The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-07

20 points, but lost this and declined 3
points. Fort receipts for the week estimated
az 7UuuO LdleS- against 1900 bales for this
Nt5h last year Today the port receipts
were a,55I bales. against S .65 baIes TINS dav
ldst week, and 5.4ts bales last wear Tins TAR
ms week SlC25 bales, against 1897 bales
suGa Tar last week Houston receipts 3 80
bales. against 3 .563 bales this day last week
ana l.lOl bales last year. Spot cotton here was
elleI ana steady at unchanged prices Sales
442y oeIes Ior export and GIL bales for spinning.
DenVered on contracts 40l tales. Southern
spot markets were steady or hrm with a
Idlher better business in some cases Today :
leat4res-After trtt1ing advance early in
Lhe Jay due to rise in Liverpool and some
covering. prices declined owing TO general real.
lLlng. The weather south was more favora be
hecelpts at the ports were not so large as had
Deen expected, but arrivals at Houston were
l1eraL II was a narrow market and but
little realizing Of any bUlhsh factors for the
moment. New Orleans was selling. The cot
ION goods situation is steadily improving
Manchester Is STRONGER. and the receipts al
the ports are dlsap0oinung to the bears
New York sept. 6-BiOrdan & Co say Of
COTTON To-Day; The improvement in cotton
nau a set back to-day. Liverpool sent US a
good report ana our opening was two points
n gLe'. January selling on the all at e7c.
During the forenoon prices were only a point
or two lower but in the last hour the market
yielded under the pressure OF heavy offerings
ana the close was barely steady with 6 S9c
bid for January.
The crop news was of a mixed character
cline, which seemed to be caused by the fact
tnat all the moro tiTld shorts had covered
ana there being no great demand from in
Nestors TO buy at the advance, the market
hrst halted and then began to sag. The shorts
whose covering had mainly caused the ad-
vance regalned their courage and fastened to
unload II was TO their active selling that
the eakness in the final trading was due.
During the rest OF this month we think cot
ton Is more likely to tiuctuate than 70 move
continuously in either direction We think
those = on wi n
BUY upon moderate breaks Will stand the
test chance OF making money. The great un-
certainty ABOUT the size OF the crop and about
frost will operate, we think to prevent any
large advance or any serious decline for the
present"
In the Dry Goods World.
New York, Sept. 6-In all depart
ments of the dry goods trade business
has been for the largeness Of previ
Agents report a very large business doing
that would have been greatly increased but
for the exhaustion of stocks OF MANY goods.
Agents have advanced the prices OF New
Y ork mills wide sheeting l cent per yard.
Oaklawn first calls Charter Oak &c, bleached
cotton &c, and AmOskeag staple and staple
fancy glnghams to SO and Merrimac acid
and sales Of $1,000 pieces at &c.
Naval Stores.
| Spirits Turpentine-Therew was no change in
the situation. except that the slight advance
! in New York caused hrmer feeling among
! the holders. At the Board of Trade the mar
| ket was bulletined firmly, held al 264c for
| regulars.
Rosin-The unusual difference between
! common and medium grades was broken by a
| decline OF l0c per barrel on F, G and H
| grades. The demand at the decline was
| strong, and sales amounted to about 5000
casks for the day
At the Board of Trade the market. at the
! first call, a. II o'clock a. m, was bulletined
| firm, with sales of ops barrels. The following
| were the otticiGl quotations: