The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-07-18
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dnv npsa programme gber followed,
sGotiid necessity dsmsaa. They shrss:er
to deal summsriiy with the gamblers and
roughs who have infested this vicinity
Tor months past. Twelve or fifteen ri
the fraternity have already left town.
Atwood lies in precarious condition.
The committee appointed Oh Tuesday re-.
ported ut q subsequent meeting that q
citizens committee had been Organized
to assist the authorities in enforcing
the laws; in case of tho inability or
neglect OF the authorities to preserve
order. the citizens committee would
take measures to secure protection to the
lives and property OF all good citizens.
1t was hoped that the committee would
not be called on to interfere, but if
necessary, they would act promptly:
that whereas the city is infested by rob.
bers and gamblers, whom the civil all.
thorities thus far have failed to arrest.
and Which fact is publicly known, to tho
disoredit of the city, they had bound
themselves to the purpose OF self-protec.
tion; and now give public warning that
II some remedy is not speedily applied,
will feel justified in resorting to sum.
mary measures.
HALIFAX. July 1.-THE decision of
the Court of Inquiry into the cause of
the disaster to the steamship City Of
Washington, has been rendered. Capt.
Phillips is suspend ded for ono year.
NEW YORK, July 17.-Pussenxers by
the steamer City Of Merida. which YES.
gel has been quarantined with yellow
fever, were allowed TO come to the city
to-day.
There, is movement on foot for the
erection OF a. etntue to the late VIM. II.
Seward in Central Park.
The following ia taken from DR.. Sears
report Of the condition of schools in th.
South: Sonth Carolina-Few schools re-
ported throughout the year; application
was made for Charleston. The Legisla-
ture, at it. last session, appropriated
over $500. 600 for educational purposes.
Not one dollar Of this amount was re-
ceived from the Treasury, aud the resul.
has besn that nearly all the public
schools in this State have been closed.
The amount paid to this State from the
fund is 1900.
VIM. NJ. Graham, Of the Waikiki Ma
tional Bank, in Ludlow Jail since Fsbru-
ary. charged with misappropriating
$500, 600, has been released on S25. OOU
bail.
Probabilities-On Friday, for the East.
ern Gulf and South Atlantic States,
Northwest and Southwest winds, in.
creased cloudinees and local rains. For
the middle Atlantic States, South west
and North west winds, partly cloudy wea.
ther and possibly lower temperature.
ATLANTA, GA, July 1.-THE first ex-
position Of the Atlanta Pathological SO.
ciety Is now going on, with gratifying
success. The next one will be- held Au-
gust 20, 1873, when the State Society
will be organized.
BALTIMORE. July ia special CORES
pondent at Westchester, Pa, says cir
cuustantiai evidence clearly indicates
that the murdered man was W. S. Goss,
upon whose life the heavy insurance was
claimed, as having been burned in his
shor.
Columbus. OHro. July 17.-There have
been eight deaths in the peniteutiary
from cholera since last night. The ave-
rage time of sickness of tho patients is
eight hours. Guards and outside at.
tendants who are not shut up in the cells
at night have been entirely free from
disease.
Financini and Commercial.
LONDON, July l7-Noon. bank
rate has been reduced = per cent; it is
now ~. Bullion has increased e37 900.
LIVERPOOL. July Mathematician
firm and unchanged d-uplands 9sl; Or.
leans 8; sales 5000 bales; speculation
and export 5000; from Savannah and
charleston, July and August delivery,
85s.
LIVERPOOL. July Evening. Got.
ton-sales to-day $3.50 bales of Ameri-
can; July delivery. from Savannah and
Charleston. not below good ordinary,
oia; October and November, not below
low middiing, 8 ll-16.
NEW YORK, July l7-Noon.-Cotton
irregular; sales 1927 bales-mida!ing
2O51; futures opened as follows: july
205s, 90 1l.1G; August 2OlI; September
1925; October IS, Is l-1G. Flour shade
trmer. Wheat steady and in fair de.
mand-No. 2 Milwaukee las. Corn a
shade firmer-Western mixed 57l.Ml
5s}4. Pork quiet and steady-new mess n9
1850. Lard dull and heayy-Western
steam ZIG. Freights weak. Stocks
dull. Gold steady. at 15z6. Mouey
easy, ut 3@4. Exchange-long 3i%;
short lOA. Governments dull but
steady. State bonds quiet.
7P. M.-Cotton irregular; sales l, 900