Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-07
FINANCE AMI COMMERCE
OFFICE OF ruE DAILY HERALD,

GlNANGE AMI OUMMEhO VI
OFFICE OF THE DAILY HERALD,
THURSDAY EVENING, Sent. ,, ISL
Tie rain to-day interiered with near-
~ every avocatiou except that Of the
politicians and the chronic excursion
ists. The first named, met aud counted
the Primary Election vo:e. The second
came IL By the car load from The East
aud West, and had o good time gener.
ally. The banks report almost a dead
lock In the way OF business, the wealth
er cooling OF their patrons 10 such an
extent that their absence from the
financial institutions effected them with
q severe case Of dullness.
On the streets, though there were
plenty OF people, trade dragged along
as If It was q second claa; Sunday, The
inclemency Of the weather was such as
to almost puta complete estopal 10 the
ladies shopping, which II taken from
tie retail dry goods trade amounts ale
most 10 . complete check to business.
GOLD AND STOCKS.
LoNDoN, sept G--Dlil,ou decreased,
Ell7,0QQ.
PARIS, Sept. G-Spe:ie decreased,
$4,000 fraucs
NEw ORLEANS, sept. U,-Go.d 81 9
1. New York sight 4@25 premium.
Sterling, bank, s. Oh.
NV YORK, Sept. G.-Noo4-Gold
oreaed at 3h. Stocks .)wer. Money
1, Exchange: long, "A So; short,
Il 81. Government securities fraction
better, State bond; quiet,
Evening-Gold closed iymer So @
3}6 bid. Money lower, 2a2i.. Sterl'
ing steady, 6. Government securitie:
steady new 5':,7Ti, State bonds quiet.
Cotton.
L%!Yerpoo. came again s.eady with
The noon dispatches, but a later te.a'
gram noted au advance Of l.lG Oh
Middiiug Orleans, tic sales OF the day
aggregatiug 10000 bales, arrivals sell
ing at last nights figures, New Yorl
was frmer for spots, with unusually
large sales, for tie morning, but with
out quotable variation in prices. Flu
lures remain steady with o barely per
ceptibla advance, tie prices varying
but o few points from one da!
to another. Locally . few bale
came into market but the char
acter Of the weather was somewha
in keeping With the feelings Of dealers
and at the close OF the day we failed L
learn OF any Of the buyers and seller
meeting on sufficiently mutual grouu,
10 make |: necessary 10 note the chang
ing of more than a minimum humble
of bales. The outlook seems, from til
average dealers feelings aud talk, to b
anything but encouraging, the future @
prices being that offs declining teuder
cy. Matters may change, howevei
aud we certainly hope they may, as a.
active market just now would caus
receipts 10 become much heavier, au
. more active state Of trade gene.al,l
Miscellaneous.
Ftty cents per hundred weight
paid Tor picking cotton In Point Coz
pee.
: The coal mining product OF Alabau
in 1876 was G5,(000o0 tons, again
, 4000 in 1873.
Bayou Sara shlpped during the con
mercial year ending August 81, ISL
2!,70i bales OF cotton.
The hog cholera Is doing great dan
age in the State OF Kentucky, an
weekly Il is Staying hundreds Of hog
In the upland counties of Texas CO
ton Ia reported to be good, In Il
lowland counties the worms ere mai
ing sad havoc o! l..
Iu Florida the cotton crop Is repor
ed two weeks later than last year. |
!. Georgia |: Is ten 10 fifteen days lal
but will yield q fair average.
/, The wheat crop this year 10 Il
States OF Ohio, Indiana and Kentucl
is estimated 10 be G0,000,000 busbe.
The Minnesota wheat crop is estimate
at 100000 bushels, against 10000
last year.
The United States Consul at Live
0 pool warns all persons contemplate
returning to England for work III
0 neither tkilled nor unsEilled workmI
c who have come from abroad can expC
g to fad employment In England. r
6 reason Is very evident. Depression
@ felt In every branch of industry, fro
the manufacture of silk to the buildlI
o Of ships, and this Winter e looked f
l. ward to as likely 10 prove one Of IN
sual suffering aud want.
|, OOTTON In LIVERPOuG.
70 LIVERPOOL, Sept. 6.-Noon-Cott
3 steady. Middling uplands, 5 1916
4, Middling Orleans, Ga i. Sales Of /
t 600 bales, 1000 of which were for spt
ulation aud export. Receipts, 90
bales, 1900 Of which were Americl
Futures opened weaker, sellers at |,
a. nights prices. Sales of middling Il
10 lands nothing below low middlir
Is delivered September,5 29.32d Octot
&c aud November, ) 1924; NoVemL
a. aud December, s 3l.32d.
er ~lp.m.--Middling uplands, 5 l5.l6
le Middling Orleans, 6 3.l6d; low m.
1t ding upIands,5 1864 good ordlna
\, uplands, 8 IL led; ordinary uplau.
SID.
ic COTTON IN NEW YORK.
lie NEW YoRK, Sept. G.-Noon-C
er Ton frmer. Middling uplands, l,
Is Orleans, lll6c, Sales 1910 bales.