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A Stafesman's Comparison of the
Two NapOleOns.

The edition of the collected political
pamphlets of NJ de Cormenin, who OBJ
tained considerable celebrity during the
time of Louis Philippe, and at the com
mencement of the present reign, under
the pseudonym of "Timon" contains the
following curious comparison between
the two Napoleons and III;
The nephew does not resemble the
uncle, either physically or morally. The
latter was abrupt to his auditor, and fas-
cinated them by his eagle glance to such
a point as to disturb and confuse them.
The other listens graciously, and is as
phlegmatic as his uncle was impetuous.
A those around the uncle could read
the dramas which were passing act by
act in the heros brain. The nephew
does not allow his intentions to be di-
vined and takes a pleasure in conceal
ing his thoughts under his impossible
features. The nephew would not have
gained the great battle of Austerlltz,
would not have hurried like lightning
from one point to another in the last
campaigns of France, and in the first of
Italy, would not have pronounced those
memorable sLyings become historical, at
the Pyramids, at Jena and at Fantaine-
bleau, would not with a strong hand have
methodically reorganized the municipal
tiles of the conquered towns, improylsed
kingdoms, and gained ffy-fye victo-
ries in fify-seven battles. But on the
other hand the uncle would not have
planned the conp defat of December
with impepetrahle secresy, a frmness of
hand, and a vigor of resolution which
have no parallel in history. The nephew
may be reproached, like the uncle, with
more than one caprice of imagination,
like those of Strasburg, Boulogne, Sebas-
topol. China, Cochinchina, and Mexico.
But the blame is to be attributed less to
a spirit of adventure than to the fault of
the people. who should have preserved
their veto over expeditions of that kind.
But what the uncle would perhaps not
have done the nephew proposed unasked
to the nation; namely, Universal and
secret suffrage, and bill Of indemnity
for his illegal act. And of all the Prin-
ces who have reigned over France, he
had, without excepting Henry ~, the
most loved the people and done the most
for them; aad ! regret but one thing,
which is that, being born with the grave
and patient spirit of Washington, he
did not prefer liberty to absolutism, and
the scarf Of deeennial President, open
to reelection, 20 the hereditary scepter
Of an Emperor.
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The Missing city of Boston.

To the Editor of the Nashville Banner:
notice by the cable dispatches thi;
morning a communication copied fir IN
Mitchells Maratime Register, in which
Mr.. lnman expressed disbelief that the
City of Boston foundered in a gale, but
that she collided with icebergs, so numer
ous off the north coast of Cape Race
This seems to be the unanimous con
currence of those who have so often
crossed the mighty deep, for this
reason: ifthe vessel had been disabled in
a gale, while on the Atlantic, some YES
tage of the steamer would have been
found ere this by which her horrid fate
would have become known, but as it is
not a soul can relate the cause Of the
fearful calamity by which one of the
finest steamers in the line has, doubtless,
gone down meath the dark waves of the
briny ocean, with her pile Of human
freight. But, alas, for those poor crea-
lures, only to find a watery grave.
A case in point of similar nature oc-
Cured on the 29th of May, 1854. Your
correspondent was on his way to New
York in the sailing ship Ocean Queen.
| left Portsmouth, or shipped in the
above mentioned ship, in which Captain
Smith was master, on the day above
mentioned. Our vessel was making
thirteen knots an hour, which is consid-
cred good speed for sailing vessel
About noon, being in a dense fog, off the
banks Of Newfoundland, happened to
be on deck in conversation with some
ladies, when suddenly the lookout dis
covered what he at first imagined to be
on island. on our larboard side, and SO
cried island ahead island ahead, on the
larboard
This was no sooner said than he saw
his error, and cried at the top of his
voice, Iceberg, iceberg on the lar
board" Let me here mention that
Captain Saith had been on the lookout
for icebergs for two days previous, on
account OF the eOOlness of the atmos-
phere at the time and place alluded to,
but on that occasion was in the cabin
along with most Of the other officers.
The iceberg was one Of the grandesi
sights | ever beheld. being about, as near
as ] could judge, FIVE miles IN circum-
ference and one in diameter. II hap
pened very fortunately that one Of the
best sailors was at the wheel; for, had
the vessel struck. We should all have
gone doEn and the writer Of this would
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PRINCE PIERRE BoNAPARIE.
A Picture of Him as he Really
Looks.

