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In the Garde Mobile of Paris there is
battalion of millionaires, whose ranks
contain scions Of some of the wealthiest
families of France. Among them are
Baron Edmund Rothschild, Olivier
Bike, son of the former Vice President
ofthe Corps Legislatif; Baron de Planey,
and George d d'Herrison, attaohe TO the
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs. The Jockey
Club and embassies are also well repre-
sented. OF this battalion twelve are
volunteers-in fact, all 60 simply as a
matter of choice, since they could easily
procure substitutes. The example was
set by Baron Rothschild, and was at
once followed by the others. When the
battalion left Paris it was accompanied
by long train of carriages bearing the
families Of the moneyed warriors. Baron
Rothschild was accompanied by Madame
James de Rothschild, his mother, and by
his brother Alphonse, formerly Prnssian
Consul The spectacle was remarkable,
but surprised no one, since it is TO the
interest Of those Cresuses that Napoleon
should not lose his throne.
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MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER H. 1870

will come the hour OF great resolves.
Who will take them2 Doubtless the
natural representatives of the country,
the assembled Chambers, who will find
in their patriotism the solution of the
immense problem Of re-establishing
peace on the least sad conditions for the
pride and interest of France that can be
obtained.
The fate of the Empire is sealed. Our
first defeats we're the signal of its fall.
Napoleon Ill is no longer more than a
phantom, and his dynasty dies with him
What will succeed him is the secret of
the future Nor is it our part to predict
at glance what changes these great
events will bring to the political, moral
and material condition of Europe One
prominent fact, however, seems to us to
be fixed: it is that this atrocious
butchery, this frightful spectacle given
to trembling world this accursed holo-
caust will put an end to war. Prussia
takes up the scepter of military great
ness fallen from the hands of France, but
it is broken scepter. No longer the
emblem of aught but dead flower; of
glory, indeed, but glory that does not
shine on the future. No longer is it
arms that shall give supremacy to ma
tions, and Germany, united by the VIC
tory of Prussia, will hereafter be neither
greater nor more powerful than yester-
day if her aggrandizement is not the sig
nal for liberal progress of humanity.
Her flag will not be more glorious if it is
only to continue to shelter etfete institu-
tions.
The struggle, henceforth, is no longer
between the material forces of the ma
tons; it is in their moral development,
their civilization, and their liberties
Thus France, even mutilated, if it must
be so, will still remain, we hope, the
great leading and glorious nation. The
day when, by the fated march of events
"a day, doubtless, not far distant), the
destiny Of the people will no longer be
left to the chances of battle; the day
when less barbarous justice will settle
the disputes among men; the day when
armies cease to consume the brightest
resources and energies of the nations,
to put at risk the equilibrium of public
forces, the genius of France will recover
in moral power what she has lost in ma
terial power. Countries will no longer
be measured by the extent of their terri
tory and the number Of their people,
but by the worth of the progress they
have achieved and the liberties they have
conquered. On that day France, cured
of her wounds, will again, in spite of the
cruel way in which she is torn, take the
place of honor which belongs to her, in
the front rank among civilized nations.
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The Deserted villages.

