Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-26

demand, and closed firm ut the advance;
American niddiing. low msddiing cisuse'
May. 4 it'd. buyers; May and June.
4 sod. buyers; June and july i-ew
led. buyers; August and September:
3 s0-Gim3 6l-64d., buyers; September ana
October, 53-6id.: October and November
3 4s-6id., buyers; November ana Decems
Der, 56-Sfd buyers; December ana Jam
uary, 3 45-etd.. sellers, January ana rep.
ruary. 3 Sid, sellers; February ana
March, 3 45-6id3 std, sellers.
NEW YORK, May 25.-cotton-Qules
290 bales; receipts. 1913 bales; exports
TO France, $50 bales; TO the Continent'
e22 bales; forwarded. 1913 bales; sales.
1883 bales: spinners, 7JS bales; stock, lso''
722 bales.
Totals to-day: Net rccsJots. 1865 bales;
exports-to Great Britain. $50 bales; 70
France. Ss6 bales; TO ~ Continent, W
bales; stock. 3i6.96l bales,
Consolidated net receipts, 1888 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, II, 2l9 bales; 10
France. 1850 bales; 10 the CONTINENT
1862 bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts.
6.5i3, 795 bales; exports-to Great Brtaihs
1882. III bales: to France. cs3. 4Ss bales; TO
the Continent. 2022, i79 bales; 10 the Chan.
mel. 5.iM bales.
Cotton futures closed steady: sales:
1900 bales; January. 1851; February ana
March. $685.; May and June. $l2-u$..zS'
August. N1s: September. s6ss; october.
$.73: November. s6.i1; December, 1914.
Spot cotton closed quiet and steady;
middling uplands. 7-Sc; middling GuiIs
&C.; sales 1883 bales.
The cotton market was helped by bet-
ter class or cable news than had been
expected. and the first call developer q
steady feeling. with an advance OF 10
points on the general list There was
further advance OF gao points on cover
ing. with sellers scarce, after which the
market partially reacted, under renewed
selling, following generally favorable pri-
vate and public accounts regarding me
progress of the growing crop. Selling
was checked by somewhat conflicting re-
ports regarding too much cool weather
i'm the South. Several attempts were made
to break the market. without mucn sue
cese The close was steady at an advance
OF gao points. 49,
Cotton futures opened steady ut tne
advance: sales. $500 bales: January. 1871;
March. 1881: May SIG: June, N.H; july
800: August. Sis. September $685. octo-
ber, SOB; November. $3.50; December, So.'i.
NAvAI-sToRE MARKETS.
WILMINGTON, n. c.. May 25.-Tur..
pentine-Firm at 2ia2i 1-2c.; receipts. ZiS
'I Rosin-Firm at si.2OGsl.25; receipts. 4ol
barrels. uoo ueo
Crude Turpentne-Firm at $50. N.S'
and 81 90: receipts, II barrels. .
Tar-Firm at 1876: receipts, III barrels.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. May 25.-Turpen-
tine-Market firm at Page; Sales none;
Rosin-Ffrm; sales none; u ana =. Va:
ID and T.. $50: f. and c. N.39' IL SLoo'
|. N.55: X and NJ. sl65; n. $40; window-
glass. 81 IS; water-white. s..
SAVANNAH May 25.-Turpentine--
Opened firm at 25c., with sales OF II"
casks: receipts, 1.63S casks.
Rosin-Closed firm; sales, 1900 barrels:
receipts. 1867 barrels; quote a. -, &, -,
and +. $3.50: f. sl.35; +. $40; q. $40: ~,
Sl60: /, sl.65; X. sL75; NJ. $sO; n. g.sos
window-glass, i225; water-white 2.SS.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, May 25.-Cotton--
Steady at 1-2a7 S-Sc for good to pest
lots.
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG VA, May %.-Nr-
ginias quiet at 2Q2 csc. for good to best
lots: Spanish quiet at 1Jc.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA, May 25.-farmers'
market quiet and steady, with a ten
dency, probably, upward; fancy, $50
3-4c; strictly prime, l-fH2 3-sc.; prime,
2d2 l-Sc.; Spanish. Sic; low grades. l l-ZV
/ S-4c; hand-picked. fancy, l-4p3 l-2c.;
extras. 2 1-2a2 3-4c: third grade, &c; No.
/ Spanish. shelled. 3-4c.; No. Virginia.
l-2a2 3-4c. No 2 Virginia. &c.