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Nav OKLkANs. March 3,-CorrsN--sfasket Actiyc and
prices higher, saits Il. 9; good ordinary. is4slic,
low n.tdltng+ 3t!{41iJxst ntiddlnR, iIAaI:ct good
midlnR. l2!{0t2ks. midlnx fair, 1gs<atlysa, fair,
1aal9e; receipta net. 3sa bales; Rross. sast
ports tu Liverpool g. VI. Mock, 3 8, wtuks aars,
~ s0t rece!pta nc s7p, Rroas a. TO, EXPORTS 10
Liverpool, H. +37 to Cork ass, TO Iavre: ao17 10
ltotterdsM. .1a; TO larreons. as5t to VcTA Cruz,
t.4t1s 10 Noston, / 2sHi to New York, 3.Hs7..
SAVANNAH, March 2.--Co1Tox-Ftrnari mtldtngs,
!15ui stock. 45 IL, bales, weekly not receipts aS,
9roas receips+ s.aa, sales 4,.7st exports to Great
liFRin. g. ls03 " tho Continent 33d; c0aatwtso 5ki
fMAs5 .sroa, March ~ 2jGpI 7oK.4Ysti n'tddnEa.
4n!s saer. 4 ltoi sxports to Great hrtta!u 3tI4t
s.osk ~ ba1ess wsssiy nst !sselpt. gross
GAts kan,x. MArah a:-GorroE- -htoAdy, nlltilnRb.
tls{c; ktofk. ~ ~, baca weekly leI receipts d III,
1911 c0a1txiAt1 7,1y7.
, 1877-03-03

Neat htfo Z Rttt!nF scatce. and the Mafkrtls han.
When epa now on the berth arr toadcd and OIL sup
pos w! have IA iIt Tons left f9r ahtpntnt, xsh
going he vrry hsri vntk to secure e.rRots q any
Iraranate s1sec Iha fact H. that t. VIII rronte tna
very best Efforts of the Winds and the rains tu make
Ssep q .9y k!na fof 81 4 n'a e thsy ~ not e:
now tic northern portlen Of the state. and sos parts
pf !he central dtstsicta look well. INT eten sheY msy
rains III srr.s ssn aS.aa'n walls, soa,dsr p.;s 4
No1d seasons would ye!d " NltD tnns Of wheat viii
Rive nctt to nothins The best ~e can lore for ~.
tthtnn wn4!d y; sllnost miracles blt Ks may not
do moi tAlk that MkYi but know Mhat an esIInR.
, 1877-03-03
suppose that The whole advantage will necrne TO
thr htnrft OF The party carry thr property.

suppose that The whole advantage will necrne to
thr ltnrht OF The party carry thr property.
The dry goods market was wfttHst pronounced
new features, Trndc was ar nctiye ~ there WIS
any rood rcarm tn expect, and tho market agRin
presented nnguali6cliy htm tone. Groceries wefe
ordered with some freedom. and for most lines
there was fairly fsm market. Sugars advanced
an .te. aal were stronz 1t the improvement. Teas
were receiving considerable attention, and arc
working hrmcr Rlcs also WIS firm. CofFces
remain dut1 and easy. There was qufct
market tos foreign and domestic dried fruits, and
no price .chAngee were developed. Fish were mod
eralcly att!ve and unchanged. The butler market
ren,AEns without activity, buyers holding M for
fntther decline. Cheese remains firm. Ola wefc
reported quiet, with carbon Nc lower, anu other
lines without quotable change. Within tic past
three weeks the price Of carbon has declined fnlty
lie. Leather. taFgins, and tobacco remain qnEet.
The lambes market was steady and moderately
active. Hardware and metals continue In fair 70.
1nest for the season, and bteady. excepting TN.
plates, decline In the price Of which IL probable.
The broom. corn, hide, and wool markets we're un'
rl*nred. Seeds were rather qnict and t;cadf,
The hay market wna again quiet and easy, though
4 few salcs Of choice hay were made above qnota-
tons. Green fruits were quiet, tho storm intcrfet-
Ing with trade. Poultry was allow and weak, except
dne drrrted stock, which was scarce A nd salahle.
Rail frptsht4 were dull md irregular, With no
change In aakEnR figures. The non!ns1 rate waa
1ac to New York. snl 4oc to Boston per 100 bs OF
grain, bat probably no taken at those figures.
Lake frefGhts were qulet and unchanged. Room
WA taken for 20 coo bn corn 10 Kingston at &c per
bu. to load now.
No gooda received at customs March 2, 1877.
Amount collected, 81, opi.43.
CALIFORNIA WHEAT.
The we11.known pricllandcr, ot San Francisco,
, 1877-03-03

GOLD AND GREENDACE8.
Gold MAS lUiD l04sS tn grecnbacks,
Greenbacks wcsc DB4s GUS; cents on The dollar
In ttnlL
, 1877-03-03
FEVER and AGUE'.