A letter to the World says: Nothing
could have been sadder than the Frencl
villages through which we passed. They
were villages which usually, on sucf
brilliant Sunday mornings as that which
shone upon us, must be sparkling with
every kind of life; but now they were
like cemeteries The houses were closed
the young people all fed, and onlya few
aged men and women, sitting with sac
faces at the doors, remained to indicate
that the towns were ever inhabited at all
We had need of information at every
point as to the road we should take, but il
was very difficult to get anyone to come
close enough to us to get any direction
from them, in consequence of which we
at one time went half mile on a road
which would have taken us straight upon
the batteries of Metz. On one occasion
seeing pleasant-looking young woman
sitting some twenty yards of, at door
in village, our leading officer yelled out
Come here, my daniel
The woman became very much fright
ened and began to retreat.
Come, come, said the officer.
ne WOHdu DeRan 10 weep.
" Have no fear, good woman; you
shall not be harmed; ] only wish to ask
you the way.
The officers voice was so pleasant
that the woman became encouraged a
little, and, having approached very tim
idly STILL gave the best direction she
could in her confusion. Having re-
ceived this, the officer said: Why did
you weep when spoke to your
Oh, sir, | am in great fear; my poor
husband has been taken away from me;
| am alone
The simple pathos with which she
said this was what the most accomplished
actress could not have surpassed.
" Your husband taken away asked
the officer, and BY whomg
BY the Prussians.'
How taken2 For what purposeY
" To drive wagon to Nominy.
"Ah, said the officer, relieved; we
have now and then to use the men as
we'll as the resources Of the neighbor-
hood we are going through; but you
need have no fear whatever; your hus-
band is much safer than If he was not
for us, and l promise you, my
good woman, that he will return to you
in a few days at most. You will find
that the Prussians are by no means such |
barbarians as you seem to have heard. |
"The woman looked up with swim
ming, but now smiling, eyes, and her !
look said; / know nothing of these |
fearful armies tramping to and fro |
through our peaceful Secoprt, but ! shall |
Worship the flag that protects my hus-
band and brings him safely to me, as | |
1T here day by day at the door Watching
'or him.
T" AT every village to which we came,
n reply to all our inquiries for wine or
;igars, or for anything to eat or drink,
We received but one reply; The soldiers
ave swept our houses Of all we had.
Ne don't know what TO give our chill
lren. Nevertheless, there is not the
lightest doubt that many of them are
iolding back what they have and hiding
/ away, I"
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The reports of officers engaged in the
revenue typographical survey in India
90 to prove that an extraordinary num-
Der of deaths occur in that country
through wild beasts. The report says of
the season of 1868: No small obstruc-
ton was occasioned to the progress of
the operations by the depredations of
the tigers which infest the district. A
tiger, reported TO have killed one hun
dred and twenty-seven people, stopped
the traffic for many weeks on the road
between Mool and Chandah, till it was
shot by lieutenant. In Chindwerrah
one tgress caused the desertion of thir-
teen villages, and threw two hundred
and fifty square miles out of cultivation
Another old tigress in Kurnool killed
sixty-four people, stopping the post
runners and police patrols, and driving
out the laborers on the public works. The
statistical tables which accompany the
papers show the matter is one of very
high importance indeed. In the Rhau-
gulpose district alone-Rhaugulpose is
large civil railway station on the Gange,
within a night srun from Calcutta-in six
years l434 people were killed by wild
beasts; While in the whole province un-
der the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal
no fewer than lS, 400 osses of death were
officially reported during the same
period, about 1000 being caused by tigers
and leopards, and 1000 by wolves When
to this is added the many hundreds
killed yearly in Dude, the Punjaub, the
Central provinces, Madras and else
where, a sufficiently ghastly idea is OBJ
tanned of the fearful seourge. The pub
lished papers take no account Of rayages
of wild beasts in the native States; but
if in the comparatively green wood of
Bengal proper, with the system Of head
and hide money for wolves and tigers,
the results as are represented officially,
what must they be in the dry wood
Bajpootana and the Deccan, where coun-
te1snce is given to preservation rather
than eKtirpation.
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A faithful wife at Cleveland, Ohio,
learning that her husband had been
locked up for drunkenness last week,
took her babe to the courtroom and de-
manded his release. When the magis-
trate refused to accede to her request,
she placed the little innocent at the door
Of her husbands cell, and strobe out Of
the prison with majestic step. .-..
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( The train leaving Memphis at I. is pm. run,
daily. The am. train Goes not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louisville
without changes. Elegant sleeping cars run
to Louisville. connecting at Louisville with
through cars TO Philadelphia. Cleveland, Buff
falo and New York, without change. Only
one change from Louisville to Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
staterooms, in through cars, can be engaged
at the Ticket Office. 23712 Main street.
~ J. f. BOYD. Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-t
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Who's that gentleman, my little
mann" was asked Of an urchin. THAT
one with the spike-tailed coat?" Yes, {"
was the response, Why he's a brevet
uncle Of mine. "How's that2 was
asked. "Cause he's engaged 70 my
aunt Maryl"
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Platter
A. NJ. ERNST,
Electro Gold and Silver Platter,
4a MONROE STREET,


Between Main and Second. Memphis. Tenn.
OLD SPOONS. FORKS. TEA SITS, oAs-
" tors, etc.. replated and warranted 10 wear
equal 20 new. steel. table and tea knives
plated watch caees and jewelry sold plated
and all kinds Of houseHorks such a. door
knobs and piates. bell-pulls, mantels. bars,
ect.. plated and warraEtes 10 wear equal 70
hand-planng. Solid Hlverware ropolnhed.
Being convinced that NJ. Ernst Il q praeii.
cal platter. capable of dainE rood work, We re-
commend him 10 the peopln ~ Memphis and
vicinity. u. D. BAKNuN 4 co.
FL CLARK 4 Co,
2-79 wv. G. BYRD.
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Of the
located at
the describe
E.
A MOORE, Secretary.
j.
STATE OF TENNESSEE,
CoNPTR sOFFcE. NASHVILLE, June3 30,
Ed Pennebaker the Missouri
the State
ii. .COmptr llr o Tenness
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STATE OF WISCONSIN, IS.
COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE. '''
John II. Van Dyke, President, an
Life Insurance Company. of Milwauk
and say that the foregoing is full, tri
pany; that the said Insurance Compq
sand Dollars of actual cash assets, inv
bonds and mortgages of real estate. iir
for which the same is mortgaged; and
surance Company.
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PASGs OF coNscIExoE.

