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Evening star., 1870-03-14

ohoeSo 81 Louisiana sve. one dsor east Of 7th %.
No charge for Policies revenue Stamps
xisks taten ON tine most reAscnable terms and ioes
promptly paid.
!. Director.-Charies KnsP, President; eeors, ".
hiegs, vice President; Marshall Brown, Thnnse
Ferry, kchard " sllach, Vim. DIXON, Daniel Dodl.
henry =. Oooks, samuel Bacon.
eeBH NOBLE ID. LARNER, secretsrv
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lamne, same force as the Arizona. OF
corvettes there are the Augusta, IA guns
and l,50O tons; the Victoria, same force j;
the Medusa, at the Island of Ralanine,
Prussia's new possession, II guns and
1000 tons, and the Nymphe, of same
force. All these are powerful steam ves-
sells. There are two steam sloops, the
Prussian Eagle and the Grasshopper,
and twenty-five steam gunboats, averag-
ing altogether So guns of the heaviest
calibre
To be built by 1877 are IL iron-clads
of the largest size, ii double-banked
frigates, 7 heavy slops and transports.
Of sailing vessels there are 3 frigates
and A brigs, amounting to l62 guns, and
5,763 tons.
The vessels in commission are manned
by 5OlS sailors, 1871 engineers, $40 car
penters and mechanics, 1872 warrant
officers, and 255 officers. Besides this
there is reserve of 4l66 men, which can
be called upon at any time, and a second
reserve called see tcehr, which acts only
in time of war, and may be translated
sea militia.
The naval school is at Kiel, in Schles-
wig, and so popular has the service be-
come that there are now 400 marine
cadets at this establishment, whereas
two years ago there were but ", of whom
SO have become naval officers of the
second grade.
The mercantile marine numbers from
Prussia, 36ll vessels and 65l, 900 tons;
from Hamburg, 467, tons 245, 300; from
Bremen, 307, tons, 2l4,7O0; from Meek
lenburg Schwerin, 449, tons, l72,600;
from Oldenburg and Lubbock, ia, tons,
67, 900
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and entertaining companions during the
season. His home was still with his
stepmother in the town, but he spent
much of his time with his intended, and
their plan was that the marriage should
take place as soon as the state of his
health would justify it. The uneasiness
in the family and the repugnance to the
match of those who hoped to share his
property increased until it became pas
sion. They tried to dissuade him from
visiting his affianced wife, and put him
under a sort of surveillance that threat
ened to be vigorous enough to prevent
their meeting again. The lady was in a
condition of great solicitude, as Forbes
was incapable of communicating with
her, and none of the family would ap-
prise her of the state of his health. This
was continued until she became sick
through anxiety and the manifold per-
plexities of her position. At last he re-
volted at the tyranny they practiced upon
him, and by the aid of an honest old tar,
the sailing master of the yacht, who was
devoted to bin, made his escape and
reached Branford, where he and the
lady were married. lie complained
bitterly Of the treatment to which
he had been subjected by his rela-
tives, and told his wife that he had
made will and left her his entire es-
tate, real and personal. This was about
two months ago. He became stronger
and better after the marriage, and the
physician in attendance gave hopes that
he would be restored to a comfortable
state of health. He continued to i'm
prove for two or three weeks, and the
pair were very happy together. But he
had relapse about fortnight since,
from which he never recovered.
No will has so far been discovered, and
at present it appears as if his stepmother
might take all his property under his
former bequest, with the exception Of
the widows right of dover in his real
estate A posthumous child would work
radical change in the aspect of affairs,
and such claimant to the property is
not at all improbable. He was not Wis
tied by any member of his family until a
few hours before his death, aRd he was
much hurt by their seeming neglect.
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A Royal Romance HOnOrs Sacri-
feed at the shrine of Love.

The Prince of Schleswig- Holstein has
petitioned the King of Prussia to reduce
him to the rank of Count, and take from
him the title, the privileges, and the re-
strictions of princely rank. There is
woman in the case, and the story cul-
inmates in this pleasant little bit of per-
sonal gossip: The Prince has only re-
Gently returned from India, where he has
been several years engaged in scientific
researches. Savan-like his first thought
on reaching home was of his library,
which he found in a very dusty, musty,
jumbled up and neglected condition.
He went to work to bring order out of
this literary chaos, but soon found that
he must have help; but who was worthy
to touch his beloved books2 In his per-
plexity he applied to the steward, who at
first declared that there was nobody in
that out-of-the-way place competent to
the task of sorting, classifying and ar
ranging q scientific and classical library;
but at last he bethought himself of his
daughters governess, the only person
likely to render any service in such
case The young lady was sent for, and
began work under the direction of the
Prince, who as time wore on, discovered
in this demure young person such fund
of versatile knowledge, combined with
real solid information, cheerful good
sense, domestic virtues and sweet looks,
that he came to the conclusion that at
last here was the proper person to aid
him, not only in setting his library to
rights, but also in reducing all the other
tangled up affairs of his life into order
and harmony. But Prince of the blood
cannot openly marry subject without
forfeiting his rights to the succession;
and neither of the lovers wished for a
marriage Therefore the
Prince has petitioned the King to allow
him to call himself simply Count Noer,
and all for the sake of the good heart, the
sound head, and the bright eyes of Frau
lien Carmelita Eisenblatt, formerly in
good circumstances This historiette
reminds one of George Sands Marquis
of Villemar," one OF the purest and
most powerful works, though less known
than most of her other novels.
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THE JOSH BILLINGS PAPERS.
A Yarn-The Ant and the Grass.
hopper.
E.a,, tl,a Naxv XarL WaakIv I

