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A Romnntic story.

The following story is told by the Gal
weston Texas Commercial of man
who was sent to the penitentiary of that
State a week or two ago: " He is Ger
man of noble birth. His uncle aud
brothers distinguished themselves in the
late Franco German war; they were high
in rank and live in princely pomp. Yet
this brother, perhaps of morals as good
as the best of his family, will for two
years live in the Texas penitentiary.
This young man seems to have been the
fayorite of his mother, but the hated of
his father He was sent TO the first
schools of Germany, aud is proficient IN
ancient and modern languages-but he
was allowed to spend money at random,
being Taught nothing that IS useful
When of age he was given a few thou
sand dollars and sent to this country.
Here we may premise that while the
Young man is neither crazed nor fool
he does lack that which is called gump-
tioH. He married woman who after a
season deserted him. From the time
of his desertion he became a wan
derer. Being sick he returned to
Germany ana was sent by his family
to the most celebrated springs in Ger.
many, and when he was fully restored
thew returned him to this country with
sufficient to establish him in a small
business, but he wasted all--and it is
strange that he did 80, for he does not
appear to be addicted to any of the
n oney-eating vices. Reduced to beg
gary. he walked from Mobile to New
York, hunting employment. Then he
got back to Galveston. Here he acted
as scullion in fourth-rate boarding
houses, waiting on the table and clean
ing knives. While engaged in this
work he stole two watches worth ST. ana
on being charged with it he confessed
the ofense and begged the Recorder to
send him to the pententiary, that he
might learn trade and be able to sup
port himself. He told the Recorder that
If he was not sent to the penltentlary,
where ecould learn trade, he would
20 ont and commit some crime that
would send him there. He was the
most an xious man to get in jail we ever
saw. We hope that his residence at
Huntsville will be productive Of all the
good he anticipates from it, and that
when he leaves it he will be a self'sgn-
porting, respectable citizen"
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outrage Morrissey was sought out and
engaged to strike back for u considera-
ton. He was such desperate looking
fellow that Mrs Kennedy was afraid OF
of him, and advised her husband TO have
nothing TO do with him. He organized
A band OF roughs and took possession OF
the polls. A harder looking set was
never seen. At noon wagon load OF
desneradoes drove up. Inspector
Csrnenter was on duty. Can i 90
in Cam" said the leader. Yes, walk
int Morrissey and his fifty associates
said. Good morning, II guess you
don't need me here, said the leader. and
drove off Morrissey won. With his
wages he bought clean shirt and a de-
cent suit OF clothes He had cash
enough left to open a small drinking
saloon. He Is now a millionaire. he
helps all who wish to fight the tiger,
He don't drinl;-he don't play. De
may swear. but no one hears him. No
one goes 10 bed so late without leaving
Morrissey up No one gets up so early,
but they. find him quietly walking around
AS if he had no interest in Saratoga. he
is the chum OF the eminent men OF
Church and State. He is hand and
glove with the heavy men of Wall street
He has been to Congress. and can PM
Hon. TO his maine. He is the king
pin Of Saratoga. Men of parts allow
him to slap them on the back, He holds
the commodore's horse when he returns
from a ride. Prominent persons are
proud to know him. Half New York
has had its legs under his mahogany.
When he was in Congress he refused to
be introduced to anybody. His uniform
answer was, / am here at my desk. II
any one wishes 10 see me, let him come
4
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FOREIGN.

ANTWERP, August 27.-A great Ere
was occasioned here last night by a
stroke Of lightning which set fire to one
Of the largest warehouses in the city.
This, with the surrounding buildings,
was soon wrapped in flames and the en-
tire block was destroyed. The fire was
still burning at ten o'clock this morning.
HAGUE, August 27.-General Smeiten,
the new commander in chief of the
Dutch expedition against Atchins, has
arrived at Buitenzoeg.
PARIS, August 27.-The Government
has decided to bring NJ. Rane to trial
on the 4th Of September.
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Aamitted 20 BnII-Accideni.

DAYroN, ONO. August 27.-Ferden'
the butcher who murdered Jennings on
Saturday, was before the Mayor yesier.
day and admitted to bail in the sum OF
$500 to appear before the Court OF
Common Pleas. NipIlith z of
J. X. Whitemore, an old man living
near the Soldiers Home, fell from the
top of ladder to the floor Of his barn,
a distance OF twenty feet, injuring his
back. 1t is feared that he has sustained
serious internal injuries, which may
nroye fatal.
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THAT GHOST AGAIN.

