Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-29

Wheat--Firmer; spot and the month,
73lsWB4c.; October, 73ism73%sc.; December,
75Au76c.; southern. by sample. 6507Slsc:
Corn-Firm; mixei, spot. S9te: the
Der and December, 25lzd254c.; January,
| 35AM25izc.; February 3Ac; southern
white corn. Ad42c.
Oats-Steady; No. white. 2Siza29lzc.
Ryo-Firmer: No. 2. nearby, 5SuJsc.
Sugar-Strong and unchanged:
Butter-Firm and unchanged.
Eggs-Firm and unchanged.
Cheese-Firm.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. September $-Cotton1-,
Spot In moderate demand prices 5-3Zd. ~
l-16d. higher; American middling, iair'
l5-32d. go0d middling. 4 sgd, middling'
3 l5-l6d. low middling. sgd; good 0rul-
nary, 9-l6d.: ordinary. S3sd. The safes
of the day were 5000 bales OF which oOV
were for speculation and export, ana m
cluded $500 American. Receipts, 100 oales
American.
Futures opened firm and closed barely
steady at the advance; American MO
ding, low middling clause, September
8 53-6ld.. sellers: September and OCTOBER
3 5l-6id., sellers; october and November,
3 49-6ifi3 j0-Cid.. buyers; November anu
December. 3 iS-64d., sellers; DECEMBER
and January and January and FEBRUARY
f7-6ld., sellers February ana March
f7-6ili3 4S-6id., sellers; March ana Apan,
3 4S-64d.. sellers: April and May, 4S-oig
3 49-6id.. sellers; May and June. is-6id.,
sellers; June and July g-5igS 0-oiu.'
sellers; July and August 3 5O-bld., sellers
NEW YORK, September 2s.-Cotton-
quiet; middling. 6Isc.; gross receipts i'siV
bales: sales, .l65 bales; stock. lio,'t9 paIes,
exports TO Great Britain, 200 Dales, u
France, 2.O@ bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts, G,il3 bales;
| 20 britain 90 bales. 10
France, 1892 bales; to the Continent, lv'ool
bales; stock. 62g.6i9 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. 20979S bales;
eXports-to Great Britain, 5llS9 bales 70
France, 9739 bales: to the Continent,
o. POP bales.
Totals since September LIST: Net receipts,
692 O4 bales: eXports-tO Great Britain,
1851 bales to France. Sii5 bales; to the
Continent. l7O.sl5 bales.
Although the bull portion OF the trade
had the advantage In to-day's cotton
market all through the early session
shorts later held the better position. IL
was a day Of great excitement, TO say the
least. orders from every direction were
received I'm large numbers, ana the local
trade operated on a very heavy scale. n
glance at the bulletin-bOard revealed
sensational advance in the English
market, prices having jumped up points
or more than three times as much as tne
local talent had expected, in response 10
our frmness Of yesterday. As soon as
the market opened shorts made franuc
efforts to reach cover. and first safes OF
October represented the remarkable al
vance of n points. But as the can pro-
crossed the cables suddenly reported a
weak instead of a strong market on the
other side, with the result that wnen the
opening prelimnaries had been adjourned
the far months were bare lHS points
above the close of last night. FOR tline
after the opening the bull and bear rae
ffpFne CfurTaf for OnpnlnK. the FORMER
finally succeeding in bringing about ga
| point advance. which. however, was
wiped out before midday Early In the
afternoon heavy realizing set in, ana
prices melted away I'm "A remarkable man
ner Trading was very active, ana the
crowd I'm the pit was worked up 10 a
| high pitch ~ excitement Several lovo-
bale lots were dealt in, aud from mat
! quantity single trades ranged all the way
down to the usual 100 ana ZVJ-bale or
ders. The late slump failed TO dsplace
the confidence OF the rank and file OF the
bulls. and instead of stimulating agyres-
siveness on the part OF the bears merely
afforded the latter an opportunity 70
close up Improbable ventures with small
err losses. Each point of decline uncovered
many limited buying orders, ana at times
the market showed some OF its recent Dull
| aggressiveness. The close was steady AT
a net gain of 2d5 points, the market nav
ing rallied on active covering;
Der. So 80; November, 1854; December, $o.9l :;
January S6S3: February. sG.g; March,
S695: April. $685. May. N02; June, $L0;
July, SOB; August. NOl.
Cotton futures closed steady; october,
663; November 66S; December, 67S;
January. 1854; February, &@; March,
S69l: April. 1854; May, S6.98; June, ";
July, T.02: August. $7.O2.
Spot closed steady; middling uplands,
G7sc.; middling Gulf, ne; sales, ll66
bales.
NEW ORLEANS, September 2S-Cotton
futures closed steady; September. 500;
October S. 4J0$G n; November. s. i9d $3.50:
December. S65inS6.55; January S.59dtbD;
February S6.62nS6.6i; March, $3.50 S5.6S;
April. S6.7106.7e; May. $6.15qS.76; June,
s. 790S6S0.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG. VA, September %
Special )-Cotton-F'i at SIC. for good
lots.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. September 27-Calves.--
Strictly choice veal per pound, &C.; good
veal. per pound, 6a6l2c.; rough to good
Lambs and Sheep.-We quote as fol-
lows: Spring lambs, good TO choice, go
6lkc. per pound; sheep, per pound choice
3i5c: good. per head. SfiSO; inferior,
per head, SlaN.50; old bucks, per head'
s2d$3.
CHICAGO. September 7-Smaller Of
ferings of cattle to-day caused a stronger
feeling and the general run sold at frm
prices. with desirable lots about JOG.
higher. Good 10 choice cattle sold at
S5G00$690; cOmmoner grades az Sl41HFo9o'
stockers and feeders at SrS5; bulls,
cows. and heifers, sl.5O4S125; Texas
steers. S3.25aA.lO; rangers, Si55aSoIO ana
calves SinT.
There was a fairly active demand for
hogs at easier. prices most sales .,i 3eln as
s4154si 72Ib: mixed lots at N40n$il9, ana
light at SL45GslSj. Pigs brought Siu$iI1'
and culls. Sl.50lI$i10.
Sheep and lambs were in fairly good
demand at steady prices. Native sneep
sold ar S225GA.25: western rangers az
| 81 5OGNl0. and yearings az $tl51$iJo;,
Lambs sold at s3.750$5.5O for natives and
| s4G00Sj15 for western rangers. o,o
Receipts: Cattle. 1850 head; hogs' p'"o
head sheep, H,WO head
NEW YORK. September 2E-Beeyes-
| Receluts. 343i head; market slow ana de-
pressed. Steers. 10 TO 2Oc lower. , BulIs
steers s45OGSG0: oxen and stays sZ.2yQ
$3.50. bulls, S275nfL25: cows SL'oHSi;
Gables steady. Exports, $50 cattle ana
4.6is quarters OF beef -,... ,,,,,,
Calves-Receipts, 1852 head; market duli
and lower: large number Of grassers un-
cold Veals. Sass: tops, SS25nS5O; grass
ers. S2JGd 50; selected grassers. 30;
Sheep and Lambs-RecSipts' Ell Ell; he 90;
40. culIs. S2dt275: Canadian lambs,
Sj5OT&jC2is; culls, SqH. - o..
HHgogs~R6ceipts, 1854 head; steady at
1880 SO5.
NAVAL-sTORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON, S. c.. September %
Observation-Disclosures firm at &c; safes
none. ,...o-.1 eaIas
none.
SAVANNAH. GA, September %
Spirits Turpentine-firm ~, at fS.I, av-