/ A Farn-The Ant ana the GraSs-
hopper.
From the New York Weekly.l
Once on a time, about 10000 wears
ago, in the old ov the moon, during a
very dry spell ov weather, just after a
hard frost when grass butter was skass,
while venus was an evening star, an old
ant, who had lost awl her front teeth, and
was twisted with the rhumatis, sot in an
eazy chair, near the front door ov an ant
hill, experimenting phatt kurnell of
wheat, wich the yung ants were trieing
to get down cellar into their house.
Jist then along cum loafng grass
hopper, smoking pipe, and singing
Begone, dull care, pray thee begone
from me, and spieing the old ant, giving
orders to the young ants, he stopped to
have a talk with her.
Good morning, old mother Industry,
good morningl" said the grassbug. A
fine cernel of wheat that, yu are rolling
inp'
Have yu herd the CRATE news2
"Dredful sharp frost last night
Winter will soon set in | reckon!
"I herd the owls hute last mite
"Terribel bad aksident on the Harlem
road yesterday2ETaH alt He
when due yu think specie payments
will be took upP
"Thare my pipe haz gone out; kant
yu lend me a match2
How menny ants have you got in
yure village2 Isa
Emmy sickness among them2
Il wunder if there is emmy truth in the
dispatch that the pissmires, down on
Sandy Creek, has all struck for higher
wages?
"Who do you think yure ants will vote
for, for justiss of the peace2
What is yure solid opinyun ov the
new license law; will it make rum emmy
skarser2
do you buy emmy grocerys ov old
Ferguson? Ihope not, he is a mean old
skin-hinter; he sold me only last week
pece ov bar soap for some beeswax.
The world is Citing more full ov
wussness every day
II wonder If thare is eLny truth in
what every boldly sez about old Square
Benson, and that he kant pay, only now
and then sum ov his debts
10 you htc muCh w NhV MINUS
nowadays2
II should really like tew know how
they are Citing along; rather tuff times
for them guess, yu don't think they will
winter, do yu2
"When duz the moon change nova
daysY -
aHav yu got any onion seed tew spare
that WI kan rekommend2
Dew yu think England will ever pay
the Allabarmer klaims2
81 kant see what makes the cock
reaches so stuck up. / met one this
morning. and before could put two civil
questions at him he wuz out of sight
Sum folks are in sich a swetting
hurry
eAint there sum good law agin the
spiders buildin their webs in the grass2
81 wonder if it wont up and rain, be-
fore tomorrow
"They tell me that maple sugar il
drug in the market, owing to its peculiar
muchness; yu kant tell, kan W, whether
this il so or not, wish yu could
MY opinyun now IL, that he who lives
to. see next year viii see buckvhsat
bigg cropl".
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The wives of men of sentiment are not
always the most appreciative of women.
Jean Paul represents Siebankas as read
ing one of his beautiful imaginings to
his wife, who listened with eye-lids cast
down and bated breath. As he closed,
the sharer of his joys besmed forth with
Don't put ON your left stocking to-mor-
row, dear; must mend that hole in it. !"
So, when Sir Walter and Lady Scott were
rambling about their estate, and came
upon some playful lambs frisking in a
meadow, All said Sir Walter, It's
no wonder that poets, from the earliest
ages, have made the lamb the emblem of
peace and innocence. They are in
deed delightful animals" answered her
Ladyship, especially with mint sauce.
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In Watertown, Wisconsin, the reader
on the Fourth was lady-Miss Schofeld,
Of that city. This is the first instance,
noticed BY us, wherein woman's rights
have been recognized in the literary ex-
ercises Of Independence Day. The idea
is a good one Women, as a rule, are
much better than men, and certainly it
would be a charming variety in the eele-
bration of the day to hear amid the pop
ping of the Chinese internal machines a
woman's voice emphasizing the lessons
taught us in the Declaration. Women
orators, on the Fourth, would prove a
great relief. and we hope the Northwest
ern idea will be embraced-mind, we say
the idea. not the women Clereidnd
Herald.
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Iudee ofProhnfe Court.

