The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-15

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The H0utt vat engaged all day OF, the
Credit Mobilier aud Pacific Railroad. n.
Probabiiit;es-For the South Atlantic
States. SoutherX to Westerly. Winds,
cloudy weather and possibly rain, For
the Gulf States, cloudy weather snti
rain areas, but winds veering to West.
erly and Noth-westerly during Wednes.
day With oleartng weather.
Colonel Darlington, to-day, made au
argument before the Committee on Com.
morce in favor OF the pending bill, pro.
posing that Congress shall, through the
bureau Of United States engineers, com
plete the James River and Ksnawha
Canal, aud that commissioners, to be ap-
pointed by the eight Western States aud
Vire mia, shall control the same. The
bill appropriates So. .00O. 900 for the work.
Virginia and West Virginia tender their
expenditure of $40, 900, 900 on condition
OF the completion; and when the ma
tional expenditure shall be fully returned
to the United States, the canal is to be
Tree from oil tolls, except those necessary
to keep it in repair.
AN3Nt>nnfohAot ulNN JANUARY T.
Speciul dispatches to the Tribune from
various parts OF Minnesota give further
details of tho terrible nature of the
storm OF Tuesday lust. Eight people are
known to have been frozen 10 death at
Morris, and six or eight others have suf.
Tered the same fate throughout the coun-
try. Two men wero found near St.
Peter, sitting upright in sleigh, frozen
still, aud wrapped in buffalo robes. At
Washington, two teamsters have been
frozen to death. Near Sioux City, three
others shared the same fate. The rail
rond men Engaged in working in snow
banks sre suffering terribly, many of
them being frozen, though none fatally.
1t Is by far the most terrible storm that
has visited this section Of country since
it's first settlement.
Financial nnd om,nercInl
COLUMBIA, 8. c., January 14.-Sales
of cotton today l42 bales
1880.
LONDON. January 14-Noon. -Consols
92ll Is. IS 9OI. Eries 4S.
PARIS. January Ii. Rentes 54f. 15c.
L1vEnPooL, January l4-3 P. NJ
Cotton opened qniet aud is now dull and
easier-uplands l0@lO16 Orleans 1O1a@
l05s; sales 8, 600 bales; speculation and
export 1000; shipped from Savannah or
Charleston, December or January. 9A.
LONDON, January 14-Eveuing.-Dis
count in the market 4 per cent. below
bank rates. Fries 4S4.
LIVERPOOL, January 14-Evening.-
Cotton closed unchanged; sales include
1000 American. Yarns and fabrics tend
down.
New YORK. January 14.-Stocks strong.
Gold steady. at 121s. Money firm, at 7.
Exohangc-long 9as; short 1Ok. 90.
vernments dull but steady. State bonds
dull but steady. Cotton easier: sales
1.2l5 bales-uplands 205a; Orleans 2116.
Flour 6rm.. Wheat quiet but stendy.
Corn steady. Pork quiet-mess 13 .756
II 90. Lard quiet and in buyers favor
Western steam s@81s. Freights
quiet.
7P. M.-sales OF futures 10, $50 bales:
January 10 9.l6. 1879; February 1861,
1919; March 1871, 20; April 2OL,
20 5-l6; May 205s; June 81; July 2196.
Cotton quiet; sales 2. 1876 bales-uplands
201a; Orleans 81. Flour quiet and un-
changed. Whiskey closed weak, at a..
Wheat closed shade frmer-red West.
ern 1.70@1.85. Corn rather heavy.
Rice firmer-Carolina 800. Pork-new
1875. Lard weak, at 8@S5.16. Freights
steady. Money easier, at 406. Ster-
ling dull. at 916@9zs. Gold 11X. Go.
vernments quiet. States very quiet.
LOUISVILLE, January 14-Fiour firm
extra family 675. Corn firm; receipts
light-shelled, bulk. 4294216. Pork
IL 50@l2.75. Shoulders 81; side. IL
@734. packed. Lard 7I083d, tor
choice Leaf; ~ for steam. Whiskey
firm, at 90@91.
CINCINNATI, January 14.-Flour in fair
demand and firm. Corn steady and un
changed. Pork quiet, at 1875; buyers
offer l2.62ta. Bacon nominally un-
changed. Whiskey steady, at 80.
ST.: Louis. January 14.-Flour firm
and il fnir demand. Corn firm, at East
side; easier on this side-No. 2, mixed,
80 at East side, on track; 33 ct East side,
in elevator. Whiskey dull, at 90. Pork
quiet, at 1900. Bacon quiet-packed
lots OF shoulders S; clear rib II; clear
sides ~. Lard lower steam 7; kettle
IA.
WILMISaToN, January 14.-Cotton
quiet middling 1917
BALTIMoRE, January II 4-Cotton
quiet middling 201s.
SAVANNAH, January H. Cotton dull