Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-18

sheep were weak to i0c. lower. The bulk
OF the sheep were western rangers, the
rates for which were rather brisk. at $50
$50; feeders finding good buyers at 2.z5g
S.5J. native sheep were saiabie Mt H.fJy
$40, but very few went above ~ Lambs
sold at s3.50us5 i0 western lambs going
mostly at N60ftS.
Receipts: Cattle. $500 head; bogs. b,eV
head; sheep. 1900 head.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. August IA 4. Mot
ton-Spot prices quiet and lower; Ameri-
can middling fair. I'D; good middllug.
iAf.; American middling, J-5.h.i 10"
middling. Sl-32d good ordinary. A-Sld.;
ordinary. H-32d. The sales Of the day
were 5000 bales. OF which 1908 were for
speculation and export. and included s,fOv
bales. American; receipts. 1900 bales, IN
GLIDING 100 American.
Futures opened quiet. with a. fair de-
mand. and closed easy, at the decline,
American middling. low middling clause;
August. 3 63-6ifi3 6i-Sfd. sellers; August
and September, 3 5s-5Sff3 59-6id., sellers.
September and October. 52-6id., value
October and November. 3 l6-6.Is E-Sd..
value: November and December, t-eid..
sellers; December and January. Sid.
sellers, January and February. 3 %l-c4d..
sellers: February and March. ) 63-5fd..
sellers; March and April. i4-64d.. buyers;
April and May, ij-6ld.. sellers; May and
June i6-6id sellers: September. 5s-eid-
NEW YORK. August 1.-THE cotton
market opened easy, AZ a decline or 50
Z points. following selling orders from
Liverpool, New Orleans. and the local
contingent. But the sellers became eau
tious on the fear that the market may
have been oversold, and become subject
TO sharp upturn on the appearance OF
any bull news. Later. there was some
| conflicting crop intelligence, and the early
loss was recovered before ~ noon. The
weekly government report was rather less
favorable than mad hcen expected In
the afternoon. the market ruled mode
rately active. Reports from the dry-goods
| district and from Fail River were en-
| couraging. reported break OF the
squeeze" i'm August in New orleans
started liquidation late in the day. and
prices broke to the lowest point. The
market closed quiet and steady at net
decline Of cas- points, with total sales OF
10000 bales
Cotton quiet; middling. Sc: net receipts.
none. gross. 40 bales. eNports-to the
Continent. $50 bales; forwarded. S5S bales:
sales, 2lSs bales splnners, l5s bales;
stock. APP bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. sel5 bales;
eXp0rts-to Great Britain. ESQ bales. 10
the Continent. i,4o5 bales; stock, 7ti69
bales.
Consolidated Net receipts 10. ,2l bales:
eXports--to Great Britain. 29l bales 20
France, l,2l6 bales; 10 the Continent. i5so
bales
Totals since September list: Net receipts.
6,636,lS bales; cxpOrts-to Great BRAIN.
3,0S0lS bales TO France. 7O09i2 bales. 10
the Continent 2ii9,2iS bales; to the Chan
mel. 5,4N bales.
Cotton futures opened easy; sales, 1900
bales. opening prices. January. 800 Feb
ruary, san; March. 1851; Apr.l. S5s2. May,
S6s6; August NiS: September. SG%. Octo-
| Der, W.i2. November, S6S. December,
Cotton-spot closed quiet: mddllng up
lands, Sc: Gulf SIC; sales. 2.i5S bales
/ Cotton futures closed quiet and steady;
| sales 10000 bales; closing. prices. jan
! uary, $50, February. s6ld; March S.77;
| April. $3.50; May. Se.A: June. - July. -;
/ August. so. September $3.50: October
/ SOD; November. g6i. December 8fS
! NEW ORLEANS ia. August H.
| Cotton futures steady; sales AG0 bates;
! August II nominally SeDtember So Gfg
M.B: October. @35N 6.16; November,
s6.5JUy6St' December. '6.3Sa'6.39. January.
! $i4iG s5f; February. HH5fsj 90: March,
@.HNS6i AZ; April SOds65g.
NAVAL-sTORE MARKETS.
wLMINGTON. y. c.. August H.
Spirits Of Tupentine-Quet at 2j0lj l-2c. +;
receipts. - casks.
Crude Turpentino-Stca al $3.50 $50.
and 1880; receipts. = barrels.
Rosin-S Steady at $40 and $40; receipts.
5le barrels
Tar--Qplet and steady at SilO, receipts.
| l4S barrels.
CHAIR ESTON. s O.. August i.-lfur-
Dentine- Firm at pc. bld: sales none.
Rcsin-Firm: sales. none A. o. G. D.,
and r, $40; +, sl2ji G. $40 II n.45; l..
/ Sl.45: *. $50. NJ, 81 SO: n 81 IS: window
| glass $50; water white. SEQ.
SAVANNAH CA. August l7.-Turpen-
tine-Firn at q 3-4c. bid: sales. 20 bar
rels receipts, Ices barrels.
Rosin-Firm; sales jD2 barrels receipts.
1881 barrels quotations unchanged
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA. August 7.-(Speciai.)
Peanuts Dun: fancy, &C.; strictly prime
3-4c.: prime he. off grades e
Spanish. per bushel. SOC.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA. August H. Market
firm: Virginia prime. 2ac: extra prime
slbc.: fancy. 2%G2 1850: Spanish In de-
mand at 92iRr95c.. as 70 quality
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA. August 17-Cet-
ton-Firm az si-S0s lac. FOR good lots.