The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-23

by 5gHrhhqrgN q ana l.i Washhingson. gh
ciary Committee Of the House gave u
favorable consideration to the OWL
Rights Bill. They seem apprehensive
Of losing the jewel consistency, !; it,
having allowed the negroes to vote,
they withhold other things. Including
accession to gambling resorts and.
houses Of ll-fame. Fl
Ia the Senate. the memorial of the
Agricultural Congress for half the pub
lie lands for agricultural purposes, was
referred to the Committee on Educa-
ton and Labor. The conference re-
port on the expectation OF distilled
spirit, was adopted. OWL rights was
resumed. Mr.. Stockton, concluding
his argument, predicted that the sad
dest consequences would flow from the
passage OF the bill.
The Senate is still Il 6ession on civil
rights, and will probably sit till vote
is reached.
In the House. the appropriation for
the Southern Claims Commission was
passed, with ever 1000 names in the
bill; none were excluded, though an
effort was made to throw out General
Doy VA AAp&4ctodps Oh uSSOuut Vi
disloyalty. The House went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the private
calendar. The Ways and Means Com,
mittee to-day changed the wine bill
from fifty cents to forty cents per gal
lon on all still wines. and from 81 to
ST. 80 per case. The committee also
voted to fix the duty on unmanufac.
tured steel at two cents per pound,
without regard to classification, which
is slight reduction.
Probabilities-For New England,
the Middle States and the Eastern por-
ton Of the lower lake region, clear or
partly cloudy weather and North or
West winds will prevail, with but slight
changes III temperature and stationary
or rising barometer. For the South
Atlantic States, partly cloudy weather
and light rain near the coast, with
Northeast to South -eust winds, slight
fall Of temperature and falling baro.
meter during Saturday. For the Gnlf
States, Tennessee and the Ohio Valley,
generally clear and warm weather,
Easterly or Southerly winds and slowly
falling barometer.
Tclegraphtc-Com ercIaI Reports.
LONDON, May 22.-Eries 32(032L.
Street discount 1a below bank.
PARIS, May 22.-Isentes 59f. $50.
LIVERPOOL. May 22-3 Z. M.-Cot.
ton quiet and unohupged; sales 10, QUO,
including 1000 for speculation aud ex
port; sales OF the week 6.62l; export
5000; stock 7S7, 900, Of which 437, 900
American; receipts OF the week 5000,
Of which 81. 600 are American; actual
export 5000; aaoat GIL 900, whereof
236, 600 are American; sales of Orleans,
nothing below good ordinary, shipped
April, 3 1-16; nothing below low mid
ding. deliverable June or July, 8 GIG;
sales include $500 American.
LIVERPOOL, May 22-Evening.
Cotton-sales Of uplands, nothing be-
low good ordinary, deliverable in
June or July, TIC; deliverable in
July or August, sic. Yarns anu
fabrics at Manchester quiet aud nm
changed.
NEW YORK. May 22-Noon. Stocks
dull. Money 8. Gold 1925. Ex.
ohange-long 48S1a; short 401ls.
Governments steady. State bonds
quiet and nominal. Cotton dull and
easier; sales 484-uplands 1872; Or
leans 1915. Futures opened very
firm: June II 1916. 18; July 1S 7-16,
l8%; August 1871. 1871; September
nominal, 1875. 1S%. Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat unchanged. Corn
quiet and steady. Pork quiet-mess
1900. Lard irm-steam 117.16.
Freights firm.
P. M.-Money easy, at 2@3.
Exchange firm, at 488H. Gold quiet
and firm. at 121@12as. Governments
steady and considerable doing. States
quiet and nominal. Cotton dull and
easier; sales 600. at 18A@1916. South
ern flour quiet and heAvy-common to
fair extra G.25@7.1O; good to choice
7.15@l1.00. Wheat higher, 2(a3c.
lower. and moro doing ct the decline
1901. 50 for winter red and amber
Western Corn dull and Ic. lower
84067 for old and new Western mixed.
Cotfee-Rio quoted at 17Iz@2OA,
gold; little more doing, but market
generally without decided change.
Sugar quiet and unchanged. Molasses
quiet and firm. Rice quiet and steady.
Pork firm-new mess 18. OO(0lS 12lS.
Beef in fur demand-9 5O@l2 90 f0r
mess. Lard irregular. at IL 0.16.
Whiskey lower-97A09713. Freights
to Liverpool more actlve-ootton,
steam 3.16@1. Ootton-net receipts
80; gross 2O5. Futures closed steady;
sales 10000: June II 1882; July
IL 1872; August IL 1l-1G; Septem emb Der
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