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MEMPHIS.
Difficulty Between Newspaper
Proprietor and Printers.


MEMPHIS, March p. - For some
weeks bad feeling has existed between
the propretors OF the Daily Sun and the
members of the Typographical Union,
srowing out of strike. The printers
published a small paper. called the
,N"n making personal attacks on the
Nm attaches to which the Sun replied
To-day as W. A. McClay, proprietor Of
The S,m, was passing through the park
for the purpose, as he states, Of asking
protection from the Recorder for self
and office, he was attacked by Henry
White and Henry Mooke, Secretary Of
the typographical Union, who opened
ire on him with revolvers. McClay
Tired once, but was shot through the
thigh and slightly wounded on the top
oi the head. They then attacked aud
heat him with pistols until the keeper
O.. the park came TO his assistance.
They waived an examination and gave
haiiior their appearance at the Criminal
lonrt to answer charge of assault with
intent to commit murder in the first de-
vrpr
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CINCINNATI.
The Legislative yisit-The Fusion
City Ticket.

City Ticket.
CINCINNATI, O., March 25.-The
members Of the Legislature were. taken
to Deer Creek, Valley Park, Walnut
Hill, Avondale and Mount Auburn this
morning, in charge of the Council COM
mittee. At the Park a collation. was
provided. A large number returned to
Columbus on the 8 o'clock train this
afternoon; others follow tonight. The
VISIT appears to have been very satisfac-
Tory 10 all parties. Various projected
imProv vements requiring legislative
action have been presented, and the
members return, it is believed, with a
better understanding Of the wants OF
The city than they could have procured
III any other way.
1t is claimed that the leaders of the
movement for fusion city ticket in op-
position to the regular Republican
nominations, have agreed upon a full
ucket, with Col. Len. A. Harris at the
head for Mayor.
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States, that in the existing war with
Honduras the neutrality Of the Hondu-
ras railroad must be observed.
A large number Of German emigrants
to Lower California had arrived In
Panama, and two hundred had deserted.
The whole scheme is pronounced a
swindle, and the German residents OF
Panama are about sending protest to
New York against it.
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The House select committee, now il
charge Of the Presidents message o.
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SOUTH AMERICA.
The Flood In Peru-Peace I'm Bolivia
-ChilIans Opposed 10 Annexation
OF San DominsO-German Emi.
grants TO California.


New YORK, March 25.-A special
telegram from Panama gives further
particulars of the terrible flood in Peru.
The town Of Lambaiaqua, containing
10000 inhabitants, had only three
houses left standing. In Payta the
water was three feet in the streets. The
loss of life and property was immense
In Bolivia peace has been fullv re.
stored.
The people Of Chill are violently op.
posed to the annexation Of San Do
mingo to the United States, and the
Government is called upon to protest
against it as the first step towards an
nexing all the Spanish-American Re.
publics.
The United States Minister to Saliva.
dor has notified that Government on
behalf of England and the United
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CHARLESTON.
Arrival OF the San Domingo Com.
missiOners.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March 26.-The
Tennessee, with the San Domingo Com
missloners on board, arrived off the bal
at daylight this morning. The Com
missioners and all the party, except the
scientific corps, came ashore and start
ed at once for Washington, at which
place they will be due tomorrow night
at nine o'clock. The Tennessee left al
once for New York direct, and will be
due there about Saturday night. All
on board are well.
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THE FENIANS.

