Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-22
General Market Reports.
Financial.
BY Ell E CRAP Il.

NEW, YORK, May 20-Noon.-Stocks
dali. Moneys per cent. Gold 1924.
Sterling Exchange-long,$ 81 49,; short,
s. 81. Government Securities steady.
State Bonds quiet and nominal.
Commercial.
Cotton dull; sales of S51 bales; up
lands 49, cents; Orleans 49, cents.
Flour dull Wheat quiet and steady.
Corn quiet Pork heavy at SIT 80 to
SIS. Lard firln-stcnm IL I cents. Spir-
its Turp3ntine steady at 80 to 39l
cents. Rosin quiet at 81 GO! to 81 10
for strained. treights firm.
Cotton fixtures opened as follows:
May l. 1916 cents; June, 17s to Is
1916 cots; JuIy, 1Sl to Is 7-16 cents;
August, IS to Is ll-16 cents; Septem-
her, IS to IS I'D cents; November,
II $40 cents.
Financial.
New YORK. May GO Z. NJ
Money easy at to per cent. Gold
dali and firm at 1927 to 1921. Sterling
Exchange dali at 1881. Government
Securities dull but steady State
Bonds quiet and nominal,
fOD31Hcrc5a'.
Cotton dull sales Of 921 bales 4:
. Is to 10 cents. Flour steady. Wheat
opened one cent better with Il lnoder-
ate demand and closed queit and ad-
raneed at 81 so for choice winter red
western. Corn shade firmer with a
fair export demand. Coffee dull and
unsettled: Rio ordinary III cents. =
Cotton - net receipts 251 bales
gross, 3,0T0 bales. Futures closed
/ barely steady. Sales of 80, 500 bales
rs fellows: May, II 1882 eents; June,
I II 1882 cents; july, Is BIC to IS 1872
cents; August. 49, to IS 2l-32 cents;
/ September 49, to IS 9-32 cents.
| AravsTA, May CO 2. M.-Cotton
t dull niddling IL cents; net receipts.
/ 2J4 bales; sales 81 bales.
CHARLESTON, May 20-6 P. NJ
! Cotton qlgiet and easy middling 17a
/ cents: net receipts 214 bales; sales $50
/ bales stock II, 503 bales.
/ SAvAN,s, y, May 20-G p. M.-Cotton
very du.l middling IL cents net re-
ceifts 2GJ bales: gross receipts 265
bales; sales 81 bales: stock %, 430 bales.
PHILADELPHIA, May co p. NJ
Cotton quiet-lniddling 10, cents; good
ordinary 1Gl cents ordinary Is cents;
net receipts 308 bales ; gross receipts
/ 4G2 bales.
CrS,IxxArG, May 90 6 z. NJ Flonr
dnll and unchanged. Corn steady at
10 TO II cents Pork firm at SIT 6l
for CITY SIT 80 for country special
iolhing lots SI2. Lard strong at IL
cents fer steam and IL cents for ket-
tie. Bulk meats firm ut 8. cents tor
shoulders. spot, = cents buyers for
July; clear rib, 81 06t spot, and SO 80
buyers for July; clear, 81 to Q! cents
Bacon steady at = to u cents for
shoulders 10 cents for clear rib
1Gl cents for clear, Whiskey firm at
81 cents
BALrl,rorn, May 20-6 P. NJ
Cotton Gsiet niddlinG IS. cents; low
rniddling Is cents; gross receipts 1873
bales; exports coastwise 81 bales !;
sales 2Gg bales; sales to spinners, 40
bales. Wheat dull and unchanged.
Corn strong and buoyant-white
Southern 50 to 80 cents; yellow South
ern So cents; mixed Western quiet, old
81 to So cents; new 81 cents. ProvIs-'
J 0rs str Ong with an advancing tenden-
! cy. Mess Pork scarce and firm at 81
Bulk meats-shoulders 64 to cents, ;:
} cleaE rib o cents. Bacon-shosiiders
Z cents; clear nib sides I9s cents;
sugar cured hams Il 70 ID cents. Lard
/ firm and scarce NJ LO-+ L" - CeA % ioi
Western. Bntter, choice 30 to 81 cents ,
fair to gccd 70 to Is cents. Coffee un-
. changed. Whiskey small sales at 80
: cents to 81. Sugar fra and unchanged
: LOUISVILLE, May 20-6 2. M
+ Flour unchanged. Corn quiet ana an
: changed at S. to IS cents. Provisions
: cuiet. Pork $1S IS. Bacon-shoulders
r = cents; clear rib 104 cents; clear
e los cents; sugar cured hams 134 cents:
f plain 12t cents. Lard-in tierce II
L cents; in kegs IL cents. Whiskey "a
n cents,