Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-11-21

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usual time given to amend com
plants. Instead of amending, tn
State appealed to the Suprem
Court, which decided that the rul
ing of the lower court was correct
The State still neglected to amen,
the complaint, hence the suits wer
dismissed.
ARRIVE. OF is.a Atc.tc sghatsni
Fleet.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.-Tb,
pioneer vessel of the Arctic whal
ing fleet to rendezvous at San Fran
cisco this season arrived here OF
the 7th instant. Up to the present
writing 16 vessels have come in, al
bringing more or sless cargo. The
catch of these vessels, as taken
| from the book of the Merchants
Exchange, shows total of 12,72E
barrels oil; 90,075 pounds whale
bone and %, 400 pounds ivory. The
report of oil by the Norman en-
braces 400 bbls Walrus; that of the
Northern Light embraces $50 bbls
Sperm while that of the Parallel is
all Walrus Oil. Seven more vessels
are expected to arrive soon. These
are the Alaska, with three whales;
Helen Mar, eight whales; Mercu-
ry, two whales; Mount Wallaston
two whales; Pacific, six whales;
Thomas Pope, eight whales, and
Vigilant-no report. The ivory
and wbalebone will be shipped by
rail to New York, and must of the
oil to New Bedford by sail. The
Syren and Victor have been en-
gagged to load full cargoes. Some
of the oil has been sold here at 35c.
Good crop Outiaok tn rniare.
VIsALIA, Nov. l9.-The rain last
month sprouted most of the grain
in summer. fallowed land, and the
late rain came just in time to save
it. 1t is now growing finely. The
prospects for good grain crop are
considered flattering. The grass
crop promises well. The grass on
the plains has started, and there
will soon be good feed. The ground
is not wet enough yet to plow. To-
tai rainfall for the season, 81
inches.
General Grnna's sGovemeuts.
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.--This being
Gen. Grants last day in Chicago
during his present visit, he has
been kept busy. At noon the To-
cal legion of Chicago Commandary
gave him lunch at the Chicago
Club House, and voted him into
mem bership of that Society by ac-
clamation. Gen. Sheridan and
other distinguished army officers
were present, and about twenty
members of the Loyal Legion from
milwaukee,. The General remain
ed at the house of his son, Colonel
Fred Grant, from until O'Clock.
At 3 O'clock he went with a mum.
ber of citizens to visit the Protes-
tant Orphan Asylum on Michigan
avenue. From 8 to Z O'clock he,
with Mrs. Grant, was the guest of
Lieut.. General Sheridan and wife,
at their house, where dinner was
served.
Afterward the General and FAM
lily left on a specia! train over the
Illinois Central Railroad for Gale
ma, their old home, where they will
few days.
RumOrea Csbsnet Change.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.-The
Bulletins Washington special re.
wives the rumor that Ramsay, OF
Minnesota, has been appointed
Secretary of War, and states that
McCreary ia to be appointed to the
Bench ct his own request.
want u Bankrupt Lew.
Boston, Nov. 19.-The Mer-
chants Association has appointed
u committee to cooperate with
other organizations in an effort to
secure the enactment of a National
Bankrupt law.
Burnt so Death.
ANDovER, Mass, Nov. 19.-Two
young sons of Mrs. H. T. Beard
were burned to death by a fire
which an incendiary started in the
room they occupied.
worksng Up the Grant tIoOm tm ts c
South.
NEW YORK, Nov.sl9.-A Herald
correspondent writes: Having
lust returned from II six weeks
tour among the people OF the
South, during which / enjoyed
special opportunities, social and
personal, for observing the drift OF
popular opinion, l am compelled
to say, as % mere matter OF simple
truth, that the recent editorial
suggestion of the Herald of the
possibility of Grant being, in GER
tain contingencies, the favorite
Presidential candidate of large
portion of the Southern peo
pie, is strictly correct. To my
utter amazement l have fount
Grant as a possible President for thu
next term freely and favorablS
canvassed by representative South
ern men of all classes and profes
sions. The writer sums up his con
clusions and claims the Southern
States, so far as the Grant boom i
concerned, as follows: North Car
olina, South Carolina and Florida
possibly for Grant; Alabama
Louisiana, Georgia and Kentuck.
certainly against Grant; Virginia
Tennessee and Texas, doubtful 70
Grant as against Bayard or stron
Democratic candidate, but proba
bly, for Grant as against Tilden o
any other Democrat.
New YORK, Nov. l9.-The Her
aid saws of the Southern Gran
movement: We do not like the in
tellegence we receive on this sub
ject, but that is no reason why W
! should withhold, or disguise, O
color, or dlstort it. We need no
, saw that we deprecate the nomina
, tion of Grant as dangerous to ou
. free institutions, but If the Soutt
ern Republican delegates should b
solid for Grant, this danger wi
h,ua IN he met and parried by til