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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-24

NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
~ EoRGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. = Notice % hers
against WILLIAM h PRITCHARD, late 81
said county. now deceased, to present them r
the undersigne 4 properly made out, within the
time prescribed by law. 30 as to show thei,
character and amount; and all persons indebted
TO said deceased are hereby required TO nnAks
immediate payment to mo.
GEORGE B. PRITcHARD.
Administrator Estate OF W.yR. Pritchard.
SAVANNAH. Dec. o, 1922 =.
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0H'pH'- ' Great af Britain. Continental. Total

According to the foregoing, Bombay appears
to show an increase compared with last year in
the weeks receipts of 20. 900 bales and an in
crease in the shipments Of 1900 bales and the
shipments since Sept. show an increase of
90 0CO bales
FINANCIAL
MONEY MARKEr-Money Is in active demand.
The bank clearipgs for the past week amounted
to S2.sl9.707 j..
FoREIGN EXCHANGE - Tho market is firm.
Sterling commercial demand 81 So:
sixty days, 81 S41&; ninety days, ST $50 francs
Paris and Havre. sixty days, s. l9IS; Swiss
sixty days, IS 203I marks. sixty days. % 15-1Gc
DOMESTIC EXCHANGE-The market Is easy
Panks and banaers are buying at u per cent
discount and selling at par q 1s per cent pre-
MUM.
SEcrR1rIEs-The market is dull and feature.
Lace
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CHICAGO. Dec. 2S.-Cash quotations were az
follows: Flour very easy and only few lots
sold. Wheat-No. spring 713sc: No. spring
591o4c; No. red 9i3sc. Corn--No. ? sO5sc
oats-No. S0130ISc; No. ? white 3sc; No
white sic. Mess pork Si4 S7I6ll4 SO. Lard
$40 22lS- Short rio sides loose, SIS lO0Ds IS;
dry sailed shoulders, boxed s. S7lS66s 90: short
clear sides. boxed, s. COOS IS Whisky at
81 80
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LEGAL NOTICES.

~ EORGIA. CHATHAM CouNry.-Notice Ia
VI hereby given to all parties having De.
mands against MARTHA A. DELAMorTA, lats
10 the undersigned properly made out, within
the time prescribed by law, 80 Is 70 show theys
character and amount; and all persons fndsbtsd
20 said deceased. are hereby required TO MAKE
immediate payment to me-.
ROBERT n. TArEM,
Executor of the Last VIII and Tsstarnsnt e
Martha A. DeLamotte, Deceased.
NOVEMBER Is 1892
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EXPORTS.

Fer steamship Kansas City for New YORK.
i,2o4 bales upland cotton, 40 bags sea island
cotton, 40 bales domestics and yarns, q bbls
rosin 3 bbls spirits turpentne. III bbls cotton
seed oil 10 bbs rosin oil, 1900 feet lumber, ;
bbls fish, p hbls oranges, 6,0I0 boxes oranges.
.5 boxes vegetables. i+2 tons pig iron, 100 sscks
Dk rs mdse
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MEMORANDA.

