The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-05
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vicinity. Five deaths at Barancas and DIR.
SteiEberg dow u. n" new cases from FuIJ
P.ckens for the past four hours
MA>HISCToS, July 2S.-Cne syndicate
has option by the bill of November Is II
take the remaining S3S, 500, 900 five p
cent. loan. Under the refnndIng act Brs
tow called in $l4. s97, 200 tive-twent
bonds, interest ceased the twenty-eighth OF
October This call includes ali outstanding
bonds issued by the act of February %,
1s62.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-Attorney-General
Pierrepont said yesterday, in response to a
question whether he had recently received
any accounts of ku-klux Outrages, that he
had received none since he has occupied his
present position.
The number of applications for pardon
is not so large as heretofore, the circular
issued several months ago by the Attorney
General on that subject being more rigid In
its requirements than the former course.
WASHINGTON, July 3l.-Lieut. -Uen. Sher-
idan having telegraphed to Gen. Sherman
the report of Cen Augur, showing there
were tifty-fOur cases of yellow fever at Bar
ancas on the evening of the twenty-sixth
instant, Gen. Sherman sent the following
reply from St. Louis to Chicago, Illinois:
THE General of the army directs us to say
| that the commanding officer at Barancas
should be authorized to remove the whole
or any part of his command t0-the piney
| woods OF Florida, or to any point the COM
handing General of the Department of the
| Gulf may appoint, regardless of department
! lines.
| TSigned1 John NJ BACON,
Colonel and Aid-de-C Camp"
! WASHINGTON, August 3.-All the execu-
| tive departments, and also the offices of the
| District government were closed to-day in
respect to the memory ex-President John
SON. Flags are at half-mast. Emblems
of mourning are displayed in various To-
calities. eco 4 &
Ntw YORK.
NEW York, July es.-The failure of
| Duncan, Sherman 6 Co. caused at first
much excitement among dealers at the Cot
J ton Exchange, as the operations of the firm
in cotton are known to have been very
heavy, as the house is said to hold large
amount of cotton in Liverpool. 1t is feared
that the failure will seriously affect the cot
ton market. Contracts in this city were
| settled however, before the failure, and
the impression which it caused on the mar
kGt here was due to the probable depression
it would cause in Liverpool. 1t late hour
this evening it had been impossible to OBJ
tain complete or partial list of creditors
of the firm. The names of the principal
creditors were declined for publication, as
the submission of the names of few
out of the many who are interested in
the failure would, in the estimation of
the firm, be neither of use to the creditors
as body or to those principally interested.
Some time will elapse before it will be pos
sible to submit detailed statement of the
JnditIon of the house. The assets can
! h.a iu OF lint no lose fhon
the liabilities. About three-fifths of the
debts of the firm are held abroad. Mr..
Duncan is said to be deeply affected by the
misfortune which has overtaken the house,
but he was to-day personally engaged with
his counsel, ana otherwise engaged in adj
justlng his affairs, preparatory to definitely
announcing to his creditors the condition
of the house. At 3 o'clock, Judge Ship
man, assignee, took possession of all
books and papers of the banking house.
The Erie Railroad is in no way affected by
the failure, as its accounts with Duncan,
Sherman 81 Co. closed six months ago.
New YORK, July 2S.-Wm. Britton Dun
can says, regarding persons now abroad
who have Duncan, Sherman & Co.'S letters
of credit: assure all friends of such par
ties that every arrangement is already made
to prevent them from experie ncing any
trouble. They'are all right. Neither they
nor their friends have any occasion to Dor
row trouble. They are in such a situation
that they can move hither and thither
especially and the same as If nothing had
happened to them. .asssEsas
New YORK, July 2S.-On Monday last
Mrs. Sarah q. Herman, a widow, and VIM.
Britton Duncan, of the firm of S. Duncan
& Co., made a transfer of real estate in this
city to A. Duncan, amounting to 1886, 900.
New York, July 90. Two river pirates
were blown up by an explosion of oil on a
lighter which they had fired.
John Baird has been appointed receiver
for the Commercial Warehouse Company.
Judge Simpson, assignee of Duncan,
Sherman & Co., knows nothing of the as
signments for the circulars and notes in the
hands of travellers, issued by the house.
NEW YORK, July 31.-C. C. Helen and
HI. S. Bogert, two brokers, who went short
of stocks on account of Duncan, Sherman
& Co.'S failure and failed to cover in time
suspended yesterday. Hfts grE
Schmale IL Froweiltar, extensive lager
beer brewers, of Marion, New Jersey, failed
for about $75, 600.
NEW YORK, July 31.-The Times says,
somewhat authoritatively, that the Ply,
mouth officials intend to raise $50, 900 10y
mortgage, the Bethel fund being raised fol
Bessie Turner by the Plymouth congrega
tiou.
Judge Barrett refused motion to locate,
arrest or reduce the bail in The Tweed case
New YORK, July 31.-Manager Roncett
Ablegatee, and his secretary, Rev. DIR.
Udalde, of the papal legation, sailed fol
Europe to-day. They were escorted dowI
the bay by steamer containing members
of the Catholic clergy and laity, and were
transferred to the ocean steamer at the
Narrows.
NEW York, July 80. - At meeting Of
the first mortgage bondholders of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, held here to-day,
the appointment of Charlemagne Tower as
trustee, under q general mortgage of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, as sue
cessor to William 3. Ogden, resigned, was
confirmed.
NEW YORK, July 30-Tbe Post says, in
J regard to the report That the Atlantic anC
; Pacific Company is to be merged with the
Western Union Telegraph Company or prac
| tically controlled by the latter, that there
is no official confirmation of it. II seems
however, to be conceded that there is
movement on foot TO accomplish that end
but the report which has been current thai
. it had been accomplished was premature.
NEW YORK, Ausust 3.-Tilton's lawyers
have served notice of new trial on
Beecher's lawyers.
Alexander Hamilton, son of the great
statesman, is dead, aged ninety. -7-
NEW YORK, August 3.-The Tribune say;
that information was yesterday obtained
from an intimate friend of Duncan, Sher
man 81 Co., that arrangements have beer
in progfess for several days TO secure al
persons who are travelling abroad with let
tiers of credit and circular notes for which
they have paid cash, aud who have been IN
able to use them since the failure of the
firm. Alexander Duncan, of Scotland, and
father of VIM. Il. Duncan, has offered to
furnish them credits if the Union Bank, OF
some other institution in London, will un.
dertakc the payment, and it is believed that
final arrangements for this purpose viii be
consammated to-day. If the present plan
should fail some other arrangement will be