Movement Looking to Union with
the Irish Confederation.
New YORK, March 25.-The Fenian
Convention yesterday afternoon passed
a resolution expressing a willingness to
unite with the Irish Confederation, in
case the latter would consent to have
the united organization governed by a
body composed Of five members of the
Fenian Brotherhood and five members
of the Irish Confederation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-02-24
Is stool. JObbing a Legitimate Calling

The New York journal Of Commerce
thinks not, and supports its position by
advancing the proposition that no
money getting is defensible except that
acquired in exchange for something
valuable, where both parties agree to
the transfer. In stock gambling all that
one party makes some one or more must
lose; and that is not, in our judgment,
legitimate calling. Mutual profit, or
a trade conducted upon principles
which give both sides fair chance, or a
reasonable prospect Of gain, is the un-
failing sign of legitimate business.
A man who finds purse in the street
has no rightful ownership in it; he has
given nothing in exchange for it; he
has done nothing to acquire title to it,
If he conceal il in his pocket, he is dis
honestly profiting by the misfortune of
its proper owner. How much worse,
however, if it were his constant occupa-
ton to follow the careless and improvi
dent, to appropriate all they might
chance to drop, and to seize upon every
thing of theirs which he could grasp,
without making himself amenable to
the law ! How soon, in such "A pursuit,
would he use little acts TO distract their
attention and bring more gain to his
greedy fingers, until the line Of positive
robbery was barely evaded This fairly
describes the course Of these operators,
whose legitimacy is thus Endorsed.
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Breakdown Of Cattle Train-Excit
ing Chase On the Ice.

An accident recently occurred on the
illinois Central Railroad, near the
round-house, 10y which several cars com
posing cattle train were thrown from
the track. Some of the vehicles were
smashed so that the animals which were
passengers managed to effect escape.
few of the beeves availed themselves Of
their suddenly acquired freedom to take
a little exercise, and for that purpose
jumped upon the ice on the lake, and
striking out. involuntarily, right and
left on the CLASSY surface, were soon far
away. Several employees Of the road
started in pursuit, but having only the
use of two legs each, in vain tried to
overtake the more favored quadrupeds
The latter now and again stood stock
still with tails erect until their pursue,r
approached to within few yards, when
they would again make spurt' and
dart off in new direction. These sud
den moves sadly demoralized the hunt.
ers, who did anything but laugh OF
enjoy the chase, while number of wit.
nesses of the game on shore roared and
gutfawed until the "welkin" rung again.
At last accounts all but one of the play
full cattle had been captured, and ne
was about half mile from shore, APP.
parently looking for something to eat.
Us his eyes were on the "crib. Chicago
Journal
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Pigeon Letter.Carriers.

