Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-05-12
MARKETS.
IBY ELEG RAPA.I


NEW YORK, May u.-Flour is 5alOc better:
sales 5000 barrels at So 0095 Is for superfiue
state; S. 2595 % for extra do; 50 4O@5 w for
s. 60a6 80 for trade brands Southern flour il
hrmer; sales 500 bbls at SO 09d6 IS for COM
mon 10 fair extra; SO S0g6 80 for good to
choice extra. Rye -four is steady at "a 80;
sales OF 81 bbls at 81 5OS4 20. COrnmeal quieI
and steady.
Grain-Wheat is firmer; sales of 5000
bushels at 81 22e.I . Tor No. 2 spring: 81 35a
80 for winter red and amber western. Corn
steadd sales of 30 900 bushels at 81 l3al l6 for
western mixed; western, 81 Is in store, for
OLD. Rye is dull and unchanged. Barley is
quiet and unchanged Barley Malt is steady
Oats are firmer Sales of 52 003 bushels at 64la
CSC for western and 6S97Oc for State.
Provisions-Pork.i is quiet; sales 2OOO bbls at
S2g 3 for mess; S2Fssi5g28 for prime; So 5Oas6
for prime mess. u Tsf Is firm; sales OF 100 bar
rels at Sll@l5 for new plain mess; Sl8(als for
new extra mess. Tferce beef steady; sales so
tierces at So tor prime mess and $50 for India
mess. Beef hams are firm; sales 100 bhls at
S2S@S8 Cut meats are nrm sales Of $50 hbls
middles are firm. Lard is quiet; sales of 1906
tferces at l5@l6c for steam; IJ54sI7c for Kettle
rendered.
Whisky is frmer; sales of $50 barrels at
81 09dl Il, free.
onSPetroleum is firm at ScasI Il for
standard white; l69l6L for crude. in bulk
Rice-With much confidence at 65497Izc for
common TO choice Carolina.
sugar-Raw sugars firmly held; business
slow to-day: l2Ldl21Sc for fair to good: re-
fined sugars are linn; soft yellow, I6s4teIi15e;
soft white, lls4el4'4c; crushed, powdered and
granulatrd, l21Sc.
Money remains easy; supply abundant and
demand moderate. { al loans, 3G5 per cent.
Prime business notes, 6@7 per cent. Ex-
change, firm, 1885 l09sa for sixty days.
Gold Is active and drm at li59l5ts rates
Bonds and Securltles-Governme active
with a strong demand from investors, and
closed at the highest prices of the day. South
ern securities steady, with an active demand
for new North Carolina bonds and Mis-
souri, skies. Tennessee IS ex- coupons, 6O4
@G01a; new do, 545495o: Virginia Is eX-
coupons, 6914970; new do; 6997018; Georgia rs,
941zag5; North Carolina IS ex coupons, 471@4
As; new do, 251S9219; special tax, z85492lo;
g31z99Ssz; Hannibal and st. Joe, g3lSg935<;
Louisiana IS ex-eoupons, 1876; new 40, 729
~; leyee es, f21ss995819; DO S. 9l9s2; Arkan-
Pacific, 4i55d42; income bonds, 86a881f;
land grants, 76e7G5s; first mortgage, S5s4g 4gs6;
Central, 93lza9354o. Railways active and ex-
cited; the highest prices OF the present buiI
movement were made in New York Central,
Ohio and Mississippi Wabash, Northwest
ern, st. Paul, aud Rock Island.
Dry Goods are free from excitement. I'M
bleached shirtings and sheetings are mod
rately active, without change in prices.
Sales OF desirable styles of prints are still
large. sprague's light fancys, lie, less per
cent thirty days; Pacific, li15c; Hartford, lie;
Richmond, lI1z; Victory, s}8i Manchester me-
Cotton is firmer and more active; sales of
1900 bales at 2Zs4c for low middlings and 231Se
for middling uplands. OF the sales, l946 bales
were for export; 64S for home consumption:
4JS for speculation.
New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, May n.-CottOn is active
El9uT-s: F.. 81 s7]4s4 50; Xxx. So Oos5 l25l;
feed-Corn, 81 g. Oats, advanced TS775e
bran, fair, 81 so; hay, So.
Provtsions-Mess pork is quiet but firm at
S3l. Bacon, demand fair; shoulders, l3Ik9i4c;
TTlb. HS4e; cleaT sides b1ae Hams, D92lc.
Grocsries-sngar common So TO s1zc; prime
I4S4c. is4, Molasses-eommon plantation, re-
Louisville
LoUIsvTLLE, May lL-Sales of tobacco, 34S
hhds, at prices ranging nom SIS 75@2g So. The
market is very active
Bagging, firm at Z7e in round lots.
CottOn-Sales 1876 bales; Tow middling, Sic
Flour Extra family, S5 90; low grades are
scarce and very active.
Grain-Corn is scarce and firm, 81 20, sd ks
included. Rye, firm, 81 90.
Hay is dull at Sl9
Whisky-Raw whisky is firm at 81 o.. with
an upward tendency.
GrOeeries-Sugar, refined, ll1Hal31<e; New
Orleans, l0Ql256c.
Provisions-M Market weak mess pork s29 50.
Bacon, clear l754ci clear RIB I65sc; shoulders
clear sides, 1910. Lard In tierces, l7c; in kegs
lS1Sc Hams, sugar cured, lS11e; plain, l7c.
Chicago
CHICAGO, May Ii.-Wheat No. 2 sprinp
opened at 81 0O149l COZ, fell to g71fc and
with a decline of H9lc per bushel, 8s5SaS9c
for rejected. Oats fiTm at an advance of &c
per bushel, closing at 52s4s5Sc for No. 2 Rye.
highwines higher; 81 O6 for GOOD and 81 ca
for iron bound.
Provisions are dull and nominally uu-
changed. -. ...s
Cincinnati.
CIECINNATI, May u.-PrOyIsions scarcely
so firm at the close, but quotations are not
materially changed. Pork Is held at S29 so.
Lard, lsl4c; Bulk Meats, .lIssalls<c; shoul-
ders, l41s9l5; sides, I51<e for clear rib, and
le to l71s9l714c for clear. Sales of shoulders
at l23Fc.
Flour is more active; low grades, 81 9
extra, 81 S5@4 30; family, IS l56l5 5 and so;
on change at Sll
Glain--Wheat firm, but without advances
red, 81 Toto Y. Corn closed TO &c higher;
sales at ST o. closing at 81 %; total sales, l5o9
bushels at 81 to 6l9z and 6215c. Rye advanced
&c; sales 700 bushels. Bariey-More inquiry
Cotton is firm uniddling, 22c.
Whisky is held at 81 10 for patent; old, 81 02
TO sl-Oe.
ST. LOUIS, May ll.-Flour firm, and ten
GrainFWheat is active and higher; No. 1
apring 81 02; No, ? red fall 81 IS. Corn lower
and unsettled; naked aud yellow,sl Os TO u.
Whisky advans ed TO 81 o. and 81 On.
Pr0visions-Quiet. Pork weaker at SO to
q so. Dry and salt clear sides, l57zoi bacon
shoulders, l3c; clear sides. l714c. Lard quiet,
st l61zc for tleree, snd lSc for keg.
Toledo.
TOLEDO. May i-Flour Inactive. Wheat, 8
to &c better. and activei amber, 81 "a; No. l
red, 81 "a; 10. red. 81 q. Corn nominally
SALES, and prices nominal.