The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-09-24
FIINANoIAL AND CoMr1ERo1AL.

FINANCIAL AND ConInIERo1AL.
ConUMB1A, September 24.-Sales of
cotton yesterday, l48 bales-m iddling,
1915
NEw YoRK. September 22.-Money ir.
regular. It was easier in the afternoon,
on the announcement that the Govern.
ment had purchased an extra million of
bonds. Brokers' balances loaned st s
per cent. for prime paper. Discount 7M
8 per cent. /; little doing in business paper
outside Of banks. Gold steady during
the entire day, closing dropping. An
extra million of bonds, purchased by the
treasury, were fully discounted before
the awards were announced for large Of
ierlngss OF nearly nine millions, which
tended to checE the previous buoyancy
fluctuations Of the day were confined to
quarter: G2's l3; 40's II; SIS 1211; new
1925; rs same; S's 1919; 4O's 62a.
NEW YORK, September 23-Noon.-
Stocks very quiet. Gold 1885. Money
5MG. Sterling-long 03s; short 1O,5.
G2s 1875. Flour and wheat shade
tirmer. Corn dull and heavy. Pork
quiet, ut 25.25(G25.5O. Cotton dull
uplands 1873; Orleans 1926; sales 700
bales. Freights quiet.
Z p. M.-Cotton henvy-snles 1000
bales; uplands Is. Flour-State and
Western i'll fair demand--superfine
4.oO06.15; Southern unchanged. Wheat
firm and in fair export and milling de-
mand winter red aud amber Western
1.3401 35ls. Corn unchanged and in
fair request. Beef steady Pork dull
and lower, at 25. 90. Lard unchanged
Whiskey dull, at S9l5@9O. Groceries
dull and steady. F'reights heavy.
Money very easy. Sterling very weak,
ut 9la(@955. Gold closed heavy, ut
1898. Governments closed heavy-62's y
1875; Southcrns generally unchanged
Tennessee's 63la; new 6O34; Nirginia's =
60; new 81; Louisiana's IL new 90;
levee's 73; SIS o614.; Alabama's 100; SIS
60; Georgia's So; rs 90; North Caro-
lina's 5O34; new 2S; South Carolina s
80; new IS.
BALTIMORE. September 23.--Flour
quiet and unchanged. Wheat frmer for
Western. Corn scarce: Bacon active.
Shoulders 142iG515. Whiskey 9ICI92.
Cotton not lower-middling lS.la; sales
$40 bales; net receipts 323; stock 1875;
net receipts of week 390
ClScINNArI, September 23.-Flour
dull. Corn in good demand. Pork
lower, ut $500. Lard dropping, at
14a4W15. Bacon dull and dropping
clear sides 17la. Whiskey dropping, ut
S7WSS.
GALVESTON, September 23.--Cotton
dull and lower-good ordinary IA net
receipts 2G3 bales; stock 5000.
New ORLEANS, SEP tember 23.-Cotton
dull and -midtllings l7l4Gl17la;
sales 1000 bales; net receipts 2,77O;
stock 81, 1,995.
MOBILE, September 23.-Cotton quiet
middlings 16; sales to-day 500 bales; of
the week 2,7l5.
CHARLESTON, September 23---Cotton
easier- middling 16; sales 800 bales;
sales of week $500; net receipts 991;
of the week 1855; stock on hand 5,S3S.
AUGUSTA, September 23.--Cotton
closed dull and lower-snles 400 bales;
receipts $50; middling l5is.
SAVANNAH, September 22.--Cotton
easier-middlings, 1G5sW16ls; sales,
loo bales; net receipts, 2,995; stock,
8, 1873.
LONDON, September 23--Noon. -
Conscls 92Li. Bonds 0Oas.
LIVERPOOL. September 23-Noon.-
Cotton quiet-uplands 9ll; Orleans
9!a; sales Of the week, S,OOU bales ex-
ports, 1000; speculation, 5000; stock,
4S7 900, of which $4,000 are American.