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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-13
Yesterdays Market Reports.

LONDON. -Eries 26l@2G4. Street rate
st.
PAR1s. .-Rentes 63f 62Ic.
'LIvEnPooL-3 P. M.-Cotton easier
and prices declined fraction-middling
uPlands u; middling Orleans, 8A9Si;
sales II, 600; American 1900; speculation
and export 2, 900; to arrive Lie cheaper:
basis middling uplnnds, nothing below
low middEng, deliverable May, June or
New YoRK-Noon. dull and
lower. Money 4. Gold 154. Exchange
long 4.86; short 490. Cotton dull;
sales 376-uplands 1853; Orleans II.
Futures opened steady and are now
easier: May 16 9-16@16s; June 16S@
!6 1916; July II 5-32@17 1882. Corn
lc. better. Pork quiet-22.50. Lard
firm-steam 15s.
ling firm, at 4;sel. Gold 15s@15a. Go
States quiet and strong. Cotton-net
receipts 1,1O8; gross 4.8G2. Futures
closed heavy; sales 43. 100: April LEILA
16 9.32; May 1G 13-32@16 ZIG; june
!6 23-S2@16}; July II 1872; August
II 5-32@17 3-16; September 1G 27,32:
october 16 5-16@16 1892; November
IL $500 16s; December 16 5-32G,16 3-1f;
january 16I. Cotton easier; sales 574. ut
16s@17. Southern flour a shade firmer
with moderate inquiry-common to fnir
extra 5.2O@5.90; good to choice $3.50,
$40. Wheat opened shade firmer but
closed steady with moderate demand
1.28(91. 30 for winter red Western; 1.31M
1.33 for amber do; 35@1.42 for white
DO. Corn opened fiN,cr but closed dull
and rather easier-934G for Western
mixed in store; 94@95 .or do. atloat.
Coffee dull and unchanged. Sugar held
&c. higher, which checks business; buy
ers refuse to pay advance. Molasses quiet
and firm. Rice quiet and unchanged
Pork heavy-new 22.20@22.25. Lard
1.123@1.13. Freights shade firmer-
Cotton, steam /.
BALTIMoRE.- firm-Howard street
and Western superfne 425@475; city
mills superfne 4.25@45O Wheat firm
red .25(9 SO; amber 1.35@1.37; white
l.25(91.36. Corn-Southern white 88M
10; yellow 91@92; Western white 72@7S.
@23.OO. Bacon dull-ahoulders 81.
Lard-refned 16. Coffee frmer-ordi-
nary to prime Rio, cargoes, 15S{918A.
Whiskey firm. OF 1.13}@l.14 Sugar
strong, at 1O2(9104.
st. Lop1s-Flour in good demand; low
and medium grades scarce and wanted.
Corn dull and declining-No. q mixed
7a@76. Whiskey dull, at Ill. Pork
norninally lower. Bacon quiet and easier,
With, with only n,I. limited jobbing demand, Lard
Lou1svf1LE. Flour unchanged. Corn
firm, at 71@N. Provisions quiet. Pork
a. 0O@22.50. Bacon-shoulders 81;
clear rib apd clear 12}@1a. Ham 133@
13S. Prime lard -steam 15l@153; tieroe
16a@16; keg 16a@17 Whiskey Ill.
Begging firm, OF 12s@13!.
CNuNHArI.- steady. Corn firm,
OF 72@75. Pork dull and, dropping, at
q. 75922: 90. Lard quiet and unchanged.
Bacon quiet and weak shoulders 8a169;
clear rib 12e@12A; clear IS. WhisSey
To- NoHToLK. Cotton quiet-nniddling l8;
net, receipts 1,1ol; exports coastwise
1850; Gales 200. ,stGt y i q a3s'.
hNEw lORxEANs. Cotton quiet-mid-
ding 49,. net receipts A. .a59; gross s, ,254;
iaxports to Great Britian 1858; France
,623; ooastaisS A, ,733; aales s, 900.
" GALS1sToiI. =. Cotton quiet md steady