Fever snd AeIo cured for at.y cen!a Thcre Il not :.
remedial agent In tho wu.ld tnt will feyrf and
nc. and all nthrr malartoua btllnus scarlet. typhvjd
yelow. tnd ot1ler fcycFs tadcd hy Railways Pilsit
60il bY urugEtats.
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Mnn Auciiona I'D Yn.aar.

They have a unique custom at
Vassar, and withal a very good one
Tor these times, when it is so much
harder to get cash than to spend it.
1t is a custom, too, which should
be brought to the notice of the
student in political economy, for it
creates a money value in what has
heretofore not had a dollar and cent
value. 1t is stated thus: If Il "fair
Vassarite" has Young gentleman
visitor on "Phil" day or founders
day, itseems to be generally known
beforehand. As he walks up to or
about the college he is at once made
the cynosure of many eyes. The
lady who has the fortune to be Wis
tied disposes of the innocent sub
ject, and she meets the girls, and
the unfortunate youth is sold by
aution; yes, put up, struck off, sold
by the hour, to the highest bidder!
If he is good looking, stylish, dis
tingue, the bids run high, the ex-
citement is intense and the profits
enormous. In this way he/i dis
posed of for the evening, and the
fair one realizes a handsome sum,
enough to supply her with creams
and pin money for a fortnight at
least. If he does not possess these
charming attributes the bidding is
languid and not much is realized.
Such is the custom as related by
one of the trafiickerS.
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MEMPHIS TENNa WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 81 1871

eye-lid again. But, Governor, now
come down to common sense. We
are alone, and cannot be overheard.
Now, things in Louisiana look
dusty. If Don Cameron could only
manage to persuade the old man :
Governor Hayes-Don Cameron?
| have never heard of him. Is he
the Spanish ambassador?
Mr.. Wheeler tell you, Cover
nor, we are alone. We must look
matters in the face. 1t seems as
if the bottom were dropping out at
New Orleans. Pinchback and
Warmoth and Casey have gone back
on us, and you know Casey means
a good deal. Now, there's got to
be compromise. We must drop
some more money there. Jay Gould
has promised -
Gov. Hayes-My dear Mr.. Wheeler,
| am sorry for you. Drop money,
compromise, Jay Gould. Ny Uncle
Orchards wine has gone to your
head.
Mr.. Wheeler-Well, | see it's mo
use. If you won't understand you
won't. But l have profited by your
conversation, and appreciate your
lofty patriotism and devotion to
the poor, oppressed colored man.
II | should be elected and You not
| will remember this point.
Gov. Hayes-You elected ; me
not! What do you mean?
Mr.. Wheeler-If there should
prove to have been no choice by the
people and your name should 90 tC
the house and mine to the senate
Gov. Hayes-My dear Wheeler,
have done you injustice. You a.e
perfectly sober. Please forget my
hasty expression. Why, my inau.
gural is all written, and in type in
the State Journal Office. am sure
if there is any need of money my
uncle'S will has put me in a position
II Act as you think best, my deat
Mr.. Wheeler, for the interest Of til,
poor negro. You follow me?
Mr.. Wheeler-I think | do.
Gov. Hayes-Aud as you are goin!
East, perhaps you might say tina
you found me firmly resolved to dc
my duty as a patriot, and that M
heart beats warmly for the poo
African. What, winking again
4 What merry dog you are, Wheeler
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NnpOI.on,s OpinIon. of Russia.


