The New York herald., 1879-08-09
CONNIE MERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT STEADY: FUTURES
HIGHEI-FLoUG EAsY-wHEAT LowER-CoRN
FIRM--oATs FIRMER-wHIszEY QUIET-pORK
QUIET--LARD QUIET-sPIRITs rURPENTiNE
EAsIEB-ROsIN NoMINAL-COFFEE DULL AND
NoMINAL--sUGAR DULL PETROLEUM DULL.
FRIDAY. August Sc P. NJ.
The markets have been pretty generally steady
during the past week. and If the volume of business
has not been large some expected 1t has never
theess been larger than usual ut this of the
year. when the merchandise markets are at their
dullest. and when business men are wont to "steal
a while away from the and turmoil and heat
incident to city life. Very many of the leading
away, the hotel registers. &c. at
Newport. Long Branch and other places of
reaton and recuperation abundantly at
test. Still. active preparations for the open
ing of the fall trade have been made and
large business anticipated every hand the only
obstacle which that has thus manifested itself being
the yellow fever Already orders from points
coming in and sales Of hardware. dry goods boots and
shoes. &C., suitable for winter already being made
no, having tsi, the Impetus as Yet. have
srtheless held their own with moderate transac.
pes in has Desn aSd
spsss.soSs s,,s s%os sSs'asivs The ear,I 5a,
uadoussedly ready market ior @ our ''s Surplus plus
the of high prices for !he crops be
prices still very low. TIE present writing
o s nns s s
the NJ END. moi
closing cent or so higher than week Oats have
%Gs aa su, s n
a ma. msd was ~a0, nr on the
dull olis petroleum uni; and d naval stores were dull
6,ac for pearls
BEkswAx was dull and nominal at 24c. . s49sc for
Western and Southern.
note sales of ss Daeksges and 6s bags Ri9 Bessel
I" an sss M OK
stock Mia seass steady bag. M.rssaiSo
s fair do l5 FsPs ao 4e s 90
ss ninety S.rs
Ass @ r"ss % mats Ise se sns.pNre l ee l1e Gey
,5c; Jamaica lie l4ac Domingo, 0Jsc Ike;
i4e iS ia}se Ansosiars. iSc i7c sa"anila, lie
i1e curaeoa s1acx e. s ys ,,,o,, cn.n. W.
Moas.ss ssosSs sI-issh, heads s 81; sagar
inch, 81 50 s 70; box shocks SOC zoe: rnm DO ss %
hoops II feet ordinary to prime, @33 $50 do, II feet
ConDAcS was unchanged We quote Manila large and
small ziac. loc srred Manila i2c ssal loac.
cofros on the spo. was steady. with fair demand
est sales an advance Of points except sep
which touched % % decline e Si points Te
Gated below The market closed firm, with prices IA
points better the closing prices of tho previous day
The sales to-day NJ three =. NJ. foot up
UOOU bales The lowest and highest points touched
day rs foows:-August IOs5c. ole September,
10 SJc. lO.,Sc. October, 1Ol lO2Sc. November.
994c lo.oic. December as3c. io.O6c.; January,
loc 10 lsc February. lhl6c ~ lsc March lose.
lO.3Uc. These showed fuctuntion
of points in August, Is in September, ID in Oc-
tober, 10 in November I3 in December, Is in Janu-
ary in February and in March. As compared with
tue last prices of yesterday the lowest sales to-day
showed an advance Of points in August decline OF
in September. an advance of in November. in De
eember IN January 10 in February and !. in March The
closing prices OF yesterday and the highest prices OF to-day
compared give advance OF IA points in August, Is
September IL in October Is Nuvec B in December
IL January II in February and IA irsMarch The closing
prices OF yesterday and to-day compare as follows