New York, Dec 2i-Arrived, schr William
Nicely, Thompson, Bull River.
Cleared-Schr Ida = Latham, Blatchford,
Eernandina.
Bristol Dec 2i-Sailed, bark Asca1on [Norl,
Balberin, Savannah.
Dartmouth, Dec 2l-sailed, steamship Empire
[Brl, Davies, Charleston.
Liverpool, Dec 21-Arrived, bark Talismen
tBrl, Bulmer Darien.
sailed-Bark Killy [Norl. Olsen. Pensacola
London, Dec 2l-Sailed, bark Marie Berg
IGerl. Wickerts, Savannah.
Tarifa. Dec 15-Passed, bark Dub lAusl, Bron-
zan, Marseilles for Pensacola.
Matanzas, Dec 13-Arrived, schr Sarah Full
Ter, Brown, Mobile.
ST Jago de Cuba, Dec b-sailed. schr Milville
Brannsn, Jacksonville {? bound north
Boston. Dec 21-Cleared. schr May Mcfarland.
Small, Fernandina.
Sailed-Brlg Ellen NJ Mitchell! and schr Monbe
gan, Booth Bay and Key West.
Baltimore, Dec 2l-Steamship Efficient [Brl,
Dawson. Tampa. Fla.
Cleared-scnr Susan B Ray, Hudson. Charles.
Brunswick, Ga, Dec 2i--Arrived, schrs Edward
G Allen True. Mclaughlin, Baltimore; John L
Treat Mcclure, Baltimore; T. II Weaver Weaver,
dence.
sailed-Barks Aurora lNorl, Koss Gnols;
Gazelle [Brl, Horne, London; Emilia Cia.hpa
[Itall, Trapani, Genoa, schr Wellina D LBrl, 81
Edgartown, Dec e1-Arrived, schr Drurv.
Hart, Boston for Satilla River Ga, Cbroke
spanker boom off East Chop. will procure new
one and proceed)
Fernandina. Dec 2t-Arrlved, schr A H Howe,
Feckworth, Philadelphia.
Newport News. Dec 2i-Arrived, steamers
Strathspey lBrl, Dunn, Brunswick. for Bremen
or London; Eglantine [Brl. Bruce. Savannah
for Genoa.
New Haven, Dec 2!-Arrived. schr William
Smith. Babbidge, Eernandine.
Port Royal, Dec 2l-Saied, schr Nathan
Easterbrooke Jr Kelsey. New YORK.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec 21-Cleared, schr Kate Y
Aitken, Wilson, Charleston.
Richmond, Va, Dec 19-Sailed, schr Fanny
Brown. Herdcastle. Savannah.
London. Dec 2i-Bark Mariettina [Ausl, Pasa-
novich, which sailed from Pensacola July 20 for
st Nazaire, has been officially posted in Lloyds
as missing
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DEPARTED YEsTERDI