Paris il invested with a besieging
army; but q little bird brings her news
from the outside world. From the dis
patches we receive from Europe, il
would seem that the carrier pigeon is
performing an important service to the
Parisians. 1t is reported that regular
postal communication has been opened
between Tours and Paris by means OF
these aerial messengers. A word or two
in relation to them
There are more than twenty varieties
of the pigeon. The most celebrated is
the carrier They are distinguished
from the other varieties by circle OF
naked white skin around the eyes,
blackish color. and a large, heshy wat
tie at the base of its bill. It's usefulness
az a postman and eypressnan grows out
of its love of home and its wonderful i'm
stinct. 1t is only used in going home
wards, and is in this respect inferior to
the telegraph and terrestrial post.
The method adopted at Paris lis to
take the bird from the capital by bal
loon, and use it for sending news back,
which is done by attaching the message
to be despatched to the middle feather
the bate of the feather, which is found
to be better than attaching it to the
neck or wing. After the package or
letter has been securely fastened, the
dove is let loose it flies high into the
clouds, and speed its way on rapid wing
to its home. We call its knowledge in
stinct; further we cannot explain why
the Creator has 80 endowed it.
A story is told which illustrates the
rapid flight Of these pigeons. One was
sent by coach from London, distance
of seventy.two miles, with the request
that after two dcys it be let loose at pre-
cisely nine o'clock in the morning,
which was done, and the carrier arrived
in London at half.past eleven, thus ac-
complishing flight of about thirty
miles an hour.
The instinct of the cat in finding its
home when taken away, is similar in
acuteness to that of this carrier bird.
The plan Of utilizing this instinct oi
the carrier is not modern idea, but is
mentioned by Pliny, who says that dur
ing the siege Of Matina dispatches were
sent to the encampment of the consulS.
attached to the feet of pigeons.
Science to-day IS Lending her ald TO
the carrier. The French messages are
now photographed, so that one of these
wonderful messengers, it is said, can
bear in its airy flight over the Prussian
host seventy thousand words, and these
are read by means Of magnifiers. The
Prussians are reported as attempting to
kill the carriers by sending up hawks,
but the pigeons will doubtless elude
them by their quicker movements
Oir School Day Visitor.
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session was entirely devoid of interest. Sew
eral speeches were made, when motion to
adjourn was adopted.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Sumner
introduced the following resolution: Re
solved, That the Secretary of the Navy be
directed to communicate TO the Senate a
copy of the instructions to the commander
of the ship Tennessee on her present cruise.
"A long argument on the Fifteenth
Amendment was had between Morton and
Blair The Presidents message, returning
tie test-oath bill without his signature, was
read He takes ground in favor of the full
repeal of that obligation, on the ground OF
the obvious unfairness of asking those for
whom the oath was not made to take it.,
while it relieves those against whom 1t was
intended.-A few unimportant resolutions
were offered and properly referred, after
which the Senate took recess until even
ing, but at the evening session there was no
quorum.
In the House, on the 18th, the considera-
ton of the bill reported by the Judiciary
Comm ittee to enforce the right of citizens Of
the United States, under the Fifteenth
amendment, to vote in the several States Of
the Union, was taken up. The debate was
long and warm, and brought out all the fine
language and beautiful expressions OF the
House, the choicest of the latter being that
of Voorhees,, that "the bill provides for an
army Of officials all over the land as thick as
locusts and as mean as the lice Of Egypt, to
arrest, without warrant, free-born citizens"
Finally a vote was reached, and the bill
passed-yeas, IA; nays, Ga. 1t contains
nineteen sections, covering twenty-four
pages.-The House met in the evening at
1880. Numerous reports were made, but no
business Of Importance was accomplished,
and at 9:20 motion to adjourn was adopted
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A Doctor i'm a Horrible Spell-How
0uacks Get their Diplomas.
From the South Bend Register

A prominent physician in this county
hands us the following letter received
by him from an individual who pre-
tends to practice medicine in Michigan
town, not thousand miles from here.
1t is worthy of publication, as showing
to what devices and ways that are
dark" quack doctors have to resort to
get their diplomas. 1t is hardly neces
sary to say that his request in the fol.
lowing letter was not complied with:
DR------SIR | take this opportu-
nifty to inform you that | am well and
dozen pretty good business in Fraction
Medicine have the Best cind of luck
mr.. - Sir | wont favor of you
if you pleas | wunt you to send me a
copy of your diplomea and where your
name is assorted put my name in |
have an objic in view not to do Eney
body harm but to doe good if you will
fulfil my request will pay you well mr.
- beseach you to send me q
true Copy of your Diplomea gest like
yours but put my name in where yours
is git big sheat Of paper and rite it on
Send it right Of if you pleas and gest as
soon as | git it | will send you a good
present if you Ever kindness doe it to
me if you pleas
Yours with car and a friend To you
From Dbl
Inclose loot to paypostage.
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The New York MARKErs.-The Com
missioners of the Sinking Fund of New
York city have just passed a resolution
directing the sale of the market proper
ty belonging to the corporation. The
reasons advan ed for this measure are,
that there is no longer any necessity for
the city to provide market houses, as
the expense is not commensurate with
the profits that private companies are
erecting much more convenient build
ings and that the sale of the property
will add large amount to the sinking
fund. The revenues derived from the
New York market houses in 1869
amounted to $333,O5S.
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IT ia said that some Of the Prus1ians
who wore taken prisoners in one of the
recent sorties and carried to Paris, have
raised what the Parisians term comic
pra ensions on the subject of eating
horse meat, and have demanded beef
instead. They were answered that
while they were compelled to subsist
upcu the same diet as their hosts, "a con.
God N would be made in their favor,
ono they would be allowed to eat Prus.
sian horses in remembrance of their alb
seut country.
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Inclose l0ct to paypostage.

