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Qla coaehes and hednn ohnir.

Among the wild vicissitudes Of
taste" few things have undergone q
greater change than private
and public. Early in the present cen
fury the carriages Of the nobility we're
large, numbering vehicles, ~emblszoned
all over with coats of-arms, crests, mot
toes aud other devices. The harness was
also richly decorated with silver or brass
ornaments, the whole very much after
the fashion OF a Lord Mayor of Lon,
don's stste-coaeh Of the present day.
These family coaches we're driven by
very stately looking c~oachmen, with
curly wigs, perched up on a box covered
with 3 hammer cloth, the horses heavy
and unSeThred. At the same period
very high phstonE we're in fashion; aud
there is a print in existence Ct the Prince
Of Wales appearing at Ascot in a very
bigh pbeton hung upon springs three or
fous feet high. In addition to the above,
there were Sedan chairs-named after
Sedan in France-4n vhjch the upper
ten Thousand" went TO dinners aud hells.
These chairs we're most deliberately orna-
mented outside, and lined inside with the
most expensive silk. At Bath, Turn
bridge Wells, and other fashionable
places, chairmen piled in the streets as
cabs and hansoms now do. Coca.
Sionslly they we're used by spendthrifts,
who were anxious 10 avoid the
tipstaves, 90 they could enter them ia
their own houses and be deposited in
thai OF . friend. However, it does not
appear thGt tie Sedan chair was always
0 safe refuge against arrest for debt, az
rs one Of Hogarth's pnuts The tipstayes
are aeen to be laying hold Of one they
we're il search Of just as be was about
to descsnS from his supposed place o.
security. One Of the best caricatures Of
the day Represented 90 Irishman being
carried through the streets In a Sedan
chair BY Two burly chairmen, with BIZ
feet touching the ground, some wag hay
ing taken out the bottom Of the Sedan.
aeH the chairmen. aware OF tie practi.
cal joke, aelecting the dirtieSt part Of tbs
road. BedadP says Paddy, Except
for the honor Of the Thing, I'd as lieI
Eslki' The cbairmen were cne, robust
men. They bed little regard for Root
passengers, and CONSIDERED the pavement
their 0wp EXCLUSIVE property j war
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NEW YoRE, December ls.-A Ragusa
dispatch says that a conference Of the
United Christian Representatives Of
Bosnia was held at Jamaica. yesterday,
for the pur. ese IF discussing the present
aspect Of th. conflict with the Porte, and
of agreeing upon a plan for united &C
ton. Eighty representatives we're pres
ent. 1t was unanimously resolved to
continue the conflict until the Turks
we're expelled from the territory. Geh'
ersl Panloritch, the Legate Of the
National Government Of Herzegovina
will visit the capitals and ask the powers
to accord belligerent recognition to the
Herzegoyinans.
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Lord Normanby and Irish BeAutiea