Judge Advocate General Holt rs on
in A letter in denial OF the charge tha
in the Mrs Surratt case he suppressed
the petition signed by five members Of
the Court, recommending TO President
johnson communication Of the death
penalty to Imprisonment for life Ex'
President Johnson, during the last po-
litical campaign, gave an emphatic de-
NAL TO the statement that any such pc
,ition had been presented to him. Holt $
recent communication embraces a letter
from Judge Holt to Secretary Belknap,
denying in toto the assertions referred
70 aud Offering as proofs of his inno'
ceuee letters from Judge Bingham, ex
ATTORNEY General Speed, Hon. James
Horton. Rev. Dr. Butler, pastor OF ST.
Paurs church, and many others, all oil
which are to the effect that the record
Of trial, and petition in favor OF Mrs
surratt were in the Presidents office be
fore the execution Of the conspirators.
Judge Bingham's letter, dated Feb
ruary II, 1873, states that having drawn
a petition on behalf Of Mrs. surratt, and
having, after her execution, heard a
keport that it had been withheld from
the President, he called on the Seereta
RES of State and War, Seward and
Stanton, and was assured by them that
the communication had been laid
before the President, and had been
duly considered by him and his adyi-
sers before the death sentence upon
Mrs. Surratt had Been approved, and
that the President and Cabinet upon
snch consideration were unit IN
DENYING the prayer of the petitisn
The pale ghost of the unfortunate woman
still stalks on earth to haunt those who
;tnbrued their hands in her blood. Like
the ghost of Banquo, it sits at the feast
each recurring year, and will not down
at the bidding Of any. 1t Is the iatal
Nemesis that follows each step OF the
criminals as they progress toward the
crave There is something exceedingly
frightful in this periodical resurrection
Of the Surratt horror; it has an air OF
retributiye Justice that even Judge Advo-
cate Holt cannot shake off.
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rhe aernnn rlnn.l.ervant.

Lippincotts Magazine Tor Septemoer'I
The aristoeratic German waiter is
cool and Indifferent. 1t is beneath his
dignity to approach you within half an
hour after you sit down. he knows you
are hungry, and enjoys your pangs. DE
is sensible Of every signal, every expires.
sion Of the eye with which you regard
him. To appear not to know is the
chief business of his life. DC will with
the minutest care arrange napkin
while half dozen hungry men at diff
ferent tables are trying to arrest his at
tention. Before | met this man my
temper was mild and amiable; | be-
lieved in doing by my fellows as | would
be done by. Now | am changed. |
never visit the Vienna restaurant but |
dwell in thought on battle, murder, pis-
tolls. bowie.knives, blood, bullets and
sudden death. After eating q meal it
requires another hour to pay for it. A
nobleman, dressed de rigueur, conde-
scends to take my money after he has
made me wait long enough. There
were two of these officials at the hotel
One in a general masner resembled a
heavy dealer in bonds and government
securities other a modest, charm
ing young clergyman Of the Church OF
England. One morning, when the at
mosphere was very sultry, ventured to
open window. The dealer in govern
ment securities shut it Immediately, and
gave me look which Inundated me for
the day. | said | wanted, if possible,
air enough to support life while eating
my breakfast. He said that it was
against the rule Of the house; the win
dows must not be opened. There was
too much dust blowing in the street.
What were q few common lives COM
pared to the advent of dlst in that
dining room2 NLwH
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MORRLssEY.
A "Reminiscences of the King Pin
7 o. Saratoga.

