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A ,turinsitY I'm Nature.

From the Knoxville Whig and Register. 22d.]
A gentleman from Messy Creek, JEFF
ferson county, yesterday presented us
with photograph of snake hanging at
full length, of which he gives substan-
tally the following history:
A few days since the snake was found
suspended in a spider web under shelf
in the store of Messrs johnson 4 Bran
ner, at Messy Creek. On inspection, it
was clearly ascertained that the snake,
ebout foot in length, and still alive, had
been literally captured by spiderabout
the size Of q common house fly. The
spider had spun his web tightly around
the neck and entire head of the snake,
and drawn him clear from the floor,
making him close prisoner. The snake
was taken, whilst yet in the coils of the
spider to Mr.. RulfneF, a photographer,
and the picture is before US as we write
The facts are curious, and suggestive of
various theories. After the photograph
was taken the web was removed from the
snake, whereupon he exhibited his wicked
instincts by striking at those present,
evidently showing a desire to avenge
himself for the terrible indignity put
upon him by so insignificant creature
as a spider not much larger than grain
of wheat. We regret that the snaka vas
finally killed. instead Of being saved that
his peculiar species might be identified.
1t was evidently a yenomons reptile,
which had crawled into the store qgob-
served, to be thus ANONYMOUSLY captured
and brought to grief
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Russian Civilization.

1t does not appear that the ladies OF
Russia are any better than their sisters
Of this country; and yet the rod is not
spared on them. They are hogged enough
to make them very sHpeFiqr beings, il
there is any virtue in licking lasses. A
book with the inviting title Of " The Rod
in All Countries says that anecdotes OF
the fagellatiQn of ladies in Russia could
be multiplied 10 any extent The author
saysi II was stated q few years ago, in
a German newspaper, that three Of the
most beautiful women of ST. Petersburg
were driven direct from one of the Impe-
rial balls, in their own carriages, in all
their fnery of satin and lace, to the po-
lice station, aud, after being mounted on
a mans : shoulders, with their dress tucked
up, we're smartly whipped with birch
rod. No explanation was given, but
they we're dismissed with the significant
caution to hold their tongues in future.
AT another Imperial party some young
ladies, who had been chatting too freely,
were politely escorted by a mdifFe d no
tel TO a distant apartment, where, being
made TO kneel over an ottoman, they
were severely smaeked BY a female
housekeeper, with their satin slippers,
and then sent home" If this is true. il
explains the voman's rights movement
that has lately attracted attention in
Russia. This objection Of women 10 the
rod probably comes Of permitting them
10 have the alphabet. There is really
no safety when that is conceded.
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WiIheImshOhe.t 10 which all Letters
for l.. N. Must be Addressed.

Wilhelmshohe, or Williams flights, "
the summer residence of the Elector OF
Hesse-Cassel, and now the residence to
which Louis Napoleon has been assigned
by the King of Prussia, is Of peculiar in
terest to Americans. The place was
built by Frederick II, Elector of Hesse,
out of the money received by him OF
George III, Of England. for the 1000
Hessians hired by King George, as Elec-
tor of Hanover. Out Of these 1900,
5000 was sent into Scotland to maintain
English authority there. and 10000 we're
sent to America to fight the e0lonistg in
our war for Independence. The labor
and expense of building "Wilhelmshohe
we're enormous. Il is said that IT re-
quired the work Of 1000 men for fourteen
years, and that the accounts were 30
large that they were burned to destroy
all trace OF the extravaganza. The foun-
tain is the second highest in Europe
that Of Chatsworth being the first. The
medieval ruins, the aquatic stairway,
the temple Of the winds, surmounted BY
colossal statue Of Hercules. made of
copper, over thirty feet high-the grounds
and parterres about the palace, all show
an enormous expenditure Of money.
The nights are about 1000 feet above
the level Of the sea. IL Is a singular
coincidence that a vanQuished French
Emperor should be assigned this palace
by German King, remembering that
the Elector Frederick II was driven out
Of Hesse and obliged to take refuge in
Frankfort
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NiIsson's Debut in New York.