Belgravia.l
he began lie as Earl Of MulgrAve.
The Wings made him q marquis, a
knight Of the garter and a grand cross Of
the bath. he was a favorite OF royalty
aud got everything he wanted. | have
heard that Lord Melbourne, looking out
Of the window in Downing street, say the
Marquis of Normandy approaching, and
said to his secretary: Now, what the
devil can that fellow be coming here forY
| don't know what he can want now, ex-
cept the garter for his second leg" II
was said Of him, bitterly enough, but
with a grain of truth and much malice,
BY a rival: That fellow asks for any.
thing, be gets everything he asks, and
he is ft for nothing"
The latter part OF this mot is scarcely
true, f0f he was an extremely ready and
smart debater. | have heard him my
self in the. House OF Lords described as
a very great gun indeed. His court,
although miscellaneous, was brilliant.
The society TO be met with there bore
about the same relation to good society
as the motley assembly | used to meet
with at the Tuileries balls during the
third empire bore to a reunion Of the
same kind at Buckingham Palace. But
the Emerald Isle is famous for the
beauty OF its daughters. When a pretty
girl is well dressed, and one has no OPP
p~ortunity OF discovering that she speaks
with q brogue, it does not matter one
pinch Of snuff whether she is a duchess
or a tradesman's daughter. Now, it is
one of the delightful privileges OF an
Irish Vicerey to kiss every young beauty
her presentation. Lord Normandy
seemed rather to like this amusement.
Then he was tall and stately, a men Of
noble presence, arrayed in a uniform
more gorgeous than that of a field officer,
glittering with stars, his breast trsversed
BY the broad blue ribbon of the garter,
with a file of gorgeous aids-de camp on
either side and his stout wife at his elbow;
aud there passed before him in pleased
pomp Of feathers, lappets, diamonds,
etc., troop after troop, all the young
beauties OF the country; and as each one
held up her rosy lips to be kissed and
the stately marquis bent his curly head
70 perform that ceremony Il wonder how
his wife liked it2) / could observe q
flush on the neck Of the debutante,
which, mounting up, gradually sutfused
her lovely face; and as she swept away
With her long train rustling behind her,
if / can read q la1y's face. which / once
thought was possible, each beauty looked
as if she would have liked to 60 through
the performance again.
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plicat0d movements. known to the pro
f%ession. and at last found a sufficient
cause for its appearance in that beautiful
step now rarely seen. to execute which
the dancer poises herself on the extreme
point Of her chRussure. This step, says
Dr.. Schulz, telling tales out Of school,
cannot, indeed, he produced without the
help Of shoes made expressly for the
purpose, strengthened at the tip and fur
nished with a support running up the
inner side Of the toe, on which the whole
weight OF the body rests. The doctor
adds that he was able, by the employ
ment Of electricity, to overcome the seri-
Gus results Of the dancers cramp, but
could devise no means Of removing the
muscular pains which render what looks
like a fairy pastime some of the hardest
and most harrassing work to which the
human frame is subjected.
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said cid bonds TO be exchanged for tbs
new ones; but the accrued interest, and
such as may fall due up to July l, 1876,
is not to be considered or computed as
part Of the amount to be exchanged for
new bonds, and all the coupons. whether
detached or otherwise, must be surren-
dered. Only a part Of the direct State
debt is to be recognized, and none Of
the railroad bonds, heretofore gnaran'
teed and Endorsed by the State,
are to be recognized in any shape.
This plan advances the debt TO some
where between 500, 600 and 100000,
and al the accrued interest up to July
l, 1876. is TO Sc r~epudiated. The old
bonds bore s and s per cent. interest
The bond-holders held q meeting in New
York the other day and appointed a
committee to protest against this propo-
sition and to submit q plan more accept
able to the bond.hOlders, embracing the
payment Of three per cent. for the
remainder Of the thirty years, cou-
pons to be receivable for taxes,
and the existing bonds and interest
to be funded in the new bonds.
Tennessee will offer to do better than
Alabama by her creditors, but the Gov
ernor is mistaken when he claims that
there are any regulators in the State.
A good many honest men feel that the
losses caused by the war morally can
celed old debts, and hold that most Of
the debts contracted by the State since
the war were unauthorized by the people
and for the most part Illegally and
iraudulently. This class, however, is
smaller than it will be il interested par
ties continue as selfconstinted cham
pions Of the credit and honor Of the
State to demand light taxes and the viz
tual copfscstion of oil taxable property.
The bondhelders are about to learn the
lesson u c taught to Shyloek.
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~
First Presbyterian Church. corner Third
and Poplar treets-Serviccs at II am. and 7
pm, BY Rev. Eugene Daniel, pastor.
First German Presbyterian Church : Ser
vices 2;S0p.m. by Rev. 7. U. Tschudi. Sun
day school, ! pm. in basement Of Second
Presbyterian Church.
Second Presbyterian Church, corner Main
and Beal streets Services II am. and 4. %
pm. by Rey. W. Z. BOsgs. 3D.. pastor.
second Cumberland Presbyterian Church,
Vance strset-SsrTicss at II Am. and
pm. by Rev. II. G, Culton, Sunday school
lam.
Alabama Street Presbyterian C~hurch-ser-
vices at Il am. and 7;b pm. by Rev. j. o.
stedman.
Union Street Presbyterian Church, aear
Orleans street - Services II am. and I
pm. by Rev. DR.. WaddOl. pastor. Sabbath
school, $50 am.
First Methodist Church Services at II a. N.
and tbs pm. by Rev. s.. B. Suratt. pastor.
Sunday school, Gam.
Hernando Street Methodist Church-Ser,
vices II am. and 7 pm. by Rev. Joseph II,
Evans. p. @. Sunday school, 9 G.m,
Central Methodist Church Services at Il
am. and u 50 pm. by Rev. james A. Heard.
Sunday school, Dam.
Central Baptist Chureh-sorvlces at i
am. and 7:S pm. by the pastor, DR.. Land
rum. Sabbath school, $3.50 am.
Chelsea Baptist Church. Services at 1853
am. and :; 30 pm. By Rev. Mr.. Tigrett.
Bethel Sunday school at $3.50 pm. TIT
exercises will DO very interesting. All arr
invited.
81. Lazarus tEpiscopaD Church, Madison
streot-Services at 1870 en-. and 5 pm. b.
Rector Rev. Churchill Easton.
Linden Street Christian Church - Dayis
Walk will preach morning and night.
Assembly Hall-Hon. J. N. PEBBLES, at !
o'clock sundaS nesning; subjects. The Spirit
nal Estpts. Methods Of Spirit Control, LII
n the HplrIt World, 1880 pm, subject
! what Saw in China, Mhlacca and India,
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HOW TO

