The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-02-14

Paeiao Railroad Vas 4 adopted: "Your
committee have viewed with great In
terest tho expressions Of approval and
the appeals to Congress TO forward
this great work. emanating from State
GrMnges and boards of trade, from the
Pacific TO the Atlantic, and are i'm
pressed with the great ana obvious
benefits which would result to this
whole nation by the speedy compile
ton OF this road; and as it is an enter
prise too vast to depend alone for ite
success upon private capital, equal
justice to all sections of our COMMON
country requires the aid OF the Ma
tional Government to forward thia
work. under proper restrictions and
safeguards, insuriog tho Government
against loss and the peaple against un-
just impositions and Discrimination.
Your committee. therefore, submit the
following resolution:
That this National Grange earnestly
invites tho attention of Congress to
the necessity OF speedy completion
of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and
asks OF that body reasonable aid to the
company which has inaugurated this
great national enterprise, under such
oautionary restrictions and safeguards
az the prudence and wisdom of Con-
gress may devise, to guarantee the
Government against loss and protect
the agricultural interests of every Sec
tlon OF the country against unjust dis
crimination in the price of transporta
ton.
WHITE HALL, N. Y, February 13 =
Thermometer thirty. .seven below zero
at 6 this morning.
BOSTON. February 13-The weather
in New Hampshire and Muine is the
coldest of the season. at Concord,
n. H., the mercury congealed. The
Boston Market fishermen are in ice
off Cape God. and will remain there.
The revenue cutter is unable to reach
them.
NEW YORK. February l3.-The Di-
rectors of the Western Union Tele-
graph to-day resolved upon q material
reduction iu the rates on commercial
buainess.
Telographio-Coms sncrcIai Nepor,s.
COLUMBIA. February 13..-Sales of
cotton 6S bales-middling I4s6(a1415.
NEW York, February l3-Noon.-
Stocks dull. Money az. Gold 49,.
Exohange-loug 81; short 4 81. Go.
vernment and State bonds dull. Cot
ton dull and nominal; sales 334-up-
landu 1875; Orleans 16 Futures
opened steadier: February Is 11.160
1881; March 173z@17 25-32: April
16 .32@l616; May 1917. Flour dali
end heavy. Wheat quiet and IN
chsnged. Corn dull and unchanged.
Pork dull-mess 10 371k. Lard heavy
-steam 1416. Freightu quiet.
P. M.-BAnk statement shows
loans increased 50. .000,O00; specie in.
creased $3.50. 600; legal tenders de-
creased $625. 600; deposits increased q
triGe; reserve decreased 373. 900.
Money easier. at 2@2H. Sterling
closed steadier. ct ia. Gold doll, at
14%@1456. Governments dull and
steady. States quiet and nominal.
Ootton-net receipts 1924; gross
2.002. Futurea closed dull and easy {;
Gales $500: February 1556, Is 2l.32; =;
March Is 11-16, Is % 80: April 16 l-16,
16 3.32; May 1885, Is is 80; June
16 1l-16. 16 23 80; July 16 1916: Au.
gust IL Lie. II 80; September 1656.
Cotton dull and nominal; Gales 334, at
155S@16. Flour dull and still in buy
ers' favor. Wheat 1925. better; only
very moderate business; ice embargo
still materially checks transactions
l.18@1.23 for winter red Western; /;
l.24@l 25 for amber ditto; 1.25(9I. 81
for white ditto. Corn opened firm but
closed dull; holders more disposed to
realize-8198lh for Western mixed;
82@823 for ditto yellow; 81 for white
Southern. Pork lower and more nc.
tive-new job lots 10 25. Lard lower
Ia for ptime steam. Coffee quiet.
Sugar very firm. Rice quiet. Molass o
dull and heavy. Freights dull aud
lower-sail. grain 5000; steam, grain
9H@l0.
Western markets generally un.
changed.
BALTIMORE, February 13.-FIour
steady and firm. Wheat dull and
heavy-Pennsylvania red 1.18; Mary
land red l. 1.10@1.25; ditto amber 1N5;
ditto white 1.10@1.25. Corn quiet
and steady. Provisions quiet and firm.
Pork dull and unchanged. Bulk
shoulders II. Bacon unchanged.
Hams ,14@15. Coffee quiet. Whis-
key-sales OF Western at l. 10. Cotton
quiet and firm-middling 15aS@15x;
exports coastwise 228; sales 26O; spin
ners rs; stock 27, 1856.
MOBILE. February 13.-Cotton