The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-08-23
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON: SPOT 3-16C. LOWER, BUT CLOSED
STEADY; FUTURES CLOSED STEADY AND GEN
ERALLY 1-32C. HIGBER-YLoUR STEADY
WHEAT rIRM-CoRN sTEADY-oA1s STEADY
Whisky EAsIER--PoRK DULL AND LOWER
LARD DULL AND LOWER PETROLEUM
FIRM-spIRITs TuRPENTINE sTKADY-RosrN
FIRM--oILs srEADy-CoFFEE IIRM-sUGAR
FIRM-FRRIGHTs STEADY.
TUESDAY, August 60 p NJ
Business little more encouraging to day. the
mercantile transactions showing increase in a
number OF commodities whilo values general rule,
were moro satisfactory, though still nuctuatng and
unstable. On Change tho aspect was not essentially
changed by any important event. The markets were
generally quiet Flour steady with q far demand.
Wheat was hrm with fair demand. Corn steady.
Oats steady. whiskey was easier Pork
duh and lower. Lard was easier and dull. Freights
steady. Cotton the spot 3-l6c. lower but
closed steady futures closed steady generally l-2c'
higher. Coffee steady. Sugar firm. Oats steady Pc
troleum firm Rosin firm. Spirits urpcntinc steady.
ASHES remained quiet at 5c sac. for pots Pearls
were entirely nominal at $50. &c.
ANTHONY was inactive; quoted at l51ac l5sc gold
BErswAx was firm; quoted at SIC. 34c. for Western
and Southern 1900 lbs. sold within the range.
Broom Corn dull Axe &C. for red; &C. &c. for
red tipped and 71sc. SC. tor medium.
CANDLES quiet. We quote Sperm 2sc. sperm.
patent. 3sc 1earic. acid u6 ozJ, 2lc. 23c. ada
1873. I9c. 2cc.
CorFEEThc market for lIrazils firm. We sales
of $50 bags Rio Newton at i4 for ordinary and at
Baltimore 500 bags Rio Iasman, 1916 for low fair
and 4557 bags do Andria private terms. Mild coffee
quiet The so TX Of Rio New York 673I0 bas at
Galveston, $500 do at New Orleans $3.50 do at Mobile
1000 do Mt Hampton Roads, Sob do Anna sold and
ordered to New York; and Baltimore ~ 1877 afoat
and loading United States July Is purchased
for United States to August 10. 10000 bags We quote
Ordinary cargoes 4ic lc fair do. loAc. lie. good
lots lis4c. l9c; santos fair to good 6ac lie. gold.
ninety days. Java government bags poe De do
zoe. 23c: Singapore, 49, zoe Cclon. l6tsc.
lsc Maricaibo, lc l6lsc Lagua,ra 65c lie: ia
maica, 15c. 11c st. Coningo 1tc l4sc.; Porto Rico
1s1re. isc. Costa Rica jc lSiac, Mexican, l5sc.
Savanilla lfS4c u 1Sc Curacao. lfc l6lsc.
CO0PERAGE STOCK unchanged We quote -Moasses
shocks 32-inch with heads 81 90 81 shocks
with heads, Sinch s. 30 81 o5 do. do, 36inch u 20
s.: box shocks. Toe. Soc. do IA: pipe S6
So SO; empty hogsheads 81 so; hoops, IA feet ordi-
nary to prime S35 S37 hoops IL ieet do. $50 s33
per NJ
COPPER. There was considerable amount of business
DONE and there rmer feeling at tho Close with &c.,
cash, quoted Tor lake.
CORDAGE unchanged. We quote Manila large and
small sixe), per h.. 1896 1876 do cordage. bolt rope
yarns, 16c. lie tarted Manila l4c. Ssal rope Zoe
1ic New Zealand 1i5.c 12lsc. Russia hemp, tarred
lie: American do. 1fc.: Russia bolt rope. lie
CorroN.-Tbe market Tor spot quiet and quotations
marked down 3I6c Tho market. however, clO sed
steady the decline. For deliveries the market
closed steady, with advance OF i2c. months
August which lost Ii2c and April and May, which
unchanged. The closing prices TO-DAY compare with
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