Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-28
FINANCE AND COMMERCE..


WEDNESDAY EVENING, Sept. 90, Isf1.f
The trade rsports from almoat every
direction are Of an extremely cheerful
character, aud merchants throughout
the great West seem more than salts
fed with the results Of last weeks bus
ness.. We oondense from various
sources: Louisville is having q crush
Ing" business, E.and the clerical force
10 some houses seem inadequate to
prevent al accumulation. A proml.
nent merchant In the boot and shoe
trade, stated that his business was bet.
Ter by 30 per cent. than It had been for
70 years. Chicago business houses are
active, with fresh delegations of buyers
BY every train. ht. Paul and Minneap.
oils are enjoying 9 good wholesale bus-
iness. st. Louis reports the past week
one Of unusual activity, the movement
OF goods, including every class
Of commercial offerings. A liberal dis
tributlon Of merchandise is also being
enjoyed at Pittsburg. Nashville, Mem.
phls, Cincinnati and 0ther Western
points, repeat about the tame story, ell
going to prove that for q time at least
the stagnation 90 long prevailing has
passed away.
Locally . fair amount was done by
ell mercantile houses. Wednesday, un.
fortunately, has always borne the repu.
tatlon Of being behind other days Of
the week, In business matters, but to.
day, when compared with the busiest Of
Summer, might be considered fairly &C.
tive.
The banks found small offerings In
cotton bills 10 commence their day's
work on, but outside OF that aud the
large collections 10 be made, there was
very little doing. Exchange on New
York is still In request, rates are un-
changed, and will possibly remain so
for the rest Of the season. Scrips are
quiet still, though county is readily
sold at $4,000.
GOLD AND STOCKS.
NEw ORLEANS, Sept. 26.-Gold, ".
New York sight y premium. Sterl.
ing, bank, s. cox.
NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-NOou-GOld
opened OF 81. Stocks advanced 20
y with slight reaction in latter deal
ings. Money 5. Exchange: long,
"a SO; short, 81 S6K. Government
securities quiet. State bonds steady.
Evening--Gold closed heavy, 81.
Money, 3N@A Sterling steady, 3.
Government securities dull; new Sc,
". State bonds weak. Stocks dur.
ing the afternoon declined h@k, with
partial recovery ct close.
sUB.TRRAsuRY BALANCES.
Gold, 900, AS4, 900; currency, as, 74S,.
Ola. The sub Treasurer paid out Sa7,.
600 for interest and S220,0O0 for bonds.
Custom receipts to-day, $4,000.
Cotton.
The absence Of large receipts gave
our dealers ample time to-day to meet
at the Exchange, exchange ideas on va
rlous subjects, and pass several resolu.
lions which will prove interesting to
the trade generally. On the streets but
Q few struggling bales changed hands
at prices ruling yesterday. Those who
stlll hold, do so with considerable firm
ness, regardless Of the fact, that the
tenor Of the market news wal not quite
60 good as on yesterday. Liverpool
spots were active with sales OF 1900
bales, but Q weaker tone to arrivals,
aud q decline of l.32 during the day.
New York's morning intelligence was
not encouraging either for spots or fu.
lures, the former being quiet, where
the latter was both quiet and easy. In
the absence Of sales, we repeat quota.
tons Of yesterday as follows:
Good Ordinary. .....,................No None
Low HiddlIng .lOM9lV
Kidding ........."...,.....,,''..WM
0ooo AIdqlng. ''" ''''''..''''''LlM@tIH
Aiddllng
The following table embraces the
movement Of the crop ct this point
when compared with last year:
stock on hand September %lSt.."".... 29I
Receipts to-day :.:.....;.'".''.'.". u
Receipts 50 far this Week.....,,..,... SoS
Receipts this week last year.......... 648
Receipts thus far this year. .,.u..... 6Sl
Receipts thus far last year.....".....3,2l2
shipments to-day ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lo
Shipments this Week.....,........... 81
Shipments 90 far this year ....,.".,... So
shipments "a far last year,..,.......2,lll
STOCK on Observation-Disclosures. ~
Stock same time last year .2,TD
DigCslzaaeOus.
The following from the New Orleans
PiCayune Of Tuesday will doubtless
prove interesting to orr cotton dealers,
and particularly 90 Il taken In connec.
lion with the Arguments pro and con al
The Cotton Exchans, to-day, Ia refer
enos 10 The side pieces The Pieayune
Gays:
A number OF lotteEs have been received
from the country IN relation 90 recent pro
Oeedinnsa4 eur Gotten Exchange, he'd ID
a~eoordnnoa with tie Recommendation oil
tie Netlgnaf C0tt0n Exohange, II relation
to the use or disnne Of side.pieeea In cover
ing cotton On plantation, and The allowances
OF three pounds per bale in ease o. theiI
being usea. The whole matter viii, VI
nave no doubt, be fully and impartlally