"Reminiscences OF the King gin
81 aRrAtpgn.
Bgrieishis Correspondence Boston Journal.
Saratoga is fast assuming the position
Of the Baden-Baden Of America, and
Morrissey is its architect His club
houss ia one Of the most elegant build
ipgs Of the kind in the laRd. For beauty
and sumptnousness Of its table 1t has no
equal. il is said, in Europe. By the
side Of the club house is unique strnc-
ture Of wood, two stories, with a Man
sard roof. and this is the pool house Of
he races. The track is one Of the best
in America. This, with the macadam-
led driveway, with nearly al the mod
EN- improvements Of Saraioga, are Nor
rissey pandi WORK. de poars out money
ike water. 3D.
On he piazza Of the Congress can be
seen any day q large sized and heavy
nodded man, al alone. he seldom
speats 70 any one. His voice is peeu-
lar. he wears = white flannel Goat
BE hair is black and crisp bis nose de-
formed o. Il broken IN some aiFsy.
THIS .aan i hofrissey. A ies years
aro be vas q prise fighter. Then ne
Kept low groggery in Troy. lie came
10 New York 10 desperation 70 mend bus
fortunes. New York vas ruled By
rourbr A man Who voted any other
tban a Democratic ticket did 80 81 bis
reril Armed ruEaHs vent from ward
10 ard smashing up ballot.boxes, ard
often he heads Of men IN charge. In
one rarl John A Remedy jest d.
ceased, fesbivei 10 pat 8 stop 70 iils
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Writing on August 9Th, the Paris cor
respondent ofthe London Standard says
Two weeks ago M. Edmund About
published an article in his paper, the
Dix.Neuviemo Steele, insulting IN the
grossest manner NJ. Edouard Herve, the
editor of the journal de Paris. The
quarrel arose thus; NJ. Edmund About,
In bis paper, referring 10 the Comte dc
Paris, spoke of him as that young iel
low" piece OF impertinence which
oso who knew the intercourse OF the
person in question at the Palais Royal,
and the precipitate way in which he had
10 leavethe house Of Princess Mathilde
considered quite in keeping with the
parasitical character OF that mas OF
letters" The Journal de Paris noticed
this very quietly-merely mentioning
that NJ. About had waited on that
young fellow aud called him the sa'
yjor OF France" NJ. About retaliated by
column Of abuse Of Herve, which, in
the present public feeling in France, len
my eminent confrere no alternative
could not but call him out. They fought
with swords to-day on an island in the
river Marne. The encounter lasted a
quarter Of an hour, during which NJ.
About had to pause twice; ultimately he
received a thrust through his sword hand.
he richly deserved the lesson. NJ. Herye
never fought duel before. but in this
case he really had no option. You must
bear in mind that in France there are
insults which no man can afford not 70
We may regret that state OF
public opinion, but we cannot ignore ITS
existence. A proof that the cause OF the
duel was not political is to be found in
the name of M. Nerves seconds. One
was an Imperialist Councillor of State
the other, the editor of the Bonapartist
naner. the Patrie.
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ProbaSuitf.a.

WAsHIyGTOS, August y. 1890 An
In New England and the northern pof-
ton Of the Middle States the barometer
viii continue high, partly cloudy and
cool weather during the day. For the
tolthern portion OF the Middle States,
lake repaEs and the Ohio valley, light
northeasterly 70 s5giheasterly winds,
Loser temperature aud asssr Of light
rain. fs- the Gulf States. continues ~
tempsrstHrs, siEhtly falling barOmeisr,
light, varisbls winds sEf partly cloudy
weather. For the South AsisaiiS States,
generally clear weather during the dag.
followed By increased pressure and cloud.
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Took Him for n Burglar.

DETROIT, MIcH., August 27.-A Man
istee special reports the shooting, at
Frankfort, on the lake shore, on Satur-
day, of a man named John Knox, while
drunk. He attempted to get into a
store, supposinG it to be saloon, and
was shot by clerk named Fred Klein,
who took him for burglar. The wound
will probably prove fatal.
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TOyd0m Reveal ed-Where aIi the
Dolls and Toys are Made.

In Amelia Edwards new book, :" I'm
trodden Peaks and Unfrequented Val
leys," she describes the tey.land which
she finds at st. Ulrich: "We had never
even heard of St. Ulrich till a few days
ago, and then but vaguely as village
where wooden toys were made; and
now we find that we have, so to say,
been on intimate terms with the place
from earliest infancy. That remarka
BILE animal on the little-wheeled platform
which we fsndly took to represent a
black horse with an eruption OF scar
let disease upon his body, and name
and tail derived from snippings of an
cient fur tippets, he is of the purest
Grodner Thai breed. Those wooden
jointed dolls of all sizes, from the babies
half an inck in length. to mothers OF
families two feet high, whose complex.
ion always came on when we washed
their faces, they are the aborigines OF
the soil" On the manufacture of toys
at st. Ulrich the author has good deal
to say, and she relates how she was
taken, through one warehouse in the
village containing more than thirty
large store rooms, twelve of which were
full of dolls" Millions of them, large
and small, painted and implanted, in
bins, in cases, on shelves, in parcels
ready packed for transportation" One
room containing horses, another was
full Of carts, another piled with dolls
heads. A smart" doll maker, it is
said, can turn out twenty dozen small
iointed dolls, one inch and half in
length, per diem. Another establish.
meat was devoted to what may be termed
high art, and there Miss Edwards
saw rooms of beautiful saints, of all
sizes, in ivory, in ebony, and in wood.
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90 Ihoneafh.

