, 1875-04-16
Iron, bagging and tobacco. Oils *tra f'cay eaeel.
extra lAt1, which Was hold q. AiRhcr-uoteA AsA.1s

extra As1, which was hold a, A9hcr-4uotea Assl.2s
1.50. ....
Lumber eoulinpcs fairly active and sseadF. country
ordtrs arc guile numerous, and tic ely ffadc IA I'M
nroynr, t,h,nri., rrfe in good demand at eahl,r
rrtcrs fer uoo brands, under larger receipts ty rail-
and lkn Hardware waa iInthangd. The wool, hide.
hon. and broom. corn markets remain AZ llehcrto AL
vera auot hut no material change 4n rrtssa wsa no.
t1ce ro3accs declined under very hcavy receipts for
twn cnnsecuyc days, and closed weat, ihs demand
being Its couratsslyciy. sceds wtrb steady antl In
fair request. except c1ovor which lower, owing to
Increased supplies. Green ira stea.ty and sal
ehIe, except arp!ss. Poultry and eggt wcro un-
o.ange1.
F. o. lloyd N Co.. OF New York, cstrn,te the asoek
Of hghwnea In Tbs Untci stAes at .hs close of las
week 1t &ot0o brs thrrcforths Of which III bond.
The present daily production OF hlRhw!nes and sc"hol
il easInalc II 20o Iris which 10 far III s1ccas Of tho
rrteens requirements Of tic traae.
COTTON.
Tho N,w York Tosii thInks that the crop 1t Amcri-
cotton in 1874 will noFc1teed 3,7;0,C0 balts Of
which 81 900 batrn has alEen1y brrn shipped and
sod to foselsner Te receipts Of coton Al ths rr!u-
ctra Southern ports for the raat fourteen WeoKs show
teay decrease Of ntss!y ~ per cent from those Of
year previously. THIS steady fal1iuv-o In receipts.
without sugls reaction during thcso fourteen weeks,
IL only 10 be e1alne y tho surpoaitiou that the ror-
tion Of the crops remaining thu plantations and ID
tie Interior town. IL pretty we'll exhausted. 1t canndl
10 explained on the fvoEie hypothesis Of bad weather
and hard roads, for II ts roada aud Tho we,tes werd
unusually bad during Fchrrary and ths early part Of
March corresponding ineleasc Of receipts ought 10
havs btsn noticeable during Tho past two or three
weeks. But tas rccc!pta show even = much greater
proportional falling OF during the faa. three wcsa
than BEFORE Unless therefore, planters have hoar'ted
cotton ct hllen II from sight thnre be ioubs
bu. that the amount Of cotton 10 bs bsough! forward
from tho ptantatons must te e,tHattd tas basl Il
DECREASED receipts Of tho past fourteen week..
wool.
Harding, Gray D,vsy, of Do*ton, wE!te "a foil owa
Gu tho totl Inst. Ia refarcnte to wo7l:
There IL nu tn4te14t change 10 poro In tile market
since lat week. Tho demand his a.en fair and
with lares 4trsata Of Australia woo} anu The Hoa
turess ars quils indifferent shout operating. whis
hul.ers Ut uit nteceo believe that prices hive now
touched 70 low poidt that my further concession
can tcasceiy be looked for. ,MelIual feeecs aud
comblng and AelinG heeces srs 10 etarcB hnh waHea
tat at available osa resdiiy Iken at full rriceS.
CALIFORNIA sltErMENTH.
DurfpR March, Iris, Sin Fraucipco dispatched q
vessels 10 Great lHt4n with tho equivalent Of eA. .j1u
ccusaa OF wheat and .3,J crnsas to CHER ssttna-
ttuns, For hfarch, ls7i, tho shtpmcnt. were ony
2lC ccnta*. On the 1st ins' II vessels werc load.
Ing With !p1ln onA; there waa leo tens Of fFaaht
rr' .n port, taengsgedt md 400 tons on tbs w.y
thlllet.