The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-07-09
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steamer Oriental, from Boston for Sa-
vannah. FL n ashore, last night, in fog.
ATLANTA, GA, July 8-W. T. Cum
mings. President of the Tailors' Union.
was struck by lightning. at 2 A. NJ. :,
and instantly killed. He was closing a
window Of his dwelling.
New YORK, July 8.-The Mayor to.
day appointed ex-Police Commissions
or Hugh Gardner. Excise Commissions
er, in place of Voorhees,, who was last
night appointed Police Commissioners.
ST.. LOUIS. July 8.-A letter was re-
ceived at Kansas, Mo-. yesterday,
from A. Q. Miers, of Dodge City,
Kansas, stating that his Tauche, on
Canadian River, was attacked by In-
dians. on June 27, and three ,uen
killed. The Indians wcre repulsed,
however, and eleven Of them killed in
three hours fight.
New YORK, July S.-A letter from
Havana, dated the 4th, snys: "There is
a great deal of sickness pre- vailipg here;
many fatal cases of smallpox and vel
!ow fever have occurred. Public plac. g
for vaccination have been established
throughout the city. Business is very
dull-oniy about 600 boxes of sugar
were sold during the week"
PHILADELPHIA, July 9.-No clue hus
been obtained yet as to the wherein
bouts of Charley Brewster Ross, who
was abducted from Germantown, on
the 1st instant. He is the son of
Christian X. Ross, "a merchant of this
city, and his family are in q dreadful
state OF distress. The abdnc,ors are
evidently holding possession of the
child to obtain large reward. $500
has been offered. The father has 1e-
oeived an anonymous communication,
Offering to return the child for $40, 600.
The father has given notice, in per
sonal in the Ledger, that he is ready to
negotiate to the extent of his ability.
WASHINGTON, July 8-The trustees
of the Freedmen's Bank were iu con-
sultatlon. yesterday, with severul
cashiers from the South. The meet
ing was harmonious. aud it was the
unanimous opinion that it would be
unwise to attempt to revive the busi-
ness OF the bunk. Alta meeting of the
commissioners. last night, they all de.
cided to accept. and will qualify to-
day.
Gen. Pope has been ordered to use
the sixth cavalry to force the Indians
back on the reservations.
Probabiiities-For New England.
the Middle States and the lowor lax.
region, partly cloudy aud continued
warm weather will prevail during
Ihnrsd"y. with local rain and variable
winds. For the South Atlantic aud
Gulf States. Tennessee aud the Ohio
Valley. increasing clondiness and areas
OF rain, with Eust to South winds, con-
tinued high temperature and slight
changes in barometer. For the upper
lake region and the Northwest. partly
cloudy weather, with rain during the
night; North-east to South east winds
III tue upper lake region, and E4sterly
or Southerl y winds; IN the North west,
continued high temperature. except
near Lake Superior, aud falling bnro-
meter during Thursday.
CHARLESTON. July S.-Arrived-
Steamship Vicksburg. Philadelphia.
Telegrnphic-Comm Reports.
COLUMBIA. July 9.-Sales of cotton
63 bales-middling 15u.
NEW YORK. July S-Noon. Stocks
dull. Money 2. Gold 35s. Ex-
change long 4.ss; short 1 9O}S.
Governments active and lower. Stute
bonds quiet. Cotton dull aud nomi-
nal; sales l9O-uplands 17ls; Orleans
!71s: Futures opened easy: August
lG 1916. 1873; September 1G Is l6.
IL; October l6 IL l6, 1634. Flour
quiet aud steady. Pork iirm-mess
lS.7O@ls rs; Lard heavy--steam
IL l3 16. ll7s. Freiehts quiet.
L. M.-Cotton dull; suIes 800, at
l715@l7T. Southern flour stead -
common to fair extra 5. 90GI6 GO: good
to choice 6 65Wl1.O0 Wheat II, shade
tirmer aud in fair export demand 80
(a3o for winter red aud amber West
ern. Corn lc. better; good expor. and
fair home demand-7GGI77 for West
ern mixed. Coffee rm-19I.(1229I
for Rio. Sugar tir:n md in good do.
mand-7XW9lls for FUR TO good; re-
fining SLi; prime 73a; molusses ~
(9Sls for Mnscovado; VA centrifusai; :;
3 clarified; refined active and iirmer-
l08WlOa4 granuiated; 107s crushed;
lO7sWl1 powdered. Moiasses quiet
and unchanged. Rice steady and more
doing to trade. Pork frmer-new
mess 1900. Beef unchanged. Lard
firm, at II. Whiskey steady, ut 90.
Freights to Liverpool heavy and de-
clinlng-cotton. stenm IL 30. Cotton
net receipts 81; gross S92. Futures
closed weak; sales Is. 500: July nomi-
nal. Anunct 1e 10 10 1c OF oj, c.