The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-04-23

Attorncy-General Williams has re-
signed; it takes effect on the 18th May.
No successor named. Williams goes
housekeeping to come back MS Senator
from Oregon. Nothing tangible can be
obtained regarding the rumored retiracy
of Delano as Secretary Of tho Interior.
Nothing authentic received regarding
the burning of the steamer of Santa
Barbara. She fired twenty five guns; her
stern was burning when the fog hid her
The Stonington, of the Boston line,
sunk at her moorings, where she was re-
pairing; forty workmen aboard escaped
She went down in n heavy swell in Ave
minutes.
The ninth annual convention of the
National Board of Fire Underwriters met
to-day; fifty companies represented; plo-
ceedings preliminary.
Sir Edward Thornton has over 100
cases referred to him, as umpire, by the
Mexican Commission, and will not reach
the test case deciding responsibility of
sacking Bagdad, at the mouth of the Rio
Grande, very soon.
Probabilities-For the South Atlantic
and Gulf States, partly cloudy weather
and min near the const, with Northerly
to EaSterly winds, slowly rising tempera-
ture and rising barometer during the
night
R1.E1au, n. G.. April 22.-Jacob Il.
kumbough. cignr-maknr, of Charlotte
vile, Va, more recently of Lynchbure
and Richmond. shot himself fatally in
the head here, this evening, with small
pistol; cause, failure to obtain work md
dlsheartened in consequence. He leaves
wife and three children in Lynchburg.
New YORK, April 22-Beecher's tcsti
mony Was concluded to-day. Half n
dozen witnesses were examined to-day,
regarding the general morals and wiles of
black-mailers.
The Polish press report continued de-
fections among Roman Catholic congre-
gations in Prussian Poland, and the
adoptlon' ny many of them, Of the Greek
PRONUNCIATION of the doctrines of the
immaculate Conception and the infalli-
bility of the Pope. These and other
similar Incidents call to mind the remark
made by the Cardinal Prince Schwazen-
berg: "This new doctrine will assuredly
cause great falling away from the Gu
tholic Church."
Yesterdays Market Reports.
NEW ioRK-Noon.-Money 3. Gold
l4s. Exchange-long 4. .S74; short 4. 9O3.
Cotton steady; sales 965-uplands 16s;
Orleans 16s. Futures opened steadicf:
May 10 3-l6(G l64; June 16 7-16fd, lG1 i;
July ~ l1-16@1 163; August IL 1860
l6s; September 1Gs@16 11-16. Wheat
heavy-steam I6t.
Up. M.-Money easy-2193. Sterlino
firm--4.874. Gold dull but firm--l4iGS
Is. Governments dull but stronp-new
5s 16a. States quiet and nominal Cot
ton net receipts 322; gross 1922 Futures
closed steady; sales 81, 100: April l6A(a,
16 5-32; May IL 5-32(91G SIG; june
1G 7-lGGG1G 15-32; July lG 11-1G; August
16 27-S2; September 16 21-32@1G 1i-1C;
October 1G 7-32; November l6 I-32G
1G 1-1G; December 1GI-16(9lG 3-32; Janu-
ary 1G 1920 .1Gl. Cotton quiet; sales
l, ,l20 ut 16s@163. Southern flour quiet
and unchanged. Wheat 1M2c.i better
and very moderate demandE1. 2761.4 Al.
Corn lc. better and fair business -323GG
933. Coffee tirm-Rio 164 gold. Sugar
steady. Pork lower-new 52.10@22. 25.
Lard lower and quiet-prime steam 16.
Whiskey quiet-l.14t. Freights heavy
and lower. Specie shipments S3G6, 600.
BAIT1MoRE:.-Flour quiet and un-
changed. Wheat firmer-2. 29CA2.4I.
Corn tirmer-S7@90. Provisions easier
and lower. Pork quiet 30. 50023. 90.
Shoulders %. Coffee quiet and firm.
Whiskey quiet-city 1.1c Western ]. IA
@l:l5. Sugar firm. Cotton quiet and
easier- middling 16s; net receipts 80;
gross $50; exports cOastwise 300; sales
80; spinners 115.
NEW ORLEANs.-Cotton quiet-mid-
ding 15a; net receipts 5S2; gross I,596;
exports Great Britain 2, ,O68; France 3, 900:
continent GOO; sales 1850.
MOBILE. quiet-middling 15A; ;
net receipts 31S; exports coastwisa 27J;
sales 1,15O.
CHARLESTON. Cotton quiet-nliddlinQ
16; net receipts 1888; exports coastwise
371; sales 800.
WHMINoToN.-Cotton quiet and nomi-
nal-middling l54; net receipts e.; ex-
ports cOastwise 1927.
MEMpHIs. steadier-middlinp
153; net receipts 223; shipments $50; sales
210. '0O' ''''>''
BosToN.-Cotton quiet-middling lGi:
net receipts SO; gross 2O6; sales Il.
ST. LOUIS demand for
superfne and low extras, at UNCHANGED
prices. Corn higher-No. z mixed 72(0
743. Whiskey activer-1.13. Pork firm
-2250. Bacon firm, unchanged and
only. limited jobbing demand. Lard
nominally 154.
LouIsvILIE. unchanged. Corn
firm-74@75. Provisions In fair demand
and strong. Pork 22.5O@23.OO. Bacon
shoulders 98; clear rib 10; clear 13A
packed. Prime lard-steam 15}; tierce
10; keg 1G3. Whiskey frmer-1.13
Bagging quiet and firm-13@134.
AUGUSTA. quieta unchanged
-middlino 151: net receints IN. saleo ac