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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WAsHTNor0N, November I6.-Sena-
g1n Cameron, Osborn, Spencer and ex-
senator Wade were among the callers
Ua Ae President to-day. Many Others
aia1 called 20 pay their respects, The
aut,-sl8mber Of executive officers were
presented. and this forenoon there was a
scene If llimntion that has not char
tcIlseQ 81 .ar mauT months
Governor Hartranft, Of Pennsylvania,
- still here. He WIS at the Navy De-
Iartment this morning, ID conference
with Secretary RObesOu.
Second Comptroller BfOSdhead has
completed his official report. IL is a
mere detail Of Office work, and contains
no recommendations.
snow commenced falling here at a
quarter 10 two this afternoon.
The New Orleans mail OF Sunday due
Wednesday morning, has just been re-
ceived. some newspaper packages have
been damaged by FIRE.
The investigation as 10 the cause of
the burning Ji The steamship Missouri
was continued to-day. From the evi-
dence produced il is clear that the origin
Of tie fire was due 70 the spilling OF
aqUadIente on the deck OF the vessel,
said deck being at the time 30 badly con-
strucied, OF rather had not been caulked
recently, that the aquadiente nan
through the cIevices into the hot boiler
beneath, igniting in an instant the whole
" iae vessel where any Of the infiam-
sneble article had touched.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close Of business to-day /:
5nrreney, s., ,52l, 1856; coin, $72, 987, 548,
acluding in coin certificates 81 ,554, COS;
ssecial deposits Of legal tenders for the
Exemption Of &c. Gates Of deposit,
s25. $50 coo
Roi,ert II. Kelley has been appointed
PENSION Agent al Louisville, Kentucky,
,fet Wm. T.. Gallagher, suspended.
Gle Young Mems Republican Club oi
~. shinnton called upon the President
to.5a p. and congratulated him upon hii
rp-sie. ton IS President. In reply 10 al
inforrna address, be said that the vots
~ had = eeiVed was more gratifying e
aim than the possession Of the ciilcs
itsef. a. served 70 show that tbs
Amerioan psople did not believe tbs
campaign alanders upon his character.
Tie horses seen to be Improving, and
ibouf tF0-thirds Of the usual number o.
seei-aaEz wsss ell tka several ihaes
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NEW ORLEANS, November 16.-Wm
p. Kellogg to-day made application to
the United States Circuit Court for an
injunction restraining the State Election
Returning Board, composed Of ii. C..
WarmOth, Jack Wharton, r. H. Hatch
and Durant Daponte, from in any man
ner performing the duties OF Returning
officers Of the election of the State OF
louisiana; also, that John McEnermy
be enjoined, restrained and prohibited
from in any manner acting, OF pre-
tending 70 act, as Governor of the State
OF Louisiana, and from making any
claim to the Office of Governor, etc. !:
and that the New Orleans Repa6licdn
the official journal OF the State, be en-
joined and restrained from in any man-
ner publishing any official document,
notice OF statement relating to any cam
vass, or statement OF notes made, OF ia
any manner emaneting from said pre-
tended Board Of Returning Officers OF
the election. Judge DUrell ordered that
the defendants be cited 10 show cause on
the nineteenth instant why the injunc-
tons pending should not issue as prayed
for; and, in the meantime and until
further orders, the court let restraining
orders, as prayed for, be issued against
the defendants in form and to the effect
prayed for. =
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PERSONAL.

Bismarck Is writing his memoirs.
Spurgeon is an Open Communionist.
The Crown Prince of Germany is for
ty-one years old.
The new King Of Sweden fiddles, cor
nets, bugles and paints divinely.
Bates, the idiot flag toter, began his
march from Glasgow to London last
week.
The Buffalo Commercial musical cri-
tic pronounees Miss Cary's voice 'thick
and round"
Ralph Waldo Emerson's new work,
"Poetry and Criticism" will be pub
lished next spring
Miss Sarah Smiley, the Quakeress
preacheress, is going to preach at the
sinful Chicagoese.
The Brooklyn Eagle says Greeley was
defeated because he belongs to the ice
rebral aristocracy.o
In Pennsylvania the contest was be-
tween General Grant aud General Ap-
athy, and the worst nag won.
w. w. Corcoran, the wealthy WASH
ingtOn banker, has given that city up
ward OF three million dollars.
Greeley carried Chappsqua by big
majority, while Galena repudiated Grant
by eight hundred votes.
Rev. Silas Tucker, of Aurora, Illinois,
fell dead while conducting prayer
meeting last Thursday night.
Mrs. Lloyd, OF Leesburg, widely
known as the 'sNirginia BOrgia,n has
been acquitted OF the awful charge Of
poisoning her children.
General Garfield says there are many
clerks IN country stores who could man
age the national finances just about as
wen as Boutwell, does.
Mrs. O'LeaFy wandO~s " if thin Bos-
ting spalpeens win be after shwearing
that it was her poor baste Of a COW that
burned their city, -
The presiding Jassak Of the Toledo
Blade has received information of a
Democratic plot to assassinate Grant.
What stupid liar the animal is, to be
sure.
II Joaquin Miller warts 20 skirnish
for warm bEowa beauties in this vi
einity, let him strike for the Kentucky
hills back Of Coyington. They raise 'en
over there.
Mas Christine Nilsson owned two
baildings, Nos. Il and IA, Otis stFeet,
Boston. They were both burned. The
poor giEl waa elso haagY lsxeF ~ the
Chieeiso nfe.
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BOSTON.
The Eosses Sustained by the Harvard
College in the Late Fire-The
Burned Newspapers Soon
to be Revived.

