The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-08
COMMERCIAL AND E1nANC1AL.

cOMaIERCIAL AND FINANCIAL.
CINCINNATI, April 3.-Flour dun. super-
fine Sc. .75@7.OO; extra s7.75@s 90; family
$9@9:75; fancy $10@11.5O. Wheat dull.
for No. $1.7501.sO; No. 2 81 I.5O@I. .55
Corn less firm, mixed 53@54c. Oats dull
and and prices declining at SIC. for No. 2 and
Whiskey dull at 1926. Provisions range
as follows: Mess pork, per bbl., s25. Is:
shoulders, in bulk, 1O4; nothing done in
s!des. Bacon dull, shoulders 123; clear
sides sides @ lSc; lard 1sc. but held higher.
NEW ORLEANS, March 31.-As the banks
were closed yesterday and facilities for
piaclng exchange were consequently re-
stricted, the movement in cotton was con-
i1ned to some 500 bales, atirregular prices,
put generally within the limits of Thurs
days quotations, which we repeat as fol-
lows: Ordinary 31@33c.; good ordinary
35t036c.; low middling 3703Sc.; middling
4fD4lc. The total receipts for the week
root up 1S,209 bales, against IL ,84S bales
last week, and 1G,993 bales the week pre-
vious. The sales for the week amount to
II, bales, against 21, ,712 bales last week.
ana 2o,S4O bales the week previous The
exports aggregate 1875 bales, against
ls,233 bales last week, and 16, 799 the week
previous, and the stock on hand and on
shpboard, this evening, is 1s4, ,75s bales,
313 bales at the close of the week ending
the 10th inst. Sales Of flour yesterday i'm,
ciudcd l.SOO barrels at previous prices.
Corn was firm, with transactions amount
ing TO 3,623 sacks at our quotations. Oats
ruied at Thursdays prices, with sales Of
alteration in rates
ATLANTA, April 5.-Busness, Yesterday.
was generally satisfactory, though per,
haps not as buoyant as it was some days
previous. The receipts in heavy Western
we have not figure to change in our
regular quotations in another column.
Ihc cotton market continues quiet with a
small! stock on the market, and little com
ing In: Middlings would bring 80 cents.
ana other grades In proportion.
NEW CoUNTERFEITs.- s.-Petcrson's Counter
.fea Detector, for April l, gives the follow
ing descriptions of new countcrteits which
have been recently issued
Treasury Notes -1Os-A new issue.
dated March 10, 1862. The red seal is
badly executed, as is also the border of the
note, which is made up OF repetitions Of
the letter Y. General appearances had
A great number are in circulation. Sc.
United States Treasury, (greenbacks,) are
Ill circulation from an entirely new plate.
SAID san TO be the best counterfeit yet made Of
the Government notes. So look ont for
them, as some few have taken them.
Cnted States Legal Tender Notes.-1s,
counterfelt-Large numbers of one dollar
counterfeit greenbacks are in circulation.
Excepting few minor discrepancies, the
spurious note IL an exact fac sin,ae of the
genuine bill. The general appearance is
also very, good. The green ink is of a
somewhat lighter shade than that used on
the genuine, and some parts Of the note
look scratchy and blurred. The figures /
on the green scroll work on the lower right
quarter OF the note are printed in green;
LII the genuine they are white The head
OF Chase is darker. Bill. has coarse ap-
pearance.
5s, imitation--the portrait on the right
and the figure OF Liberty on the left are
rather coarse Well calculated to deceive.
5s and los raised from Is Portrait Of
Chase on upper left corner
los, lmltation-the portrait of Lincoln
on the left end is very dark, and the eyes
poor, while the toes of the female on the
right end can scarcely be seen. On the
genuine they are very distinct Look out
for them.
20s, imitation--poorly done-engraving
coarse, and the bill looks blurred. Tho
green ink used is lighter than the genuine.
The dies and 20s are one-eighth Of an inch
larger than the genuine.
Sos, altered from 2s-in the genuine Sos
the signature of the register is on the left.
and the treasurer on the right end of the
bill In the altered note they are both on
the right end, with two strips of lathe
work between them.
sos, imitation. They are SO we'll done
that all the banks refuse them.
zoos, initiated. Upper left, spread eagle
sitting on a rock. The general appearance
OF the bill is good: The wings of the
eagle are coarse and the clouding streaky.
The imprint of the American Bank Note
Company at the top is larger than on the
genuine. On the right end Of the back Of
the bill the 100 in the circles are inverted
thus: 100" In the genuine, the 100 in
the circles on the left end read thus: ssOO1:''
in the counterfeit they are thus: 600"
The paper is also heavier
NEW YORK, April The cotton market.
to-day, has been heavy The sales amount
ed to 1000 bales at 39GL39c. Gold I.273.
A letter from London to a firm in Will
mlngton says: Cotton is sure to maintain
Very high value, and we think prices will
advance very considerably as soon as
stocks on your side get reduced. The con-
sumption of American increases, and spin
ners are largely increasing their use of
your growth III preference to Indian.