By the way, writing Of murders. is
there not a great deal Of fiction in the
popular supposiiion that be who spills
mans blood becomes victim to the
cravings of remorse. the pangs Of con-
science and various other unpleasant
Macbethian sensations. The stage mur-
derer is always haunted by the eyes Of
his victim, but l am afraid that such
post morfem vindictiveness is peculiar
TO the boards and has no existence any
where else. l know Of several individ-
uals, moving in frst-class San Francisco
society, who have deliberately killed
their man, and they smoke their cigars
drink their vine, eat their dinners, tell a
good story, and behave like ordinary
mortals in every respect just as If they
hadn't sent fellow mortal 10 hurried
death. And this view Of the case is con-
firmed by an occurrence that took place
last week near Marysyille, in this State.
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!, CALIFORNIA LETTER.

Our Wine Interests and the War
The Dtscoverer OF Gold in CaIifor-
MIA WOman's Revenge e--Pangs
OF fCOnscfence-AN NOnchaIant NJ ur-
derer- Dangerous Play-Chinese
Servants.
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BUSINESS HOUSES.

BUSINESS HouSES-
A TTwOOp a ANDERSON, COTTON FAC
"A tor and Commission Mercbants, ~ Front.
DANK-FIRST N ATI0NAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID +. S. Davis, Pres'ti Newton Ford. v. p.
BOWMAN, O. H. .MACHINIsT AND
ID Scale Factor, 2o21i Main street. Special
attention given TO repairing scales.
OITY BANK, NEW BANK. BUILDING, =,
~ Madison street. s. II. Tobey. Pres't;
II. @. Kirk, Cashier.
OAR0LINA LIFE ms. CO., AZ MADISON
" st. J. Davis. Pres't; w. y. Boyle, sec,y.
yTANCE 4 ANDERSON, ATTORNEYS
v at-Law, S25 Main street. Memphis.
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAMS a CO., COTTON
~ Factors, 90 Fiont street.
lannon's 4 SON, BOOKS, STATIONERY,
II Magazines. ete. 10 Jefferson and 81 Beal.
fINIsIER, AMIS a CO., ,MARBLE-W0RKS
IL and Drain Pipe, cor. Adams and Second.
GOEPEL, LEOPOLD, AGENT. DEALER
" in Organs and Knabe's Pianos. S75 Main.
HEINRICH, p. III. x BRO, C0NFEC-
III items. Groceries. Liquors, etc., 2i Main.
NTocoMBS, KELLAR & BYRNES, HARD
Nl ward, Cutlery. etc., 3221a and 3A Main.
ORGILL BROS. 4 CO., HARDWARE, CUT
" lery, Agricultural Implements, 3l2 Front.
DODESTA x CAZASSA, DEALERS IN
i CONNECTIONS. etc.. 252 Main, cor. N. Court.
DRESCOTT, o. F. 4 CO., DEALERS IN
i Coal Oil. Lamps. Soaps. etc., 40 Jefferson.
CTEAM DYERS & CLEANERS
- Hanson a. Walker (late Hunt 4 Hanson).
246 Second street.
HILL, TERRY & MITCHELL. WHOLE
l. sale dealers in Boots, Shoes and Hats, 3Zs
Main street.
XWHITMoRE, B.. STEAM JOB PRINTER,
w 13 Madison street.
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- AUG. GAYI6RD, Secretary.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, 8.
COUNTY OF MILWAUKEK. %

IN,
COUNTY MHwAUKEK, $50
H. appended deposition
H.
whereof
day ofJuy, 1870 JAMES HICKC0X
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STATE OF TENNESSEE,


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the of
has evidence that said Company has complied with
Memphis
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It is desirable that pupils should be entered
before the day Of opening. Circulars at the
principal book stores and at the school.
IQo I
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1870-12-31
Reputation.

