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frequently and heartily applauded. No
BOUud.ooold be hoard in tbo hall daring
the time oooapied by. tbo speaker save
his own voice and- the i interruptions of
applause.'
Mr. J. 8. Biohardsou offered a resolu?
tion of thanks to the Secretaries of the
convention for their constant and faith?
ful services, which was unanimously
adopted.
On motion of'Mr. T. Y. .Simons, the
convention adjourned, at 3 P. M., sub?
ject to the call of tbe Executive Com?
mittee, through tbo President.
The following report was unavoidably
omitted from the proceediugs of Thurs?
day:
The Committco on Immigration, to
whom was referred the resolutions in?
troduced by Mr. Maurice, reported, in
substance, as follows:
1. That the oommittee have carefully
I .considered the resolutions aud papers
touching white immigration into this
State.
2. ' That a sub oommittee was ap?
pointed to confer with the State Grange,
Patrous of Husbandry, but the Grange
respectfully declined, as tho Putrous
were constitutionally debarred from
acting with any other body.
3. That Mr. Prank Melchers, of
Charleston, has introduced 800 immi?
grants in the State, and that bo has
orders for a large additional number;
that he has in his possession $5,000 to
bo expended, in tho introduction of
additional immigrants; he has twenty
agents in various towns and cities in
Germany.
4. That the oommitteo has examined
Bov. Tilmau B. Gaines, who says he
has recently intioduood 400 immigrants
into the State. That be had an office
in Canal street, New York, and that he
has upon his books orders for over 300
more, and, further, that ho could send
1,000 per week if required.
5. That the main obstacles that have
been met by those engaged in this
praiseworthy work, has been to over?
come the prejudices that have been studi?
ously infused into the minds of the im?
migrants in the Old World and in this
country by tbe agents of the North-west
against the entire South, misrepresent?
ing the spirit of our people towards the
immigrants, the cheapness of oar lands,
the fertility of our soil, the health and
mildness of oar climate, the lines of
steamships Co New York, in conjunction
with the inflaenoe of the Baltimore and
Ohio Bailroad, and the induoemenls
held out to them for the purchase of
lands.
6. That they can compete with thorn
successfully by having a lino botwee u
Charleston and Liverpool or Bremen.
The railroads in the State should trans?
port the immigrants at tbo lowest possi
' bio cost, for they will be paid in the
futore by tho transportation of tho pro?
ducts of their labor. r
7. That our country, not being co?
vered for nearly half tho year by snow,
and whero tbe laborer is not compelled
to spend in winter what he has made in
cummer, and when he can work in tbe
open air from year to year, prosontB un?
usual advantages to the immigrant,
whero their prejudices are dispelled,
and our real advantages aro made
known.
8. The average value of the land in
the North is $40 per atsre, while in the
South it is bat $3.36; we grow all tho
cereals and make the short and Inn?
staple cotton, and rice, and they are
the best market crops in the world.
3. Th? i?j?iigt'?niB SO?Ui? bo auitiud
in the most healthy portion of the State;
that they should be treatod with the
greatest kindness and guarded from the
praotioes of the sharpers; be provided
with good houses; churohes erected for
them, and school houses established for
- the education of their children. They
have been accustomed to a different
kind of- a diet which we have been ao
oustomed to allow the negro laborer;
that a peck of meal and three pounds of
bacon is not a suitable diet for thorn,
and that would tend to disgust and dis?
satisfy them.
10. That the advantages to accrue to
us from the introduction of white immi?
grants can hardly be estimated should
we give them every alternate section,
whiob will more than quadruple the re?
mainder in value.
11. That the aggregate white vote of
the State does not exceed. 56,000 pro
rata; tbe honest colored voto would not
exceed thirty per oent. more, which
would require as to overcome a majority
of about 18,000 at the ballot-box.
12. If we introduce 18,000 immi?
grants, who will have an intorest in the
development of the State, it would save
the State from the rainons expenditures
which are represented as its current ex?
penses. For instance, the expanses of
tho State in 1865- 66 wer o $266.244. U,
and in 1873, $1,717,818.60. Yet with
this enormous expenditure there still
exists deficiencies to the amount of
$540,828. If the State was in the hands
of honest offloiah, these enormities
woald be corrected, aod in a few years
the present expenditures of the State
would be reduoed to tbe basis of 1865
and 1866. There are now ten Counties
in the State with white majorities, and
there are twelve others which, with the
introduction of a few hundred immi?
grants, sad a firm and united effort on
the part of the white voto, might be
added to them, which would give as
sach a representation in the General
Assembly as would place the control of
taxation in the hands of honest officials.
The oommittee, thereforo, recom
niond tbo adoption of tho following re?
solutions:
Jiesoivcd, That this convention do at
once organize a Bureau of Immigration,
to consist of one commissioner tot
tbe State at large and one commissioner
for each County in tho State, to reside
nt or near tbe County seat.
Hesolved, That the said Commission?
ers of Immigration shall be elected by
this Convention as soon after tho adop?
tion- of these resolutions as may be
found convenient.
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
the commissioner of the ' State at large,
io connection with such assistance and
agencies as he may see fit to establish
and appoint in the city of New York, or
olsowhere, and by any other means
which, in his judgment, may be best
calculated to effect the object, to induce,
promote and encourage white immi?
gration to this Stute. Ho shall also,
from time to time, as ho muy deem ne?
cessary, publish a statement of stich ad?
vantages as this State offers in soil,
climate, productions, social improve?
ments, etc., to the industrious, honest,
frugal immigrants, no matter from what
State or country ho comes.
Resolved, That the said commissioner,
assisted in the several Counties by the
local commissioners, shall be special!y
charged with the protection of immi?
grants, iu the proper selection of their
lands, iu the procuroment of transporta?
tion, in guarding them against fraud,
chicanery and peculation, iu their tem?
porary location, io proper nod reason?
able places of board und l?dging on
their arrival, and in making ull such
regulations and provisions as may be in
any manner necessary or conducive to
their welfare.
Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
each County Commissioner of Immi?
gration to call a meetiog of the citizens
of eoch County, who are iu favor of
white immigration, to bo held at the
Court House of Iuh County ou the first
Monday iu March, proximo, and lay be?
fore them the subject uud importance of
immigration, and, if possible, effect a
permanent organization to act in con?
cert with, and as an auxiliary to, the
commissioner of the State at large, and
to take such further steps as may bo
deemed necessary to promote the ob?
ject in view.
Resolved, That it shall bo the duty of
the said Conuty Commissioners of Im?
migration to ascertain from the land?
owners of the Caunty what lauds are to
be Bold or given away, as the case may
be, and, if for sale, on what terms; and
to take down and procure for reference
a brief description and looation thereof,
and report the same, from time to time,
to the commissioner for the State at J
large, eo that when immigrants arrive
in the Coanty they may at once bo pro?
vided for. It shall also bo his dnty to
collect such contributions in money
from the citizens for the promotion of
the cause of immigration, as they muy
be willing to contribute, and forthwith
turn the same over to the commissioner
for the State at largo, taking his receipt
for the same.
Resolved, That the commissioner for
the State at large shall give bond, with
good security, in tho sum of $5,000,
conditional for the fni'hfnl disobnrgo of
tho duties of bis office, the bond to be
approved by the Piesident of tho con?
vention, and made payable to him iu
trust for the benefit of all persons who
may contribute any money under tho
preceding resolution. *
Resolved, That the commissioner for
the State at largo shall h tve bis actual
printing expenses paid, and receive au
annual salary of $1,200.
Du. Jones ax tue Wheeler House.?
This skillful physician aud surgeon,
whoso great cares are so much spoken
of throughout the Southern States, re?
mains- with us but a few days longer.
He attenas to patients from 0 o'clock in
vue uiun<;og io y at night. Consulta?
tion from vWO to five dollars. He does
eot go onfc of h-i office to sen any cno.
He makes a specialty of old-standing
diseases. He has graduated at the dif?
ferent medical schools?Homiopatbio,
Allopathic, Eclectic aud at the Now
York Opthulmio. and other hospitals of
America and Europe; his diplomas
proving the same are suspended in his
office, Parlor No. 2, Wheeler House.
