The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-04

kes. ana dahe di1aoalty 81, cb.aipiugscur,,
Eency. reqdssts 1hAt the Shm Sff $500.
600 be, placed and msiptained on, dc.
post Witt the Assistant Treasurer OF
Charlsston, to ,bsSnsad by him in the
purchase Of New = OH sx6hsnRe from
! the banks. To comply With the request.
it would beinecessarys for the Treasury
Department. to send currency BY ex.
press to Charleston from time tostime.
and to buy with it exchange on New
York, in competition with private
bankers. Should this request be-
granted, hundred other places in the
conntry might. with equal propriety.
ask for the same relief; and if ali such
requests were impartially granted, the
Department would fnd itself engaged
in an extensive exchange business, fix.
ing and regulating the rate OF exchange
between different places in the country,
and the public money, raised by taxa
ton only for the purpose OF carrying on
the Government, would be employed to
very large amount in q business which
Congress has not given the Secretary OF
tue Treasury any authority to engsgu
IN. With due regard to the proper mu.
nagement of the Treasury Department..
within the provisions OF law, I have
lelt 1t to be my duty to deuIine all smi-
lar propositions from other places; aud
your request must. therefore, receive
the same response. l have the honor
10 be, very respectfully, yours.
VIM. a. RICHARDSON,
Secretary Of the Treasury.
SAN FRANCISCO. October 3-Pr.pura-
tons were completed for tue execution
II Captain Jack, Schonchiu, Boston
Charlie. Black jim, Bnrucho and SEQ
lux, at 10 O'CLOCK A. M, to-day, ut Fort
klamath. The scaffuid is large, and WIS
erected just outside the fort Some de-
my may be occasiolcd by the circuu.-
stance that the order Tor the execution
will have to be interpreted for the COZ
icmned. TLey seem much depressed
from knowlelRe Of their impending fate
MONTGOMERY. October 3.-One yellow
fever death aud some u.w cuses report
Ell to-day.
CIScINNAr1, October Dennis Gary
killed W. L. Neville. young druggist,
III u quarrel abuut som" goods.
B1NGuAMroN, Me-, October 3.-Two
horse thieves, after iring upon aud
wounding two Of pursuing posse, vs-
capped into Canada.
COLUMBUS. Ono, October 3 The
bankers here refused to agree upoa any
plan for mutual protection, aud the news
becoming public. small dei,ositurs made
II general run upon uil tie banks. The
following hav. suspended iu conss-
quence: Rechlry's Bauk und the Com
mercial Bunk. Oiber Suspensions Will
probably occur soon
TelcRra phic--Comme Keports.
LONDON. October 3 3-Consols 92kt0
32ta. IS 9l5s Ecies 43.
LIVERPOOL, October 3-Noon. Cot
ton strong -hplands 5000; Orleans
9l6@9l1; sales to-day Is, 600 bales:
speculation 5000; sales of the week
85, 600; export 5000; speculation 1000;
stock G45,O00, whereof American is
lS0,000; receipts 10000, including
10000 American; actual export 5000;
afioat 2l6.000. whereof American il
29, 600; sales of uplands. on the basis OF
good ordinary, shipped in October aud
November, SOS 1916; 40 sales to ar
rive; sellers demand lGc. advance;
sales Oh tho basis nf low mid,Ilng,
shipped in October, o.
PARIS. October ) --R .nlca 5Si.
LONDON. O:io5er 3---Ev-niug-
ON'SSp 'otC tot olSCtuutS per cent.
below Dnnks.
LIyEKp JoL. O:ioher 3-Evenin1.-
Sales "f cotton to-day, include s, COG
bnlcs o; Am rican; sale, of uplands, on
I ha basis of good ordinary, shipped, III
Novemhnr. S7a.
New YoEK. October 3-Noon.-
Cotton firm; safes 772 baes-upl.nds
1925; Orlenus 1913; futures opened us
follows: October 1916; November
173s, II 7-lG; December l73e; Jannary
17la; February l1'4; March IS. Glour
quiet AMI stoady. Wheat dali and un.
changed. Coru quiet aud firm. Pork
dnll aud nominal-pew mess l7.OOM
17.12ls Lard qniet aud uuchanged.
Freignis stenI: Stocks active. 80
thing doing iii money. Goid lUia
Excilange-iong "a; short Si,. Go.
vnrnments dull. State bonds quot.
T.. M.-Cotton-net receipts III
bales; gross 03S; futures closed barely
steady; sales l3 500: October II -;
November II 3 IL; December TIA;
January II SIG. 1875 Cntton steady
sales l.430 bales. ut lS.as@l9ia. Flour
| firm. but not nctive-common to FUR
extra G.70(J.35. WiIiskey LOS. Wheat
2CY3a. lower; difficulty in selling ex-
change checks export; miilers buying
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