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The New York herald., 1872-11-25

DED BALL LINE OF MAIL STEAMERS
IL New York to Demerara. calling at ST. Thomas and
Barbados 10 land mails and passcnges.
These first class, full powered iron steamers in
tended to sail from Atlantic Docks, Brooklyn as
folows:
NANDINGO. 1900 tons. December
FoLLoWED by LAGOS and GuNGA
EVERY THREE WEEKS THEREAFTER
These steamers specially adapted to tpDicascrvce.
have large sateroons bathrooms and superior yanla
amount Of cargo will be taken Hornedt Garthorne.
owners 10 South street.
For freight or passage apply to 49,. ao
~ Smith street. New York.
, 1872-11-11
RELIEF FQR BOSTON.

The Boston calamity appeals more directly
to the hearts Of the people of Chicago than to
s,v Others We know what that calamity
means, We know the sudden change from
bealth. comfort, and plenty; to exposure: suffer-
5ne. and want. We know the sad story OF all
v;cti3,s of such q disaster. In our day Of suffer-
inc. Boston was keenly alive to the wants Of our
eope. She placed 7125, 600 in cash to our credit,
.,,a avery warehouse and store in Boston sent
,ts 1aIes and bo1es Of blankets and clothes, Of
s,ces znd wearing apparel, and OF all the things
Il 1T were needed by q destitute people Her
literal money subscription 'FFs tho least OF her
1r;t:e. Her people gaVe all these Spontaneously
-,-o.,ntly. and with hearty good WILL.
lar ne who, more t1au al esaera, know Lac e&-
<<.7. ot her calamity, delayin making our return
rr.e pc,;es and Aid Society should promptly re-
.,,-. 70 Boston in cash, with interest, the money
se,i, 10 Us in tie day Of our afaiction, and
+;.is should BE- supplemented by individual sub
.o.;,,4cns. It Il possible that there may be suf-
.~ev;-e there for tcod; dourand meal, and beef
..a n,rt ere hero in sbundance; if these are
-ecaea N Boston. let our people .Rend forward
asopues at once. Let the money 70 arst; ano
, 1872-11-11

Special Despat-.t to the Chicago Tribune.
ALBANY, n T., Nov. 10.-BEEvEs.-During Thurs
day and Friday the market vas comparatively Inactive
in consequence Of advance Of Il to &c lb asked
by holders, and disposition Of buyers to hold of In
tho hope Of the market taking downward turn
There good attendance Of buyers, but while they
wanted cattle they did not feel inclined to pay more
than last weeks rates. The supply Of good beeves
was scarce and it became evident yesterday that b1y-
ers would either have to pay the advance asked OF else
take tic inferior CATTLE Buyers therefore gave
wav and lively business W2s done. In tact oT noon
nearly Ill the stock worth having had been bought
The offerings have comprised more medium aud IN
ferior animals than USUAL and these commanded but
little attention. The top prizes realized was wien
for the quality Of the cattle purchased Vas an advance
over list week OF ~ per b.
KEcE1p1s-The following are the receipts of the
week il car loads, taken from the books OF
the Central Railroad: Monday, cattle,
= sheep, ~ hogs; Tuesday, 4 cattle sheep, . .
bugs "Wednesday, sheep; 10 hogs Ihureday, % %
cattle IS sheep; ITO hogs; Friday, l0t cattle; 50
hoga Sunday. cattle; sheep; Il hogs. 9ot41 2aa
cattle ITS sheep, 358 hugs.
r1ucEs-Tne following are the ruling prices this
week premium, S7.85@837N; extra, H.15@185;
trst quality Sc Gs087 So; secund quality, s5.75@625;
Third quality, fl.a0g5,25 !: inferior, s2.25@425.
weru offered this week, and all we're taken, at from
$50 to SIS each.
wokklsa O1Es-In good demand. Prices range
fruln 5 10 &c 1er lb.
snEEP-Ony moderate trade has been done in
THIS market during the week. many Of the car loads re-
prices rea1ed. at from to e71c for coarse wool
sheep; * to cHc for fine wool and to s4c {oF
lambs.
Hous-The trade this week has been mainly con.
fined to State droYes, at from 500 to per cut;
Western hogs command from aK to 55zc per lo,
, 1872-11-11

bloomington, ~, mas elected Congressman,
ana nov now wants fost othce building.
-"ednesoay evening, whi4e the Kepubhcans
cannon USED on tne occasion exploited, terribly
wounsalng Young man named George Frick,
VINO alea soon after:
IN lnVald soldler ct Fort Mhlpple was re-
Gently Ecu 70 3 care-"heel, ana Kept there four
haa Iensu1ea 10 re:nonstrate WITH an ohcer who
nao taken from hln bottle containing medl-
cine:
-colonel Ggo. tlndlcy, formerly lawyer OF
some note N hartford, ana Judge u the Circuit
conIt OF New - aayen county, ana VINO se5ved as as
colonel N the Mexican War, has Just dled at
, 1872-11-11

The appalling calamity which has visited Bos-
ton will nowhere be more fully appreciated, or
meet with deeper sympathy than in Chicago,
whose great disaster of year ago, is uowsadly
rivalled. Throughout the whole of yesterday
every item of intelligence from the suffering
city vas eagerly watched for by thousands OF
our population. The great catastrophe mas
everywhere discussed in its financial, mercan-
tile, architectural, insurance and general busi-
ness aspects as fully as the facts which had
reached us would admit Of. The area
Of the burned district is fully shown
in another part Of this paper.
The fire has swept over one-ffth Of the area Of
the city proper. On this arsa, however, we're
crowded probably one-third to one-half OF the
values Of the city. Our dispatches differ vide
". but very naturally in their estimate OF the
amount Of the loss, some Of them placing it as
low as one hundred millions, while others pre-
dict that it will reach two hundred and fifty NIL
lions, or fifty millions more than the loes By
the Chicago fire. It the fro extends
no farther than The area bounds. by
A"ANe..3
harbor, the loss could not be roughly estimated
at less than from sl5o,00o, 900 to s200.000,0o0.
The entire assessed value Of the real and per-
sonal property @: Bostcn: II 1916, was @5s4, ,oss-
4G0.
Experts familiar with the insurance business
in Boston, say that from 50 to SC per cent Of the
loes is insured, and that about two-thirds of the
entire insurance will fall On New England COM
panies, most largely, OF course, Oh those OF
Boston and Hartford. Probably one hundred
millions Of insurance will fall due from the var
ious companies of tho United States and Europe.
The total assets Of al. the companies taking risks
in Massachusetts is eighty-Bix millions. II
Lro-thirds Of this loss falls upon New England
companies, very few Of them can survive. The
strongest companies, the Etna, Hartford,
Phoenix, Manufacturers, Springfield Fire &
Marine, ETC., will doubtless suffer most, as their
lines Ct insurance ewould be heaviest in district
so compact, and whose business has beea q so
high grade. The heavy foreign companies,
the London, Liverpool and Globe. the North
, 1872-11-11
The QMaggn, u Substitute for the
Horse

From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Probably most OF our readers know no more Of
the quagga than what they have learned by see-
ing it's picture in the school biographies or in
books Of African travel. Many naturalsts think
that Africa was the original country OF the horse,
and there is very little doubt that it WAS in
Northern Africa that the horse was first brought
under the subjection Of man. In Africa also the
quagga is found, and there, in like manner, it
has been domesticated. The quagga has the
form, light figure, and small head aud ears of
the horse. It is swift and strong, docile and
obedient, md easily domesticated. It ia capable
Of every variety OF service performed by tho
horse. and naturaists say that, by little On
the part OF man, it might be rendered an ex~
ceedingly valuable beast Of burden. It is about
four feet high ct the shoulders and neck, has
slender legs and an asinine tail: 1t is an ex,
ceedingly beautiful animal. Its neck aud
fore parts are dark brown, elegantly striped,
the back; it's hinder parts are light brown, apd
quagga ,sss originally hybrid between the
horse and zebra; but it this Be SO, its hybrldlty
has not interfered with its permanent covers Or
propagation. It has an advantage, over the
horse; in that its flesh ssavory, though OF ratnes
coarse fibre, which makes it all the more astfac-
tive to the natives. The horse has been eateu,
and, at the present day, is used tor tooo 10 sone
extent in Paris but horse meat = W isa ,a ~
the palate and the attempts OF tfencn saooHs
to Introduce it among the higher CLASSES naIe
not been successful: There would be no such
difficulty in regard to tho quagga; 4uaggas aIe
found Wild in lsrge herds op the PLAINS Of South
ern Africa: and though swift and alert, they are
not bard to catch. They could be brought to
, 1872-11-11

British and Mercantile, the Imperial, the Royal,
the Queen, and the Union Commercial, have
also run heavy lines Of insurance in Boston, and
it will be marvel, indeed, if they all survive.
The Philadelphia companies come next in favor
of the Bostonians, and the New York companies
last. Generally, it may be said that those COM
panies which made the greatest sacrifices to out
live the Chicago fire, will most likely be doomed
by the calamity in Boston.
We will not anticipate the condition OF indi-
yidual companies. The painful truth will soon
be known, and it will probably show that a large
part of the insurable property Of this city, and
OF the whole country, is now uncovered. We
publish elsewhere list Of all the companies
taking risks in massachusetts, from which in
surers can learn what companies are certainly
companies having large risks there hare
the pluck and ability to subscribe new capital
to the amount necessary to carry them through
this grent crisis, the fire insurance business
will expand into capacity equal to these great
connagrations. We have heretofore had COM
panies whose policies were good against single
fires. We have had few which could well stand
the burning Of fourth Of one of our leading
cities. At present the entire insurance capital
Of the country in but about $10o,0o0,o0o, or
one-half enough to pay the loss Of either tho
Chicago or the Boston conflagrations. If we are
to have insurance worthy Of the name
we must have companies whose assets range at
from S10, 1000, 900 to S20,0o0,000. Only such can
make any head against the class Of confagra-
ton to which we now know that all our large
cities are liable. 4 fire in New York or Phila-
dclphia might as easily sweep away five hum
dred millions of values as those in Chicago and
Boston have swept away half that sum in each.
These fires will increase the demand for insur-
ance, and will at the same time inten-
sify the demand that our insurance COM
panies shall have larger capitals. This
very hour Of their prostration and calamity,
therefore, is the golden hour in which the losing
companies should so enlarge their capitals and
broaden their base as to lift themselves into q
more commanding position in the financial world
than they havo ever before known. The COM
pany which will meet the Boston calamity by
boldly throwing open its subscription books to
the public, and increasing its capital to ten or
twenty millions. would VIC believe, meet with
cordial and triumphant response on the part of
both capitalists and insurers. 1t would be i'm
| mediately felt that such companies alone are
absolutely eafo, and this would concentrate tho
business Of insurance IN cities into the hands Of
stronger institutions.
, 1872-11-11

