The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-16
Fln.no,., anu Commercial.

17kc.
LONDON. October 15-Noon. -Consols
92&; 5s S956.
PARIS, October 15.-Rentes $751; 12c.
LIVERPOOL, October 15-3 P. NJ
Cotton opened strong-uplands9 9M; Or.
leans 1O15; Bombay shipments to the
!4th since last report $500 bales; sales
$4,000; speculation and export 1000:
sales of upiands for October aud No
vember 91a; Orleans for October and
November 90.
LIVERPOOL. October 15-Evening.
Cotton closed unchanged.
New YORK, October 15-Noon. Stocks
easier. Gold steady, ut 1871. Money
easy, ut 5. Exchange-long SaS: short
io36: Governments very quiet. State
bonds dull and strong Cotton quiet: ::
sales l, At bales-uplands 1881; Orleans
2o>6. Flou. unchanged. Wheat quiet
and firm. Corn shade frmer. Pork
tirm-mess IA. 60. Lard steady-steam
S3s@8}a. Freights steady.
+. M.-Cotton-Net receipts, to-
day, 80 bales; gross 1862. Sales OF flu.
lures II. 300 bales: October IS l3 16. 10:
November 18 GIG. 19 Ills; December
!82s. 1871; January 10, 1915; February
l9H. 1873; March 20 1-16, 2O16; April
wv. Cotton easier; sales 2, 1923 bales
1879 for middling uplands; >2016 for Or
leans. Flour-Southern in moderate re-
quest. without decided change in price,
ut z 30C03. 65 for common to fair extra:
9.7O@l1.00 for good to choice. Whiskey
very firm and in active demand, at 90.
Wheat steady, at 1.5S@l6 is for winter
red Western. Corn closed dull and
scarcely 80 firm, at 64(96412, per steamer,
for Western mixed. Pork active and
firm, at 14.50@1455 for mess. Beef
steady, at 4(96 for plain mess; 8@1O for
extra. Lard q shade easier, at t8a909Ia.
Money very easy during the day tor call
loans, aud closed at 4@5. Exchange
weaker in the morning. but closed with
hrmer feeling. at 85s@824. Gold steady
during the day and firm, at 1256@125s.
8is 161S; 62s 1524; Gas l574; 65s Is; new
Az: Tennessee IS 73Is; new 1874.
Virginia 6s Az; new SO; consolidated
81; deferred 10. Missouri 5s 90; st.
Joseph 80is. Louisiana Is so; new 40;
levee 6s So; IS 60. Alabama s. so; 5s
GU. Georgia 6s rs; sevens IS. North
Carolinas 3211a; new Is; special tax 10.
South Carolinus so; new %; April aud
October 25.
LOUISVILLE, October 15.-Fiour un-
changed. Corn unchanged. Provisions
in good demand, but the supply is small.
No pork in market. shoulders
73s; clear rib sides 115a; clear sides IL,
packed. Lard 9I@1l, cash. for round
lots. Whiskey firm. at SO.
CINCINNATI, October 15.-Flour in fair
demand, at 7.40@7.75. Corn dull and
unchanged, at ~. Pork firm, at 400;
stock scarce: Lard steady-summer
TX; steam 724; kettle s. Bacon firm
shoulders 7aS; clear rib sides liz; clear
sides IL. Whiskey firm, at SO.
ST. Louis, Ootober 15.-Flour quiet
and weak; small business. Corn easier
No. 2. mixed. 2Sla. Whiskey quiet, at
80. Pork better-jobbing saIes 1850.
Bacon only in limited joLbing demand.
Lard unchanged.
CHARLESTON, October 15--Cotton
quiet-middling 1871; receipts 2,6lO
bales; sales 800; stock II. 452.
NoRFoLK, October 15.-Cotton steady
low middling 1871; receipts $3.50
bales; sales 300; stock 4. 1852.
AUGUSTA. October 15.-Cotton quiet
middling l7A@18; receipts 9lS bales;
W1bM1soroN. October 15.--Cotton
steady-middling 1871; receipts 3l1
bales; sales 4; stock 1886
BALTIMORE, October 15.-Cotton firm
-middling 1915; receipts 3Y9 bales ::
sales $50; stock 2,01O.
PHILADELPHIA, October 15.-Cotton
quiet and firm-middling 10TMl9s5.
Boston, October 15.-Cotton active
middling 20; receipts 2.a3S bales; sales
500; stock $500.
SAVANNAH. October Is. COTTON in fair
demand-middling 1s1s@lS14; receipts
4,652 bales; sales 2,O5l; stock 40, ,67l.
MOBILE. October 15.-Cotton quiet
and firm-low middling 1917; middIing
1874; receipts 1872 bales; sales 700;
stock 8,340.
New ORLEANS, October 15.-Cotton
quiet -middling 1915: receipts 1O,7So
bnles; sales 1000; stock 1920.
GALVESTON, October 15-Cotton firm
good ordinary 1GL@16A; receipts
8S4 bales; sales LOO; stock II, All.
A STRANGE STORY Coming from any
other source than the sober, statistical
Scientific American we shonld uttarlv ra