Steamship Allegheny Parker, Baltimore-Jno
J Carolan, Agent.
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NAVAL SroREs-rhe receipts for the past week
were :, $40 barrels spirits turpentine and 26 500
barrels rosin. The exports were 23!9 bar
rels spirits turpentine and 23.O6a barrels rosin.
moving as follows: To New York, ia barrels
spirits turpentine and 1877 barrels resin: to
Baltimore, 1871 barrels rosin and 1925 barrels
spirits turpeatine: TO Boston go barrels spirits
turpentine and 2S barrels rosin: 10
tho Interior II barrels spirits turpen-
tine and $50 barrels roSin; Trieste 46a barrels
spirits turpentne and $3.50 barrels rosin 10
Antwerp. 651 barrels spirits turpentine and
4,925 barrels rosin; to Rostock. 5400 barrels
rosn; to Newcastleon Tyne, 81 barrels rosin
to Odessa, 100 bars, SIS rosin; to Philade mia
Ga barrels spirits surpentine and is1 barrels
rosin. The following are the Board
OF Trade quotations: Rosin-A. B, G and D
81 os1S, E 81 O314, 81 071s. G 81 !2I4, H 81 IS.
1 20. X 81 IS, N $40, So G5, win.
dow glass SO s., water white ss qS. Spirifs
turpentine 26c.
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The receipts of cotton at this port from all
sources the past week were 1885 bales Of
upland and $50 bales sea island, against 29, 4S7
bales of upland and 2.le0 bales sea island last
year
The particulars of the receipts have been as
follows: Per Central railroad, IL. 72s bales up
land per Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way. 4,4A bales upland and 1884 bales sea
island; per South Bound railroad $50 bales;
per Savannah river steamer 1872 bales upland /;
per Charleston and Savannah railway, 356 bales
upland; per carts, 10 bales upland and IL bales
sea island from Beaufort, 8 bales upland and
i31 bales sea island.
The exports for the past week were 96, S23
bales of upland and 0S7 bales SEA is and NOV
ing as follows: To New York, S.O73 bales up-
land and ,0S1 bales sea island; to Baltimore 047
bales upland; to Boston. 1892 bales upland; to
Philadelphia, ll3 bales upland; TO Genoa, 9,645
bales upland; TO Barcelona, 500.
The stock on hand to-day was i05, 1853 bales
upland and 10,526 bales sea island against I2g, SO
bales upland and a.o66 bales sea island last
year
RIcE-The market was comparatively dull as
whole. Fair Yves in good request but scarce,
while prices are steady under slow inquiry
for other grades. The sales for the week were
only 254 barrels. The sales were at about quota.
tons; Job lots are held at 1zlS]zc higher:
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STOCKS AND BONDS.
state Bonds-- Bid. asked.
Georgia 31s per cent. bonds zee. 100 l0l
New Georgia ~ per cent bonds. ~ 116
Georgia Smiths, maturity 1896. liz il3
City Bonds
Atlanta per cent ............... 10 III
Augusta per cent. 101 ITO
Augusta per cent. los 115
Columbus per cent. ............. 1O31S 1O4lA
Macon per cent ......-......... 1879 l4l3
New Savannah per cent quar-
terly, Jan. coupons...... ..... i0434 lO5
New Savannah per cent quar-
terly, February coupons ........ l0i14 lO4a4
Rdttrodd BondS-
savannah, Florida and Western
Railroad general mortgage
bonds, per cent interest cou- $500.
lus"A ilOS1
Atlantic and Gulf first mortgage
consolidated per cent coupons
January and July. maturity
1897 ..s..................--... lO54 liVS4
Central consolidated mortgage
per cent, coupons January and
July, maturity 1898. see. l04 i05
Central Railroad and Banking
Company collateral gold as. 20 50
Georgia railroad o., l9iO-......... 1lS ils
Charlotte. Columbia anc Augusta
first mortgage. s........s... Su9 iuf
Charlotte. Columbia and AuguSts
second mortgage .....,......-.. 1OS llO
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
general mortgage per cent. % lOO
Montgomery and Enfaula nrst
mortgage endorsed percent. hE1t
Georgia Southern ana Florida
frst MORTGAGE per cent. ...... 20 z.
Savannah and Atlantic 80. IN
dorSed .-......se...s .-..s..sss- ~
South Georgia and Florida IN
dorsed, nrsts ...........ss lOoIs IU'
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SATURDAY, Dec. "a, 1892.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Nacoochee. Smith. New York-C G
Anderson
Steamship Allegheny Parker, Baltimore-Jno
J Carolap, Agent
Steamer Alpha, Strobhar Beaufort and Port
RoYsl-C H Medlock. Agent.
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EREIGHTS.
LUEsKR-By sail - The market Is dull and
nominal; tonnage is offered freely, with little
or no demand. The rates FROM this
and nearby Georgia ports are duotsd
uominslly at 81 SOS " for range inoud-
irg Baltimore and Portland, Me. Timber 50c0 i 90
higher than lumber rates To the West Iadies
and Windvsrd, nominal; to Rosario, SIG OOdA
Il 90, TO Buenos Ayres or Montevideo, Sic So:
70 Rio Janeiro, SIS 90; TO spanish aud Mediter-
rsneau ports, S19 90; TO United Kingdom for
orders, nominal for lumber, 81 IS standard.
By SrEAM-To New York, s. 90; to PhiIadel-
phia, 81 90; to Boston. S. 90; to Baltimore,
IS so.
NAVAL SroREs-The market is nominal
for spot vessels. Foreign-Cork etc, small
spot vessels. rosn, IS 41Sd and 3s Nj; Adri-
attic, rosin, p 1l5d; Genoa, y 4y<d; South
American, resin, SOC per barrel Of 80 pounds;
Coastwise-Steam-to Boston, lie per iO0bS
on rosin, 9Oc on spirits; TO New York,
rosin, Nc per lo0Ds, spirits, Sc; to Phiadel-
phis, rosin. ISc per 101ibs spirits Soc; to Balti
more, rosin, SIC, spirits 700 Coastwise quiet
CoTToN-By Steam-The market is dull and
rates are irregular and somewhat nominal
Rates are Der 100 pounds:
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RECEIPTS

Per Central Railroad. Dec 23-1 500 bales cot
ton 40 bales domestics, 1851 bbls rosln, gg7
bbls spirits turpentine, bdls hides. bdls paper,
pkgs tobacco, 3 pigs fruit, 2 pkgs vegetables
$40 pkgs mdse, 9 pkgs hardware, 50 empty obls.
] case eggs. ~ tons pig iron. 1 car wood 35
bbls liquor, is5 bhls flour. bbs syrup. 40 bbls
OIL cars brick. 2 cars corn. cars hay. car
buggy material.
Per Savannah, Florida aud Western Railway
Dec 23-74l bales cotton, 2,2G9 bbs rosin,
SIS bbs spirits turpentine. 80 cars lum
Der, 4 cars wood. cars coal, 2 cars
iron. 1i9 bbls sugar, "a bales moss. 200 bdls
Urooms, i04 bdls singletrees. IS bdls fence wire,
$40 sacks rice, Is sacks pease, 3 cases picture
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POULTRY Market is quiet; demand
slow.
EGes-Msrket is irregular aud overstocked, de-
mand light.
PEASUrs-Ample stock, demand light, prices
firm
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Fruits and Veg ,tahlea

New YoRK, Dec. %. Oranges, fancy brishts,
selected, &c 500 Is; straight 81 0032 s.. rus
sets, fancy, 50 tO@2 25; straight, 81 7502 %;
tangerines. SO 00D4 90; maudarins, 81 b0CRs 50;
grape fruit, 81 ,0G2 so; egg plant. IS 0067 90;
beans, 81 6lO2 20. cucumbers. 80 O00a5 90;
squash. 81 0C91 30; tomatoes, g. 00D4 %
PALMER RtvFNBURG & Co
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MOVEMENT or COTTON AT INTERIOR POINTS.
giving receiDts and shipments for the week
ending Dec. %, 1892, aud the stock on hand to-
night, and for the same time last year:
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Steamship Kansas City, New YORK.
Steamship Maria ISpl, Barcelona.
Bark Iopdal NOR, Newcastle.
Bark Faust Norl, Antwerp.
Bark Left Norl, Charleston.
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VISIBLE SUPPLY OF CoTroS.-Ihe visible sup
ply of cotton, as made up by cable and
telegraph to the Financial Chronicle. is as fol-
lows: The continental stocks, as well as those
for Great Britain and the afioat, are this weeks
returns. and consequently all the European fig
ures are brought down to Thursday evening
But to make the totals the complete figures
for Dec. Is, We add the item Of exports from the
United States, including in it the exports Of
Friday onlv.
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ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.

United States steamer Armenia, Wright, New
York-Master.
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PROPOSALS WANTED.

NOTICE TO BUILDERs.-Sealedb bids will b.
IN received up TO the 26th inst. for. butidins
the Methodist Episcopal church at Waycross
Ga. All material furnished. The contract VII
be for laying the brick and setting the stones
Plans may be seen upon application at Wsy.
cross, W. j. SMITH, Acting Secretary.
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The cable having been repaired. the white
electric light on buoy No ., port Size OF Gedney
Channel. entrance TO New York Harbor has
been relighted
placed off Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse,
Conn, 10 liz feet at low water. about f)O feet
from the lighthouse. on the following magnetic
bearings: Bridgeport Lighthouse N16W; Black
Rock Lighthouse. WSMAW; Penneld Reef
Lighthouse SW3SW.
Two red spar buoys, numbered and 4, have
been established 10 mark the shoal on the west
side of the channel, at the northern end OF the
Kill Won kull, near Elizabethport, Nj The
buoYs should DE left TO the northward. No 2
buoy is in il feet of water OF the following
bearings; Corner Stake Light SEIZE, about
300 yards, Passaic Lighthouse, MEAN No. 4
buoy is in Il feet OF water, at the southern end
OF the shoal, on the following bearings: Corner
Stake Light, E3sS, about half mile; Passaic
Lighthouse. WE1sE
BY order OF the lighthouse board.
w ) SCHLHY, Captain USN,
Inspector Third District.
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SAILED YESTERDAY.

Steamer Bellevue, Garnet Daten and Bruins
wick-W Gibaon, Manager
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Total visible supply ........4 81, 4So (, 439 o97
The imports into Continental ports this week
have been S., 900 bales.
The above figures indicate decrease in tbs
cotton in sight to date of l6i, 65S oales as com.
pared with the same date of 1891, an increase OF
96b,76 bales IS compared with the correspond
ing daUe OF 1890 and anincrease of I6l y les
as compared with 1889.
INDIA COTTON MOVEMENT FROM ALL PoRrs.-
The receipts and shipments of cotton at BON
bay have been as follows for the week and
year bringing the figures down to Dec. Is.
BOMBAY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Eoa -FOUR
YEARS.
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OLD NEwsPAPERs-soo for IS csrrs---s5
~ business Ofico Morning Nova
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SPOKEN.
NOTICE TO MARINERs.

Bark Glenlyon [Brl. Burn, from Apalachicols
for Buenos Ayres, Nov a. lat 20 north, lon 81
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~ EORGIA. CHArHAx COUNTY. - Notiee d
VI hereby given that have msie applicatioD
to the Court of Ordinary for Chatham county
for leave to sell five acres OF land With improve
ments thereon, situated in Chatham county,.
about five miles west OF the city OF Savannah,
on Augusta road belonging to estate ofiAPRL
WILLIAMS, deceased, for the payment OF debts
and distribution, and that said order will b
granted at the JANUARY TERM, 1898. Of saac
court unless objections are fled hersto. -
DEC. 2, 1892. ISAIAH ID. SEGEE.
Administrator Estate Of April willisms.
DECEASED
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NEW YORK, Dec. 23-Treasury balances:
Coin, sS7, 1865, 900; currency, s5,ISAooO.
Corros.
LIVERPOOL. Dec. %, 1880 p. m.--Cotton
opened dull; prices generally in buyers favor
American midding uplands SID; sales 5000
bales American 100 bales; speculation and
export 500 bales; receipts O. 900 baIes-aIl Ameri-
can. Futures steady.
Futures: American middl!ng, low middllng
clause. December and January delivery ID
January and February delivery S-6ld. also
9-64d; February aud March delivery J0-6ad
also 1l-64d; March and April delivery 1864,
also 1264d, also 1854: April and May de
livery 5l7-64d; June and July delivery 20-64d
also 1850.
The tenders OF deliveries at to-day's clearinzs
amounted TO 200 bales new dockets.
p. MIXTURES; American naiddIing low
middling clause. December delivery 5 $40
5 9-64d; December and January delivery
s-64Q5 SD; January and February delivery
5 9-64d. sellers; February and March delivery
1l6ld, value; March and April delivery
S 13-6i05 ID Cad; April and May delivery 1884
as 16-64d; May and June delivery 1900,
July aud August delivery 22-64d, sellers.
Futures closed quiet but steady.
American middling SID
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 23.-The weekly Liver
pool cotton report Is as follows: Total sales
$1,000 bales, In luding Al, 900 bales OF American
trade takiuRs, including forwarded from SHIPS
side, $1,000 bales: actual exports 10000 bales;
total imports of all kinds i4S, 900 bales including
$4,000 bales of American; total stock i5a4, 600
bales, including 1881 900 bales Of American:
total atioat l76.0O0 bales, including 10000
bales OF American: Spectators took 1890
bales; exporters took 1900 bales.
New YORK, Dec. %, noon. Cotton futures
opened as follows: December delivery Q 45c
January delivery 45c, February 8 Csc, March
. &c, April Q SIC, May Q 96c.
Cotton contracts opened at i612 points ad-
vance and gained So points; now standing at
4lS points above yesterday, with trading dull
Sales 81 900 bales The advance was due to
light port receipts. which are estimated at
24,O00 bales, against 2s l6i bales last year,
together with a moderate interior movement
Liverpool market closed quiet at ! point de-
cline, and will not reopen until Wednesday,
Dec. =.
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~ EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. = Whereas.
Court of Ordinary for Letters of Admins
tration on the estate OF CHARLES A. DAN.
IEI,S, deceased. y > = r
These are, therefore, TO cite and 3D.
monish all whom IL NAV concern 10 be and an
pear before said court to maze objection 6t
any they havel on or before the FIRST MON
DAY IN JANUARY NEXT, otherwise said
letters will be granted i.s
Witness, the Honorable HAMPTON L. FxRRrrI..
Ordinary for Chatham County, this the list day
Of December, 1892. t4..s.
FRANK T. KEILBACH,
Clerk O. a e. q
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Pilot charts and a nautical information will
be furnished masters of vessels free of charge
in United States photographic Office in the
custom house. Captains are requested to call
O. the office.
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I5tI LHtNHLIsI IIo JOI n IoCoIpIs v 5Tt
II which factors reported sos bags for the weex
up to p. m, and 1871 bags of through
cotton. The total exports were 1857 baIs,
distributed as follows: To Liverpool 25l bags
The total sales were o67 bags. With the sx-
ception OF the business doing the two first days
Of the week the market was very dull and some
What nominal since, although prices are slightly
loTer on the weeks transactions
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TIE FOLLOWING STATEMENT SHOWS TIE NET RE-
TEIPTs AT ALL PORTS FOR TIE WEEK ENDING
DEC. 2S AND WEEK ENDING pEc. IS AND FOR THIS
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LIVERPOOL MOVEMENT FOR THE WEEK ENDING
DEC. p, 1882, AND FOR THE CORRESPONDING
on
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RECEIPTS. SHIPMENTS ANT SrooKs FROM ApR1L, .
1892, TO DATE. AND 70 THE CORRESPONDING
DATE LAST YEAR.
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COMMERCIAL.
SAVANNAH MARKETS.
WEEKLY RKPoF
OFFICE MORNING NEWS,