Take away General Grant, and you
can carry even the negro vote of the
South to-day for reputation, and you
may carry the vote of the West in the
same direction tomorrow. The success
OF Carl Schurz in Missouri is a revolu-
tionary sign in that quarter of bad omen !:
for Schurz is aptly defined in Bismarck's
expressive allusion to those revolution
airy sans colOttS of France as "thOse
gentlemen of the pavement" We have
finished the work of a great revolution,
but now the reaction is upon us. ANDY
Johnson, in his last annual message to
Congress, in plumply proposing repu-
diation, had a glimmering of this, he
was little too fast. But he picked ont
the arrow which may still strike the
Vulnerable heel of Achilles. If the adj
mlnlstration party, pledged to the pub
TIC debt, is broken up, the elements
pledged among themselves to repudia-
ton will take its place. This is the
simple logic of the question. Then. in.
deed, shall we have something like the
blessed bankruptcy, anarchy and univer-
sal decentralization of Mexico in full
blast. Look at it. twenty-five hun
dred millions of debt is heavy burden.
but it may be wiped out with a sponge,
There is the danger-the sponge.-NY
Herald.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1870-12-31

Don Piatt, a pretty good Republican,
outnot much of a Grant man, says "the
administration is going to the old
Scratch" He says several prominent
Senators have already hauled off from
the President, and wonders whv 50
shrewd a politician as Morton is NOT
among the number.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1870-12-31

When the King of Prussia was asked
a mma. appeared most remarkable to him
ABOUT the Palace of Versailles, he gave
the same reply which the Doge of CO.
t noa gave to Louis the Fourteenth, in
the great mirror hall of the Versailles
panace' when asked this question. He
. , around with smile and said
" me TACT that / am here"
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1870-12-31

