Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-17

COMMERCIAL EPIIOME There
Ia ~ not been much change III the
general condition of financiai or con-
merciat affairs during the past week.
The fnI' trade is improving very fast,
and a ,unsiJ cradle amount of business
is doing among the Wholesale mer-
chants, with the prospect OF Il very
heavy increase during the next few
weeks. The amount of freight be ng
received and passing through is simply
enormous. The prospect OF large
business throughout the Southern
States this 1all Is encouraging. The
crops were never better. The weather
has been fine for the harvest season,
and we have heard of no disasters to
the crops by the recent cold and un~
seasonablt. weather.
Naval stores during the week have
moved with a steady feeling and the
transactions foot up exceedingly large.
Cotton is being received III barge 4uail-
titles now, and the Receipts are IN
creasing rapidly. The export move
ment for the week shows an Increase
in valuation Of 800, 900 over last week.
The shipments were rs follows
Cotton, 1875 bales; Spirits Turpcn-
tine, 5, 424 casks iso>in, &, 1917 bbts !;
Crud Turpentine. l75 bbls Tar. ,433
bbls against Q Itton, 10 bales Spirits
of Turpentine, 3,243 caslla; kosin,
3,7G3 bbls Crude Turpent;ne, 2l4
bbls; Tar, 90 bhls for la 1t week.
Ocean freights continue quiet. There
was no increase on tonnage durIng the
| week. Rates of charter aud freight
| unchanged.
The chief features of market, and
a. 81 Of
| leading products and manufactures for
| the week, were as follows:
COrTON.-There has been more
cotton in market this week TO attr> ct
the attention of buyers, and holders
| freely of such lots as they held, and
transactions represent comparatively
fair amount. Under the influence OF
a decline in other markets, quotations
were reduced on Monday about / cent,
but latter in the week the market be-
camc firm and has continued SO until
the close of the week. The sales fer
the week foot up 4i9 bales, at the quo
tations given below. The receipts foi
the week were 247 bales. The exports
| we've 1877 bales, and the stock is "a.
bales.
The general cotton movement fol
the week was as follows
It appears that the total recai pts foi
the seven days have reached IS, 67t
bales. against 4,264 bales last week
500 bales the previous week, and
1,94I bales three weeks since, making
the total receipts since the first o
September, 1875, %, 921 bales agains
10, 70S bales for the same period O
1874, showing an increase since Sep
TENDER l, 1875, of 3,213 bales.
The reports for the week ending
reach total of 3, 1872 bales, of which
3,O13 were to Great Britain, 10 tx
France, and $50 to the rest of the Con
tinent, while the stocks, as made up
are now 20, $50 bales.
The following are the official quota
tons for to-day:
G Gcod ordinary, Nominal.
Low middling, IL cents.
Middling, ~ cents.
Good middling, II cents.
ROSIN. tone of the rosil
. market has been stronger during tn
, week, and O more settled feeling ha
, existed. There was a fair movemen
in Strained, and prices were very firm
at 81 80 during the early part of IL
week, but later the feeling fell off AM
the market declined to 81 273 sine
then, and to the close to-day it ha
remained firm, Fine resins were il
: moderate request, and sold readily q
, tho figures III our quotations below