Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-14
MARKETS.
LB Y t E BdecG RAPH.
New York.

NEW YORK May I3.-FlOur Is without a de-
eided change but rather heavy; sales OF 500
barrels at 81 95a5 IS for superhne State and
western; S. 25a5 90 for common to choice
State; IS 2096 for extra western; s. 25g5 55
for round hoop Ohio and S. 6096 80 for trade
brands. Southern -four Is steady; sales 5000
bbls at So O0d6 70 for common to fair extra I;
S6 s0d9 80 for good to choice extra. Rye hour
is unchanged. Cornmeal quiet.
Grain-Wheat is quiet and little firmer
sales of Is, 900 bushels at 81 % for good No. 2
spring, to arrive; 81 % for red western. Corn
Is dull and heavy; sales of 80 600 bushels at
81 l2Gl Is for new mixed western; s IA for
Inferior western and yellow. Rye quiet and
steady. Barley is dull. Oats are a shade
firmer; sales of $1,000 bushels at 681S97le for
western Ohio and State.
Provisions-Pork is dull; sales zoo bbls at
s29 90 for mess; S2I 75d23 so for prime; So 500
% 00 for prime mess. Beef steady sales OF 200
| bhls at sll95 for new plain mess; Sl69lS for
new extra mess. Tterce beef is firm; sales 100
tierees at s25@B fOr prime mess and $40 for
India mess. Beef hams quiet; sales 100 bbls at
SSdS3 Cut meats steady; sales OF 100 pkgs
at l29l254e for shoulders: l69l7e for hams; /;
middles are quiet. Lard Is dull; sales OF $50
tierces at B1sgl55se for steam; l6149l4c for
kettle.
ButIer-steady at l4s3oc for western and
CReese-steady at sgI7c for common to
prime.
stearine--UnsettIed; sales of2O, 900 lbs at Isg
1910 TallOw is quiet; sales Of u 1000 lbs at %
as54c. Grease is dull at S9llc.
Whisky is quiet at 81 ~.
Cotton closed quiet at 2}@ZS1zc for middliug
Orleans and Texas; sales of 2SN bales, in
Guiding 100 bales for export, ,l3iO for spinning
5s for speculation and $50 in transit.
Coffee is firm but quiet; no sales.
Molasses-Business small
Rice-Quiet and firm at 61Sg71zc for Caro-
lima.
Sugar-Raw sugar is steady at sIsas7Se for
fair to good refining sales OF 500 hhds al 91SS
loo for Porto Rico.
Oil-Petroleum is steady at l6c for crude in
bulk; 754e for standard white
Money remains easy at 495 on call. Prime
business notes, 6Gg7.
Exchange is steady at l0e3zaIO915 for sixty
days. The demand to-day was better than II
has been for sometime.
Gold is steady at Il45s; rates, So. 5, T. and 2
Bonds and SecurIties-GoYernmen de-
clined on receipt Of Washington kilograms,
but finally closed up steady. SOutherns are
firm in Arkansas IS and new South CarOlinas
and lower in new Tennessees and North Car
olinas. The balance of last quotations are
steady. Tennessee IS ex-cOupOns, 6O5zd6Os< /;
new do, 561z9564; Virginia Is ex-coupOns,
do Is, s514996; North Carolina IS ex-couE ons,
4s1Sl94s: new and special tax, 25d:S; South
! nibal and st Joe, $685. Louisiana Is ex-
coupons, 55gI6i new 90, 72gI4; leyee is, 7S9
bamaSs, I0l14gl021&; Union Pacific, 4t5594l54; /;
income bonds, s514aS5; land grants, 75E4g.s;
railways wa Unsettled during the RsT'f15S; after
noon, with 4requent fluctuations. At the
close steadier feeling prevailed, with a gem
eral recovery in prices. Reading led on the
upward turn, and touched l041s !, which is
about the highest place made since the bull
movement was inaugurated. Latest trans
actions in Lake Shore and Northwest, pre-
ferred, were at the highest figures OF the day.
Balance Of the list nearly up to the best
prices of the day. Large sellers of Pacifics
few days ago were free buyers OF stocks dur
ing the day. Miscellaneous are firm in West
ern Union and weak in Pacific Mail, and
other express shares are dull and heavy.
Private dispatches state that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company have leased the
md tlGfE fr.nf Rail 70
yorable to the latter. The Baltimore and
Ohio has large contracts for trans porting en-
igrants TO the West during the summer. and
the acquisition of the Ohio and Mississippi is
very Important connection.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, May 8-COttOn is very drm
and higher; rates asked, 2254c.
Flour-S. F., s. 50; Xxx, S5 Is; xxx, s. %.
Feed-Corn, 81 32lQl IS for mixed and white.
Oats are firm at 75e. Hay, s26. Bran, 81 SO.
Provislons-Mess pork Is scarce a. sSl 80.
Bacon, dull; shoulders, 1916 clear rib, i71sc;
clear sides, lS14c. Hams, ls74g2Oe. Lard, l5H
@l97zc.
Groceries-Sugar, common 81 to s14c; prime
1870. Molasses-cOmmon plantation, re-
boiled, 55c; prime, 75c.
Louisville.
Lo IsvTLLE, May l3.-Sales of tobacco 800
hhds, at prices ranging nom 50 90a2l D.
Cotton-SalnO OF 50 bales middllngs, % &C.
Flour-Extr6 family, IS 90.
Grsln1Corn 81 =, sacks included. Wheat,
81 O5. Oats, 72c.
Hay, Sl9 so for choice in store,
ProYtstOns-MeSs pork, $50. Bacon, clear rib,
1916; clear sides, l754c; shoulders, l31gc.
Hams packed sugar cured. l9c; loose, lSc.
Bulk meats-clear rib, l6c; clear sides, l61xc.
Lard. in tierces, l114c; in kegs, l9c.
Whisky, raw, 81 10
ciaoina
CINCTNNATI, May l3.-Flour-The market Is
arm, with sales of 400 hbls Eastern at S5G5 10
and .; supertne wanted at 81 1904 50, and
low grades at 81 25.
GrRin-Wheat strong; No. winter red held
at 81 Is; No. do at 81 10; Milwaukee at 81 8,
and choice white at 81 40. Corn is firm; sales
Of ear at 81 029l OS; shelled at 81 %. Oats
steady at &c for prime. Rye easier; sales Of
prime at &c, Barley scarce, at 81 for prime
fall.
Provisions flrmeri Mess Pork S29 l592s 25,
and more asked. Bacon steady at 77s4T1<c
for clear sides; l6Ac for clear ribs, and l254c
for shoulders, all packed. Sugal cured Hams
sell at lSs49l91Sc. Bulk Meats are dull. Lard
in better demand; sales of city kettle rem
dered at l6c; holders asked l614e.
Pittsburg
PIrTsBURG. May lS-The crude oil market
Is dull and prices lower. sales of 2000 bbls for
delivery in July, at l214c; 1900 bhls for June,
at I2c, sellers option July to Deeem Der, ,i21se,
buyers cpttoni all the year offered at l414c.
Refined oil is weak and declining; sales of
DOe Dbls at SOC for May; IA on the spot and
E3s9Aj5<e for July to December, Offering At