Napoleon, at st. Helena, in con ..
verSation with the surgeon Barry
OMeara, spoke of Russia's pur-
poses thus: In the course of a few
years Russia will have CONSTANT
nople, the greatest part of Turkey
and all Greece. This | hold to be
as certain as if it had already taken
place. Almost all the cajoling and
flattering which Alexander prac-
ticed towards me was to gain my
consent to effect this object. /
would not consent, foreseeing that
the equilibrium of Europe would
be destroyed. In the natural course
of things in a few years Turkey
must fall to Russia. The greatest
part Of her population are Greeks,
who, you may say, are Russians.
The powers it would injure, and
who could oppose it, are England,
France, Prussia and Austria. Now,
as to Austria, it will be very easy
for Russia to engage her assistance
by giving her Servia and other pro-
vinoes bordering on Austrian do
minions reaching near CONSTANT
nople. The only hypothesis that
France and England will ever be
allied with sincerity will be in order
to prevent this. But even this al
lance would not avail. France,
England and Prussia united
eanHot prevent il. Russia and
Austria can ut any time efept It,
Once mistress Of Constantinople,
Russia gets all the commerce of the
Mediterranean, becomes y great
nayal poweF, and a94 knows what
may happen. Shp quaWels with
you (England), marches off to In.
dia an army OF 10000 good soldiers,
which to Russia is nothing, and
100, 900 canaille CosSacks and 9TH
ers, and England loses India.
Above al other powers Russia is
most to be feared-espeplallY By
you. Her soldiers are brayer than
Tho Apstrians, and she has the
means Of raising as many as she
pleqses. In bravery, the French
and English soldiers are the only
ones 70 be compared to them. All
this | foresav. ! see into fpturity
further than others, and ! wanted
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to establish barrier against those
barbarians by re-establishing the
kingdom of Poland and putting
Poniatowski at the head of it as
king. But your imbeciles of min
listers would not consent. A hun
dred years hence l shall be applaud
ed, and Europe, especially England,
will lament that ] did not succeed
When they see the finest countries
in Europe overcome, and a prey to
those northern barbarians, they
will say: Napoleon was right.
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Monday. February ~. 1877

hsraided and marshaled, escorted and at
tended as BELTS our High Estate; and ve com
mand the loysl Mayor and ether high dignits-
ries Of Memphis to fttingly receive our Impe-
rial person.
Ill.-After the ceremonies Of our reception,
we will repair in state to Olympic Park, and
from the grounds We will dispatch our Royal
Courier at 3 80 o'clock m, in our Monster
Balloon, who will convey to our distant sub
iects the intelligence Of our safe arrival, and
we invite the multitude TO be present.
Nv We command that our Annual Core
nation Ball shall be held on MONDAY
NIGHT, under the auspices Of our fun-loying
order Of the ULKS.
we command that Tue day lMARDI-
GRAS). February l3, 1871, shall be devoted to
frolio, innocent amusement and revery; that
all our loyal subjects shall appear in mask,
apparelled in the fashions Of our realm; and
&c o'clock pm. VIC command that the orders
OF ULKS and MOTLEY KREWk shall pass
before us in review
Vi.-And. finally, we command that in the
shades Of night the mystic MkMPHI shall
appear, and in gorgeous pageantry do honor
TO their great renown. And that then eur
good people shall HE them TO our sumptuous
places Of festivity, and revel till our depart
ure.
VGI.-R Railroads, steamers and public car
fierS will take heed, and we command them
10 reduce their fares one-half during the Car
niysl Celebration.
Ions live the Kipgl
IypROn,
MouiUs 1851
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NeN IoIA AlmcasJ
There is reason to believe that a
good deal of righteous and scientific
indignation has been wasted on Mr..
Henry NJ. Stanley. The London
Atheneum has information from
Zanzibar that the stories of Mr..
Stanley's high-handed doings in
central Africa-his battles and
butcheries, his constant breathings
out of threatenings and slaughter
have been manufactured for the
benefit Of newspaper readers who
like their literature to have what
we may call in the language of epi-
cures a high gamy flavor 1t is as
serted at Zanzibar that there has
been no war, no violence and no
bloodshed on Stanley's route, and if
this is true the complaints that Mr..
Stanley has been making future ex-
| ploratlon in Africa impossible have
been premature. and the threatened
attempt of the British government
to try him for a sort of land piracy
under the British flag need cause
no apprehension of another quarrel
between England and America.
The curious part Of the story is
that we are not told whether Mr..
Stanley has been slandered when he
was not present to vindicate his
reputation, or whether he has been
;he victim Of his own journalistic
zeal. 1t does not appear whether
the stories of bloody work done by
him were stories Of his own manu-
facMre or were the work of the
Journalists who revised his dis
patches for publication. If he has
misrepresented himself in the mat
ter, he justifies Sheridan's notion Of
a certain sort of men, as it was
wrought into some Of his plays and
us it appeared more fully in the
note books which Mr.. Thcma:
Moore had the pleasure of reading
1t appears to have been Sheridan,
plan to construct play wholly O.
the doings of number Of person,
every one Of whom should cherish
and pet reputation for viciousnesI
of a sort Of which he was really in.
nocent; a devoted husband labor,
ing to create the impression that HI
was very bluebeard; a gentlewo-
man Of entirely exemplary life cul
tivating a reputation for intrigue
and so throughout the list of dra,
mats persona. The new theory Of
Mr.. Stanley's doings suggests a new
character of like kind, namely,
that of a genial, good-humored ex,
plorer, with a taste for romance,
telling horrible stories of his own
imaginary butcheries of innocent
savages.
Let us hope, at any rate, that the
reports from Zanzibar are true. II
will be pleasanter to know that Mr..
Stanley, who has done excellent
work as an explorer, has exercised
a travellers prerogative by telling
big stories of his exploits and OF
the dangers he has passed, than to
know that he has really done the
things of which complaint is made.
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appear on the stage without know
ing their parts, although they may
have to go on at a moments notice;
and this is where the puppet has
the advantage over the human.
All the seene-shifting is done from
above, and is effected with great
rapidity by means of rollers and
pulleYs.
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The MRriOnettea "A Peep BehImC
the Scenes.


