The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-27

VoaS1Nssse'R5Sge ~ fsEEeoH1ez:sss
.WAsH!NcvoN. Febsusry .a8 Ala tho
Senate. Mr.. Ihusuan8catie mn, a. bill
amendInGs the chatter 81 the sTfaea.
mems Savings eIid q spfassi UouB 6anY
and for other tpurposes,t + whichl 4 vas,
passed. The Civil Rights Bill was thep
proceeded with. Mr.. Thurman moved.
to amend the fourth section. 40 as TO
exclude from Its operations State id.
rota: He;held shat there was; nothing
IN. tha fourteenth amendment ito give
Congress power to prescribe qualihca.
tion OF Jurors in the State courts. Mr..
Boutwell, argued .ss to the power of
Congress to enact all measures to place
all oisizeng OF the c0antry on an equal
footDg. Air. Morton said the present
laws in many OF the States, excluding
colored men from the jnry.box, were
in violation of the fourteenth amend.
ment, aa it deprived them OF equal
protection; off the lave. No race or
class Of men could have equal protso.
ton. when. If one of them com mittei
a crimes he should be tried BY persons
OF another race or cless. Mr.. Thurman
said women and children did not sit in
the lury:box, and. yet no one could
deny that they had equal protection of
the laws. He said, further, that he
never would be willing to give the
colored men Of this country moro pri.
vileges than the white women. LAP.
plause IN the gallery.] In the; course
OF colloquy between Thurnan and
Morton, the latter intimated that Mr..
Thurman. was q Bourbon, aud clung to
all the old ideas entertained bsfore the
war. Mr.. Thurman said be would
even sooner be thatthan TO change his
opinions, like tbs Senator from Indi.
ana, with every passing breath. Mr..
Merriman made sonael remarks, oharR.
ing political motives as lying at the
bottom Of the desire to pass this bill.
When he concluded; there was q lull
in the prooeedings-no Senator ap.
pesring TO be prepared to go on; bat
finally Mr.! Norwood took the floor and
concluded the epeeoh which he com.
menced in the Pinchback case. Before
concluding his remarks, Mr.. Norwood
gave way. and the Ssnete went into
executive session; after which a recess
to 7.30P.. Nj. was taken.
Financial. and CommercIai Reports.
ConuA1BrA, February 26.ASales' OF
cotton 139 9bales-middling l4XAI5
Market firm. ,aa., ,1..-. AZ. :,
New YoRK. February 28-Noon.-
spots closed eteadierr-ordinary 13%;
good ordinary 10; low middling 15I;
middling l61a; good middling l653;
middiing fair l716; fair 17}; sales ex.
port 3l4; spinnera l,785; speculation
1854, including 1900 to arrive; net
receipts BOZ gross 1880; net receipts
for week 4,006; gross l6,OO9. Futures
closed stesdy; sales 1900: February
16 8 16. 1915 March ,il6 5,82; April
IL 1852. 16H; May I6 27.32. l6%;
June II 6.32, II 3-16; July II ZIG:
August 17.17.32, IT Gle: September
l6 31-32, III; October 1855. 1917. Re.
ceipts at all ports to-day IL ,084: ex.
ports Great Britain ALA; continent
5,O21; consolidated receipts 1922:
exports Great; Britain AZ, ,26O; cont.
nent IL, 876; STOCK in all ports 833, ia.
L. M.-Money closed at 2%(a3
per cent. on Ncall. Foreign exchange
quiet79for absnkers' 60 days bills
4 4S2M@4.82A; FOR demand 1861.
Gold opened 11414; closed 114Ik. Go
vernment bonds closed firm. State
bonds dull-South Carolina 6s 80:
January and July 80; Funding ACT,
1866. 80. Stocks firm. Flour closed
better; Soathern, firmer-No. 2 4 OO@
4.25. Wheat closed better. Corn IN
good demand. Pork higher. Cut
meats quiet but firmer. Bacon steady
dressed hogs in fair demand, Cot.
ton firmer-low middling 16: middling
16&: Whiskey higher; sales $50 bbls.,
at 1.09@1.10.
BALTIMORE. February 26.-Sueur
strong-1016@10A. Cotton strong
and higher-low middling 1515. Flour
quiet. Wheat easier-No. Western
red 1.18. Corn heavy-Southern
white 80@82. Provisions dull. Pork
\ dull and nominal. Bulk meats steady
).ahoulders 7A@73s; clear rib sides
10@1016. Bacon steady--shoulders
8M@8N; clear rib 1lL@11%; hams
14@l5. Lard doll ANA nominal-
13A@l411. Butter in better domand
and prices unchanged. Coffe, dull
and nominal. Whiskey quiet and
steady-1.00@1.10.
PHILADELPHIA, February 28.-Cot.
ton firm; receipts 241-middlipR 1917:
exports Great Britain 1876.
BosToN, February 28.-Ootton quiet
and Arm; receipts 21O; sales 245-mid.
ding 16; stock 1906.
CrNoINNAT1. February 26.-Pork