Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-12-30

Tor Baltimore to meet Hon. j. w.
Camden, OF Parkersburg, with ref
erencs to the pending contest for
the West Virginia Senat0rship.
Their meeting has peculiar signifi-
oance by reason Of the fact that
they are both candidates for the
place now held by Senator Frank
Hereford formerly District Attor.
ney Of Sacramento, CAL, and it is
considered certain that either Mat
thews or Camden will secure the
prize, as their respective forces
will, if necessary, double up on the
one of them that is against Here
ford. Matthaws informed some
Washington friends last night that
Hereford has no possible chance of
reelection.
+. .ubscr'p.,.a-- TO m,x.cnn rail-
wnys.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29th.-Sub-
scriptions to the bonds and stock
of the Mexican State Construction
Company opened yesterday at the
Office Of Woerishoffer & Co.,
amount to $1,000, 600 and 1t is ex-
pected that considerably more than
the amount required will be sub.
scribed before closing the books to-
morrow. Large subscriptions
were received from Europe to-day.
Tne Weather Esst.
GREENSBORO, N. Y. Dec. 90
The snowstorm here is the heaviest
for 20 years. The snow Is now fif-
teen inches deep and still showing.
Now Orleans-Tbermomeler 26;
turning colder.
Vicksburg-Slush and half snow.
Shreveport-Thermometer 8; bus.
mess almost entirely suspended on
occount of the intense cold.
New York-A snow etorm has
prevailed all day and along the nd
jacent coast.
THE New Y0rk Democracy.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29Lh.-At n
large meeting of prominent Demo-
Gratis Of this city last night, to re-
organize the Democratic party of
the State, u committee was ap-
pointed to perfect plan. Kelly
and Tammany were denounced as
the cause of the defeat Of Han
cock.
The Rev stenmshiDs fur ins China
Merchants OompnDy. =
NEW YORK, Dec. 29tb.-The
Commercial Bulletin is informed
by the Captain of the Escambia,
700 o,,t Nv n riuaJ haro f-np, v,,1x,
that the four ocean steamships Or
dered by the China Merchants
Com pany for service in the regular
line between China and San Fran
cisco, will be finished next July,
commencing the weekly service
from China in August, manned by
native crews, but commanded by
English and American captains.
They are being constructed at
Glasgow and will he only fifteen
hundred tons each. The Captain
believes there will be ample EN-.
ployment for these vessels.
Monte Christie Nowhere.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29th.-To. NOR.
rows Public will have an article
showing that the Clearing House
exchanges at New York for the
past year, were not only larger
than ever before, but much larger
than those of London or any city
in the world. The Public says
There Is one moderate sized room
in New York in which the pay.
ments made during the past veal
have greatly exceeded the entire
amount received and the entire
amount expended by the United
States government, from its first
establishment down to this time
The aggregate receipts of the
United States treasury on all &C.
counts, loans included, have beer
$1s, $50, ,34S, ,647; the aggregate pay.
ments, including all REDEEM ptions
Of notes and bonds, have been $1S,.
334 ,S54 202; but the amount paid in
the Clearing House by exchanges
alone, since January /, 1880, IL
$36, ,644, 240, ,578 and the balanced
paid during the same time amount
to $l,56l, 100000 The largest
transaction ever known before in a
single year we're those of 1859,
when a third of the exchanges
probably was due to speculation in
gold. The exchanges then were
$37, ,407, ,O2S, 1857 and the balances ST..
l20, 33S, ,S08. For the first time that
record has been exceeded. The
largest transactions ever made in
any year through the London
Clearing House were &c, ,O13, 2S9, ,OOC
in the year 1S74-5 and equal to
about $50, ,495 900. Hence the
payments made in 1850, in the
room of which Mr.. Camp haa
charge, are the largest ever made
during any year in any establish.
ment on earth. The exchanges in
all the other cities in this country
during the year will not be far
from $l2,265. .000, 900, or less than
one-third those ut New York.
weather Below Zero.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29th.-The cold
weather continues. At dawn this
morning the mercury was at 19 to
% In the city; at 8 o'clock it was IL
degrees below zero and at Other
points In the North west as follows;
Detroit II, Milwaukee IS, Winora
Is, st. Paul 8, Dubuque %, Peoris
10, Davenport II, Keokuk Is, Des
moines 12, all below zero. The
sky Is clear and the wind moderats
and the prospects now are for 0
gradually rising temperature
Trains are usually impeded some
what, but there are no accidents tt
life or property yet reported.
Iatense ExcisensSs as socesrre.
| SOCCORRO, Dec. 29th.-There il
intense excitement over th,
account of the failure to arres
Jacob Baca, the assassin OF Conk
ling, editor of the Sun. The mill
tary are ordered out to protec
property and prevent o riot.