Morning journal and courier., 1880-03-23
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. General Grant. Anxiety Caused by an Overdue
 Steamer.
 FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY. A Severe storm fin the Gulf. Ola Marin ers Not Dismayed. Tlaey Declare the Delay Not
 Alarming.
GENER AL GRANT.

The City of Mexico Overwhelmingly fOK Her Safety-A Violent Storm in the Gulf Mariners not Discouraged = They Think the Delay Not Alarming Excitement Over the Delay. GALVESTON, March 22.-The greatest sx- citement has prevailed all day over the non-
 arrival of the steamer City of Mexico with General Grant and party on board. There
 are no tidings of the steamer up to dark, and
 no satisfactory theory to account for the de-
 lay. The storm has been very severe since
 Saturday. Most of the time it was utterly
 impossible to enter this port, and it could not
 have been done at any time since. The City
 of Mexico was not due until this afternoon.
 If the weather had been favorable the City of
 Mexico should have been sighted Sunday af-
 ternoon. The theory that failing to make har-
 bor here she headed across the Gulf for New
 Orleans, is not credited by pilots, who say she
 would be more likely to stand out till the storm abated and then enter the bay, in which case she ought to have been sighted this af- ternoon. They still hope the vessel is safe, but say her non appearance up to this time is ominous.
 The most experienced seamon express per feet confidence in the safety of the City of Mexico and state that she cannot be expsct- ed to arrive if.sthe prevailing storm lssts The weather has been very violent since Saturday, and is as severe ct the present writing as at any time.
 NEW ORLEANS, March 22.-There is not a shadow of reason to apprehend disaster to the steamer City of Mexico, having on board the Grant party, under the circumstances She was not due at Galveston before tonight or tomorrow morning, and if she was delayed by a northern gale in making her connections at Tampioo and Tuxpan, required by her mail contract, she might be delayed two days long CT. The steamer is one of the staunehest afoat in the Gulf, and her captain, Mcintosh, is one of the best Gulf navigators alive and on board he maintains the most rigid discipline, therefore no credence is given here to the re- ports about disaster to the vessel.
 WASHINGTON, D. O., March 22.-Thsrs was considerable excitement here this afternoon at the non-arrival at Galveston of the steamer City of Mexico with the Grant party on board, and fears arc entertained that the ves- sel has been lost. The bulletin boards were narrowly watched for additional information during the afternoon and evening. Up to this hour (midnight) no intelligence, except that conveyed in the National Associated Press dispatches, has been received.
 CHICAGO, March 22.-The rumors regarding a possible disaster to the City of Mexico and the loss of Grant and his party has created in- tense excitement. A reporter of the National Associated Press visitsd military headquarters, but no dispatches had been received there corroborating or denying the report. Colonel Sheridan said he expected dispatch from his brother, the General, as soon az he reached Galveston. The last he received was dated Saturday at the City of Mexico, saying he would start that day and reach home on the 24th. Colonel Sheridan said the vessel was not due until to-day, and no alarm need be felt if she did not arrive until tomorrow.