The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-22


grain ports on the Atlantic coast. The
Boston Journal Of Commerce was made
the official organ of the New England
oranges.
ELKToN, Md. August 21.-Advices
from Chesapeake City says the canal is
broken and the water has undermined
several houses. The families had to he
carried out. a break is also reported
at Delaware City.
DALLAS, TEXAS, August 21.-The Re.
publican convention nominated fol-
State Treasurer. a. T. Moore; Land
Commissioner, Jacob Keuchler; Super.
intendent of Education, G. B. Norton;
Lieutenant-Govelnor, r. H. Taylor.
WASHINGTON, August 2i.-The pro-
oeedings of the military commission
which tried the Modocs were to-day re-
turned to tho Secretary Of War by Judge
Advocate General Holt, he having COM
pleted his review; and it is understood
approved the findings Of the court.
They will be transmitted 10 President
Grant tomorrow.
Rear Admiral Taylor reports that yell
low fever has entirely disappeared from
Montevidco.
| Probabilities-For the States on the
Atlantic coast, gaadually diminishing
pressure, rising temperature, Easterly
to Sontherly winds, with partly cloudy
weather and light rain.
| NEW ORLEANS. August 2I-John
ieager. carpenter, residing at the cor
ner OF Claiborne and Sixth streets, upon
returning home last evening from his
work. found his wife, Catherine Yeager,
aged twenty-five, lying dead in the yard,
| with eight buckshot wounds in her
| breast and left arm. No clue to the
assassin.
AUGUSTA. GA, August 21.-The first
bale of new cotton, olassed middling,
received from Edge6eld County, S. G.,
sold at 1?1a cents. The weather for the
past ten days was unfavornble, cloudy
and wet, with cool nights. Cotton in
this section is being badly injured Sy
rust.
Efforts are being made to establish a
line of steamships between Savannah
and Liverpool. The municipal corpo.
rations aud Boards OF Trade in Georgia
are pledged to give support to the line.
NEW YoRK, August 2l.-Customs to.
day over $500, ,O00
Twenty nine bids for Government
gold to-day, aggregating 50, 500, at
from 1l4. 05 to l15.4O; one bid OF lis. 25
was made for 81, 500, 900.
The Sheriff's officers have posted no.
tices Of the sale of the furniture Of tho
Comptroller's Office and other city pro-
perty seized yesterday, to take place on
Tuesday, unless the money is paid.
PHILADELPHIA, August 21.-The funa-
raj OF VIM. NJ. Merenith took place at
noon today, from his residence. The
| remains we're conveyed to Christ Church; :;
the following distinguished gentlemen
acting as pall-bearers: judges Read,
Stroud, Cadwalader and Ludlow, j. j !.
Barclay, Hon. VIM. Darlington, Peter
Mccall and 81. J. Williams. The car.
risges were few in number, only convey
ing the pnll-bearers. members OF the
family and the household servants. The
church was filed with his friends and
acquaintances. The services we're con-
Quoted by Rev. Drs. Fagg and Hodge.
Ihe lnterment took place in the family
vault in the old burial ground of Christ
Church, at Fifth and Arch streets.
Tcie:raphIc-Commer Neports.
LoSDoS, August 2l.-The bank rate
street discount is "a below the bank
rate. Consols 9256 IS 00zs.
LIVERPOOL, Angus! 2l-Soon. Got.
ton quiet; sales 1900 bales; specula-
ton and export 1000; Savannah and
Charleston shipments, deliverable in
August, middling uplands, 11-16; de-
liyerable in September and October,
|85s; new crop, deliverable in Septem-
Der and October, not below low mid
din g. s l1-16; new crop. deliverable in
December and Jan nary, not below good
ordinary, S2s; deliverable in August,
not below low middhng, S34.
PARIS, August 2l.-Specie in the
Bank of France unchanged during the
week. Rentes 57f 97c.
FRANKFORT, August 21.-Donds 97is.
LIVERPOOL, August 2l-Evening. =
Sales of American cotton 1850 bales.
New York, August 2l-Noon. n.-Cot-
ton irregular and nominal; sales 1887
bales-up!ands 1873; Orleans 2Ols; fu-
tnres opened as follows: August IS 5-16,
10 1872; Septembebk17 20.32; Noyem-
Der II SIG, 173s. Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat heavy and declining
No. Milwaukee nominal, at 1.53. Corn
dull and nominal-steam Western mixed
54@56, and easier. Pork quiet and un-
changed-new 1S.12lsWlS.25. Lard
dull and in buyers favor-old steady, at
| S5G092i. Freights very Grm. Money
easy, at 4. Gold 1898. Exchange
long S; short 81. Governments dull
but steady State bonds nuipt