The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-05
Democrat. has been elected from the


Eighth DISTRICT by two majority.
CHICAGO, Decsmber 4 The Gala
boose at Pontiac. Illinois. burned. to-!
day. with two prisoners.
WAsHINaToN, December "A full
Cabinet MEETING and prolonged session
upon the message. All quiet in Ar
kansas. Governor Kellogg has absn-
doned his visit North. upon the
suggestion that a colored person would
not be agreeable to the Knights rem-
pAr as chief in the oonrtesies which
Louisiana proposes to accord to the
knights. It in stated that Butler " II
not press the Civil Rights Bill. which
is second on the Speakers table, unless
instructed to do so by the Judiciary
Ce tn mittse, OF which he is chairman
No successor to Judge DureIl has been
positively named.
ProbabiIities-For the South Atlan-
tio 6tasas. clear or fair weather, except
near the immediate gulf coast, with
Southerly winds, slight full OF tempe
rature East Of the Mlsslssippi and
slowly rising barometer. For Ten.
uessee and the Ohio valley, increasing
cIoudiness. f .sterly or Southerly
wiods aud slight changes in tempern
tnre aud pressure. For the upper
lake region and tho North. west, partly
cloudy weather and areas of ruln or
snow, with lower Temperature aud va
| riable winds. For New England aud
the Middle States. continued cool and
gsncrally clear weuther, with North
east winds. vecring to E isterly aud
Southerly, aud deotdediy high baro-
meter.
CHARLESTON, December Arrived
-ScuOouer Abraham Richardson,
Phltadriphia; steamers South Caroliua,
New York; Sea- Gull, Baltimore.
TcieSra raphLc-Coln,n-r iteuorts.
COLUMBIA, December 4-S.les of
o"tton Isl bal.s- mlddliug 13suGl
1924 Market qn,et.
New York. December 1 Moon
Cotton dull; sales 3l7-uplauds I4,,;
Or eaus l5JS Furures opened qn...t
aud easy: December II 81 32(014
% 80: January IA 81 32(9l5; Februa,y
10 932; March l5 II 32(9l5 IL 16;
Apr,l 10 Is l6. -Four. curu and wheat
quiet aud unchanged. Pork heavy
mess 81 90. Lard frm-stenm 1872;
Gold opened 125S-uow u Ex-
hange-ioug4 S5lLs; short 1 9Oi.:.
= M.-Cottou dnll and easier;
aalea 1856. ut 14a4C0I5:ss Snnthern
Hour quiet und unchanged. Wheat u
shade ensier aud in very moderate in
qairy-1. 1901 % winter red. Corn
shade tirmer-SS@95 Coffee quiet
aud unchanged. Sugar steady aud in
fair aemand-8ls@S2s fair to good re-
inipg; 81. prime; SC9S 7-l6 Musco-
vado; centrifugal. AIolasses
reign grades dull and nominal; New
Orleans 62C966 Pork dull-new meas
nominal-2l 25; old mess 81 90. Lard
opened firm aud closed lower-prime
steam IL l3 l6@l37s. Whiskey active
i O3. Freights to Liverpool dull
and lower. Cotton net receipts !. 36O:
gross 6 OBS. Futures closed weak:
sales 25 200: December IA 10 81. l4sa:
January 14;;ss; February Is Z 80, ISL;
March Is GIG: Apri! Is 1892. I57s;
July l6 2l-32: l6 Ills Money active
and hrm.-3!4. Exchange dull
4 s5la. Gold ll!(9Ilas. Govern
ments dull but steady. States quiet
and nominal
COMPARATIVE CoTroS STATEMENT
Net receipts ut all United States ports
for the week l68. 197-samo week last
year 170. .559; total to date 1,445, ,SS5-
same date last year l.1G6. 6SO; exports
for week 1876, 5,7l3-sama week last wear
924 7S7; total to date 7O3. 394-same
date last year 5l9.u73; stock at all
United States ports 533. .395 last yeur
4SO, 5lS; at all interior towns l2l 15U-
last year LOO. l8l; at Liverpool 5U6. 900
lust year 487 900: AAout for Great
Britain 347, 0O0-iast year ITO, 9,OOU
BOSTON. December 4.-Cotton dull
-middilng Is; stock 10000; weekly
net receipts 1878; gross 9,779; talcs
2,424.
PHILADELPHIA, December 4-Cot-
ton quiet middling 14al; weekly net
receipts GIL; gross 4.976; exports to
Great Britain $50.
BALTIMORE, December 4.-Cotton
quiet aud weak k-middling 14as; stock
1882; weekly net receipts lO9; gross
o.2oo; exports to continent 1927;
coastwise .37; sales 2.is2; spinness
329.
New ORLEANS. December 1 Cotton
quiet and unchanged; stock l4l, ,534:
weekly net receipts A. 0S3; gross 5;3,-
55S; exports to Great Britain 80, ,32I;
F,anca 1883: G .nt,nent 524; coast
wiSe 4 3il; saie, 33. TOO
CINCINSATI. December 4-Flour (