The morning news., 1897-01-01

The market was demoralzed during the
early part of the week by the large
amount of cotton coming into sight. There
was heavy selling and the market rapidly
declined to the lowest prices of the sea-
son. After the heavy liquldations Of jan
uary cotton there was a better feeling and
futures took a squirt during Wednesday
and Thursday. March to-day closed -
points higher than yesterday. The hrmer
tone and advance was due to the contin-
ued reports of lighter receipts in the in
terror. 1t is believed by many that the
movement has been swelled by some 200
COO bales, which In other years have been
held by southern mills, in excess Of their
present stocks
The local market advanced &c to-day,
with total sales Of S75 bales. At the Cot
ton Exchange at the first call. the market
was bulietined quiet and unchanged, With
no sales reported. AT the second call it
was advanced 1-16c on all grades, with
sales Of $50 bales AT the last CAN IL
closed quiet at another advance of 1-16c,
with sales of 355 bales.
The following were the official spot quo
tations, at the close Of the market, at the
Cotton Exchange to-day:
Good middling ...........................
Middling ............................
Low middling ...........................
Market-Quiet; sales. SO
Receipts-The receipts of cotton at this
port from all sources for the past week
ending Thursday night, were Il. .2G1 bales
upland and 2,9l7 bags sea island. against
24,2l7 bales upland and 2,2S7 bags sea is
land last year
The particulars of the receipts We're al
follows: Per Central railroad, 1896 bales
per Savannah, Florida and Western rail
road, 1904 bales; per Charleston and Sa
vannah railroad 704 bales; per Soutl
Bound railroad, 274 bales; per Floridj
Central and Peninsular railroad, 954 bales
per Georgia and Alabama railroad, 95
bales; Per Savannah river steamers, 2
bales; per Beaufort steamers, / bale.
Exports-The exports for the past week
ending Thursday night were 43, 549 bale
upland and SOS bags sea island, movinl
as follows; To Baltimore, 1.49l bales up
land and 50 bags sea island; TO New York
6,167 bales upland and 1881 bags sea is
land; to Boston. 5.0ll bales upland an,
1879 bags sea island; TO Philadelphia, 80
bales upland and l13 bags sea island t.
Brunswick, 2,143 bales upland; mill con
sumption, l25 bales upland; to Liverpool
5,75S bales upland and S,493 bags sea is
land; to Bremen, H. $50 bales upland; t,
Genoa, 4,45O bales upland; to Barcelona
5.2s1 bales upland.
Stocks-The stock on hand and on ship
board to-day were 1924 bales upland an'
27,72S bags sea island, against 7.37S bale
upland and 15,7SS bags sea island at thl
corresponding time last year.
Sea Island Cotton-The sales for tn,
past week were 2.62l bags. The marke
was nominal for Fioridas. and no salel
of them were reported. Georgias were "a
about nc decline The tone of the marke
was quiet. The receipts so far this sea
son are within 5000 bales of the endr,
receipts for the season of 1866. Th,
sales for the past week were made on
basis of the following quotations:
Extra choice Floridas' ............16 dl6i
Choice tloridas .....................l5 Ql5l
Extra fine Floridas ...............l4ia
Fancy Georgias .,...................12lzG zGl3
Extra choice Georgias ............l2 @l2i
Choice Georgids ....................1li2nl
Extra fine Georgias ...............11
flhe GeorGlaS ..-....,...............lO 0lVL
Medium fine Georgias ............ 9ia
Common Georgias ................. a 8
The receipts for the past week ending
Thursday night We're 2917 bags, agalns
2,2S7 bags the same week last year
The exports for the week were 6,576 bags
moving as follows To Havre, 25G bags
TO Manchester. 375 bags to Liverpool. 5.O2
bags; to northern ports for domestic con
sumption, 92S bags.
Exports same week last year were 75
bags.
The total receipts from Sept. l to dat,
amount to 693Sl bags, against 61 1854 bag
for the corresponding time last year
The total exports from Sept. l to dat,
amount to 8S,16S bags, moving as follows
To Great Britain, 1870 bags; TO France
4.0i7 bags; to the continent, 1.76i bags: t,
northern ports for domestic consumption
l2472 bags.
The total exports for the same perio,
last year were 1854 bags.
Stock on hand and on shipboard to-da,
vas 27,72S bags, against 1878 bags thi
day last year.