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now here is estimated at about 82,500 bales.
The receipts at the port this week, have averaged
about 1,850 bales a day. The receipts at all the
ports, since Sept. 1, 1868, have been 2,087,000
bales, against 2,121,000 bales same time in 1867
-’8; exports, same time 1,228,000 bales, against
1,524,000 bales same time in 1867—’8; stock on hand
at latest dates, 270,000 bales, against 201,000 bales
same date 1868. Total crops of 1867—’8, 2,430,893
bales ; total receipts at ports year ending Sept. 1,
1868, 2,240,282 bales; total exports thence, same
time, 1,657,015 bales. The exports of domestic
cotton goods from this port, since Jan. 1, have
been 8,848 pkgs., against 9,169 pkgs., same time
last year. From Boston, 3,574 pkgs., against 5,059
pkgs. same time in 1868. At the Live Stock mar-
kets, this week, Beeves have been in fair demand
but closed dull, ranging from 10@16%c., per lb. ;
week’s_ receipts, 7,918. Milch cows, in less re-
quest at $40@$110 each, receipts, 67. Veal
calves, inactive at from 5@10%c. per lb. ; receipts,

_' 1,109. , Sheep and lambs have been in good de-

mand at from 5%@8%c., per 1b., ; receipts, 16,-
806. Swine, more active at 9%@10c. per 1b., all
live weight; receipts, 22,227.

Foreign merchandise has been moderately in-
quired for at less buoyant prices as rule. The
total imports of foreign dry goods, last week,
were $1,485,736, and the total amount marketed
$1,612,249. The value of foreign merchandise
imported last week, was $6,187,113——making the
grand total specie value of last week's imports of
dry goods and merchandise, equal to $7,672,849,
against $4,216,906 same week last year; total
since July 1, 1868, $246,268,493, against 8205,-
272,742 in 1867—’8. A Ocean freights have shown
more activity and firmness, but closed weaker, on
a better supply of room. For Liverpool we
quote flour at 9d. by sail, and 1s. by steam-
er, per bbl.; grain at 2%d. by sail, and 3d.@
31/4d. by steamer, per bushel ; cotton at %d. by
sail, and 35§‘@f’§d. by steamer, per lb.; and heavy
goods 10s.@25s. by sail, and 10s.@25s. by steam-
er, per ton. Total number of vessels in port on
Wednesday, 569.

The imports for the week ending May 8,
and since the beginning of the year," have been as
followsz.

_ ._ __ - 1868. 1869.
Dry goods .. .. . . .. . . .. $1,125,659 $1,485,736
Gen; merchandise .... . . 3,091,247 6,187,113
Total for the week.  . . $4,216,906 $7,672,849
Previously reported. . . . 81,463,497 108,497,526

Since January 1. . .. . . $85,680,403 $116,170,375
The New York exports, exclusive of specie, for

the week ending May 11, and since the beginning
of the year, compare as follows : -

. 1868. 1869.

For the week .. .. .. .. . $3,434,538 $4,622,424
Prev. ‘reported...’. .... 61,677,926 55,570,842
Since January 1. . . .. . . $65,112,464 $60,193,266

The balance in the Sub-Treasury on Wednesday
was $84,088,480 73. ’ -

' The following quotations of sales of Railway
and other securities are in addition to those given
elsewhere in our columns :—

New York.—Louisiana 6s, Levee bonds, 70 ; do.,
8s, Levee bonds,89% ; Georgia 6s, 83; do., 7s, 96;
Alabama 8s, 102 ; California 7s, 128% ; New
York State 7s Bounty Loan coupon, 1101/4; do.,
6s, 1873, 102%; Brooklyn 6s, Water Loan, 95% ;

