Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-18
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There was a tolersble attendance on Change
yesterday, but business was not Lively. The New Or
leans Dispatches stated that on Thur=iay the demand for
hour continued light With reduced stocks aud q good
demand corn advanced In price. Only small saes Of
wheat Bran unchanged. sug r duh Molases was 10
more liberal supply and prices eader fr buyers The
sales on Change VIII be found u our market report
The aggregate receipts by railroads and steamboats,
yesterday were as follows l64 sacks bran. Jos sacks rye.
100 packages ale, porter aud beer, al sacks beans. bar
rei- beet, 4 casks bacon. o sacks corn 30 ea-s DRY goods.
o boxes and Il barrels eggs, % sacks and IU2o barrels
-four, O. boxes 2 a-s, e67 hides, 100 tuns lrou aud steel. o.
barrels lard, 81 packages liquors 56a barrels moIasses. 12I
kegs nails e23 sacks oats, 30 boxes oranges. Is bures lin
seed oil, II casks pork, 81 sacks potatoes, Il uerces rec
% barrels and GJ7 h~ogsheal. sugar a boxes tobacco, 80
sacks wheu.
The New OIL ans papers report that on "Wednesday.
40 bales Of cotton were sold for future delivery at sI4c
for m%idding Other negotiations were pending factors
were irIn. In tobacco there were sales OF about o hhds.
taken at full prices, for city consumption. Sales Of 900
bids. Of sugar at about previous rates, common 70 good
common ruling az pa 20 2kc, fair TO fully fair at 2It 10
32,e, and prime to choice 3l 20 434c-demand confined
mainly to fuly fair and the better grades Sales Of 1000
bbs. molasscs at n 10 Ice. aud lstae. for ferInenting aud
70 70 f9l3 and 2Oc. for prime 10 choice and 10 half bbis
al Ole. for fermentug and%c for piime-deinand slack
Flour was confined 70 retail transactions. including 100
bbla supertur at sl0.95 aud 100 extra al sll-we quote
thr lormc- at $1,000 10 rli29 and the latter at Sl0I5 60
Sli 10 wheat 80 sacks red sud al sLeTA. sales Of
corn. confined 30 ID few small lots AZ zoe, 20 which hold
ers have advanced their preteua0ns in Consequence Of re
dueed supplies. The prices Of iaFd were looking down
The Legislature Of Louisiana appears to have resolved
ft-elr into a wholesale relief committee. The New or
leans DEt1iR says:
III proposed TO relieve The cotton planters 70 the ex-
tent OF tn millions. P%erceiYing, however. that Il would
be unjust 10 leave the sugar Planters out In the rain. the
relief ad, ocutes generously propose three millions more
for the growers Of cane. This is certainly impartial. /
but We suggest that the sum is not quite large enough !
Ten ulllons to the cotton planters, aud only three NIL !
Hons 70 the sugar planters Il would scarcely be more /
than ordinary justice 20 give the hitter ~ least
one-half as much g. Is proposed f0Fthe former, but here
sre the mechanics Of the State. a hardy and patriotic
elsss are they not entitled TO some reiif aLo Z The doc
tors preachers and lawyers are also clearly entitled to
something. The latter are especially deserving Of some
state' al. Litigation has wofaily fallcu on since tue
war begun.
The New Orleans Crescent states
Apothe- bill p~rejudleal 20 81 interests Of ihe South has
been brouz hf before our Legislature, thar Is, 10 prohibit
exploration Of cotton from tho Stale Of Louisiana
during the bi0ekade.
As a measure Tor the reiief Of cotton planters lie befure
cur Legislature. his well Tor ps ~ consider how The sub