From the Lexington NO. Caucasian,
Last Sunday q gentleman Of THE
county returning from church on horse
back, noticed on the side Of the road an
unusual disturbance in the grass. Sup
scs;ng it to be a snake, he dismOunted
70 KILT. pgt upon closer inspection he
found the distarssace 10 be a blsOdy
contest between a large rAttlesnake and
a green snake Of mammoth size. He
seized a club with the intention Of dis
patching both combatants, but upon re
Election he concluded be would see the
fight out. When be sTst say them the
green snake had his fangs fastened ln
The Mathematics neck, and bis long,
liihs body encircling him 10 q dozen
folds. The fs.tesnake soon disengsged
himself however, and i1siently coiling,
struck the green monster three nFfs
10 The sapifiiy or lightning. making 3
peculiar k;nd ~ poike ile While. The
green snake circlei rosna apa rq4nd his
forminable sdFerssry, Ehen, thinking
his enemy unprepared, be again sprang
Al him, and the two became locked IN q
deadly embrace. In O short time, how
ever. the two disengaEed. and beth
sought fight IN different directions. The
srfflesnake had hardly retreated a space
IN tee s.ers before it vas dead. The
kreed ihfke sf1s,st 70 little stream
near b. took 9 parting qua- fnd I'M
uedistsly expired IAe battle vas %
de dssis=Atih 'dyihg % ne ieid p
strife.
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NEW YORK.

New YoaK, August PA Herald
special, dated Vienna 10Th, says that
the Emperor Of Austria, accompanied
by brilliant suite, visited the American
agricultural hall on Saturday. He APP
peared in the uniform of field marshal,
and was received by Commissioners
Hart and Richard Keek, who explained
the machinery.
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Captain Perse of the Royal Artillery
was prevented from entering stall in
the Princess Theater, London, because
he had not on a white tie. He made a
row, and was, of course, arrested. But
white ties are not hereafter to be re-
quired for entrance to the stalls in the
Princess Theater
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NOTICES.
OFFICIAL.
OR DIN A N @ E,
LevyIng Tax for Paying Bonds and
Coupons Issued 10 the mississippi
River Railway Company.

Be it ordained by the General Council OF
the city of Memphis:
Section /. That a tax of ten cents on each
In the city of Memphis be and the
same is hereby levied for the, year
1873 for the purpose of paying the bonds and
coupons issued by the city to the Mississippi
River Railroad Company under the provisions
OF the ordinance approved on the 18th day Of
July. 1872, and that the said tax, when col
lected, shall be appropriated in the manner
prescribed in the said ordinance.
Section 2. That this ordinance take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
Passed first reading and rules suspended
and the ordinance passed second and hnal
reading by Board Of Aldermen August 3, 1873;
Passed first reading, rules suspended, and
passed second and final reading by Council,
August Is 1873.
Approved August ~, 1873,
49, l47-l56
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ADramati.t'a Ready WIt.

There is good story told Of II. j.
Byron, the English dramatist, which
serves to illustrate the readiness of his
wit. He was invited on one occasion to
the house of f. C. Burnard, also play
right, to participate in some charades to
be given for the entertainment OF a
number of fashionable people. Byron
was announced as third on the pro
gramme, but when the FIRST performance
was over it was discovered that he had
not as yet made any preparation for his
part of the show. Therefore Burnard
went to him and said, " Come, Byron.
hurry up and arrange something; we
will be ready for you in few minutes.
Byron started out of the room to look
something up" He proceeded to the
nursery, where he found childs rock
ing horse made Of pine wood, or as the
English call it, deal. This he ordered
TO be taken down stairs and placed on
the stage Immediately behind the cur
tain, as the second piece was already
oyer. When the curtain was rung up he
was standing beside the horse in an at
titude that would haye done credit to a
circus master. Ladies and gentle
men" said he, pointing to the horse,
this represents one OF the islands in
The Greek archipelago, Del os Then
ibe caFtsip came down and the audience
conyulsed. Bqt this Tas not all; the
curtain went up again, and ByroP step
piag forward, said f" Ladies end gentle
men, another island in the Greek arehi-
Belago, Sam Os."
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MARION, IND, August 27.-The Puts
burg, Cincinnati and St, houis railroad
have almost completed relaying their
track on this division, but about twenty
miles being needed to connect both enns
of the new rails. The company are put
ting the new road bed in excellent
shape, and there viii be fewer smash
ups 10 record on this division in future
A new machine shop is TO be built by
the company At this place atohceg Its
dimensions will be two hundred feet by
fifty 10 width, and it is to he erected in
solid and substantial manner.
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ADVERTISING.
LEGAL ADVERTISING.

TaROM AND AFTER THIS DATE. WE
IN will charge 90 cents per line for the hrst
insertion, and I've ~ cents per line Tor each
rubsequont insertion Of al leral advertisc-
mentl. except such as Gay be inserted for
thirty days or longer consccutively, Which
will Be charged al card rate, 6y ne square,
counting eight ls lines noupareil, solld. y ne
square, The pririer'l iseF % Be paid m al
--'' - va W. ALEXANDER.
B. ~. Memphis Appeal Pub. Co.
Al. kkLLAh,
hemphis Araiancke.
II. NHITMORR,
Memphis. JanuAry 81, 1s72. l1l-t
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Mr.. Mosrs Hull, now Of New York
State. publishes lengthy letter in the
last number of Woodruff a Claims
Weekly, fayoring pOlygamy, minus the
marriage ceremony, in It's most liberal
Interpretation. The letter is coaehed
in disgusting language, discussing in the
plainest manner subjects ignored by
respectable journals on the ground Of
indecsncy. That such an obscene aru'
Gle could appear in print aud be clrcn'
lated throughout the United States is
one Of the mysteries attributable to the
laxity of our legal code.
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OK the 9TH of March, 1875, the term
of William G. Brownlow in the United
States Senate will expire. That will be
a sad day for Tennessee, almost as sad
as the day upon which he was elected
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iuess tonight. For the Northwest
less pressure, with nOrtheasterly to
easterly winds during the day. fol-
lowed by diminishing pressure.
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FLEMING-0b the Goth instant. ELizABETH
Il. BRowS, late consort Of Thomas Fleming,
in her thirty-sevonth year.
Friends Of the family are respectfully in
vited to attend tho funeral from the residence
Of p. r. Bohlcn. on Walnut street. this
WEDNESDAY, afternoon at ~ o'clock.
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Tur financial condition of Memphis
presents cheerful prospect compared
with that of Chicago, in which city
"a 300 of the property owners are ad'
vertised as delinquent in the payment
az taxes.
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Chicago beer sellers have got tum-
bier now that holds only gill, but mag.
nifes so the consumer thinks he has a
mint.
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TAXES.
FOUNTAINS.
FOunlainsl Fountainsl

L HAVE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS OF ALI.
u sorts Of I CONTAINS AZ the once of The M afcr
COMPANY. which can Be cold AZ prices lee
than any other parties can ofer. al us a. not
7s-ia ". (. CAMERON. sser.taIy.
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FITNER-AL NOTICE.

The funeral Of CHARLIE KmBRoueH will take
place tomorrow (THURSDAY) morning at
10 o'clock. from Linden street Christian
Church. 1t is earnestly requested that every
member of the Sunday School be present.
Carriages at the residence. 10 South street.
and at the church
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MEDICAL.

DR.. Curtis on MANHOOD
2OOth EDITION.
Revised and Corrected by the Author. Il. DE
+. CURTIS, NJ. D., ETC.. etc.
A MEDICAL ESSAY on tho cause aud cure
Of Premature Decline in Man, showing how
health is lost and how regained. II gives a
clear synopsis Of the Impediments 70 Marriage,
the treatment Of Es haRsted Vitality, nervous
and Physical Debility and othes diseases ap-
pertaihiHg thereto. and the .emedies therefor.
the results Of twenty years successful prac-
tiCe.
"'CURTIs ON MANHOOD = There is no
member Of society By when this book viii mt
oeptor or clerFym. D. London Times.
Price 80 cents. By mail. address the author
DIR. CURTIS.
sO-xvif9 9Tremonl Place. Boston, Mas.
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Mysterious Manifestations.
RACES.
MEMPHIS TROTTLNe PARK
RACES
u,HERE WILL BE a TRoT OVER TIE
4 above track. on
On Thursday, August 2Sib, 1873,

There will be a trot for q purse g,tf. 49,. w
horses that have never beaten 5illi mile 49,,
NO. In ave. 10 harness and O. rule horte,
gfarf promptly AZ On. NJ. II
Z -. III. Rracfetf cnfcn sorrcl mare loI-. ~. n !.
prothcrs enters bay horse Joe, kne' - I 49,, .-.
sd pirrr. w. Hall enters tay horse -eaef
r~rf. nj. c. Cosfillo enter bay q ~ ~
~ pfIrV enters BAY mare N1llF faI1e..
Fufricf b. close " elntl ia.'s hrt ~ p - -
= l q '- - ID. BROTHERS. Proprietor.