The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-06

mats ethAnstlAA AAo6nda soAdiHa. AlE3he
yarions ,poetsk telegraph. bills, intro.
dqced IN tho SspAte failed in the 80.
nate; othbfs 81 : similar ohasactsr,
originating In tho House. failed in the
left on the Senate calendar. aud failed
at the adjournment: Senate bills for
the payment of the French spoliatiou
claims; to protect the navigable
waterA OF tho United States from in.
jury and obstruotion; declaring the
true intent and meaning Of the Union
Pacific Railroad Acts; to pay the two
per cent. claim OF the States Of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois; to establish q
bureau of internal commerce; to make
general provisions in regard to cable
telegraph communication; to grant
pensions for service in the war with
Mexico; to amend the Act granting
pensions to the survivors Of the war of
1917; to regulate the counting OF the
electoral vot's for President and Vice.
President; the bill of the joint COM
mittee appointed to provide q better
government for the District of Colum.
bia, and many other Senate bills OF
mtnor importance; also. the House
bill, known as the McCrary bill, to
regulate commerce by railroad among
the several States: the House bill to
repeal the pre-emption laws and secure
homesteads to actual settlers ON the
public domain: and the House steam.
boat bill. Among, the other prominent
measures Of the session which failed to
pass are the bills for the equaliz 4tiuu
Of bounties; for the admission of New
Mexico. and the Texas and Pacific and
Northern Pacific Railroad bills, aud
ali other land grant or subsidy bills,
except a very few which PROPOSED
grants mereiy Of, rights Of way
Aside from the regulsT appropriation
bills. comparatively few billsyof .gens-
raj interest have been enSSaSd 9his ses.
sion, but they include the following
measures Of national importance: The
finance bill. to provids. for, the re-
Of specie payoents. Is the
bill for the admission Of Colorado as
q State; the. little tariff bill; the tax
aud tariff bill; tho OWL Rights Bill;
the bill supplemental to tbs. Acts in re.
lation to immigration. and the bill
granting rights Of way through public
lands on certain conditions for all
railroads that may incorporate under
the local lawn OF ths States or Terrific.
ries. The Eads' jetty bill for the i'm
provement OF the mouth Of the Mis-.
sissippi is Law. The appropriation
is SIS. $50. 900, bot no money is to be
paid until the work has been approved
by the United States engineer corps.
Snow storms have stopped the rail-
roads throughout Michigan.
The South Boston. chemical works
were burned yesterday. Loss S75. 900.
The Pennsylvshia Railroad is run
ming palace sleeping aud parlor cars
upon its road without extra charge.
Advicss from Buenos Ayres say that
great tumults have occurred. The
palace Of the Catholic Archbishop was
sacked. aud tho houses of the Jesuits
fred.
Manager Tom Darcy excluded ne
groes who had tickets to the dress
circle in the Memphis Thextre. Darcy
will make q test case. should the ne.
groes bring suit.
Financial and Commercial Reports.
COLUMBIA, March 5.-Cotton quiet
-middling 15I<@153s; sales "a bales. 4
NEW YoRK.. March 5-Noop.-Fn.
lures closed steady; sales 28, ,6UO:
March 16 7.32.. 16L; April 16 9 80;
May l6 1916; June II 9.32; July 17I%:
August II 2l.32; September 16 %. So;
October l6!f; November and Deoem.
ber 1923. New class spots closed duh
and essy-good ordinary 15L; low
middling 16: middling 1858; net and
gross receipts same-643; net receipts
for week 1913; gross 2.O4l; receipts at
all ports to-day 10. SOC; stock ut Ill
ports 76O. AL.
P. M.-Mouey call loans to-day
ranged from 8 to per. cent, with
most of the loans at 4. Foreign ex.
change Was unfsvorably affected early
In the day by the gold squeezs.
Sterling 4 79@@48O. aud demand at
4 93H@4. "a for al grades. Gold
all day. Govsrumens bonds
closed dull and steady. United States
currency IS l. .185s@l.19. Flour quiet
but steady-Southern supply inquiry
moderate-4. 20@7.O0. Wheat closed
lower. Corn closed quiet. Pork mo.
derately active and steady. Out meats
steady. Bacon very fair. Cotton
market steady but very quiet, at l6L
for low middling and 1855 for mid.
ding; sales for export 100; consump-
ton 100; speculation 1856; to Great
Britain 476. Whiskey steady. with
limited demand; sales 200 barrels, ct
LII.
WEEKLY CorroN sTATKMEsr.-1n.