The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-23

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reared upward, and stood almost erect.
The baggage cars and the following pas
senger coaches remained on the track,
but the shock to the passengers was ter.
rible. Charles Rother remained on the
engine with his father, the engineer,
and was crushed between the FIRE box
and tender. The father escaped with
out apparently serious bodily injury,
but was 80 much moved by excitement
at the disaster, that he came away from
the wreck with disordered mind. The
brakeman, In response to the signal
down brakes, was assisting the baggage
! master to wind up the brake when the
| shock came, and both were crushed 70
| death. Walter Rhodes, the express
messenger, and his brother J, r.
Rhodes, Superintendent Of the Adams
Express in this city, received Injuries
from which they died, just after reach
ing the Cincinnati depot this morning:
making four deaths in all.
MEMPHIS, August 22-The first bale
OF cotton OF the now crop, received from
Canton, Miss, vas sold at auction to.
day. It weighed $50 pounds, cl.ssed
mlddliug, and brought forty one cents
per pound.
ATLANTA, August 22.-Thc Chamber
OF Commerce and the City Council to.
day adopted resolutions endorsing the
establishment Of line II steamships
between Liverpool and Savannah, and
pledging their support to the enter.
prise.
WAsuISGToS. August % Senator
Lewis, of Virginia, is reported quite
SICK, and cannot take part in the pend.
ing campaign.
Probabilities For the Eastern and
middle Atlantic States, partly cloudy
and threatening weather during the
night, followed by less cloudiness, vary
Ing pressure aud high temperature to-
morrow.
CHARLESTON, August 22-Arrireil-
Steamships Ashland aud Equator, Phi
'adelphia; Falcon, Baltimore1
TclcEra aphic-Commcrclu Reports.
LONDON. August 22.- Noon. The
street rate Of discount is J., per cent. be.
low the bank rate. Bonds 911s.
LIVERPOOL, August 22-Noon.
ton dull and unchanged; sales to-day
10000 bales; speculation and export
900; sales of the week 60, 600; specula-
ton 5000; export 1000; stock 79G 600.
whereof American is 32O, 900; receipts
A, 600, whereof American is 16, 600; ac-
tual export 5000; aaoat 3T73, 600, where.
OF American is 46, O00
LIVERPOOL, August 22-Eyenirg.-
Cotton-sales OF new crop shipment, not
below good ordinary, S 7-l6; October
and November shipment, ditto, SIS;
sales to-day include 6,OO0 bales Ameri.
can. 1arns and fabrics dull, but not
lower.
New YORK. August 22-Noon.- Gold
steady, at 1873. Money easy, at 4@5.
Exchange-long rs; short S5s. Go
vernmen:s little better. State bonds
quiet. Cotton held higher; sales SG5
bales-uplands 1873; Orleans 20:s; flu
lures opened rs follows: August l9 ZIG;
September 1875; October 1881; Noycm-
ber II ZIG; December 17aS. Flour
quiet but steady. Wheat shade Ermer
aud nominal-No. . Milwaukee 1;5lG1
l.o2. Corn tritie hctter-steam West
ern miSod 55@57. Pork quiet but
steady-new 1925. Lard steady-cld
steam e56@S 11-16. Freights firm.
{ =. M.-Receirts-net 10 bales;
gross Al; sales of futures 10, TCO bales;
closed as follows: August - 2l-32; Sep
tember 1923; October 177s; November
II 9-l6; December III. Cotton steady; I;
sales 2,70O bales, ut 21@21ll. Flour
inactive and unchanged. Whiskey
firmer, ut 99W99is. Wheat 1c. better
aud inactive, but with fair export de-
mand; buyers and sellers apart-new
red winter Western 1.G301.64. Corn
lc. better, with good export aud fair
home demand-Iish mixed and yellow
Western 590G2. Rice firm. Pork
steady--mess 1S.12lsG1S.25. Lard
quiet and shade easier, at Slis0S5s.
Freights firm-steam 12al. Money 5(eg
&. Sterling rs. Gold IL u 1913. Go
vernmsnts dull with little change for the
better. States quiet aud little doing.
Comparative cotton statemcus-Net
receipts at all United States ports during
the week, 1861; same week last year,
3.S74; total to date, 3,5Sl,2577; to same
date last year, 2,TUG, 1876. Exports ior
the week, l3,25l same Week last year,
1, 16l; total exports to date, 2,50o. GU;
to same date last year, 1922. S43. Stock
Mt Ill United States ports, i23, 800; last
year, G4,220; at all interior ,o%ns,
IL. 749; last year, 5,2lG; a. Liverpool,
736,O 600; last year, OPS, 000. American
cotton ahoat for Great Britain, l6, Coz;
last year, $4,000.
st. Louis, August 22.-F;ou, 0uic.
and unchanged; business small Corn
dull and drooping-39 ,u39la for No. .
mixed. Whiskey firm and source, at 959
| Pork quiet, at 1915. Bacon dnll and