Tours Cor. New York Tribune.l
1t is difficult, for me impossible, to
look upon this man without horror. The
murderer of six or seven men, in cold
blood, the violator of women, the politi-
cal renegade, the deserter the victim of
the most brutal passions-how is it pos
sible to see him come into court, sit
at his ease, irreproachably attired, ad-
dressed by the judge with gracious
politeness that contrasts most strikingly
with the treatment accorded the wit
nesses for the Noir family, and allowed
full liberty to hurl insults and furious
abuse at the witnesses, and even at the
very advocates, not having been even re-
buked until to-day, and then, because it
was necessary, as will be seen, to cover
up the undiscovered severity of the court
to Monsieur de Fonvielle by show of
severity to the accused, who was the sole
cause of the difficulty. How is it pos
sible to sit and see and learn all these
things without natural sentiment of in
dignation, without feeling of disgust?
Still, wish to be just. | desire, being
sent here as chronicler, to chronicle
truly, and | will attempt to describe the
so-called Prince as he really looks. He
is man of powerful build, with a broad
chest, broad-bottomed, large arms and
legs and a small, fat head - small,
that is, in proportion to his immense
body. His hair is thin, and what little
he has in front is so arranged as to make
his head look still hatter than it is, being
drawn in straight line at the top Of
his forehead from side to side He
wears a greyish beard, and mustache
that nearly covers his small mouth, with
its thin, white lips, that are often made
winter still by a deadly, inexpressible
smile. His eyes are small and mean,
and he rarely, if ever lifts their lids, but
sits bolt upright, with his small, neatly
gloved hand upon either thigh, and looks
down upon the floor. As he sits there
still, silent, impassive-he is simply re-
pulsive looking / should think little
child would be afraid to go up and touch
his knee, But when, as he has repeat
edly done he bounds out of his seat in
violent rage at something said by wit
ness, or by one ofthe advocates, his arms
close to his side, and his whole body in
clined strongly forward from the middle
always the same attitude sitting, and
the same attitude standing), while his
thick, muffled, disagreeable voice comes
out in stutter of blind rage-a thrill Of
disgust cry of shame, runs through
even this imperialist hall, that all this
must come in its proper place. At first,
after the jury had been drawn by lot,
and had taken the OATH and while the
president was reading his address to the
jury, in which that French justice which
is so much talked about and so seldom
seen was again lauded to the skies; even
while the Prince was undergoing his ex-
animation there was nothing to complain
of in the Princes manner and, indeed,
the impression that he made upon the
audience was rather favorable than other
,vica
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A Cheerful Face.

Carry the radiance Of your soul in
your face. Let the world have the ben
eft of it, Let your eheerfulness be felt
for good wherever you are, and let your
smiles be scattered like sunbeams, on
the just as well as the unjust. Such a
disposition will yield you rich reward,
for its happy effects will come to you and
brighten your moments of thought.
Cheerfulness makes the mind clear gives
tone to the thought, adds grace and
beauty to the countenance. Joubert says,
When you give, give with JOY and
smiling Smiles are little things, cheap
articles to be fraught with so many bless
ings both to the giver and the receiver,
pleasant little ripples to watch as We
Stand ON the shore of everyday life,
They are our higher, hetter natures re-
sponses to the emotions of the soul. Let
the children have the benefit of them;
those little ones who need the sunshine
of the heart to educate them, and would
find level for their buoyant natures in
the cheerful, loving faces of those who
lead them. Let them not be kept from
the middle-aged They come to them
like the rain of summer, making fresh
and verdant the long, weary path Of life.
They look for them from you who are
IN the fullness of life. BE
gentle and indulgent tc all. Love the
true. the beautiful, the Just, the holy.
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Romeo Jahier FOrepaugh.