He has devoted twenty years to chronic
diseases of every name. Ho has prac?
ticed in most of tho principal cilies of
Europe and America. He treats more
of those difficult diseases in u year thuu
uuy family physician ever has an op
portuuity of seeing. His method of
ouriug diseases of tho throat, uoso uud
lung., by dir^ot application, are far in
advance of the eoienoo of tho ago. He
in prepared, with a most complete case
of surgical instruments, to perform the
more delicate surgical operations off?
hand. He inserts artificial eyes without
pain, to move as the natural organ.
He introduces artificial ear-drums, where
tho natural tympanic membrane is de?
stroyed, which often improves the
hearing at once. Letters containing ouo
dollar answered.
MARRIED,
At the rcaidenoo of tho krido'n mother,
Tuesday evening, February 17, by itov. J. 11.
Brjaon, Mr. VYftl. J. YOU NO to Hiss KATE
ELIZABETH WILTBKItQEIt, daughter of
the late Dr. J. B. Wilthergor, of Charleston,
8. O._
For Bale.
2SHARES Central National Bank Stock.
_ 4T2Ply. ai this office.___F?b 21
INSURANCE.
HAYING resigned the agency of the
Uonthern Life Insurance Company, we
have connected ourselves with the
Cotton States Life Insurance Company
OF MACON, OEOHGU.
W. B. JOHNSON, S. G. OBEAlt,
President. Secretary.
Capital.$500.000
State Doposits. 150,000
The Company issues polioiea on both the
STOCK AND MUTUAL PLANS, giving l-y
non-participating policy holdors the advant?
age of premiums less by twenty per oent.
than niutual rates.
It will establish BOARDS OF ADVISORY
TRUSTi'.ES in tho principal oitios of the
State, and will contract with e&id Boards to
invest lurAid oities seventy nor oent. of tho
not premiums taken thero, thus making it a
Home Company in Each Locality.
We confidently recommond this staunch
Sonthern Company to our friends and tho
public, and bespeak a contiuuancu of kind
patronage heretofore extended to ne.
BLAOK A WARING,
General Agents for South Carolina.
Active and reliable canvassers wanted with
whom we will make liberal contracts.
Fob 21 3mo
Crrr'Matters. ? Subecribo .for the
Phoenix. ? i 1
Host's German cologne is sold by W.
G. Fisher, druggist.
lt. G. Shiver & Go. are offering a full
line of black goods, alpacas, bomba?
zines and ohullies very cheap.
The wcathor, yesterday, was a de
cidod improvement on that of the pre?
vious day, being clear and warm.
Tho sale of dry goods, boote and
shoes aud millinery, continues ut II. O.
Shiver & Co.'s. ,
Messrs. Ei E. Davies havo a large
quantity of seed potatoco, together with
many articles of household necessity.
Tbo elegant stock of peal hair goods,
switches, braids, curls, &o , is selling at
half price at R. G. Shiver & Co.'s.
To take out an advertisement to prno
tico economy is like putting goods iu an
old shanty in tho suburbs of town to
keep from paying rent.
Catnwba Tribe, No. 1, Improved Or
I der of Red Men, aro called to tnet?t at
Odd Fellows' Hull, this (3aturduy) even?
ing, at half-past 7 o'clock.
Our special New Orleans correspond?
ence, containing a full report of the
proceedings, etc., during Murdi Grai,
has becu crowded out. It will appear
in our next.
Tho concert at Parker's Hail, lut-t
night, by tho Suuday Schools of the
Marion and Washington Street (Me?
thodist) Churches, was nu exceedingly
pleasant entertainment, aud reflected
credit alike upon pupils and teacher.
We are under obligations to Messrs.
D. S. Henderson, of Aikeu, George
Johnstone, of Newbenft, and W. St.
Julien Jervey, of Charleston, Secreta?
ries of the Tax-Payers' Convention, for
numerous courtesies extended to us dur?
ing the sessions of the convention.
We are indebted to Mr. R. L. Bryan
for a copy of Miss M. E. Braddou's
latest production, "Publicans and Sin?
ners, or Lucius Davoron." It is writ?
ten in tbe pleasing style of this popular
authoress, and will add materially to her
already extenaivo reputation.
The "Graugers" adjourned, last
night, after a vary harmonious session
of three days.. Resolutions of thanks
to tho various railroads and hotels, (for
courtesies extended,) were adopted.