BosroN, November I6.-The Harvard
4 College has suffered by the fire TO the
extent of five hundred and sixty-two
1 thousand dollars, this includes the
4 value of the land; it viii cost five hun
! dred thousand dollars to rebuild. 1t has
one hundred thousand dollars of good
4 insurance out of two hundred and six
! teen thousand for which 1t was insured
permanent The loss has been reduced
| to two hundred thousand dollars.
ssThis," says President Elliott, 1--WE
must raise"
The fire was severe on publishers, but
the Transcript, american Home Mdga-
zine, WduerIy, and all the monthlies
secured new quarters at once, and
though temporarily ineomm1ded, new
type ard new presses and hard work
viii enable them TO soon run smoothly
again.
Considerable sRlvages on wool and
leather are being discovered among the
ruins, the value amounting TO seveIa'
Thousand dollars.
The disabled steamship Malta is being
towed TO this port, to await the arrival
of her new shaft from New York or
Liverpool.
Aperpectual injunction has been issued
against the National Insurance Com
pany, of this city, and S. F. Humphrey,
Hiram Ruggles and 81. II. Dillingham;,
were appointed receivers.
The remains Of two ladies were taken
from the ruins Of the fire Wednesday,
and are in charge Of an undertaken, and
there is no way OF Identifying them eK-
cept by patches Of clothing. The re-
mains Of the mother Of Miss Martha
Hutchinson have been found among the
ruins Of Messrs. Shreve, CTump & Lone's
store. Miss Hutchinson saved herself
by jumping from a window. The search
continues for other bodies.
A contribution Of five hundred dollars
was received to-day from the Chicago
police for the Boston police.
Carter's blanket mills in WinchendOn,
Massachusetts,, was burned last night.
Loss twenty-five thousand dollars; par
TALLY insured.
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LOUISVILLE, November 16.-On Sun
day night mob Of seventy-five men
forced the Jail of Olandsville, Ballard
county, took out negro, named Ross
Brandon, charged with the rape of a
respectable young lady, and hung him
to a tree on the outskirts Of the town.
The men reported themselves as from
Illinois.
Yesterday, in Shephardsville, eighteen
miles from this city, DR.. B. L. Crist
threatened John II. West, druggist,
with a drawn pistol. In the scuffle
West took Crist's pistol away and draw
ing his own, shot Crist in the abdo-
men and back, inhieting mortal wounds,
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to survey that stream from there to its
mouth, with a view of making Il q
I navigable strea M"
The Cincinnati Underwriters have
concluded to send an agent-Mr. o.
Palmer-to the wreck Of the st. Marys
before they decide whether 10 abandon
or raise her.
Oxen are worth two hundred and fifty
dollars pair in Cincinnati, and all
boats coming from the Ohio above there
are loaded with them. They areto take
| the place Of the sick horses in trans
ferring freight.
Snow fell yesterday at Cincinnati and
along the river below there.
The following particulars Of the sink
ing Of the Hesper we clip from the
PscGytGle: " By the arrival ofthe steamer
Little Fleta, yesterday, from Red river,
we learn from her officers Of the sinking
and total loss Of the Besper, on Wednes-
day evening last, just below Montgome-
ry, on Red river. The HespeT, descend
ing the river, ran against an Obstruc-
ton, which knocked q hole in her, and
from which she became a total loss.
The Hesper had one hundred and thirty
five bales of cotton and a few hides.
One hundred and thirty bales were
saved by the Little Fleta and brought to
this port. The HespeT was a small craft
and was five or six years old. She was
recently purchased by a company Of cit
izens at minden, and was intended to
bring out cotton from Lake Bisteneau,
in connection with larger boat running
from this port. During the low water,
Captain Joe Morgan, her commander,
was running her between the Falls at
Alexandria and Shreveport. She cost
the company that now owns her forty
five hundred dollars. She was not in
sured."
The Tom Jasperis announced for New
Orleans at ten O'clock tomorrow morn
ing.
Mr.. Stephen Morse, of the American
Insurance Company, has gone to New
Orleans in the interest of the Cincinnati
Underwriters on the Katie.
Mr.. Thomas F. DaTragh has resigned
the chief clerkship on the James D.
Parker, and is succeeded by Mr.. w. +.
Mcintyre.
The st. Louis Times says: "The
steamer Belle Of st. Louis was sold by
Captain VIM. II. Blake and Alfred
Grissom to Captain David Campbell, for
fourteen thousand five hundred dollars,
cash. Captain Campbell has not yet
decided what he will do with the boatn
Rates from Cairo to New Orleans are
80 cents per bbl on flOr end q cents
per hundred on pound lots.
The Indiana went up the Ohio only to
Paducah, and will be back here to-mor-
row TO leave for New Orleans.
A Cairo telegram says the Thompson
Dean goes to the bank there.
The Robert L. Lee went into New Or
leans last trip with thirty-three hundred
and thirty bales of cotton and thirty-five
hundred and sixty-three sacks of cotton |
seed
The Emile LaBarge probably passed |
up during the night.
The Colorado goes to st. Louis in the I
Anchor Line to-mOrrow.
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Madrid, November l8.-The Lower
House Of the C0urtes has passed the first
clause Of the Mortgage Bank bib, by a
vote Of one hundred and twenty-six
against fifty-eight
There Is trouble at NittOria, the eapi-
tai Of the province Of Alaria, between
the government authorities and the ar
tiliery troops stationed there, caused by
the opposition Of the latter to the ap-
I pointment Of General Hideigo as Cap
tain-tieneral Of the province. The latest
reports from the town state that the
/ troops remained there In defiant atti-
tude, aud more serious trouble is feared
/ in consequence Of the recent demon
I strations Of the rowing Carlist bands in
I the nOrthera provinces. The garrison
7 at SAINT AndeT has been increased. and 8
/ force Of carbineerE have been conosn.
I tFaied st LograB.
The Court physicians issued q bulletin
this morning, stating that KING 4 na.
deus had pissed 9 bad night
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NOn.Resident Notice.

