Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-12-13
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OF IRE
WILMINGTON MARKETS,
FOR THE
NEEA GINNING THUKSDAY,
December II. 1STa.

TIE wEEK-Busness In a general way mas
resuIned its accustomed position IN relation to
facilities for the movement OF goods, and not
withst24djng that many of the drsyagc teams
are doing but partial scrvcc ana that a
siderable proportion VI the oxen are unable to
endure the sandy streets. Thore seems to be
no lack OF d-nyage ferceS Tor general purposes
and the horse epidemic and It's embarrassing
edects arc among the things that "weTa."
The volcme of business along the WHAT has
not moi rally increased. The removal Of the
Philadelphia stea nsh!p, the irrcgnlarity Of tie
New York line ard the cro~cel shtp ro0m Of
the Baltimore Company, has caused great
scarcity Of tonnage, ard TIE naval! .torc bu5!-
ness has naturally feit the gro effects. The
tightaess Of the money market has also had
demoralIzing effect mon busiEee5 generally.
The special features Of the markets and
changes ia prices for tho leading articles for
the VICE ending to-day, are as follows:
COrTON-1hs ecttVn III rket during the
past week las improved. but the advance IL
prices has been quite irregular. Saturday the
nj 3rktt continued 4: N AMI a general revision
@as made in our quotations. Crdina-1 al
vanced cent, good ordinary i cent, low midi
G;!nx Y c-Tis, ana mie:li1g from !. - = cent.
Acoday there wss st!! an Improved feeling In
the market. The Transactions we're iaTg IS and
quotations WrEe full. During the remainder
o. tbs 1ec thCEo Las prevailed go--i dc nlaEd
for the better styles, but theee are scarce and
the transactions have tcer. II oc:ly oC the ordi-
mar? AMI medium grades. To-Day the market
clpses iiTm viii All advancing Tendency. The
large scarcity uf freight room Las been great
barrier To liz market and Transactions have
not been - free. The receipts are large but
the exports we're OK little Importance and the
,SR@,A.
The cotton movement for this week, tic cUin-
larcd with last week shows slight decrease in
receipts and a large Increase in exports. The
receipts Il: al tie ports for the week
were 1888 baies, oGaln't 124,i@a bales
last week, il8, 500 bales the previous week,
and 1860 bales three weeks since. The
total receipts since September l, 1872, u.s.
$50 bales against 3tPs ,051 for the CORES rohdng
rIod OF the previous year, showing al Increase
since September this year Of O,ST9 bales.
The exports from all the ports for the week
were ;e,416 bales, against 1o,s59 bales the
same date last year. The tota! exports for
tie expired portion of tue cotton year are
$50, SCI bales, against Hills bales for came
time last year. The stock at all the ports is
$50, Il bales, against All S38 bales for the same
date last year. The stocks st the interior towns
are SSH bales, against &c, 323 bales last year
Tbs stock Of cotton in Liverpool Is $4,000 bales,
against III, 900 bales LEST year. The amount OF
American cotton aIoat for Great Britain il
I2I 500 bales, against l. o1J bales last gear. The
amount or Indian cotton afloat for Europe is
IoJ, oG0 bales, against qsc, 90 bales last year.
The following were the sales for the week:
Friiay-SoIes OF % bales at Isl cents and 6
do. ar ISL cents
Saturday-sal0s O. 20 ha!es at l. 4 cents, 81
do. at l!s cents. "a 10. at l7lS cents, /; do. at
/, = cents do at Is cents, : do. Rt 1Gk cents,
and i DO. at Is!s cents.
MEMBERSHIPS Of baIss at I. a cents, - 10.
at IN cents, a5 do. a. Is cents, ami IL IL. a.
1sk cents.
Tuesday-Sales OF bale lGx cents, / do. at
1745 cents, 9 do. at l7A cents, and II do. at IL
cents.
Wednesday-sai.s of IS bales at l6, Il i, IN
17A, 1sa, 1sH@1sx cents.
| Thursday-sales of : bales sts1sK centa, 81
do. at 1:h cents. Is do. at IL cents, and 81 do.
at * cents.
We quote as follows:
| Ordinary. .......................l cents.
| Good Ordinary. ..........-.-...--...IS
! Low Middling.... liz
/ Strict Low NiddlinS.- .........-... lis
! MtddIiF2.. .--...........-. '.:.laS
Strict MiddlinE. ENTHUSIASTICALLY
! cFTnE TCRPENTISE.-In the early part
! O.: the week nothing new OF Importance worthy
! Of mention TRANSFERRED. Prices ruled very que;
| ami steady ard both shiprers and cistilleE's or
dsrs were met freely at the ruling quotations
! Wednesday there was considerable excitement
! In the market and prices were unsettled and
! fiuctuatIng. Taere were sales of 375 bbls &C s.
! % for bard and s. for ye!lov dip ard virgin, al
oizancs OF 50 ceffts on hafo, and decline of q
: al
81 sales Of SsI bbls at 80 25 for lar !, and IS
| fer yellow dip and virgin. To-day al tho tins
Of closing our report the market stin labors NJ
der the excitement Of he previous dag and clio
ses quiet and arm at 50 y for hard and 8
| fnr zelloyy dip and virgin. The general Opinion