The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-03

acknowledgements
bat there VAS Sopsiderable opposition
to Rioharasoh,s 'confifmation. and the
vote thereon was very close, * ~ i'' .
The House Opmmittee on Commerce
have agreed to recommend Atlanta as
sport Of delivery. The House Ap-
proptiation Committee, this morning,
agreed to recommend an appr0pria.
ton OF $780, 900 for the porohase of
forty Gatlin guns, to be used for ex.
perinAental purposes.
In the Senate, an adverse report was
made, from the Military Committee,
on a bill allowing army officers to
wear certain emblsms indicative OF
honors conferrmed upon them. The
Indian appropriation bill was passed.
The House passed the bill in rela-
ton TO the courts and judicial officers
in Utah.
Probabilities-For New England
and the Middle States. clear or partly
cloudy weather and Easterly to South
erly winds will prevail. with slight
changes in temperature. and station.
ary or falling barometer. For the
South Atlantic and Cult States, partly
cloudy and continued warm weather,
and possibly light local rains, with
Eastelly or Southerly winds.
NEW YORK. June 2.-The President,
accompanied by Secretaries Fish and
Robson, arrived this morning, for
the purpose Of attending the cere-
monies Of laying the cornerstone of
the Museum of Natural History in
Central Park.
Rochefort is resting at private re-
sidence in Yonker's.
Nearly nll the saloons at Lockport,
in this State, are closed, the licenses
having expired, and new ones bsing
refused by the authorities. Much ex.
oitement exists. ~.
the Jeffersgn City PenitentiaSy mn-
tinted, yesterday. bat were overawed
by the appearance of a company Of
armed citizens. bto
HALIFAX, June 2.-The steamship
Parody, with The new Atlantic cable
on board, landed the shore end OF the
cable Sunday morning and proceeded
to Rye Beach. N. Fl. ru n.e
CHARLESTON. june 2.-A-.; red =
Steamships South Carolina, New York !;
Sea Gull, Baltimore.
RALEIGH. N. O., June 2.-Iu the
Fourth Congressional District Demo.
cratic Convention, held, here to-day,
Capt. Joseph J. Davis, OF franklin,
was nominated. In the Fifth District
Convention, held at Greensboro, to.
day. Gen. A. NJ. Scales WAS unani-
mously nominated.
SAM FRANoIsoo, June 2.-.The
friends Of Williams, the Represents.
tive candidate for Congress in Oregon,
claim his election. The result on the
State ticket will not be kno wn for
several days. Old party lines were
completely ignored.
TeiegraphIc-Comm Reports.
LONDON, June 2.-Consols 92L6
s22s.
LIVERPOOL. June 2-Noon. Cotton
dull and unchanged; sales 5000, in-
olnding 1000 for export aud specula-
tion; sales OF uplands, nothing below
good ordinary, deliverable in Juue,
8 SIG; deliverable in June or July,
& 5.l6; Gales of nplands, nothing be-.
low low middling, deliverable in July
or August. 81; sales to-day include
6. 100 American.
LIVERPOOL. June 2-Evening. Cot
ton-sales of Orleans. nothing below
low middling. deliverable in July or
August, 85s. Yarns and fabrics at
Manchester quiet and unchanged.
NEW YORK. June 2-Noon. Cotton
dull; sales ll7-upiands 1917; Orleans
1928 Futures opened stesdy: June
17A. II 1916; July 18 BIG, 1917;
August Is 9.l6. 1873; September
ID 1882. 18 13 80. Flour dull aud
drooplng. Wheat quiet and heavy.
Corn dull. Pork quiet-mess 1850
Lard dull, at IL 3.l6. Freights firm.
Stocks dull and lover. Money 2.
Gold 121s. Exchange -long 48S%;
short S9T. Governments duh. Stale
bon Is dull.
P. M.-Iouey easy, at 2@3.
Lxrhange quiet, at 4S8la. Gold dull,
at 2@l21s. Governments dull and
st"ndy. States quies and nominal.
Coz ION dull; sales 1875. at 18la@1S7s
Southern -four quiet-commou to fnir
extra 6 l5@7.00; good to choice z. .O5
@ll.O0. Wheat heavy and I@2c
lower-1. 520l sc for fair to prime
winter red Western. Corn opened
shade firmer. bnt closed dull and
heavy-78081 for new aud old West.
ern mixed; S0(G63 for old Western
yellow. Coffee quiet. Sugar firm
| 73.i for fair to good refining: 83s for
prime MuscOvndo; 751(G73L for hlns-