, 1879-09-11
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EASTERN STATES.


EASTERN STATES.
Grant HOmeward BOund.
New YonK, Sept. 3.--The Pacific. Mail
Steamship Co. received the following dis.
patch from Yokohama to-day:
To CAPT. JOHN RILEY, N. Y.-The steam.
shin City of Toxic sailed on the Sd OF Sep.
tember and will probably arrive at San
Francisco Sept. alst. Gen. U. S. Grant
was passenger on the steamer.
Public Debt Statement,
The debt statement shows decrease Of
the debt for August of $685., 1896; cash in
the Treasury, S243,696,22S; gold eerti6'
Gates, SIS, 700; silver certificates, 49,.
1856, ,S5l; currency certificates, S35, l75, 900
refunding certificates, $4,306, 800; legal
tenders outstanding, $3l6,6Sl,0l6; frac-
tonal currency outstanding, $l5,662,O64.
The Southern Storm.
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 3.-The sinking of
the steamer Gilmore and the barges causes
. loss of $l25, 600. The steamboat Para
jone, during the storm, landed at Newton
Bends, 20 miles above Bayou Sara. Her
officers report the warehouse at Texas land
ing blown away. All the sugar cane and
cotton back of the river at Texas landing
was destroyed, and three or four gin houses
were demolished. Fences and, cabins were
blown down, and great damage to sugar
houses, dwellings and crops is reported
along the coast. Houses were blown down
in Bayou Sara, Baton Rouge, at Port Hickey
and other towns. So far ss could be ascer-
tained no lives we're lost. The storm in st.
John Baptist was fierce. continuous gale
of wind snd rain prevailing from 8 A. N.
till II P. NJ. An occasional lull Of . few min
'utes was followed BY increased fury OF the
gale. carrying away trees, shaking houses
and prostrating fences. Some sugar houses
stables and cabins were blown down. The
orsnge crop 10 badly damaged. Peoan.tress
are stripped of fruit, and cane and rice are
In deplorable condition. Ngr&b A{
SUMMIT, Miss, Sept. 3.-Gloomy reports
ore arriving OF the ravsges Of the rain storm
on Monday might, Creeks and Rivera are
higher than ever known before. Cotton in
low lands is under water!@ All open cotton
on hills is on the ground and the crop is
damaged at least one.third. Many bridges
and fences were washed away.
Nav York Republican Convention.
SARATOGA. Sept. 3.-A. B. Cornell, Chair
man Of the State committee, called the Re-
publican Convention to order. The ticket
is as follows: For Governor, A. B. Cornell;
Lieutenant Governor, George G.. Hoskins;
Secretary OF State, Joseph B. Carr; Con-
troller, James w. Wadsworth; Treasurer,
Nathan D. Wendell; Attorney General, Ham
ilton Ward; for Stare Engineer and Sur
veyor, Howard Soule,
gs0uthetnS Crops Ruined. = s--F
New ORLEANS, Sept, ,A.-7Monday storm
lasted from noon till 10 at night. The dam
age to property IN the town. glass in build
ings, fencing and crops in the country is in.
calculable. From every section Of the par.
ish comes the old tale of great destruction
OF cotton, and then the corn crop is 4leveled
with the ground and will be hardly able to
recover. Losses in town, Independents Of
coal and ferry boats, are estimated at $780,
600. The roof Of Henry Won Pulses sugar
house fell in and killed 90 to 49, mules
placed there for safety. Fifty yards Of wall
around the pententiery was demolished and
part of the building unroofed and machinery
damaged. .....-
Monument to Gen. Bangs.
CArcAGo, Sept. A monument erected
to the memory of The late Gen. Geo. S.
Bangs, superintendent Of the railway mail
service. will be unveiled at the Exposition
building Saturday evening at $3.50, with ap.
propriate ceremonies, including an oratori-
cal tribute BY Hon. EVERY Storrs, lifelong
friend of Gen. Bangs. The monument il OF
gray marble, IS feet high, and the design is
very complete and elaborate. ,.os
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New YORK, Sept. 4.-The Public's table
OF business transactions, as shown by clear
ing house statistics for the month ending
the S0th, gives the following losses and
gains compared with August, 1878. 'r.
Gains New York. 81 6 10; Boston, 25 7;
Philadelphia, 26 2; Chicago, 13 6; Balti.
more, IA /; Cincinnati, 8 10; st. Louis, 3 3;
Louisville, 8 s.; Pittsburg. 81 s; Providence,
z 10; Kansas City, l20 10; indianapolis,
81; Cleveland, IL s; New Haven, 30 a; Co
lumbus, % Z; Springfield, 8; Lowell, IL 8.
The cities that have lost are San Francisco,
"a 8; Milwaukee, 10 1; New Orleans, II 9;
Worcester, 4 2and Syracuse, 80. The de-
cline in San Francisco is accounted for by
transactions last year being unnaturally
swelled by speculation. and distrust of cap.
ltaLsts and uncertainty of business men
respecting the effects of the new constitu-
ton and the impending election producing
stagnation this year.
sailor Sports. tf3
New YORK, Sept. A dispatch from
AFRICA, Peru, Aug. 18th. states that the Chill
ian transport Lamarc, chased by the Haus-
car. had number OF sick soldiers on board
when sho run ashore at Caldera. The Huas.
car afterwards pursued the transport Statu,
but the latter took refuge under the guns Of
the ironclad Blanca Ezcalada, which in turn