AN AMERICANS EXPERIENCE IN PARIS
DURING THE Sega letter received at
Washington from Paris by prominent
official, written by an American who has
stayed there during the siege, gives a
graphic account of lie in the French
metropolis under the present circum.
stances. Affairs are said to be in a most
deplorable condition. Coal gave out
some time ago. hence there are no such
things as light or fire in the city. Even
the most wealthy classes suffer from
want OF the commonest necessaries of
life, while among the poor and desti-
tute the suffering is beyond description.
Even the most sanguine do not expect
that the city can hold out against the
Germans beyond February |, unless by
providential interposition. AS an in
instance illustrating the scarcity of
food, the letter gives the following rates
for the articles mentioned: Rats read
lily bring francs pair; cats are consid-
cred cheap at 81 each; mule meat is
scarce at $50 pound while turkey,
on the day the letter was mailed,
brought $50 francs. AS general thing,
the people are said to be respondent.
Trochu, it is said, has lost his popular
ity, and has come to be regarded as a
total failure. He endeavored to leave
Paris by balloon short time ago, under
the plea of gathering an army outside,
but was prevented, it being shown that
such conduct on his part would cause
the people to lose what confidence they
had left. Trochu himself, it is stated,
has become completely spoiled by the
praise lavished upon him, and has come
to think that he only can save France,
and consequently will listen to no adj
vice or pay attention to instructions. A
significant political feature is said to be
observed in a number Of the nobility
joining the Mobile Guards as privates,
preferring this course to accepting com
missions in the Republican armies, on
the ground that the latter would in
some way commit them to the French
Republic.
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THE next new thing in wedding.cerds
will be having the cards sealed with
wax, stamped with the family crest-a
large and well.selccted assortment OF
which is constaatly kept on hand by en-.
gray ers who understand the businesses.
Are we not ,oariag aristocratic ?-N y.
Mil
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How is PARIS is TO BE REvICruALED?-
Now that the siege OF Paris is over, and
the city is well nigh exhausted of pro-
visions and fuel the enormous task of
revictualing and supplying the city has
to be taken in hand. Movements are
on foot to that end in London and else
where, and official negotiations are go
ing on as to the means and routes of
transportation. Even the necessaries OF
life for such a population will require
the daily transportation of about four
millions of pounds of supplies--two
thousand tons, or from two to three
hundred large car loads! This, too,
every day. 1t is herculean task to
contemplate such mass of the neces.
saries of life-to find steamer or steam.
ers regularly every day to carry them,
and then the requisite amount of roll
ing stock for the overland Transports
ton, in the present dilapidated oondi-
ton Of the French railway system. No
wonder the German authorities looked
forward with anxiety to the time when
this exigency would come about.
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NapOleOn,s Proclamation.

