Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-25
General Market Reports.
TBY TEnEaRAP H.
Financial,

I ~ Financial. -.
| New YoRx. December 23-Noon.-
Stocks active and lower. Money 3 PEI
cent. Gold liz. Sterling Exchange
long 81 IS; short 81 COZ. Govern
ment Securities dull. State Bonds
quiet and nominal.
| .t Commercial.
| Cotton quiet-sales of 2, OBS bales;
uplands IL cents; Orleans liz cents.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
a shade firmer. Corn quiet and firm.
Pork heavy-old SO Is. Lard firm
steam IS 1916 cents. Spirits Turpen-
tine quiet at 81 cents. Rosin 81 Is
to 81 20 for strained. Freights firm.
Financial.
New YORK, Dec. 23-6 ?. AI-Money
in good demand at 3 to 4 per cent.
Sterling Exchange firm at 1856. Gold
1114 to 111s. Government Securities
dull and stronger. State Bonds quiet
and nominal.
Commercial.
Cotton quiet-sales of 1856 bales at
IA to 14ss cents. Southern flour M
changed. Wheat opened one cent bet
ter with fair demand, closed quiet.
Corn a shade frmer-old heavy and
l cent lower. Coffee frmer and quiet
at II! to 19I cents (golD for Rio.
Jobbing demand good. Suger quiet |
and unchanged at r to 81 cents for
fair to good refining, and 81 cents for
prime. Molasses quiet. Rice quiet |
and unchanged. Tallow steady; prime
81 cents. Rosin steady at So Is TO
81 70 for strained. Spirits turpentine
steady at 81 cents. Pork lower; old
mess $40 50. Beef quiet. Lard firmer:
primo steam 10 to Is 1-16 cents.
Whisky unsettled, closing Dull at
81 023.
Cotton-net receipts 992 bales; gross
receipts. 6, 1886 bales. Futures closed
firm with sales Of $4,000 bales, as
follows: December. 49, cents; Jan
larry, 49, cents; February, IA cents:
March, IA 1892 cents; April, I5a cents:
May, 15s cents; June. 49, cents; July,
l6s cents; August, IS sic cents. ]
SAVANNAH. Dec. 23-6P. M-Cotton
-middling 13g cents; low middiing
IS cents; good ordinary 124 cents: !
let receipts 4, IA bales; gross receipts
;, IA bales; exports coastwise 95S ,
'ales; sales 1,796 bales; stock on hand
GA, 703 bales.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 23-6 P. M
Tour unchanged. Corn dull and de- s
lining; white 20 cents; mixed 81 )
ents. Pork quiet and unchanged. c
'acon- shoulders 81 cents: clear riE
2 cents. sugar cured hams 14& cents. /
ard 14k to Isl cents. Whisky 81 \
ents. 7
CINcINNATI, Dee. 23-6 2. NJ T
lour dull. Corn in fair demand at I
to II cents. Pork quiet and firm
SIS Is to SO go. Lard firm :
cam rendered IS cents; kettle II S
snts. Bacon dull and nominal. L
Whisky steady 81 cents. \
CHARLESTON, Dec. 23-6 P. M.-Cot- =
IN firm for good quality iddling
1916 to IA cents; low middling 49, n
) ID GIG cents; good ordinary 129 to ?
= cents; net receipts 2,691 bales; ex-
orts coastw1se 439 bales; sales of Z
500 bales; stock on hand 68, 700 bales. c
New ORLEANS, Dec. 23-6 p. M T
otton quiet and easy-middling IA 7
nts; low middling 49, cents; good r
binary 12S cents; net receipts 2,S5S ?
lies; gross 1852 bales; exports to F
reat Britain 2,176 bales; sales 2, 400 :
lies; sales last evening 1900 bales; P
ock on hand 222, $50 bales. g
Dec. 23-6 P. lT.-Cot- 4
n demand fair; middliDg, 49, cents; :;
" Inidding, ID cents; good ordinary. ! \
] cents; net receipts 1,G95 bales; 3
les 1926 bales. G
Dec. 23-G Motion | y
III and easy; rniddling II cents; gross 4
ceipts SAT bales; exports coastwise =
5 bales; sales 20 bales; sales TO spin n
rs % bales; stock Oh hand 2,9O6 | =
les. =
PHILADELPHIA Dec. 23-6 P. NJ 6
,ttn on quiet; midding IL cents; low
uollng 1o4 eents: good ordinary - -
nts; net receipts $50 bales; gus 20 cr
ipts SIG bales.
sREIGN MARKEEs--Ey Gable. G
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23-Noon. =.
let; uplands Il to 7sd; Orleans 7ad: :
les Of $4,000 bales, Including 1900 Il
les for speculation and export. Cot n.
q to arrive easier; sales on a basis Of
ddling uplands, nothing below low
ddllng, shipped January and Feb -
airy, 73d. =;
2:3O P. M.-Cotton-uplands I'd to ~
d; the sales to-day include 5000 W
les of American.
$50 z. M-Cottor-saIes Oh a basis
middling uplands. nothing below -
cd ordinary, shipped Dece1n Der, I'D; Nc
!. nothing below low middling, ship Nc
December and January, I'd. "