The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-31
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oGhuOAu8 tu0 1hAAuEe Ok 6no new. y Ofk
house.. Upon application attthe office
os :he Aessss. sPsssSe. the :nior.ss:cn
| is furnished that q oommittee Of investi-
CATION into tue affairs of the A! & W.
Sprague Manufacturing Company, ap-
pointed by the representatives OF the
city banks, will be prepared, at meet
ing to be held tomorrow morning. to
make report, whiah. it is thought. will
be highly satisfactory to the creditors Of
4. & ". Sprague and Herit Sprugue &
Co. The surplus of available PROPERTY.
at low valuation, over oil outstanding
liabilities upon acoeptances of Herit
Sprague Co.. it is stated, will be not
less than $ll,000,O0O A plan will be
presented, at meeting tomorrow, ac-
oompanied with detailed report of the
situation OF the firm, which will, it is
believed, il carried out, render tue en-
barrassment ot a. &c w. Sprague and
Herit Sprague & Co. of temporary dura-
ton.
NEW YORK, October 30.-The failure
OF Herit Sprsgue i Co. caused heavy
decline in values on the Stock Exchange
and depression outside. The restora-
ton OF confidence previously going on
has received check by this event,
Which can only be looked upon US pub
| 10 calamity In the present condition of
affairs. The failure of the Bank OF
Eoglanu directors to advance their rate
ot interest to day caused decline here
IN both gold and foreign exchange. No
ohanRe IN the monetary situation; call
loans still being done at per cent to
l-52. Tue associated bnnks to-day
gained 1892. 900 in legal tenders. Fair
| activity In railroad bonds, ut lower
prices. Stock market opened steady.
but soon became weak, and continued
to decline until tho l O'clock board,
when on upward re action set in. The
decline ranged from to 4 per cent.
throughout the list, and the recovery up
to 2 O'Clock from x to l3I pc, cent. !;
! since then, the market weakened again
reieGraphIc-Comm Reports.
COLUMBIA, October 81 Sales OF cot
ton Yesterday, 63 middling
l21a(912A. Market Irregular.
LIVERPOOL. October 30-3 P. NJ
Cotton quiet and unchanged; sales H.
O0O bales; speculation aud export 600;
1pl"nds. basis of good ordinary, shipped
October and November, ZIG; ditto,
delivered December, 811; ditto, Novem-
Der, so; ditto. low mlddIing. shipped
November. 8as; ditto, October aud No
vember. 7-l6; ditto, delivered Decem-
Der, 7-16; Orleans good ordinary,
shipped October and November, So:
uplands, basis Of good ordinary. shippcd d
November aud December, s SIG. A
later despatch says upiandc, good ordi-
nary, sh pped November and Deoe IN ber,
o36; uplands, basis OF good ordinary,
shipped December and January, SaS.
Uplands 81: Orleans 916@91; sales
include 6.5OO american.
LIVERPOOL. October 30-Evening.
Uplands, on tho basis of good ordinary,
shipped in October and November,
7-16; ditto, on basis Of low middling,
to be delivered in December. 7.l6.
LONDON, October 3O-Noon.
change in bank rate Eries 3911. Bull
lion increased Gl6, 900.
| PARIS. October 3O.-Rentes 57f 65c.
NEW York. October 3O-Noon. Cot
ton steady; sales 2.3l8 bales-uplands
14T; Orleans 1915. Futures opened
November II l6@l4a1; December
IA 9-l6(9l423d; January II 13-l6(0
l5 81 Flour quiet aud unchanged.
Wa. II shade 6rmer Corn quiet aud
stc. Pork quiet bnt steady-new
Il $50 10. Lard dull aud in buyers
lMvor-steam z 916@73s. Freights
hrm. Stocks weak and irregular. Money
very dull. at 7, gold, to 1872 AMI inter
est. Gold 81 Exchange-long Gla;
short .. Governments dull but stondy.
State bonds qaiet and nominal.
| P. M.-Cotton-net receipts $50
bales; gross 3,972; futures closed barely
steady; sales 80. 400: November IA 7 I6.
Az; December IA 25.32; January
Is 1872, Is 1916: February Is SIG.
Cotton steady; sales to-day 74o bales,
ut 15@l54. Flour in moderate re-
quest aud unchanged. Whiskey irmer,
at 9O(@9OH. Wheat qn,ot aud un-
changed. Corn shade bst,er, with fair
d.mand. Rice unchanged Pork steady,
with better demand-new Is 90. Money
market closed unsettled. ut a commits
sion. Sterling weak. at Ga Gold S3S
(9Sa. Governments dull aud some
lower. States quiet. Freighls firm.
CINCINNATI, October 3O-Flour dull,
at 6.75@7 w. Corn dull, ut 42(043
Pork scArce-huyers offer ~ 5O(0I2 rs.
Lsrd-kettle ~; generally held higher.
Bacon steady. Whiskey SO.
LOUISVILLE, October 3O.-Flour and
grain dull and unchanged. Provisions
nominal. Wbiskey dull.
ST.. LOUIS. October 30.-Flour quiet
and weak. Corn dull and lower. WINS
l.