To the Qualified Voters of Shelby County: !
am candidate for Judge of the Probate Court
for Shelby county; subject to the decision of
the voters at the ballot box. Election the first
Thursday in August next.
11l-te" THOMAS LEONARD.
/ am a candidate for the Office of Probate
Judge of Shelby county; subject to the action
of the Democratic Convention:
tes JOHN A. ONLEY.
We are authorized TO announce JAMES E.
TEMPLE a candidate for Judge of the Probate
Court of Shelby county. Election, first Thurs
day in August. to"
w. SCALES is candidate for Judge Of
the Probate Court of Shelby county; subject to
the action Of the convention of July Is.
B. B. BARNES is a candidate for Judge Of
Probate Court. Primary Convention, July l6
Saturday, s pm. Nominating Convention,
July IS Monday. Election, first Thursday
in August. lOS-te
Wea authorized to announced. 3. r. RAY
as candidate for Judge of the Probate Court
Of Shelby county subject to the Democratic
Nominating Convention. lOa-te
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Judge OF supreme Court.

The friends of Hon. JOHN L. 7. SNEED,
of Fayette county, are authorized by him to
present his name to the people of Tennessee as
the Western Division. Election, August 4th,
1870. to
In response to the published call of members
of the bar in various counties Of East Tennes.
see, and numerous solicitations Of friends: L
hereby announce myself as candidate for the
Bench of the Supreme Court of the State.
April 3, 70. JAS. W. DEADEhlCk. Y
We are authorized and requested to an
nounce Hon. 7. A. r. NELSON as q candi-
date for Supreme Court Judge from the East
ern Division. The election is to be held on
the first Thursday in August, and two Judges
from each of the three divisions Of the State
are to be elected.
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SUMMER SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect June 10th, 1870.

The train leaving Memphis at ]. Is p m. runs
daily. The 4 am. train uoes not run on sun
day, Both trains run through to Louisville
without changes. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the l .15 p. m. train from Memphis
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, 237l2 Main street.
j. BOYD, Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-t
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FISHING FOR A FORTUNE.
THE STORY OF A DEAD CONNEC.
TICUT MILLIONAIRE.

Watching Night and Day TO Keep a
Man from the Woman He Loved
The Escape and the Marriage
The Wife u Widow-A Missing Will
and a Floating FOrtune-An Heir
Unborn.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Judge Of Firteen th Judicial Circ

Judge OF FIfteehth j JuufcfHI OircuIt'
In answer to the calls of the bar and people
of this circuit, l announce myself a candidate
for Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit,
comprised of Shelby, Upton and Fayette
counties. ltel L. j. FLlPPlN.
At the request of respectable portion Of
the Bar, and of the people Of the Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit, | announce myself candi-
date for Judge Of that Circuit. The, election
is to be held on the first Thursday, being the
~ " ISAAC NJ. STEELE.
April q, 1870. te"
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BOOK BINDERY.
BOOK BINDERT.
Franklin Book Bindery,
AND -
BLANK BOOK MANDATORY,
No. is West Court Street, Memphis.
sc. TOOF, Proprietor.

nLANK BOOKS, PAPER RULING. AND
ID Binding Of every description. executed IN
a very superior manner, and Warranted 70
give entire satisfaction.
na- Ny Blank Book paper embraces the trst
mills in America; my stock consists OF the
fnest in the entire market. and prices 70 CON-
pete with any house in Memphis Parties viu
knd Il 10 their Interest 70 give ne call before
ordsring elsewhere. VI
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A shoemaker in Knoxville, Tenn, has
Just manufactured pair Of sixteen-and-
a-half boots for a recently snancipatsd
Fifteenth Amendment
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For Attornex GenernI.

w.D. WILKERSON, JR. Of LauderdaIe
county, is a candidate for Attorney General Of
the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, composed OF
the counties of Hardeman. Fayette, Shelby.
Upton and Lauderdale. lO6-te"
County Register.
/ am a candidate for Register Of Shelby
county. [tel S. A. TAYLOR.
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CHEMICAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINE.

