The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-18
corpus; but the case was adjourned TO
Tuesday and Tweed reeommisted.

aIbAOc4ShlAy LEG6lnOGE 1f.-Au
anonymous communication was re-
ceived by Mayor Stokely, threatening
violence ii employment was not sup
piled for the starving poor, and COM
planning that the Italians were working
on the Centennial buildings. excluding
actual citizens. It was signed Secret
Six"
PHILADELPHIA. December 17.-Cot.
ton -middling Az; net receipts
1876; gross 592.
HARRISBURG. December 17.-An ex-
ploding water mnin killed the engineer
OF the water works and laborer.
WASHINGTON, December 1.-THE
House is acting on the Legislative ap-
preparation bill.
1n the Senate, West introduced q
bill for the relief of Jos. r. Shannon,
of Louisiana.
In the Senate, the bill to provide q
now government for the District OF
Columbia was discussed. Morton Of
fered an amendment, to make the
| Board of Commissioners elective BY
the qualified voters of the District, in-
stead of having them appointed by the
President. In speech supporting
Hio "AhCoAtACblt Ao hulu uo uhC
no doubt it would be said that
this bill was intended to get clear
OF colored suffrage. Merrill, of
Maine, Thurman and Bayard ar
gued that Congress- was vested with
exclusive control Of the District by the
Constitution-the first named Senator
said it WAS e1pedient to puss this bill,
and not have the history Of this Dis.
trict of the last three or four years re-.
psated; it had been too expensive ior
repetition.
In the Honsc, bill was introduced
to establish the Judicial District of
Oklahoma, Indian Territory. Ey
joint resolution, King Kalakana will
be presented tomorrow. a motion to
increase the allowance OF tho Bureau
Of Education failed y motion to
abolish the bureau nlso failed. These
questions provoked long debate.
Adjourned.
Pelham and Rapicr visited tho Pre-
sident about Busteed's successor.
Paymaster- General Alvera fell In tho
rotunda and broke his leg.
The following telegram WIS received
at tho Executive Mansion, yesterday
evening, and was thia morning. by
direction oi the President, referred to
Speaker Elaine:
NEW ORLEANS, Decembt- lG.-To
tie President: l respectfully ask that
you will use your irillcnca 10 secure
Tue early departure for Louisiana Of
tho select committee appointed y"a,er-
day. am confident that IN nves.i-
CATION, thorough and complete, VIII
vIndicate the policy 81 your .lrn!nis-
tratipn. will streng!le the Eepubli-
can party and will place the State Go
vern ment of Louisiana in u more JUS.
light before the country. The p.u-
sence of committee here ut this
juncture will also 90 far to secure
order. aud hope contribute in so.,o
degree TO bring ubont solution Of uur
difficulties.
(Signad) ". z. KELLOGG.
Probablii.ies-For tho Gulf States.
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. cooler
aud partly cloudy weather, North or
Last winds. South of the OHIO Valley,
slowly rising barometer and light ruin
nenr the Gulf coast. For thu South
Atinntlc States. areas OF light rain, fol-
lowed by clearing and cooler weather,
Northwest or Northeast winds and
rising barometer.
Teirgr"nhic-Cn,nm- H.pnr,s.
CoLUMBIA, December 16.--Sa!es
OF cotton dering past two days 279
bales middling 131S@134.
New YORK, December l7-Noon.
Gold opened at II lL-now l19l. Cot
ton dull; sales 238-uplands l4l6; Or
leans l41a. Futures opened quiet: ::
January 1877, 13 90 80; February liz
IA s. ,l6; March l45s; April 10. Is 1-l5.
Pork hoavy-2O.75. Lard firm-s,cam m
1898. Stocks dull and lower. Money
3l@: Exchange-long 4S5ls; short
7P. M.-cotton quiet; sales lip,
at 14i:014hs. Southern flour qnict,
unchanged. Wheat quiet, shade
easicr aud very limited demand-l.lS
(0I.3i. Corn doll and declining-SS
O93. Coffee, sugar aud rice quiet and
unchanged. Pork dull nnd lowcr-old
mess 1000. Lard active and firmer-
prime steam 1885. Whiskey shade
easier-1.00 Freiglts steady-coi,on
steam 2s. Cotton receipts l,025. Fn.
lures closed firm; sales 1S, 600: Dccem-
ber ]3 3l:32, nominal; January l3
3l-32G14; February If ~; March i4a<;
April l5l8; May Is 7-lGuel5 1913 !,
June 1914; July IL 1-lG; August 1G
s-lC0lGl.i. Money iirm--3(e3,..
Sterling wcak-5>s. Gold dull--llas
Wl1ia. Governments dull but strong.
S&.,k. .