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the city The great breakwaier has been
swept away; the elevator aud freight de-
pot are badly damaged, and willprobably
be total loss. The schooner Alice
Craig, from Bayfield,, is total wreck.
The schooner Sweetheart, loaded with
coal, is ashore, but will probably be
saved. The schooner Francis Palms, Of
Detroit, also loaded with coal, is ashore
and will be total wreck. The steamer
ST. Paul suffered some injury, but will
probably be got of without serious dam
age The water in the hay rose some
fifteen feet higher than ever before, com
pietely submerging Minnesota Point,
which was largely occupied byprivate
dwellings. The damage here alone is
estimated at 100000
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THE HORSE DISEASE.

While it is 10 be hoped the epizootic
may not reach Memphis, and we would
not excite needless alarm, it is proper to
watch the progress of the disease in
other cities. 1t has spread rapidly at
Louisville since its appearance there
less than a week ago, and we have no
assurance Of immunity here. The Cou-
rier-Journal of yesterday contains col
umn or two on the subject, and states
that over one thousand sick horses have
been withdrawn from the service. Pas
senger vehicles of all kinds, including
street cars, have been stopped, and the
fire department is helpless from the
same cause. The FIRE committee has
called upon the citizens to man the en-
gines and be ready to pull them by hand
in case of fire. All classes of people
are on foot, the rich and poor split the
mud alike, and business of all kinds is
seriously retarded.
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BOSTON.

BosToN, November IA AS the suf-
ferers by the FIRE become better &C
qusinted with the nature and extent Of
their losses, the feeling Of confidence
grows stronger. Salvage is found to
vary from fifteen to sixty per cent. on
proportion to loss. and as scores OF
property is being made out with prompt.
ness, and policies in some cases already
in work of adjustment, it will be an
easy matter. Many of the policyIholders
in Boston Offices have expressed the
intention OF returning to their favorite
companies when they shall have obtained
new charters and are able to take new
risks. The loss among the mutual
offices will fall upon class that cannot
we'll afford to meet their premium notes
A careful estimate shows that between
seventy and eighty per cent. of the total
amount of insurance effected in the
burnt district will be at once paid on
Monday morning. There we're $3OS, 900,
900 worth of property left uninsured by
the bankruptcy of the companies which.
protected it, and some Of the parties in
terested are carrying their own risAs till
new companies can be formed and char
tered. en 1tfstT nAh 5Ht
A large number Of the safes opened
to day contained nothing but ashes. This
was the case in safes Of various makes.
The safe of Palmer, Bachelor 4 Co.,
jewelers. on Washington street, which,
when the fire was approaching, was filed
with watches and much valuable jewelry
There not being time to take them TO
place of safety, when opened was found
to contain melted gold; and the safe.oi
safe manufacturing company also con-
tanned, when opened, nothing but ciA'
ders. The contents Of brick vaults, as
general thing, have been found-t be all
right. Some considerable loss has been
occasioned by the opening Of safes too
soon.
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of the Ruins.

