The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-10

NEW YORK. March 9.-Cotton steady.
middllng guif. 1916. middling. 1l-l6.
gross receipts. 2.s72 bales. exports 10
Great Britain. 1871 bales. Continent. @,
bales. forwarded. 3l2 bales. sales. 4.51G
bales spinncrs. 2:G bales. stock, 1Gs, 'os
bales
Total to-day-Nct receipts. 1887 bales:
exports 20 Great Britain. a,TS2 bales. Ion-
tlncnt. 2.1Gi bales. stock 1906 bales.
Total so FAR this wcck-Net receipts,
1896 bales. exports TO Great Britain.
$40" bales France. l77sl bales Cont
nent 15.472 bales.
Total since September 1st-Nct receipts.
t1lNl" bales. exports TO Great Britain.
l,N41l2 bales. France Il5Sg7 bales. Con
tnent 1879. $40 nalcs
Futures closed frm sales. 22J.OO0 bales.
March. 1.3I. Apui. 7.39. May. 7.53. June.
90. July. 7.5S. August. 7.5s. September
""' october, 721. November, 10. De
cembcr. -. January. I'D
NEW ORLEANS. LA. March Got
lon futures steady. sales. - 2o0 bales.
March. 40. April. IA. MAY. 7.43. June
L4b' july 40. August. 743. September.
ia. October. 7.O7. November. 7O5. De-
cembcr. TO7.
LIVERPOOL. March 9.-f2.3O r. NJ
COTTON demand fair and prices firm.
American middling. I 5-1G. sales 10000
nales. American. $500 bales speculation
and export. 800 bales. receiDts. Isl OOy
bales. American 1890 bales. Futures
opened steady and demand moderate.
MaIoh. l'-Oi. March and hprn : 12-GfGi
h-o1. April and May. I3-GiG4 14-f4.
wa. ana juno and June and July. 11-G4
80 i'bl. July and August. 4 g-Gili4 19-Gi
August and September S-G44,4 1o-cf.
september AND October 4 2-G4Q4 3-Gt. Oc-
loper and November. 3 GO-Gl13 GaG4.
.,'''mber and December G2-Gl. Flu
lures firm
Ito j. M-Amcrican spot grades l-92
"'sn''' american middling. fair n ~.
Soo' middiing. : 1879. middline. ! f1-ae.
"W middiing. "a good ordinary az
ordinary. 3 15-1G. s'
- M.-March. 1864 sellers. March
ana April. Z i'-Ci, buyers. April and MAJ
,'-pi buyers. May and June. 4 fa-Gflc
l'-'f buyers June and July. 1861
nNy'fs. July and August. f9Gfs,f f.-cf,
August and September. ( I0Gfe,i 10,
SeI'Is. value, October ana Novomhar
"-oi' buyers November and December
% O-'ui, buyers. December and January
3 G2-6i, buyers Futures closed firm
NEW YORK, March 9.-The Suns cot
ton review says:
Cotton advanced II points on this crop
and points on tho next. September
rose 10 points The close was very firm
at about the best prices of the day. with
sales Of 25j,0O0 bales.
Today's features. Light receipts AT
the ports and interior towns. large ex-
ports OF cloth from Great Britain. small
ness of the worlds stock OF raw cotton.
and good buying by New York. New Or
leans. Liverpool, and the Continent caused
"a sharp advance. The spot market WAS
higher Manchester was cheerful. Liver
pool was decidedly higher. and. I'm
word the news was generally bulIish.
The smallness of the receipts attracted
much attention. Bulls are greatly en-
couraged 10 see that the stocks Of five
leading interior towns have lost i'm two
days $500 bales, and that the rccoipts
al the ports for two DAYS have reached
"a total of only 5000 bales They think
THAT this material diminution i'm the crop
movement had as much a. ANYTHING
10 DO with the strength of the worlds
cotton markets to-day though there is
no doubt that Liverpool bears were in
duccd 10 cover mainly by the very favor
able exhibit OF british exports of cloth
during February and this far this wear.