mtddliIa 16S: low fnfc1dliHoN 16l. oood
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DISTRESSING FATAIITY.-The wife of
Frederick Zimmerman, baker living in
Millville, N. j., left home in August last
Tor visit to Germany, taking with her
an invalid son. Soon after their arrival
out the son died. About three weeks apo
MIR. Zimmerman was taken suddenly Ill
and died, and on Wednesday d married
daughter died. Mrs. Zimmerman is ex-
pected to arrive at New York the present
week on her way home, and is totally
unconscious of her bereayements.
The Port Royal Standard il informed
that the Commissioners of the Freedmans
Bank can pay the depositors five per
cent. at the present time, and by the fnll
Will be IN position to pay twenty per
cent; but it does not like it's readers Ito
be pulled up with hopes TINT may never
be realized"
Nevada woman recently knocked
down seven burglars one after another.
Her husband watched her from the top
OF the stairs and he felt so brimful of
battle that he could not cool off until he
had Jerked his eight-year- old boy out Of
bed and ''whaled" him soundly for not
getting up ant. going to help his mother.
The warm breath of April Mt the North
Ii putting IN end to the season in Flori-
da. Every outgoing trnin from Jackson
vile is said to be> crowded nowadays,
and the number of visitors, estimated at
3o,0oo this season, is growing beauti-
fully less.
Reports from Wisconsin, Indiana.
Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Michigan
and minnesota, show that spring wheat
has been badly killed in many places,
and less spring wheat is to be sowed this
sc ~ II
the season.
Beecher thinks "nest-hiding" an un-
common word, and understands Mrs.
Iilton'to mean by it the hiding Of the
troubles Of her household, the vailing Of
the domestic skeleton, whatever that may
be.
Forty-one OF the most desperate, skill
ful and notorious counterfeiters and
expert thieves Of the continent are now
In Texas. Unfortunate Texas! Indians,
greasers and counterfeiters.
The Lowell (Afass. } mill owners have
announced to their employees that they
prefer q three-months lookout to yield
ing TO the demands of the spinners.
THE CoNrRAsr.-Mr. Blaines speech in
| Connecticut and the Boston table at the
fair Of the Washington. Light Infantry,
Charleston, s. C.-Boston Post.
IA town in Arkansas has organized O
loafers' club. Deponent eayeth not
whether its membership includes all able.
bodied Men in town or not
a Richmond, Va, firm have received q
Letter from New Orleans which had been
elght; years two months and fifteen days
on the way, s...,t.~-., Nh
It has been the coolest Maroh expo.
rienceds since the memorable march on
MOSCOW by Napoleon I and hia army.
''Hail Columbia. .was written in 1898,
\ but It was given to the British In I774-'5.
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Board.
A LADY and GENTLEMAN and two
n Gentlemen cnn obtain BOARD in n
private family. Large, airy rooms. Ad-
dress IN" Lock Box II, city.
April 13 1.
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JUST OPENED