No busiuesa of a public naturo was
transacted.
President Hammott?formerly of tho
Greeuvillu and Columbia Railroad, but
now of the new cotton factory about
being erected near the town of Groeu
villo?is in this city. He has been on a
prospecting tour throughout tho State.
His son-in-law, W. B. Henry, Esq., ac?
companies him.
Fcneratj Notice.? Tho friends and
acquaintances Mr. W. H. McCaw aud
family. ?i?wi of 0. P. Pelham and familv.
are respectfully iuvited to attend the
funeral services of the lato William H,
McCaw, at Trinity Church, this after?
noon, at 4V? o'clock.
Cotton SnrhiiExr.s to Augusta.?Do
our Columbia cotton factors know that
every bale of cotton shipped from Edge
field to cotton merchants of Augusta
has to pay the Street R lilroad a tax of
fifteen cents goi?g in und also fifteen
cents coming out, if shipped from that
place to tho sea-board? Why not havo
all that cotton ootne here, and save
thirty cents per bale to the producer.-,?
Merchandise of all kinds has to pay a
tax to tho Augusta Street Railroad
goingin or coming from Augusta. Will
not our merchants muko this faot known
to South Carolinians now trading in Au?
gusta, and thereby divert n large trade
from that oity to this? Wake up, mer?
chants, and send your circulars out
freely. The Pnossix will print them
cheap for you.
Couht op General Sessions ?Tho
codrt mot at 10 A. M.
The case of Henry Thompson, iudiot
ed for grand larceny, was tried, and re?
sulted in a verdiot of guilty.
The Judge then pronounced the fol?
lowing sentences: Henry Thompson,
grand larceny; eighteen months hard
labor in penitentiary. Spencer Hagood,
grand larceny; five years hard labor in
penitentiary. Richard Little, grand
larceny; five years hard labor in peni?
tentiary. George Mosely, graud lar?
ceny; eighteen months hard labor iu
penitentiary. Jas. Thomas, grand lar?
ceny; eighteen months hard labor in
penitentiary. John Dozier, petit lar?
ceny; six mouths in County jail. Wash?
ington Dotney, petit larceny; throe
months in County jail. John Lynch,
assault, with intout to kill; fined $100
and coats, or imprisonment six months
in County jail. Wm. Stowers, Henry
Williams and Gilbert Bynnin, riot and
assault aud battery; fined $5 each aud
costs. Causey Blair,' burglary; three
years in penitentiary.
A motion in arrest of judgment was j
made in the ease of Henry Taylor.
List of New Advertisements.
Bank ytook for Sale.
Black 6c Waring?Insurance.
The barn of Mr. J. W. Neal, of York,
wn;. destroyed by lira last weok. Sup?
posed incendiarism.
TeleKraph.lt? Korelun AfTalra. |
bii.doa about to oapitoi.ate?english
cabinet officials?spanish reverses
?fog in london?watch on impe
MAUSTS. ETC.
Paris, February 19.?Tho journals j
here republish in full Qeueral Molt.keV
spceoh in tho Reichstag on tho military
bill, aud comment on tho gruvity of the
situation.
Laucen bus n despatch from Spaiu,
tduting that Gen. Morioues, fiuding the
Cariist forco around Bilboa stronger
thiiu hu anticipated, retired, and Bilboa;
baa oeut u deputation to tho besiegers!
to negotiate for a capitulation. j
London, February 19.? DTsraell will
go to Wiuds?r, to-morrow, aud submit!
io the Quoen tho liet of tho members ofj
tho now Ministry. Tho Queen will hold
u Council of State, Saturday, at which
the resignation of Gladstone and his
colleagues will bo formally accepted,
and tho seals of oQicc oonferred on the
new .Mini-try. Viscount Eulield will
be suiumoued to tho Chamber of Peers
as the Baron Straff >rd. Gladstone has
advised the Queen to confer tho knight?
hood ou Charlos Reed, a member of the
iato Parliament for Hackuey.