from Tue neItlu VI tne 2Vth
Mile Nilsson sang angels Bright and
Fair" from Handels ''Theodora," the
celebrated mad scene from Hamlet,
and the cayatina All .fors lui," from
'Traviata." When she first made her
appearance, she received spch an enthu-
siastie reception as rarely falls to the
lot of an artist, and flowers, from the
huge pyramid down to tho tiny nose
gay. we're showered on the stage. Her
dress was of white corded silk, very
rich and elegant, and well adapted to
her beautiful expressive, child-like face,
and tail, graceful form. The diamonds
which CLEANED IN her fair hair and
nestled around her syaplike neck lent
luster to her sparkling blue eyes, her
carriage showed the most complete self
possession, and her whole soul seemed
to be wrapped up in the music she in
te,preted. The quality Of her voice is
so different f,oa thet Of the Italian
and English artists We have beeE so
long accustomed to, that when the first
notes of the simple, childish little air of
Handel fell on the car feeling Of wonder
at first peFvaded the audience: The
quality of the voice is extraordinarily
clear and penetratingi it has none Of
the voluptuous foundness Of the Italian
school, but limpidity, delicaoy and
transparent depth, which is susceptible
to the most intense expression and ten
derness. This selection from Handel
vac SO simple and touching that it re-
quires a world Of soul and feeling to give
it the required interpretation, BY her art
less, unaffected rendering Of it, Nilsson
won at once, not the expressed applause,
but what vas higher compliment the
deep attention and sympathy of her
hearers. The mad scene in Hamlet,
where the unhappy 0phelia bids farewell
to the gay court OF Denmark, was sung
and acted with such minglsd abandon,
childish glee and sad feeling that the en-
tire audience broke forth in an ava
lanche Of applause. But the crowning
feature was the exquisite mOrcedu,
"1h, fors G lui," the sweetest thing
that ever Verdi EIqte, II is a love
poem, illustrating the struggle between
love and the consciousness of being un-
worthy of such a holy passion. The
andanfino, il which the desolation Of
the soul Of the unhappy Camille is
poured forth, was given with an intensity
Of passion and tenderness such as the
operatic and concert stage has long been
stranger to, and the Wild, reckless spirit
which is conveyed in the cabaletta,
"SemDrs Liberd, in which the
Dame aux Camelias awakens TO sense
of her real position, vas q whlrlwind OF
mingled despair and gayeiy. This eava-
tina is a severe test for any artist, Car.
lotta Patti, with all her store Of vocal
pyroteohnios, failed to touch the heart
in it; other wellknown prime donne
have skipped over It's surface without
sounding It's troubled depths, and IT re-
NAMED for Nilsson TO bring out its beau
ties in their strongest light. There we're
some present at Steinway Hall, last
night, who, excepting some wonderful
sensational vocal displays from Nilsson,
we're disappointed. They were those
who cannot distinguish between true art
and humbug; between the genius Of
music and yocalizatiOn Of the mitrail-
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DISCOVERIES IN NEW MEXICO.
Astonishing Aztec Ruins = Altar
Fires and Skeletons.

