The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-14

dating the Commercial Convention and
the National Board of Trade. The mex
meeting will be held at Pittsburg, on the
first Monday in September. :.
Financial an. commercial.
COLUMBIA, 8. c., December 13.-Sales
OF cotton, to-day, SO bales-middline
175a.
LONDON. December l3-Noon,
soils 9156991A. Is 891s.
PARIS, December 13.-Rentes 54E. 42o.
Specie decreased 50O.OO0f.
LIVERPOOL, December l3-3 P, NJ
Cotton opened frm-uplands lO0lO1k
Orleans 1925; sales of uplands for Be.
cember 10: sales of the week 81. 600
bales; export 5000; speculation 5000:
stock 365, 600. OF which American is
54, 600; receipts 63, 900, of which Ameri.
can is 36. 1000; actual AMOUNT afloat
zig. 900. of which American is 129, 900.
hlVERpooI. December 13-Evening.-
cotton closed unchanged. Yarns and
fabrics firm, with An upward tendency.
NEW YORK, December 13-Noon. =
STOCKS dull. Money firm, at Z. Gold
aull' at l2>6. Exchange-long 9%;
short lO1e. Governments dull and
steady. State bonds heavy and quiet.
cotton dull; sales 62l bales-uplands
i9H; Orleans 2O9s. Flour and wheat
dull! and unchanged. Corn steady.
foEk quiet. at 1880. Lard dull-steam
7A(gs. Freights unchanged.
p M,-Cotton quiet; sales 1,7o6
bales-up!ands 1879; Orleans 2Oss.
decidedly higher. at971f. Wheat rakLer
6rmer and quiet. Corn a shade firmer
and very quiet. Rice quiet. at 7sl(a8k.
Pork frmer, at .13. 75014.0O. Lard
weaker. Freights quiet and firm. Got.
ton-net receipts 231 bales; gross 1,277.
Sales of futures l6, 200 bales: December
ioa, 194; January 19I, 10 7-18; Fe-
bruary 1919. 1879; March 19 1915,
19T; April 20. 20h; May 2O14, 30 GIG;
June 20A. 20 1915. Money active, at
7(@l-l6 commission. Sterling closed
stronger, at 5000. Gold 12L@123s.
Governments steady and firm. States
dull. Tennessees rather heavy; Virginia
consolidated strong.
Comparative cotton statement
receipts at all ports for the week 1872, OF
bales; same time last year 1913, 1888; total
tor the year LAOS, ,633; last year l,l31..
9o7. Exports for the week G7, ,O03; same
time last year 1O2, ,247; total for the wear
667. Al; last year SIC, 1879. Stock at oil
y nlted States ports 502, 460; last year
40O, ,496; at interior towns 81, ,O34; last
year 70,501; at Liverpool 365, 1000; last
year 458.000. American cotton nfloat
for Great Britain 5000; last wear
147, 900. ''
LOUISVILLE, December 13.-Flour in
fair demand extra family 6 25. Corn
quiet and unchanged. Provisions un.
changed. Pork--round lots - 50,
Lard firm-ohoice leaf, tierce 724@7M;
kegs S34. Bacon-none here. Wins
key firm, at 80.
CINCINNATI, December 13.-Flour firm,
at 7.50@7.75. Corn steady-new 4O(0
Al. Provisions dull and dropping. PORK
dull and unchanged. Lard-stcam rem
dered rs; kettle 72s. Bacon -shoul-
ders dull, at 8; sides quiet and un-
changed. Whiskey firm, at 50.
ST. LOUIS, December 13.-Flour quiet
and unchanged. Corn firmer-No. 2,
white. 34@35. on East side of track.
Whiskey steady. at 90. Pork quiet, ut
12.OO. Bacon dull and nominal-shoul-
ders 524; clear rib sides 8Ia;, clear sides
D. Lard frm-steam 7; for January TX.
BALTIMORE, December 13.-Cottone
middling 1914; sales 400 bales; stock
o,0l6; weekly receipts 1880; sales 2, I2O.
NEW ORLEANS, December 13.-Cotton
IN good demand-good ordinary 49,. low
miad!ing 1824; middling 1879; receipts
10, 42l bales; sales to-day $500; stock
l7O, 68S; weekly receipts 40,914; sales
$4,000.
SAVANNAH, December 13.-Cotton-
low middling 1885; middling 1871; re-
ceipts 5,S06 bales; sales 1856; stock
z? 4O2; weekly receipts 26,576; snles
IA, 202.
The remainder OF the usual markets
by telegraph gave no quotations of cot
ton.