A CASE of japanese POPLINS, at so
N cents ynrd-worth double.
10 pieces SUMMER SILKS, ut rs cents
a yard-worth S1.00 yard in New York.
10 pieces black GRENADINES, at so
cents q yard-awful cheap.
A case OF RIBBONS, comprising all
shades and widths, ut popular prices.
100 dozen Ladies' SILK TIES, in all
the lates styles and colors.
All the departments have been largely
replenishod the past week.
1t will pay every one needing such
goods as we keep to examine the extern
sive and choice assortment of goods at
the
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strike ont, will probably prove to ba an im-

strike ont, will probably prove to hs an im-
portant means Of enforcing the ordinance.
It may well be doubted whether the orli.
nance is adequate in regard to the penalties
itf1es for violatioa Of its provisions. 4
conviction subjects the offender to fine Of
$40 to 800 for the first ofense, So5 to $500
for the second of1euse, and 5000 to 81, 600
for the third offense within a lapse Of one
year, and such penalty may then be enforced
only by an action Of debt in the name Of the
city. It would be better if the collection Of
the fines were enforced by imprisonment on
failure of payment, and if the Superintendent
OF Buildings were permitted to take more
summary process in the case Of the more fla
grant violations OF the law We may, never
theless, be thankful for the great improve
rnents tbs ordinance offers.
, 1875-11-28

service This, which is hardly the case
for single year in single municipal gov
eminent in the whole breadth of the United
States, is the universal rule in Great Britain
and Ireland, where such thing as corrupt
City Government, or c corrupt city officer, or
q conspiracy to use the public revenues for
private purposes, would produce a national
sensation.
We submit to th. consideration Of our
roaders the inquiry, whether We do not have
too frequent elections, and whether We do
not elect entirely too many officers, and
whether much of the evil is not due to this
frequency Of election, and this election Of
officers who ought to be appointed, aud
whether, if we had City Governments more
permanent in their organization, less depend
ent upon the will of those classes interested
in waste aud extravaganza, and removed from
the control of contractors and jobbers, rings
and rascals, we would not have governments
managed in the interest Of the public, and
governments ofticered by men Influenced by
other and higher considerations than their
personal enrichment at the public expense,
within tie shortest possible time.
, 1875-11-28

in his palsied handa. Humanity is cheated
Of its rights. Noworder Communism thrivea
while As1ons live only to grab.
A few days ago, citizen Of Chicago,
known to q limited but growing circle Of ap-
preciatiye friends, suddenly died in the
primest years Of life. Henry HOBART TAYLOR
was still young man, no older than WILL.
1A>z B. As7oR's grandson He was born with
no vast fortune waiting for him. The for
tune of which he died possessed he made.
No man has ever questioned the morality Of
the making. III. TAYLOR left to those de-
pendent upon him all the money that they
can possibly need, and presented the bulk Of
his sproperty-some 5000, 0oo-to trustees, to
be used in such way as Is to do tue grcdtest
Good, and kast hQrm." # the trustees do
their duty, in the spirit Of the be-
quest, this gift can be so utilized that
LII. TAY1oRs na1ne will live in grateful
hearts in this city for centuries to come. He
has won his fame, for he has done what he
could night nobly. He has set precious ex-
ample. His gift is the largest ever made by
a Chicagoan; but men with large hearts and
larger means, stimulated by his good deed,
will initiate it. HENRY e. TAYLOR has richly
repaid the world for all it may hare done for
him WILLIAM B. AsroR shirked his debts to
the world, and SO died its debtor-in the e.
TEEN of none, in the contempt Of nl1
, 1875-11-28

The disagreement Of the jury in the libel
suit which 2Ir- KAssos brought against the
State Register Of Des Moines, which charged
2ir. kAssos with yielding to outside indu-
ences in bis Congressional career, is scarcely
the vindication which that gentleman evi-
IDENTITY expected It is reported that part
Of the jury were willing to give Mr. KAssoS o
verdict for one cent damages, but that the
majority would not even do this, and hence
the disagreement. Without putting any con-
etruction not warranted by this result, public
men should accept it as notice that The
courts as well as the newspapers are inclined
to hold them to avery strict accountability for
their public acts Mr: KAssoS, it is reported,
viii accede to the request OF the Register for
q new trial
, 1875-11-28