tary, sneak after the sheep, Kin and sat them.
and then go quietly home and play the part Of
an honest dog It is Of little use therefore, to at
tempt to fix the crime where it belongs; and
the only way is to tax all the dogs, whether OF
dogs s" pss& ss&i' Asss ss from nhes as
PACK OF them have no real value. They remind
one Of the Dntchman who sued his neighbor for
the value Of dog. The plaintiff stated to the
Court that the dog was good for nothing, but,
he should pay the full value. History says the
Justice made the Constable pay the costs,-no
doubt for encouraging the suit. And so it is.
these dogs are worth nothing, and, it the State
should order the whole lot Of them killed,
fnli value. 4 eensus @ Of a1 al he dogs
kept On the farms would astonish the public
and then, if we could get at the cost Of Keeping
them, we should create greater astonishment.
As guardians OF the farm at night, they have
no great value; for the night -prowlar after poul-
try and other things lying around loose makes
things disappear from under the direct care and
presence OF the watchdog" He is like city
policeman, not there when wanted, or has
been bribed with piece Of raw meat. tax of
50 per capita would soon make worthless ours
scarce, and good mutton-sheep plenty. Talk Of
a Protective tariff; why, the dog has been pro-
tected so long that every small flock of sheep
has disappeared from the farms: 4 neighbor
mate and the two suck every egg that is laid
on the farm. As soon Us a hen cackles, the dogs
are all attention, and they do not stop to play
until tt@ egg is de1oured. Hot eggs, cold eggs,
eggs filed with pepper, have no effect on their
appetite. And thus it is, if the dog does one
good turn, he is certain to do several bad ones
as an offaet.
Ny good friend, Senator Whiting, has dcne
his best to have an efTectual Dog law passed;
but be has been sna1led at and laughed at for
his pains. Every three-cent lawyer in the Assem-
bly, has said some witty thing in regard to it,
and has steadily voted against the bill for, il
the dog can't vote, some Of the overs Of dogs
can do 80, and it is the fear Of these votes that
deter this class Of legislators from looking at
the question in the light Of business. have no
idea who was elected in the late CANVASS;
but this I do know; that
large proportion Of them must be- good
business men. for, in the present condition ct
parties, the well-conceded need Of better class
OF men foE this position has not been barren Of
results We shall, therefore, look forward to
the next Legislature, with hopes Of progress in
the statutes that affect rural affairs. RcRA1.
, 1872-11-11

The French Republic is evidently in 3 transit
ton state. Whether the discordnnt elements
which arc at work will result in pushing it back
into monarchy or will propel it forward and give
it a more stable republican form, is difficult to
determine. It is struggling between two power
full forces-monarchy on the ono hand and co.
cialism on the other, Napoleon III, Prince Je-
rome, II. Rouher, aad the Count de Chambord
representing the various phases OF the one, the
cxpatriated Communists abroad and such men as
Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc at home, the
phases of the other Between this Scylla and
Charybdis, II. Theirs is to steer with even keel.
The proposition of Louis Blanc is perhaps the
nearest aud most threatening danger against
which II. Theirs has to guard, from
the fact that he is man universally
and blamelessncss of life. His proposition
touches social questions, and these are the only
questions which seem to agitate the breasts Of
Frenchmen, in the attempted settlement Of
which, hitherto, they have SO often rushed into
the atrocious extremes Of Communism. Lonis
Blanc is not Communist, although he is n poll
tical romancist and social dreamer. His repub-
can system will never bring him to the punish
1nents Of sartory, nor to the soltudes Of New
Caledonia. His proposition to lecture on his
theme WIS forbidden, however, by Theirs, and so
the historian prints it in the republican newspa-
Der, the Rappel, by which means he secures still
]arrer audience Louis Blanc has built up
model Republic on paper, but it is after ell
an Utopia. His propositions are fascinating,
but have no foundation. He bases his Republic
upon universal suffrage, and demands that the
cation and the health Of the people.
He would make the elections fire.
quent, SO that universal suffrage
can express its will constantly, and at the same
time makes the Legislature supreme, but sug-
gests no manner in which these constantly chang
ing administrations, burdened with political ma
chinery. and distracted with inevitable cabals
and intrigues for power, can accomplish these
desirable reforms. He would take education
from the Clergy and make it compulsory, and
also make the bearing of arms a universal public
duty. He would abolish capital punishment and
nll taxes and tariffs 1evying only one single d.
rect tax for the support of the Government, In
his Republic: be would gradually etface all ranks
and privileged orders, insure absolute freedom
Of the press conscience, and suffrage 80 as to al
ways secure the rights of the minority, and final
ly gould introduce cooperation in labor, 80
that the right Of labor shall lead to
the right Of property. These ere the outlines
Of Louis Blanc's republic. It is the iascinat-
ing dream Of the romancer, which can never be
realized The attempt to realize it would disin :
tegrate the present imperfect Republic, and
one or the other Of the numerous espirantts for
the empty throne would step in and build up a
Kingdom on the ruins Of the Republic.
Meanwhile, what is II. Theirs doing to
strengthen the basis Of his Republic, and make
, 1872-11-11
War Department Weather Prognos-
ticatiOns.

WAR DEPARTNENT, OFFICE OF TIE CHIEF
SIGNAL OFFICER, DIVISION OF TE1EoRAMs AND
REPORTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF COMMERCE,
WASHINGTON, o. c., Nov. 10.-Probabilities-
The barometer will fall on Lakes Huron and
Michigan, and thence over the lower lakes and
to the mid-Ohio Valley, with southeasterly to
southwesterly winds, cloudy weather, and rain.
In New England, generally clear weather and
partly cloudy weather and light souther1y winds.
In the South Atlantic States, northerly winds,
clearing weather, and occasional rain. In the
Gulf States, wind northeasterly to southeastern
ly, with partly cloudy weather, extending to the
the Ohio Valley, winds yeering to northwesterly,
with cool, clearing weather, but occasional rain
On Monday.
, 1872-11-11
Tho Cost OF Royalty and Aristccracy
in England.

The Blue Book containing the {: finance ac-
counts" Of the British Government OF 1912,
shows. that, excluding the Civil List, which
amounts to s406, ,238 It's. 3D., the grants to the
royal family show total of 9125,98 So. lid.
The odd figures in this total, which will at once
arrest attention, are explained by the circum-
stance that in the past financial year only por-
tion OF the allowances made to Princess Louise
and Prince Arthur fell due. The grant to the
former is $4,000, and to the latter el5, coo; The
Crown Princess OF Prussia takes 48, 600; tho
Princess Alice, 5000; the Prince Of Wales,
Gao, 600; the Princess Of Wales, $4,000; the
Duke Of Edinburg, ELS 900; the Princess Chris
tiau, &C. 600; the Duchess Of Cambridge, E6, 900;
the Duchess of rg-strelitz (daughter
Of Cambridge, E12000 (apart, of course,
from his military pay); and the Duchess of Teck,
$4,000. There are four ex-ChancellorH-Lords
St. Leonars, chelnsfoTd, Westbu1y and Cairns
who each draw $4,000 year: The political
four annuities OF the frst-c1ass (f2,00o) are
permitted to run at one time. This class is full.
and Z q two parties divide the spoil equally be-
tween them. The annuitants are Mr. Disrae1i,
Gibson. The two second class pensions Of
1,400 are vacant; but Dir. Villiers and Mr.
Head]am, under the act Of 1869, have each
81, 200, only portion Of which, however. comes
out OF the consolidated fund. OF the four
third-claes pensions Gel 1000 three are vacant,
Under class four, six pensions Of FL 900 are nj
lowed but only one is drawn. the recipient be-
ing Admiral Hamilton, late Second Secretary Of
the Admiralty: h1r. R omaine, Who recently filed
similar appointment, is on the list, but a note
informs ua that the pension is suspended while
that gentleman ia in receipt of salary in India
as Judge Advocate General We need not refer
in detail to the civil service, the judicial and the
diplomatic pensions, but it may be noted that
the pensions for naval and military services
charged on the consolidated fund amount to
e38 600 year. The representatives of Lord
Rodney receive 60, 900; the representatives Of
Nelson, s5, 600 and the representatives Of Lord
Amherst. $4,000. These are perpetual, the
others are for one or more lives. The hered-
itary pensions Of the old type are now reduced
to four-the heirs and descendants Of William
Penn, "a 600 the Duke OF Marlborough, "a 900;
the heirs of the Duke Of Schomberg, 92, 160;
and Lord Bath, sl,200. Annuitants are pro-
verbally long lived, and here is curious case in
point: " Mary Ann Forster (now Tomes) late
housemaid House OF Lords, Ireland, for loss Of
emoluments by the Union, :el8 os. 10d. The
total amount paid out Of the consolidated fund
during the past year for pensions and annuitics
was E304 ,879 g. Sd; but, Of course. in addition
to this, the various annual estimates provide for
a very considerable expenditure OF 3 like nature.
, 1872-11-11

