Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-26

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Ez11Iuz-Es===..EEsssczFE
is rather iacreasing.- Rates OF dis
count and interest are unchanged.
! The spea Al features of the week and
the change 81 prices of the principal
articles of produce are retrieved as
follows:
r. COTTON.-The week opened with
IAN active and buoyant market for Cot
ton in sympathy with tine rapid adj
vance IN gold and exchange, but weak
ness began to be developed on Satur-
day under a partial reaction in ex-
change and a check in the advance of
gold, which left the market without
| support against the depressing i0fl-
cncc Of heavy receipts at the ports,
| and the decline IN New York reverted
on this market. Since then and UP to
| Tuesday there was Il gradual decline
! but on this day the advicss from New
| York indicating frrlness IL futures,
! resulted II giving impetus to strong
! er tone to the present market, and at
! the close today IT may be quoted to
! cent higher, Tic aggregago move
/ lIent fer the week foots 100 bales, ut
! figures ran9in" from I24 TO I5L cents.
! Tie receipts for the week were as fol-
| lows: Friday 634 bales, Saturday 22l
bales, Monday 374 bales. Tuesday 30
! bales. Wednesday 500 bales Total
1858 bales, against ! ,7Jc bales for last
! week.
The general Cotton movement for
| the week was as follows 1t appears
t''as the tota! receipts for the seven days
have reached 195 92o bales, again t
172, $40 bales last week, no. S4 bales
the previous week and 1913. S79 bales
three weeks since, making he total
receipts since the first OF September.
1873, ]. 519. ia bales, against /, 529. 22O
os.ies tor the same psrIei of 1872,
showing s decrease since September
[, 1873, OF 10, los bales. The exports
for the week ending, reach total OF
O., G57 bales, Of which sc, 10 were to
Great Britain. II ,89s to France, and
Is, 649 To The rest of the Continent,
white the stocks as made up arc now
G37,357 bales. Wo quote rs follows
Ordinary. HI cents.
Good Ordinary. 10
Strict Coca Ordinary. Is. -
Row MiddlinG. ~ "
Strict Low Nildling..
AiIddung.. 10
Strict Midd!ing. 10:
ROSIN. There are no new features
presented this week which arc likely
to have an important bearing upon the
future course Of the market. All grades
OF roein have bee, barely active. Int
III the general scale IF prices there Is
very little change arIous causes
have tended 10 bear the market, and
al the present writing there is very IL
tie disposition t, enter lntO new en- |
gagements, (beyond actual require |
lnents,l III view OF the ne:ar approach |
OF the new year and until the turn of |
the wear, business NAV be expectCt; to |
be confined to narrow Eu4It. Inc CON !
tInuea ease IL monetary affairs IL cX- |
citing a speculative interest III rosins |
and we are aware Of SALES fer forward |
delivery rs faT ahead as March. In |
the future there is considerable conf |
dence placed, and ii is generally con !
cedcd that after the new year reac-
ton for tie better Will trauspire. The |
sale, for forward delivery indicate ap- |
unsettled ei&te OF affairs it is almost /
impossible to conjecture anything for |
the better sud the above ;re only sur |
mises.
At the 1chanSe' this week, there ,
has been = large daily attendance, hut |
there was not much trading done on the
floor. In the open market considera-
bic sales for the forward months trans |
pirel, but were unr.p0Ited. The |
transactions as iar Is reported and III" !
conditions If tie market st diftrreu, .
periods oi the week Hs reveiys. is -
follows: Friday. and Immediately, !
subsequent the closing our last report
Strained Eos;n WIS barely active and
n decline Of cents was conceded 10 !
Saturday there Was an excitement III /
the market owing to Il bull move
ment for speculation, and strained was
active at an advance If 10 cents. The !
sales were as It i!ows : 2,400 bhls |
strained at = IS, ,, 500 bills do ut E.. %
and 900 hbIs No. , at = 30 per hhi.
Monday the excitement subsided. hut /
there was 40 decline and the advance
was barely maintained. The sales
were 375 bhls strained al - % Yer
hbl. Tuesday dullness set in, but
sellers we're loath to accept any decline
and SO withheld their stock from mar
ket Tho sales were confined to =
small lot OF - hH!s strained. delivered
at - 10 per Dbl. To-day. "Wednesday
at the close o: cur writing, the faarllet
Is steady IL 3: 70 per Dbl.
No. ON Saturday the market ,
WIS active AID a sale Of LOCO bills
transpireti At 9 margin OF . cent, above
stIairei, which Is considered fair
q ''l'l't.:1-l- ne ao"F@ saIe embrace"
'ile EiiIi9 'E''-i =, :, 81 tI;e week.
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: :li lo'l'''f quotations "'e again holH-