New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-18
BY TELEGRAPH.
Probabilities.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Office Chief Signal Officer ;
Washington, March IT, 1914, ABS P. NJ
For the Gulf and South Atlantic States, south
erly ard southwesterly winds, partly cloudy
weather, clearing on Wednesday morning.
River and Marine News.
SOUTHWEST Pass, March Il. 6 P. M.-Wind south
east, fresh. ArIived-Steamship FREDERICK 6:l5
last night from Havana, to PIN, Forwood Il Co.;
steamship Yazoo Barrett, master, $50 last eve
ming, from Philadelphia. via Havana, to Z. A.
YO,ke. Sailed-ship Lake Superior.
seaman, name unknown fen from the main.
mast head of the schooner Helena to-day, struck
the deck and v as instantly killed.
vIcKsBrRG, March l7-Up-John Kilgour. A. NJ;
Commonwealth, A. NJ John B. Maude, a. NJ;
Pargoud, A. NJ; Natchez, 9 P. NJ. Weather
warm and cloudy. River rising, with forty one
feet eleven inches above low water Imam mark
this evening. Mercury 73o Weather cloudy. Ar
rived-Parker from Cincinnati. Departed last
Memphis for st. Louis, this evening; Paragon, tor
New Orleans Rogers, for Cincinnati; Belle Texas
tor Arkansas river.
C1ycINNAr1. March l7-River eighteen feet and
falling. Weather clear and warmer.
PITTsBuRG, March l7.-River six feet and sta
tlonary.
LOUISVILLE, March l6.-River falling; eight feet
ten inches in the canal and six feet ten inches in
the chute. Very warm; mercury ranging FROM 6U0
to soo Up-Indiana from New Orleans to Cincin.
natl.
BvAssylIIF, March 17-weather clear aud
Sherlock , at 10 ?. H. Allegheny Belle at a. NJ.
Up-Robert Mitchell at 6 A. NJ
CAIRO. March l7.-Arived-Mary Alice from st.
10 A. NJ; Bodmann; from New Orleans, at P. NJ;
Tolle, from st. Louis p NJ: Lady Lee, from st.
Louis, at P. NJ. Departed-Bodmann, for Cincin-
natl lat P. NJ Ames. for New Orleans g. The river
has fallen eighteen inches. Weather closdy and
springlike; mercury 6SO.
ST. LOUIS, March observation-disclosures, from
New Orleans; Capitol City, from vicksburg No
departures River falling slowly. Weather clear
'~ n.->.r4. M..p,>..
NEW YORK. March 1.-THE Posts financial ar.
tcle saws: All money for demand loans is abund
ant at 304; the difficulty being to fully employ
balances because of the limited demand Prime
mercantile paper sells at to I and the supply is
small Time loans are quoted at 4d5 for thirty
days. and sac for sixty to six months All sales
having been at ll2is 0ll244 later at l29s. On gold
loans most of the rates have been rs "a, for
carving. fat having been once recorded
Time loans Of god are quoted "a follows: Thirty
days I. per cent, sixty days 3 per cent ninety
days four months y a Is per cent all for carry
ing for all the year. The rate for loans is fiat to
Tor carrying.
Foreign exchange is dull and steady at s4 84k0
IS for prime bankers sixty day bills and So 81O
higher than Yesterday. southern State bonds
continued dull with prices steady. The stock
market during the first half hour was strong; be-
gan to hesitate at the first board, and afterward
declined from = 3 of l p cent Pacific Mail has
been exceptionally strong and has advanced i
since the opening. Erie has been exceptionally
prices.
Gold liz. Governments strong and active. State
bonds quiet and nominal
Skies Of 1881 ~; hve-twenties of 1852 ll79s; Of
1864 49, of 1865, l20: 1884, of 1867 1885,; of
1868, 49, new ives lI41s; tenforties ia.
Cotton closed steady; uplands l6aec Orleans l6sc;
net receipts 749 bales; gross 1896; sales 36l6.
Futures closed steady; sales %. 400: Low mddling
for March l5lac bid for April IS % 32c bid for May
l6s4c; for June, l6 23-32c for July II SAFE.
southern -four dun and lower, common to fair
1<y)a low. Eny-yl IN,
buyers favor; 84a873ac for new Western mixed
Coffee quiet: at 220254c for Rio, Sugar quiet
ugal, "a 081c. Molasses quiet and unchanged.
Rice dull and unchanged. Talow lower at rs q
1850. Rosin firm, at So 40 for strained. Turpen-
tine firm, at 49ac. Pork steady; new mess, SIC.
Beef quiet. Lard heavy, at s'sc. Whisky steady,
at SIC.
CINcissA71, March IT, Cotton firm; middling
l53sc. Flour quiet and unchanged Wheat quiet
and firm: S As. Corn steady; 63068c Oats
steady; 53a58c. Pork quiet and firm; held SIS re
ais Is. Lard quiet and steady; steam a7sc; kettle
&c. Bulk meats quiet and firm shoulders SIS %
sac; clear nib "a a. &c; clear exc. Bacon quiet
and firm shoulders 6Ssc clear rib sss aS4c clear &C.
ST.. EorIs, March -Cotton-steady: good de-
mand for best grades; middllng &C. Flour quiet
s 225s; winter fat: No. 3 red offered at s 40
No. 2 sold at s so. Corn quiet and weak; No. 2
mixed Gle on east track. Oats dull unsettled and
e2c. Pork firm; SIS 250l5 so Dry salt meats firm;
little doing clear rib and clear sides fifteen DAVIS
in salt, TIC. Bacon scarce and higher; shoulders
&c, clear rib &c, clear 9d9Ac Lard quiet; butch
ers' 094c.
FOREIGN Markets.
LONDON, March H. Noon Censols s21s 0e24.
Erie, 404.
PARIS, March H. Noon.-Rentes 5of 30c
LIVERPOOL March L. NooE.-Cotton-Prices ad-
vanced a fraction; mddling uplands Sd; do Orleans
6s d84d. Estimated sales to-day II 600 bales; for
speculation and export 200O
Up. N-Cotton-The sales are now estimated at
Is 900 bales 5000 for speculation and export The
DAYS sales include $500 American.
Breadstuffs duh. Beef 86s. Pork 62s. Bacon
Long and short clear middes Ais cd.
Evening-Sales of uplands. nothing below good
ordi nary, shipped February and March l5l6d;
do do deliverable March and April, I'D; do do de-
lverate Nav and June Sd.
Yarns and fabrics at Manchester quiet and firm.