It is divided into the following departments:
FEMALE DEPARTMEST.-In this department
every complaint known to woman is treated
with unvarying success.
CANCER DEPARrMENT.--Cancers and tumors
are here cured in ninety-eight cases out of
every hundred.
DEPARTMENT FOR HEART D1sEAsE.-1n this
department this formidable disease is treated
with the most gratifying results.
DEPARTMENT FOR SKIN DISEASES. Every
form of skin diseases permanently cured here.
CONSUMPTION AND CATARRH DEPARTMENT.
The professors in this department have made
many important discoveries in the treatment
of lung, throat and nose diseases.
EYE AND EAR DEPARTMENT.-The eye and
ear most tenderly and triumphantly treated.
CONFIDENTIAL DEPARTMENT. DEVOTED to the
exclusive treatment of class of maladles
nameless here. by an able professorship.
SURGICAL DEPARTMENT.-We daily perform
the most important operations known to sur
gerry.
All affairs of a, private character held sa-
credly confidential.
pSr Office hours from o'clock in the morn
ing till 8 o'clock in the evening. Open every
Sunday forenoon, from am. to II m.
j. B. RUSSELL, NJ. D.,
Consulting Physician.
J. G. WATSON, Secretary.
L. g. WARRAN. Treasurer. l0I-l0-32
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M EDICAL.
DIR. r U S S e LIS
sEPTENIAL
M edical Institute, e,
AZ North Court ST., Memphis.

THIS INSTITUTION, INCORPORATED
l. by the State of Tennessee, is a legalized
Association Of Scientific Physicians and Sur
geons, devoted to the treatment of patients,
and instruction in theory and practice of the
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The New York herald., 1870-09-09
MILITARY OPERATIONS.
rElsealMs TO THE new YORK HERALD.

The Prussians Moving In Three Columns
Upon Paris--Kins william at Rheims
Ronte Of the Advancing Forccs--Their Con-
dittoB.-News from Metz--The Germans
Within Fifty Miles of Paris.
LONDON, Sept. s, 1870.
The latest special reports TO the NEW YORK HER.
AID received here to day from Laon state that the
headquarters of King William OF Prussia will remain
for the present at Rheims.
The Prusslan army commenced steady march
towards Paris on Tuesday. The advance Is being
made simultaneously along the roads leading to the
French capital by Compeisne, scissors and Eper-
nay. The Prussian cavalry advanced yesterday To-
wards Compeigne and Ceressy, between soiT-
sons and Paris and Meaux, on the Paris
and Strasbourg Railroad. The commanders
OF King Williams troops move their forces with the
most surprising regularity The route for each day
Is exactly timed aud the time observed with the
greatest exactitude during the motion.
1t Is thought that the Kings forces will arrive
simultaneously before the city. united or massed
force attack Will then, It Is said, be made Paris,
the Germans striking rhe capitala the Quarter st.
Denis. That s, provided that the conc luson Of or
arrangement for q peace should not prevent an
assault.
The German troops are In an excellently healthy
condition.
The New York herald., 1870-09-09
REPORTS FROM ENGLAND.

The Funds and French ssBIuster''--CriticaI
LONDON. Sept. 8, 1870.
There Is no hope OF o healthful reaction In the
stock market here long the republican authori-
ties at Paris bluster war.
The London Times and other papers deprecate
the attitude OF the republicans, whose duty Is
plainly not to innict on the country the conse-
quences o. policy for which they are not responsI
BILE.
The leading bankers here regard the political
outbreak IN France as unfavorable. The Bank OF
England has made no change in Its rate to-day,
but money Is rather active.
The London Times Paris correspondent believes
that II Paris Is invested 1t will be dnlcult il not i'm
possible, to totally prevent communication with the
city.
Our communications with PARIS are liable to inter-
ruption at any moment.
The shopkeepers In Paris. In the absence OF GUS
toner's are hungry for the arrival OF the Prussans
An immense meeting was held at Newcastle on
Tyne last evening to express sympathy with the
French revOlutionists In the war against Prussia.
The Prussian M0aiteur says the Emperor Napoleon
SO exposed himself In the battle before Sedan "a
to leave no doubt Of his intention to seek death.
The North German Gozette says Of Jules Favre's
manifesto that begins with the phrases and ends
with the lies OF lawyer and "balderdash."
The Prussian A0,sitettr announces Q delay OF the
time when damages to shipping from the blockade
are demancable.
The New York herald., 1870-09-09
1rLIsaaMs TO THE NEW york HERALD.

The Prince Imperinps Arrival .t Mors<--
How He Appenred--Vho Accompanied Him
Leaving for Ostend-Sailed for Ensin.d.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 8, 1870.
The Independence Beige, describing the arrival Of
the Prince I'npcr.al at Mons, says:-He was at
tended by three per. .ons dressed IN plain clothing
one Of them being CAPTAIN Duperre, of the navy.
There being no carriage at the station the party
took an omnibus to The Hotel de Ia Couronn, on the
Grand place, wnere a dense crowd had collected.
The Prince showing some alarm, the landlord paci-
fed him, saying
''Have no fear, Monseigneur; you are In neutral,
peaceful country, where harm cannot befall you"
After hasty luuch the Prince left, thanking the
host and the various attendants.
He IS greatly changed since he LEFT ST. Coud
fortnight ago. He looks very pale
Soon after the arrival OF his suite, consisting OF
nineteen persons, the Prince ieft Mons for 0stend,
whence, on Monday, he sailed for England.