Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-12-19
General Market KCpOrts.
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Financial
NV YORK. December 1!-Noon.-
Stocks active. Gold 1924. Money Z
per cent. bid. Sterling Exchange
long, 100 !; short, 1924 Government
Securities strong. State Bonds quiet.
Commcrcio1.
Cotton easier sales of / 4l4 bales. -
Uplands los cents; Orleans 162 cents.
Flour steady. Wheat unchanged.
Corn dull. Pork quiet Lard heavy.
Naval Stores steady. Spirits Turpen.
tine IL cents. Rosin & 50 for strained.
! FrelGhts quiet.
Cotton-futures opened as follows
December, IS 11-f6 to 15s conts; Jan.
uary, 15t to 16 1872 cents; February,
lGg cents; March, 16i cents; April. il
cents !: May, II TIC to III cents.
Financial.
New YORK, December 17-6 L. M
Money active at the close in the morn
ing, but easier in the evening; offered
at 5 per cent. Sterling Exchange 100.
Gold quiet at Ills to 111E. Govern
| ment Securities, considerable doing;
lower figures for some. State Bonds
quiet; nothing doing.
Commercial.
Cotton weak-sales of 2,G12 bales
at 16s to 16l cents. Flour heavy
common to fair extra 81 to So Is:
good to choice IS 20 to 81. Whiskey
dull AID lower, closing to sellers at 80
cents. Wheat heavy and l to cents
lower-winter red western 81 60.
Corn less firm; western mixed in store
49, cents. Pork steady and moderate
ly active; mess SIC. Beef quiet and
unchanged. Lard quiet and weak at
g cents. Spirits Turpentine steady
at Ill cents. Rosin quiet ut 81 55 to
81 60. Tallow quiet. Freights to
Liverpool dull; by steam, cotton I'd.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. If z. NJ
Cotton tirm-middling 16s cents: low
lniddling 16 cents; strict good ordinary
153 cents: net receipts 29o bales; gross
receipts 500 bales.
CHARLESTON, Dee. If I NJ
Cotton tirm-middling l5s cents; low
middling Is! to 49, cents; strict good
ordinary III cents; net receipts 3, 593
bales; sales /, 200 bales; stock on hand
50, 1877 bales.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 1T L. M.-Cot-
ton dull-middling Ii cents; low mid
ding 151 cents; strict good ordinary
IA! cents; gross receipts 1883 bales;
exports coastwise 46l bales; sales IT'S
bales stock on hand l7,135 bales :;
spinnels 900 bales.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 1T 2. NJ
Flour active and lower grades have
advanced extra family So 80. Corn
active and firm at so 10 80 cents for
shelled on arrival. Provisions quiet
and steady. Pork S15 so. Lard
steady at 81 10 10, cents steam s.
cents. Bacon nominal. Whisky firm.
CrscISSATI, Dee. II. 6 P. M.-Flour
quiet and steady. Corn firm-new ear
"a TO 81 cents ; old ear and shellcd 60
cents. Provisions duh and unsettled.
Pork quiet at S15 TO SO IS. Lard
quiet-steam g. to s; cents, kettle s.
cents. Bacon quiet and stcady-shonl-
ders scarce and wanted clear rib Il
cents: clear sides s cents. Whisky
in good demand at % cents.
FOREIGN wlEss>E.s-A sy Gable.
I.oSoo:,. Dec. I7-Euon.-Erie 369.
FANS, December lT-Soon-Eentes
JSf. ana 2Jc.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. l5-Nocn-Cotton
steady. tplands SD; Orleans SD
Sales to-day $4,000 bales; sales ssfor
speculation and export 1900 balcs.-
Uplands, not below good ordinary,
shipped December and January, at
sgd; Orleans. nothing below good
ordinary, shipped January and Feb
ruary, ateid.
Latcr-Uplanls. nothing beloy
coed ordinary. shipped Novem',er,
al sgd.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. Electromagnetic
ton-sales Of Orleans nothing below
low middling shipped in january and
February s 1l-16d.
LONDON, Dee. 17-Evening Spirits
turpentine SIS.