The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-05-21


[dsfyfhg the laws 1iiaS had ssworn to
execute. in order to protect hia,own
person. from arrest. It. Isl about time
these Southern Governors, actual and
Imaginary, ceased to disgrace \ the
doing Of late" ..S7 7. Z f f: 3.
WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The Judi.
ciary Committee. by six to four, have
agreed to report to the House articles
OF impeachment against Judge Durell,
District Judge OF Louisiana. The vo! 9
in the committee on the articles stood 4:
Butler, Poland, Wilson, White, FL.
bridge and Potter for, and Ward, Ire
main, Frye and Cessna against. On a
vote in the Busteed case, the commit.
tee was equally divided. Jewell was
absent when the votes were taken. The
Committee on Patents will report ad-
versely on an extension Of the Tanner
car brake patent.
Reception dresses, without bonnets,
are to be worn at the wedding to-mor-
row. The marriage license reads: Al
gernon Charles Frederick Sartoris. Of
Warsash House. Litoh6eld Hants, Eug-
land, and Ellen Wrenshall Grant, of
Washington.
The House Banking and Currency
Committee are considering the Senate
finance bill. It grasses the clause re-.
quiring banks to retain one.fourth Of
their coin receipts, and makes the
amount of greonbacks retirable forty
instead of twenty-five per cent.
| The Senate Committee on Claims
reported adversely on the House joint
resolution directing the Commissioners
of Claims to send to Congress-, without
delay. the claims decided prior to
April l, 1874; also, adversely on the
bill introduced by Mr.. West, to pro-
vide for the settlement OF claims Of
loyal persons against the United States.
accruing during the late rebellion, and
for other purposes. Both bills were
indefinitely postponed. The Civil
Rights Bill was argued to adjournment.
The House resolution to adjourn on
June % was adopted. by 143 to 60.
The post Office appropriation bill was
discussed all day, and an amendment
adopted making the agricultural report
free OF postage.
PINE BLUFF. May 90 Murphy. who
has been exciting negroes. has been
jailed. Farther trouble is uuappre.
hended.
Telegraphic-Comin Reports.
COLUMBIA. May l9.-Sales of cotton
50 5bales-middling 163l; market firm.
LONDON, May 2O.-Street rate 7-l6
below bank. New fves 94s1.
PARIS, May 2O.-Rsntes 6yf. 57hc.
/ LIVERPOOL. May 2O-Noon.-Cot,on
q shade easier-uplands 81; Orleans
SO; sales 10000, including 1000 for
speculation ind export; sales of up
lands. nothing below good ordinary,
deliverable in May or June, S7.16;
nothing below low middling, delivera-
BILE in juno or July, S19; Orleans,
nothing below low middling, delivera.
BILE In June or July, 8 16; sales of
shipments of new crop, on basis of
middling upland. Sa4; sales include
$500 American.
LIVERPOOL, May 2O-Egening.-
Cotton-sales of upiands, nothing
below good ordinary, deliverable in
June or July. 87-16; deliverable in
July or August, GIG; sales of Or
leans, nothing below low middling,
shipped in april, 8 11-16.
New York. May 20-Noon. Cotton
dull; sales 852-uplands 1834; Orleans
1913. Futures opened: May II 1916;
June 17T@l7 1916; July 1850
ID TIC; August 185s(@18 1l.16; Sep
tember 1871, 18 SIG; November II GIG.
Flour dull. Wheat quiet and steady.
Corn quiet. Pork heavy. at 17.9O@
1900. Lard firm-steam II q. Freights
firm. Stocks dull. Money 8. Gold
1915. Exchange-long 4.8Sls; short
49lls. Governments steady. State
bonds quiet and nominal.
Z p. M.-Cotton dull; sales 92l, at
1924(9l91s. Flour steady. Wheat
opened 1c. better, with moderate dc.
mand. but closed quiet. with advance
lost. 90 for choice wiutcr red West
ern. Corn shade frmer, with fair
export demand. Coffee unsettled aud
duIl-Kio ordinary l7ts. Cotton-net
receipts 25l; gross 3,Ol7. Futures
closed barely steady; sales 80, 800:
May II 2o.32; Jane Il % 81; July
IL GIG. Is ll-32; August 1855,
IL 2l-32; September ISL, Is 9.32.
Money easy, at 2O43. Sterling dull,
ut 4.SSla. Gold dull md firm, ut
12l1Gnl2Li. Governments dull but
steady. States quiet and nominal,
LOUISVILLE. .Iay 2D.-F.our an
changed. Corn quiet and unchanged,
at e4WoG. Provisions quiet. Pork
1928. Bacon-71a for shoulders; To-,
for clear rib; 1925 for clear. Sugar.
cured hams 49,; plain 12l1. Lard