Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-11
February and March. 333-6id.s

sellers; February and March. 33-6id.s
sellers.
NEW YORK, May lO.-The cotton mar
ket was only moderately active to-day.
During the forenoon traders were dis.
posed to hold off for the bureau report,
and there was some liquidation following
the opening advance OF l 90 3 points.
which caused net loss OF TO . points
before the bureau report was announced.
But that precious document was 80 bad
Is mixed up that the traders. one and
all were at a loss TO know what II meant,
and Il fell fiat. I'm the afternoon the
market hung about yesterdays closing
prices with trading very slack. partly
due to pyrotechnics i'm wheat and partly
in anticipation of important news from
the threatened naval engagements. Near
the close prices rallied slightly on cover
ing. The scope OF the market was only
a matter Of 4 TO points. and the tone
finally was very strong ana prices were
at an advance of points. 80,
Cotton futures opened firm; sales. 300
bales: May. $623; June S626: July, w.;
August. $3.50: September. 1886: October.
1876; November. $685. December. $50;
January. S6.ii.
Cotton futures closed very steady; sales.
iSs 200 bales Nay seA STpe; W. 4 19 ng
tober, s6.37; November, s5.S9; Decemper'
s6.l2 January, &.lL
Spot cotton closed steady: middlng.
6S-Sc do Gulf 6 5-Sc.; sales, i.22S bales.
Cotton steady, mluullnB, o-oCs, h't i'~
ceipts $40 bales; gross. 1910 bales; ex-
ports--to Great Britain Loco bales, 20
France. 1876 bales; To the Continent LUZ
bales: forwarded. $50 bales; sales. 20
bales; spinners, 525 bales; stock. ISLES
bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. 1850 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, b,s2s Dales. 70
France. 49, bales; to the Continent. I.5o;
bales: stock, $3.50 bales; M o., -.
Consolidated: Net receipts Dsz3 paies'
exports-to Great Britain, q 500 bales; 10
France. 1881 bales; to the Continent lz-
S6l bales. ~
Totals since September list: Net. re-
GENTS S25l G56 bales; exports-to Great
Britain. 3,i9s.273 bales; to France, lof,oos
bales: to Nhe Continent. 2,725,b1o bales.
NEW ORLEANS, LA, May Loot
ton-Steady: sales, IL 200 bales; May, Ss
bid: June. S. s2liS5. So; July, S5.93uSos ~; Au-
gust 1886 bid; September. s5.9IdS-ss, &c
tober. s.. 9sGs599: November. $as6:@; De-
cember. s6.Oias6.O5: January, s6'5a%.%'
NAVAL STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON. :. C., May l0.-Turpen-
tine-Market firm at &c. sales. none.
Rosn-Quiet and unchanged; sales,
none.
SAVANNAH. GA, May lo-Turpen-
tne-Firm AT % l-2c.; sales, IW' rasAs'
receipts. l.GT casks; stock S.ZlI casks.
Rosln-F1rm and unchanged; sales, 30
barrels: receipts, S,7ls barrels; stock TO-
0i6 barrels.
WILMINGTON. n. c.. May W.-Spirits
of Turpentine-Firm at 2Cn26 lie; re-
ceipts. 20 casks. -.
Rosin-Nothing doing; prices unchanged;
receipts, l.2G6 barrels. - 400
Crude Turpentine-F'irm at N.2o, w.
and $l.9O: receipts. 10 barrels.
Tar-Firm at $780, receipts. $52
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.
NORFOLK. VA. May lo~-(Speclal.'-
Peanuts-DuI; farmers fancy, 23-iG5c.:
strictly prime. 21-202 Sac; prime. 2l-itp
9 l-2c.; prime, common, 1-292c.; SPANISH
53G5ic
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA, May lc.-tSpeciaL)
Cotton-Quiet at s i-2c. for good lots
PETERSBURG PEANUT MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, May lO.-(Specisl)
Virginias dull: prime. 23-4c.; extra pfiine'
2 7-SG3c.; fancy. l-Sc.
PETERSBURG TOBACCO MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, May W.-tSpeciall
Market firm, with increasing receipts ana
demand for all good grades. quotations
unchanged, as follows: Common TO me-
dunn Tugs. $3.50 10 $50; good 70 me Jugs,
"a TO $3.50: poor short leaf, $50 TO -; fair
TO good short leaf $50 TO IS; medium 10
good wrappers. 80 to sll; good 10 ilne
wrappers. SIS TO $50: medium To good snip
ping sl2 to sli; good 10 fine shipping |iS
to SIS.