The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-29

at 16 OO(9lG.5 so. Bacon in fair demand
and steady-SaS@9 for shoulders; lO!S
@103S for clear rib and clear sides. Lard
steady-999ls for choice leaf; Sll for
steam. Whiskey steady, at %.
ST. Louis. July 2S.-Flour firm and
unchanged. Corn dull aud lower-3SM
039 for No. 2 mixed. in elevator; 43L
for sacked. Whiskey quiet. at 81. Pork
firm and more doing. at IL SO. Bacon
6rmer-shoulders 82l; sides 1O15. Lard
quiet-retined 81.
BosroS, July 28.-Cotton quiet aud
teady-middling 2l1s; gross receipts
32o bales; sales 300; stock 10000.
CHARLESTON, July 2S.-Cotton quiet
mi,ddling. 1714@l714; net receipts 37O
bales; exports ooastwisc i ,457; sales 200:
stock $3.50.
W1LM!SaroN. July 28.-Cot,on steady
-middling 1881; net receipts &c bales:
sales 10; stock 1851.
MEMPHIS. July y2S.-Cotton qaiet-low
middlipg 18%; net receipts 3l4 bales:
shipments 242; stock 9,3OS.
AUGUSTA, July 23.-Cotton quiet-re.
ceipts 48 bales; sales Is.
BALTIMORE, July 2S.-Cotton mid
ding 2OI4; net receipts % bales; gross
23S; exports coastwise ISL; sales 95; stock
3,34I. Flour unchanged. Wheat more
active and firmer-choice amber 1.65;
good to prime red 1.58C01.63. Corn no.
minal-white 85@S6; yellow 5S659.
Mess pork 17.5U. Bacon-shoulders
9ta. Lard dull, at Sl4@9Ls. Whiskey
irm, ut 96ts.
PHILADELPHIA, July 25.-Cotton dull
-middling 2Oi5.
NEw ORLEANS. July 2s.-Cotton tirmer
-middiiDg I83I; net receipts 534 bales /:
gross SCI; sales to dny 200; Saturday
evening 100; stock 26,025.
NORFOLK. July 2S.-Cotton steady
low middling 1875; net receipts Sis
stock 3.671.
MoQLE. July 2S.-Cotton quie!-mid-
ding 1SL4; net receipts 96 bales; exports
coastwise 139; sales 200; stock ii ,6O7.
SAVANNAH, July 28.-Cotton tirmer;
offerings light-middling 192s; net re-.
ceipts 25S bales; exports coastwise 764:
sales IL; stock 1920.
GALVESTON, July 2S.-Cotton firmer-
good ordinary 147l@l5; net receipts Al
bales; exports ooastwise 1,5I5; sales
100; stock 12,77S.
CoTToN COMING HOME. The specula
ton in cotton in New York has had the
undesirable effect of bringing that article
IN considerable quantities back from
England to enable speculators to meet
their engagements. The steamship City
of Chester, of the Inman line, that ar
rived at New York ON Sunday last,
brought some $50 bales American cotton
from Liverpool. It is understood that
the cotton was imported for some party
IN the ''short interest,"" and is to be de-
livered on July contracts. About
1.5OO bales, in addition to the above, are
about leaving England for New York.
On the 24th inst, First Sergeant Lc-
renz Hockstetter of the Citadel band,
IN Charleston, was thrown from an am-
bulance and suffered fracture of the
leg. After his recovery from the shock
be continued in the best cf spirits uutil
about o'clock on the evening of the
10Th, when ho was attacked by symp.
toms OF apoplcxy, through which he
fingered until his death, which took
place on the evening OF the Goth.
a general order was issued Thursday
by the Secretary OF War prohibiting dis
bursting officers from issuing vouchers
which shall act as duo bills against the
United States for unpaid accounts. The
only exception under the foregoing, will
be the issuance OF q certified statement
Of personal services and Of wages due in
the case of al employee discharged and
not paid ut the time oi discharge for
want Of funds.
The San Francisco Az, saws that u
Nevada lawyer had as client ma nc.
cused OF murder, and TINT the principal
witness in his favor being his wife. who
was incapacitated from giving testimony
by reason Of her relation to him, he 90.
the murder trial postponed. brought snit
for divorce i'll he. behalf aud secured it,
and then triumphantly placed her on the
stand to secure the acqrittal of her hus-
band.
The Tycoon knows how to start IL
newspaper. He does not offer big beets,
nor prize equashes, nor oroide jawelry as
premiums for subscribers. Having
taken an interest in the publication Of
new paper at the Japanese capital, he
has issued an order that oil men of GER
tain social and political circles shall take
it or be bcheaded.
Friday night, between the hours Of Q
and II o'clock, an atlray occurred be-
tween two colored men, in which one OF
them, jesse Middleton, had his thront
cut by O razor in the hands of his bro