Adyices from Santa Fe state that Gov.
Army, the Special Indian Agent for that
Territory, has found the Canon de
Chelly, which was explored for twenty
miles. The party found canons whose
walls tower perpendicular to an altitude
Of from 1000 to 2O0O feet, the rock strata
being as perfect as if laid by the skilled
hands of mason, and entirely symmetri-
cal. Among these ruins were found de-
serted ruins of ancient Aztec cities,
many Of which bear the evidence Of hay-
ing been populous to the extent Of many
thousands Of inhabitants. In one Of
these canons, the rocky walls of which
rose not less than 1000 feet from the
base, and whose SUBMITS on either hand
inclined to each other, forming part of
an arch, there were found, high up
hewn out Of the rocks, the ruins of
Aztec towns of great extent now
tenantless, desolate. In each Of
these rocky eyries there remained in a
state Of good preservation a house of
stone, about twenty feet square, contain
ing one bare and gloomy room, and a
single human skeleton. In the center
Of the room were the evidences that fire
at some time had been used. The only
solution of this enigma thus far ventured
is that these solitary rooms were the
altar places of Aztec fires, that from
some cause the people at a remote period
we're constrained to abandon their
homes, but left one faithful sentinel in
each instance to keep alive the flame
that, according to the Indian traditions
of those regions, was to light the way of
Montezuma again TO his people-their
hoped-for Messiah and their Eternal
King. A close examination of many Of
the ruins proved that the builder must
have been skilled in the manufacture
and use of edged tools, masonry, and
other mechanical arts But who these peo-
pie were, whence they came, or whittier
they are gone, is now, probably, one of
the mysteries to remain eternally un-
solved. Some of the ruins are reported
to be stone buildings seven and eight
stories in hight, being reached by lad
ders planted against the walls. Round
houses, twenty feet in diameter, built in
the most substantial manner of cut
stone, and plastered inside, were also
found in excellent preservation. Aston
ishing discoveries have been made of
gold and silver regions, richer than yet
known on this continent. They are sup
posed by well informed persons to be the
East mines, of which tradition has
handed down the most marvellous tales,
and the mines themselves discover un-
mistakable evidences of having been
successfully worked ages ago.
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Tours.

Tours, where the French Government
is transferred from Paris, is upon the
Loire and the chefiien Of the depart
ment Of d'Indre ct Loire. 1t is chiefly
interesting from its old historic recollec-
tions, as the charms of its situation in an
UNMARRIED plain have been greatly over
rated. Tours in summer is hot dusty
and glaring, but cold in winter, and the
Cathedral de st. Gatien, built in the
flamboyant style, viii not compare for
an instant with the nobler churches OF
old France. At an angle of its transept
however, are the tombs Of the two chill
dren of Charles VIII and Anne de Bre
tagne, through whose death the success
sion to the French throne passed to the
branch of the Valois Orleans. Two
towers of the old Cathedral of st. Mar
tin, of Tours, still stand in the central
part Of the city, one Of which is called la
Tour de Charlemagne because, as tradi
ton has it, the remains of his wife, Luit
garde, lie buried beneath it.
The city in older days was famed FOL
its manufacture of silk, but this branch
Of industry was absolutely destroyed
by the revocation of the edict oi
Nantes by Louis XIV, and the popula
ton reduced from nearly $4,000 to about
AZ, ,000 at which number it has steadily
continued. Singularly enough, the
mothers and nurses of Tours have bo
gle of their own to frighten their refrac
tory children, He, or it, is known as LIE
Roi Hugon, and from his name the term
Huguenots has been derived, although il
is far more probable that, by changes
well known to etymologists, it comes
from the Swiss-German Eidgenossen
that is, confederates. Tours is also in
teresting to every lover of Sir Walter
Scott. In the Rue des Trois Pucelles
not far from the river, is still shown the
house of Tristan lHermite, the famous
exeoutioper of Louis XIV, and just
southwest Of the city still remains Pies
sis les Tours, the casiellGted den of the
old tyrant, with which the world is fa-
miliar, from the excellent description IN
Quentin Durward The ruins now be
long to q French advocate, who has
spent much money and time in thell
partial restoration. Any one who he:
not read SCOTS Quentin Durwafd. OF
who has but an imperfect recollection Of
its vivid pages, should read it, now that
Tours is again become place of histor
ic interest.
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MEMPHIS TENNESSEE: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26

leuse order. Nilsson never resorts to
inartistic tricks to gain applause. Her
style is finished, and yet simple. What
surprised us most was the breadth Of
tone apparent in her voice. She rarely
displayed it, however, to its full extent,
as we have heard from other artistes,
but kept it under admirable control.
This apparent selfabnegation is true
proof of art. We can say Of Christine
Nilsson as was said of Jenny Lind,
whom she resembles much in her voice
and style, that we heard an artist who
makes conscience of her art
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The Crown Prince Of Prussia is the
idol Of all troops, Of the South Germans
especially. One day he was talking 10
a number Of Bavarian soldiers, when one
Of them bluntly said. You see. your
Royal Highness, il you had but led Us in
1866, then we would surely have beaten
these id Prussians"
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE ROUTE.
FALL SCHEDULE.
Takes Effect Sept. LIST, 1870.

