Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFFTCE or THE DAILY HERALD,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, Sept. 10, 1871.

Business was again restricted by the
continuation of the rainy spell, which
looks Just now 90 Il II had set In to
last the balance Of the season. One
continuous pour has visited uS since
early in the night Of Sunday, and still
there is no prospect that o better state
is In store for US. To the planters il is
q season of sore distress indeed. The
cotton is opened fully for heavy pick
Ing, and In the hight Of the season
the planters are being met with o sea.
son almost unprecedented for lts mean
nese, while the price OF the staple In
their opinions Is little better than moth
ing. There ls much complaintin conse.
quence, and q general disposition al
ready 10 think that the years labor has
proved Of little avail.
At the banks there was the same
want Of activity noticed 80 long. The
"bad spell" has even effected the sane.
tuaries Of the monied institutions, find
ing them as much disposed to grumble
as tho smallest cotton planter Of the
entire section.
GOLD AND STOCKS.
PARIS, Sept. l9.--Rentes LOG
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. l9.-Gold SO
@3H. New York sight 4 premium.
Sterling, bank, S. 90.
NEW York, Sept. l9.-Noon--GOld
opened at 3. Stocks opened higher In
early dealing but afterwards reacted.
Money 8. Exchange: long, "a S3K
short, 81 81. Government securities
firm. State bonds steady.
Evenlng-Gold closed fairly active,
3x. Money, 4@5. Sterling quiet,3H .
Government securities strong ; new Sc,
n. State bonds steady. Stocks
closed strong.
sUB.TREAsURY BALANCES.
Gold, SOL, 1891, 257 ; currency, &45, 79S,.
l06. Tho sub-Treasurer paid out $780,.
600 for interest and $4,000 for bonds.
Custom receipts to-day, $34S,0OO.
Cotton.
An improvement Of IA in Liver.
pool, with sales Of 10000 bales on a
buoyant market, were not sufficient
inducements for buyers to brave
the weather to-day in quest OF
trades that might have been picked up
on the streets, consequently operations
were restricted 10 an excessively small
number OF bales, aud If the totaI
changed hands we're numbered, posi-
bly, one Of the numerals would cover
the amount. The quotations for the
day cannot be given, as sales have been
of such a small number that II Is impos'
siblc TO give them. The Advance OF e
in Liverpool would necessarily increase
values here By d, and We consequently
make the change, with the remark tina
factors are holding for even higher
prices than those named below, which
are as follows:
Good Ordinary ....:............n..No Non
Low Middling ....... ....,....lOM
hluuling ,.....,. .........,,.. lV%W lU1
Good Middling ... ,.""n-""..u WlL
Mtddltng FAIR. ..........".....N Nom
The movement Of the crop at thi
point will be found In the table below
which VIC take from the boards Of tn
Cotton Exchange:
Stock on hand September LIST. goo. y
keCelpts to-day OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .
Receipts this week............... , IL
Receipts this week last year. ......... y
Receipts thus far this year..,,....... 20
Receipts thus far last year .l,4l
Shipments to-day ............ .,..,. y
Shipments this week. ............ ~
Shipments go far this year ...,.,.... 90
Shipments so far last year, ...,..r..l La
Stock on hand y
Stock same time last year....".."..l ,4O
Miscellaneous.
The consolidation OF the New Or
leans, Jackson and Great Northern anI
Mississippi Central Railroads will TAX
place In about 60 days. After tha
lime the road will be known as tn
Chicago, ST.. Louis aud New Orlean
Railroad. The road will maintain
separate organization, but will b
worked in close conjunction with th
Illinois Central. According to Nj
Clark the crop prospects in the South
and especially along the line Of hi
road, were never better than at pres