tiun, as thereby their property will be in
creased in value
Is measure Of economy, this sale should
be made without further delay. On the 1st of
next July the city will hare to appropriate
large sum towards the construction OF thenew
Gty-Hall, and levy tux to produce the reve-
nue. for that purpose, perhaps $500, 600, and
in the meantime borrow the money on the
tax-warrant at to Q per cent until the tax IS
collected two years later, making ta1 OF
$3.50, 600 to produce sum Of money no
greater than that which is now offered In cash
for tract OF land which is not productive, and
for which the city has no use. To take this
money is to saTo $50, 900 year interest,
reckoning ut per cent, and ohviate the Ne
cessity Of levying direct tax Of $6oo,ooo.
To make this sale will have the effect OF
adding $500, 900 of real estate, and probably
$8o0,0m Of improvements thereon, to the
taxable property OF the city.
It will have the effect also OF removing all
uncertainty as to the future character Of
the contiguous and neighboring property now
idle and unproductive, and create an imnedi-
ate demand therefor, leading to ita rapid and
permanent improvement and increase ofvalue,
and consequently adding to the taxable prop
erty.
Under these circumstances, it will be seen
that the city, as whole, is deeply and fnan-
cia1ly interested in having this sale perfected.
Tt Will obviate special levy Of $500, 600 next
year. It will sa7e $50, 600 expended for in
terest. It will add, in round numbers,
$2,0oo,o 900 to tho taxable property of the city,
and proportionately to its revenue. It will
improve large tract Of real estats now prac-
tically unoccupied.
In this matter it is not question in which
the South Division is Interested Every lot
holder in the West and North Divisions
is directly interested in the question
whether he shall be compelled to pay
share Of this special tax to build
the City-Hall, or whether that ta1 be omitted
and this lot sold for the same amount Of
money. We are confident that outside ring
in the Common Council there can be but one
opinion as to the imperative duty OF the City
Government in this matter.
, 1875-11-28

The reported agitation in Savoy for re-
snnezatim to Italy is improbable to begin with
and impossible to end with Savoy and Nice
were the price paid BY V1c1oR EMANUEL for
essential French aid in the liberation cam
paign OF 1859 against the Austrians The
cesslon WAC dependent upon the vote Of the
inhabitants, but, IS Prof. c. z. ADAMS shows,
IN his =" Democracy and Monarchy in France, =
the vote WIS carried by various persuasions,
and perhaps bribery Of the electors to some
extent Nevertheless, when the provinces
have been joined 10 France for l6 years, and
tens Of thousands of the inhabitants are na-
aves Of France, it is not probable that the
inhabitants ardenty long to forsakea wealthy
snd prosperous country for poor and indus
tzisny inactive ono. If they do go, moreover,
the wish is hopeless one. France, still
suarting u1rdEr The loss Of Msace-Io Iorxaine,
would never consent to be ehorn ct any mora
territory
, 1875-11-28

There is now prospect that justice will
be swift in the case Of DAVIS, the murderer Of
NuH1ASr. The wretch was indicted yester-
day, and next Wednesday is fixed for the day
Of trial There will undoubtedly be various
pretexts set up for delay. His counsel will
apply for change of venue, and make every
dilatory motion :hat the crooked way Of the
law can suggest; but the Judge and Prose-
cutting Attorney should put the strictest con-
struction upon the law in favor Of the peo-
pIe. The case is one of clear and unprovokod
murder, with evidence 60 ample as to make
it matter Of public notoriety. It is not
case where public prejudice could hound the
accused on to greater punishment than he
deserves. Besides ell this, there is more
than the individual fate Of the murderer In
rolved. DAVIS is type Of class Of
desperadoes who infest the streets of Chicago
and have been permitted by the Mayor and
police to prey upon society for two years.
They are blac1.legs, confdence-men, thieves,
and highway robbers, who 60 about armed
to the teeth and ready to shoot down un-
armed men at any moment their own vicious
natures suggest They have been Taught to
believe by the lc1 administration Of the laws
that they are assured immunity from punish
ment. The prompt conviction of this man
DAVIS will do more to redeem Chicago from
this infamous condition Of things than my
other action that can be taken. It will be q
notice to the desperadoes that they must re-
straip their murderous propensities or suffer
the consequences. It will likewise be no.
ticc to the city authorities that they must en-
force the laws aud ordinances against these
desperadoes, and free the city from their
presence. It is not alone the life Of WHT-
LAND, who is dead and gone, nor the life of
DAVIS, which isn't worth as much ns good
dogs, but the safety Of life and property gen.
orally in Chicago, which is involved in the
quick and summary punishment Of this mur-
fprer
, 1875-11-28