No. l53-Ir the First Ch hRncery Court of shelby
county. 1ennessee.-John G. Lanisr, late {.
and ~, rs. ]. W. James ct al.
I 7 appearing from affidavit in this cause that
4 the defendants, Heiskeil Moon and Nelson
Moon are citizens OF Mississippi and non-resi-
dents Of the state Of Tennessee:
10 is therefore ordered, That they make heir
appearance herein, at The courlhouse in the
city Of Memphis, Tennessee. on or before the
first Monday in January, 1878, and plead, an
swer or demur 10 couDplsinant's bill, or the
same viii be taken for confessed as to them
and set for hearing expartei and that a copy
OF this order be published once a week, for
four successive weeks, in the Memphis Ap-
peal. This 18th day Of November, lS72.
4 eOpy-attest:
+. A. COLE, Clerk and Master
BY r. ], BLACK, Deputy 9. and ".
LOgwood a Micou soils. for corapln L Z limo
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RICHMOND, November l6.-Offlcial
returns from all of the counties but one,
gives Grant nineteen hundred and sew
enty-five majority. The county to hear
from, it is reported, has given Greeley
one hundred majority.
The first snow Of the season Is now
falling.
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poI,,,caI No,.,

NASHVILLE. November l6.-Mr. Ty-
Ter, Chairman of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee Of Alabama, telegraphs
to Athens to George S. Houston, that
the Democrats will have four or five ma
iority on joint ballot in the Legislature.
Mr.. Houston and Judge r. w. Waller,
Of Huntsville are prominent Demo-
cratic aspirants TO the United States
Senate.
Greeley's majority in Tennessee is
eight thousand two hundred and thir-
teen, with ten counties to hear from Of
ficially.
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a hRn Exhibits Precious stones In salt
Lake, and Gets M q Fever.

SALT LAKE, November 16.-Among
the samples Of precious stones brought
to this city by J. f. Berry are twenty
six genuine diamonds, one OF which
weighs three carats. Berry declared his
willingness to pilot a party to the lOca-
tiOn Of the discovery at once, and stake
everything that they can find diamonds
He says it is where Janin, of San Fran
cisco, went, and the report he made is
true-not in New Mexico or Arizona,
but in Western Colorado. A number OF
leading capitalists are putting up money
to organize an expedition.
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Menfher Prarnn.tier-

WASHINGTON, November l6.-In the
Northwest and on the upper lakes, and
from thence to the Gulf and South At
lantic coasts, high barometer, clearing
and cold weather, with northerly winds
veering to the northerly and easterly.
On the lower lakes and thence over the
middle States, northwesterly winds,
with occasional light snow and high
barometer; clearing by tomorrow in
New England, southwesterly TO north
v esterly winds, partly cloudy weather.
and light snow tonight
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Notice to Contractors.

OFFICE CHIEF ENGINEER MIssIsstP Pm
LEvEE BUARD, DISTRICT No. ],
Austin, Miss November Z, lsT2.
81 SEALED PROPOSALS are invited for
constructing a levee from Richardson's pssce,
near SunfOwer Landing, 70 Henry Walls
plantation, near Robss1s Landing, in Goa
h0ns county, Mississippi.
Said proposals VIII be opened in Austin,
Miss, on the I'd inst; and the right to reject
any or all bids is reserved
Prohles and estimates may be seen at This
office prior to day OF letting.
B. NICKLE,
nolf Chief Engineer
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TITUsyILLE, PENN, November l6.-
The residence Of John Watson, one mile
from the city, was entered last evening,
immediately after dark, by five masked
men, who, after binding each member
of the family, compelled Mr.. Watson to
open his safe, from which two hundred
dollars were taken, after which be was
likewise bound, and the robbers made
good their escape. The prisoners were
not liberated till midnight. No clue to
the perpetrators.
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ST. LOUIS, November l6.-The dead
body Of an unknown man, with his head
terribly crushed with stones and deep
stab in his neck, was found this morn
ing near the intersection of the GroyiOs
road and the river Des Peres, some six
miles below the city. Two men were
arrested on suspicion, but so far the af-
fair is shrOwded in mystery.
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LONDON, November lex Empress
Eugene held a fete at Chiselhunst yes
terdsy. Many visitors were present
from Paris. A number of regiments
statioi ed at Versailles sent bouquets.
A banquet ia celebration Of the open
ing Of the Australian telegraph line was
given at Cannon street Hotel last even
ing. Three hundred persons were present.
Earl Kimberly presided.
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Horrible Murder Of a woman and


PETERsBORo, ONT, November ia
horrid murder has been committed In
Dummer township, near the head oi
stony Lake. One Britton, a labOreI
employed by y farmer named Payne,
murdered the wife and child of the lat
ter. The womsn's head was terribly
crushed, and the child was found with
its throat cut from ear to ear. The muir
derer was arrested and narrowly escaped
lYnchinE.
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ASTROLOGY.
w AID AME ROsS,
-THE GREAT
AstrOlOgist and Healing Medium,
From Europe,
Has arrived In this city, where she win give
Astrological Consultations For Short
Tine Only.
nIADAAGI Ro9S,

MALI IL EAA1SSv
A FTEa a successful tour throughout the
IA Eastern states, has concluded = make a
professional visit through the South and
Southwest She is the only Scientific AstrolO-
gist In this country endowed with the SATr-
RALgift Of F0RErELLISG your future, present
and past life; bringing together those long
separated; canslng speedy marriages, and in
showing correct lkenesses Of absent friends.
future husband or wife, she has no equal. She
is the Wonder or the Age she can tell your
very thoughts the moment you enter her
studio, and can give better satisfaction, and
do more than any one in her profession She
gives information IN regard % lost or stolen
properly hidden tres4 assures, and IN all business
affairs her advice is invaluable; and with
several secrets that no living mortal ever
knew before, she viii bring success out Of ali
she undertakes
The Madame's stay in the city is limited
and therefore, all who desire to consult her
should embrace this opportunity.
Madame Ross remedies never fail 20 cure
Female Diseases Those al a distance can send
their names and aye and s.. and get by return
Of mail the outlines Of their life.
COSsU LrATIOS FEEs-Ladies. 81 505 Gentle
men, 81
FB- Madame Ross Rooms are now located
az the CENTRAL HOTEL, Nos. IS and o.
Adams street, between Second and Third
Mem phis. Tenn. nofT
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BUFFALO, November l6.-A collision
occurred last evening on the Erie rail
road, at CheektOwage Crossing, three
miles from here. The locomotive of one
train dashed into two passenger ears OF
another train, and the locomotive and
two cars We're demolished. From fifteen
to twenty ladies were in one car, OF
whom only one was injured slightly.
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The NeH Cabinet.

