The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-04-02
CohinIERorA AND ;FINANoIAL:;

i COyniiihERoxAL yii AND FIN INANCIAI.. 5.
Nsw Yoak, April Noon Stocks
steady: Money Z per cent. Ex-
change-sight 90. Gold 33A. Flour
and wheat shade firmer. Corn 1c.
better. Pork dull, ut $24(9$24. O6.
Cotton active, at Bio. le7s. 49,
rs z P. M.@Uotton >dult and declin-
Eing-openedf firm, but Tell off at the
fclose; sales 1900 bales, lat 3O16 (031
l-closing at 39]1. Flour closed dull
State $9.70@12.75. Corn active
land advanced Ic.-mixed Western
Isl. 09@1.12. Mess pork opened
heavy, but improved at tthe close to
S23. 95. Lard heavy and prices un-.
changed. Groceries quiet, but firmer.
Naval stores quiet, but firm. Spirits
turpehtine 78@79. Rosin $4.25@
$3.50. Stocks dull and heavy. Wall
street seems dull, but the general
feeling Is better. The bank state
ment shows a decrease in loans of
"a, 600, 900; increase in loans of
specie over $500, 900; increase in cir
culation, $150,OOO; decrease in depo-
sits, nearly $4,000, 600; increase in
legal tenders, $1,5OO, 900. Gold 3416.
BALT1foaE, April Cotton stea-
dy-middling uplands 80. Coffee
firm and scarce; cargoes of Rio hourly
expected. Flour, dull, but firm. Corn
active. with o heavy stock-white
81. 1.O691.O9. Provifions quiet and
nominally unchanged. Whiskey, in
bond, 30(932.
NEW. ORLEANS, April 1.-Sales of
cotton, to-day, $500 bales; market
aotlve>nnd firmer-low middling 28M
| G@29: Receipts 4,574 bales; exports
56l bales. Molasses dull and un-
changed. Superfine and higher grades
of flour scarce and In request; lower
grades plenty and dullAsuperfne
$12.35@12.50. Corn in demand, for
good, and sound has advanced 21%@
Sc. Pork active, and advanced SOC.
3431. =
MOBILE, April COTTON, smarket
firm, with. sales of 1000 bales--mid-
dlings 28@2S14. Receipts for two
days S02 bales.
ST. LOUIS, March 30.-Flour firm
for medium grades; double extras
advancing; superine so. so; double
and treble extras range from $12 25
to $15.75. Wheat dull Corn ad-
vancing-97c. 6$1. Provisions, lard
and whisley unchanged
LOUISVILLE, March 3O.-Superfine
flour $40. Corn-shelIcd IT; ear 70.
Mess pork S225O. Bulk shoulders
So; bacon shoulders 91%0934; clear
sides 121a@1224. Lard in tierces
1913; kegs 731s. Cotton 26lS. Raw
whiskey S2.2202.23.
ST.. LOUIS, April /. Flour in good
demand ut full prices. Corn advanc-
ing-9S@S1. Provisions dull and
unchanged.
CINC1NNATI, March 3O.-Cotton
market firm and prices but nominal
ly unchanged-middling 271I018.
September, against 113, 900 last year.
Flour unchnnged-for breadstuHs
$11. 50(G12; fancy II. Wheat in fair
demand. Corn in fair demand and
firmer-sacks 87G99. Mess pork
firm, at $23. Bulk meats improved
in domand-shoulders 8; sides 10,
but generally held higher. Bacon
unchanged.
.C1NcINNATI, April Flour firm
trade brands $11.5O@13.5O. Wheat
scarce. Corn--light supply, but good
demand sacks S80S9. Mess pork
$22.75@23.. Bacon 9h@111s@12.
Lard 12334@13.
LONDON, April Moon. Cons OILS
81; bonds 73. American securities all
slightly declined. ( .Y s.
.L1vERPooI, April Moon. Cot
ton firm-uplands 13@1316d. Sales
10000 bales. Breadstntfs firm. Pro-
visions unchanged.
LIVERPOOL. April 10 P. M.-Cot-
ton became quite active, and the sales
are likely to exceed the noon estimate
by 5000 bales.
L,vEEpoon, April Evening
Cotton closes unchanged, with sales
Of 10000 bales, the market closing
dull-middling uplands 13d.; Or
leans 133sd.
RECONSTRUCTION NEEDED. "A letter
| rocpiyo1 from n rn1ioh1n Oortv in Tom