Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-14
AND TRADE.
OFFICE OF TIE DAILY APPEAL.e
MEMPHIg. October Is, lS6S,
FINANCE.


Gold opened to-day in New York at 1922 and
closed at 1917. lS58ISs were the buying rates
in this market. with only a few small sales.
The Exchange market was unusually active
to-day and offerings were quite large. We
beard ofno Instance OF inability 10 meet ali
the MOL bills offered. Rates ara uniform at
&c discount; selling s. 1ar, with possibly an
occasional excep ion a. discOunt.
Bonds and stocks are oulet but frn. City
bonds ohsrsd at SOC found no buyers, while 49c
offered was refused.
City scrip, County Warrants. Poiies Scrip
and School Scrip are firm, but we have no i'm
portsnt sales 10 note. Quotations are the
same as yesterday.
In New York there are indications Of an at
tempt shortly TO be made, to again create q
tight money market, and the present low state
Of the currency balance in the Treasury, which
can be augmented only by ssles Of gold, forms
basis upon which such an attempt might be
successful.
The National debt has been increased suripg
the year from September 50, 1857, to September
20, 1865, TO the amount OF $685. 81. The an
nual amount of Interest payable on the debt.
August 81, 1885, was SIT ,94s.6lI, OF which sI2S.
57SlsA was payable Ia gold, and si,S7A,ss3in cur
Tercy.
The Internsi Revenue Bureau has inst ,sSraa
regulations and instructions concerning the
tax on distilled spirits, supplemental OF August
last. No cistillers bond can be approve1 init
his d~iEtillery warehouse has been provided and
established under the act Of July eth, aud no
dislilery is permitted 20 start until a store
keeper hSs bsen assigned 10 such warehonsa
No deduction Will b. made upon The Capacity
tax, or suspension, until registered noices are
given 70 the Assistant ASSESSOR. ANY distfu
ing done Al night, or any other time when the
storekeeper Is not present. is prohibited from
and after November J.
Stamps for distilled spirltzkhauld hAr.opFra5
and uSei In al Gases as PROVIDED by law. me-
stamps are engraved and bound in pOok form
The book tax paid stamps containing 500
gtRUlDs each. and OrheTE 81 paab Eaf1a -
book, other than those oftaX paid stanpR slO8
each OF books psid stamps range nom si4S5
70 $3.50, according TO the number Of gallons
represented. The Instructions are specific
both As 70 the duties of the d~iSfiiiers AID TIE
government Officers. the Commissioner say
the abolition OF the olic5 Of the revenue agents
and inEpe2to1s throw an increa ed rssp1UsL
buity upon the local Officers OF the several dis
C1cts, and IL depends mainly on their actor
whether OF not the provisions of the DeE Law
shall be carried oui, ard Illicit dist slatiou re-
pressed, and they VII be held to strict acc9un-
taollty Tor tue enforcement Of the law In their
several districts
VERY few OF cur readers are acquainted with
foreign we ghtS, measures and Currency. and
the freQueni ehnsionS 10 them made by The
press renders a few words OF exp anafton NOT
altogether Uninteresting TO cur readers. Tbe
rates OF exchange aud price Of god here are 4
be taken into RceOunt in forming ? compa1.
son between foreign markets aud or own.
In round numbers count for . Iupd ster-
ling, marked thus o., 81 s.; faT 2 shifting
thus, I'd 2 cents.
AIr NC-EoIL0 IA NtAAANA g marked
thu, u is ls CENTS ) confines are equal to one
cent In France q klio is about 2 is lbs. In
Austria . form, equal 70 90 kreutzers. is worth
- cents- The Germ6n form is 20 cents. In
PTussis, 3 thsleT, equal to - silver groechen, is
worth a cents In Hamburg a marc bancp.
equal TO IS ~schillings, is worth IS cents. In
Holland a gui4der or form, equal to LOO Dutch
cents, Is worth 81 cents. A Holland centner fs
TO about l9 lbs A Prusslan esntner to
lO3 lbH.
In the East Indies a cerge is 20 pieces a bazaar
maud 10y which hides, skins. etc. are solid is
. l0S.y q factory maund beng a lbs; a CANDY
Is 500 lbs 9 picul is 1892 1bs.i Co.'S rnpee is AZ
cents. an annss 3 tents
Tit tael OF China is 81 As.
The ounce Of Sicily 81 20.
IN South America a silver rial Is worth l2L |
cents The currency Of Buenos Ayres Is depre-
cisted and subject to great aud sudden huctue.
The current money consists OF papar
doLlarsSs worth from * TO 4 cents, Wool /
hsiT, country bides, and many other articles
are bought in this Currency. Salted horse hides I
and tOeacco are bought Tor hard rSals. fuests. |
Cd - of which eight make one hara dollar,
PatecoB, pat Of sixteen to the doubloon l0z
hides, taliow, and all provincial produce. I
are bought in ria6 plata tri.1, OF which eight
make one dollar plata dol y Of seventeen to
the q uOlOon. Hides ia BuenoS Ayres are sold !
ny the pesads Of s. lbs. A pe=ada OF salted
hides WEIGHS &c lbs, Spanish (6 tBgishl, IL
tQGI), or spanish hundrsd weight /
:. elghs 100 lbs, SDenish. equivalent 70 h3 lb- I
An arribs tsrT) Is one quarter OF
qul1tsi, > lbs. Spanish.