Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-24

Cash quotations were as follows: No. I
yellow corn, 35c. Flour In moderate de-
mand and steady. No. 2 spring wheat
40, No, 3 spring, wheat, sl;l5qsl.4o; No.
oats, % l-2g29 BIC: No. 2 white, 81 1-21
&C. No. 3 white. 80 1-4Q3l Lie. No. z
rye, 65Q65 lie. No. barley, 42G5Oc. No.
l. faxseed, $-S4. Mess pork. per barrel,
! s6.S7 1-2. Short-rib sides, loose. $1,000
| $40; dry saited shoulders, s5Gt$5.25: short
| clear sides, boxed, S6.5Ols6.7O. Sugars
Cut-loaf unchanged. Butter firm: cream
| cry. l24l5 lie; dairy, Halle. Eggs firm;
| fresh, l-2alO lie. Cheese steady; cream
| cry, SAG 1-2c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, May 2S.-4 p. M.-Cotton--
| Spot dull; prices unchanged; American
middlng. 9-l6d. The sales of the day
were 5000 bales, of which 300 bales were
for speculation and export, and included
1900 bales Americana receipts, 10000 bales,
including $500 bales American.
Futures opened quiet but steady; with
moderate demand, and closed dull
American middling, low mlddlng clause.
3 S2-6iu3 S3-64d., value; June and July.
Std, sellers; July and August. 33-6llp
3 4-Gid., sellers; August and September
a-6id., buyers; September and October,
32-6id., buyers; October and November,
3 3l-6id., buyers; November and December
S0-Giqi3 3l-6id.. buyers; December and
January 3O-6i@3 3i-64d. buyers; January
and February, 30-64n3 3i-64d., buyers;
February and March. 3 Sl-6ld., buyers.
NEW YORK. May 23.-Cotton--Quie
ports.-to Great Britain, $50 bales; to
France, ISL bales; TO the Continent, 1856
bales; sales, LOO bales; stock. l4s, 5iS bales.
totals to-day: Net receipts, 74Si bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 7.44o bales; 70
France. ISL bales; to the Continent, I5,eu
bales; stock 506,4A bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts, II. 1853 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, u, go bales: TO
France, ISL bales; to the Continent, 1900
bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts.
S.320.li2 bales: expOrts-to Great Britain,
3.326, 66l bales; TO France, 7S2 l05 bales: 10
the Continent. g.7S4.7s0 bales.
Cotton: Spot closed quiet; middling up
lands, l-lsc.; middiing gulf, 6l5-l6o.:
Cotton futures closed steady; sales. So 400
bales; May. $40; June, ss.4l: July, s645;
August. $50; September. $6.3S; October,
sS.SS; November. s6.S7; December. $3.50;
January s6.42.
Cotton futures opened dull but steady;
sales. 800 bales: June. s6.32: July. $3.50:
August S6.4l; September s632; October.
$3.50; November, $751; December. s6.32:
January. $685.; February. $685.; March.
1887
NEW ORLEANS. May 23.--cotton-Fu-
lures steady: sales. 1890 bales; May, 1886
G$5.ss; June. 1894 bid: July. $s0ias6.02:
August. $6.02: September. 1898: October.
S.9sns5.99; November s6.0lns6.02: Decem-
her, s6.03diS6.05: January. s6.06NS6oS
NAyAL-STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON. s. C., May 2s.--Turpen-
tine-Firm, at &c: sales. none.
Rosin-Firm; sales, none; market UNI
changed.
SAVANNAH. GA. May 23.-Spirits OF
Turpentine--Firm at q 1-4c.: sales. 3o5
casks; receipts, ISIS casks
RosIn-Firm and unchanged; sales, $50
barrels; receipts 3.467 barrels.
WILMINGTON, N O., May 2a.-SpirIta
OF Nothing doing: prices I'M
receipts. Ri casks
Rosin-Dull at Zoe. and 81; receipts, 81
barrels.
Crude Turpentine-Quiet at Si.2513i. ION
s.. 80: receipts. 50 barrels
Tar-Steady at lilo: receipts. 125 barrels.
SUFFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
SUFFOLK May 2.-Special. D Prime