Show f THERE is sensational t 1 throughout the country that the rumor third b term movement has come to a sudden halt by the drowning of Gen Grant I in the Gulf of Mexico There was a 3 good deal of excitement in this city on Monday concerning tho rumored I j loss of the steamer on which the general gen-eral and party are en route for the i I S United State A severe storm prevailed i pre-vailed on the gulf on Sunday but I f there eeema to be little occasion for apprehension for the safety of the I distinguished person He is on a p rill strong wellbuilt steamer which was f H not due at Galveston until Monday afternoon It is thought that the 2 vessel has gone on to New Orleans f B3 during the storm it would be impossible i im-possible to enter Galveston harbor i Probably before this issue of the HERALD goes to press news of the sale arrival of the ship with its important f j f port ant freightwill be received With ti General Grant are his wife Col Fred ii Grant and wife Gen Phil Sheridan I and other distinguished personages ff f |