London, February 2d.?Tho Times
says i ho new Ministry is Bight lion
Benjamin DTsraeli, First Lord of the
Treasury; Baron Cairns, Lord High
Chancellor; Earl Derby, Secrotary of
State for the Foreign Department;
Duko Richmond, Secretary of State for
War; Murquis of Salisbury, Secretary
of State for India; Eirl Carnarvon,
Secretary oT State for tho Colouial De?
partment; Bight Hon. Geo. Ward Hunt,
Secretary of State for the Home De?
partment; Bight Hon. Gathorno Hardy,
First Lord of the Admiralty; Bight
Hon. Sir Stafford Northooto, Chancel?
lor of the Exchequer. The Times also
Buys Lord Lennox is to be Commis
sinner of Works and Buildings; Captain
Stanly, Under Secretary of State for
War; Sir John Charles Hay, Secretary
to the Admiralty, and Lord Hamilton,
Under Seoretary for the Foreign De?
partment.
A donse fog baugs over London to?
day.
London, February 20.?Americau Mi?
nister Sahenok leaves for home to day,
uud will be absent ihren mouths. Mo
ran will act in the meantime.
Paris, February 20.?The Miuister ol
Iuterior has sent a circular to tho pic
fects, directing them to keep walch upon
tbe citizens who leave their departments
for Chiselhurst, for the purpose of doiug
homage to tho Prince Imperial, ou tht
occasion of his becoming of age.
London, February 20. ? The ship
Southern Rights arrived at Liverpool
from Suvuuuab, to-day, much damaged,
having bceu iu a collision.
Telegraphic?American Muttern.
STRIKES AND RKSL-'MVI'IONS ?THE NEW
york "TIMES" COMMENDS THE TAX?
PAYERS* CONVENTION?NEW WOMEN'S
MOVEMENT, ETC., ETC.
Paterson, N. J., February 19.?The
Grant Locomotive Works have resumed
operations to-day. 400 or 500 work
mob will be taken on or before the end
of the week.
Baltimore, Febraary 19 - A. B. Snow,
traveling sa'.o-mau for G. S. Owous A
Co., manufacturing jewelers, New York,
aud selling by sumpie, was taken before
Juatioo Maddox, to-day, charged with
peddling without license, convicted and
liAlOnnnAit t<> jin.v 0. Hue Of S"50 Slid **ri>.tfi
An appeal was taken to the City Court,
and Suow relcnsed on bail; Snow, by
his counsel, claimed that selling by
sample and not delivering the goods at
the time of the sale, was not peddling,
and he required no license for sale b\
sample.
New York, February 20.?Captain
Morton, of tho steamship Moro Castle,
from Havana, reports that in an en?
gagement, about February 1, a column
of Spanish troops, 1,200 strong, was
utteriy defeated by the insurgents, in?
curring a los? iu killed, wounded und
prisouors of 000 meu. The intelligence,
which Captuiu Mortou regardod as trust?
worthy, represented the Spaniards as
worsted in evory ongngemeut.
PHILADELPHIA, Fobruury 20.?M?sl
of tho employees iu the Keusiugtou
Cotton Mills are women, and it is said
tbat, after concerted action had been
decided upon, they marched from mill
to mill and iuducud others to stop work.
2,000 quit.
The Now York Times says of the mo
morial of the South Cirohua Tax-Pay?
ers' Couveutiou, which it publishes:
?'A memorial has been addressed by the
citizens of South Carolina to Congress,
praying for relief from some of the
burdens under which they arc suffering.
The address is a dreminent which de?
mands attention; Congress cannot ig?
nore it. Tho revelations made are most
extraordinary, and oertaiuly they will
not bo read with pleasure by any sec?
tion or political parties. Wc hope it
will be found that something can be
dono for South Carolina beforo Con?
gress separates."
Washington, February 20.?Iu the
Suuate, Sherman explained an error in
tbe recent lanff bill, where a comma wa:
inserted after tho word fruit, und said
tho error was not mado iu the Seuuto,
but iu the House copy.
The Houso is considering private bu?
siness. Bock and Crossluud, of Ken?
tucky, apologized to each ether foi
some little unpleasantness that occurred
between them yesterday.
Worcester, Mass , February 20.?
