The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-04-11

poning the consideration. .of the cur.
rency bill, and said he did 80 to explain
to the House his purpose-which was 10
pass the Senate bill, aud then 70 ou
and perfect the HOUSE bill. Clarke,
OF Tennessee, asked if the gentleman
would support the free banking feature
OF the House bill? He had declared
himself in favor OF greenbacks. Butler
said he would favor kind Of free bank
ing. but did not approve of the form
presented in this bill. 10 the course of
his xen,arks. he said he did not tbink
tho Executive would veto o bill to give
relief to the people. While the Senate
and House were perfec;ing other meu-
sures for that purpose, he sought the
passage of the Senate bill, not as the
best measure, or one that he by any
manner OF means approved, but as the
best thing he could get now, and to set
tle the public mind and give relief ~ tl,~
business OF the country. kellogg, Vi
CONNECTICUT, asked if the gentleman as
serted that tho President would not veto
the bill. The Speakers hammer fell
heavily. and he said that such AN allm.
sion was entirely out of order. Il ,llogg
said he had thought so, and for thnI
reason he asked the question. The
Speaker said the Chuir had not no.
ticed such words spoken, or lie
should have stopped The gentleman.
Butler said he had only spoken of what
was said by tho newspapers and he
begged pardon of the House for doing
30. He had expressed the opiuion that
the President would not bo iutluenced
by tue motives assigned. Dawes asked
II it was not equally out of order to al
lude to matter negatively MS 10 u!ludr
to it a1irmatively. The Speaker said it
wns. Butler-rhen it is unparliamen-
tary to say you don't think Is lnau will
do foolish thing. Cox, of New York,
said tue gentleman had asserted that the
President would not veto the Senate
BILL The House bad right to demand
his authority. Butler--I did not say so.
| lSounds of thu rapidly and heavily fall
log gavel of the Speaker drowned the
voice OF the two gentlemen, although both
continued shouting OF the top of their
voices The House spent the whole
day IN voting on the currency bill. The
motion making the postponement vote
Of yesterday tinality was defeated by
the casting vote of the Speaker. aud
thus the bill came up again for action.
Ihe most important votes were those by
which the seventh and eighth sections OF
tho bill were stricken out The seventh
provides for banks without circulation,
aud the eighth for the monthly issue of
". 600. .OOO of gold notes, as substitutes
for an equal amount of legal tenders,
that were to be cancelled. The latter
section was struck out by vote of 149
to o.. Kelley's convertible 1866. .OOO,-
600 bond proposition was defeated, the
vote on it's adoption being 1lS to 1872
The House adjourned without coming to
final vote on tho bill, which comes up
again tomorrow.
Ptobabilities-Th Ohio, Cumberland
and Tennessee Rivers will rise; the
lower Mississippi will remain stationary.
On Saturday, over the Eastward and
Middle States. clear weather will pro-
vail, with Northwest to West winds in
the former, but West to South winds in
the latter. For the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, clear weather and North
west to North east winds. For Tennes-
see, Arkansas. Missouri and the Ohio
Valley, clear or partly cloudy weather,
rising temperature aud South to West
winds.
| Telesraphic-ComIne Reports.
LONDON. April 1O-Street rate x be-.
low bank. Fries 32la@3224. Weather
fair. Conscls 921l(092as.
PARIS. April 10.-Rentes 59f. 72lsc.
LIVERPOOL, April 10-Noon. Cotton
quiet and unchanged; sales $4,000, in
Guiding 1000 for speculation and e1
port; sales of the week SO, 600. of which
5000 were for export and 3, 900 for spc.
eulation; stock 838. 900, including 46l,-
goo American; receipts of the week no. :
900. including III, 900 American; actual
export 5000; ahoat 455, 900, including
25l 900 American.
LIVERPOOL, April l0-Evening. Got
ton-sales Of uplands, nothing below
good ordinary. shipped March and
Apri. 8. Yarns and fubrics at Manchcs
ter quiet and unchanged.
New IoHx, April 10 -Noon.-Cotton
quiet and steady; sales SlG-upauds
l7lS; Orleans 17ls. Futures opened :
April IL o-32. lG SIG; May 1G1l-1G,
lGal; Juno II 7-32. l7l1; July TN,
II 2l-32; August II 27-32. Flour quiet
and steady. Wheat and corn quiet and
iirn: Pork heavy-mess 100. Lard
firm. Stocks active but weak. Money
l. Gold 1875. Exchange long 1 .s5 !. !;
short 4.s9i@ Governments strong nnd
active. State bonds quiet aud nominal.
+. M.-Cotton quiet but firm; sales
l,6S2, ut 17ls(017l3. Southern flour in