The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-02

plant entry will be made on Saturday
which will be observed MS q holjday !
throughout the kingdom. The cities 81
Seville, Cadiz and Barcelona are prepar
ing for grand illuminations in honor ol
the event. Fifty thousand more troops
are to be sent to Cuba at once.
vIcKsBuRa. March LIP: Grand Lake and
bargcs =. III. Down; .Thos, Sherlock D. m
River stationary. Weather cloudy. warm aud
Marine News. Hu.t.
SOUTHWEST PASS, March 1, Ia m.-Barometer
warm iG ody %H IeasI bieR snd ggr anu light Wsaher
departures.
soUrEwEsT Pass. March |. 6 p Barometer
thick and foggy. Arrived: Steamship City of
from New York Via Mexican ports, ports to al J. n.
Witherspoon.
No departures.
The steamship Muriel is aground on the bar
outward bound
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
NEW YORK. March /. 6 y. m-Money closed cas- :.
'tt per cent. Gold closed at 1l4s.
stocks Irregular the last hour. and the market
nasssu through frequent rallies and reactions
Ihe iinal rates of the. day we're at u per cent
from the lowest point of the day. New York Cen
r tral il5t: Erie l6ls preferred "a; Lake Shore
fsrreS i and 1 x keS Jfssey taa ~ 6gnsrn ars
Cleveland, Columbus. indianapolis and Chieaen
"a st. Joseph lsls; preferred 2sa: Ohio and
adi Mississippi gaa fanamaSs,a; Western Union
Mail 2eli Quicksilver 1874; preferred 2il.
state bonds at the close were duh
ni9nr closed very quiet and heavy; Southern
and weak: barley, heavy In moderate demand:
oats less active and weak: rye quiet and tame
corn closed with more steadiness; pork In bet,
but inactive; tierce beef firm and In good de-
mand; bacon firm but quiet and In good de-
mand; cut meats auiet and unchanged dressed
hogs castor and very quiet; whisky steady. fair
demand for highwines at sl 10; moiasses sieadv
is952e for New Orleans: sales t5p bills: rave
sugar very quiet and prices remain uncbanged
MOBILE. March l.-Cotton-market irrognlap:
mlddling 12e9l29s Receipts 1857 bales; gross
1874 sales 2o0a: shipments eosstw.s-e ali: tn
Great Britain 300; to the Continent 2tio. stock
3l5 =. m.-Spos cotton dull and irreenlnr.
middling. Orleans l2 1915. middling Alabama
"a iniddlIng upiands l2sa, strict low IuiddIing
II a-l6 loW middling II 1918. stri,, good ord,
0 1-16. Exchange llrmAhankers' days $50 "a.
400. bankers 10 days 4s5's@ 1876 cominerci,tl ca
Futures firm: March II 9l2 7-16. April l2 q 80
C0l2a May IL liza. lJune i3 5-ie. July 10 l7-a26l
- le3 August - 23-o4g13A,. Sales to-day 24o
deveryn 1900 "a od % for future
NEW York. March Net receipts 993 bales
market dull and irregular; mititliin;,s i2s. low
II la-ig. good ordinary 1o s-l6.
GALVESTON. March met receipts 2leo: ex-
ports coastwisc l2s: sales 1913: stock bsms
Market quiet; middling 12l.. low midcijag ii
good ordinary 9iS.
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WILMINGTON. March met receipts 800 bales
exports to Great Britain l23: sales n; stock
1850 Market quiet; middling "a. low middiing
SAVANNAH, March Met receipts s7s bales
gross 1893; exports 70 the Continent, sIB5 sales
go stock 56Ii2. Market quiet and nominal
Iniddiing IL. low middling 1o%. good ordi-
CHICAGO, March Flour aery dun and un
changed. Wheat easier; No. 2 spring 81. for
No; 2. mixed s42s for March 4g f5r Aprii, Oss
luiet and firm. Rye firm; nothing doing. Bar
sre6 ss s pf p2lk Apr firm & E u r s2sa " for
March. si3 l21t % si3 I5 for April Whisky
ST.. Louis, March 2-Flour unchanged. Wheat
! "a bid. cash Corn lower. Jsfs, seller. March.
Oats dull, sy'. bid. cash a3 bid March Rye and
,arlooy dull appd nothing doing. Pork higher at
CINCINNATI. March 2-Lard. prime steam Is,
,Ity kettle l5zs. Mess pork. prime city s22 81.
tOUS, common To gDOu lIgnt " dDnT 80, ttlir To
good packing 81 5000; choice heavy 81 zOgs ~,
Whisky 81 O4.
BALTIMORE March Virginia aixes old sG
10. consolidated 50; West Vrgnia's .: North
Carolina skies, old l6 do new s; do. special tax
bid to-day.
Sugar steady at e2s@10 Flour steady and nm
'hanged. Wheat quiet and steady, No. 2 Western
'ed 81 356gI Sc; Ishnsyvania red 81 37@1 3a:
Maryland rcd 81 4pgi 80. do. amber 81 52te1 h5.
Southern white 52G6O. do. yellow 5f85s. Western
mixed CO. spot, 60i4 last half Of March. G0h bid
or April Oats duh. but steady; Southern nj 10
EAT. Western white 44t946. do. mixed 40Di2. Rye
lomnplly 7sCgs2. Hay dull and unchanged.
Provisions strong bouyant and higher. Pork
,ides II loose packed 9ia@12l. Bacon-sboul-
fcrs f0't, clear rib sides 1914. Hams 15h@fs.
Lard steady, firm and unchanged; Butter easier
Dut active, Western extras 2Td30 do. firStS 2q27.
Petroleum. nominally unchanged. Coffee strong
)ut very quiet; liio-eargoes 1Gg 49, rslobbing at
etM2o. Whisky very dull at 81 10.
FOREIGN MARKETS.
LrvEErooL, March T. 1880. p. m.-Cotton mar
tet dull and easier. MiddliDg uplands Lied
Orleans cad Sales to-day 10000 bales
If which 2OO0 bales are for export and specu-
alton Receipts 26 900 bales. Of which l2, 500 are
american. Arrivals nat and tending down
Regular contract delivery. March and April, 50
March and April delivery from Savannah l5-I5
ands 8 I-16d. mddlina Orleans cad. February
md March shipments from Savannah. per sail
1-I6d !, March delivery from Savannah 90 -32d
April and May do. Gd = June and july do. 3-I6d
5: 30 y. p---Cptton unchanged. February ship
nents from Savannah. per sail, 6 1-lGd: Feb
'uary and March shipments from Sagannah
- s'.