Milwaukee and St. Paul 1st mort., Iowa Div., 90;
Col., Chi. and Ind. Central 22 mort. 80%; N. Y.
and N. H., 130; do., 68. 94; A01 D0015 and Imp-
7s 97%; Toledo, Wabash and Western con. com’.
bonds, 82; Peninsular 1st mort., 90%; New
Jersey Central new bonds, 931/2; ChiC'c1g° and
Milwaukee 1st mort., 90; Toledo, Peoria and
Warsaw 1st mort., E. D., 85 ; Galena. and Chicago
2d mort., 97; Hannibal and St. Joseph bonds,
guar. by Mo., 90 ; Dnbuque and Sioux City R. R.,
116; Norwich and Worcester R. R., 105; Boston
Water Power Co., 17 ; Manhattan Gas, 230 ; West-
ern Union Telegraph, 443/3; Adams’ Exp. Co.,
62'; Wells-Fargo Exp., 35 ; Am. Mer. Union Exp.,
41; U. S. Exp., 661/L; Mer. Union Exp., 151/4;
Buchanan Farm oil, 0.58; Bates and Baxter,
0.50; Brevoort, 0.35 ; Consolidated Gregory gold,
2.95; Corydon, 0.12; Central petroleum, 0.75;
Grass Valley gold, 0.54; Montana gold, 0.19 ; New
York and Eldorado gald, 0.26; National Oil,
2.50; Northern Light, 0.40; _Quartz Hill Gold,
1.45; Smith and Parmalee Gold, 2.30; United
States petroleum, 1.25.
Phz'Iade@2kz'a.—Philadelphia and Reading 6s,
1843—’80, 89; do., 1871, 96; Steubenville and In-
diana 6s, 75 ; Belvidere Delaware 2d rnort., 811/4;
West Chester 7s, 971/4; Connecting R. R. bonds,
87%; Oil Creek and Allegheny River R. R., 36;
West, Jersey R, 3., 61 % ; Germantown Passenger
R. R., 32; UnionPassenger R. R., 43; Schuylkill
Nav. 7s, Boat Loan, 71 ; Delaware Division Canal,
48; Pennsylvania Canal,‘ 20; Allegheny County
5s, 75; St. Louis War Loan, 1031/4; Big Mt. Coal,
5'7/8; Shamokiu Coal, 51/4; Ocean Oil, %; Corn
Planter 3/4; Feeder Darn 3/8; New Creek, 73.
The latest quotations are: City 6s, 98@98; do.,
free of tax, 101%@101%; State 5s, reg., 97@100;
do., coupon, 92%@931/8; do., 6s, W.L., 103@-—;
do.,1st series, 104@105; do., 2d series, 106@l06;
do., 3d series, 107@107% ; Reading, 48% '@47% ;
do.,7s,1893,104@104%; do., 6s, 1880, 88@89;
Camden and Amboy, 128%@128%; do.,“ mort. (is,
1889, 91@93; do., 1883, 8663863/4; Penn. R. R.,
571/4@573/4; do., 1st mort., 99%@100; do., 2d
mort., 94%@94%; Little Schuylkill R. R.,

431/4@44; Morris Canal, 306040; do.,’ pref.,
66@68; do., bonds, 85@85%; Susquehanna

Canal, 13@14; do., 6s, 57@—; Sch. Nav., 9@10;
do., pref., 17%@18 ; do., 6s, 1882, 66@67; Dela-
ware Div. Canal, 47@48; do., bonds, 80@84;
Elmira and Williamsport, 30@30; do., pref., 40@
401/4; do., 7s, 1873, 90%@911/4; do., 5s, 56@60;
Lehigh Coal and Navigation, 32@321/4; do., 6s,
1884, 82%@82%; do., R. R., Loan, 84%@85;
do., Gold Loan, 95@951/4; North Pennsylvania,
35@35%; do., 6s, _88%@88%; do., Chattle 10s,
108@110; Philadelphia and Erie, 30%@30%;
do., 6s, 85%@86 ; Minehill, 541/4@55; Catawissa,
-10@12%; do., pref., 33%@34; Lehigh Valley, 55%
@56; do., 6s, new, 95@95%; Fifth and Sixth
streets, (horse,) 35@38 ; Second and Third, 461/4@
--; West Philadelphia,61@61; Spruce’ and Pine,
27@28; Green and’Coates, 38@39}«4j ; Chestnut and
Walnut, 46‘@461/4; Thirteenth and Fifteenth,
l8@19; Girard College, 27@291/,j; Tenth and
Eleventh, 70@71%.; Union, 42%@43; Hestonville,
13%@131/4.

