Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-27

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet and unsettled. No. yellow corn,
spring, sllOasiSO; No. 2 red, sl.e9gsi.7o.
No. 2 corn. "a 1-SG34 lac. No. oats,
q l-2c. No. 2 white, Bic. No. 3 white,
29 1-2Q30c. No. 2 rye. Csc No. barley,
3S05lc. No. / fiaxseed, sl.Sl; new, slSl.
Prime timothy seed, p.75@$2S. Mess
pork, per barrel, sn.65a$ll7O. Lard, per
100 pounds, $62Gas 1925. Short-ribs sides
QOose). $5.S5m$620. Dry sailed shoulders
tboxed). 5a5 lac. Short, clear sides
boxed. $sS0as640. Sugars, eut-loaf, an
Is 1-2c.: dairy. 11m13c. Eggs. steady;
fresh, loo. Cheese easy at 5a5 Lie.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. May 2G.-Cotton-Spot in
moderate demand; prices unchanged;
American middling. SD. The sales OF
the day were 5000 bales, OF which 800
were for speculation and export, and in
cluded 1900 American. Receipts, Z2,OVo
bales. including 20,9O0 American.
Futures opened quiet, with n poor de-
mand. and closed dull but steady; Ameri-
can middling. low middling clause, May,
S4-6id., buyers; May and June, 3 a-eid.,
buyers; June and July, A-64d., buyers;
July and August, S4-64qS S5-6id.. buyers;
August and September, 34-6tt3 35-64d.,
buyers; September and October 33-6Ap
3i-64d.. sellers; October and November,
3 32-e4lI3 3s-t4d., sellers: November and
cember and January, 3l-6+a3 32-64d., buy
ers; January and February. 33l-6i1D
32-64d., buyers; February and March,
32-6i., buyers
NEW YORK, May 26.-Cotton dull;
middlng, l-2c.; net receipts. go bales;
exports TO Continent. 2266 bales; safes,
1921 bales; stock, 136,O7.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 4,l42 bales;
exports, to Great Britain, 1,072 bales; to
the Continent, 1885 bales; stock, 1926
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, $685. bales;
exports to Great Britain, s0,77& balesj to
France. 6,272 bales; to the Continent, %,lc5
bales
Totals since September lst: Net re-
ceipts, S,336, 1903 bales; exports TO Great
Britain, 32S4,025 bales; TO France 76,596
bales; 10 The Continent. 2,7y3,Sl3 bales.
Cotton-Spot closed dull: middling up
lands he; middling Gulf, Sic. sales.
2,11 bales.
Cotton futures opened quiet and steady;
sales, 300 bales; May $40; June, $40;
July, s6.45; August, 500; September, 1874;
October 1888; November. S6.33; December,
1854; January, 1851; February, %.SJ;
March, s642
Cotton futures closed very steady; sales,
10, 800 bales; May. s6.47; June. S6.f: July,
s6.5l; August. 1855; September, S.3S; Oc-
tober, 1886; November, 1886; December.
S6.3s; January, $6.f2.
NEW ORLEANS. May 26-Cotton-Fu-
lures steady; sales, l6. 400 bales; May, Sb.0i;
June, $60lQs6.03; July, $61lMs6.l2; August.
Sc llQs612; September, s6Q%.0l; October,
$6G$6.0l; November, s6.02G$6.0i; December,
s6O5d S6O6: January, s6.08Q$6O9
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 26.-Tur-
pentine-Firm at q 1-2c. sales, 90 casks.
Rosin--Firm; sales, none; prices I'M
changed.
SAVANNAH, GA, May 26.-Splrits OF
acknowledgement firm at &c; sales, 10
casks: closed firm at ~ 3-4c, with sales
of 300 casks; receipts. 2.706 casks.
Rosin-Firm and unchanged; sales, 2,2i5
barrels; receipts. 5,i0l barrels.
WILL MINGTON, n. c.. Nay 26.--Spirits
Turpentine-Opened firm and closed quiet
AT 266l26 l-2c; receipts, l23 casks.
Rosin-Firm at 95c. and 81; receipts. Isl
barrels.
Crude Turpentine-Steady at sl.25. sl.7U.
and 81. 80; receipts, 116 barrels.
Tar-Steady at Si.lo; receipts. ~ bar
rels.
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. yA., May %.-tspecial.)-
Farmers market active and stronger.
with prices higher for all grades; fancy,
si-iI3 l-2c.; strictly prime, Sc: prime,
i-2GD3c.; ordinary stock. &C.; Spanish. 6oc.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, May 2s.-(Special)
at l-sa6 3-lsc.. for good
iofs