New Orleans Republican., 1875-10-03
MARKETS.


New YORK, October 2.-The Posts firan
cial article says: Gold opened az 1863
sold at ll6aa and has since sold up TO III Is
the quotation now being III 0Il7ls On
| gold loans the rates have been Lie. 5-64
32ls for use until Monday. To the
| higher rates for gold loans is chs tly due the
advance in the premiums. Foreign ex.
change is dull and weak, the nominal rates
tor prime bankers sterling being 81 80 md
S4 81, and the rates among the brokers'
81 1874 70 aud 81 S204 90. with docum. n
a commercial $17504 76.
The gold and foreign exchange markets
are now governed by the people who hold
the small supply of cash gold in the mar
ket. This will be the case, to the prejudice
of general trade, until the supply of gold
here is considerably increased, which can
only be surely d, ne by impOrtaIions of
gold. Government bonds are strur g and
moderately active the chief inquiry being
from financial Institutions In fne money
market call loans are 202l3 y cent, and
prime mercantile paper 5l9 az.
The stock market opened traction
higher than yesterday, and up to noon the
general list advanced "A a Is, since which
time the market has been steady. In ex-
ception to the general list, Pacific Mali and
OhiOs were firm in the first hour, but have
since fallen, the former % and the la,t4r "A
Missouri Pacific declined las in The first
hour, and has since recovered is Union
Pacific advanced | " the first half hour.
and has since lost the advance.
At the Cotton Exchange during the week
trade on The spot has been quiet. Prices,
with the large receipts at Southern ports,
have declined The spinning demand has
been light. The Fall River troubles have
left their natural eti, ct. Iu future CON
tracts quite a liberal business has been
dOne at declining prices.
Cotton closed easy; prices unchanged;
sales 1870 bales; net receipts l22, gross
3427; net receil Is to-day at all ports
l2O52; exports to France s99; 10 the conti-
nent COL
Futures closed quiet and steady; sales
~ 900 bales, as follows: October l2 27-32
l27sc; November l2 2l-32c; December
l2 81 32c; January l2 25 80 a l2 l3-l6e: Feb.
ruary 1913 32e; March 10 BIG q 10 &c;
April l3 1892 a l3 7.16c; May 1885 a l3 II Gle;
Junt II 2-3@c; July l3 3l-32 q l4c; August
l4is OLA 32c.
Flour steady, fair export and home trade
demand; $5 IS al for common to iair eAtra
Southern, 81 05 a 9 for good to choice Wheat
less active. 02c lower, shippers holding fl,
81 2l a. AZ for sound new and old win
ter red Western, 81 320l 60 tor do white
Western, Corn opened sready, closed lc,
love lover 81 a 6sAc for steam Western mixed,
6sa4 070c for.sall do; closing SO 07lc for high
for white do: 65a67 for heated
Western mixed. Oats in moderate r. quest
at "a q SOC; new mixed and white, including
white State, 46d 55c; mixed Western 40 a
55c; whit do 45a55c. Pork tirmer; new
j b lots $22 25a22 40 Lard f,mer; l3 1916
q l4c for prime steam. Coffse unchanged.
Sugar quiet. Rice 9niet Molasses steady.
Si 700l IS. Freigb's trmer; ~ sail, cottnn
5-l6d grain IA Q7Ld by steam cotfon 3sd.
corn 734d; wheat 808hd.
CHICAGO, October 2.-Flour quiet and
weak. Wheat act We; No. l spring 81 Is;
NJ. 2 do 81 l2; No 3 do 81 001a a ON
Corn-Demand good; No. 2 mixed 55 a 55 lsc
spot. 500 bid, October delivery. Oats dali;
y91sc October delivery. Rye duh and un-
changed. Pork firmer; $22 rs. Lard held
higher at l3hc. Bulk meats-Demand
good; shoulders 909hc; clear rib and clear
sides 13&c. Whisky 81 Is.
CINCINNATI, Oct Sber 2-Flour quiet and
steady. Wheat steady; red 81 300I AZ.
Corn quiet and steady. Oats and barley
Pork strong; s22 IS spot; $22 so buyer Oe.
t06er. Lard quiet and firm; steam 1874 q
l3hc; ke' tie l3h q 14c. Bulk meats firmer:
shoulders &c; clear rib and clear sides 13 a
l3lfc. Bacon strong; shoulders 9zsc; clear
rib and clear sides l40l4hc. Whisky 81 I3.
Sf. LOUIe, October 2.-Flour quiet and
steady. Wneat-Sharp decline ior cash;
options higher. Corn-No. 9 mixed $50 bid
Oats easier; No. SIC. Barley weak, but
not qnotably lower. Rye frmer; No. 270%c.
Pork $23 Lard firmeI; held higher; I3kc.
Bulk meats 6rmeT. shoulders &c; clear rib
and clear sides l30 l3Ac. Bacon exci.ed;
shoulders 9as q 0l0c; clear rib l3a. a lac; clear
sides IAN a 0l4%c. Whisky, hogs and cattle
quiet and unchanged.
FOreisn Markets.
LONDON, October 2.-Ihe Times in its
financial article, says some of the leading
and colonial produce markets have been
rather kteady tow ard the end of the week,
transactions in the aggregate being of some
considerable extent sugar attracts more
attention. but there has been no advance.
boy tried his first pipe the other dav.
When bis father came home to dinner he
found desthly psllor overspreading his
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