.Bosion.-——Eastern R. I R-. 6s, 1885, reg., 95;
Union Pacific 6s, 93 ; Old Colony and Newport 651,
1877, 93% ; Central Pacific 7s, 1884, 1111/1, ; Bur-
lington and Missouri River R. R. 8s, 1879, conv.,

981/4; Cheshire R. R. 6s,1$0, 91% ; Connecticut
and Passumpsic Rivers R. R. pref., 90; Eastern
(N. H.) R. R.,114; Indianapolis and Cincinnati
R. R., 16; Boston, Concord and Montreal R. -R.,
75%; do., (is, 1870, 90; do., 1889, 923/4; Cam-
bridge Horse R. R. 65, 1881, 90 ;- Boston Water
Power Co., 16; Waverly Land, 1%; Boston Gas,
822%; Cary Irnp., 8%; Essex Land, 1401/4;
Short Mt. Coal, 121/4; Massachusetts 6s, 5-20s,
currency, 101; Maine 65,1889, 99%; New Hamp-
shire 63, 1872, 983/4; Rhode Island 6s, 1882,
991/4; Chicago 7s, 97@97%; Hartford 65, 1876,
R. R. Loan, 94; Cincinnati 7 3-105, 1878, 104;
St. Louis 6s, 1886, 83%; Cook Co., Ills., 7s, 961/4;
Bath 6s, 1891, 911/4; Portland 65, 1877, R. R.
Loan, 97; Albany 6s, 1896, R. R. Loan, 95;
Allouez Mining Co., 5%; Concord, 1%; Han-
cock, 4%.

Balumav-e.——lt1aryland Defense Loan, 99'/8; Vir-
ginia 6s, old, reg., 503/4; do., 1866, 55; Memphis
City 6s, 53; Balt. City 5s, 75; Central Ohio 1st
mort., 83; Orange, Alex. and Manassas bonds,
75%; South Side (Va.) R. R. bonds, guar., 651/4,;
Richmond and D_anville bonds, 711/4; Bare Hill
Mining Co., 0.20; Balt. Copper, 46. The latest
quotations are: Balt. and Ohio, 11763117; do.,
6s, 1875, 91@92; do., 1880, 91@911/4-, do.,
1885, 907291; Northern Central, 49@491/L; do.,
bonds, 1885, 85%@85%; do., 1900, 84%@85;
Parkersburg Branch, 24@24%; N. W. Va. 1st
mort., 93%@94; do., 2d mort., 89@90; do., 3d
mort-., 1885, 84@851/4 ; do., unguaranteed, 20@—;
Marietta and Cincinnati 7s, 1892, 87@88; do.,
2d mort., 68@69; Central Ohio, 31%@32; do.,
1st mo1‘t., 83@83; Western Md. 6s,1890,69@72;
do., guar., 87@88; do., 2d mort., guar., 87@90;
Richmond and Danville bonds, 71%@711/4; Balti.
more 6s,1875,92%@92%; do., 1886, 90@91%; do.,
1890, 92%@93; do., 1893, 92@93; do., 5s, 1838
—’70, 71@74; City Passenger R. R., 18%@19;
George's Creek Coal, 67@671/2 ; Santa Clara,
1.75.@2.00; Atlantic Coal, 3.00@3.25.

Completion of the Pacific Railroad.

The last rail connecting the Central and Union
Pacific Railroads was laid with imposing ceremo-
nies at Prpmontory Point, Utah, on Monday, the
10th inst., making, with the existing roads, 3. con-
tinuous line of railway from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. The event was celebrated by jubilant
demonstrations in various cities of the Union.
All things considered, this f‘!.t(.’l_pl'l5e may justly
be regarded as the great accomplishment of the
age—-magnificent in its conception, wonderful in
its rapid progress, and destined in its benificent
influences, to be one of the great civilizing and
commercial levers of the world.

if O_ur attention has been called to the
“Patent Forged Crucible Cast Steel Reversible
Frog,” as manufactured by Messrs. Armstrong &
Co., of Rotherham, England. The Frog com-
plete is one solid forging drawn from the ingot
under the hammer, it is reversible, the material
of which it is composed renders its durability
almost indefinite, and for climates subjected to
severe frosts it is essentially suitable. In Russia,
England, and many parts of the European conti-
nent it is laid down in large numbers,_ and four

 

years of constant use shows no perceptible wear."

Mr. W. C. Oastler, 43 Exchange Place, N. Y., is-
the agent in this country for Messrs. Armstrong’s
Railway equipment. _ - ..