Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-24


last week with power from Ambrose
X. Woodruff, alias Miller, to draw his
balance from the banking house of
Woodruff &c Spence. He had pre-
vi0usly sent money to the firm TO pay
certain debts contracted prior to his
hurried flight from Lynchburg in
1869.
Wool Market.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-Wool
quiet and firm, supply good. Medium
and combing in best demand. Cali
fornia and medium, 28@29c; coarse,
26@30c.
Gold and stocks.
NEW YORK, July 23d.--Gold closed
at 12i@l2s. Money easy, 19@2. Gov
ernment bonds dull and steady. Pacific
Mail, $50; Panama, 1870; Quicksilver,
l32; Western Union, sos.
steamer sunk.
NEW YORK, July 23d.-The ship
Lahore, from New Orleans, reports
July 10th, six miles South of Frying
Pan Shoals light house. the ship saw
the three mast-heads of large steam
er sunk.
To Succeed the Lost Steamer.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23d. = The
steamship City of Limerick has been
secured to take the place of the Abb
bottsford, lost on the coast of Wales,
and will sail from Liverpool on We'd
nesday next. BY this arrangement,
l. rio will
proceed without interruption. The
Abbottsford was fully insured in Great
Britaiu and FRANCE, and the freight in
this country and Europe. Her cargo
was large.
Gold I'm New York.
NEW YORK, July 23d.-There was a
heavy feeling developed in gold on the
Exchange this morning and the first
sales were at 1i2s, and Ii2S at the close
last evening. After this a steady de-
cline ensued until the price reached
111a. There was some excitement
among spectators, but no failures
have been announced, although sew
eral operators are said to be crippled
severely. Outside dealers, who have
been buying gold since it declined to
| 1l3, hoping for reaction, are the
principal losers. The highest price to-
| day was 112k, at opening and the low
est 111a, which was made specially be-
fore noon. About o'clock gold be-
gan to recover from these low quota
tions, and advanced from 111sto 1923,
which was the closing price. ...s
Important Land Decision.
WASHINGTON, July 23d.-The Sec-
retary of the Interior has reversed the
decision of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office in the case of
Robert NJ Stewart VS.. the Western
Pacific Railroad Company, involving
land within the claimed limits of the
Magnetamas Mexican grant, rejected
by the Supreme Court in 1865, after
the withdrawal for the railroad COM
pany on map of it's general route, but
prior to its definite location. Stewart
settled in 1855, prior to the passage of
the railroad act. The Secretary fol-
lows his late decision in the case of
Dallingham ct al, holding that the
act of March 80, 1878, granting rights
to settlers on rejected foreign grants,
had no reference to California, but
that lands in that State are governed
by special act subsequently passed
on the same day, extending the pre-
emption laws to California, by which
pre-emption rights are expressly eX-
cluded from attaching in favor of set
tiers upon the lands held or claimed
under any foreign grant or title.
Stewards settlement was therefore a
mere possessory interest, giving him
no legal right at the date of withdraw
al for the purpose of the railroad, and
thus excluded from legal settlement.
The decision, although it will work
hardship to many settlers, is in har-
mony with the entire current of the
decisions of the Supreme Court of CAL
ifornia and the United States and the
u. s. Circuit Court of that District,
and, unless oyerruled by the Supreme
Court of the United States, where, we
understand, the appeal of the case is
pending, must be regarded as settled
law in the case.
Fatal Accident.
BALTIMORE, July ga man aged
about 35 years, who registered as w.
H. Vandiver, Cincinnati, Ohio,
jumped or fell from the fourth story
window of the Mountain House, this
evening. He was instantly killed.
Missing Documents.
ALBANY, n. Y, July 23d.-The doe
uments missing from the office of the
Division Engineer of the Erie Canal
| are the final account books and other
papers and documents in relation to
the three contracts which are the SUBJ
jects of investigation by the Commits
sion.
Resignation OF n State Auditor.
NEW ORLEANS, July 23d. - State
Auditor Clinton has sent in his resig-
nation to Coy. Kellogg to-day, to take
effect December 18th. He accompa-
nies the resignation with the explana-
tion that he fixes this date because an
earlier resignation would necessitate q
new election. He has long desired to
take this step, and states that he
waited till his character was vindi-
Gated by the report of the experts.
Gov. Kellogg, in accepting the resig-
nation, assures him that, though he
ordered an investigation, he never be-
| lieved the Auditor personally puiltv