The Alabama debt is to be settled, but
probably ia q way that bondholders will
despise. The bonded debt Amounts to
about $50, OOO, 600. The commissioner
appointed to effect al adjustment offer
new thirty.year currency bonds, with
interest ct two per cent. for the frst Eve
years, three per cent. FOR the next Eve
years, four per cent. for che succeeding
ten years. and Eve per cent. ior che re-
mainder Of the time. All past due
coupons, and such IS mature on or DO.
fore July /, 1876 are to be surrendered
with the bonds to which they belong,
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The story OF a Convict.

4 convict has just died in Sing Sing
prison whose history during his impris-
onment possesses a peculiar interest.
His name was John Parsons, and he had
been an inmate Of the prison for three
and twenty years. He. went there q
young man and came out a gray-hea6ed
corpse. He was originally convicted Of
manslaughter in the first degree, and
condemned to Imprisonment for life.
He was q %joviAl, s~ood.natured fellow,
and enjoyed many privileges, such as
running errands to the village and doing
odd jobs about the place, and acting at
times as q servant to the wardens, and
generally making himself useful. On
one occasion he begged very hard to be
allowed to visit New York, and the per-
mission was accorded. He went alone
and was seated at a thester that same
night when one of the guards OF the
prison, who vas off on leave Of absence,
saw him there, supposed he had escaped,
and had him arrested in an orchestra
seat at Niblo's Garden. He was taken
back to the prison handeufed, despite
ell bis protestations, and never asked to
be allowed to visit New York again. BY
years Of companionship and familiarity
it seems that he grew to love the prison
where at first he was an involuntary
visitor, and when all the friends and rel
atiyes he once knew had passed away he
came to look upon these hard walls as
his home. Three years ago he was offered
a pardon by Governor Dix; he cried like
a child when told Of it, and begged to
be allowed to remain, saying thai if be
we're sent away he should commit some
crime to be able to- get back. Under
these circumstances it was thought bet
ter to let him remain where be was, par.
tieularly IS he was more useful and
Serviceable than anyone around the
place. All liked him sincerely, and when
John" breathed his last on his prison
bed there was sincere regret and sorrow
in the prison.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, December lS.-Robert Henry
Hurst, Liberal, was elected yesterday q
member Of Parliament from Sussex.
Bullion Withdrawn from the Bank of
England on balance to-day was EGO. 900
ANTWERP, December ls-The steam
ship Vaderland, which went aground
near this city yesterday, has got of and
proceeded on her var.
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men We pon.. Wand 70 menl.


London Punch.l
The man who grunts and gasps as he
gobbles up the soup, and At every other
mouthful seems threatened with a chok'
ing fit.
The mar who, having by accident been
once thrown into your company, makes
bold TO bawl your name out, and TO shake
your hand profusely when you pass him
in the street.
The mar who artfally provokes you
to play a game OF billiards With him, and
though he feigns TO be q novice, pro-
duces his own chalk.
The man who can't sit at your table on
any set occasions without getting on his
legs to propose some stupid toast.
The man who, thinking you are musi.
cal, bores you with his notions on the
music Of the future, Of which you know
as little as the music Of the spheres.
The man who wears a white hat in win
ter and smokes a pipe when walking,
aud accosts you as "old fellow just as
you are hoping to make q good impress.
sion on some well-dressel lady friends.
The man who, knowing that your doc
tor faces him at the table, turns the talk
so as to set him talking doctors shop.
The man who, with a look of urgent
business, when you are in a hurry, takes
you by the buttou-hole to tell you a bad
joke.
The man who, sitting just behind you
at the opera, destroys half your enjoy
ment BY humning tho air.
The Ia who makes remarks on per-
sonal adornment asks you where you
buy your w~aistcoats, and what you paid
for your dress boots.
The man who lsrds his talk with little
scraps of French and German after his
return from a Continental tour.
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A Manatee ia the London ZOOIogt.
cal Gardens.