snecial from Havana, dated 2Srd, states
that on the 18th, 900 insurgents, inciuu-
;no 40 necresses armed with cutlasses'
sacked and burnt socopa, a fishing VII
lace Ave miles from that city and OPP
nosite MORO, a fortress at the mouth
IF the harbor. They forced small de-
tatchments of defenders to retreat, anu
killed nine persons, including two wo'
men. They decamped after taking eve.
frything from the village. MORO nreo
twice at the party but Intellectually. AS
there were no boats to carry troops over,
those which were sent to intercept the
rebels, arrived too late. On entering
the village they found corpses OF VIC
Tins partly baked and in a horrible
condition. '..
The rebel President, Cespedes, was in
Jurisdiction of Santiago.
A brig arrived at Santiago, bringing
report that the fillibuster steamer
Hornet, passed Inaguay on the 18th,
and was followed three hours later by
British steamer.
It is runored at Havana that the
Hornet has entered the bay of Nipe
and landed the expedition.
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 80. = Flour
quiet; superfine s. so; double, So 80.
Corn-mixed 60; white and yellow 40.
Oats-53@54. ...
Bran--$1 80.
Hay-prime $50; choice $3l@32.
POrk-dull; mess 81 30.
BacOn-dull; shoulders 12l, 13@l3!.
Hams-sugar cured 1920.
Lard-firm and scarce; tierce l2l@s;
key 134@14a.
Sugar-unchanged; prime 94@1O.
Molasses-less active; prime 5S@61.
Whiskey-prime 79@S9.
Coffee-demand good; prime 17l@4.
Cotton-demand fair; sales $3.50; good
ordinary 1901; low middling l4@!;
middling 1905; weeks sales 10000
bales; nett receipts 1888; gross 56,O63;
foreign exports 26,S50; coastwise 1897;
stock POS, 743; receipts to-day 1868; eX-
ports Liverpool 1854.
Sterling 20; sight 5@,l discount.
Gold I'LL.
New YORK, Dec. 30.-Money closed
easier; currency I; sterling dull, 8 to 81;
gold llO5; cotton quiet; sales 5000 bales
at l5g.
Gold has been very strong; opened at
1lOs; few sales under 1l0f.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 3O.-Cotton easier;
uplands Ss@2d; Orleans Ss@!d.
The official figures given to-day show
that the stock of cotton heretofore has
been largely over estimated.
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The Tiber Stops Over.
Cotton Easier.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O.-COl. Day.
ton, of Gen. Sherman's staff, has re-
signed: ''''''" '-''''
The census returns from 1890 counties,
show the colored population to be
1907, oil, against l, AL ,402, an increase
oflittle over AZ per cent, but leaving
out the northern counties included in
the last census, is less than 3 per cent.
The smallness of the gain is considered
surprising. "5.. 8. .-." ~..a..
A special dispatch to the Tribune
says: -.1~- sa'~..
"Senator Abbott, of North Carolina,
announces his intention to contest the
election of Gov. Vance to the Senate,
upon the ground that he. received the
votes of majority of those who are
legally qualified as members of the
Legislature"
1t is being charged that there are
number of persons holding seats who
are disqualified under the 18th Amend
ment. =. 1851
In compliance with request and
Official advice from the mayor, Surratt
has indefinitely postponed his lecture
in this city.
MISCELLANEOUS.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 3O.-The steam
boat JnO. Kyle, on the way to st. Louis
last night, was run into by a tug with
bark in tow. The bark struck her aft
the boilers cutting her clear down and
into the hull, ,demOlishing three state
rooms and carrying one chimney over
board. Onedeck passenger was severely
injured, but no lives lost. ...
SAN FRANCIsO, Dec. 3O.-Five car
loads of seal skins, from Alaska, and
fourteen car loads of China and Japa-
nese goods were shipped eastward yes
terday.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, Dec. 3O.-A dispatch from
Belfort, reports successful sortie by
the troops in the garrison, in which the
Prussians were badly punished.
From private sources at Tours, the
number of French troops IN the field
is estimated at $50, 900 men.
Bourbaki's command is charged es-
pecially with the duty of revictualing
Paris, and has already on hand a vast
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that purpose. At the proper moment
this army will make a desperate effort
to join Chansey's forces and reunite
with the. army Of the Loire, which Will
then, with great energy, push on for
Paris.
Gen. Pallidine's reverse is now
charged to meddling politicians who
persuaded Gambetta to interfere with
his military operations. ''-'''-
Earl Granville has received an official
dispatch from the French government
at Bordeaux, in which they declare
their determination not to send dele
gate to the Peace Conference which is
to be held in London.
The rulers of the Prussian govern
ment shall first recognize the Republic.
A dispatch of similar tone was sent
to each of the Powers. 5YsHt.a "a
Dispatches from Stuttgardt and Darn
stadt announce the ratification of the
federal treaties by Chambers of Wur-
temberg and Hesse., 49,
Advices from Madrid state that Prim
has announced his determination to re-
sign in person to King Amandeus, and
please the desire to retire to private life.
Dispatches from Versailles, state
that a general evacuation of the de-
partments east of Paris, which have
been occupied by the German troops,
still continues. ... ......l..
1t is thought this is being done in
order to concentrate the Prussian
strength in and around Versailles.
BORDEAUX, Dec. 3O.-All accounts re-
ceived here show that both the Prussian
and French troops are suffering terribly
from cold. Strong reinforcements have
been sent forward to all points to re-
place the French troops thus disabled.
Vast quantities of material calculated
to increase the comfort of the troops has
also been sent to the front.
1t appears that the Prussians have
committed excuses at Orleans and
Blois because the inhabitants, who have
been ruined, were unable to meet their
acquisitions. AT Orleans the Prussians
threaten to take away, as hostages, so
prominent citizens, unless 600, 900 francs
are paid for the maltreatment of Prus-
sian soldiers.
A dispatch from Rochester, YOU'VE, of
the 10Th, reports the landing of a bal
loon from Paris at that place with in
telligence that the Prussians, on We'd
nesday, furiously attacked forts ROsey,
Nogent and Mont Avron. Some of
their siege batteries were unmasked
and an attempt made at regular bonn
bardment, but the attack was repulsed
with heavy loss to the enemy.
The morale of the Parisians is ex-
cellent.
A dispatch from Roc Raj, of the 18th,
says the French artillery at Mezieres
prevented the Prussians establishing
their siege batteries.
ROME, Dec. 3O.-An overflow of the
Tiber flooded half the city and Occa-
stoned great damage to property.
MADRID, Dec. 3O.-The Cortes have
adopted resolution expressive of hor-
rOr at the attempt to assassinate Gen.
Prim, and passed a vote of confidence
in the government.
Prim is rapidly recovering from his
wounds. Seven of the eight balls inn
hodda1 -, Il ic chDn1(1or box,o bnn,, ~,
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Especial to the Daily Telegraph

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Fl. Washington Items.
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.4h.fE4 AtfFt'f
75O,OOO Frenchmen Under Arms.
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The Germans Concentrating Around
Versailles.
.4.rt .FAs ZIP .,.-:. ........tf
Plan to Break into Paris.
Landing of Paris Balloon.