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Rents are from three to five times the rea sonable rates which could be sustained by the business of this city. Immediately after the surrender of the city, speculators and adven turers flocked thither under the impression that there was a field for fortunes here with out precedent. Business stores were scarce, and the demand for them became so great, landlords found that any price they would ask was Teadily paid. Indeed, they often regretted,