Tbe estates of S. S. aud Abby Kellej
Foster, Sarah Wall and Marietta Flag,
who refused to pay tuxes until womee
ouu vote, wero offered for sale by the tax
collector to-day, to pay tho taxes ol
1S72. Tbe last named was bought in
by a friuud, but no ouu bid for either ol
the other estates. Tho uule has been
adjourned uutil to-morrow.
Washington, February 20.?The In?
dian bill appropriates 85,000,000?a re?
duction of $1,500,000 on the estimates.
The coutest over the Atlanta po.-d
olli.;o before tho Senate committee was
continued to-day. No action.
God. Lonis T. Wigfall, of Texas, is
dead.
Iu tbe Senate, Sherman said that
Uomma vs. Hyphen involved the loss of
350(1,000. West said he dissented from
the proposition tbat this error had oost
tbe country 3500,000. The fact was the
Government had collected that much
less from the people, and tho people
bad saved that amount. Tbo Commit?
tee on Enrolled Bills was instructed to
inquire iuto tho propriety of priuting
instead of writiug bills on parchment.
Financed was resumed. Teiry moved
to lay tho bill und all tbo amendments
on tho table, which was lost. Finally,
llerrimon's amendment, instructing tbe
[Committee to report, us soon as practi?
cable, a bill providing for the inorease
of the national bank circulation, so that
tho whole volume thereof shall uot ex?
ceed 8100,000,000, was adopted. Davis,
of West Virginia, moved an amend?
ment instructing tbo committee to re?
port so us to provide for free banking
under the present uatioaiil bunk law.
Rejected, without a division. The ques?
tion then recurred ou Buckingham's
motion to recommit. Cameron moved
that the Suuatu proceed to tbo consider?
ation of executive business. Schurz
auuouuced his intontion to speak nt
length. Conkiing's bill to amend tbe
supplemental enforcement Act of Febru
iry 23, 1871, is a copy of tbe bill intro?
duced by Mr. Luwsou iu tho House of
Representatives, on tlie 9th iustant, re?
lating to registrations, the naturaliza?
tion of aliens, ?fcc.
Probabilities -For the middle At?
lantic and South Atlantic States, South
oast and South-west winds, partly cloudy
weather, and possibly occasional rain.
Augusta, Ga., February 10.?Tbe
Senate voted, by 14 to 12, to abolish
jtbe death penalty.
j Charleston, February 20.?Arrived?
'.Steamships Manhattan, New York; Sea
Gull, Baltimore. .
Tclegruptilc?Commercial Report?.
Columbia, February 20.?Sales of cot?
ton, to-day, 123 bales?middling 14)^.
Paris, February 20.?Rentes 58f. 00c.
Livertool, February 20?Noon.?
Cotton easier and declined a fraotion?
uplands 7Je(a)8; Orleans 8%; . snles
12,000 bales; speculation and export
2.000; sales of tue week 76,000; exports
11,000; speculation 4,000; stook 682,
'000, of which American is 287,000; re?
ceipts 120,0U0, of which American is
110,000; actual exports 8,000; afloat
414,000, of which American is 301,000;
dales include 7,000 American.
Liverpool, February 20?Eveniug.?
Cotton?sales of uplands, nothing be?
low good ordiuury, deliverable in March
or April, 7%; sales of Orleans, nothing
below low middling, shipped in March
or April, 8 3-16.
New York, February 20?Noon.?
Gold opened at 125;>'?now 12)?. Stocks
dull. Money 4 Exchange?long 4 85;
short -IbS.'.j. Governments steady.
Stite bonds quiet. Cotton dull; sales
075 bales?uplands 16; Orleans 16>'g.
Futures opened: March 151-16, 15 5-32;
April 15 23 32. 15^'; May 16 7 32, 16i4';
June 16 2:3 32, 10 :,4 ; July 17,'b". Flour
quiet and steady. Wheat a shade tinner.
Corn dull and drooping. Pork quiet?
moss 15.75@16.00. Lard hcuvy?steam
'JSy. Freights firm.
7 P. -M.?.Monoy freely offered, at 4
(a,5. Exchuugs 4 85. Gold 12)g@
12;V Governments inactivo and lower.