San Francisco CALL
The largest Of figures which from
the front appear almost like full
grown persons in not over two feet
and half high-the skillfully ad-
justed perspective formed by the
scenery creating the illusion as to
size. All the space behind the
scenes is filled with an apparently
endless C, Infusion of ropes and ma
chinery. An orchestra is crowded
into one corner, while on bridge
over and behind the back drop are
the employees who work the pup
pets and do the singing and talking
for them. All is ready, and the
curtain goes up on the Christy
minstrels." /" There are seven fig
ures in the circle below and five
persons on the bridge above, the
four puppets having the least to do
being worked by wo persons. The
end men, being the chief actors,
require a skillful worker apiece.
To each of these twelve strings are
attached, controlling the action of
the head, eyes, jaw and each limb.
These strings are fastened in Pc
cul'ar way to short sticks, which the
worker has in his hands.
Some motions require a con-
siderable movement of the work
erS hands and arms, but as a
general rule he does not make
much Of a display of their motion,
but gives the necessary action to
the puppet by merely manipulate
ing, as it were, the strings with his
fingers. The person working a
figure does the talking, and gen.
orally the singing for the same, and
so it car readily be understood that
Il position on this bridge is no sine
cure. When puppet has finished
his part and made graceful exit at
the R. U. E., as the play-bool would
have it, he, she or it is unoeremOn-
ioHsly bauled up like a wiggling
Goldfish, and hung up to his own
hook to snooze till his turn comes
again. While one person Is dang
ling a "play actor" for the amuse
mept of the public, Others are get
ting ready the characters which are
to follow, examining their make
ups, seeing that they have their
shines" in perfect working order, so
that there may be no confusion or
stage fright when they go on. The
cords, springs and contriyances
about some Gf the figures are really
wonderful, and 1t w9lll be hardly
explainable byus were il the wish Of
the managers they should be; but
these aFo the secrets Of the show
and sacred to rhe pyOpfietors.
The figures which have thee most
strings are tho wolf ip Little Red
Riding Hood, the clown in the
harlequinade, and the italian pole
balancer, the last having as many
as twenty strings, and requiring
very skillfui madiDulatiOn. In all
there are seyelty-fve mimic figures
slowed away about the stage, and
they form ! motley collection Of
dolls dressed in every fashion,
wooden donkeys, horses, bears, dogs,
wagone, etc, Some of the figures
are in duplicate, 50 AZ to enable the
management to fill q place IN case
brother dummy should swoon on
tliR stage, and fill and chip . nose
or y head oH, These actors never
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kAlaROAD iIMh TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND ~ lKVILLE RAILROAD.
Arrivss. LesV0gs
An. P.X. An. Pm.
Express daily kept
Saturday ......... ...... .. T.D lid
Nail Irain......... ..... SOP 1 il.0
Acoomn cd (exSunday) 4l5
Depot at hvhu c. Ilalp sLroot.
Ticket Ufioe. ls! Main street, corner Of
Madison.
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LOTTERY

