The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-10-13

"c"enoi iePoIt5 III announcing severe
frosts will enable horticulturists and
farmers generally to save many of their
products from untimely blight, and
greatly enhance the value of the proba-
bilities in tho eyes of tho ontire moral
public.
The departments will be closed on
Monday and draped for thirty days. in
respect for Seward His last words were.
'Love one another"
Probabilities The barometer will pro.
badly rise on the lakes by Sunday, with
Northerly to Westerly winds and clearing
weather. but occasional light ruins. On
the lover lakes, and thence over the
Middle and Eastern States, falling ba-
rometer. brisk Sontherly to Westerly
winds, with threatening weather and oc-
casional rain belts, extending to West
Virginia and the Ohio Valley. In the
Northwest and upper Mississippi Valley,
Northerly to Westerly winds, increasing
pressure, and cooler and partly cloudy
weather. Iu the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, light Northerly to Easterly
unless with cloudiness on the Gulf coasts,
aud winds possibly veering to Southcrly
on the South Atlantic.
opens Oh Monday, the 14th, and con-
entries exceeds that of any previous
year. The Fair promises to be great
success.
Financial nm Commercial.
LONDON, October 70 -Consols
922s; IS 1925.
LIVERPOOL, October 1913 P. M
Cotton opened and closed quiet and
steady-uplands 95s@o24; Orleans 100
1915; sales IL, 900 bales; speculation aud
export 1000.
NEW YORK, October 12-Noon.-Gold
steady, at 1221@122s. Governments
dull but steady. State bonds steady.
Money 4. Exchange-long 856; short
10X. Cotton firm; sales ], 1893 bales
middling uplands 1895; Orleans 1951.
Flour and wheat quiet and firm. Corn
dull and unchanged. Pork dull, at 1925
@14. 30. Freights dull. Lard steady
steam 81.
7P. M.-Cotton firm; sales 2,35s
bales-19as for middling uplands; l9X
for Orleans. Flour firm and iu fair ex-
port demand. Wheat about 1c. lower
and in very moderate export demand.
Corn less active and unchanged. Pork
quiet and firm. Lard firm. Freights
lower. Cotton-per sail 10. Groceries
steady. Cotton receipts to. day-net 26
bales; gross 1,773. Sales of futures to-
day $500 bales, as follows: October
182s918T; November 181a@185a; De-
cember lsae@18A; January 1879; Feb
ruary 10 l-l6@185s; March l9 1916;
April 2O1S. Money closed at 3@4.
Sterling quiet and steady. Gold 1231@
12M. Governments steady. States dull.
p. M.-The bank statement shows q
decrease in loans of 81 l,50O,0 increase
in specie So, 250, ,0G0; increase in deposits
", 800. 600; increase in legal tenders
So. .875, 900; the statement shows gain
of $500, 900 in reserve.
LOUISVILLE, October 12-Flour scarce
extra family 650@7OO. Corn firm
mixed and white 46@47. Supply of
provisions nearly exhausted and prices
very firm. Pork 13.75@14OO. Bacon
shoulders 759; clear rib sides 115a; clear
sides II, packed. Lard 9M@lI; small
orders 1lic. higher. Whiskey firm, at
88@89.
CINCINNATI, October 12.-Flour quiet
and unchanged. Corn quiet and weak,
at AZ. Pork strong and stock scarce. at
l4.OO. Lard firm-sales of summer at
75s; kettle 8. Bacon tirm-iobbers' sales
OF shoulders 7as; sides held firm; offer
ings light; clear rib sides liz; clear
sides IL. Whiskey firm. at 8S.
BALTIMORE. October 12.-Cotton quiet
--middling 1824@19; receipts 1913 bales;
sales lO5; stock 1,690. Flour quiet.
Wheat dull. Corn quiet and scarce.
Provisions frmer, but not quotably
higher. Whiskey steady.
CHARLESTON, October 12.--Cotton
firm-ordinary 16Is@17; good ordinary
1719@173l; low mlddling 1731; mid
ding 18; receipts 1910 bales; sales 500;
stock 18,O5O.
New ORLEANS. October 12.-Cotton
strong and in fair demand-good ordi-
nary 1755; low middling 18L@1s26;
middling 1824; receipts $1,000 bales; ex-
ports 3, $50; sales to-day 1900; last even
ing 2.7OO; stock G8,350.
NoRFobK, October 12-Cotton firm
and offerings light-ordinary l4@l5;
good ordinary 17%; low middling l80
1873; receipts 1,O75 bales; sales zoo;
stock 5,405; exports LOGO.
PHILADELPHIA, October 12-Cotton
quiet and steady-middling 19Is@10al.
BosroN, October l2.-Cotton firm
middIing 1924; receipts 426 bales; sales
ESQ; stock $500.