The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-03-23

SilTlIS IGEptfllItAt. Id 81 b1A
rels tar. L barrels crude turpentine.
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.
FINANCIAL.
New York, March @0.-Money on call
at IL per cent. Prime mercantile paper
5i2 per cent. Sterling exchange quiet and
bills at s~iS52ni-5A for sixty days and
s4s7I4S714 for demand Posted rates
ASH. Bar silver 62h. Government bonds
steady. State bonds dull. Railroad bonds
lower. Silver at the board was neglected.
Treasury balances: Coin, slSl. oS7.S 1856;
! currency, s61 sis, 355.
COTTON.
Liverpool, March 2o.-12:3o p. m.-Cotton
! Limited demand; prices unchanged;
American middling Adj; sales 5000; Amert-
can $500; speculation 300: receipts lo,2W,
all American. Futures opened quiet, de-
mand poor.
American middling, low middling clause:
March and April, April and May, May
and June, June and July 3 60-6+d; July and
August 3 6o-64d, 3 6l-6id, , 6o-6id; August
and September 3 5s-64d; November and De-
cember 3 46-64d. Futures quiet.
! ] p. m.-Cotton-American middling 4d;
: March, March and April. April and May,
May and June, June and July 3 59-6id, 3 90
TAD sellers; July and August 3 59-64d. 8 60
Cad bid: August and September 3 51-6id,
8 5S-64d sellers; September and October
3 51-64d, 3 52-64d sellers; october and No
y ven nsos 3 IT'D / 81. 9 a.dS4d se,, e,a; H 1esember
and January 3 H-64d, 3 4o-64d. Futures
! New York, March 2o.-Cotton quiet: mid
ding 7asc: net receipts 9: gross &c; for
warded %; sales 1872, all ~spinners; stock
! $50, 9O2.
Total today-Net receipts 10, 233; exports
! to Great Britain $50; to France none:
F.. to the continent 1905; to the channel
none; stock 766, 153.
| Total since September 1st-Net receipts
I e. 1ha ECS. aYnnYfC tn Great britain 2 bbI n.y.
: to France 603, 93S; to the continent ISL, 2i0;
to the channel 5,4s1; stock none
| Cotton futures closed quiet and steady:
! sales q, 800 bales; March 100; April 7.O2;
May 7.O6; June 40: July ia; August 715:
| September 6.SS; October 6.76; November
6.77; December 6.Sl; January 6.S5; Febru-
airy Csc.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at 7hc; net receipts
1929.
orfolk-Fir at 71sc; net receipts GOT.
| Baltimore-Nominal at 7asc.
Boston-Steady at 7asc; net receipts $50;
gross 160.
Wilmington-Steady at &c; net receipts
2O6.
Philadelphia-Quiet at 7hc; net re-
ceipts IS.
Savannah-Quiet at 6 15-16c; net receipts
1,266.
New orlean@Easy at &c; net receipts
! Mobiie-Quiet at 6 15-16c; net receipts
1,O7O.
Memphis-Firm at 6 15-16c; net receipts
10S: gross BOG.
Augusta-Firm at 7sc; net receipts 23S;
gross $50.
| Charleston-Firm at 6 15-16c; net receipts
, 159.
Cincinnati-Quiet at 7sc; net receipts
Cos.
Louisville-steady at &c.
st. L~ouis-Quiet at &c; net receipts Az;
| gross 1882.
H~ouston-Quiet at Z 1-16c; net receipts
sH. .
GRAIN. PROVISIONS. ETC.
Chicago, March 2O.-The leading futures
were as follows: Opening, highest. lowest
T.. Wheat"NSct. 2, March 7sMa74c. 74Ac. 7s4c.
72&a72Nc, 727sa7sc, 72Ac, 72Ac; September
C;orn0So. 3 March 2sHc, 2sHc. 2s7sc.
July 2ea261sc, 2slsc, 25Aa25%c, 2S%c; Sep
'e oass3 ISac' !. Ma Tef; Isl issc, 1s.c. 1ssc,
| 1870; May 17sc. 17asc, I7h@17Ac, 17Ac;
July 1sAc, 1SAc, 1Sc, 1Sals1sc.
Lard~May $40, s4.s2k, s4.27iz. s427A;
July $40, $40, asst, s4.571k.-.
july iy0s si.so' $50. sIsc. s4.s2e. ' ''' ~
quiet, unehanged; No 2 spring wheat 7sA
24a24Ac; No. 2 oats lsA@l7c; mess pork
s.. 75@S.SO; lard "a. Od4 %; short ribs $.65M
4.9o; shoulders $4.15; short clear sides $AI5
New York, March 2o.-Flour dull. un-
changed; southern -four quiet, unchanged.
Wheat-spot market dull. easy; ( 9 b
and weak at BG9sc decline: No. 2 red
March SIC; May So5sc; July 7shc; septem-
Corn%DulI, easy: No. 2 soa soZc elevator
3OAM31c afcat; options were dull and
weak at unchanged prices to &c decline,
March 3okc; May so7sc; July &c; septem-
oatsNspots dull. steady; options steady,
dull: May 2l5sc: spot prices No: ? &c; No
steam A47k: city A:2Oa425: May A5i
nominal: refined dull: continent A.15,
South American 500; compound 4a4Ac.
Eggs-Steady; state and Pennsylvania
10kd11c; western fresh 1o1zc; southern
Cotton Seed OiI-Dull, unchanged.
Rice-Fair deman, firm. unchanged.
Molasses-Steady. unchanged.
PeanutsIQuiet, Unchanged: -,
Coffee-Steady, 5G10 points up: Apri
$S-25: May S.2od8.25: June S.G: Septem'
Der $S.30IS. 40: December 40: Jan
uary 1875; spot Rio dull. steady; No
Z sac
Sugar-Raw dull. frm: fair refining
2 15-1sa3c: refined unchanged. quiet.
Freights to Liverpool market quiet. firm
Cotton by steamer 1!lzc per 100 pounds
Grain by steamer 2Ad-
NAVAL STORES.
New YofM March 2o.-Rosin quiet, un.
changed. Turpentine steady, unchanged
Charleston, s. c.. March D.-Turpentinf
market dull. nothing doing. Rosin firm
receipts none; strained common to good
$1.45n1.0.
Savannah, Ga. March 2o.-Turpentine
firm at 2sizc: sales 265: receipts 229. Rosin
firm: sales 1000; receipts LIS: A, 3. c, .
$50: E SI55; F I-G: G a-15: III S.s5: j
$50: K SIS: NJ 500: N s22o: w G s2-3;
w w $50 0ast three quotations on new
CROP.