States steady. Cotton?net receipts 824
bales; gross 2,867. Futures closed
quiet; sales 26,300 bales: February
14 15 i?, 15; March 15 1 61, 15 1-16;
April 15 21-32.15 11-16; May 16 3-16,
16 7-32; Juno 16 21-32, 16 11-16; July
16 31 32, 17; August 17,'4, 11%. Cotton
irregular; sales 1,893 bales, at 16;^.
Southern flour without decided change.
Whiskey 9UJ?@1.00. Wheat 2@3c.
better?1 51(0)1.54 for No. 2 Chicago.
Corn in buyers' favor?74@76 for mixed
and yellow Westeru. Pork lower and
active?new mess 15.75. Beef un?
changed. Lard lower, at 9j-4. '
Louisville, February 2U.?Flour?
higher grades 25o. lower; No. 1 7.25;
iaucy 8.25. Corn unchanged. Provi?
sions dull aud lower. Pork 15.00. Ba
'enn?shoulders 7; clear rib 8*B; clear
S7U. Lard dull and lower?tierco 9;4;
keg 9%. Whihkey 93)?.
'St. Louis, Fobruary 20.?Fluni;
quiet and weak nnd business small.
Corn tinner?No. 2 mixed 60)^ in East
elevator. Whiskey lower, at 05. Pro?
visions weak, dull and declining; only
small order trade. Lud in good du
: m uul ami considerable done, but uil
lalos private.
Cincinnati, February 20.?Flour
'steady and unchanged. Corn un?
changed, nt 5S(?i62. Pork dull aud
lower, at 11 75;o)l5.00. Lard dull and
drooping?steam SjJfc'; kettlo 9. Bacon
dull?shoulders 6.li(?}6,3.1'; dear rib \S%;
clear 8%. Whiskey firm, at 9*; closing
strong, at 95.
Savannah, February 20.?Cotton qnite
heavy?middling 15^'. net reoeipts
4,270 balof; stock 95,114; weekly net re?
ceipts 19,637; exports to Groat Brituiu
' 3,202; to contiuont 4,675; to France
1 1,131; coastwise 4,542; sales 9,609.
1 Charleston, February 20.?Cotton
I dull?middling low mid?
dling 15; good ordinary 14ig@14-%;
stock 55,115 bales; weekly net receipts
.9,730; exports to Great Britain 3.344;
- to continent 724; to France 1,750;
?'coastwise 3,722; sales 6,300.
It- Philadelphia. February 20.?Cotton
?weekly net receipts 3,833 bales; gross
10,352.
Galveston, February 20.?Cotton?
stock 10,319 bales; weekly net reoeipts
1 12,732; exports to Great Britain 12,762;
;tFranco 560; coastwho 1,147; sales 10,
l soo.
1 Boston, Fobruary 20?Cotton dull?
I'.1 took 5,000 bales;* weekly net receipls
1 317; gross 6,484; exports to Groat Bri?
tain 502; sales 1,450.
Wilmington, February 20.?Cotton?
stock 3,954 bales; weekly uet receipts
814; exports coastwise 935; sales 146.
New Orleans, February 20.?Cotton
demand good, at lower rates?middling
16; low middling 1434; good ordinary
13^; not receipts 7,798 bales; groat
9,240; exports to Great Britain 10,145;
continent 599; France 3,870; coastwise
496; sales G.000; stock 335,364; weekly
net receipts 46,570; gross 52,181; ex?
ports to Great Britain 27,830; continent
13,196; France 9,350; coastwise 10,975;
sales 3,100.
Norfolk, February 20.?Ootton?
stock 18,369 bales; weekly net receipts
11,689; exports to Great Britain 620;
coastwise 12,305; sales 3,010.
Baltimore, February 20.?Cotton
nominal?middling 16; low middling 15;
good ordinary 13%; stock 1,460 bales;
weekly net receipts 417; gross 2,251; ex?
ports to Grout Britain 102; continent
956; coastwise 793; sales 1,660; spinners
603.
Memphis, February 20.?Cotton?
stock 65,232 bales; weekly receipts
11,296; shipments 17,041.
Mobile, February 20.?Cotton quiet
and steady, ut a decline?middling 15>?;
low middling 14J?; good ordinary 13%;
stock 63,809 bales; weekly net receipts
9,921; gross 9,942; exports to Great
Britain 4,123; coastwise 6,316; sates
14,500. n.