A correspondent OF the World, writing
from Boston the Il th instant, draws this
picture:
Those rows Of stately warehouses,
grander than anything of the kind New
York can boast, are now for the most
part reduced TO fine dust, handful OF
which | carry in my pocket for the de-
location of the curious. The granite,
too. that is not so absolutely disinte-
grated, is nevertheless in such condi-
ton that with my finger ! can a most
pick to pieces the largest and seemingly
impregnable boulders. II is a notable
fact that neither the granite nor marble,
the production Of nature, withstood the
attacks of the FIRE as well as the brick.
the handiwork Of man. At this moment,
when marble and granite almost without
exception everywhere strew the ground
in the condition ! have described, whole
rows of brick walls yet rear aloft their
heads in scorn Of the fre-king. With
something like Chicagoish energy, bits Of
hoard Announcing the location Of their
business already are perched upon the
vet smoking ruins OF the stores Of
humber. and as often as kindled and
burned by the heat OF the bricks are set
up again. The alternate appearance
and disappearance Of these has far from
a cheerful effect, and each, too, contrib
utes its quota to the black pail Of smoke
which overhangs everything and in
ereases the horror of the scene. And
under il figures, their eyes red with
thirtv.six hours wakefulness, fit past
apparently in search Of some turret or
by which their places
Of business could be found. lcould see,
too. despite the precautions Of the police
and military. sinister-looking men cart
inc of and removing goods that | dare
swear are none OF theirs. Although il is
hardly twelve hours since all thought |
the city again given up TO the flames.
there IS a great deal Of cariing going on |
on the very outskirts Of the burnt dis |
Irict Shop-keepers are to-day busying /
themselves with carrying back the goods /
hey we're yesterday SO anxious to re-
move. In order 10 give you faint idea,
or | will deal only in q single general
". Of how. although compared TO Chica-
10 small 10 extent, the devastated portion
! here. how completely It has destroyed
hose business interests which made Bos-
90 what it was, will give you a state
tent for which / have pretty good au-
hority-there is but one Jobbing house
} the shoe, woolleB, clothing, and dry
GODS trades in all Boston, and that one
a comparatively obscure house. Hence $
,e feeling Of hopelessness which, Do
pite the various papers vhistling 70
eep their courage. has taken posses
ion Of all classes. Nv
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THE trial Of Rev. II. G. Robertson,
charged with lewdness and drunkenness,
is progressing at Louisville before
presbytery Of the Presbyterian Church.
The Courier Journal Of yesterday con
tains eleven columns of closely printed
matter reporting the proceedings. The
evidence appears most damning, and it
is quite clear that Mr.. Robertson got
into the wrong business when he entered
the ministry, and that he is habitually
drunkard. The members of the church
feel extremely mortified at such an ex-
posure, but the only remedy is in cutting
off the unworthy member and letting
the world know that they do not desire to
cloak crime in one of their own body.
Robertson had not the manliness
to make full denial or confession, but
put in a plea of being drugged by
respectable lady and led astray, and
now makes pitiful whining cry that he
may have done some things that looked
improper, bnt that people are persecut-
ing him. When a man betrays the sa-
cred calling and trusts Of minister he
should be prosecuted and punished too,
aud that by his own people.
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ar,1ARer hoAIN.

That worthless dampheol known as
Sergeant Bates, has undertaken the
grave exploit of carrying the American
flag on pole from Edinburg to London.
II he is seeking the face of another spec
linen of the ass tribe like unto himself,
he will have to go further than Stanley
did in search OF Livingstone. He would
be entitled to the horns, il his kind ever
wore such an ornament. If, however,
he thinks that some bloody Englishman
will step out from hedge and make 1t
unpleasant for him, we hope he will lot
be mistaken. The English and Scotch
people know, or we do that they cannot
insult the American flag while in Bates
hands. They are welcome to capture
the flag, provided they scuttle Bates or
put him in a lunatic asylum where the
patients are required to work. This lun.
attic has left his wife and children in
Wisconsin, where he ought to beplough-
ing steady yoke OF oxen or cutting
timber at dollar day. And
he goes over to England for
what? To get his name in the
papers and get fed at the expense ofsome-
body else while he acts the clown with
out wit, and the fool without an object
What pity there is not law to make
such men work for their bread instead Of
living off the idle curiosity of the pub
lie. But he has become public loafer
and nuisance, and the people have to see
his name in the papers as though he had
done something in the world. Carrying
and grinding a hand organ for respect
able monkey at twenty cents day would
be an honorable profession compared
with his present mode of life. II he
survives this trip, and is not taken up by
the police Of London as vagrant, we
hope he will dress himself up-as mis-
sionary, shoulder the flag and sail for
the FIJI Islands, where he can tramp,
tramp, tramp until the natives get
hungry.
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CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, November l5.-Action was
commenced 10 the United States Court,
yesterday, to throw the Republic Insu'
rance Company, of this city into
bankruptcy. The company was a great
sufferer by the Chicago fire, but its stock
holders had made but small payments
on their subscriptions. Numerous suits
have been undertaken by the company
to compel the payment of assessments,
but little has been obtained and some Of
the creditors now think it necessary to
take other steps The company have
confessed bankruptcy. 1t charges that
their cash assets at the time Of the fire
we're one million dollars, and their losses
am ounted to three and half million
dollars, so that the stockholders we're
liable for eight per cent of the capital of
four million dollars.
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The Chinese a. Servants.
Thu CUfuU5O t17 81
From the Boston Advertiser.l atf

