The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-08
nARKErs By TELEGRAPH.
NEW York, February

. NEW York, February 6.
CoTToN-Active and nc better: sales
1900 bales at 301zc for middling up
lands.
FLoUR-Closed quiett and without
decided change.
GRAIN-Wheat-Nominally in buy
ers favor. Rye-Quiet at 81 4Sa1 so for
western. Oats-Quiet and steady at 76c
for western in store. Corn-Dull at So
a90c for new mixed western; 81 OF,
afloat, for old mixed western.
sIoNs-Pork-Quiet at S33 90
for new mess on spot, and seller, March
and April; sales 500 bbls. new mess at
moderate demand. Cut Meats-Dull
and unchanged. Bacon-Firm, with q
moderate demand. Lard-Dull at 20H
a2O3<c for good to prime steam.
EGGs-Steady at 23a25c.
DRY GOODS.
Weather fine. The inquiry for goods
Is increasing. Prices generally are
firm. Heavy three yard unbleached
sheeting and shirting in light supply
steady at 1GHal7c for best brands ike
Stark A and Atlantic A, and Wachu-
sett sell at 16c; Massachusetts firm and
command 1870; fremont G 13c; Allan
tic N shirtings 1415c; Pepperell e, fine
scarce and bring 16c; r l5c; o 14c, and
n 13c. Standard brown drills in linn
tied request at 17a1711c. Worsted
braids will be advanced on Monday to
75c, and six yard alpaca do. to 81 90.
Cotton bags have been bought up by
speculators and are firm at 45o for
American, Great Falls and Ludlow A
A, while Stark A bring 4711c. All the
popular makes of domestic spool cot
ton, three cord, are selling at 421c.
such as Green and Daniels. Hadley,
-co Eor civ cord an6 all imnOrtpd brands
like Coates, SOC.
MONEY AND STOCKS.
MoNEY-Easy at 6a7 per cent. on call,
the latter exceptional. The bank state
ment Is regarded unfavorable from
the loss.in legal tenders, but the de.
crease Is too small to influence the
money market.
STERL1NG-Dull at 109ka10ess.
GoLD-Stronger; opened at 1S5 and
| closed at 135Na1357s. -...
GOVERNMENT SToCKs-Active and
higher; foreigners are buying freely;
the '67s were the feature and rose TO
109La109Z. The press condemn the
bill before Congress for the conversion
of registered into coupon bonds as un-
necessary and in interest of specula-
tors. Coupons 'S1, 1l211a1122<; do. 81,
1I3Xa1l35I; do. '64, 1i0a1lO1G; do. '65,
ll1Na1l12S; do. new, 109a1091s; do. '67 =,
1897 a1O99s; do. '6S, 1895 a109 Isl 10 40s,
1089<alOSA.
Railway speculation during the morn
ing was tame; New York Central was
the most active stock and ranged
between 161a1611s. On the western list
prices are higher under the veto by the
Governor of Illinois OF the railway fare
bill. The advance is most noticed on
Rock Island and Northwestern, but
Fort Wayne and Ohio and Mississippi
were quite strong; Erie was dealt In on
the street at SO to 36X. In the after
noon the market was weak and racine
Mail fell from III to liz which exercised
a depressing effect on the rest OF the
market. The general Interpretation of
this fall was that leading firm was
selling out. It was further reported
that thew had been borrowing the stock
to make deliveries and that on Tuesday
the shorts in the stock was large. At the
close, the market was stronger and
Pacific Mail raised to 1lSA and all
other shares recovered considerably
from the lowest point
$3.50 Prices-Pacific Mail 11S1Sa11s1<; {;
Western Union Telegraph 37Na379f; N.
Z. Central 161sSa16lX; Erie 36<a37;
Hudson 1876; Harlem l35; Reading 95a