splendid OPPORTUNICY TO
n WIN FORTUNEi- Second Grand
Drawing. .ls77. At New Orleans, Monday.
February 9Th.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly Incorporated
ey the Legislature Of the Stats for Ednca-
tional purposes in 1858, with a CAPITAL Of
SltOO, goo, to. which ii has since added a re-
serve fund ofSS50, GOO, ITS GRAND SINGLE
NUMBER DRAWINGS will take place
monthly. " NEVER SCALES or POsrPoNEs.
Lock at the following sObrme:
CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000
10000 Tiekess az 1--WE ROIIRrs Each,
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RAlIRoADs.
LOUISVILLE AND NASdVAlE
AID
Great Southern RailrOad.
SCHEDULE.

Express train leaves daily (01Oept, .,s = >,
Saturday. ~. ~ ~ ii.9S m
&ccommodation S1 /, ,aves daily lex
cept Sunday ).......a. ''''''' ''''''''''''''' -
Pullman Palace SleepinI Vars On all hiSh'
trains. u. - T;ok nj
For tickets or information, spiy a. Aighv. i;dun
Office. 2S7 Main, northwest corner o. ma'''sV"
JOHN 7. FLYNN, sap't Memphis DIy;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. IM
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MARDl-cRAS.
THE KING! The KINGI
Proclamation by the King of the
Carnival
BE 1t Known

BE 1t Known,
VNHAT WE. THE KING. SERENE IN OUR
/ joyous domains OF mirth. undisturbsd by
the perturbations OF Returnings Boards and
Joint Resolutions, witnessing with sorrowful
eountenances the discord prevailing in our
favored land,
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THIRD. GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING.
Tickets, go each. soiIi0iH
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MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE R.R.
Iaavan

Arrives. Leaves.
r-
AN. Pm. A.M.P P.b.
N. =. MAI tdsilsi.....-:..-. IL. .45 :, $50
sardis daily ex. sunday)s.OO 100
RnRnt \aalty On. bapdayI o.S I.59
.jenst at foot Of Main street
Tiokot Once, 2S7 Main street, corner OF
Aa0l'0n' N. BURKE. Gsnr sup't.
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PROCLAIM

I.-Thst upon our Annual Carnival visit,
all political strife shall cease. and geI tie har-
mOny prevail among our subjects
ll.-Ihat We will enter and take possession
Of our good city of Memphis, at high noon on
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A.M.P.H. AN. Pm
Mall Train daily...."....." ll'lO DIV
Freight and Accommcds- ,,. 40
tion daily lex. Sunday hIo oog
glsepiR cars on mail train. Ticket otnces,
Louisville Depot, 2s7 Maiu (cor. Madison'
and 2S Main street. ouo,.
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AVN MEMPHIS RAILROAD.

PApucAu AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD
I-I nj. o.,,ves ........ II. 90 a. m
~ y ~
Era 'ght Train arriVes....... ...'..' a'V0 y IN
leaYes......... ,,......'-.'.''' o W h.m
Tha mail train leaves COvington Tor Men,
hne 7a.m. and arrives at CoVington al
T.o1 nm. The freight train leaves OoyingIOn O
Ior henpii S'OD am. Trains leaving Memphis
lhgIOH ssort ~ tro Va the Underwriterl Warehouse.
VIII s'Al' iio J. w. WILBUR, Sup't,
H.H. GIVEN. Asst. SuP't: ,..,,,......---.,.-
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MEMPHIS AND CHARL sT0N r. R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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ApVERTlSINGi::;;:;;i!::;:!;:::;!!:::;!::;!! g: ;:!;:!j Il I!

mresM w cost yoe s4alAAg hnc WI '0'nS -" -
Al8i. ~. iqsas stsxtasCe SsSi Co. s. LOsiN Mo
e5.Ixiv-y- d3w
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MEMPHIs AND LITTLE ROCK RAILROAD
Arrives, Leaves.
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LIST on pRTzESS' 4

b022 Prizes amounting gt0......,..........slll iOo
Write for Circulars or send orders to
CHAs. I. HOWARD, New 0rlss. .ns, La.
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Ticket Office. 2Fs Main street.
W. J. ROSS, Sup't.
BaRsEy HudHEs. Ticket Ag't; losst .S.:....