Vicksburg weekly herald., 1878-01-18
FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
OFPIcE OF THK DAItY HERALD,
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"WEDNESDAY EVENING, jan. 10, 1881
The streets to-day were bare OF interest.
ing items In tie various commercial lines,
though q fair amount Of business was
done, the weather being pleasant enough
TO bring out city shoppers and make all
feel that at least one more Spring day was
yOuchsafed us. At the banks nothing was
10 be learned Of particular Importance,
the volume oil business being about the
same, though the amount OF exchange,
particularly from the packets, was
limited when compared with yester.
day. Collections we're large and q
summing up OF gthe amounts dur
ing the past month, would open the
eyes Of all Ia astOnish ment, the season be-
ing considered an unu sually dull one, and
complaints Of nothing doing coming
both loud and deep. The reorganization
OF the Cotton Exchange, places our cotton
interest once more In the foreground, and
the commencement Of th dispatches
tD-mOrro will he considered as boon u
that entire trade.
aOLD AND sTOUKs
NEw ORLEANS, Jan. l6-GOld, ~.
New York sight = premium. sterling:
bank. $l9L
opened at ~. stocks buUyaut. Money o..
kxGnange: Long, 81 81; short, 81 M
State bonds steady. Government aecurilies
hrm.
Eyening-Gold closed quiet, 2. Money
steady, B0n7. Sterling weak. /. Govern
ment securities strong; newSs, 81. state
bonds steady.
Cotton.
A lair dem ami to-day from buyers, was
met by more desire to trade from sellers,
and Transactions embraced from factors
tables, about sos bales
The easier tone from Liverpool with
sales OF so 0bdles, gave little encourage.
mcnt u hnl3 ers, while New York spots
and futures bore no encouraging features
Private dispatches In the morning gave
a steadier tone 70 N " rleans, though our
press dispatches to night quote an SbsO.
lutte decllne there Oi e running through all
the grades. An error IN the latter, how
ever, 10 not beyond the possible, IL being
Impossible at this late hour 10 have ths
necessary corrections made. Q rotations
here are unchanged, and we continue to
give
brulnhty'.,,...'',. '..''..s'''.'..' .'.''' X
Good Ordlnary',.,.,...,,,, ..,.., va
Low hlddllng. ng.,...''.',....... '...... ~
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Good Middling, nom. m......,.,.,.......,lIlt
COrTOS IN LIVERPOOL.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 6.-Noon.-COtton
easier but not quOtably luwer. Middliug
uplauds, BNd; Midd ing Orleans, 8 Q. 6d
Sales II OOJ blles, LOU Of which were Tor
speculation and export. Futures opened
l.3!d chsaler but nave EiuCe recovered
| Receipts, II 500 b les, l42UO II which W, re
american. Uplands nothing brlnw low
| N dullngs, delivered in January, 6i<dG 0,
d; Ftb,uaTy and March. BI<99-3!d
! March ami April,6 D sd; April aud May
| 4 5.l6d: May and June, 6 9.32l; June and
July, G7fd; new crop shipped December
Oy sal d 9.S2dd; T bruary aud March.
| li-39d.
80 pm Sales to-day include 6,nJJ
bales American.
i:0pm- Uplands nothing bc'ow lIw
miidlimg delivered Mar b and April, 4 5
1911; May and June, 6sSd.
son p,m.-UplandS nothing below Low
mlddling, delivered February and March
Z O.lG96 932d.
Futures closed weak.
UUTTON IN NEW YORK.
NEw YORK, Jan. l6.-HOOn. -CottoI
dun. Middling Uplands, llkc; Mid
ding Orleans, IKE. Sales oi lOl bales,
Evening" Otton quiet. hIddling Up
lands, / kc; Middlt.g Orleans, llHc
sales Of I6s bales.
Consolidated net receipts, 100 10 bales
! exports 10 Great Britain, 69,2I6 balesi Il
France, N,9N; 10 the Continent, 9, lSl; Il
the ( hannel, 9j7.
Receipts: net, o5j bales; gross, 6, 6,l0S.
The following we're the changes In New
. Eurk IutuIes: