The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-24
MARKET REPORTS.
49, New York Market

NEW YORK, August 81.
CoTToN-Firmer; 3s1a@S4c for Middling
Uglands- 81 rsJtg Lruo7 rs on
sound, and quiet and steady for sound
grades; s 6 75(99 90 for Extra State; So 9j@g
~ 10 for r. III, o., and $40 20al2 o. for Trade
Brands, market closing duh. aAk ~ -
WHIsKY-Quiet, and nominally un-
changed.
WHEAT Receipts 5,l95 bushels; quite
firm for prime parcels, and dull for inferior !;
sales Il, 600 bushels at 50 06 for No. M1lwau-
keel ~ 2692 81 for No. dos; 81 so for mr.
RTE@shade iirmerr; sales il, 900 bushels;
50 81 bushels.
ICoRN-Receipts, 99,96l bushels; less &C
tive, and rules slightly in buyers favor;
sales 63, 900 bushels at Sl9S2c for inferior,
8S13@84c for shipping Mixed Western;
latter an extreme. ~ 1t
oATs-Receipts, lIs,77s bushels; market get
without decided changes: sales of 90 900
bushels at 4Og47c for Chicago; 46@52c for
Milwaukee, and 54@55c for Iowa.
COFFEE-Quiet.
SUGAR-DaIl, with sales of $50 hhds Cuba
at l0H@ lc.
MoLAssEs-Quiet.
PETRoLEUM-Dull at 2Sc for crude, and
44@45c for refined in bond.
PoRK-Opened firmer, but closed lower
at S33933 % for new mess; closing at $33 90
for N. Y; $50 50@3l 90 for old do, and
SIS 26@B rs for prime; also, $3.50 barrels
mess for August, September, October, and
81 OO@33 Is.
BEEF~Unchanged at SIG OO@2O 90 for new
plain mess; and so 006gA 90 for new extra
mess; Beef Hams nominal.
BACON-Active.
Cur MEATs-Heavy but more active at
A1a@15c for Shoulders, and l914@2lHc for
Hams. .....'I7 -
LARD-Heavy at lSa2lc.
- BpTTER.Steady at 2O933c for Ohio, and
CHEESE in moderate demand at 5al9c.
MoNEY-Active and steady at 5@6 per
cent. 4.a - 80
STERLING-Dull and heavy at lO7alO7ss.
GOLD-Actlve and firmer; opening at
1909 declining to 1874; advancing to Isl,
and closing at 1901. \.
GovEREMENrs-Less active and lower.
FREIGHTS TO LIvERPooL-Quiet. t.
SToCKS-Quiet; Alton and Terre Haute
40; do. preferred 70h; Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago 1875; N. W. S64; do.
Bret preferred 672s; Ciey yed and Plttsburg
1881 M. S. 8594; M. Q. 1l314; Erie 49, New
York Central 1885; Reading ll512; $40 cou-
pons OF 1862 ITO; 7-30s, LIST series, los; do. I'd
series, 1855; do. Sd series, 1855.
The Commercials money article ssys that
the stock market, to-day, exhibited more
strength, and 1t was generally higher;
Governments were weaker. Money mar
ket without material change The demand
for large loans, for the purchase of gold,
has checked the downward tendency. A
first-class borrowers, however, can get all
they want at per cent. Discounts showed
a steady increase of activity, with rather
more firmeSs in the rates, the extreme
rates for prime bills are $685. yer cent.
Transactions in foreign exchange are
checked by the unsettled condition of the
gold market, and the rates are still weaker;
importers hold off from remitting in ex-
pectation of decline in the gold pre-
miums. Good bankers, sixty days, ster-
ling bills are registered at 1867, but for
prime names, the rate is 1917. The gold
market shows continued firmneSS; the bull
clique appears to have got the market
completely in their hands, as their refusal
to lend is enabling other holders to get "a
understood to be their policy to run up the
premium. ~ ttt-2 -
The Posts money article says gold is ex-
cited and scarce, u to l per cent having
been paid for loans, the selling price has
been as high as 1915 The loan market is
fairly active, at per cent, with some trans
actions at per cent. The flow of currency
fuence in stimulating the activity in
money. The discount is gradually increas-
ing, good bills passing at 515C071sc. The
stock market is dull. Governments are
lower. Railroad shares are strong, the
Illinois Central, Reading, Rhode Island
and northwestern were attracting the
chief attention before the first regular ses-
sion; Erie was qnoted at 1874; M r. $50;
@. and p, 8712. After the board the mar
for Governments, at 100. The market was
irregular this afternoon. Gold strong.
Governments quiet, and railroad shares
inactive but firm. Foreign Exchange
dropping and inactive; bills'at go days on
london are. quoted at l05gl061a for COM
mercial; 107@l07ss for bankers; do. at
short sight l08@ 1881, E ~ ~ oh
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