The following is translation of the
proclamation addressed by the Emperor
Napoleon To the electors o. France
WILHELMsHoHE, Feb. S.-Betrayed by for
tune, have kept, since my captivity, pro-
found silence, which is misiortune's mourn
ing. As long as armies confronted each
other, abstained from any steps or words
capable of causing party dssensions, but
can no longer remain silent before my coun-
try's disasters without appearing insensible
to its sufferings. When / was made prisoner
| could not treat for peace, because my reso-
lutions would appear to have been dictated
by personal considerations. l left TO the
regent to decide whether it was TO the inter
est Of the nation to continue the struggle.
Notwithstanding her unparalleled reverses,
France was unsubdued her strongholds un-
reduced; a few departments invaded, and
Paris in q state of defense. The extent of
her misfortunes might possibly have been
limited, but while attention was directed to
her enemies an instruction arose in Paris /;
the seats OF the representatives violated; the
safety of the Empress threatened, and the
Empire, which has been three times acclaimed
by the people, overthrown and abandoned.
Shilling my presentiments, l exclaimed,
What matter my dynasty if my country is
savedP Instead of protesting against the
violation of my right, hoped for the success
of the defense, and admired the patriotic de-
votion Of the children of France.
Now, when the struggle is suspended,
and all reasonable chance for victory has
disappeared, is the time to call TO account
the usurpers for bloodshed, and ruin, and
squandered resources. 1t is impossible to
abandon the destinies of France TO an unau-
thorized Government, to which was left no
authority emanating from universal suf-
rage.
"Order, confidence, and solid peace are
only recoverable where the people are con-
suited respecting the government most capa-
bic of repairing the disasters to the country.
1t is essential that France should be united
in her wishes. For myself, bruised by injus-
tice and bitter receptions, do not not throw
or claim my repeatedly confirmed rights.
There is no room for personal ambition, but
till the people are regularly assembled, and
express their will, it is my duty TO say that
all acts are illegitimate. There is only one
government in which resides national sover-
eighty able to heal wounds, TO bring hope to
firesides, TO reopen profaned churches for
prayers, and to restore industry, concord,
and peace"
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MARRIAGE OF Miss DR.. GARRETT
English social circles are almost as much
interested in the approaching mar
riage Of Miss Elizabeth Garrett,
M. D., as by that of the Marquis of
Lorne and the Princess Louise. Miss
DR.. Garrett is very " strong- minded"
woman. She was one of the seven la
dies who fought their way through the
Edinburgh Medical School to gra6ua.
ton. She settled in London, and be.
came not only skillful physician, but
a prominent advocate of the ballot and
woman's rights to it. At the first cleo
ton of school board at which the
three great principles of the cumulative
vote, woman suffrage and the ballot
were first introduced in England, she
was the most popular candidate in Lon.
don, but nearly four times as many as
any other. The terms of the education
act will compel her to give up, of her
own accord, the practice of medicine.
1t is not to be supposed that, after her
pleasant experince in voting and being
voted for, she will long remain silent
under the acknowledgements which her
marriage will carry with it.
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An enterprising son of four years in
West Springfield told his mother in
great glee Saturday morning that he
had made nice fire in bureau drawer
and he had. Prompt action, how.
ever, saved the house, and rendered
unnecessary the presence of the fire
men, who were about rushing to the
spot.
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TELEGRAPH cables have just been laid
to Penang, Singapore and the island Of
Java. The rates in gold for messages of
twenty words and less, from London to
these points are stated to be as follows !:
To Penang, $2675; and to Singapore,
$3O.75. The rates to points on the
island of Java are as follows: To Ba-
tavia and Welter Vreden, $36.25; to
points west of Samarang, $500 and to
points east of Samarang, $37. For each
additional ten words, or for less than
ten words, half Of the above rates. Pc.
nang, or Prince Of Wales island is
British settlement in the Strait of Ma
lacca, and is an island sixteen miles
long and eleven broad, separated from
the west coast Of the Malay peninsula,
by channel from two 10 five miles
wide. Singapore is British settlement
consisting of an island twenty-five miles
long and eleven miles broad, separated
from the south extremity Of the Malay
peninsula by a strait in one place one
fourth Of mile wide. Singapore, the
capital of the island, has an extensive
commerce. In 1867 Singapore, Penang
anu VIC p'iiliiSuid VI NdidCCt were
formed into one colony, called the
"Straits settlements" and were trans
ferred from the CONTROL of the East India
Company to that of the Secretary Of
State for the Colonies. In 1869 the trade
of the Straits settlements with Great
Britain amounted in value to S20,7l8,-
l55, of which 50, Isl 1855 were imports,
and $ll ,566,3 300 were exports. The
Island of Java is also situated in the
Malay Archipelago, and is the principal
seat Of the Dutch power in the East
The island is $50 miles long and from 35
to 100 miles broad, having an area of
1880 square miles. Batavia, the capt.
tai, is on the north side of the island
of Java. Samarang is fortified sea-
port town, 2l0 miles southeast of Ba-