From the boston AdVertlher.l ?
Most of us remember how, three years
ago. amid the excitement consequent
upon the advent of Chinese in large
numbers upon the Pacific slope, created
by the wild talk of scared champions Of
"American labor there came to the
minds Of many householders a delight
full vision ola domestic millennium when
docile, dutiful, neat, quick-fngered
being unintelligent but wonderfully
capable, should glide into American
kitchens and free them from the pres
sence of the incompetent bandmaidens
whose faults of temper and education
render the management of a home such
a sad and dreary piece of business for
thousands of American wives. 1t was
such pleasing contemplation Once
there seemed for little time prospect
that the slanteyed immigrant from the
East with his pigtail would really grace
the back!yards of Beacon street; but he
never came. And now we know that the
vision was wholly illusory. There never
was any such being as our fancy, aided
by the hints which came to US from the
Golden Gate, had painted. John is like
all the rest of them, only good deal
worse, and all hopes ola heather redemp-
ton Of our domestic servants are blasted.
Vile, tricky, and with an easy capacity
for degradation, he is an infection that
cannot be borne, raising hopes that can
never be realized, and in the end empty
ing homes and fllig ethe hotels and
boarding houses of t6T1and. The Mon
golian servant, too, according to a San
Francisco paper, has bis cousin and
his capacity for this relationship IS won
derful He knew how to graft on to his
forced economy the most excessive i'm
providence. He could overlap his ira,
ditional neatness with as much filth as
the most slatternly Of servants. So long
as he did not know a word of English,
and was ignorant Of the use of the most
common kitchen utensils, he was con
tent to work for low wages, and was
only too glad to have the mistress of the
household spend some hours every day
for his instruction. No class of ser
wants is so much demoralized by gamb-
ling as the Chinese. Train them in
Sunday-schools, and make nominal
Christians of them, the old love Of games
of chance still remains. On that par
iicular evening when John has gone out
TO see his cousin and returns home
late, ten to one but he loses his last dol |
lar at gambling den, or puts it in for
investment, by way Of stocking the bank.
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A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE. - Ladies
whose faces are clouded by superficial
discolorations, and who have resolved
to try Hagans Magnolia Balm as a
remedy, have no idea Of the welcome
surprise they will receive from their mir
rors after a few applications of that
healthful purifier Of the complexion. If
at all excitable, they will scream with
rapture on beholding the change;
whether the blemish it is desired to re-
move be sallowness, blotches, pimples,
freckles, roughness or an unnatural
pallor, tits bound to disappear under the
tonic operation of this wonderful agent.
To say that the blemish disappears does
not, however, convey any idea of the
effect produced by this celebrated beau
ti6er. The unsightly tinge, whether
difused over the whole countenance or
in spots or patches, Is replaced by uni
form, pearly bloom, to which no descrip-
ton can do justice. cod d&w
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LATEST ITELEGRAMs.
PHILADELPHIA.
extensive FIRE An prowrc..

PHILADELPHIA, November 10 "A large
FIRE is now in progress in the extensive
saw mills of Diston 4 Sons, Laurel
street. Much destruction Of property is
feared. 'ssA ~ 1870 ~ -
AT IL clock the mills were enveloped
in flames. 1t is feared great destruction
Of property must epsue, as this section
Of the city is closely built up. A second
alarm has just been sounded.
LArER.-The FIRE at Diston's millwos
subdued after two hours. Three build
ings were destroyed Loss, $1,000
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Destructive Fir; ;s. =, Mi''lon valley

COUNCIL BLUFFs, IA, November l5.-
The town of Mission Valley. twenty
miles east Of this place. was visited by
Ere last night, which broke out in the
Lahman block, sweeping westward, tax
ing in all the business portion OF the
town. The losses are as follows: Har-
ris 4 Sons, grocers, $4,000; Harris 4
McGavin. hardware, $4,000; W. c. Ellis,
dry goods, $4,000; j. P. LshmAn,
$1,000; S. II. Mathews, $1,000; John
Schultz, $6Oe: A. G. Card, $1,000; Mrs.
Lunt, $500; 7. II. Goodrich, $1,000; T.
d. Mckinley, $500; D. NJ. Harris, 500.
S5I, 900. The records and papers Of St.
John township and cemetery, and the
county records, together with important
papers belonging to the medical assoeia-
ton and the independent school district
Of Mission Valley, are all burned. Insu.
rance very light. The wind was blowing
\ hurricane, and the only thing that
,aved the town was a light fall Of snow.
Cinders blew in all directions, kindling
lew fires, which we're promptly eEtin-
.uished.
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NEW YoRK.