Secretary CHANDLER IL evidently in earnest
in the purpose to reorganize and reform the
Indian service. When Mr.. CHANDLER accepted
the position Of Secretary Of the Interior, We
expressed the opinion that he would under
take this work He is man of wealth him
self, and is Of character to despise personal
corruption. IF the report be true that he
will recommend, in his annual report, the
transfer Of the Indian Bureau to the War
Department, which was always resisted, We
believe, undoc the preceding administration
Of the Interior Department, it will be an
earnest Of his good intentions and evi-
dence Of excellent judgment in this regard.
In any case, it is TOW very certain that he
Will place at the head Of the Indinn Bureau
a man who will command the confidence ot
tho public and manage it in a business-Ik
way.
, 1875-11-28
PERSONAL

Rufus Sa1tou, Z. s. L., iB at the Pacific.
NIB. Perry, Of Albany, il at the Palmer.
The Latest slang Is: ''0h, pull Gown youi
! vest"
The Hon. D. G. Floyd, Of Cincinnati, is as the
| fremont
Gen. G. Il. Graves Of New York, il Ut tha
fremont.
Tne Hon. ". h. PARKS, Of Marquette, Ia At the
fremont.
The Hon. II. B. Hayes, It Denver, II 1t the
Sherman.
Hal. J. II. Bearaaley. Of Book laland, IN II
the Pacific.
E1-Gov. G. G. Wsshhuzn. of Wisconsin, II 1t
tho Pacific
The Hon. G. II. Clisber, Of Caxaopolis, il 1t
the fremont
Col. George ". Iilsy, Of sedana, No, Ia at
the Sherman.
The Hon. ). Waldo, Of Houston, Ts1.. il u
the Sherman.
Miss Louisa n. Alcott win apsnd the winter
In Baltimore
Bessie Turuar's book IL sid to bs mixing =
big "sel."
IL. Perea and brothar, Of Beznalil1o, n. H.,
are at the Palmer.
Col. Forney hears that the Prince Of Wales ID
coming to the Centennial
Tnu1low We,d thinks ambition for the Presi-
deucy hurt Mr. Wilson phyaically a wall ~
morally
Carlyle Says there may be courage which il
the total absence Of fear. That 10. when the
fence is between you aud the dog.
Mrs. Blaekfo1d, that horrid American woman
uho ruined the young Russian Prince. paid
Worth $39, 900 for fancy new drassea~
Chaslss Frnnois Adams hss been quoted -
saving that tho one thing necessary to revival
OF businsss in thia country II revival of xs-
lgion.
Or. Fal1ows, Of the Reformed Episcopa1
Church. delivers lecture tomorrow evening at
tho Second Uniysrsalat Church tor the banatt
OF the church
New York Herald: The Ch&rles Ftane1s
Adams Club Of Indianapolis II discussing the
oue4tion Hhethar OF not It would be batter for
han to have Eve soes-
It Ia thought Col Baker, formally Of tho Brit
iah army, will 70 oya1 to Rusal2 after his term
Of imprisonment ia hAed, and fight sRainst En-
giand il any opportunity o1era-
d.. Stllson Hutchins, OF tho St, Louis Times
writes to the Cincinnati Enquirer that there IL
not word OF trath in any report or ru1aor con-
Meeting him With the Whisky Ring.
Tains ia now engaged In collecting rnatsrisl
for = '' History Of The French Revolution !" sod
hs sa5t nls xha1s mind h 10 oo5tp&ea with sha
, 1875-11-28

and S1.o4s for December. Corn WIS active
and declined lie, closing at 49o for Norem-
Der md 47Rc for the year. Oats were quiet
and .c lower, closing ut 3o2c cash and s04o
for December Rye was steady, at Coo. Bar
ley was 1@14c lower, closing at scto cash
aud s5lc for December. Hogs were in moder-
ate demand aud steady, at $c.90@7.5o per
100 lbs. Cattle and sheep were unchanged
One hundred dollars in gold would buy
8ll4.37i in ereenbacks ut the close.
, 1875-11-28