The train leaving Memphis at1 is p. m. runs
daily. The am. train uoes not run on Sun
day. Both trains run through to Louisville
without change. Elegant sleeping cars run
through on the LIS pm. train from Memphis
to Louisville. connecting Mt Louisville with
through cars to Philadelphia, Cleveland, Buff
falo aud New York, without change. Only
one change from Louisville TO Baltimore,
Washington City and Boston. Berths and
at the Ticket Office. 2S7iz Main street.
J. Y. BOYD, Superintendent.
JAS. SPEED. Ticket Agent. 9-62-t
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The LOCK STITCH which i

makes is more durable and beautiful than
any other, presenting the same appear,
ance on both sides of the fabric and will
not ravel 1t is also more economical,
requiring oYE-TIuRD LESS cotton than
any OF, er kind of stitch. Being the same
on both sides. it is not necessary to use
the extremely fine sewing cotton required
by those machines which make stitch
with ridge on the under side, which can
only be concealed by using thread too
delicate and fine to bear ordinary wear.
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BUSINESS HOUSES.


A TTwOOD A ANDERSON, COTTON FAC
"A tor and Commission Merchants. ~ Front.
DANK-FIRST NATIONAL OF MEMPHIS.
ID Y. s. Davis. Pres't; Newton Ford. v. r.
BOWMAN. O. H., -MACHINIST AND
ID Scale Factor. 2o212 Main street, Special
attention given to repairing scales.
0tITY BANK. NEW BANK. BUILDING,
~ Madison street. s. II. Tobey. Pres't;
Il. O. Kirk. Cashier.
OAR0LINA LIFE ms. CO., AZ MADISON
" st. J. Davis. Pros't; W. r. Boyle. Sec'y.
VANCE 4 ANDERSON, ATTORNEYS
at-Law, 325 Main street. Memphis.
HUTCHINSON, WILLIAMS & CO.. COTTON
~ Factors. 2l0 Fsnt street.
EMMONs 4 SON, BOOKS, STATIONERY.
IL Magazines, ETC., 10 Jefferson and 6S Beal.
EIsHER, AMIs 4 co.. MARBLE-W 0RKS
IL and Drain Pipe, cor. Adams and Second.
OOEPEL, LEOPOLD, AGENT, DEALER
" In Organs and Knabe's Pianos, S75 Main.
HEINRICH, P. II. & BRO. C0NFEC-
III tions. Groceries. Liquors, ETC., 22i Main.
NfcCOMBS, KELLAR h sBYRNEs, HARD
Nl ward. Cutlery. etc., S22h and S2i Main.
ORGILL BROS. q CO.. HARDWARE. CUT
~ lery. Agricultural Implements. 3l2 Front.
DODESTA 4 CAzASSA, DEALERS IN
Il Confections. etc.. S2 Main. cor. N. Court.
DRESCOTT, o. r. A CO., DEALERS IN
i Coal Oil. Lamps, Soaps. ETC.. 40 Jefferson.
CTEAM OVERS x CLEANERS
- Hanson Walker Qate Hunt q Hanson),
246 Second street.
HILL. TERRY 4 MITCHELL. WHOLE,
l. sac dealers in Boots, Shoes and Hats, S2s
Main street.
yNTHITMORE, e., STEAM JOB PRINTER,
wv l3 Madison street.
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According to the London Orchestra
there is now studying under NJ. Roger
(the well known tenor of the Grand
OPERA an American young lady, whose
career as songstress he predicts will be
unusually brilliant. Roger has a private
theater, in which the pupils frequently
appear The aflience is composed of
managers of operas, composers and mu-
sical critics, and is as competent an as
sembly as could well be collected. They
confirm NJ. Rogers predictions. The
young lady is Miss Mackie, and she had
adopted for the stage the pseudonym,
NJ lie Gaetano. She passes in Paris gem
orally for Spaniard, and she looks like
daughter of Seville. Her admirers also
credit her with great beauty.
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A.
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andbe Ei,N
~ A. MOORE, Secretary
fSen TINS A u
STATE OF TENNESSEE
R'sOF FF1cE AsHyTI
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complied with
awso Of the Of
Wherefore
ID. r..
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EDUCATIONAL.
Medical College of Memphis.
session IS1O-1I.


