The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-04-01
MARKETS. BY TELEGzAPH.
NEW YORK, March 81.

NEW YORK. March 81.
CoTToN-Less active and a shade
lower: sales 1900 bales at 29c for mid
ding uplands.
FLoUR-Closed dull and sc lower.
GRAIN-Wheat-Ve dull and nom
firm at 81 40 for western. Oats-Dull
at 75c for western in store Corn -
Steady at S9s90c for new mixed Wes-
tern, and 93a95c for old do in store
and atloat.
PRovIsIoNs-Pork--F -Firmer with sales
Dull and unchanged. Cut Meats
In fair request and steady. Bacon
nominal. Lard-Quiet at 1S5sa1S2Ic
for fair to prime steam.
EGGS-Firm at 27a29c.
DRY GOODS.
The market has lapsed into a quiet
state, still there is no particular change
to observe in prices. The most textile
fabrics appear to be selling at unprOti-
table rates.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
MoNEY-Ahairs in Wall street are in
very mixed state, and we have wit
messed to-day the remarkable circum-
stance of q general upward movement
in values on the stock exchange in the
face OF an unusually stringent money
market and the complete demoraliZa-
tion of foreign exchange. This natur-
ally excites considerable discussion,
but is merely repetition of the bull
programme of last year, when prices
advanced on tight money and after
wards declined in general, easin up in
financial affairs. The import of gold
on the way being variously estimated
at from one to SIX million dollars is
very generally discussed. 1t is the re-
suit or recent heavy purchases of bonds
hTTf iEFF1 oil n
gold against them. The market is
stringent, the demand continuing very
urgent until after bank hours on gov
ernments. Loans were made at 7 per
cent gold early in the day, but later at
per cent gold and 1872 per cent COM
transactions at Z per cent curren-
cy and Is per cent commission.
On stocks the early business was at
per cent. gold, but later at per cent.
currency, with commission added Of
l.16aH and 4. After three o'clock u
large crowd gathered on the sidewalk
in front of the stock exchange and COM
menced to buy and sell money. Sales
were made at 1-l6lIs and u per cent.
and per cent. currency per annum.
The foreign exchange market is dull
and dernoralized; prime bankers bills
are nominally lO73salO72[ at 60 days,
while bond bills are 1O7 to 1O74S, and
GoLD-Market firmer, with sales at
13lTa13l5s, closing at 1919. Rates paid
for borrowing were 2 1.64, 3, 4 and 1-32
to flat, and for carrying l, 2, 4, 5, Z, =, 3,
and per cent.
GOVERNMENT SToCKs-Market with
out special interest; prices well main
tanned, and in some instances slightly
above yesterdays prices. Coupons '8l,
ll56ail511; do. '62. 1l8all81s; do. '64,
Il376all4; do. '65, 116al16H; do. new,
Il2Ya1l3; do. '67, 1l3a1l31s; do. '6S, lisa
1l31s; lO-4Os, 1051sa1O525.
STCCks-The market during the
morning was Irregular, but in the main
Central, Rock Island, Northwestern
and Pacific Mail. The N. Y. Central
rose to lGlA on the reports from Alba-
ny that the. pro rata bill will not become
law. Yesterday's advancein Rock
Island was fully maintained, and it
feverish. st. Paul also was strong and
moderately active. Western Union
rose to 39A. Express Shares were
neglected; in the P. N. the market was
very buoyant: the speculative interest,
however, centering, in few stocks.
New York Central rose to 1927; Fl.
Wayne 1851; Rock Island 13l; ex divi-
dend equal to 1876; Pittburgh S9I:
Northwestern preferred 927s, and st.
Paul. common, 71N. The advance on
other shares was less marked, but the
whole list is higher. The market sub
sequently fell off slightly: and closed
unsettled.
$50 Prices: Pacific Mail sS2las9;
Western Union Telegraph 391sa39H;
New York Central 161La16l25; Erie
3436a341z; Hudson 139al39X: Reading
9l35a9l%; Terre Haute "a; wabash
665sa67; st. Paul 7117a7l5s; Fort Wayne
&
3235; Michigan Central 1lSa118<; Mich
igan Southern 955Sa96: Illinois Central
1851; Pittsburgh S9NaS9T; Toledo
1863; Rock Island 1301a130A; North
western 84a84N; Cleveland, Columbus 81
Indiana Central 42N; Lake Shore
1861.
EXPRESS SHAREs-Wells, Fargo 81
Co. 3OAa31: American 40I4a4l Adams;
5SLa5SsS; United States 55a56A; Mer-
chants Union 15Xa16.
Cincinnati
MARCH 3l.-FLoUR and GRAIN un-
changed and quiet.
CoTToN-Firm at 27Hc for middlings.
WH1sKY-UnsettIeda and prices noml-
nal at 9Oa9lc nominal quotations.:
PRoyIsIoNs-Unset city Mess
Pork sold at s31 90, but this was a forc.
ed sale; 400 bbls. of country sold at this
rate and was delivered at Delphi Ind;
S31 25 was offered for city at close, held
at S3l 50a32 90. Bulk MeRts-Unchang.
ed; small lot of sides sold at 14Nc.
Shoulders--Held at 12Hc generally.
Bacon-In better demand with sales of
shoulders at 1870 and clear rib sides at
16Kc.
LARD-Dull at 1SXc.
BUTTER-F'irm at 4Oa45c.
EGGS-Dull at 19c.
GROCERIES Es-Cheese-Scarce, sales OF
New York State at 24s26c. Sugar
hi THk nEl1 aoIR
Cotfee-Steady. Molasses-SOaS5c.
OIIs--Linaeed Oil-AdYanced to 81 %