Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-19
On ,Chnnge-Busines. News.

A moderate attendance and quiet times distiu-
tingushed Change yesterday. The New Orleans DIS
patches We're Of little interest Sales on Change win be
found in our market report.
The aggregate receipts by railroads and STEAMBOATS,
yesterday were az follows 30 sacks rye, 80 sacks beans
30 kegs butter, 20 bales cotton, 1905 sacks corn, 100 sacks
cotton seed, p bales cotton yarn, 70 cases dry goods, .
barrels and boxes eggs, III barrels -four, - packages
hsh, 10 hides 49head hogs, "A tons iron and steel, 81 bar
rels lard, 30 barrels lime, 4u6 kegs nails, 50 sacks oats,
100 sacks wheat 30 barrels whisky.
The cotton receipts Of last week were ~ baIes. the
shipments 3I6 bales, 96 to the interior and $50 to New OR
leans The receipts up to the same time last year were
263s56 bales, decrease 25s.455 bales. and the sbipment-
22s 1919 bales, decrease 223l90 bales. The stock at pres
et is 2l63 bales It decreases gradually at the rate Of
over 100 bales a week.
Local freight and freight for stations on the Nashville
and Decatur, Mobile and Ohio, and Mississippi Central
roads will be received at the Charleston depot tomorrow
The New Orleans Bulletin of Friday reports sales OF
coo bales cotton on private terms, for early delivery.
other negotiations pending. Sales Of 100 hhds Of sugal
at easier prices for fair, common to good common ruling
at p to 25e, tair to fully fair at p to Bic, and prime L
choice at 81 to 43-demand moderate. Sales Of molassei
loOO.barrels at II to ls for fermenting and 10 to 20 fU
prime 70 choice; and3 300 half barrels at 2lle for ferment
ing and - to 22t for prime-demand slack and Dri e.
easier. Sales of -four, 800 barrels, in several lots. at sll
for superine and Su Tor extra-the latter is quoted a
E@HN+ ~ 80 oA NA9A VI w. AA INV NatAHAo SUPER
fine was refused last week. Sales Of salt, 500 sack
Liverpool coarse at the advanced rate Of s..
In our river column merchants will ind the manifest o
the steamer Republic, now on its way mp from New Or
leans to this place.
The New Orleans AbeiIc remarks on the proposal il
the Louisiana Legislature to lend the sugar planters tire,
millions in addition to ten millions to the cotton planters
When we lend by millions, we do not SNOW how &,
stop. The State may lend twenty or thirty millions q,
uHF eIfTEcuS OF various classes lint - Hhn f~aagTgr- Is nrr
ty the amount mustbe borrowed. Who is II to be borrow
ed fromf Evidently from the citizens. The service viii
be reciprocal, the citizens will lend the State and the
State viii lend TO the citizens " give me your rbRbarl
and l vii give you my SIENNA
To add to the miracles of the political economy Of tu
day, a member Of the Legislature proposes TO interdie
entirely the expectation Of cotton while the bIockad,
lasts A very excellent argument furnished to Nr. Lin
coin, for if the foreign pewers desire to break the block
ade on account Of its inefdcieney, he can reply: Iii
true some violations Of the blockade have occurred. bu
that viii not happen again, for the Legislature Of Louis
ana have passed a law which win for the future diseouae
any energetic attempts 70 elude the vigilance Of III,
cruisers Such policy is suicidal.
The New Orleans Crescent says on this latter su beet
The report that the authorities desired to prohibit tn
shipping of some few thousand bales Of cotton. s no
confirmed. II is Of no use for orders to be furwarde
from Richmond TO interfere with the course Of CONNER,
II cotton cannot be shipped from the port Of New On
leans, IL can be shipped from the lake shore Of Nissi
sippt Lake BorgDe is open and several bayOus empty
ing into the lake can, or viii be available, and the eNpof
duty avoided. 1t follows that the wissst policy IL 10 "a
low shippers to do as they please, particularly if they wi
give bonds that the cotton shall not be landed in the ID
minions # Lincolndom- and the regular export duty
paid at the custom house.
The same paper states
The entire Mississippi Sound, from Pascagoula 70 tn
the Rigolets, is IN virtual possession Of the Yankee
Residents on the sea-cOast cannot pass % and fro vifb0r
being subject to capture. Mail facilities are stopped an
all Communication checked.
An act of the Legislature has been passed and is n0'
law, which says:
That no suit or other judicial proceedings shall her,
after be instituted, or had against amy person or person
Of the State who may be at the time in the military Sci
vice Of the State, or the Confederate States. That q
suits and further proceedings on Judgments obtained. an
all compulsory process against persons in the military
naval service OF the State, or Confederate States, shall I
suspended, except for the purpose Of taking testimony
the cause.