The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-06-11

the Northern portion Of the first na am ed
district, Easterly or Southerly winds,
and stationary or rising lbaro m eter
East Of Alabama. For the upper lake
region and the Northwest aud tho
Ohio Valley, partly cloudy weather
and local storms, increasing Easterly
or Southerly winds, East of the Missis.
sippi River. No decided change OF
temperature and falling barometer in
the upper lake region. and continued
low barometer in the upper Mississippi
Valley.
PROVIDENCE, r. T., June 1O.-The
Legislature, in joint convention, ccm.
menced voting for Senator to-day.
After two unsuccessful ballots, nd
journed until morrow. Burnside
led the vote.
John Carter Brown, senior member
OF the house OF Brown s. Ives, died
this morning; uged seventy-seven.
MEcHANIcsDURG, PA June 10.-The
State Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
commenced its session here today.
with very large attendance. The
principal object of the meeting is to
ratify or reject the amendments to the
National Constitution, adopted by the
National Grange, ut st. Louis
NEW YORK, June 10.-The sixth an.
nual convention OF the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers commencud
this morning, in Tammany Hall. The
convention is attended by upwards OF
100 delegates. Reports were reud
from the varioi. committees.
| ArYry.or, 1rDo
re- assembled ut o'clock. The Presi
dent announced the following commit.
tees: On crop and acreage reports,
better system OF receipts aud ship.
ments aud closer watch on details,
figures from cotton exchanges, intrriur
movement aud larger reports from
interior towns, count of stock once Il
month, Southern consum ption, North
ern consumption, overland movement,
total crop figures, meteorological re.
ports, information and statistics, G. H.
Eastou, OF New York, Chairman; on
country damages. aud uniformity of
bales, q. T.. Richards. of Galveston,
Chairman; on uniform classification,
John Chaffee. Of New Orleans, Chair.
man; on subject OF resolving this con.
vention into national association and
the admission Of additional cotton tx.
changes. j. ". Lathrop. of Savannah,
Chairman; Gaa,sn .; On No,I teGlegraphing: G 81. G..
on foreign and domestic bills OF !ul.
ing, William Whitlock. of Now York,
Chairman. Ga motion Of MIR. Waiter,
of Charleston. the subject of a uniform
system of weighing cotton was referred
.o the Com mittee Oh Classification.
Mr. Proudfit. OF Memphis, read q
preamble. resolutions and argument.
adopted by the Memphis Cotton Ex.
change. The paper is very lengthy,
and covers the whole subject Of o0tton
production and consumption. II re-
commends that the convention peti.
tion Congress to make HI annual up.
preparation sufficient to furnish accu.
rate information in reference to the
cotton crop; the appropriation to be
placed with the Department of Apri-
culture and Signal Bureau, and to b.
used specially Tor the purposes OF OBJ.
tanning information as to the acreage
annually used in planting cotton, the
number of laborors employed, the
average annual production Of each
district and State, the condition of the
crop from the time of planting to final
gathering, and providing for the pub.
lication OF more accurate monthly re-.
ports. 1t also provides for establish.
ing signal stations at various points,
from North Carolina to Texas, to be in
charge OF competent officers, whose
duty it shall be to keep an account Of
the rain fall and temperature, to be
telegraphed every Friday to the secre.
tary OF the nearest cotton exchange;
all information to be consolidated by
the New Orleans Exchange. and dis
tributed to the various exchanges
throughout the country. The paper
was referred to the COMMITTEES on
Country Damages.
Mr.. Smith, Of Boston, moved the
appointment of q Committee on Tare:
adopted.
Boston, New York, Baltimore, Nor.
folk, Charlotte. Wilmington, Charles.
ton, Savannah, Atlanta. Montgomery
Opelika. Mobile. New Orleans, Calves.
ton, Nashville, Memphis, Cincinnati
and st. Louis are represented in the
convention. About 100 delegates are
present, embracing many of the most
influential aud Intelligent cotton fuc.
tors in the United States. The con-
vention adjourned until tomorrow
morning, at 8 o'clock, in order to give
the committees time to prepare their
reports on the subjects referred 70