New YoRK, November l5.-The COM
mitteeon rates and surveys ofthe Board
of Underwriters yesterday adopted a
schedule of rates involving Q, general ad'
vance; where mansard roofs are deemed
insurable the advance is specially
marked.
Father Burke delivered alecture at the
Academy of Music last night; subject,
ireland under the Tudors." The lee
ture was an able effort, and intended as
a refutation of Froudes statement on
the same subject.
Dropsy among the horses is still pre-
yalent, although the effect on travel is
scarcely apparent. !.
1t is stated that the rival factions oil
the city democracy, represented by Tam
many and Apollo halls, are preparing to
unite as one organization. nKfJ
The following is a special from Wash
iugton to the Times General Bristow
returned to the city this morning, and
will tomorrow submit his resignation OF
the office of Solicitor General, which be
has thus far withheld at the solicitation
of the President"
The following is from Havana via Key
West: The insurgents attacked the San
Ramon plantation, near Mezauillo, car
rying of about forty persons employed
there. Troops are in pursuit. The in
surgenis attacked La Casimba, near
Juantamo, sacked three stores and made
off with the booty. Troops attacked
and defeated the insurgents on the fol
lowing day. Governor Abregon says
the insurgents intended raid on the
plains Of Guantanomo, but owing to their
defeat IL ia now Impossible"
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A CONVENTION met at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. last Tuesday, to change
the constitution which has existed un-
broken for forty years. The older States
do not find it essential or expedient to
make frequent changes Of their funda-
mental law. But here in Tennessee we
have had two constitutional conventions
since the beginning Of the war, and now
are threatened with another, since a
change of parties has been wrought by
the last election.
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Go TO Wilkinson's, No. III Main
street, for your Sunday reading. You
will find on his counter all the latest
daily and weekly newspapers; also, all
the magazines for November Harpers,
Leslies, Cooley S. Peterson's, the Galaxy
and Atlantic; also, the illustrated Lon
don News, Graphic, and the Young La
dies Journal for October. He sells at
Eastern prices, and you win do well to
call early and lay in your supply Of
reading matter for Sunday.
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A YOUNG farmer at Huntington, X. l.,
wss smi,seu TO distraction with the
cb.rms Of 3 young lady worth $4,000
and made himself silly by paying atten-
lions which ske disliked. Nothing seFi-
on. was charged against him, yet the
Ku-K.ux took him out on the night Of
the 4,b inst and treated him to 4 coat Of
,.r and feathers. and told him to travel
sineethat time he has been missing and
a trad has been found on the beach APP
parenily made By dragging body on
toe sand His friends believe he was
pursued further and murdered It is to
Be hoped that the Government will de-
clare marital law in that county, audior-
age Of the people until ihs perpeira'ors
Of 90 covardly q deed shall have been
fsrrsted out and huug. or sent % the Al
kany psniieutiary for sixty-6vs years.
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r. j. WALKER, the enterprising news
dealer, No. los Beal street, has all the
latest dailies, weeklies and monthly pub
locations. He has also many European
periodicals and literature that he makes
a specially. Call and see him.
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rFNn LOUISVILLE.
Tho Robertson Tsiai.

y LouIsvILLE, November 1.-THE argu-
ments in the Robertson trial were con-
cldded at twelve o'clock to day. A mo-
ton to sit with closed doors prevailed,
and there will be an open meeting Of the
Presbytery at three pm. to hear the YER
dict read.
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II ToU feel dull, drowsy. debilitated,
have frequent headache, mouth tastes
bad, poor appetite and tongue coated,
you are suffering from torpid liver or
" biliousness," and nothing will cure
you 80 speedily and permanently as Or.
Piercs's Golden Medical Discovery. Sold
By al druggists. cod dtW
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ST. PAUL, MINI November 1.-The
storm at Duluth vas one Of the most
severe that has ever visited that locality.
The destruction Of property has been
very large, and viii be severe blow 10
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PAUL WRIGHT, the enterprising news
dealer whose emporium is located at No.
2s6 Main street, has all the latest papers
and periodicals, and the very best Of
cigars. Give him a call.
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In order to close up our business, we
offer our stock Of Office and fancy sta
tionery, blank books, etc, at from
twenty-five to fifty per cent. below usual
figures, and we respectfully invite the
public to give us a call
GOODWIN & Co.
Al 36l Main ST., Memphis, Tenn.
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The CATHOLIC FAMILY ALMANAC for
1873 has been received by W. j. Mans
ford, corner of Second and Monroe, who
will supply it at publishers rates: Sin
gle copies, % cents; one dozen copies,
81. so; one hundred copies, SIG
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LINENS and house-furnishing goods
arc sold at extra bargains at the South
ern Palace closing out sale. SGT
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There are about ninety thousand slaves
annually taken from Africa to Turkey
to be manufactured into Mussulmen.
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srnArarns, % o willett's.