OFFICE MORNlNG NEWS
SAVANNAH. GA. Dec. y, 1892.
GENERAL RExARKs-The general market was
moderately active, in the jobbing trades
sspecislly. and there was a marked improve.
nent in the aggregate movement over the
GEEK befors which was all the more remarka-
Me for Christmss week. In the last half or
ders from the interior had about ceased
hit dealers we're kept busy in salts.
fving the local demand. The returns
Of the associated banks shows considerable
increase in the cleariugs for the week. The
money market in the past few days has been
rather stringent. The ocean freight market
has been very unsatisfactory, and rates are
sbnormally low at this time of the year. This
condition, however, does not stimulate
the export business to any appreci
able extent The foreign exchange mar
ket has again become firmer, and rates
ere advancing. The security market was life
less The grocery trads has continued to dis
play the greatest amount OF activity, and with
this weeks orders the holiday trade has been
fully covered. Other branches OF trade present
no new features as a rule, and outside OF the
activity of the retail trade business is limited
and supplies move out slowly. There were few
price changes, and the tone on everything has
bssn steady with the exception OF cotton and
throughout the week. The following resume of
the week will show the tone and the latest clos.
ing quotations OF the different markets to-day:
NAVAL SroREs-Ths market for spirits tur-
pentine was rather firmer. Through the week
the prices sold up to 2S1ic, but fell of &c
closing to-day firm at 2Sc for regulars. There
has been a steady demand and about all the
stock Offering was taken daily. The total sales
for the week were about 1000
casks Rosin-The market for the
extreme pale grades was dull and neglected.
while holders are fairly stocked with them. The
lower qualities were in fairly active request,
and the market was quite firm. The
The total sales FOR the week were
about 1900 barrels. In another column will
he found weekly table OF receipts and exports
IS compared with like period last year, show
ing the stock on hand and on Ehipboard not
cleared, together with the official closing quota
tons.
CoTToN-The market during last week was
rather quiet and somewhat weaker, and prices
have sold off 1sc since last report. Orders have
been few and far between, owing to the holt
always luil IN the demand. The business of the
week was confined to filling the few back orders
which are not urgent for this months ship
ynent and buyers have taken advantage Of the
drop in prices to cover The takings OF the past
few weeks have been comparatively light, which
has caused stocks in first hands to bank up
slightly. This, and the tightness Of the nnonev
market in the last few days. caused prices to
decine. The total sales for the week were
$3.50 bales. The following are the Official clos
ing spot quotations of the Cotton Exchange.