TTOul lHt
He is marked with the scars of many
battles, and furrowed with the still fresh
looking wounds of his last great fight
with his keepers, at Connersville. He
came from Cochin China, and is mon
ster, one of the largest ever seen in th.s
country. He has received on and inside
of his thick hide nearly two hundred
rife balls, about as mary charges OF
buckshot and thousand thrusts with
iron blades and hooks. To-day he shows
a. dozen great gaping wounds from hot
irons and rife balls. 1t takes this mon
ster three days to get up good strong
mad; and when he finally succeeds in
that, his anger lasts a week, under all the
applications of torture. He is now tract
able as a well disciplined child; walks
on his knees at his keepers bidding, and
would probably stand on his head if he
could balance himself Horses don {
fancy the moral elephant-they are afraid
of him, in fact, when he marches along
in procession at rate that forces the
band wagon horses to go at trot and
distresses the moral camel When he
plunges along, weakened horses trem-
Bile and sink to the earth, chargers that
never before hinched shake their harness
off and leave the drivers in state of
helpless CONSERVATION, and the most
vigorous of the most useful quadrupeds
take only one look at the monster and
gallop off without stopping to think Of
what they leave behind them.
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New York's ScapegOat---HOw Jack
Reynolds Died.

FROM the New I Ofk lelegram.J
Mercifully the time of waiting was
very short, and when B. W Rosenberg
put the moose round his neck, Reynolds
said, with half laugh: Don't make it
too tight" Immediately after the black
cap was drawn over his face, and he
stood moment awaiting the final jerk
He went up with quick movement
but the fall was not enough to break his
neck, and the knot slipped up too high.
The consequence was that he struggled
fearfully seven minutes, his hands clutch
ing and distending, and making vain
efforts to join again. The legs were
drawn up beneath him in quick, spas
modic movements, and his body doubled
up, almost, at one moment, and swung
from left to right. 1t was very hard
death, and the most dogged present
seemed to have compassion for the
dying man.
Not till his struggles had entirely
ceased was he lowered and the pulse felt
by the doctors in attendance. Then the
body was further lowered, and the oscu-
lations of the heart took place. This
lasted ten minutes, and he was finally
lowered into the coffin and the black cap
taken off
Thirty minutes after the hanging the
features were calm and tranquil, and, ex-
cept a little pallor, had their natural
color After an inquest, held by Coro-
ner Flynn, the coffin was closed and the
body driven away to Calvary Cemetery,
where it will be inferred this morning.
No post-mortem examination was held,
at the request of the sister and brother of
the dead man. The name of the man
who put on the black cap is Rosenberg,
that of the man who cut the rope, Simon
son. These names are worth remem-
harinp
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REMARKABLE RACING.
A Trofting Match of Seventy Miles.
From the Baltimore Sun, 6th.l

From the Baltimore Sun, 6th.J
The most remarkable trotting match
perhaps on record in Maryland took place
on Monday between Mr.. Thomas Nc
Crea, jr.'s S sorrel mare Lady Alice,
and DR.. Thomas B. Owings' gray gelding
Ben Davis" the course being from
Ellcott City to Frederick City and back,
the distance seventy miles and the stakes
5000 side. The turnpike over which
the race took place is very hilly, and on
Monday was very heavy. The horses
were harnessed to three-hundred pound
wagons, and driven by their respective
owners. They started from Ellicott City
at twenty minutes to seven o clock in the
morning, and logged for the first two
miles, when the race commenced in earn
est, A heavy snow storm prevailed at
the time, driving in their faces nearly all
the way to Frederick. Both horses were
in fine condition and well matched, and
the contest was close and exciting. Only
the necessary stops we're made on the
route for refreshments, the drivers, on
reaching Frederick, stopping at the hotel
by pre-arrangement, to register their
names, and then returned to their work.
The race was won by Lady Alice in
seven hours and fifteen minutes, beating
her competitor by only seventeen min
utes. Neither horse, it is alleged, wasi in
the slightest degree distressed by the ex-
traordinary tax upon its speed and en-
durance, and, it is stated, might easily
have continued the race to this city with
out exhibiting signs of fatigue. The re-
suit was so close that the friends of the
losing horse have still faith in their favor
ite, and another match is spoken of, the
distance to be the same and the stakes
S,O0 n sida
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CONVENTION.
COUNTY JUDICIAL CONVENTION
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE Con. Rooms, /
MEMPHIS Anril z 1870