Aucjcsta, February 20.?Cotton?
stock 23,992 biles; weekly receipts
5,902; shipments 4,093; ' sales 5,314;
spinners 293.
tub state legislature:.
Friday, February 20, 1874.
SENATE.
The Senato met at 12 M.
Messages were received from the
House, refusing to adopt the report of
the Committee of Conference on "p bill
I in relation to service of legal processes,"
and requesting the appointment of a
Committee of Free Conference. Also,
stating that it has stricken out the enaot
ing clause of a Senate bill to incorpo?
rate the Ashley Bridge Company.
Another message was received from
the House, that a'memorial from the
Tax-Payers' Conventiou, now in session
in this city, has been laid before the
House, and ordered for consideration on
Tuesday next, at 12 30 P. M., and the
committee appointed to investigate the
affairs of the Bank of the State instruct?
ed to report so mach of the testimony
relative to said bank as may now be in
their possession. The House, therefore,
requested the Senato to meet with them
in joint assembly ou said day, and re?
solve into a oommiltee of the whole to
consider tbe above matters. Received
as information.
The President laid before the Senate
a copy of a report aud resolution of the
Committee on Taxation, adopted by a
convention of tax payers, accompanied
with a request for the early considera?
tion of said report and resolution.
After considerable debate, the conside?
ration of the matter was made the spe?
cial order for Tuesday, February 24, at
1 P. M., in connection with the con
eideration of the report of the special
committee appointed to investigate the
affairs of the Bank of the State.
Mr. Me I n t y re presented claim of John
\V. Burbridge, late County Auditor for
Colleton, for salary due for the ?soal
year 1871-72.
A number of reports of committees
were submitted aud ordered for conside?
ration to-morrow.
Mr. Whittemore, from the Committee
of Conference, recommended payment
of the claims of the Citiznnn' Ravings
Bank. Centre) National flr-v j*
I Fruzce, Felix Cardarilli and others,
j with seven per cent, interest, which was
agreed to aud ordered to the House.
Mr. Dickson introduced bills to amend
Section 34, of Chapter 25, of Title 6, of
l'art 1, of tho General Statutes; to pro?
vide for the payment of jurors' certifi?
cates.
Mr. White?Bill to authorize and em?
power tho Intendant and Wardens ef
the tow.i of Yorkville to open certain
streets in said town.
A message was received from the Go?
vernor, stating that be had approved
the Act to recharter Swanzy's Ferry.
General and special orders wore con?
sidered until adjournment.
HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES.
The special joint committee appointed
to cancel the Bine Ridge Railroad bonds
beg leave to report the said bonds are
aii canceled, aud were canceled after the
session of the General Assembly for
1872-73; that tho amount of said can?
celed bonds is $3,394?of $1,000 each.
Received as information and the oom
mi*toe discharged.
Mr. Crews introduced n joint resolu?
tion to muko appropriation to pay cer?
tain el urns, uud for other purposes.
I Mr. Lilley?Joint resolution to pro?
vide for an assessment of real property
in the County* of Chester, in tbe year
1874.
Mrv Barker introduced a resolution,
which' was amended, that the Clerk of
tbe House be requested to issae certifi?
cates to tbe attaohees of the House np
to February 20, 1874.
Tho memorial of the Tax-Payers*
Conveution was presented, and its con?
sideration made the special order for
Tuesday next, at 12.30 P. M.
Mr. Thomui introduced a bill to
ameud an Act entitled "An Aot to re?
chtster the ferry over tbe Combahee
River known as tbe Combabee Ferry."
A messsgo was received from the Go?
vernor, stating that bo had approved
Acts to obarter tbe American Exchange
and Savings Bank, of Charleston; to
establish certain Stute scholarships in
tbe University; to provide for granting
of certain chartere.
A message was received from the Se?
nate, that it has agreed to the report of
the Committee of Conferenoo on bill to
make oppropriat'ons to pay the claims
of the Citizens' Savings Bank and the
Central National Bank, of Columbia,
against tho State, to issue certificates of
! Indebtedness, receivable iu payment of
tuxes for 1874.
After consideration of general and
special orders, adjourned.
i Mr. Wm. Welch, of Newberry, died
1 last Thursday.