Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-02-27
TELEGRAPRlC MARKETS,
NEW YORK.


NEW YORK, February 26.-Cotton heavy and
lower. Sales 5000 bales; Uplands gi5fc. Flour
81 7OJ5. Whisky, ,frmer 81 OlaI 0i1$. Wheat
81 o.; Spring 81 Is. Corn, mixed, 9JE95c. Rice
steady, Carolina 65491c. Coffee quiet. Sugar
quiet Cuba 915GI0h.
Dry Goods Market-The market was mode
rately active. All bleached and brown cot
tons firm. There is much better feeling in
the print market; Glasgow ginghams reduced
rom 10 to l5c No other change.
Money Market-Money easy at 4G6 per cent
on call. The bank statement is unfaVorable.
Banks are losing heavily on their reserve.
Loans Sz6S 1852, decrease fSl,570,098. Cir
culation S33. .S20,905, Increase Sl355f. Deposits
S2lllS2,9f3, decrease Sl55,93S. Legal tenders
S53,77 ,S2f, decrease lS62,242. Sterling duh at
S1ZgSi4. Gold lower; opened az l7ls, toucaed
III, fell to l554 and closed at l53gGi5fs. Private
dispatches from Washington report the debt
statement to March ISt which is likely 10
show a reduction OF four or five millions.
Imports for the week, dry goods 81. .242 7g7.
II is reported that the Government viii sell
SS.OOO,OOO next month and that bonds at Lon
don were up 10 9J'2 and even 81, which had
considerable effect. Carrying rates 345 per
cent. Clearances S63, $4,000. Exports to-day
$4,000, and for the week S52l, 49,. Government
securities lower, In sympathy with gold,
opening higher but subsequently, lost more
than was gained. State bonds unsettled, new
Tennessee lower. A telegram from Nashville
reports the passage of the tax bill and fund
ing the aeeruing interest until 1874. II is re-
ported that the former reduces taxes from 6
TO mills on the dollar and cuts down plivi-
lege and license tax materially. Dispatches
from Raleigh, n. c., state that the Legisls-
ture passed bill requiring railroads TO re-
turn all their unsold bonds. estimated at
seven and a half millions, exclusive OF two
millions special tax-bonds already with
drawn in this market. Old Tennessees -,
new 4614.
NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, February 26.-The demand
for cotton is good, and prices are firm at 2.94c
sales 1900 bales; Receipts 1888; Exports to Liv-
super1ne, IS 75; XA, S5 90; xxx, S6G6 I2LS@
l596 SogO 81. Corn 81 .. oats, 65c Bran
az .. Bacon shoulders, l31Sc; sides, l7I@
lS14c; hams, l9c. Lard dull; tieree, i68l6l4c;
keg active, ls1z@ lS1Sc. GLASSES, all ferlneHt-
I714c. Whisky unchanged. Prime sugar i4Izc
sod ll6A. sterling E65s New York sight
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, February 6.-Flour dull; fami-
ly, 50 2G5 so. Wheat, 81 O6@l 10. Corn, prime
3Ss54e; Oats, 5l95le. Rye, s0gs5c. Barley
middling. Tobacco in good demand at full
prices. Whisky, 95c, Pork, 81 90. Bulk
meats meat-shoGiaeFs lohf,as l9c; sides I449I+e
Hams, lS9l9c. Lard, l4149l5c. Butter 30gS5c.
Eggs, lsc.
CHICAGO February 20.-FIour-Spring ex
s. 65@4 lz1&. Wheat, S0%c. Corn, 20 Oats,
SS5s4e. Rye, &c Barley entirely nominal
it1s5E atig65wi5n9es 59 otSs1l9c Pork SIS 60 Lard Lard,
shoulders, lOe. Rough sides, I254c
ST. LOUIS February o. Flour, fall SUPER
fine, 81 2094 So Wheat, No. spring, SIC.
Corn, mixed, 73@76c. Oats, 50d54e. BYE, 7S@
soc Whisky, 94es5c. Groceries steady and
unchanged. Pork, s27@27 so. Bulk. shoul-
deTs, 1916; sides, l41$al5c. Bacon, shoulders
l29l21sc; elearsides, l61a9lG5zc.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, February 26- -Tobacco-sales or
lis hhds.; market firm at $500 for trash, and
"a 5GG7 for lugs TO good leaf. Cotton dull;
middlings PIC. Flour, family, SIS y. Grain
and groceries unchanged. Pork ST So Ba-
con, shoulders, l2Ac; sides, l61l61ze Bulk
shoulders, ll4c; sides, l45Ec@ l5l3c. Sugar
cured hams, l95Se. Lard, tierce, lee
NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, February 8.-Cotton dull; Low
Middling, 2lc; Good Ordinary, 2Oc stock
GOO bales,
FOREIGN.
LIVERPOOL, February 25-p. m.-CottOn
sales for the week, 81, 600 bales; exports, 5000;
speculation, 6oO0; receipts for the week,
3y,009 Of which $1,000 were Americana stock,
to-day, l0O00 bales Market firm and un-
changed; fiOur quiet but steady Mt lss %.
Wheat quiet; red western, IS I'd. Corn, Iseg
rs Cd, Receipts OF wheat for three days, $500
quarters, including 900 American.
PARIs, February 8.-The Bourse closed
firm. -Rentes, 7Sf S5c.
FRANKFORT, February 2e.-Bonds opened
firm al 9j9s
HAvRE, February 2o.-cotton quiet at ls7f
on the spot.