Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-03-29
On -'Cbango-Bu.ine-. Nsw..

Proceedings on Change yesterday were with
out interest.
The aggregate receipts Of leading articles yesterday
were as follows a sackI beans, Il kegs butter, 4s cash
and g tercss bacon, 5 sacks corn, J head cattle p boxes
and 9 barrels eggs, 50 barrels -four, q bales hay kegs
and 1 barrel lard, POI sacks oats, g casks PorS. ls sacks
potatoes, 100 boxes tobacco, 252 sacks wheat
The New Orleans Della of Thursday reports
The sugar market continues very dull, and the sales
are confined to about 300 h~ogshesds, at prices 700 Erss
uisr and unsettled for quotations Some OF the uan5ae
tons were at % to 2Ac for fair TO fully fair. In m9las-
ses, we have heard Of no sale Of moment today les
terdsy, not reported, COZ barrels sold at 70 lSse IoI
fermentfng, and I5c for reboied. The tRT1n y plJeS
given IN another column, by which the Provost mAia
orders merchants TO seu at rat 8 presenDeo y -. -
a stop TO marSet quotations Of the articles men1onsuH
the tariff, as they are excluded from the regular opera
ton Of the law Of supply and demand
The New Orleans CTssosns says:
The most important item Of the day was the result Of
the appicat on Of the commissioners Of the oonsoEaaueu
debt Of the city 70 purchase S2OO,O0O OF the CITY bonus
Advertisements have appeared forsixty days calling for
proposals, but up to the time appointed to-day, say *
O'Clock msridisn, not a tender had been proposed Ine
money, therefore, must remain idle The city, however,
cannot pay over par for it, securities, when under the
same statutes the S2O0,O00 annually devoted % the re-
demptiOn Of the debt Of the city were invested last year
st ~ fat the year previous st 59. In 1883 the PureaSse
was made az 81 and y24O; IN 1885 at e2ti IN 1871 81 To-
The demand for small change still continues, ana tne
/ sue Of small notes, shinpfasters on the part Of indivtdu-
ala, still continues, and wha1 or where Il Is TO emo no
one can respond to the7nquiTy. The boarding Of the
small notes Of the banks. the change notes of the city,
the issues Of the State, are laid away in old stockings,
and the Ommunity are thrown on the small issues VI
individuals to carry through from day to day the hBhtsst
ordinary transactions
Our brokers and dealers In coin do not purchase either
gold or silver. The adoption Of ihs rule has in some
degree restrained the Juror for Purehsaog gold 81 IN
heartOf prices.
eumscTibed Money ia abundant Very few appear to
want It
The advices from Madras OF the 9th nit state that
the board of commerce has informed he government mat
the Egyptian cotton seed, supplied by Mr. Shubrick, had
heen tried at CRddapsh and other places, and the result
was a failure. In Canaan the collector states that the
produce could be raised all over the district, win or
without special care, although greater yields might be
semPles, which have been forwarded, were pronounced
by the chamber of commerce, although oiscOlored, to be
worth from Sd to I'd a Poundin London
The st. Louis Republican, of March 18th. reports:
Eastern exchange is buying at / premium, and selling
at I premium United states demand notes are buying
at ! premium, and selling at I premium Gold Ia buying
at , per cent premium, and selling at 3 per cent pre-
uiun.
Money Is now employed here chiefly in the purchase of
government vouchers, or in loans upon lt Is collateral
Uommissary's vouchers are selling at about z per cent
discount; war claims commission vouchers q u 70 8 per
cent. discount, and quartermasters At 10 per cent dis
count We learn that it is probable q quantity OF
II month 8 per cent. United States bOnds viii be here to
be offered in exchange for vouchers OF the two last
named classes
In Cincinnati, as we learn from the Consereal of yes
terday, most Of the dealers in exchange ind their CIR
rent receipts scarcely sufficient 70 keep up balances, and
the market is a little closer, with a tendency to an sd-
vance in the selling figures. New York sight exchange
buying st par, and selling at 1 per cent. premium gold
buying at / per cent. premium, and selling at 2 per cent
premium
In dis cunt there Is scarcely anything doing that affects
the condition Of the money market, and bankers are for
the time not freely reinvesting their current receipts from
maturing paper. Colds almost entirely neglected, being
neither offered FOR sale nor In demand
AT Chicago eastern exchange was very urn al par buy
ing and "A premium selling. Gold dull at "a to ~ per
cent selling
The New YORK Post Of Tuesday evening says
The stock ma ket Ia extraordinarily aGtiVe to-day. The
first s On Of retreat Of the rebel army OF Virginia Is the
signal for great speculation ia all the leading stocks OF
the list, especially government SKIES, which are in large
demand at an advance.
The most active Of the railroad shares is New York
| Central. Erie, Michigan Central, and Toledo. Erie
touched 361s, New York Central s4ls, Toledo 5I-2,
! Michigan Central ssh.
| 6SA. Cleveland and Pit'sburg le4, Hudson 81, Harlem
| preferred SIT.
The sale Of government skies of 1897 were large at 90,
and closed with buyers at that price. The 100 treasury
nstes are o~ne-eighth per cent better, closing at ess
to 99i.
owing to the protrseted session Of the board, we
are obliged TO omit our ususl quotations OF railroad
bonds
Money is active among the stock brokers, bat the sup
/ ply generally is good at 9 to 7 per cent on call
Exchange on London Is dub and nominal at III
to ll2k.
Gold is dull at I0I7 to Iolg. Purchases were made on
buyers option at l0l5 to 1O2.
The deposits Of demand notes with the assistant treas
urer amount 70 about S5,OOO,OJ0. The banks have not
IS many Of these notes under their control as was ex-
pected