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


dent. and Attorney General Judge Rose
to day received . telegram from Little
Rock stating that Baxter had nothing
TO- day with the arrest of the two Judges
III Argentn, on the side OF the river op.
posite to Little Rock, and disuvows all
responsibility for it.
In the Senate, pensions and Louisiana
occupied tue day. In the House,
among the bills introduced we're the
following: Compensation for ferry boats
seized in 1861, authorizing an issue OF
United States bonds by Butler for free
banking, and to give elasticity to cur
rency; by Young. of Georgia. aiding
certain water routes, aud bill making
additional appropriations for the suffer
ers of the Mississippi overflow.
Probabilities the Middle States,
North east to variable winds, with ruin,
the barometer falling. with but Slight
change Of temperature. Fur the South
Atlantic States, Southeast to variable
winds. with rain, followed by clearing
weather aud lower temperature in the
Southern portion. For ihe Gulf States,
rising barometer, North to Vest winds,
aud partly cloudy weather. For the
Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, rising
barometer, North to West winds, and
cool weather, followed by rising tempe
r"turc. The lower Mississippi nnd the
Ohio Rivers will change but slightly
during the coming tweuty-four hours.
lhe lower Missouri aud central AIissis-
sippi will rise The rivers of Virginia
aud Pennsylvania will also rise during
tuesday.
TeIegraphtc-comna Reports.
4
LONDON, May Street rate 4 below
bank.
PARIS. May -Rentes GOT. 2llso.
LIVERPOOL. May 4-Noon.-Cotton
quiet and steady dy-uplands S11(a8aS:
Orleans S2sGgSa; sales $4,000, lnclud.
ing 1000 Tor speculation and export;
sales OF uplands, nothing below good
ordinary, deliverable May. June. July
or August. 3.l6. 8 7-lG; nothing below
low middling, deliverable June or July,
5 f.lG; Orleans, nothing below good
ordinary. shipped May or June. 3-16;
sales OF American Z. 500.
LIvEnrooh. May Evening Cot
ton.sales of uplands. nothing below
good ordinary shipped in April, 9as;
shipped in April or May, Sass; Orleans,
nothing below low middling, delivera-
ble in juno or July, GIG
New YORK. Nay 4-Noon. Cotton
dull sales 153-uplands l7a4; Orleans
1873. Futures opened: May II 80;
June II 1892, 17ls; July 177ss, 1892 !;
August Is SIG. Flour steady. Wheat
lc better. Corn firm. Pork firm. at
l7.U0 Lard hesvy-steam lOI.@
~ 1882. Freights quiet. Stocks dull.
Moneys. Gold 1885. Exchange -loug
4.SS; short / 81. Governments active
and little off. State bonds active and
little better prices.
z T. M.-Cotton dull; sales ego, at
l73l(91Sls. Southern flour a shade
frmer. Wheat &c. better and more
doing for export and forward delivery
1.60C91.6S for winter red Western.
Corn opened firm. with fair demand.
but closed dull and drooping-84(1S7
for new Western mixed. Coffee Quiet
and steady. Sugar firm. Rice quiet;
small jobbing trade. Pork firmer-new
l6. 909l700. Lard frmer, at lO56@
10 ll.l6 Whiskey steady. at 97ls.
t'reights hrm-cotton, steam "a. Cot
ton-net receipts 1l2; gross $3.50. Fu-
lures closed strong; sales 10.60O: May
II 3-16. II 7 80; juno II 1892, II 9.l6;
July II 1915. II 3I.32; August Is 1872,
lS!4; September II 1872, l8; October
II 23 81. l731; November 173a, II lI.l6;
December l71a, II GIG. Money easy,
at 3(G4 Sterling quiet, at 48S. Gold
weak. at 1925. Governments active
but steady. States quiet. but better
prices for some.
CISCrSNArI, May 4-Flour dull and
unchanged. Corn frm, at 68(07O.
Pork demand light; holders trnl, ut
17.25Gl750. Lard strong-1O11(4lOa5
for steam; 10la for kettle. Bacon quiet
and tirm-G7s97 for shoulders; 95s(0
81 for clear rib; 9aa4M07s for clear.
Wniskey firm, at 90.
LOUISVILLE, Nay 4.--Flour un-
changed. Corn active and higher, at so
(egS2. Pork frmer. at 1850. Lard l0a, /,
Gl1a1. Whiskey 81.
BALrIMonE, May 4.-Cotton dull
middling 17l@; net receipts 424; gross
l32; exports coastwise los; snles 1859;
splnuers 5; stock 4,Gl2.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4.-.Cotton
quiet middling l7al@ls; good ordi-
nary 1881; ordinary l3a4; net receipts
Is; gross $40.
NORFOLK. May 4-Cotton steady aud
unchanged-!ow midtling l6lL; net re-
ceipts 1,717; exports to Grent Britain