Austrian YES
sci will soon carry away this scion of the
Caesars and his misfortunes. The sooner this
occurs the better for himself and the unhappy
country he invaded.
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Rights or oar za.~r-:..e: .~r--:..e: clsi.sns.


The correspondence transmitted to the Senate
by the President relative to the claims to mill
tary service asserted by the French and Prus-
sian governments Of returned subjects Of those
countries who had been naturalized by the
United States, evinces . marked disposition
on the part Of the latter government to relax
its pretensions In this regard. Count Bismarck
thinks the matter could be adjusted by treaty,
and the language of Count Walewski, though
more guarded, does not forbid q similar con.
clusion. Al regards France, the matter is not
Of 30 much importance; for Of all classes Of
foreign residents the French are least inclined
to renounce their nationality. Seeing how
largo . proportion Of our adopted citizens we
derive from Germany, and what an immense
addition is likely to be made to their number
within the present year, we would impress
upon government the necessity of at once
taking steps to carry out Count Bismarck's
ideas on the subject. Practically the European
governments have shown great leniency in
their mode Of dealing with the question, but IL
viii not do to leave 1t in its present underlined
and unsatisfactory condition. II is while we
are on friendly relations with these Powers
that We can best obtain from them the guar
antecs that we require. If the proper energy
b put to It. We think that with the Prusslap, II
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and had found it TO be practically the re-
verse! And should we have been able to
blame him, judging the present in the light Of
the past, for so concludingY
Words of wisdom are not lost upon the wise.
We write as unto wise men. We ask them to
judge. Our institutions have done great things
for us. They have brought US greatness,
wealth, honor, fame. With separate his
tory which covers little more than three
fourths Of century they have placed US in the
very front rank of the nations. To the native
population and to the many thousands of for
eigner who have sought and found home on
these shores they have secured an amount OF
prosperity and comfort unknown to the indus
trial classes Of older communities. Contrary
to almost universal expectation they have
brought us triumphantly through great civil
war-a civil war compared with which the
most gigantic civil wars Of former times sink
into insigni6cance. It is not, therefore, for US
to treat them with indifference. Our duty II to
prize and preserve them with . grateful affec-
ton, to guard them with jealous care and to
hold them up, not to universal and unqualified
vvAsSAAky UUs ~ sAAO ASoROVs 0AAO A0tAOu Va
the world. We shall best prove our respect
for our institutions and our desire to preserve
them by having regard to the character Of the
public men In whom we place our confidence
and whom we elect to fn the honorable and
responsible position Of the nations representa-
tives Let the appointed guardians of our in
stitutions be selected from among men Of
sterling private character and approved pub
lie worth Let the opposite course be fol-
lowed-let it 60 forth to the world that place
in the halls Of the national Legislature Is less
likely to be won by treading the narrow path
way Of honor and dignity than by treading the
broad and beaten pathway Of the swindler and
the rowdy-let premium thus be put on vice
or villany, or call it what you may, and not
even the most far-seeing shall be able to pre-
dict the disastrous consequences which must
inevitably follow The tide of decentralization
has set in with powerful current It threat
ems ruin and desolation. 1t is not, however,
too late to check it. Let resistance be applieIa
promptly and with the combined energies Of
the nation, and immediate success is certain
Meanwhile let it not be forgotten that national
decay follows national corruption as certainly
as consequence follows cause.
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WOODS THEATRE, Broadway, opposite 81. Nicholas
Hos.-THE WILD IRISH GIRL-MUsIcAL ESTKRrAMM -
Tnr BoSSIS FISH WIFE. Matinee at IL O'Clock.
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The East Side of the City-A Movement 70
It's Improvement.

The East Side Of the City-A Movement for
ITS Improvement.
The residents Of the upper part of the city,
on the east side, have formed themselves into
an association for the purpose Of more effec-
tually laboring to promote number of pro-
jected improvements and to secure the removal
Of certain nuisances in that locality. They
desire, among other things, that the Harlem
Railroad Company shall be prohibited from
using steam above Forty-second street, ON
Fourth avenue, and that the railroad cut on
Fourth avenue, between Seventy-ninth and
Ninety-seventh streets, shall be arched and
covered.
The dangerous condition Of Fourth avenue
al the railroad cut is . matter that should
receive the immediate attention of the city
authorities. One of our contemporaries seeks
to lay the blame for the existing distractions
upon the Corporation Counsel. but this is all
balderdash. Mr.. O'Gorman has already
brought an action against the railroad COM
pany for iDcumbering the avenue, with view
of compelling that corporation to fill up the
dangerous openings left by their blasting
operations, to confne their wall within the
space allotted to them, and to properly pro-
tect the public highway. This suit has been
decided against the city in the Justices court
by Judge Quinn, but is appealed to the Court
of Common Pleas by the Corporation Counsel,
who Is determined that the necessary work
pressing legal decision to test whether the
railroad corporation is not the party properly
responsible for the expense. In the case Of
Mr.. D. Morrison, who sued the city to
recover damages for alleged injuries received
through an accident at the railroad cut, the
Corporation Counsel, in the simple discharge Of
his duty, defended the suit, in order that the
courts might decide whether the city or the
railroad company should be held respons. BILE
for the unsafe condition Of the road.
But while this matter is In dispute the public
should not be LEFT without protection. The
Common Council should pass . resolution
directing the Street Department to proceed at
once with the work Of filing the holes or gaps
in the road and rendering travel safe, and the
cost should be recovered from the railroad
corporation, II II 10 found to be legally re-
sponsible. The other improvements demanded
by the East Side Association are no doubt de-
sirable enough and likely TO tend to the rapid
settlement Of that portion Of the city. The
spirit displayed by the residents Of the locality
should inspire those citizens interested in
business down town to form similar associa-
tons for the purpose Of securing the opening
Of avenues where they are most needed and
preventing the additional distractions threat
ened by the projected location Of the Post
once in the most inconvenient and undesirable
place that could be selected In the whole oity.
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NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway, opposite New York
Hotal'-NIss Ely OC0SNoR-BRorukR Boa Matinee at
locock-LosDos ASSURANCE
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STEINwAY HALL, Fourteenth street aud Fourth av e.
BENEFIT CoNcKRT rHKopoRE THoAAs
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I DoDwoRrH's HALL, 800 Brsadway.-PRorEssoR HARr,
PERFORM HIS MIRAcLEs-TuE HEAD Il Ar
THK INDIAN BASKET rRIcK-PRorRus.