Wilmington journal., 1874-08-07
General Market Reports.
BY TEL e CRAP n.
Financial.

dull and lower Money 2 per cent.
Gold 1909. Sterling gExchange-long,
81 S8; short, 81 9O1. Government
Securities dull. State Bonds quiet
and nominal.
Commercial.
Cotton held higher; sales of 18S
bales; uplands II cents; Orleans 17s
cents. Flour steady. Wheat a shade
firmer. Corn advancing. Pork firm;
mess S23 so. Lard firm-steam 13s
cents. Spirits Turpentine 351 cents.
Rosin unchanged. Freights firm.
Futures opened steadier at the fol-
lowing quotations: August, 16l to
Is SIG cents; September, 16a to 16 GIG
cents; October, 163 to Is GIG cents.
Financial.
New YORK. August Sc Z. M
| Money easy at 2 to % per cent. Sterl-
ing Exchange closed duh at 81 SO.
Gold 100! to 1O9s. Government Sc
curities dull and steady. State Bonds
dull and nominal.
Commercial.
Cotton held higher; sales Of SAL
bales, at II to 17s cents. Southern
common to fair extra ss5 60 to Sc 25;
good to choice ditto, Sc 80 to $11.
Wheat 1 to 2 cents better with a very
good demand, chiefly export. Corn
active and ope cent better ut so to 81
cents for Western mixed, closing at 81
cents for prime, and 81 to SO cents for
| Western yellow. Coffee-Rio quiet
and unchangeI grades steady at
Is to % cents for Maracaibo. Sugar
dull and nominal at 7g to SIG cents
for fair to good refining; s.. to s 5-16
cents for prime; s. cents for Muscova
do; refined in fair demand at 10! cents
for white, and 105 cents for crushed,
and IL cents for powdered and granu-
! lated. AIolasses quiet and firm. Rice
in good demand and firm at 81 to g.
cents for Rangoon, 73 to y cents for
Putna, and 81 to . cents for Carolina.
Tallow steady at 7. TO g. cents. Rosin
steady at s. 90 to 50 25. Spirits Tur-
| qniet at s24 for new mess. Beef un-
changed. Lard quiet at 49, cents.
| Whisky dull and lower at 81 OIL.
| Freights firmer.
Cotton-net receipts 235 bales; gross
receipts 1926 bales. Futures closed
steady, with sales of 10000 bales, as
| follows: August, 16t to IS 9-32 cents;
| September. 16 9-16 20 Is 1892 cents;
| October, l6 1882 to 16 GIG cents;
November, 16 TIC to IS 1882 cents;
December, 16 1872 to 16I cents; Jan
uary, Is 9-16 cents: February, 163
cents; March, 1G 1916 cents.
BALTIMORE, August Sc P. M
Cotton quiet and dsteady-middling 49,
| cents; low middling 16 cents; good
ordinary Il cents; exports coastwise
so bales; sales of 70 bales; sales to
spinners OF 40 bales; stock on hand
3.125 bales. Flour more active but
unchanged. Wheat active but IN
changed. Corn dull and weak; white
Southern, 50 to 81 cents; yellow
| Southern, 81 cents; Western mixed, II
cents. Oats dull and heavy at 60 to
IS cents; Western mixed So cents; do
white 60 to G2 cents. Rice dull and
| lower a5 T5 to SO cents. Provisions
| strong. Mess pork scarce and nomi-
nal at 50 to S24 %. Bulk meats
| shoulders 8 cents; clear rib sides III
cents. Bacon very active and strong
shoulders g to 10 cents; clear rib
sides II! cents; sugar-cured hams II
to III cents. Lard frmer and higher
at 141 to IA cents. Western butter
unchanged. Coffee quiet and steady;
fair to prime, by cargoes. 19I to 81
cents. Whisky quiet and lower at 81 o.
to 81 03. Sugar unchanged.
CINCINNATI. Aug. 4-6 P M-Flour
| dull and unchanged. Pork quiet and
unchanged at $24. Lard scarce and
frm-summer 13 to 49, cents; kettle
Is cents. Bacon active and held high
er-shoulders 81 to SO cents, held at
o. cents at the close; clear rib sold at
12I to 12s cents but held higher at the
close; clear sides 124 cents. Whisky
firm at 81 cents.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. Sc P. NJ
Flour unchanged. Corn dull and
dropping at 75 to 80 cents. Pork in
fair demand and higher at $25.-
Bacon firm and in fair demand
shoulders 81 cents; clear rib 123 cts;
clear sides - cents. Whisky 96 cts.
New ORLEANS, August 5-6 P NJ
Cotton :middling 16t cents; low mid
| ding 15s cents; ordinary liz cents;
net receipts So bales; gross receipts
SO bales; sales of $50 bales; sales
last evening of $50 bales; stock on
hand 21 ,791 bales.
SAVANNAH, Aug. r6P. M.-Cotton
COMMUNICATING IS cents; net re-
ceipts 10 bales; sales of 5 bales; stock
on hand 8,641 bales.
CHARLESTON, Aug. SIP. M.-Cot-
| ton easy; middling 152 cents; net re-
ccipts 73 bales; sales of 250 bales;
stock on hand 5,91 bales.
PHILADFLPHIA, Aug. &c P. M
| Cotton dull ; niddling Il cents net
receipts 126 bales gross rece;pts 929
| bales.
| AUGUSTA, Aug. Sc p. M.-Cotton
nomirally unchanged; Kidding 10!
cents ; receipts 139 bales; sales of 1G7
| bales
EoaEEs.S FzARRETs-Esy Gable.
| LONDON, August 5-N0on-Erie,
30l. Consols 90 to 92i.
PARIS, August 5 -Noon.-Rentos,
Gjf. SOC.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 5-Noon-Cctton
| firmer-sales of Is, 600 bales; uplands,
| SD; Orleans, SD; speculation. 3,C00
bales; sales of uplands, nothing below
good ordinary, deliverable in August,
| SD; do, nothing below low m;dliing,
| deliverable in August, s 3-iGi; sales
of shipments of new crop, on II basis
of middling uplands, nothing below
good ordinary, sd.
| Later- Cotton-sales Of uplands,
nothing below low middling, delivera-
| bic in September and October, SD;
sales Of Orleans, nothing below low
riddling, deliverable i'll August,
| s 5-16d Breadstnffs firm. Wheat 9s
Sd to los Sd for red Western spring
ard los 4d TO lis for red Western.
Lard 56s Cd. Bacon, sos for short
clear middles.
Still -Cotton-Sa1es to-day of
8, 400 bales Of American; sales of up
lands, nothing below low middling, de-
| liverable in October, s 7-16d.
LONDON, Aug. 5--Evening-Spirits
| turpentine Dos to Pos Sd.
Between Ourselves, f.aGics-The
| most ines Unable ct your charms is a leifect
set o. teeth, and nothing under the sun lS as
certain to erpetuate that il;.r the daily
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