Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-26
Commercial.
SAVANNAH EFT.

WEEKLY REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE MORNING NEWS.
SAVANNAH. March 25. 1851
GESERAL REMARKs.-Trade for the week clos
ing this evening has been good in nearly al
branches OF business, and but few changes IN
urIees have taken place. The money market
Is unchanged, the supply being ample for all
purposes. and borrowers can obtain any sum
desired from the banks when their collaterals
are good. The stock market has shown more
activity this week than last, and closes
this evening much firmer. The supply OF
grain on the market Is rather light,
and hardly equal to the demand The
railroad blockade being now about over, It IS
likely that in a short time this market will De
more fully supplied with this and other
Western products. Bacon closes steady
very fair amount Of trade has taken place.
and no change in figures have occurred. A
God business is being done in Hour, ana the
market is fully stocked; prices unchanged
The dry goods and jobbing business has been
rather quiet, owing partly to bad weather.
which has prevented many merchants from
coming to town, and also 70 the fact that our
merchants are very particular in giving
credit. preferring to keep their goods TO
making bad debts.
NAVAL SToREs.-The tone of the rosin mar
ket for the week Just passed has been bet
tar than for some time. There has been
good demand for the lower grades, and fair
demand for the better. The sales have not been
so large as for the week preceding, but some
holders do not appear TO care about selling Just
nov. hoping to obtain better prices. The weather
has been rather Hnfavorable for the production
of the new crop and will probably make the
season a little more backward. The market
closed this evening very firm. There has been
a good demand for spirits of turpentine' ana
more activity has been shown than TOR some
lime The market closed steady this evening
COrToS-The market has been rather qtAes
during the entire week, and was duh 10 Day
Quotations have advanced 14c. for middhng,
s-16c. for low middling &c. for good ordinary
and reduced Lice for ordinary since our last
report. There has been a steady falling on In
receipts at this port for the past two weeks
The exports have been very heavy, being
nearly 1900 bales in excess Of the receipts,
and have reduced the stock at this point that
much. The sales were about 100 bales less
than for the preceding week, but better prices
have been obtained.
The sales of the week were 5,1S7 bales The
following resume Of the weeks business will
show the transactions each day, and the quo
tations at the close:
Saturday-The market opened easy and
unchanged at 10 a. m. At noon middling, low
middling good ordinary and ordinary were
advanced &c. The sales were 1879 bales.
The market closed quiet.
BIonday-The market opened at 10 a m
quiet. and continued 50 till the close. The
sales were 1872 bales.
Tuesday-Ihere is no change to note today
from the several preceding days. Tie market
opened quiet this morning, and closed this
evening unchanged. The sales were s3i bales.
Wednesday-The market opened this morn
ing quiet and unchanged. The sales for the
day we're rs bales, the market closing quiet.
Thursday-The market opened quiet this
morning The days business was light, the
ssIes being $50 bales.
Friday-The market opened at 10 a. m. very
quiet, and continued So the days transactions
being light. The sales were 2ls bales, the N r
t-at CLOSING nm changed We quote: