Birmingham age-herald., 1895-10-03

decline for the day. Manchester was steady for yarns cloths were very little doing. The mated at 5000 to 5000 bales, against 5321 bales last Thursday, 1883 bales for the same day last year and 6457 bales for the same day in 1893. Spot cotton here was easy at 1-16c decline; l20O bales were sold for spinning and 1500 bales were delivered on contract.
 The port receipts were 29, 462 bales, against the same day year ago; thus far this week 6.769 bales, against 9S,s2l bales thus far last week.
 The port exports were 1891 bales to Great Britain and 465O bales to the continent.
 E Augusta received 14O4 bales, against 1621 bales this day last week and 1880 bales this day last year. Memphis 2140 bales against 15s bales this day last week and l5l l97 bales bale aes say 3 last bae fbs ay last Week and
 Spot cotton declined 1-16c at Galveston ton advanced partially 1-1sc. Charleston re- ceived 2613 bales, against 2273 bales this day last year; Mobile 29S6 bales, against 6l7 bales this day last year; New Orleans 643S bales. against 5000 bales this day last year; Sa- yannah 9566 bales, against 63Sl bales this
 Cotton is holding it's own in Arkansas. Estimates say 700 900 bales will be marketed in the state. The corn crop is great and sell ing at 20 cents a bushel delivered. Light frosts have fallen, but no damage resulted.
 New Orleans advanced points, but lost this and declined 10 points, .regained this and advanced 1 point, lost this and then declined points. Actual cotton it is stated is being held off the market at the south on speculation Money is reported to be GettlnS tighter in Texas. For dry goods fairly lib- eral demand on the part of local and near by tradesmen is in progress, and many tall end lots are disappearing. Prices generally are just as firm with an upward tendency in staple domestics in conformity. with the situation in the primary market. There is no special feature and although there are large number of small tradesmen present Tn New York, the distribution is within @ radius of 100 miles. The mail orders call for fairly liberal assortments of heavy buyers who are bidding a fractional above top prices for large blocks of plain cettons for delivery next year. Their efforts are proving futile as no new business is being contract- ed at present. The excited condition of the market for raw cotton, it is contended, is wholly responsible for this condition.
 Today's features: Orders to buy from Eu- rope caused the market to open at an Tad- vance. Subsequent decline in LiyerpooI to, gether with liquidating sales for local and southern account, caused a sharp dechne from the opening prices, after which re- coyery of 10 points resulted from new buy ing for local account. The ending. however, was slightly under yesterdays prices or further selling by longs The receipts at the interior towns and the ports are Tn, creasng. The port receipts may exceed 210 GOO bales this week, against 2l50O0 bales there was a rumor that Neil brothers of London had issued a bearish circular, but the New Orleans branch of the firm denied the report and added that 1t reiterated US short crop estimates and that the crop had deteriorated since September %. Liverpool was a heavy buyer and New Orleans also bought considerable.