cdl
Mr.. Frank Bucklasd writes to Land
and Water as follows: 1T gives me
greet pleasure to be able to announce
the arrival at the geological Gardens,
Regents Park, Of a fine specimen OF a
'manatee' (Manatus Americanus). This
animal was sent over by Mr.. r. Swain,
from Pin Point, Demerara, South Amer.
ca. Mr.. Bartlett went to the docks TO
fetch her from the ship Blen helm. He
prepared the small sealpond by filing
it With fresh water warmed 10 a proper
temperature. The poor manatee seemed
10 much enjoy her bath after such a long
sOs voyage. do not recollect ever hav-
ing seen a more interesting animal. II
really is a puzzle at first sight to know
to what class she belongs. She is purely
an aquatic animal, and when seer in the
water her head reminds one of some
thing between Q mole and a pig. Her
body is terminated BY a large tail the
shape Of a lady fan, She swims with it,
moving II up aud down with the
sane action as g porpoise, and not
sideways like a fish. The mauatee be-
longs to the class Sirenia. 1t is very
puzzling to know what she is, whether Z
pachyderm or a c~etacean. | think she
may be said to be G little OF both. Take
a pig, tie bis hind legs and curly tail and
aatten them into a broad, fat appendix
like a beaver tail, turn his fore feet into
paddles like a turtles Gipper, cut Of biz
ears, give him yalvulsr nostrils like a
seal, reduce his eyes to o%ne-fourtb, and
then you will have a manatee. The peo.
pie in Qemerars call him the sea pig
His eyelids are very peculiar; they are
formed OF circular muscular rings like
india-rubber ringG.
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LEoAl
Attachment Notice.

Before j. I. ElilOst, Juutise Of the Poace-T.
s. Fontaino vs.. Mm.Jaokson.
IN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
j having been sued out under section 3i55 Of
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned BY the
proper officer levied upon the property Of the
defendant BY garnishment duly served on
Hill, Fontaine X Co, merchants, who answer
they eve defendant. VIM. jackson, the sum
Of sl29, and afidayit having been made
that the defendant ip Justly indebted 10 the
plaintiff By account In the sum Of $500, and
that defendant IL a nonresident Of the State
Oh Tennessee; II Is therefore ordered hat de-
fendant make his personal appearance on or
before the 18th day OF January, 1876, at 10
o'clock a.m.. NJ my. olice. No. 9lb Second
street, in the city Of Memphis, Tonpesseo,
and defend said ~attachment suit, within the
time prescribed w law, or tho same will BE-
proceeded with OK parte; and that . COPY 81
THU. order DO published for four successive
This 18th dgy Of December. 1875.
a3-s9-lo5-lil J.T. ELLf0TT, Up.
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WASHINGTON, December lS.-For the
West Gulf States, Tennessee and Ohio
valley, falling barometer, southeast to
southwest Winds warmer partly cloudy
and hazy weather. The rivers will con
tinue to fall.
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DIsPEMsARY.
GALEN'S HEAD ~DISPENSARY
00H Fourth ST., bet. Market aud
Jefferson, Louisville, ny.

THIS INSTITUTION WAS ESTABLISHED
i 1858 BY a special act of the Legislature.
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fee. Eighteen years successful practice en-
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Night Emissions, Impotency. Mental and
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CAIRO. December ls-Noon. NO ar
riFaIa. Departed last night-Belle St
Louis, St. Louis. Weather clear ant
cold, but moderating.
PITrsBURG, December l5.-River foul
feet Eve inches and falling. Weather
clear and very cold.
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EeEro Hung atsavannah.

NEW YORK, December ia dispatch
from Savannah says that Nick Thomp-
con, the negro who killed Captain James
q. Hunter, at Quitman, in October, 1874,
was hung at that place yesterday. Gov
ernor Smith refused to respite him.
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rather an amusing sight to witness how
the men trotted of. VIXEN q chair was re-
Quired, racing to be first for hire. After
a time Sedan chairs got out Of fashion
except at Bath, Cheltenham. and Lean
ington. where they we're in favor for
many years after they ceased to exist in
the metropolis.
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Rsopening of a montreal Bank.

MONTREAL, December lS.-The Me-
chanics Bank will reopen to-day, a loan
Of one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars having beer obtained.
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For $3.50 you can buy ladies' kid side
lace box-toes hoes,a at Kenneday & Rudd's,
1886 Main street. sat
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BILLIARDS down to hard pan, 60 cents
per hour at COnyerse's, 81 S. Court st.
Sat
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTER
Marine Insurance Company Of Memphis, the
stockholders are hereby notified that the next
annual convention for the
Election OF Seven Directors
for the ensuing year will take place Al the
Company's Office, on Monday, January 8,
proximo, between the hours ef10 q. m. and 1
pm. By order Of the Board.
j. W. JEFFERSON, Pres't.
Attest: g. w. i. Crook. Sec'y. 94-l07
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GEORGE W. EMERY, Of Tennessee, has
been confirmed by the Senate as Gov
erner Of Utah. Who the deuce is
EmerY7
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AUcTIoNEERs.
ENCOURAGEMENT


TUE cenOOt visitor.
Inc friends OH; m. JAMES announce him
ward. " o'A'u
Third ward. XII R"'f yne
At the soliOltation Of MANY frianas 80 ~,
City Schools. / am a candidate fnr kchoni VIZ
itof ROW tie Ninth ward. k. u. MILLER.
y, p. ANDERSON 10 a candidate for gohoor
Visitor ssom the Tenth ward.
-. NJ. GREER Is a candidate for gehoor
Visitor RON the Fourth ward.
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For HeIIaax Presents.

For Holiday Presents.
New aud beautiful Juvenile books to
suit all ages, elegant illustrated editions
of standard poets, fine bibles and prayer
books, gold and pearl pens and pencils,
and fancy goods, now being opened at
34l Main street. A. f. Don & Co.
SGT
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-05-26
MEDICAL.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS WATER.

This water, NO AIMED for ~ medical vlr-
tues, has, by tic lnbOrcd efforts OF Dr. q, n.
Coleman, been plncud NJ the command OF all
who may require lia curative properties 10
wM left for u Texan, Gail liOfdun, to con-
dense Two gallons Of milk 10 The conlpnHa oi
ono pint, ana yoi retain all Ia pure and
nutrntiye properties; NO again hna n Texan
reduced two gallons OF White sulphur
springs water 10 sixteen ounces, without tho
slightest loss OF It's medical virtues.
Thoro are thousands OF persons suffering
from the following discusses; Dizziness, de-
preston OF spirits, liritahllty OF temper,
vertigo, headache, palpitntion OF tho heart,
gastric dorRngoinent, disorders OF the liver
ana kidneys, bleeding nom the rectum,
piles, dysinonOrrhon, nmenurrhon, menOfr.
hagln, lucOfrhcn, foul breath, apoplexy, opi-
lopsy, paralysis, hystenn, melancholy aud
insanity, ANA many other discusses, trnoeablc
Ia hnbitutuly sluggish bowels, ana yet re-
main Ignorant OF The cause, ana have sought
In vain for relief. Not unifOqucntly the
COM lninis which originate In constipation
take IN Independent existence, ana continue
though the cause may cease, From all these
considerations II follows that the disorder IN
question, whether original or induced, 10.
qulres close attention, and should DO made
an object of treatment Whenever II occurs
One bottle OF DR.. q. \. Coleman's White
sulphur Springs Water In warranted TO cure
any case Of hnbitual constipation, II taken
according 20 directions found upon the bot
tie. It's action IN cefO tut0 q iuclnuie.
To be hnd at any OF tho drug stores of the
city. Price one dollar. 23dly26wly
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A Great discovery Abou, Light


professor William Crookes hn,
made ono Of the grootcst discoveries
IN relation TO tho action Of light
which has como before tho word
since spectrum analysis was first
made known. lIo has demonstrated
that direct mechanical effects can be-
produced by light whom luminous
rays are allowed TO fall upon one
end Of u most dclicalcly balanced
lever arm suspended in vaouoi tho
contrary has hitherto been assumed.
This great discovery, fraught with
unknown uses for society, may be-
fairly claimed ~ having been giyon
to tho world through spiritualism.
In ondeavoring TO obtain instru.
mental evidence Of the existence of
the assumed psychic force, aud to
test mcdinmistic power by causing
IL TO move n few grains in n glass
vacuum tube, ho discovered u mo-
ton produced by an unknown
cause, but finally traced it to radiant
heat, and, in working further at tho
new discovery, Mr. Crookcs has
been able TO mako fresh revelations
TO tho world relating to light,