The morning news., 1898-12-30

Receipts and stocks at the ports
Receipts this day ........:........... 43 .753
This day last year Observation-Disclosures. So 701
This day year before last.......... Al ,89l
Receipts past six days .......,.... 256, 602
sn.e days last year ................ 239, S32
Same days year before last...... 173, 277
Total receipts since Sept. !, 1898. ,702, 926
Same time last year ................5, ,439, 627
same time year before last........4S $40, ,213
Stock at the ports to-day ..........1, 80, 722
Stock same day last year...,......1, ,215, 155
Daily movements at other ports
Galveston-Quiet middling, 59s; net re-
cejpts 21,096; gross, 21,096; sales, 1S2; Stock
S15J75.
New Orleans-Firm; middling S-16;
net receipts, 10,S55; gross, 1883; sales
Sl0l, stock, 519,90S
Mobile-Easy; middling, 5 3-16; net re-
ceipts 1,O33; gross, 1888; sales, 1000; stock,
&l77j.
Charleston-Quiet; middling, 51s net re-
ceipts 4S8; gross 4SS; stock, 1880.
Wilmington-Firm; middling, 53s; net re-
ceipts. 24S; gross, 24S; stock 1875.
Norfolk-Steady; middling, 538; net re-
ceip,s 3, 49, gross. 3,265; sales, 1,O2S; stock
@.7S7
Batimore-Nominal; middling 81; gross
receipts. / ,429; stock p, S99.
New York-Steady; middling, SIS; net
receipts, SO; gross, 1910; sales, $50; stock
%,313.
Boston-steady; middling, 575; net re-
ceipts 1880.
Philadelphia-F1rm middling, 6ls; net
receipts, IS; gross, 4S; stock, S,456.
Daily movements at interior towns
Augusta-Quiet and steady middling
5ai; net receipts, 954; gross, 1904; sales
5S; stock 1881.
Memphis-Steady; middling, 52s; net re-
ceipts 3.612; gross, 1886; sales 400; stock
l5l755
st. Louis-Firm; middling, 55sc; net re-
ce.pts, 903; gross, 13. 692; stock, 76.4OO.
Cncinnati-Quiet; middling, 9-16 net
receipts. 1920; gross, 1920; stock D'O82.
Houston-Quiet; middling, 528; net re-
CENTS, 1O,4O9; gross 1o,40S; sales, $40;
stock. 202, ,24.
sville-Steady; middlns, o12.
Exports of Cotton This Day
Gaiyeston-To Great Britain, 24,O69;
coastwise, 3,945.
New Orleans-To Great Britain. 1,OoO;
| coastwise 625
Mobile-Coastwise 52E
Savannah-To the continent, 1905;
coastwise, 200.
Norfolk-To Great Britain, 2oo to the
continent, 96S; coastwise, 5,l3O.
New York-To France, 500; to the conu-
nont, 105.
Boston-To Great Britain, 6,952.
Total foreign exports from all ports TINS
day: To Great Britain, 1921; to France,
5l to the continent 1114S.
Total foreign exports from all ports thus
/ far this week: To Great Britain 2o4,94;
10 France, 25,624; to the continent 72SS4;
Total foreign exports since Sept l. l9S;
To Great Britain, 2,122, ,S66; to France 49f-
2i3 to the continent, 1,479,3S0
Liverpool, Dec. %, p. m.-Cotton' spot
quiet; prices hardening; American mid
ding fair. 95kd; good middling 9-32d
4 m3dling 8 3-32d; low middling, 29-S2d
good ordinary 2S-S2d; ordinary, ll-Szd'
The sales Of the dey were 10000 bales.
o which 1000 were for speculation ana
export and included 9,4OO American; re-
ceipts 1900, including 1880 American.
Futures opened quiet with a moderate
demand. and closed steady at the advance
American middnng, low middlng clause
December, 3.03d, buyers; December-J anu
ary 3O3d buyers: January February,
2'3l. buyers; February March, S.O4d, buy
Gs; March-Aprn 3.O5d, buyers; April
4 Nay, 305d, buyers; May-June, 3.Wd, buy
ems, June-July, 3.OSd, buyers; Juiy-August,
ald, buyers; August-September 1880
5l9l sellers; September October, 5000
Glld value; October November, $500
@Ill buyers. a
Now York, Dec. 29.-After opening steady
on am advance of 204 points, cottonS ft1
tunes showed a still further improven1en4
o. -a3 points. English cables being OF
i favorable purport, advices from New Eng
.a1l mills and from dry goods markets
encouraging and reports from Southern
S markets being also of bullish char
a'er. For a time buying was quite ac-
i've and included operations for Wall
s'el and other outside accounts, but was
w "ise part for shorts who were inclined
- cover, not only on the strong factors