The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-23

Illinois Central 80 do preferred =. 1899
Della, Lack &W.. 1905 Silver Certificates. S214
Lake Erie & w. 2lA Am. Sugar Ref 1031S
do do pref. 75A do do pref. 9794
Lake Shore. ...,.l251s TennesseeCoal I. % -
L'ville & Nash. 60. 1914 do do pref 100
Memphis & Char 40 Texas Pacific w S3s
Michigan Central. l03 Union Pacific .... 36l6
Missouri Pacific e. 525s Wabash. -. 500. 1014
Mobile aud Ohio. 80 Wabash preferred. O. Is
Nash, 9. & st, L. IS Western Union. 9315
STATE BONDS
Alabama class A .10ll< Tennessee Odds .62
Alabama class B. .104 Tenn. new SGT. 6s 1902
Alabama class c.. 9215 do do 5s. .10i
Louisiana consols. 81 do do IS . 1854
North Carolina As. 90 Virginia Go. ....,.*5 $50
North Carolina IS. 1884 do eX-mat coup. *37
80. Caro-. Browns. *97 do consulted IS
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
United States 4s coupons, registered lip
United States As coupons. ..................ll3
United States 2s................... ........ 9916
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New YORK. March q. -sub-treasury balances
Coin, S1S,4O8,OOO; currency Sl9.92o.0O0
COTTON.
LIVERPOOL, March y, noon.-Cotton opened
with better demand and improved business;
prices hardening; American middling uplands
-l6d sales 0U0 bales-American {. 900 bales /;
speculation and export 600 bales receipts 1000
hales-American $500 Futures opened firm;
demand fair.
Futures-American middlng, low middlng
clause, March and April delivery ID; April
and May delivery 55-64d, also 4 56-64d; May
anu Juuo uSuNoEy = OO-O4u, also Z Of-O4l, also
5S-64d; June and July delivery 5s-54d, also
59-6id; July and August delivery 60-64d; Au-
gust and September delivery 60-64d; october
and November delivery 5j-64d.
The tenders of deliveries at to-day's clearings
amounted TO 1900 bales new dockets and -
bales old.
4 p. MIXTURES: American middling, low
midding clause, March delivery 4 55-64d,
sellers; March and April delivery 4 55-64d,
sellers; April and May delivery 55-64M
56-o4d; May and June delivery 81 Cad, sellers;
and August delivery / 60-64d, sellers; August
and September delivery 90 cd, sellers; Sep
TENDER and October delivery 56-64d. value;
October and November delivery 64-64d buyers.
Futures closed steady.
MANCHESTER, March 22.-The Gttardfan, in
its commercial article. says: Trade is slack
Occasionally offers of magnitude are received
but the serious fall in the rates of eastern ex-
change has prevented the conclusion Of negotia.
tions. Mail accounts of the situation in India
are gloomy. Almost q famine is prevailing in
the southern districts owing TO the drought
Orders by telegraph come at lower figures, the
impression prevailing that lower prices will re-
suit from a resumption of full production. A
settlement of the difficulty between masters
aud Spinners is confidently expected on Thurs
day, The preliminaries for a settlement have
been arranged, only the final terms awaiting
decision There Is a large inquiry from India
for miscellaneous goods for shipment durin
the summer. The demand for printing and
bleaching cloths and shifting is moderate
Heavy goods are feeble. Yarns are steady at
top prices
extent waiting market, pending definite, Off
cial and Enthusiastically authentic news to the eff
feet that the English strike has been settled.
The advices from the other side continue to as
sert that the trouble will be over tomorrow, and
it was added that arrangements had been made
to open the mills. This, and an advance in
Liverpool, caused enough local covering
crate extent, There is better export
demand here and more activity in spot cotton
at the south, particularly at New Orleans. There
we're some buying orders from Liverpool exc
cuted 10 futures hero to-day Some of thu
foreign houses have latterly shown more dis
position to buy spot cotton for shipment to the
continent The speculation, however, is moder-
ate, and confined for the most part to local
operators, and, as already minated, this is
likely to continue to be the case until the labor
situation abroad clears up; Prices rose to
Of 10000 bales March declined
point; Liverpool advanced to
points aud closed steady, with spot
sales of 1000 bales. In Manchester yarns were
quiet and steady and cloths quiet. The receipts
at the ports we're T. 10 bales against Z 4y2 this
dsy last week and 1884 last year The total
thus far this week is 80 S63 bales, against 2l43
thus far last week Receipts at the three in
day last week and 651 this day last year. The
STOCK in New York licensed warehouses was
1913 49, bales. Spot cotton here was firm at &c
for middling upands, with sales of 562 for ex-
port and ITO for spinning. Southern spot mar
kets ere generally unchanged. New Orleans
was more active and Ice higher with sales Of
{, $50 bales.
NEW York, March 22 noon. Cotton futures
opened steady as follows: March delivery tic,
April delivery s 75c, May delivery soc, June
delivery 8 9sc July delivery Csc, August de-
livery 9 09c.
Cotton contracts here opened steady at
points advance, fell 10p2 points, rallied again,
and now 405 above yesterday, with trading
dull.
New YoRK. March %, 500 p. m.-Middling
uplands &c; middliug Orleans 914c; low mid
ding uplands 5-16c; good ordinary 71sc; sales
Futures-MaYket closed steady. with sales of
1902 900 bales, as follows: March delivery SAC
April delivery Sc, May deliver 900. June
delivery 9gc, July delivery Csc, August de-
livery 99c, September delivery 3 99c, October
delivery SOC, November delivery . 92c. De-
ceInber delivery 94c.
Total consolidated net receipts at all the
ports to-day were 10 bales; exports, to Great
Britain 3C2 bales, to the continent 60i bales, TO
France -; stock Sol, 176 bales.
ATLANTA, March 22.-CotLon quiet; middling
S16c: receipts Al bales.
GALVESTON, March 22.-Cotton closed quiet;
middEDg sac; net receipts !,S53 bales, gross
none; sales ~ bales; stock 64,7H bales
NoRFoLK, March 22.-Cotton closed dul;
middling SIC; net receipts ~ bales, gross
none sales 81 bales; stock IS, $50 bales ex-
ports, to Great Britain 2O7 bales, coastwise sos
bales.
sales none; STOCK 1851 bales; exports, coast
wise hJl bales.
BosroN, March 22.-Cotton closed quiet; mid
ding c. net receipts 49o bales, gross 1904; sales
none; stock none; exports cOastwlse IS oaieS.
WILMINGTON. March 22.-Cotton closed firm;
middling S34c; net receipts 81 bales, gross none;
saies none; stock II, l6l bales.
PHILADELPHIA MRrcd 2%.-Cotton closed
str,oy; middinZ 9i6c; net receipts lo9 bales,
gross none; sales none; stock ~ 599 bales
New ORLEANS, March 22.-Cotton closed
st-ouy. middling 5 l3-ltc; net receipts 200
bales, gross 449; sales $3.50 bales; stock 29SOoj
bales; exports, coastwise 2 40 bales
NEW ORLEANS, March 22.-Cotton futures
closed steady, with sales of IS, 200 bales.
az follows: March delivery Gao, April delivery
SOC Nay delivery I6c, june delivery 8 sc,
.Iuly delivery < Ole, August delivery VIC, Sep
Iember delivery Tic October delivery Csc,
November delivery 65c, December delivery
sc. 49,. .,... .,,io..
,,,iddIing, 9 -l6c: net receipts 259 bales, gross
none: safes 500 bales; stock $3.50 bales; exports