ST. LOUIS, November 16.-The Demo-
crdt, of this morning, states editorially
and advisedly that there will bechanges
in President Grants Cabinet after the
fourth Of March next. These will be the
retirement Of Secretaries Fish and Bout
well. The former, it is expected, will be
offered a mission TO England, and the
latter a seat in the United States Senate.
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Esr.el ssrsd-rerr,bIe plsa,ter.

QUEBEC, November l6.-The brig
Triton, which went ashore below this
place, has been got Off and tOwed up to
be surveyed.
A telegram from Gospe states that
Captain Vivian, Of Carkentine, OF the
John and Henry, before reported lost at
Cape Cove, was rescued. The crew were
lost.
Snow fell lastAight.
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WHEELING, November l6.-Epizootie
Is rapidly on the increase here to- day.
The Adams Express COmpany's horses
are all afflicted with the disease, and the
company has ceased calling for or deliv-
erIng packages. The last livery-stable
closed to-day. Quite an excitement was
occasioned to-day by the appearance on
our streets Of two well-known citizens
In buggy drawn by an OK hitched in the
shafts a "a horse. 1t has been showing
almost steadily all day, and the weather
is very cold. On account Of the horse
disease coal can hardly be obtained for
love or money. Fears of suffering on
this scOrce are entertained. The same
cause decided the Cincinnati packet
Hudson to lay up, but after reconsidera-
ton she left for Cincinnati at four o'clock
in the evening.
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LOuiSVfile'H Struggles with the Horse
Epidemic.

LOUISVILLE, November 16.-The epi-
zootic is still prevalent; OK and do'i key
teams are being substituted for horses,
and some light wagons are hauled by
men. Coal has advanced TO seven dol
lars per load, and two dollars is charged
for delivery. The railroads are refusing
freight for delivery here. Great incon-
venience Is resulting from the disease.
The citizens pulled the engines 20 fires
to-day and last night. The plan worked
well, extinguishers being used freely.
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Notice to Builders.

GEALED BIDS viii be received BY me at the
- office Of T. e. Bleckley, ESQ, County Court
Building, Union streer, Memphis, Tenn, until
Monday, the ID day o. December next. for the
building OF TWO DOUBLE CABINS at the
County Poor House, 81 miles east OF Mem
phis, on the Raleigh road. The rooms 10 be
- feet square, boarded with upright boards.
well hOored, ceiled or plastered on slices and
overhead, large window on one side OF each
room, door on the other side, opening on an
s-fOot cOveRsd gallery, running the length OF
the two roomsi the house to be underpinned
with brick pillars u inches high; fues for
stoves in the middle 50 as to have a stove to
each room, and the house 10 be 10 feet pitch
in the clear and covered with good heart cy-
press shingles. The Commissioner reserves
the right to reject all bids that are not salts
factory. HENRY T. JONES
On -r-.a-. nL oo.- Elc.-...
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PARIS, November l6.-Twenty-three
cases Of Marsellles rifles, which were TO
be sent 10 the Carlists now in the Span
ish province Corona, have been seized
at Perpignan by the authorities Of that
town.
The United States war steamer Shen-
andoah mas arrived at Marseilles. She
will shortly sail for Tunis.
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CABLE TELEGRAMS.
ITALY.

ROME, November i6.-Signor Zollc,
Minister OF Finance, having addressed
an official communication TO the Pope
guaranteeing the payment to His Holi-
ness OF the amnesty voted 10 him by the
Italian Parliament, Cardinal Antonelh
has sent a reply TO the Minister, inform
ing him that the Pope declines 10 re-
oeive the annuity.
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IN mr.mear KILLED.


LITTLE Rock, November ia dis
patch from Devalls Bluff Friday night
says: "a terrible railroad accident oc-
Cured near this place this morning on
the Memphis and Little Rock railroad.
a freight train was completely wrecked.
The engineer, Charles Putnell, jumped
from the engine, which turned over.
striking him on the head and killing
him instantly. The fireman had both
hips broken and was otherwise injured.
Conductor Parmelee stuck to his post
and ran a very harrow risk, getting
wedged in the trestles and leaving his
shoes amongst the wood. Seven cars
were badly wrecked, and the engine il
almost total wreck"
1t is very cold again to-day and the
river is still declining.