MEMPHIS, April Z, 1870. !
AT A CALLED MEETING OF THE DEM
IA ocratic Executive Committee, held this
day, the following resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS, 1t becomes necessary for more
thorough organization of the Democracy OF
Shelby county, and to conserve the best inter
ests of our people by PR senting suitable can
didates to represent the Democracy of Shelby
county in the approaching election for judicial
olfic srs; therefore, be it
Resolved. That it becomes necessary to call
q convention for the purpose of nominating
candidates tor judicial Offices.
Resolved, That ward and district meetings
be held on the 10th instant at half-past seven
pm. in the city, and at three pm. in the
districts.
Resolved, That the mode of choosing dele
gates shall be by ballot. The persons receiving
the highest number of votes shall be the dele
gates.
The following is the apportionment of the
respective districts and wards:
First District, delegates; Second, Third,
2; Fourth, q Sixth, 2; Seventh. 2; Eighth, 2;
Ninth, 3; Tenth, 8; Eleventh, Q; Twelfth, /;
Thirteenth. l. Sixteenth, 3; Seventeenth, /.
First Ward, 6 delegates; Second, 5; Third,
Z; Fourth. 4; Fifth, 4; Sixth, A !, Seventh, 9;
Eighth; 3; Ninth, 4 Tenth, 3. The portions
Of the Fifth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Dis
tricts (outside the city, are allowed each one
delegate
The following programme is suggested TO the
Convention
Hall, Main street, on Monday, the 18th inst.
at ii am.
2. The Chairman Of the Executive Commit
tee to call the Convention to order.
3. The appointment of a temporary Chair
man and Secretary.
4. The appointment of Committee on Gre
dentials.
5. Permanent organization.
@. The Committee recommend that the Con-
vention adopt the time-honored Democratic
rule requiring a two-third vote to elect.
The primary meeting in the wards of the
city, for the purpose of electng delegates 10
the County Judicial Convention. will be held
on Saturday. 10th inst, at ~ pm. at the fol-
lowing places
First Ward-Northeast corner of Jackson
and Main streets.
Second Ward Council Room, Exchange
Building.
Third Ward = Esquire Kiernans office,
Adams street.
Fourth Ward-Stillman Hall. Second street.
Fifth Ward-Municipal Court room, Second
street.
Sixth Ward-Waldran Block, Main street.
Seventh Ward-Ferguson Hall.
Eighth Ward---Poplar Street Market House.
Ninth Ward---Chelsea House.
Tenth Ward Mississippi House.
And that the voters of the districts vote at
their respective voting places.
J. j. DUB0SE, Chairman,
Jos. BARBIERE, Secretary. 6-ll
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The Kansas City Bulletin has this
election item Here's your Republi-
can ticket, be jabers, said a distin-
guished neutral yesterday, while he
poked dirty Democratic ticket under
our nose. On his attention being called
TO the fact he said mysteriously, It's a
thrick the dirty Democrats hev got oy
putting their names on our tickets (pull-
ing usl; come, vote 1t. avOurheen.
When last seen he was trying TO explain
10 . eolored man how to spell Republi-
can with ID.
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RAILROADS.
Memphis and Louisville R. r.
CONDENSED TIME TABLE.
TAKES EFFECT FEB. :. 1870.

