New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-10-17
MAR KETS,
Domestic Markets,

New YORK, October 10, Evening.-Gold
closed at 116s 0ll7. Governments dull
and steady; new fives 1I7h. States quiet
and nominal.
The following is the bank statement:
Loans increased 81. 1915 900; specie decreased
1876, 900; legal tenders decreased S3,s75 ooo;
deposits decreased 81 100000; reserves de.
creased $3,s75,000.
Foreign commerce of the port for the
week was as follows: General merchandise,
imports, including dry goods, sc, 293. 800:
produce exports Si,S79,4O7; specie exports
$608, 796.
At the Cotton Exchange there has been a
week OF excitement. Spot cotton has shown
decided advance, owing to the favorable
crop reports of the Southern Exchanges,
strong market in Liverpool and better ex.
port demand, as well as fair trade with
splnners. Some reports of frost South have
had considerable influence.
The Posts financial article says: The
Wall street markets to-day are quiet, and
securities are higher Gold opened at ll62.
and has since sold at 1868 q IlGaa 0lI6M.
mostly at 1l63. l16%. The rates for gold
loans until Monday have been $50, BIG, v,
81, 5-32 and ". Foreign exchange is Gu.
tirely nominal. For some unexplained
reason the leading drawers marked their
posted rates up to 81 78le and 81 SO. No
business has been done, and brokers still
quote prime bankers not higher than 81 "
and 81 BIN.
loans are 3032 W cent for brokers' bal.
ances, with " cent the rate at bank;
prime mercantile paper 607 y cent, with
5h an exceptionally low rate. Government
bonds are strong; prices, where changed,
are higher. The market for speculative
shares to day is strong; prices opened with
few changes, and there was by noon an ad
vance OF a las, the latter tor Michigan
Central; Missouri Pacific, an exception to
the general list, declined l y cent; the
market. since noon, has declined W a %.
Cotton closed quiet; middling uplands
Akc; Orleans 1850. Sales to-day $40
bales; net receipts 376; gross 376.
Futures closed weak; sales $4,000 bales,
as follows: October "a 7-l60l4 Is 32c; No.
vember ID 2l-32013 ll.l6c; December
Is ss r. sess J1 ss ,5 j. Hsss
IA l-2@A l-l6c; April IA z $40 l4Ac; NAV
M7i60l4 1890; June ID 1852 O ii 5l-32c;
July IAN ola l3.l6c; August IAN a Ia IS l6o.
Flour steady; less doing; IS 1896 IS for
common to fair extra Southern; O. 40 a 8 for
good to c6oice. Wheat l 02c better; lees
DOING III Z30l "A for sound new and old
amber Western; 81 3Osl IS for white Wss az
ern. Corn quiet; 7e071c for steam West.
ern mixed; I'm 072c for sail do, chiefly the
latter price; 72073c for high mixed and vel I
low Western; 7lc for poor white do. Data
lower; $50 46c for mixed; 48053c for white
Western. Pork lower; new mess t2l 750
q 80. Lard heavy; l4o for prime steam.
Coffee quiet. Sugar quiet and steady. Rice
unchanged. Molasses quiet and steady,
Spirits tnrpentine firm; 81 750l so for
strained. Freights firm; cotton by sail 5tl6d;
grain IN q 9d; corn by steam 81 09d; wheat
9k d; cotton ZIG Nd.
CHICAGO, October 16.-Flour steady and
unchanged. Wheat strong and irregular;
No. Chicago 81 IGN; No. do 81 Is; No.
do 81 00h oil OOH. Corn-Demsnd fair:
No. mixed 55%c spot, ssh q IS 10 October
delivery. Oats dull; No. 2 $3.50 spot, 32Itc
November delivery. Barley firm and un.
ing with continued downward tendency:
eales ct e22 spot, e21 2502l 80 October de-
livery Lerd-Demand light; holders firm;
y y1ys g sPot sl2 20 deliverable al the year.
Whisky u l3h.
CucsHHxn. Oetobsr I6.-Flour dull and
rncnange9 Wheat quiet and steady. Corn
ffn.Ar - 90 Go Oats Quiet and steady,
haxley dull Rye-Dsmsnd fsir and msr-
kss ArM q o30o5e. Resk uuiet NJ -
eha.ged. Lard stssdy "a Urn. Bun
nea1e quiet and unehiaGsd. 1oooa essier:
shoulelusa ostss elsaR ID and eleer sides
IL 81 AZ