The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-22

COLUMBIA, :. e., April 22.--TLe cotton
market has been very irregular during the
past week, and prices showed a declining
tendency. The news from Europe caused
a farther decline on Friday of 182 cents
here We now quote good middling at
G@28; middling, 24@26; low middiing,
2lM23; ordinary, 19G21.
AUGUSTA, April 20-Cotton tolerably
active. We quote middling at 80; strict
and good middling,. s1@s2. Gold is in good
demand; Brokers buying at 127; selling at
1913. Silver is also in demand. Buying at
l20M122; selling at 123Gl125.
New ORLEANS, April 1s.-Better qualities
OF cotton sitter; lower grades unchanged:
1850 bales. Gold 1861 Flour, superfine
s7.374@s7.50. Corn, mixed, SIPS; yellow,
C1NcINNAr1, April 1s-Flour held SOC.
higher, but 25c. advance was as much as
was obtained; there was no speculative
Wheat is in nominal demand from millers,
and higher grades advanced 4c.; lower
grades unchanged.
Mr.. VIM. P. Wright, in his circular FOR
the China, April 11th, gives the following
statement of the movement in cotton since
the 1st OF September last: Receipts at the
ports OF the United States, ,614, 900 bales;
exports to Great Britain, s49, 900 bales; ex-
ports to France, 1885, 900 bales; exports to
other foreign ports, As, 900 bales; total e1-
ports, ,O31 900 bales; stock on hand, 522,-
600. OF which, during the past week, in
cluded In the above, receipts at tho ports,
II 600 bales; exports to Great Britain, As
oOo bales; exports to France, $4,000 bales;
exports to other foreign ports, 1000 bales;
total exports, &C, 900 bales. Corrections
from Charleston and Savannah, where the
statements have recently been made up,
have added, in the last two weeks, about
~, OU0 bales to the exports to Great Bri-
tam, not, however, included in the weekly
tables. A new feature in the trade is the
increase Ill direct shipments from Florida
and Texas, which 80 far, this season, have
exceeded those from Charleston and Sa-
vannah to Liverpool.
The DIREcT TAX ON THE SOUTHERN
STATES. The amount of direct tax levied
on Southern States by Act Of Congress,
5th August, 1861, is enumerated az follows,
together with the amounts paid and nm
paid:
Virginia levy, s7O6 9is. .O6; paid, sl93, $780,
~ amount unpaid. s6o3, 227 81. North
Carolina levy, s489, 7G5.47; tax paid, s73,-
29Gl unpaid Sale, ,469.37. South Carolina
levy, s309, ,O35.07; tax paid, s245, ,053. 60; un-
paid, 3,9Sl.45. Tennessee levy, $685.
u3330 tax paid, $500, 900; unpaid, s309-
O733O. Arkansas levy, s222 COB 20; tax
P.''u, Soo,oooo- uIlphii, SlOJ, SUS. 80.
New YORK DRY GOODS MARKET Stocks
abundant; sales Of the week at slightly
reduced quotations. Buyers holding OF
for further reduction. The auction sales
OF foreign dry goods were at low rates and
entirely unsatisfactory to owners. The
quotations given are: Brown shirtings and
sheetings gs-36-inch -244c.; 3O-inch, 20c. ::
Medfor1, 23c. Bleached- d-Androscoggin,
36tc.; Bal!ow Il Son. S6-inch, 2Sc.; Bailow
y Son, 49, il CHI, 22c. Prints -Merrimac, w.,
pc; Merrinlac, D., Bic; Wamsutta, l4Ic.
Glnghams Lancaster, 25c.; Hartford
21tc.
NATIONAL BANK SECURITIES United
States bonds held by Treasurer Spinner,
III trust for national banks, on the 10th
instant, amounted to upwards of $3.50, 900, :
OOO, as Is shown below
Security for circnlatg notes s3l9, ,459 500
secnrity FOR public deposits 3o, 92y 500
NATIONAL BANK CURRENCY COMPTROLLER
Clarke, last week, authorized the issue of
Il l2l, $50 III national bank notes. The to.
tai amonnt thus far issued Is $26G, ,5U4 3lO.
INTERNAL. REVENUE.-I The receipts of the
Government from this source during the
week eu1iuo on Saturday In - ,yae roo