New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-01-29
WAX DkFANInbEI,
Office Chief Signal Officer,
Walking 0n January 20. 1874, $50 p. NJ.
MARKETS.
domestic Markotss

Nrw York. January %, Eveni,g-Money easy
Sac. Bxchang. s4sNi COD ~ y . 1ovefnments
Skies Of 1881, ll8a; hve-twentes OF 1862 il4,4 OF
1854 ll61 OF 1865 il7a new ll6si Of 1867 ll7.; Of
I868 ll7la: fives 49, ten tortes ia.
Cotton closed dull; uplands l5a4c; Orleans !6s c:
Set receipts $780, gross 1857 sales 1906
Futures closed steady; sales 80 800 bales as fol
hows Low mddlinR for January l41 0ls5sc; Feb
ruary IA 81 32d4 ll-l6c March l5 obs l3-3zc April
l3z 0l5 3l-32c; May 10 ll32al6sc; June l6tc: July
southern -four dull and declining; Sc so08 so.
Whisky 81. Wheat Ic lower. Cora dull; 80083c
for new Western. Pork lower; SIS. Beef S80ll
81 60.
Hay unchanged; 81 O50l 10 shipping. Coffee
quiet and unchanged Sugar tim at - @8c for
fair to good refining; muscovado 9 a8,sc; cen
trifugal IL D8c. MOlasses quiet and unchanged.
Rice firm and unchanged.
Leather firm; hemlOck sole, Buenos Ayres and
Rio Grande light middle and heavy weights, n u %
3Oc; California 40 rs 028c; Orinoco do 251 All kc.
Wool firm; domestic fleece 40d7oc; pulled 1aO
Sc unwashed l8635c; Texas l5O35c
The Posts financial article says gold has ruled
at III p 0llh the first sale having been at III y
which is also the present price On gold Loans the
Boans having been about 4. Foreign exchange
shares the general dullness, prime bankers asking
- 81 for their sixty days sterling, ard some sell
ting in second hands at 81 831, and for their de-
mand bills "a 871s the same being Obtainable AT
"a 81 less q commission. Money is easily accessi-
the exceptional rate. The banks are accumulat-
ing currency rapidly that they find it necessary
10 go 0utslut anu Uuy utICdbtHe paper DIS wei 40
lend on call Choice mercantile they are taking as
low as g. and on their cali loans they get no more
than current rates where they solicit borrowers 10
take their balances. Government bonds are quiet
and steady. Little done at the Board in
Southern STATE bOnds Tennessee's, however, con
tnue exceptionally strong. In the stock market
speculative shares opened u 0as below yesterdays
closing prices, and the market remained steady
until he Board when there was al advance OF y %
4, and tie market has since been steady ana firm.
CINCINNATI, January 28- Cotton nominal; mid
ding l5Ac. Flour-Demand fair market firm.
Wheat dull prices dropping + 45dl So. Corn
Demand light, but holders firm at So 162c. oats
steady; demand moderate at 43O50c. Pork dull
and nominal at + Is 500l5 rs Lard quiet; held.
steam 9O9h kettle 9ls a9Ac. Blu meats steady;
demand Oderate; shoulders 6Ac; clear RIB 08c;
clear 80 ac. Bacon scare. demand good; shout
ders 07ssc; clear rib 87s d9c; clear 81 19asc.
Whisky steady; demand mod. rate at Csc
st. Louis, January 28.-CottOn quiet and weak.
but considerable doing; middlirg I5hc. FlouI-
Low grades still scarce and wanted; 25c higher;
double extra winter Sc 25a65O, treble Sc 7507,
family winter 81 25a8 rs. Wheat-SpIing opened
hrmer; No. spriLg s l6la. closed dull; No. 3 red
winter + 48; No. 2 red winter | IS. Corn dull,
unsettled and lower; No. mixed 63c on east track;
Offered at &c in elevators, Csc bid. Oats closed At
4s045hc Whisky steady at 96c. Pork firm; $l5
'0l525. Dry salt meats-Buyers of round lots
asking CONCESSIONS bolde 8 firm little done small
lots sold; shoulders Che, ceaf rib 77sc, clear 8sc.
Bacon firm; shoulder The clear rib SO d9c. clsay
81 a9Ac. Lard active for future delivery.
foreiGD Mnfkets.
EIsRRPoOL. January %, Evening.-C ot.on-Sai's
If middling uplands, basis of good ordinary.
deliverable March. at 1a4d.