FAsH1oSABLE rDAxciSG-Taught by
Mrs. DeGray Bennett, at 45o Main street,
Waldren Block. Terms very low, need
ing money badly. Academy open every
day and night Please to call. 81
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CLoAKs AND FURs.-Go to the South
ern Palace closing out sale, regardless
Of cost, 3s2 Main street. 5st
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Doors and shoes at extra low prices,
sold regardless Of cost, at the Southern
Palace, 1872 Main street. 5st
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DREss GOoDs at extremely low prices,
regardless Of cost, at the Southern Pal
ace closing out sale, 1872 Main st. 5st
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First D,spa,ch.

First Dispatch.
HARTFORD. November 10, 1872.
G. T. Bissell. Gen'l AIT. Chicago: :.
Our entire amount at risk in the burnt DIS
trict and vicinity is $500, 900. From the latest
information received our probable loss Is about
$4,000. The Old Hartford has s2,SS.O0O
assets, and will meet her engagements
promptly, as II did at Chicago. EaN
-, GEORGE l.. CHASE, Pres't.
Second Dispatch.
HARTFoRD, November IL, pm.
G. +. Bissell, Gen'l Ag't. Chicago:
Official advices this day from Boston confirm
the correctness Of our estimate Of losses given
you yesterday. This is reliable.
GEORGE L. CHASE. Pres't.
Third Dispatch.
HARTFORD, November IL. 1872.
Supe. intendent Miller, of the Connecticut
Insurance Department. has issued an official
bulletin giving the losses to companies in this
State as follows: Etna. 81 500, 900; HART
FORD, S525, 600; Phoenix, $40, 600; Conneoii-
cut, slf5, o; National, $3.50 900; Orient, sl75,-
900. The Commissioner says the actual Boston
liabilities will not exceed these figures. THK
COMPANIES WILL ALL PAY IN FULL AND c0sTISuE
BUSINESS AS USUAL. I...
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GROCERIES.
sUNDRIEs---FREsH ARRIVALS,

$50 boxes Chedder Cheese.
so bbls. H0miny and Grits.
20 tierces new Hams.
so half bbls. and bbls. Pickles.
800 boxes Raisins.
80 bbls. new Rice.
800 pkgs. new Mackerel.
100 half bbIs, & kits ne " White fish.
75 bbIs. and half bbls. Kreut.
1000 cases new Canned Fruit.
500 cases Jellics and Preserves.
100 bbls. Almonds, Filberts, etc.
And other articles too numerous to mention.
For sale low, at
37.lI4 338 Front, cor. Union st.
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FoR sign. ornamental and house paint
ing, go to A. F. Davis, 2sl Second no
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FINEST billiard hall in the city-wil-
let's. got
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HAIR DYE.
Ratohalor,s Hair nue.

This plendid Hair Dye IL the bet ~ he teoyld.
The only true and perfect dye. Harmless. re-
liable and instautaneOus; no disappointment:
no ridiculous tints or unpleasant odor Rem
edies the III Effects Of bad dyes and washes
Produces IhAEDIATELr superb BLACK on NAT
URAL Brown, and leaves the hair cLEAE, soFI
AND BEAUTIFUL. The genuine signed w. A.
Bachelor. Sold By all Druegists.
CHAS. BACHELOR,
bl-eod-xEi-61 Proprietor, N. ".
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RECEIVERS SALE.
GayOsO Bank Furniture.
MUSIC.

The Memphis Star Band,
COMPOSED OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
" Grand Opera House orchestra. under the
leadership Of Prof. Chas. Bouton. are prepared
o furnish brass aud string music for parades,
balls, funerals, ETC.. at reasonable terms. Or
ders can be left at lgl Jefferson street
$40 PROF. c. II. B0uT0N. Leader.