ACULTY:
BENZ. W. AVENT, N. D., Professor of the
Principles and Practice of Surgery.
RICHARD b. MAURY, M. D.. Professor OF
the Principles and Practice of Medicine.
DUDLEY d. SAUNDERS, NJ. D., Professor Of
Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy.
ALEXANDER ERSKINE, NJ. D.. Professor
of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women.
ALFRED II. VOORHEES,, NJ. D., Professor of
Aural and 0phthalmic Surgery.
j. JOSEPH WILLIAMS, NJ. D., Professor of
Physiology and Psychological Anatomy.
R0bERT ". MITCHELL, NJ. D., Professor of
Materia Medica and Therapeutics.
FELIX MCFARLAND, M. D., Professor of
Chemistry and Toxicology.
GUSTAYUS b. THORNTON, NJ. D., Demon
strator Of Anatomy.
ROBERT THUMMEL. NJ. D., Prosector to
the Professor Of Anatomy.
Full Professors foo....,.r...,,......,......S50 $50
Demonstrator's fee.....,......,.......,.,, 10
MatriculatiOn fee .............. ............. 8
GraduatiOn..........,......... 30
nE- The regular course of lectures for the
winter will commence ON Monday, October
18th, and end on the lst Of March. For par
'al'lzi e ( aSSSiBEEEk k'lS EbsRSE, fIGSY y NJ
dlS-idSV3O-H Dean Of the Faculty.
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1t is an instrument of great versatility
in its operations. 1t will hem, fell, braid,
cord, gather, tuck more beautifully than
any other machine in use, without bast-
ing or any preparation of the work
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Wheeler 4 Wilson's s
N E w
SILENT-W 0RKING
Sewing Machine!
rs SUPERIOR
FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: {:

It's yearly sales are larger than those
of all other Sewing Machines combined
This fact alone is the surest test of its
merit and superiority.
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Its simplicity renders its movements
so easy that child can work it. 1t is
almost noiseless in operation, and for
speed and rapidity of motion excels all
others, as has been demonstrated thou
sand times by competition.
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PLATTER.
A. M. ERNST,
Electro Gold and Silver Platter,
4s MONROE STREET,


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plated watch eases and jewelry gold plated (;
and all kinds Of houseworks such As door
knobs and plates. bell-pulls. mantels. bars,
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Being convinced that Mr.. Ernst is practi-
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"'''' "N'' ~ i. WHITMORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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the greaesa amount insured in any one risk $40 900

STATE OF WISCONSIN, (ss
COUNTY or MILWAUKEE. 80
John II. Van Dyke. President. ,
Life Insurance Company, of Milwal
and say that the foregoing is full,
pany; that the said Insurance Com
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bonds and mortgages of real estate,
for which the same is mOrtgaged; a
surance Company.
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Morrissey is to build grand hotel at
Saratoga, opposite the Clarendon.
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1t possesses the very great advantage
of carrying the work in the natural way
, from left to right-which enables the
operator tohandle the work more readily
and to sit upright; while machines which
carry the work from the operatorrequire
an inclination of the body forward (detri-
mental to health) and are hard and tire
some to use.
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The prices are within reach of every
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tastes and circumstances, and the PLAIN
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costly.
Full and thorough instructions. given
at the house of the customer at any time,
free of charge, and the utmost pains
taken to render complete satisfaction
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