The 2.5 pm. train from Memphis leaves
daily. The 100 an. train leaves daily except
Sunday. Since the completion of the Ohio
river bridge at Louisville, the omnibus and
ferry transfer at that point Is avoided.
Sleeping ears run through on the ? f5 pm.
train from Memphis TO Louisville. connecting
at Louisville with Silver Palace sleeping and
day cars, running through from Louisyille 10
Philadelphia and New York without change.
Berths. sections OF state-roOms can be engaged
in through cars to New York at Ticket Office,
23I1S Main street.
Trains connect for Nashville and St. Louis
as f0llovs;
Leave Memphis......-......2 as pm. 400a.m.
Arrive al Nashville. 800 an. 800 pm
" St. LOniS.....-.-l0.OO pm. 200 pm.
Ticket 0fice, 2sTiS Main street. near Jeifer-
sons and at Depot, head q q Main street
Jas. SPEED, Ticket Agent. g-ll-I
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wRtPPtke PAPER;
Cane Wrapping Paper.

THROWN. DILLARD 4 co. B, "a FRONT Fl.
Ii seie e-ents fc- Howell Remlef A 70.
Cane Paper. have nov On hand IT, - ,6ey
are Offering BELow CEcIsNATI rK-e-$, -
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LABOR.
FFF SFF 555 ~
ITO THE WORKING CLASSES.

We are now prepared to furnish all classes
with constant employment at home. the whole
of the time or for spare moments. Business
new, light and profitable. Persons of either
sex easily earn from 50 cents to s. per evening.
and a proportional sum by devoting their
whole time to the business. Boys and girls
earn nearly as much as men. That all who see
this notice may send their address, and test
the business. we make this unparalleled offer;
To such as are not well satisfied, we will send
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sent free by mail. Reader, if you want per-
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AZ Augusta, Maine.
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Offenbach gave a grand dinner in Paris
the ether day to his actors and actresses
in costume They all looked upon the
wine when 1t was red, end other things,
and Offenbach insisted upon makin- a
speech in German which uobody under
stood
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HOTELS.

U,HE FRANKLIN HOUSE. AT RA-
Il leigh Springs. will be open for guests as
a frst-class house from
May ~, 1870.
Parties wishing 70 furnish their own rooms.
~ . choice Of the same can do 30 prio- 60
address in Memphis, No. ea6 Front street.
2-54 7. q. PRATT, Proprietor.
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Mrs. Woodruff acknowledges that she
is ever foFy-6ve by announcing herself
as candiaats flr President This in
sures her election, IS i i the FIRST in
stance on record Of q EoRaR aaleiiilnE
her age.
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David Dudley Field is still removing
the pressure, in Boston, on the repres-
entation Of minorities.
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We are requested to announce MOSES
WHITE as a candidate for Attorney General
of the Criminal Court.
We are authorized to announce B. NEW
TON HART as q candidate for the Office of
Attorney General of the Criminal Court. sub
ject to the action of the Democratic Conven-
tion of Shelby county. Election in May.
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KERR as a candidate fore the office of Attor-
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MEDICAL.
DIR. Adams. OF Chicago.

rfrBE CHAMPION OCULIST AND AURIsT.
and fbranic y D,sease Physician, is stopping
= he Commercial hoasl
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Judge OF First Circuit Court.

G. P. Foute is candidate for the Office of
Judge of the First Circuit Court of Shelby
to the action of the Democratic Convention.
c. W. HEISKELL is a candidate for Judge
of the First Circuit Court Of Shelby county.
p. T. SCRUGGS is a candidate for Judge Of
the First Circuit Court of Shelby county.
Election, 26th of May, 1870.
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TAiLoRs.
Tailors' Notice.

EIRTH z KPEPIOW HAVE REMOVED TO
II No. p Gayuso street. two door vest of
Main. They are ready q, do work vel and
cheap. Call and zee ths-a. rs
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Judge of second Circuit Court.
Atty General of Criminal Court.

We are authorized TO announce ]. A. AN
Second Judicial Circuit of Shelby county.
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