New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-02-28
MARKETS..
domestic Markets.

NEW York. February q, Evening Cot.
ton Is Irregular. sales go bales: middling
| uplands 20s4c; Orleans 2lAc; net receipts
| Sl3 bales; gross receipts l44O; exports I0;
sails Of futures l4,250 bales, as follows:
| February 20ls a 20 3l6c, March 20 ,l6e
| 20sc, April 2OLe a 20 l,l6c. May 207. e2lc,
June 81 u Q2l Ice, July II O2l 9,l6c.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Whisky dull
| and easier at 9lC. Wheat very dull aud
| nominally 2@3o lower. Corn dull and
weak; demand limited. Rice quiet At 8La q
&C.. Pork quiet and firm. lard weak.
Naval stores quiet. Freights quiet. cotton.
by sail, Il 6Jl6d.
Coffee strong; Rio Is e20lec. Sugar active
and stronger; fair TO good refining 50 d
$50. Molasses quiet and unchanged.
CINCINNATI. February 27.-Cotton dull
and nominal; middling 1889. Flour quiet:
81 GOES Wheat dull; 81 70G1 y. Corn
quiet; 80 a 400. Oats quiet; 80 q 3Sc. Pork
higher; sales of city at $Ii; country $l3a
10 IS at interior points. Lard steady:
steam ll.I6, generally held at nc: kettle
So. Bulk meats firm; shoulders SC: clear
firmly; shoulders 5 y a6c; clear yibs S&.r;
clear Sc. Whisky steady at &c.
ST. LoCIs, February N.-Cotton steady:
demaud moderate; low middling l8sc:
mddling 1910. Flour dull: prices droop-
ing; not quotably changed; superfine winter
s. 5 50; extra winter g. - a. %: double
extrs winter S. 15a7 p. Wheat dull:
only sample lots sold: No. spring Chicago
offered al 81 ~, only 81 81 bid; No. . red
winter offered at 81 50; only 81 81 bid.
Corn dull; No. 2 mixed 3lc on east track,
33o in elevator. Oats dull and lower:
No. , &c in elevator Whisky dull at SSlac.
Pork active and firm at $l3 IS, up country
for fifteenth March. Dry salt meats active
and strong. Lard-Sales of future clear
rib Sac Dash. Bacon firm; clear ribs and
clear sides Ga Sbsc. seller April Lard
nominal, 7%ac.
Foreign Fin,xets.
LONDON, February C.-Dcorease OF but
lion in the Bank of England f45, 900.
LIVERPOOL February -, Evening Got
ton closed dull; uplands 9aac; Orleans y o
l0c; sales 10000 bales; for speculation and
export 1000 The sales include 5000 Ameri-
can. Sales of cotton shipped from Savannah
or Charleston in January and February
97sd; from same ports, February and March,
9lad. Tallow ass Sd to ASS Cd. Turpentine
4Ss to 49, Cd. Short rib 36s.
Mr.. d. H. Craig announces that the new
system of automatic telpgraphy on which
he has been engaged for several years is
finished and in practical operation. By this
system 1t is claimed that it is entirely feast
ble to telegraph and receive in clear, dis
tinct characters fifteen hundred words per
minute between Washington and New York.
a wire circuit of 800 miles, which is fully
equal to the average of Morse line circuits;
and that by uso of certain Kind of auto
mstio repeaters, messages can be sent any
number of thousands Of miles at the rate of
SIX hundred words per uricute. The matter
70 be sent by the Low system is prepared
by means of perforsting machines, tho use
OF which esn easily he learned by any per-
son 0! ordinary intelligence in ten days
time. These perforatjng machines can turn
cat the messages ready ior automatic trans
mission at the rate Of from one hundred TO
one hundred and forty words minute IF
the new system vii! really acca,u ::sh
ton second in Importance only 70 tie c;s-
covery of the elec tris telegraph ITSELF.