The chicago produce markets we're iuegu-
Gr on Saturday. Mess pork was quiet end
arm, cloE'ag at sl9.45@19.474 seller the
year and 3le. .55@1s.573 for February. Lard
was in fair demand end advanced SC per 100
3bs- closing at 912.35 cash and $12. .45 forFeb-
zrasy. 9ieats we're quiet, at re for should
ers, losc, foz short ribs, aud 1o3c for short
clears, I'll boxed Highwires were in fair
aema;ni4 and steady, at s1.114 per gallon
flour was dull and easier. Wheat waa active
sud d',cilned ltc, c1oslup veak at 31.04i caah
, 1875-11-28
CHE CbnaDa Ufibu,1e.
At the Few York Gold Exchange Oh Satur.
Gay greenbacks ruled steady at 87s.

Louifiana has generally been regarded of
Late yeaa as being in q tolerably lawless con-
dition; but two rnurde1ers were hanged there
on Friday after due process of Law. Chicago,
it seems, may learn lesson even from Lou
isana in tie way Of protecting human life.
, 1875-11-28

SALE OF THREE BLOCKS OF LAKE FRONT
The City Of Chicago has debt Of bor-
rowed money ranging from three to four
millions Of dollars, representing an equa1
amount Of uncollected taxes. On this debt
the city is paying to per cent interest
The city is called upon by the public neoessi-
ties to build new City Hall, for which it will
have to pay at least 81, 100000. This money
will have to be raised by taxation, and, in case
the tax remains unpaid, will have to be bor-
ruwed at to per cent interest.
The city hns limited proprietary interest
in three blocks Of ground between Michigan
avenue and the railroad tracks, and extend
ing from Randolph street to Monroe street.
Before the fire the Illinois Central Railroad
Company offered for these three blocks Of
land 100000 cash, and the sale, at the H.
stance Of property holders in the vicinity,
was enjoined by the United States Courts
Since that time the fire has revo}utionized the
whole character Of the neighborhood of this
land. It is no longer the favorite location
for residence property. It has ceased to be
desirable for residences, and no demand for
it for other purposes has been created. It
presents dreary waste, and the uncertainty
which hangs over the matter has arrested
md delayed improvements.
Under these circumstances, the rnilroad
company has ROW offered to take these three
blocks Of land and pay therefor direct into
the City Treasury the sum Of $780, 900. The
land is unoccupied; it is useless aud value
less to the city for any public purpose. It is
not productive, and is not capable Of being
made productive. At the time Of the origi-
nal proposition, in 1869, an objection to the
sale was made on the ground that convey
ance as proposed would carry with it the IL
parian rights, giving to the railroad company
the land covered by water east Of the three
blocks, extending indefinitely into the lake.
The railroad company now propose that the
city shall only be asked to execute mere
quit-claim deed to the land described by
metes and bounds. and including no rights,
riparian OF otherwise, not specified in the
deed
In this view Of the case, it is matter Of
profound establishment that the Common
Council Of the City Of Chicago hesitates, and,
by inaction, refuses to make the sale. OF
the property-owners who originally demur-
red to the sale, six-sevenths have already in
writing expressed desire that the sale be
made, and the others will undoubtedly give
their assent 10 ths dissolution of the idjunc-
, 1875-11-28

APOLLO coMNANDERY. Z. T.-specal concl.ve
1uesda$ Afternoon Not. 3D. It O'Clock prompt for
work. trtng aftezuoon snd evening. By order Of tho
Commander. B, B. v. LOCKE, Rscotder.