is to keep the fire within the walls. But, in
nine-tentha Of all these buildings, the outer walls
are the only incombustible material used. In
each the walls are tied and held together by
wooden joists, resting on wooden girders, sup
ported On iron columns, and each floor is con-
nected By hatchways or stairs. 4 fire once start
ed finds in these wooden interiors fuel for rap
id and al intense heat the iron columns once
heated give way, letting down floor after floor,
either throwing the walls outward or pulling
them down in the general wreck. The wind
bears the flames and burning brands to other
buildings; and SO it goes-as in Chicago, SO in
Boston. andso it will be sooner Or later in every
city similarly constructed. They manage these
things better in France and in Europe generally.
We must take some lessons from theul
, 1872-11-11
FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE BOSTON FIRE

FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE BOSTON FIRE.
The BoB ton fire has blotted out perhaps one
hundred millions Of accumulated capital. It's
first effects will, of course. be felt by the imme-
diate loaers-the merchants and business men
whose circulating capital in the form of goods
and materials has been destroyed, and the OWL
ers Of buildings whose income has been taken
away from them. It's next effects will be felt by
the insurance companies whose assets have
been engulfed in the condagration, and by their
policy holders in all parts of the country: Who
are not only deprived of the protection they had
bargained for, but are unable to get the requisite
amount of insurance elsewhere, and are COM
PEELED to become their own insurers for the time
being. The next blow will fall upon the credl-
tors Of those Boston merchants who are un-
able to meet their engagements. How
far this may reach it is Impossible
now to say. Boston has not only done business
on her own capital heretofore, but has been q
large lender to other parts Of the country. Such
calamity could not fall upon any community IN
the United States better able to bear it. Money
has been very tight in Boston as elsewhere late
II, but her banks arc the strongest in the
country. and we do not apprehend that any OF
them will suspend. The next thing III order will
be heavy sale Of securities (stocks, bonds,
&c.) by insurance companies and private lndl-
yidua1s to meet losses, and to obtain funds Tor
rebuilding. Spectators carrying stocks, bonds,
&C., on margins, will also be compelled to throw
them overheard. This will cause O tempo
rary decline in all such securities, and
perhaps produce q panic in the stock
exchanges of Boston, New York, and
Philadelphia similar to that which followed the
Chicago fire, but will not necessarily extend be-
yond those precincts. The next effect, and this
is the one Chicago ia most concerned in, will be
the curtailment or cessation of loans from New
England, from which large share Of the capi-
tal has been obtained for rebuilding here. Bos-
ton and Chicago cannot be rebuilt with the same
capital at the same time. the amount of money
We have obtained from New England has been
80 great that ne apprehend Boston will not easi-
ly find the capital to replace her ruined edidcee.
Tie question which most people will ask
is whether the Boston fire will be like
" to produce q general financial
crisis. The Chicago fire did not hive that eff
feet and there is no reason intrinsically why the
Boston fire should do so. Money is tighter now
than it was one year ago; but, on the other
hand, Boston is less in debt than Chicago WIS,
and in the aggregate, is not in debt at all Being
creditor, and not debtor city to the rest Of the
country, there is no reason why her disaster
should carry alarm to the business community
elsewhere. She will not be able to lend az for
merlv, but she will not suspend.